BEN BUTLER
Education
M.F.A. Sculpture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
B.A. Visual Arts, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
School of the Visual Arts, New York, NY
Residencies
Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Artist Residency, Bethany, CT, 2009
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Artist Residency, Omaha, NB, 2008
Norton Island Artist Residency,, Artist Residency, Norton Island, ME, 2007
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2006
Art Omi, Omi, NY, 2005
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, 2004
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2004
Plane Space, Artist in Residence, New York, 2003
Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, CA, 2001
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2000
Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, WY, 2000
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Plane Space, New York, NY
2008 John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2008 ZG Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Coleman Burke Gallery, Brunswick, ME
2006 Suyama Space, Seattle, WA
2005 Plane Space, New York, NY
2005 Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Zg Gallery, "Ben Butler, New Sculpture and Works on Paper," Chicago, IL
2005 Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Plane Space, "Ben Butler," New York, NY
2003 Evanston Art Center Sculpture on the Grounds, "Waiting," (with Rena Leinberger) Evanston, IL
2003 Zg Gallery, "Species & Sediment," Installation & Sculpture by Ben Butler, Chicago, IL
2003 Plane Space, New York, NY
2003 Evanston Art Center, "Waiting" (with Rena Leinberger), Evanston, IL
Group Exhibitions
2008 Chesterwood, "Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture at Chesterwood", Stockbridge, MA
2008 Gallery North, Pollock-Krasner Artists, Setauket, NY
2008 Plane Space, "Gangbusters", New York, NY
2007 Ben Butler, Sculpture Garden, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2007 Whitney Art Works, "Tiny", Portland, MA
2006 Ben Butler, Sculpture Garden, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2006 ICON Gallery, "Bowdoin Alumni Print Exhibition", Brunswick, ME
2006 Chesterwood, "Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture at Chesterwood", Stockbridge, MA
2006 Gallery Artists, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2004 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, "Sublime Geometries," Rockport, ME
2004 Plane Space, "Drawings," New York, NY
2004 Chicago Cultural Center, "Perfect," Chicago, IL
2004 Art Chicago, Navy Pier, "Art Boat" (with Rena Leinberger), Chicago, IL
2004 ZG Gallery, "Compendium", Chicago, IL
2003 Zg Gallery, "As Small As Possible," A Group Show, Chicago, IL
2003 Gallery 400, "Depiction," University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
2003 ZG Gallery, "Compendium, Chicago, IL
2003 Evanston Art Center, Sculpture on the Grounds, "Waiting", (with Rena Leinberger), Evanston, IL
2002 Zg Gallery, "12" x 12" A Group Show", Chicago, IL
2002 MN Gallery, "The Stray Show," Chicago, IL
2002 University of W. Alabama, "Glacial Erratics," 2 yr. Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Livingston, AL
2002 Evanston Art Center, "16th Evanston & Vicinity Biennial," Evanston, IL
2002 Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute Chicago, "Group Show," (with Rena Leinberger) Chicago, IL
2002 Apartment 1R, "Variations," Chicago, IL
2002 MN Gallery, "Topologies," Chicago, IL
2002 The Storefront, "Fittings," Chicago, IL
2002 Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute Chicago, "Group Show," Chicago, IL
2000 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, "Maine Coast Artists Biennial," Brunswick ME
Selected Publications
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.
The Phoenix, "Academic (Im)Prints, Young Artists-to-Watch exhibit in Brunswick", Ian Paige, 11/21/06
Artner, Alan G. "Ben Butler's Warm, Humane Minimalism", Chicago Tribune, January 14, 2005: C21.
Monadnock Ledger, "Sculpture times two: Ben Butler" Interview by Brendon Tapley, p.11,22, 2/26/04
Sculpture Magazine, "Waiting" Evanston Art Center, Jan./Feb. 2004, picture
Chicago Artists' News, "Reclamation: Themes in the Work of Three Emerging Artists," John Brunetti, pgs.6, 8, Oct. 2003
New City, "A House is Not a Home", Review by Michael Workman, pg. 18, September 18, 2003
Chicago Tribune, "'Depiction' of Art for Art's Sake," Art Review by Lisa Stein, August 1, 2003
Chicago Reader, "Critic's Choice: Ben Butler," Art Review by Fred Camper, April 11, 2003, pictures
The New York Times, Arts & Leisure Guide, August 31, 2003: 25.
Camper, Fred. " Critics Choice", Chicago Reader, April 11, 2002.
Rayfield, Susan. "The Old School Ties". Portland Press Herald, November 29, 1999: 1B.