BENJAMIN BUTLER
Born April 20th, 1975 in Westmoreland, Kansas.
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
| Education | MFA in Painting, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2000 |
| BFA, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, 1997 | |
| Solo Exhibitions | 2010 |
| Tomio Koyama Gallery, Paintings and Drawings 2010, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2009 | |
| Galerie Martin Janda, These Trees, Vienna, Austria | |
| 2008 | |
| Lora Reynolds Gallery, Dark and Leafless, Austin, TX | |
| 2007 | |
| Galerie Michael Zink, New Trees, Berlin, Germany | |
| Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, New Trees,Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| Tomio Koyama Gallery, Leafless Trees and Sakura, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2006 | |
| Lora Reynolds Gallery, New Trees and Forests,Austin, TX | |
| 2005 | |
| Groeflin Maag Galerie, Paintings, Basel, Switzerland | |
| Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, New Paintings, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| Team Gallery, Forest's Edge, New York, USA | |
| 2004 | |
| Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Tree Alone, Vienna, Austria | |
| Team Gallery, Trees, New York, NY, USA | |
| 2003 | |
| Tomio Koyama Gallery, Little Mountain, Project Room, Tokyo, Japan | |
| Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Early Spring, Toronto, Canada | |
| 2002 | |
| Team Gallery, Mountain Paintings, New York, NY, USA | |
| Group Exhibitions | 2010 |
| Tomio Koyama Gallery, Collections-March, Kyoto, Japan | |
| 2009 | |
| Lora Reynolds Gallery, Mark Making: Dots, Lines, and Curves, Austin, TX | |
| Galerie Martin Janda, Dark Side of the Moon, Vienna, Austria | |
| 2008 | |
| Lora Reynolds Gallery, Summer Show, Austin, Texas, USA | |
| Illingworth Kerr Gallery, The Big Gift, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |
| Geoffrey Young Gallery, Narcissus, Great Barrington, MA, USA | |
| ATM Gallery, Anne Eastman & Benjamin Butler, New York, NY, USA | |
| Tomio Koyama Gallery, Daikanyama Group Show, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2007 | |
| EFA Gallery, Horizon, curated by David Humphrey, New York, NY, USA | |
| Southfirst Gallery, Landscapes, Brooklyn, NY, USA | |
| Thrust Projects, Inside the Pale, curated by Frank Schroder, New York, NY, USA | |
| 2006 | |
| Nerman Museum/Epsten Gallery, Homecoming, Overland Park, Kansas, USA | |
| Galerie Michael Zink, Approaching Landscape, Munich, Germany | |
| Greenberg van Doren, Palette, curated by Augusto Arbizo, New York, NY, USA | |
| Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Group Show, Los Angeles, USA | |
| Shane Campbell Gallery, Group Show, Oak Park, IL, USA | |
| Lora Reynolds Gallery, Summer Group Show, Austin, TX, USA | |
| Monya Rowe Gallery, AIR, curated by Amy Sillman, New York, NY, USA | |
| Galleria Glance, Benjamin Butler, Holly Coulis, Ridley Howard, Turin, Italy | |
| 2005 | |
| Sixtyseven, Hello Sunday, curated by Holly Coulis, New York, NY, USA | |
| Christopher Grimes Gallery, Devil's Punchbowl, curated by Katharina Grosse, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Printed Matter, On the Beach, curated by Justin Lowe, New York, NY, USA | |
| Groeflin Maag Galerie, Honeymoon with Romeo, curated by Holly Coulis, Basel, Switzerland | |
| P.S.1., Greater New York, New York, USA | |
| Illinois State University, Sad Songs, curated by Bill Congers, Normal, IL, USA | |
| 2004 | |
| Champion Fine Art, where do we come from, what are we? where are we going? curated by Katherine Bernhardt, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| Elizabeth Dee Gallery, A.C., New York, NY, USA | |
| Rove/Kenny Schachter, Five Artist Shows, London, UK | |
| Geoffrey Young Gallery, Full Disclosure, Great Barrington, MA, USA | |
| Allston Skirt Gallery, Beat the Reaper, curated by Joe Bradley, Boston, MA, USA | |
| 2003 | |
| Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Greetings from New York, New Abstraction, Salzburg, Austria | |
| Grimm/Rosenfeld Galerie, Game Over, Munich, Germany | |
| 678 Echo Park Avenue, The Larger Room, curated by Mari Eastman, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| 2002 | |
| Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Inaugural Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| 2000 | |
| Alternative Space, Electraslip Knife, curated by Stephanie Campos, Chicago, IL, USA | |
| 1999 | |
| Studio 870, long cold winter in an endlessnameless, curated by Slater Bradley, Jay Batlle and Amy Sarkisian, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
| Bibliography | 2010 |
| Global New Art:Taguchi Art Collection #01. w/ illustration. | |
| 2009 | |
| Roberta Smith, Summer Pictures, New York Times, August 7. | |
| 2008 | |
| Ocvirk,Stinson,Wigg,Bone,Cayton, Art Fundamentals:Theory and Practice, illustration. | |
| Austin American-Statesman, Top Pick: Benjamin Butler:Dark and Leafless, illustration, Nov. 20. | |
| 2007 | |
| Berliner Zeitung, Rubrik "Termine der Woche", Nr 295 Dienstag, December 18. | |
| Emma Gray, LA Confidential, Artnet.com, October 12. | |
| Emma Gray, Top Ten Shows in LA, Saatchi Online, Sept. 20. | |
| Amra Brooks, Must See Art, LA Weekly, September 5. | |
| Manami Fujimori, Figaro Japon, September 5. | |
| 2006 | |
| Alice Thorson, Homecoming,Kansas City Star, Nov. 26. | |
| Suddeutsche Zeitung, "Kunstvolle Natur", Hanne Westkott, Nov. 2, S.73. | |
| Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Butler Blends Influences Deftly,Austin American-Statesman, Nov. 7. | |
| Merrily Kerr, Palette, TimeOut/New York, Aug. 17-23. | |
| Roberta Smith, Art in Review:Palette, New York Times, Aug. 11. | |
| Chris Bors, Chroma Trouble, Artnet.com, August 4. | |
| Amra Brooks, Must See Art, LA Weekly, August 2. | |
| Michael Killeen, Color Focus, Bloomberg News, August 1. | |
| Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman, July 29. | |
| Art Moco, Benjamin Butler, illustration,July 20. | |
| Andrew Maerkle, Palette, flavorpill.com, July 12. | |
| Ken Johnson, Air, New York Times, July 7. | |
| Bridget L. Goodbody, Air, TimeOut/New York, July 6-12, issue 562. | |
| Yvonne Olivas, Benjamin Butler at Team, Art in America, illustration, p. 134, February. | |
| Amra Brooks, Benjamin Butler, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Artforum, illustration, p. 231, January. | |
| 2005 | |
| Greater New York Book, Published by PS1 and MOMA, illustration, with essay by Irene Shum. | |
| Sad Songs, catalog for exhibition at University Galleries of Illinois State University, curated by Bill Conger. | |
| Adrian Aebi, Basler Zeitung, Kulturmagazin, December 8. | |
| Ken Johnson, Benjamin Butler, Forest's Edge, New York Times, New York, USA, June 4. | |
| Elisabeth Kley, Greater New York 2005, Artnews, illustration, May. | |
| Betsy Andrews, Getting ourselves Back to the Garden, Gay City News, illustration, April 28. | |
| Jerry Saltz, Lesser New York, Village Voice, p. 77, 28 March. | |
| Brian Muller, Painting today, a Cat among the Pigeons, panel discussion, ARCO 05. | |
| 2004 | |
| Sarah Douglas, London Letter, Artnet.com, 27 October | |
| Jerry Saltz, Five Points, 17-23 March. | |
| Andrea Bellini, I Nuovissimi di New York, ill., Flash Art, pp. 83-84. | |
| 2003 | |
| Thomas Hirschmann, Earthy Tones: Four Spring Shows Mark the Greening of the Gallery Circuit, Now Toronto, 3 April. | |
| 2002 | |
| Roberta Smith, Review: Benjamin Butler--Mountain Paintings, The New York Times, December 20. | |