Paul Butler
b. 1973, Winnipeg, Canada
Professional Training
2009 - Mountain School for the Arts, Los Angeles
1997 - Diploma in Fine Arts (Drawing), Alberta College of Art
two years towards Fine Art Degree, University of Manitoba
Exhibition History – Solo
‘Broken Dreams’, Presentation House, Vancouver, 2010
‘Collage Party’, Dazibao, Montreal, 2009
‘Reverse Pedagogy III’, Model Niland, Sligo, N Ireland, 2009
‘Collage Party’, Context Gallery, Derry, Ireland, 2009
‘Collage Party, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, 2009
‘Reverse Pedagogy II’, Venice, Italy, 2009
‘Open for Making’, Triple Base, San Francisco, CA, 2009
‘Interventions’, MKG127, Toronto, November 2008
‘Everybody’, Bank, Los Angeles, May 2008
‘Collage Party’, Art City, Winnipeg, 2008
‘Collage Party’, JMB Gallery, HartHouse, Toronto, 2008
‘Collage Party’, Creative Growth, Oakland, USA, 2007
‘White Room’, White Columns, NYC, 2006
‘Collage Party’, Zieher Smith, New York, USA, 2006
‘Collage Party’, Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, Toronto, 2006
‘Collage Party’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, 2006
‘Collage Party’, Pierre-Francois Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal, 2006
‘Collage Party’, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, 2006
‘Collage Party’, University of Dundee, Scotland, 2006
‘Getting There is Half the Fun’, Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto, 2006
‘Collage Party’, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, USA, 2004
‘Collage Party’, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany, 2004
‘My Mad Skillz’, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, 2003
‘Top 100’, Solo Exhibition, Toronto, 2003
‘Collage Party’, Oslo Open, Oslo, Norway, 2003
‘Collage Party’, Concordia University, Montreal, 2003
‘Collage Party’, Goldsmiths College, London, UK, 2002
‘Collage Party’ Power Plant for TIAF, Toronto, 2002
Exhibition History – Group
‘Sitting Pretty…’, Red Bull 381 projects, Toronto, 2009
‘Cut’, Platform, Seattle, WA, 2009
‘Under the Knife’, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, 2009
‘21 Dreams’, Gallery on Old Bailey, Hong Kong, China, 2009
‘For Example’ (curated by M. Lexier),
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, 2009
‘Communication Breakdown’ Edlin Gallery, NYC, NY, 2009
‘Communication Breakdown’ Galerie Impaire, Paris, France, 2009
‘Black Market Type…’ (Curated by Del Pesco, J.) Articule, Montreal
‘Collage Crimes’, Dazibao, Montreal, 2008
‘The Art of Hockey’, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, 2008
‘Fine | Line’, (curated by M. Nielson)
Kunstallen Braenderigarden, Denmark, 2007
‘25 x 25’ (curated by M. Higgs & A. Scally),
Cereal Art, Philadelphia, USA, 2006
‘Art on Paper’, (curated by X. Edan)
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, USA, 2006
‘Mots Perdus’, Pierre-Francois Ouellette AC, Montreal, 2006
‘Bit by Bit’ (curated by J. Papararo), CAG, Vancouver, 2005
‘Here Everything is Still”, Katharine Mulherin C.A.P., Toronto, 2005
‘Water Project” (curated by C. Singh), MoCCA, Toronto, 2003
‘Sit(E)ings: Trajectories for a Future, (curated by S. Madill),
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 1999
‘Downtown Sculpture Project’ (curated by G. Elgstrand) Truck, Calgary, 1999
‘Draw, Stranger’ (curated by W. Baerwaldt), Plug In, Winnipeg, 1999
Curatorial Works
‘The Overlooked Space’, Plug IN ICA, Winnipeg,
(Guest curator July 08 – July 09) Matthew Higgs, Mitzi Pederson, Walead Beshty, Creative Growth, Helena Keeffe, Harrell Fletcher, Matt Mulican, Misaki Kawai.
DearRaindrop, Ace Art / Platform Gallery / Send + Receive, Winnipeg, 2008
‘No Small Plans’, Other Gallery, Banff Arts Centre, Banff, AB, 2008
Richard Williams, Other People’s Projects, White Columns, NYC, 2008
Guy Maddin’s Keyhole Experiment, ARCH 2 GALLERY
U of M Faculty of Architecture, Winnipeg, 2008
Recent Winnipeg Film & Video, Triple Base, San Francisco, 2007
The Photography of Walter Lewyc, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, 2006
Another Other, Cooper Gallery, Dundee, Scotland, 2006
Community Involvement
Boardmember, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, 1999 – 2009
Juror, Royal Bank Painting Competition, Canada, 2007
Juror, BMO 1st Art, 2009
Fundraising commitee, Canadian Art Hop, Toronto, 2008/09/10
Work Experience
Faculty, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB, Nov/Dec 08
Director, OtherGallery.com, 2001 – present
Writings / Public Presentations
Interview with Guy Maddin, Bad Day, issue 7
Interview with Richard Williams, Hunter & Cook, #3
Decentre: Concerning Artist Run Culture, 2008-11-30
Canadian Art, Winter, 2008
Art Tomorrow Conference, Plug IN ICA, Winnipeg, 2008
Hot Buttons/Points Chaudes, ARCCO, Ottawa, 2008
Bibliography
Mellema, T., ‘Reversing Pedagogies’, Cmagazine, issue 102
Henderson, L., ‘Glue Boy’, BorderCrossings, issue 107
Collage Party, (catalogue) co-published by IKG and MoCCA, 2008
Del Pesco, J., Shotgun-review.com, 11/18/07
O’neal, J., ‘Collage Party People’, PAPER, 07/07
Flores, T., ‘Giving it the old collage try’, The Seattle Times, 08/05/07
Harmanci, R., ‘Creating to Cope’, The San Francisco Chronicle, 02/01/07
Higgs, M., “On The Ground”, ART FORUM, 11/06
Trainer, J., White Columns/ZieherSmith review, BorderCrossings, issue 100
Enright, R., “Selling Art? It’s a fair game”The Globe And Mail, 11/11/06
Laliberte, M., Carousel Magazine, B-2006
Stern, S., “Collage Party”, Frieze, Issue 101
Enright, R., “City report”, Frieze, Issue 97
Sayej, N., “Getting There is Half the Fun”, Cmagazine, summer ‘06
Delgado, J., “Party de creation”, La Press Montreal, 09/01/05
Dault, J., “Collage wunderkind ... artistic treasures”, National Post, 10/20/05
Egan, D., “Gallery Scene – Collage party”, Globe and Mail, 12/18/05
Von poggensee, A, “arts and crafts for grownups”, ZINK, March ‘05
Roug, L., “A party to celebrate the creative process”, The LA Times, 11/13/04
Trebay, G., “Artists Stage...at Bergdorf’s”, The New York Times, 10/26/04
Macy, M., “Artists Together Outrageously”, Bergdorf Goodman Magazine, fall ‘04
Driedger, S.D., ‘Ten Artists Who Rock’, Maclean’s, 01/12/04
Bibliography(con’t)
Osbourne, C., ‘The Old Collage Try’, National Post, 01/10/04
‘My Mad Skillz’, Plug In Editions, catalog ‘03
Mark, L.G., ‘Have a Nice Day’, Canadian Art, Spring ’03
Enright, R., ‘Mad skillz with duct tape’, The Globe and Mail, 09/16/03
Knelman, J., ‘Wild crop’, TORO, 06/03
Bjørnskau, S., ‘Kunsten er Løs’ Aftenpofton Søndag, 08/31/03
Vatnsdale, C., ‘Art Lock-Down’, Zed-TV, 10/03
Wachtel, E., ‘the arts today’, CBC Radio One, 09/03
Enright, R., “Permission to Dream is Granted”, Globe and Mail, 11/02/02
Zimmer, W., “Alternative Offerings...” New York Times, 06/07/02
Trainor, J. “Canada Darling”, BorderCrossings, issue 84
Dault, G.M., “Finding the beauty beyond the satire”, Globe and Mail, 05/04/02
Gautier, B.,“Arts and Minds”, Bravo!, Fall ‘02
Enright, R., “Border Views”, Border Crossings, issue 78
Madill, S., ‘Sit(E)ings’, Winnipeg Art Gallery, catalogue, ’99
Grants
Sobey Award, long-short list nominee, 2004, 2008 & 2009
Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg Arts Council & Canada Council for the Arts
Numerous since 1999
Collections
RBC, Toronto
Gallery One One One, U of M, Winnipeg
Osler, Hoskin, Hartcourt, Montreal
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Morris and Helin Belkin Art Gallery, UBC, Vancouver
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
Art Bank, Ottawa
The Latner Family, Toronto
Ann and Marshal Webb, Toronto
The Latner family, Toronto
Joe Friday, Ottawa
The Ouellettes, Toronto
Ann Hatch, San Francisco