Quratulain Butt

Quratulain Butt was born in Rawalpindi Pakistan in 1980. She is trained as a Miniature painter and sculptor at the National College of the Arts Lahore, Pakistan and Hunerkada academy of visual and Performing Arts Islamabad, Pakistan. Quratulain’s work shares concerns like social hierarchy, war conflict, hypocrisy and self ­ reflection/hope. She moved to Canada 2013.

EXHIBITION: We Look at Animals Because

January 25, 2018 - March 25, 2018

Critical Distance is pleased to present We Look at Animals Because, an exhibition that gazes on animality. Presented  in partnership with South Asian Visual Arts Centre (SAVAC), the exhibition features works by Quratulain Butt, Khaled Hourani, Maha Maamoun, Smriti Mehra, Huma Mulji, Ed Panar, Alex Sheriff, and Andrea Luka Zimmerman, and curated by Toleen Touq and Nahed Mansour.

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PUBLIC ART: Billboard on Shaw by Quratulain Butt

January 25, 2018 - March 25, 2018

Artist Quratulain Butts billboard Ego is on view at 180 Shaw Street through January to March, 2018, as part of the group exhibition We Look At Animals Because, curated by Toleen Touq and Nahed Mansour and featuring photographs, works on paper, sculpture, and videos by Khaled Hourani, Maha Maamoun, Huma Mulji, Ed Panar, Alex Sheriff, and Andrea Luka Zimmerman.

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