Benjamin Butler
| date | activity |
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| born 1975 in Westmoreland, KS, USA | |
| 2000 | MFA, The School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| 1997 | BFA, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS |
| www.benjaminbutlerstudio.com | |
| lives and works in New York | |
solo exhibitions
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| 2012 | Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria |
| Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, USA | |
| 2010 | Paintings and Drawings, Tomio Koyama, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2009 | These Trees, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria |
| 2008 | Dark and Leafless, Gallery Lora Reynolds, Austin, USA |
| 2007 | New Trees, Galerie Zink Berlin, Berlin |
| Leafless Trees and Sakura, Tomio Koyama, Tokyo, Japan | |
| New Trees, Karyn Lovegrove, Los Angeles, USA | |
| 2006 | New Trees and Forests, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, USA |
| 2005 | Paintings, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Schweiz |
| New Paintings, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA | |
| Forest's Edge, Team Gallery, New York, USA | |
| 2004 | Tree Alone, Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Wien, Österreich |
| Trees, Team Gallery, New York, USA | |
| 2003 | Little Mountain, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Project Room, Tokyo, Japan |
| Early Spring, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Kanada | |
| 2002 | Mountain Paintings, Team Gallery, New York, USA |
group exhibitions
| date | activity |
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| 2010 | Collections-March,Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2009 | Dark Side of the Moon, Martin Janda, Vienna, Austria |
| Mark-Making: Dots, Lines & Curves, Laura Reynolds, Austin,Texas, USA | |
| 2008 | Summer Show, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA |
| The Big Gift, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |
| Narcissus, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, USA | |
| Anne Eastman & Benjamin Butler, ATM Gallery, New York, NY, USA | |
| Daikanyama Group Show, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2006 | Approaching Landscape, Galerie Michael Zink, München |
| AIR, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, USA | |
| Palette, Greenberg van Doren, New York, USA | |
| Benjamin Butler, Holly Coullis, Ridley Howard, Galleria Glance, Turin, Italien | |
| 2005 | Honeymoon with Romeo, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Schweiz |
| Greater New York, P. S. 1., New York, USA | |
| Sad Songs, Illinois State University, Normal, USA | |
| 2004 | where do we come from, what are we? where are we going?, Champion Fine |
| A. C, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, USA | |
| Five Artist Shows, Rove/Kenny Schachter, London, Großbritannien | |
| Full Disclosure, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, USA | |
| Beat the Reaper, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, USA | |
| 2003 | Greetings from New York, New Abstraction, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, |
| Game Over, Grimm/Rosenfeld Galerie, München | |
| The Larger Room, 678 Echo Park Avenue, Los Angeles, USA | |
| 2002 | Inaugural Exhibition, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada |
| 2000 | Electraslip Knife, Alternative Space, Chicago, USA |
| 1999 | long cold winter in an endlessnameless, Studio 870, Los Angeles, USA |
bibliography
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| 2009 Globe-m, "Benjamin Butler - These Trees", Justinus Pieper, globe-m.de/de/boulevard/benjamin-butler- these-trees, 27.10.2009 | |
| 2007 Berliner Zeitung, Rubrik "Termine der Woche", Nr 295 Dienstag, 18.12.2007. | |
| 2006 Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Kunstvolle Natur. Vier neue Ausstellungen in den Münchner Galerien", Hanne Westkott, 2.11.2006, S.73. | |
| 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 | |
| Ken Johnson, Benjamin Butler, Forest's Edge, New York Times, New York, USA, 4 June | |
| 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,http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0411/saltz2.php, 17-23 March | |
| Andrea Bellini, I Nuovissimi di New York, ill., Flash Art, pp. 83-84 | |
| 2003 Thomas Hirschmann, Earthy Tones: Fopur Spring Shows Mark the Greening of the Gallery Circuit, Now Toronto, 3 April | |
| 2002 Roberta Smith, Review, The New York Times, p. E | |