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Solo Exhibitions
2009 "Sharon Butler: New Paintings," John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY.
2006 “Sharon Butler: Quotidian Analytics,” Alexy Von Schlippe Gallery of Art, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, CT.
2005 “Moby Dick, Used,” installation project, New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA.
2003 “Dickathon,” animated projection created by Sharon Butler and Writers’ Archive, Edge Festival, New Haven, CT.
2001 “Sharon Butler: Fontainebleau,” Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI.
2000 “Project Room: Sharon Butler,” Central Fine Arts, New York, NY.
1999 “Sharon Butler: Natural Fiction,” Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI.
1998 “Sharon Butler: Pure Pigment Fiction,” Grand Central, Tampa, FL.
1997 “Sharon Butler: New Work,” Central Fine Arts, New York, NY.
1996 “Sharon Butler,” Central Fine Arts, New York, NY.
1992 "Sharon Butler: Paintings," Slater memorial Museum, Norwich, CT.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
On Display: New Abstraction by Sharon Butler, Cathy Nan Quinlan, Joy Curtis, curated by Hrag Vartanian, STOREFRONT, Brooklyn , NY.
Ab Hinc, curated by Austin Thomas, Camp Pocket Utopia, Norte Maar Collaborative Projects in the Arts, Rouses Point, NY.
Auxiliary Art Installation, curated by Austin Thomas, Tom’s Salon, New York, NY.
#Class, organized by William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton, Edward Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY.
"The Promotion Project," ArtExchange, College Art Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
2009
"Advent," kork, Poughkeepsie, NY. Curated by Christopher Albert.
"Camera/Chimera," Aferro Gallery, Newark, NJ. Curated by Ethan Hamm.
"Business Edition," Pocket Utopia, Brooklyn, NY.
"Status Update,"Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT. Curated by Debbie Hesse and Donna Ruff.
"BlogPix,"Bibro/Platform Project Space, New York, NY. Curated by Joanne Mattera, Olympia Lambert and others.
"Habitat For Artists Goes Indoors," Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY. Curated by Amy Lipton and Simon Draper.
"Lost & Found – Fragments Assembling Realities," Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Gallery, Hartford, CT. Organized by John O'Donnell.
"Long Weekend,” LaMotta Fine Art, Hartford, CT.
2008
"Habitats For Artists," Spire Studios, Beacon, NY. Curated by Simon Draper and Amy Lipton.
"Artist Words," Color Chunks, Lookout Mountain, TN. Organized by John Tallman.
"Artists 'Review' Artists," Thinking About Art, Reston, VA. Organized by J.T. Kirkland.
“Ides of March," ABC No Rio, New York, NY. Curated by Peggy Cyphers and Chris Twomey.
“Building Consensus,” Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Wiillimantic, CT. Organized by Elizabeth Peterson.
2007
“The Blogger Show,” Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, and Agni Gallery, New York, NY.
“Cultural Identity,” National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006
“All Systems Go,” Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Summer Guthrie
2003
“Like Life: Projects by David Lloyd Brown, Sharon L. Butler, Jessica Schwind, Joseph Smolinski and Andrea Wollensak,” Hygienic Art, New London, CT.
2002
“Sense/Language,” Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Wiillimantic, CT.
2001
“Millennium: New Gifts and Acquisitions,” William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT.
1998
“The Biennial at Ben Shahn Galleries: Lines of Direction,” Wm Patterson University, Wayne, NJ.
1997
“Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn,” The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
1996
“Work on Paper from Pierogi 2000,” (Alternative) Alternative Art Fair, New York, NY.
1995
“Pages,” 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
“5 Artists,” 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
“On the Street Where You Live,” Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
Writing
"Expanding Utopia," The Brooklyn Rail, June 2010.
"The Art of Memory," Brown Alumni Magazine, May/June 2010.
"New York Gallery Visit," The Huffington Post, May 21, 2010.
"And the Winner is...Everybody" The Huffington Post, April 14, 2010.
"Artists Take on the Art Industry," The Huffington Post, March 29, 2010.
"The 2010 Whitney Biennial Biopsy," The Huffington Post, March 17, 2010.
"Art Review: Louise Belcourt @ Jeff Bailey," The Brooklyn Rail, March 2010.
"New Mirrors: Painting in a Transparent World," The Brooklyn Rail, February 2010.
"Everyone's a Critic," New Haven Advocate, January 6, 2010.
"Social Curiosities: An exhibition of new work by the 2008-2009 Fellows of the New York Academy of Art," The Brooklyn Rail, December 2009/January 2010.
" New Haven Advocate, December 9, 2009.
"Time Out of Mind: Yale's Gallery's "Continuous Present" offers two views on creativity, New Haven Advocate, November 25, 2009.
"Jack Tworkov and The New York School: An Interview with Jason Andrew," Hyperallergic, November 3, 2009.
"Double Take: Figurative Artist Philip Pearlstein," New Haven Advocate, October 29, 2009.
"Another World: The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition," The Brooklyn Rail, September 2009.
"Another Artist Worth Reading," Art21, July 9, 2009.
"In Celebration of Online Archives," Art21, July 1, 2009.
"Art Reality," Art21, June 25, 2009.
"Back in the Day: Mel Bochner and Marcelo Bonevardi," Art21, June 23, 2009.
"Irreversability: Jonathan Schipper at the Boiler," The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2009.
Growing up Wright: Frank Lloyd Wright at the Guggenheim, The Brooklyn Rail, June 2009.
"Louise Fishman's Generation," The Brooklyn Rail, May 2009.
"The Mood Back Home," The Brooklyn Rail, April 2009.
"The Artworld on Facebook: A Primer," The Brooklyn Rail, March 2009.
"Share and Share Alike," February 25, 2009.
" Moving Beyond ObamArt," The Brooklyn Rail, February 2009.
" Art in the Age of Obama," The American Prospect, January/February 2009.
"Neo-Maternalism: Contemporary Artists' Approach to Motherhood," The Brooklyn Rail, December/January 2009.
"Show & Tell: Contemporary Practice in Artists' Books," The Brooklyn Rail, October2008.
" Jilaine Jones: Sculpture," The Brooklyn Rail, September 2008.
" Meeting Imi and Blinky at Dia," The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2008.
" Lost in Space: Art Post-Studio," The Brooklyn Rail, June 2008.
" Abts' Traction," The Brooklyn Rail, May 2008.
" America's Lessness," The Brooklyn Rail, April 2008.
" Tracking Loren MacIver," The Brooklyn Rail, March 2008.
" Miami Beach: Swimming in Pigment," The Brooklyn Rail, February 2008.
"Richard Prince and The American Girl," The Brooklyn Rail, December/January 2008.
"The Super-sizing of American Art Museums," The American Prospect Online, November, 2007.
"Artists Retreat,” The Brooklyn Rail, October 2007.
"Arts and Minds," The American Prospect, October 2007.
Special Projects
Habitat, an artist’s book with text and images, published by
Two Coats of Paint, 2010
Studio Visit, online artists’
project, PS1MoMA, New York, NY, 2010
“Expanding
Utopia: A Studio Visit with Austin Thomas," curated an online exhibition for Eyebeam’s
Ad Art project, New York, NY, June 2009
Geoform, inclusion of artwork in online curatorial project,
founded and curated by Julie Karabenick. Minneapolis, MN, 2009
246 Editions, print edition of sketchbook pagges, curated by Matthew Langley. Washington, DC and Brooklyn, NY, 2009
Sharon Butler @ Washington Square, University Place and Eighth St., New York, NY, 2009
Sharon Butler @ Bushwick & Main, a sketchbook/studio
blog maintained remotely with an iPhone, 2009
The Tower Paintings:
Keeping Our Distance, an artist’s book with text and images, published by Two Coats of Paint, 2009
“Art & Music,” Painting & Drawing, online project
organized by Timothy Buckwalter, San Francisco, CA, 2009
“Artists
‘Review’ Artists,” online project curated by JT Kirkland, Thinking About Art,
Washington, DC, 2009
Two Coats of
Paint, founder, editor, writer. Two Coats is a daily digest of
reviews, articles, commentary about painting and related issues, 2007-
Connecticut Art Scene, art blog contributor, 2007-
Art
Bloggers@, co-founder. Organize conferences for art bloggers during
the international art fairs, 2007-
Awards / Fellowships /Residencies
Mindshare Award for Excellence in Visual Arts Blogs for Two Coats of Paint, 2010
PBS-Affiliate Art21, New York, NY: Blogger-in-Residence, 2009
Pocket Utopia, Brooklyn, New York: Artist Residency, 2009
Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism: Artists Fellowship, 2008
Connecticut State University: Research Grant, 2006
Red Cinder Creativity Center, Na’alehu, Hawai’i: Artist’s’ Residency, 2004
Connecticut State University: Research Grant, 2002
Blue Mountain Center Artists and Writers Colony: Fellowship, 1997
University of Connecticut: Graduate Assistantship, 1990-91
Vermont Studio Center: Work Study Grant, 1988
Pollock-Krasner Foundation: Grant Recipient, 1989-90
Presentations
"Happy Birthday, Abstract Art!," discussant, STOREFRONT, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
“Art and the Blogosphere,” discussion leader,
Norte Maar for Collaborative Projects in the Arts presents Camp Pocket Utopia,
Rouses Point, NY, 2010
“Five minutes for The Aldrich," video presentation, For Artists Only! The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT, 2010
“Social Networking Media: A User-Friendly Tool
for Artists,” panelist, organized by the Greater Hartford Arts Council, Gateway Community
College, North Haven, CT, 2010
"The Ivory Tower," #class, discussion organizer, Edward Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
"Beyond Basic Blogging: Carving Our Niche in the Blogosphere," panel discussion, co-organizer and participant, Art Miami, Miami, FL, 2009
"Big Love: Artists and Social Networking Media," panel organizer and moderator, Haskins Laboratory, New Haven, CT, 2009
“Art, Blogging, and World Making,” salon participant and co-organizer, Pocket Utopia Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2009
“Art Bloggers @ Red Dot,” panel discussion, co-organizer and participant, Red Dot Art Fair, New York, NY, 2008
“Art Bloggers @ Miami Beach,” conference co- organizer, Flow Fair, Miami, FL, 2007
“Moby Dick, Used,” project presentation, Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville: A Sesquicentennial Celebration, New Bedford, MA. The fifth international conference held by the Melville Society, 2005
“Leviathan,” short story reading and discussion, Red Cinder Creativity Center, Na’alehu, HI, 2004
“‘Dickathon’ Experimental Text Animation,” lecture, Ontario College of Art And Design, Toronto Ontario, Canada, 2004
“Creating ‘Dickathon,’” lecture, Research & Creativity Forum, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, 2003
“Animated Type,” session chair, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY, 2003
Reviews/essays/mentions about my projects
Hrag Vartanian, "On Display, Works by Sharon Butler, Joy Curtis, and Cathy Nan Quinlan," catalogue essay, August, 2010.
Editor's PICK, ArtCat, The Opinionated Guide to New York Art, August, 2010.
Morgan Croney, “Shows Currently
Open: Editor’s Picks,” ArtCards New York,
August 2010.
Anna D’Agrossa “Bushwick Culture:
Weekly Picks,” BushwickBK.com, August
6, 2010.
Lauren Kelly, “Sharon Butler’s
‘Brightly Colored Separates 8’ is Our Work Of The Day,” Paper Magazine, August 5, 2010.
Liza Eliano, “Abstract Art and
Fish Frying,” Art Fag City, August 6,
2010.
Carolina Miranda, “Gallerina Datebook,”
WNYC Culture, August 5, 2010.
“Blog Watch: Two Coats of Paint,” The
Huffington Post, July 22, 2010.
Regina Hackett, “Bravo: artists
in the house,” June 29, 2010.
Kajetan Forstner, “Two Coats of Paint,” inclusion
in Art Newsday, Munich, Germany. June
27, 2010.
Hrag Vartanian,
“Two Coats of
Paint Launches Online Painting Channel, Hyperallergic,
May 19, 2010.
Holland Cotter, "#class," New York Times, March 10, 2010.
Eva Diaz, "Critics' Pick: #class," ArtForum, March 2010.
Regina Hackett, “Links: Let Soldiers in Free,” Another Bouncing Ball, December 31, 2009.
Regina Hackett, “Whitney Biennial: Two From Portland,” Another Bouncing Ball, December 11, 2009.
“AO Onsite – Art Basel Miami Beach 2009 Round- up – ‘A lot less ornament and a lot more substance’” Art Observed, December 7, 2009.
“Art Bloggers Panelize at Art Miami 2009,” Premier Guide Miami, October 27, 2009
Hrag Vartanian, "Art Bloggers @ Art Miami this December," HargVartanian.com, October 2, 2009.
Joanne MAttera, "Reference Letter Request, an Update," Joanne Mattera Art Blog, September 22, 2009.
Brent Burket, "She Stepped Into," Heart as Arena, September 5, 2009
Austin Thomas, “Amazing Sharon,” Drawing on the Utopic, September 8, 2009.
Victoria Webb, “ Online Art,” Furious Dreams, September 5, 2009.
Joanne Mattera, "What I Saw This Summer, Part 1: Studio Visits with Grace DeGennaro, Richard Bottwin, Sharon Butler," Joanne Mattera Art Blog, August 19, 2009.
Hrag Vartanian, “A Little Pocket Utopia Closes in Bushwick Today,” HragVartanian.com, July 31, 2009.
Regina Hackett, “Sharon Butler: Street Sign,” Arts Journal, Another Bouncing Ball, June 5, 2009.
Jen Graves, “Currently Hanging,” The Stranger’s Slog, June 3, 2009.
Hrag Vartanian, “An Interview With Art Bum Creator Lawrence Swan, HragVartanian.com, April 27, 2009.
“Status Update at Haskins Laboratories,” AmericanTowns.com, April 16, 2009.
Paddy Johnson, “Sharon Butler Talks Facebook at The Brooklyn Rail,” Art Fag City, March 12, 2009.
“’blogpix’ Exhibition,“ NY Art Beat, March 2009.
Dale Smith, “Two Coats of Paint: Pepe Brings Old-School Lesbian Feminist Art to Vegas,” Lesbian Books and News, March 6, 2009.
“Blogpix at Denise Bibro Fine Art / Platform, New York ,” video of the opening reception, produced by VernissageTV, March 6, 2009.
“blogpix and Lisa Dinhofer's “In the Round ,” Club Free Time, March 2009.
Brent Burket, “BlogPix Opens Thursday Night!,“ Heart as Arena,” March 5, 2009.
“ArtSlant Events: The Contemporary Art Network ,” ArtSlant New York, March 2009.
Paddy Johnson, “Art Fag City Wins Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, “Art Fag City, February 23, 2009.
Hrag Vartanian, “Matt Held Made Me (Almost) Famous,” Hrag Vartanian, February 19, 2009.
Libby Rosoff and Roberta Fallon, “We Pick Blogpix,” Artblog, February 17, 2009.
Michael Fallon, “Park Place Gets a Mention,” The Chronicle of Artistic Failure, February 17, 2009.
Paddy Johnson, “Fresh Link: BlogpPix,” Art Fag City, February 16, 2009.
“Recommended Pick: Blogpix,”ArtCal, February 15, 2009.
Simon Draper, “Sharon L Butler's Habitat has rematerialized at Art Omi,” Habitat For Artists, February 15, 2009.
“Two Coats of Paint,” listed in Arts Media Contacts, London, UK. February 2009.
"Beam Me Up To The Facts Of Today,” Art-News- World, February 2009 (ongoing).
“Perfect Storm Unleashed: A Fairey Story,” Mad Silence, February 13, 2009.
Paddy Johnson, “You Heard It Here First,” Art Fag City, February 11, 2009.
Bjorn Eskil, “Tower,” Feed Speak, February 10, 2009.
“Art in the Age of Obama” Your Obama Update: The Daily Source for All Things Obama, February 10, 2009.
“Sharon L. Butler,” Dear Ada, February 10, 2009.
Hank Hoffman, “Throwaway Culture,” Connecticut Art Scene, February 6, 2009.
John Brown, “Daily Digest,” John Brown’s Public Diplomacy, February 9, 2009.
Hank Hoffman, “Throwaway Culture,” Connecticut Art Scene, February 6, 2009.
Tyler Green, “Tuesday Links,” Modern Art Notes, February 3, 2009
Carrie Elston, “Best Art Blogs in NYC,” Mapcidy, January 27, 2009.
Joann Kim, “Art Bloggers Summit,” UpDownAcross, January 24, 2009.
Julie Caniglia, “Children Should Be Seen,” Off Center, Walker Art Center, January 23, 2009.
Paddy Johnson, “Baby Highlights in Contemporary Art,” Art Fag City, January 21, 2009.
B. Blagojević “Two Weekend Events,” ArtCat Zine, January 15, 2009.
Joy Katz, “Significant Mother,” The Best American Poetry, January 9, 2009.
“Art Blog,” Two Coats of Paint listed as a notable art blog in the Wikipedia entry, January 2009.
“All About Art Blogs,” Art Connect, January 2009.
Roger Catlin, “Lost & Found at Cultural Commission,” Hartford Courant, December 18, 2008.
Christina Laun, “Must-See Art Blogs (of Every Form): Painting and Drawing,” Art Career, November 24, 2008.
“Five more Blogs We Like,” Illuminations, London, UK. November 2008.
Regina Hackett, “Big Chill at Frieze Art Fair, with Aqua Coming Up,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 20, 2008.
Beth E. Wilson, “Bust or Boom? It’s Up To Us To Decide,” Chronogram, June 2008.
Barry Hoggard, “Recommended Events: Art Blogger Edition,” ArtCat Zine, March 25, 2009.
Joy Garnett, “Top Twenty (or so) Art Blogs,” list compiled for Art Libraries Society of North America, Robert R. Goldwater Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2008. Published throughout the blogosphere.
Regina Hackett, “Blog Rolls, No Jelly on The Side,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 2007.
Amy Goetzman, “40 Bloggers Over 40,” ReZoom, November 2007.
Charlie Finch, “Not-So-Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy,” Artnet, October 2007.
Edward Winkleman, “The Blogger Show,” Edward Winkleman blogsite, October 17, 2007.
Elizabeth Schultz, "Creating Icons: Melville in Visual Media and Popular Culture," A Companion to Melville, ed. Wyn Kelley (Cambridge: Blackwell Publishing, 2007).
Marion M. Callis, “The Seafaring Metaphor,” edited by Jonathan Stevenson, essay for ‘Moby Dick, Used’ at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford MA, 2005.
Marion M. Callis, “Like Life: Projects by David Lloyd Brown, Sharon Butler, Jessica Schwind, Joseph Smolinski and Andrea Wollensak,” catalogue essay, Hygienic Art Galleries, New London, CT, 2003.
Dion Kliner, “Pure Pigment Fiction: The Paintings of Sharon Butler,” essay, Grand Central Gallery,
Tampa, Florida, 1998.
Wolf-Dieter Stoffelmeier, “Sharon Butler: Picture This,” Central Fine Arts Gallery, exhibition essay, 1997.
Dominique Nahas,“The Real, the Imagined and the Imagining in the work of Sharon Butler,” catalogue essay, Central Fine Arts, New York, 1997.
“Words & Images from the Artists,” essay, Ben Shahn Galleries at Wm. Patterson University, 1997.
Vivian Raynor,“In Kent: 2 Galleries, 3 Sites, 4 Shows,” The New York Times, Aug.8, 1993.
Education
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; MFA, 1994, art
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA; BFA, 1987, painting, with honors
Tufts University, Medford, MA; BA, art history
Teaching
Professor, Department of Visual Arts, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT. 2010-present.
Associate Professor, Coordinator of Digital Art & Design, Department of Visual Arts, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT. 2005-present, tenured in 2006.
Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts, Eastern Connecticut State University. 2000-05.
Assistant Professor, Visual Communications, SUNY Farmindale, 1997-99.
Instructor, Fine Arts, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ, 1994-97. |
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