SHARON L. BUTLER / Updated January 2012
Blog: Two Coats of Paint


Writing
In Conversation: Louise Fishman with Sharon Butler,” The Brooklyn Rail, October 2012.
"NEWNESS: Michelle Segre at Derek Eller," The Brooklyn Rail, July/August 2012.
"A Fan Letter to Tamara Gonzales," The Brooklyn Rail April 2012.
"Lois Dodd (and On Kawara)," The Brooklyn Rail February 2012.
"Free Love," M/E/A/N/I/N/G, A Journal of Contemporary Art Issues, edited by Susan Bee and Mira Schor, November 2011.
"Considering the Art of War," Hyperallergic, September 16, 2011.
'Jarrett Min Davis: Guts and Glory," essay for Real Artways, Hartford, CT, September 2011.
"Abstract Painting: The New Casualists," The Brooklyn Rail June 2011.
"Deborah Brown's Bushwick," The Huffington Post, February 3, 2011.
"Jerry Saltz's Burden," The Huffington Post, January 27, 2011.
"Pat Steir: The Nearly Endless Line," The Brooklyn Rail, January 2011.
"Blast Radius," The Huffington Post, October 25, 2010.
"Abstract Expressionist New York: Line and Legacy," The Huffington Post, October 13, 2010.
"Restoration Project: Bravo's Work of Art," The Brooklyn Rail September 2010.
"The Language of Experience: Farrell Brickhouse," The Huffington Post, August 15, 2010.
"Artistic Industrial Complex," Brown Alumni Magazine, July/August 2010.
"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.
"Slack Tide: What's the point of Williams Lamson's latest exhibit at Artspace? It's hard to say," 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.
"Irreversibility: 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," Art21, 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.

Projects
117 Grattan, an artist's book, published by Two Coats of Paint, 2012.
Sketchbook1(2007) and Sketchbook 2(2008-10), a two volume artist book published in conjunction with an exhibition at TowerBrook Art Project, 2011.
Habitat, an artist’s book with text and images, published by Two Coats of Paint, 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
Sharon Butler @ West End & O
, a sketchbook/studio blog maintained remotely with an iPhone, 2009 (ongoing project)
The Tower Paintings: Keeping Our Distance
, an artist’s book with text and images, published by Two Coats of Paint, 2009
Two Coats of Paint
, founder, editor, writer. Two Coats is a daily digest of reviews, articles, commentary about painting and related issues, 2007 (ongoing project)

Presentations
"Artist, professor, blogger at Two Coats of Paint," presentation, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD, April 8, 2013.
"Art of the Book," presentation, Real Art Ways, November 10, 2012.
“Taking Custody: The Double Life of the Artist Mother,” Panel moderator, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. October 16, 2012.
“Gone Wrong,’ Visiting Artist Series, presentation and studio critiques, School of Visual Arts MFA Program, New York, NY. October 10, 2012.
“Speed/Networking/Live!” guest panelist, Artspace, New Haven, CT. September 30, 2012.
“The In-Crowd,” symposium presentation at “Crafting a Public Identity,” University of Connecticut , Storrs, CT.  September 28, 2012.
Sharon Butler: DIY Arts Writing,” Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA, April 20, 2012.
Insight? Outta Sight! with Sharon Butler,” Nashville Cultural Arts Project, Nashville, TN. March 28, 2012.
“Contemporary Collaboratives and Collectives,” panel discussion co-organizer, College Art Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2012.
“Self-publishing for artists,” presentation, College Art Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA. 2012.
"Pricing Artwork is Problematic," conversationalist, Rolling Conversations @ Studio 10, Brooklyn, NY, October 21, 2011
"Blogs and Social Media," Lunchtime Lecture Series, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, October 13, 2011
"Teaching Visual Arts Online," panelist, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, October 6, 2011
“The Economics of Open Studios,” discussion leader,  “Meet me At the Market,” organized by Austin Thomas, Moore Street Market, Bushwick Open Studios,Brooklyn, NY, June 4, 2011
 "Making a Living as An Artist With or Without a Gallery," panelist, panel organized by Sharon Louden, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY, 2011
An Artist in the Blogosphere,” presentation at TEDxOrlando, November 13, 2010
"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
"," #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

Anthologies and Interviews

Yifat Gat, "Conversation with Sharon Butler," Look & Listen, Paris, France. Web. April 3, 2013.

Thomas Micchelli, “When Paintings Come Apart: Sharon Butler on the Inside Out,” Hyperallergic, January 12, 2013

Paul Behnke, "Studio Visit with Sharon Butler," Structure and Imagery, New York, NY. Web. June 22, 2012.
Erin Lagner, "Comingled Encounters: Artist Relationships at SEASON," New American Painting, Boston, MA. Web, May 30, 2012.
Henry Samelson, "Sharon Butler," Buddy of Work. Web. May25, 2012.
Sharon Butler, April 2011." Studio visit documentary video with  Christopher Joy and Zachary Keeting. Gorky’s Granddaughter. New Haven. Web. May 1, 2011.
"Sharon Butler." Interview with Valerie Brennan. Studio Critical. Madrid. Web. April 23, 2011.
"FineArtViews Interview: Sharon Butler, Artist, Writer, Founder of Two Coats of Paint." Interview with Brian Sherwin, FineArtViews. Web. April 16, 2011.
"Sharon Butler: Standard Interview," (standard)INTERVIEW. London. Web. January 3, 2011.
Sharon Butler,A/Art. Web. January 2011.
Sharon Butler: Studio Visit,” The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1. New York. Web. 2010.

321. Sharon L. Butler,” A Thousand Living Painters: Art Initiative Verfhund. Amsterdam. Web. September 15, 2010.
Sharon L. Butler,” [Design] Relevant. Web. October 30, 2010.
 

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Education

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; MFA, 1994, art
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA; BFA, painting, with honors
Tufts University, Medford, MA; BA, art history

Teaching

Brown University, Providence, RI. Course: The Art of the Book (digital formats, using on-demand publishing). 2013-

Purchase College, Purchase, NY. Course: Painting I, 2013.

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Course: MFA Graduate Seminar, 2012.

American University, Washington DC. Course: Painting, 2012.

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Course Development: Web 2.0 and Social Networking Media for Artists, 2012.

School of Visual Arts MFA Program, Visiting Artist, New York, NY. 2012.

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Course: Art Blogging, 2011.

Hoffberger School of Painting, Baltimore, MD. Visiting Critic/Artist, MFA Final Critiques, 2011.

Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. Visiting Critic/Artist, MFA Final Critiques, 2011. 

Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT. Assistant, Associate and Professor of Art, 2000-12.