Paul Butler (artist)

Paul Butler (b. January 18th, 1973) is the host of a multidisciplinary practice that includes: hosting the Collage Party (a touring experimental studio); directing the operations of The Other Gallery [ [http://www.theothergallery.com] ] (a nomadic commercial gallery) and exhibiting his own work, (often created from the 'left-overs' from "Collage Party" events). In 1997, he founded the UpperTradingPost.com - a non-profit, invitational forum for artists' trading. Butler has exhibited at White Columns, New York; Goldsmiths, University of London; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Sparwasser HQ, Berlin; and The Power Plant, Toronto.

This upcoming year, Butler will lead an experimental residency called ‘Reverse Pedagogy’ for The Banff Centre, act as a guest curator for The Plug In ICA’s Overlooked Space, and organize a major Collage Party exchange that will travel to Cape Dorset and Ottawa in an effort to unite the Nunavut art community with the rest of Canada.

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Education

1997 - Diploma in Fine Arts (Drawing), Alberta College of Art

1994 - two yrs. towards Fine Art Degree, University of Manitoba

elected Community Involvement

Boardmember, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, 1999 – present

Juror, Royal Bank Painting Competition, Canada, 2007

elected Work Experience

Guest Curator, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, July 08 – July 09

Faculty, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB, Nov/Dec 08

Director, TheUpperTradingPost.com, 2007 - present

Director, OtherGallery.com, 2001 – present

elected Solo Exhibitions

‘Collage Party’, Alice Day, Brussels, Belgium, April 2009

‘Collage Party’, Context Gallery, Deerie, Ireland, 2009

‘Reverse Pedagogy’, 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

'Paul Butler: Getting There is Half the Fun!,' Gallery One One One, Winnipeg, 2001

elected Group Exhibitions

‘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” (cuarted 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

Curated Exhibitions

The Milwaukee International presents The Ice Fair,

Plug IN ICA, Winnipeg, 2010

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

Collections

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 Nova Scotia, Halifax

Art Bank, Ottawa

elected Press & Catalogues

Collage Party, 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 a Be-In 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

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

References

External links

*http://www.theotherpaulbutler.com/
*http://www.othergallery.com/