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Education

2003     M.F.A., Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
2000     B.A., Visual Arts, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
                 School of the Visual Arts, New York, New York (1998-99)

Solo Exhibitions

2007 Coleman Burke Gallery, Castle, Brunswick, Maine
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York
2006      John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York
                 Suyama Space, All things long to persist in their being, Seattle, Washington
2005      Plane Space, New York, New York
                 Zg Gallery, Ben Butler: New Sculptures and Works on Paper, Chicago, Illinois
Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2003    Plane Space, New York, New York
                 Zg Gallery, Species & Sediment, Chicago, Illinois
Evanston Art Center, Waiting (with Rena Leinberger) Evanston, Illinois

Selected Group Exhibitions

2006 ICON Gallery, Bowdoin Alumni Print Exhibition, Brunswick, Maine
Chesterwood, Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge,
Massachusetts
John Davis Gallery, Gallery Artists: Inaugural Exhibition, Hudson, New York
2005      Zg Gallery, Working Process, Chicago, Illinois
2004     Plane Space, Drawings, New York, New York
                Zg Gallery, Summer Show ’04, Chicago, Illinois
                Chicago Cultural Center, Perfect, Chicago, Illinois
2003      Zg Gallery, As Small As Possible, Chicago, Illinois
                Gallery 400, Depiction, Chicago, Illinois
                Zg Gallery, Compendium, Chicago, Illinois
                 Evanston Art Center, Sculpture on the Grounds, Waiting, (with Rena Leinberger),
                  Evanston, Illinois
2002      Zg Gallery, 12” x 12” A Group Show, Chicago, Illinois
                MN Gallery, The Stray Show, Chicago, Illinois
                University of W. Alabama, Glacial Erratics, 2 yr. Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition,
                  Livingston, Alabama
Evanston Art Center, 16th Evanston & Vicinity Biennial, Evanston, Illinois
School of the Art Institute Chicago, Group Show, (with Rena Leinberger),
Gallery 2, Chicago, Illinois
                Apartment 1R, Variations, Chicago, Illinois
                MN Gallery, Topologies, Chicago, Illinois
The Storefront, Fittings, Chicago, Illinois
                Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Group Show, Chicago, Illinois
2000 Maine Coast Artists, Maine Coast Artists Biennial, Rockport, Maine

Selected Bibliography

Clemans, Gayle. “Art that Speaks for itself, and some that needs a little help”, The Seattle Times,
December 1, 2006: 46I
Hackett, Regina. “Math-inspired sculpture is anything but by-the-numbers”, Seattle Post-
Intelligencer, September 22, 2006.
Artner, Alan G. “Ben Butler’s Warm, Humane Minimalism”, Chicago Tribune, January 14,
2005: C21.
Camper, Fred. “Meditative Math”, Chicago Reader, January 21, 2005: 25.
The Monodnock Ledger, “Sculptures times two: Ben Butler”, Interview by Brendan Tapley,
February 26, 2004: 11, 22.
Sculpture Magazine, “Waiting, Evanston Art Center”, January/February, 2004.
Brunetti, John. “Reclamation: Themes in the Work of Three Emerging Artists”,
Chicago Artists’ News, October, 2003: 6, 8.
Workman, Michael. “A House is Not a Home”, New City, September 18, 2003: 18.
The New York Times, “Arts & Leisure Guide, August 31, 2003: 25.
Stein, Lisa. “’Depiction’ of art for art’s sake”. Chicago Tribune, August 1, 2003: 23.
Camper, Fred. “ Critics Choice”. Chicago Reader, April 11, 2002.
Rayfield, Susan. “The Old School Ties”. Portland Press Herald, November 29, 1999: 1B

Selected Residencies/Awards

2008 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2007 Norton Island Artist Residency, Norton Island, Maine
2006      Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2005      Art Omi, Ghent, New York
2004      MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2003      Plane Space, New York, New York
               (2000) Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2001      Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, California
2000      Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming