“Three Sorrows” by alumnus Deborah Butterfield, class 1973, is currently featured at the L.A. Louver Gallery through Jan. 6. 

The installation features new and recent works by Butterfield. For the artist, found materials are a continued source of inspiration for her horse sculptures. In a new direction, she has incorporated marine debris from the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami to create some of her most powerful and poignant works to date.

Born and raised in San Diego, Butterfield studied at the University of California, Davis and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. From the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s, Butterfield taught sculpture at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and Montana State University, Bozeman. Since 1976, the artist has exhibited extensively. Recent solo shows include the Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO, 2015; and The Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando, FL, 2016.  Works are represented in numerous public collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, IL; The Brooklyn Museum, NY; Cincinnati Museum, OH; Dallas Museum of Art, TX; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; San Diego Museum of Art, CA; Speed Museum, Louisville, KY; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY.

Butterfield divides her time between her home and studio on the Big Island, Hawaii, and her studio and ranch in Bozeman, Montana.