Eugenia P. Butler

Eugenia Perpetua Butler (1947–2008) was an American conceptual artist.[1] In 1993 she hosted a series of televised conversations called "The Kitchen Table" at the Art/LA93 art fair. She is best known for the "Book of Lies" project, started in 1991 and celebrated with a traveling exhibition that was installed at the 18th Street Arts Center Gallery in Santa Monica in 2007.[2][3]

Butler was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of art collector Eugenia Butler and attorney James G. Butler.[1] She studied art at the University of California, Berkeley, and after graduation traveled with her infant daughter to South America, where she spent seven years traveling and studying shamanism.[1]

Butler was a long time resident of Los Angeles. She died on March 29, 2008, from a brain hemorrhage in Santa Rosa, California.[1]

Her daughter, Corazon del Sol, is also an artist, and has incorporated her mother's and grandmother's works in exhibitions.[4][5]