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e-Mail
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Ben Butler shows work with Plane
Space & Zg
Gallery.
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Education
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MFA, Sculpture, School
of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
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| 2000 |
BA, Visual
Arts, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.
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| 1998-99 |
School of Visual Arts,
New York, NY.
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Residencies
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| 2004 |
MacDowell
Colony, Peterborough, NH.
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
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Plane Space
Gallery Artist in Residence, New York, NY.
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| 2001 |
Dorland Mountain
Arts Colony, Temecula, CA.
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| 1999 |
Vermont Studio Center,
Johnson, VT.
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Solo
Exhibitions
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| 2005 |
lane Space, “Ben Butler”,
New York, NY (upcoming)
Northeastern Illinois University Fine Arts Center Gallery,
Chicago, IL (upcoming)
Zg Gallery, “Ben Butler, New Sculpture and Works on
Paper,” Chicago, IL
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| 2003 |
Plane Space, "Ben
Butler", New York, NY.
Evanston Arts Center Sculpture on the Grounds, "Waiting
(w/Rena Leinberger)", Evanston, IL.
Zg Gallery, "Ben Butler, Species & Sediment",
Chicago, IL.
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Group
Exhibitions
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| 2004 |
Center for
Maine Contemporary Art, “Sublime Geometries,” Rockport,
ME
Plane Space, “Drawings,” New York, NY Art Chicago, Navy
Pier,
“Art Boat” (with Rena Leinberger), Chicago, IL
Chicago Cultural Center, Perfect , Chicago, IL.
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Zg Gallery, "As
Small as Possible", Chicago, IL.
Gallery 400, "Depiction", University of IL,
Chicago, IL.
Zg Gallery, "Compendium", Chicago, IL.
Gallery 2, "Unveiled", School of the Art Institute
of Chicago, IL.
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Zg Gallery, "12
x 12 A Group Show", Chicago, IL.
"The Stray Show, with MN Gallery", Chicago,
IL.
University of Alabama, "Biennial Outdoor Sculpture
Exhibition", Livingston, AL.
Evanston Art Center, "16th Evanston and Vicinity
Biennial", Evanston, IL.
Gallery 2, "Group Show", School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, IL Apartment 1R, Variations, Chicago,
IL.
MN Gallery, "Topologies", Chicago, IL.
The Storefront, "Fittings", Chicago, IL.
Gallery 2, "Group Show", School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, IL.
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Maine Center for Contemporary
Art, "Biennial Exhibition", Rockport, ME.
Bowdoin College, "128 Railroad Ties", Brunswick,
ME.
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Publications
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| 2005 |
Chicago Tribune, “Ben Butler’s Warm,
Humane Minimalism,” Review by Alan G. Artner, section
C, p. 21, January 14, 2005
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| 2004 |
Monadnock Ledger, “Sculpture times two:
Ben Butler” Interview by Brendon Tapley, p.11,22, February
26, 2004
Sculpture Magazine, “Waiting” Evanston Art Center, Jan./Feb.
2004
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| 2003 |
Chicago Artists'
News, Reclamation: Themes in the Work of Three Emerging
Artists, John Brunetti, October issue Winnetka Talk, Take
Some Time for 'Waiting', Ellen Pritsker, October 9
New City, A House is Not a Home, Michael Workman, September
18 Chicago Tribune, 'Depiction' of Art for Art's Sake,
Lisa Stein, August 1
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| 1999 |
Chicago Reader, Critic's Choice: Ben
Butler, Fred Camper, April 11
Portland Press Herald, The Old School Ties, Susan Rayfield,
November 3
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