Resume

Ben Butler

Education

2003School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, M.F.A.

2000Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, B.A.

1998School of Visual Arts, New York, New York

Solo Exhibitions

2011Coleman Burke Gallery, New York, New York

Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh (upcoming)

Clough-Hansen Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee

2008Plane Space, New York, New York

John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York

Zg Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2007Coleman Burke Gallery, Brunswick, Maine 

2006 Suyama Space, Seattle, Washington

2005Plane 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

2003Plane Space, New York, New York

Zg Gallery, Species & Sediment, Chicago, Illinois

Evanston Art Center, Waiting (with Rena Leinberger) Evanston, Illinois

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011Zg Gallery, Winter Group Show, Chicago, IL

2010Hancock Shaker Village, Simple Gifts, Lenox, Massachusetts

Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Ucross Alumni, Casper, Wyoming

John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York

2008Zg Gallery, Infrastructure, Chicago, Illinois

Plane Space, Gangbusters, New York, New York

2007Whitney Art Works, Tiny, Portland, Maine

John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York

2006John Davis Gallery, Hudson, New York

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

2005Zg Gallery, Working Process, Chicago, Illinois

2004Plane Space, Drawings, New York, New York

Zg Gallery, Summer Show ’04, Chicago, Illinois

  Chicago Cultural Center, Perfect, Chicago, Illinois

2003Zg 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

2002Zg 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

Selected Residencies/Awards/Commissions

2010Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Sculpture Commission, Memphis, Tennessee (in progress)

2008Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Residency, Omaha, Nebraska

2007Norton Island Artist Residency, Artist Residency, Norton Island, Maine

2006Pollock-Krasner Foundation Artist Grant

2005Art Omi, Artist Residency, Ghent, New York

2004MacDowell Colony, Artist Residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire

Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency, Johnson, Vermont

2003Plane Space, Artist Residency, New York, New York

2001Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Artist Residency, Temecula, California

2000Ucross Foundation, Artist Residency, Clearmont, Wyoming

Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency, Johnson, Vermont

Selected Bibliography

Koeppel, Fredric.  “Philosophy aside, ‘Growth’ blows mind”, The Commercial Appeal,

January 28, 2011: Go Memphis p. 9

Artner, Alan. “In the Galleries”, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2008: C 20.

World Sculpture News, “Quiet Repetition”, Winter, 2008: p. 14

Paige, Ian. “Unseen Forces”, The Phoenix, August 8, 2007: C 1.

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.

Tapley, Brendan, “Sculpture times two: Ben Butler”, The Monodnock Ledger,

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.