05/08/2026
once upon a time in an oxford road train station
An exhibition by Armaghan Butt
Inspired by Manchester's modernist architecture and everyday life, Armaghan combines text, digital illustration, printmaking and animation to explore memory, observation and imagination.
Private View - Thursday 6th August 6pm - 8pm : All welcome
Armaghan Butt is an artist based at Venture Arts in Manchester.
Armaghan's practice explores stream of consciousness, typing processes and modernist architecture. His six-month collaboration with The Modernist saw him work on their Architectural City Guide to Manchester, travelling specific routes across the city to create fineline drawings of his favourite buildings.
single-line draftsmanship — gives the impression of a direct yet off-kilter tracing from life. Generous areas of negative space let his modernist structures hover mid-air, with blank patches of sky and whited-out trees cutting through the concrete and slicing across the tops of buildings.
The exhibition is accompanied by a selection of prints and his book, Once Upon a Time in an Oxford Road Train Station.
This project was supported by Venture Arts project facilitator Jacenta Sellars, and curated by Sarah Boulter, curator at Venture Arts.
Armaghan exhibited for Venture Arts at Manchester Contemporary Art Fair 2025 and has been commissioned for murals around the city.
A special edition pin badge based on Armaghan's Toast Rack print is also available.
06.08.26 - 29.08.26
at the modernist
58 Port Street, Manchester M1 2EQ
open 11am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday
See link in bio or the-modernist.org
