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James Butler

Professor of Studio Art

Johnson Memorial Building 412

Phone: 802.443.5231

Email: jbutler@middlebury.edu

"FOR BABE PARRELLI" 1993 68" x 72" oil on canvas

BORN: 1956, Boston, MA

EDUCATION:
1980 M.F.A. Indiana University, Bloomington
1978 B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design
1979 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1977 Yale Norfolk Summer School of Painting and Music

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1981 - present - Professor of Art, Middlebury College
1995-96 - Visiting Professor, Rhode Island School of Design
1980-81 - Artist-in-Residence, St Pauls School
1979-80 - Associate Instructor, Indiana University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2001 Roger Smith Gallery, NY, NY
Andre Buchmann Galleri, Cologne, Germany
2000 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1999 Corridor Gallery, Reykavik, Iceland
Chicago Art Fair, Chicago,Illinois
1998 Andre Buchmann Galleri, Cologne, Germany
1997 Bravin Post Lee Gallery, NY
1996 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1994 Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Bravin Post Lee Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT
1984 Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
Coburn Gallery of Art, Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT
1983 Johnson Gallery, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2001 "To Be A Mirror." Eugene Binder Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Jonathan Lasker
"Double Vision." Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
2000 "Gangurin The Corridor." Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 1998
1999 "Cologne Art Fair." Cologne, Germany
1998 "Composite Modular." Central Fine Arts Gallery, NY, NY
"Chicago Art Fair." Chicago, Ill
"Humanoid." Genvese/Sullivan Gallery, Boston, Mass, curated by Nancy Rielle
"New Painting." Central Fine Arts Gallery, New York, NY
1997 "Cologne Art Fair." Cologne, Germany
"Pitch The Woo." Jefferson Bank, Phila., Pa, curated by Alicia Felton
"Flight #20/ Spin Off." 21 Murray St.,NY, NY - curated by Wolf Dieter-Stoffelmier
1996 "Realism After 7.00 AM." Edward Hopper House, Nyack, NY curated by Richard Millazzo
"Referencing Innocence/Not." Weingart Galleries, Occidental College, Los Angeles, Ca
1995 "Here and Now-2." Middlebury College Museum of Art
"Small Works." Adam Baumgold Fine Art, NY,NY
"Still Life." Adam Baumgold Fine Art, NY, NY
"Basel Art Fair." Basel, Switzerland
"Its Only Rock And Roll-Currents In Contemporary Art." curated by Tucson Museum of Art; travels to 12 museums
1994 "12 x 12." Woods Gerry Gallery R.I.S.D., Prov, RI; Roger Smith Gallery, NY,
"Dyad." Sauce, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Annie Herron
"Paintings and Unrelated Stories." Mustard, Brooklyn, NY,
1993 "Summer Exhibition." Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, La
"Medium Messages." Wooster Gardens, NY, NY, curated by Vic Muniz
"Any Given Day." John Post Lee Gallery, NY, NY
1992 "Small, Really Small, Tiny." Stiebel Modern, NY, NY
"Body Stories." Middlebury College Museum of Art
"Still Life Today, Recapturing It's Essence," Scott Allan Gallery, NY, NY
"Summer Pleasures." Tibor De Nagy Gallery, NY, NY
"Objects." Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Mass.
"Annual Benefit Exhibition." VT Studio Center, Johnson, VT
1991 "Ho Hum, Come All Ye Faithful - The Ornament Show." John Post Lee Gallery, NY, NY
"Against the Grain - Images of American Art 1960-1990." Southern Allegheny Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
"Bienial." Tibor De Nagy Gallery, NY, NY
"New York Collection." Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, N.Y.
"Art on Paper." University of North Carolina, Weatherspoon Gallery, Greensboro, NC
"Persistence of Vision." Tibor De Nagy Gallery, NY, NY, curated by John Post Lee
"P.S. 122 - 12th Anniversary Show." P.S. 122 Gallery, NY, NY
1990 "Summer Selections." Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
"Art as Object, Object as Art." Springs Art Gallery, E. Hampton, NY
"Contemporary American Still Lifes in Motion." Wilson Arts Center, Rochester, NY
"Here and Now." Johnson Gallery of Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
"Inaugural Exhibition." Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1989 "Tribute to Tibor De Nagy." Butler Institute of American Art, Youngtown, Ohio
1988 "Charged." Sherry French Gallery, NY, NY; Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS; National Academy of Science, Washington, DC
"American Art Today, Narrative Painting." Art Museum at Florida International University
"Art and the Law." West Publishing Corp., St.,Paul,MN; Toronto Civic Center, Toronto, Canada; Virginia "Commonwealth University." Richmond, VA; Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
"Art of Vermont Visual Artist Award Recipients." Governor's Corridor, Montpelier, VT
1987 "The Right Foot." San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA - curated Elsa Cameron
"Still Life." Tibor De Nagy Gallery, NY, NY
"Long Island City Artists." Gallery K, Long Island City, NY
1986 "Religion." Tibor De Nagy Gallery, NY, NY
"American Drawings, Realism-Idealism." Jane Haslem Gallery
"Alumni Exhibition - Selection of Artists Who Attended the European Honors Program of R.I.S.D." Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
"Short Stories." One Penn Plaza, NY, NY, curated by Judd Tully
1985 "13 Painters." Vassar College - Poughkeepsie, NY
1985 "Stratton Arts Festival." Stratton, VT
"12th Regional Exhibition." Hopkins Center, Darthmouth College, Hanover, NH
"Manifestations of the Figure." Tibor De Nagy Gallery, NY, NY
1984 "Contemporary Portraiture." Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT; Governor's Corridor, Montpelier, VT., Church Street Center, Burlington, VT
"Rapturist Painting Exhibition." P.S. 122, NY, NY
"Group Show of Gallery Artists." Tibor De Nagy Gallery,1984, NY, NY
"Faculty Exhibit." Middlebury College, Middelbury, VT
1983 "Bodies and Souls, Artists' Choice Museum." Tibor De Nagy Gallery,NY, NY
1982 "Cross Country - Group Show." Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1980 "Group Painting Show." Arbutus Gallery of Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1979 "Group Painting Show ." The Gallery, Bloomington, IN
1978 "Foreign Students in Rome." Rondini Gallery, Rome, Italy
"Rhode Island School of Design in Rome." Rome, Italy
1977 "Seven Painters." Woods Gerry Gallery of R.I.S.D., Providence, RI

GRANTS AND AWARDS:
1987, 1984, 1983 - Vermont Council on the Arts Grant to Individual Artists:Painting
1985 Janeway Fellowship, Stratton, VT
1979 Ford Foundation Grant to attend Skowhegan School
1978 Ford Foundation Grant to attend Indiana University, Indiana University Recruitment Fellowship
1977 Battell/Stoeckel Fellowship to Yale/Norfolk

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2002 "Jim Butler – Review of Exhibition," Amanda Church, Flashe Art, pp. 44
"Jim Butler – Review of Exhibition," Alexi Worth, "Goings About Town," New Yorker, October, pp.16
2001 Jim Butler, Exhibition Catalog, Essay by Saul Ostrow, Published by Andre Buchmann Gallery, Cologne
2000 GangurinThe Corridor, Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Gunnar J. Arnason,illus.
1998 "The Humanoid," Matt Murphy, Arts Media Magazine, March 1997
"Critics Choice," Shirley Kaneda, Bomb Magazine, Summer, Illus.
"Jim Butler At Bravin Post Lee," David Ebony, Art In America, Illus.
1996 Realism After 7AM - Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by Richard Millazzo, Illus.
"Surveying Realism in Celebration of Hopper," Vivian Raynor, New York Times, November, Illus.
1995 Its Only Rock and Roll-Rock and Roll Currents In Contemporary Art - Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by David S. Rubin, Published by Prestel Press, Illus.
1994 Jim Butler Paintings, Exhibition Catalogue, Essay by David Moos, Published by Smart Art Press, Illus.
1993 "Small,Really Small, Tiny," Elizabeth Condon, New Art Examiner, March
1991 Body Stories, Andrea Olsen, Published by Station Hill Press, Illus.
1990 "Review Jim Butler," K.K. Kozik, Cover, April
"February Gallery Preview," A.J. Harrison, Upper West Side Resident, February 12, p.6
"Here & Now Shows Vivacious Variety" - Amy Killinger, Burlington Free Press, Dec 6, page 8
Here & Now Exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue, Illus., Essay by Emmie Donadio
1989 Tribute to Tibor De Nagy, Catalogue, Butler Institute of Art, Illus.
1988 Charged, Catalogue, Wichita Art Museum,essay by Howard Lee Spender, illus.
American Art Today - Narrative Painting, Catalogue, Florida International University Art Museum, essay by John Hollandar and Jed Perl, illus.
Art and the Law, Catalogue, West Publishing Corp., illus.
"The Return of Realism in Art," Leslie Judd Ashlander, Miami News, May 20, p. 6C
1988 Recent American Pastels, Catalogue, Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery, Middlebury College, written by Jim Butler
"Review of Recent American Pastels," Art New England, Pamela Polston, March, p. 27
"Strokes of Genius," Vanguard Press, Pamela Polston, March, p. 16
"They're Not Your Typical Pastels," Burlington Free Press, Peter Gallo, p. 6D, March 1987
1987 Still Life, Catalogue, Rahr West Museum, essay by John Post Lee
1986 American Drawings, Realism, Idealism, Catalogue, Jane Haslem Gallery, Illus.
"Portraiture, the Art of the State," Art New England, Barry Snyder March, p. 21
"Portraiture, the Art of the State, A Personal Look," Stowe Reporter, Stephanie Davison, January 30
"Familiar Faces," Vanguard Press, Barry Snyder,February, pp. 14-15
Short Stories, Brochure for Exhibition, essay Judd Tully
1985 "Name that Ism," Connoisseur Magazine, Matthew Gurewitch, April, p. 94
"Jim Butler at Tibor De Nagy," ARTS Magazine, Kirsten Powell, January, p. 15, illus.
1984 "The Rapturist Painting Exhibitio at P.S.122," Village Voice, Kim Levin, Voice Choices, November
"Butler's Dream House," Vermont Cynic, Ellen Howe, Nov.
"Connoisseurs' Corner," The Wall Street Transcript, August 13, volume 10
"Bodies and Souls at the Artists' Choice Museum," Arts News, Eleanor Heartney, New York Reviews, January, p. 164
"Narrative Figure," East Village Eye, Edward Rubin, January, p. 23
1983 Bodies and Souls, Catalogue, Artists' Choice Museum, September, illus.
"Artist Paints Big People," Burlington Free Press, Maggie Smith, February 18, p. ID, illus.
"Reviewers Corner" Rutland Herald, Feb. 13, Section 5m, p.8., illus.

VISITING ARTIST AND CRITIC:
1999 The Icelandic College of Art and Craft, Reykjavik, Iceland
1992 Adelphi University, N.Y.
1989 San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1988 Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
1988 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1987 New York Studio School, New York, NY
1984-89 Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT
1986 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

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