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| EDUCATION |
1977
1975 |
M.F.A., Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
B.F.A., Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
2001
1997
1993
1992
1991
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
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Artist-in-Residence, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss
Galleries, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Pence Gallery, Los Angeles
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1986 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Morris Gallery
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS |
1996
1981
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Tom Butter/Peter Drake Curt Marcus Gallery
Tom Butter/David Finn, E.S. Vandam, New York
Paul Burlin/Tom Butter, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1996
1995
1993
1992
1990
1989
1989
1988
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
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3D An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Nobody Sculpts, presented by Nobody Works, Brooklyn, NY
Day of the Dead, Kings County Bar, Brooklyn, NY
Espacio Negativo Terreno Nyorquino Galeria Nacional, San Jose,
Costa Rica curated by P. Lawton glass (of) water The Painting
Center NY, NY curated by Pamela Lawton
The 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition Univ. of
Hawai’i Art Gallery
Prints From Vermont Studio Center Press, Flemming Museum, Burlington,
VT
Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture Academy of
Arts and Letters, NY, NY
A Shriek From an Invisible Box Meguro Museum, Japan
Pop Mechanics Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Drawing in The Present Tense Aronson Gallery, Parsons School
of Design
Group Exhibition Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
The Boat-Object and Metaphor Pratt Manhattan Gallery
The Square Bubble Union College, Schenectady, New York
Temporarily Possessed The New Museum, New York
Group Exhibition Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Group Exhibition Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Three Sculptors Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo
Piece on view from the Permanent Collection of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Group Exhibition Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Ten Years of Sculpture: Acquisitions at the Pennsylvania Academy
Philadelphia
Formulation and Representation The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf
Art Gallery at
Hunter College, NY Curated by Susan Edwards (catalog)
Ten Gallery Artists Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
The Private Eye The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Sculpture: Material and Abstraction Le Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Art
Lausanne,
Switzerland; curated by Corinne Diserens
The 1980's: A New Generation ,Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York Abstraction 1988 Ronald Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Sculpture Inside Outside Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston, Texas
Four Sculptors Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Life Forms: Contemporary Organic Sculpture Freedman Gallery,
Albright College,
Reading, Pennsylvania
Synthesis Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco
Art Against Aids Benefit Rosa Esman Gallery, New York
Perspectives from Pennsylvania Carnegie Mellon University Art
Gallery, Pittsburgh
Sculpture on the Wall Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Sculpture and Works in Relief John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco
Inaugural Exhibition Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
From Nature Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
Physical Presence Pictogram Gallery, New York
New York Art Now: Correspondences Laforet Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Affiliations: Recent Sculpture and its Antecedents Whitney Museum,
Stamford, CT
Group Show Arbitage Gallery, New York
Contemporary Issues II Holman Hall Art Gallery, Trenton State
College, New Jersey
Translucid -sculpture at Washington Square, Washington, D.C.
Chromatics curated by Judd Tully for Modern Art Consultants
A Growing American Treasure: Recent Acquisitions and Highlights
from the Permanent
Collection Penn. Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Twentieth Century Sculpture: Selections from the Metropolitan
Museum of Art
Storn King art Center, Mountainville, New York
Totem Bonnier Gallery, New York
Inaugural Exhibition Diane Brown Gallery, New York
Lifesigns 55 Mercer Street Gallery, New York
Group Show Olsen Gallery, New York
Language, Drama, Source, and Vision The New Museum, New York
Intoxication Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York
New Sculpture: Icon and Environment Independent Curators, New
York (Traveling Exhibition:Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St.
Lawrence University, Canton, NY 9/5 -
9/23/83; Guild Hall, Easthampton, NY 3/31 - 5/4/84; The Hyde
Collection, Glen Falls, NY 5/24 - 6/24/84; Robertson Center
for the Arts & Sciences, Binghamton, NY8/5 - 10/28/84.)
American Abstraction Now ICA, Virginia Museum, Richmond, Virginia
Summer Exhibition Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
By the Sea, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York
Red Steffanotti Gallery, New York
Critical Perspectives P.S.I., Long Island City, New York
New Work, New York The New Museum, New York
Energie New York ELAC, Lyons, France
Group Drawing Show Steffanotti Gallery, New York
Color Light and Mass: Ten Sculptors Hallwalls, Buffalo, New
York
Art For the Eighties Galerie Durban, Caracus, Venezuela
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| OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS |
1983
1982 |
Hammarskjold Plaza Sculpture Garden, New York
Art Across the Park Central Park, New York |
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| CURATOR |
| 1995 |
Delving and Tinkering, Curator, E.S. Vandam Gallery, New York |
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| WRITING |
| 2006 |
Some Thoughts on Eva Hesse, Brooklyn Rail July-Aug 06 |
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| GRANTS |
1997
1996
1995
1987
1986
1982
1980 |
New York Foundation for the Arts
Print Project, Washington University, St. Louis
Print Project, University of Arts, Philadelphia
Silver Star Award-Alumni Award, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
New York Foundation for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts Emerging Artist
National Endowment for the Arts Emerging Artist
National Endowment for the Arts Emerging Artist
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| PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
First National Bank of Chicago, Illinois
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Prudential Insurance Co., Newark, New Jersey
Saks Fifth Avenue, Pasadena, CA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, North Carolina
Frederick Wiseman Collection, California |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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3 pcs. 1986), Arts Magazine, October 1986
Baker, Kenneth, "Review," San Francisco Chronicle,
December 24, 1987
“Minimalism and Runway Wit,"
San Francisco Chronicle, Saturday, July 11, 1987, p. 38
“Review,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 21, 1986
Barasch, Amy, "Curt Marcus Gallery," 7 Days, July
27, 1988
Boyd, Julia, "American Abstraction Now," (catalogue),
ICA Virginia Museum, Richmond
Braff, Phyllis, "From the Studio," The East Hampton
Star, April 26, 1984
Brenson, Michael, "Tom Butter," (review) The New York
Times, March 1, 1991
Brenson, Michael, "Critic's Choice," The New York
Times, August 21, 1983
Brockington, Horace “Uncommonly Familiar: The Sculpture
of Tom Butter and Gary Justis” NY Arts May 2001
Canning, Susan M., Sculpture Magazine, May/June 1998
Cohen, Ronny, survey article, Drawing, Summer 1981
Cohen, Ronny, "Energism: An Attitude," Artforum, September
1980
Cook, Scott, "Art for the Eighties," (catalogue),
Galerie Durban,Caracas, Venezuela, 1980
Denson, Roger, "Color, Light, and Mass: Ten Sculptors,"
(catalogue), Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, 1981
Donahoe, Victoria, review of L. Oliver show, Philadelphia Inquirer,
March 18, 1983,
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April 14, 1984
Dreishpoon, Douglas, review of C. Marcus Show, Arts Magazine,
January 1987
Forgey, Benjamin, “Prismatic Showcase,” review of
Translucid, The Washington Post, April 25 1985
Foran, Jack, "Sculpture Show Combines Humor, Artistic Concern,"
Buffalo Evening News, February 25, 1981
Goodman, Marilyn J. S., review of L. Oliver show, New Art Examiner,
June 1984
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Buffalo Courier Express, February 22, 1981
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The Buffalo News, April 23, 1987
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Chronicle, December 17,1988
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28, 1997
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February, 1984
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12-18, 1983
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November, 1984
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1983
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1984
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| TEACHING |
2006-07
2003-06
2002, 04
2003-04
1998-01
1997-98
1996-98
1993-94
1986-87 |
Director, MFA Program, Fine Arts Department, Parsons School of Design
Coordinator, MFA Program, Fine Arts Department, Parsons School of Design
Visiting Faculty, Harvard University Dept. of Visual and Environmental
Studies
Coordinator, MFA Program, Parsons School of Design
Coordinator, Graduate Sculpture Program, Parsons School of Design
Associate Prof. Art, College of New Rochelle, NY (undergraduate)
Associate Prof. Sculpture Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode
Island (grad. + undergrad.)
Assistant Prof. Sculpture Tyler School of Art, Pennsylvania
(graduate/undergraduate)
Assistant Prof. Sculpture Yale University, Connecticut (graduate/undergraduate) |
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| Graduate sculpture |
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Parsons School of Design- 88-02. (1 semester
each year, 93-94 off)
Rhode Island School of Design- 90, 91 (1 semester each yr.),
99-00 |
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| Undergraduate sculpture |
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Chautauqua Institution 98-03
Tyler School of Art (F92, F94)
Parsons School of Design 88-96 (all semesters, 93-94 off)
Rhode Island School of Design 90, 92 (one semester each)
Maryland Art Institute 89 (1 semester)
University of Pennsylvania 88 (one semester)
State University of New York at Purchase 87, 88 (one semester
each)
Philadelphia College of Art 86, 87 (all semesters) |
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| Undergraduate studio (painting and sculpture) |
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Boston Museum School 91, 95 (5 visits per semester)
Vermont Studio Center 87, 89, 91, 93, 95-01 (summer)
Brandeis University 89 (one semester) |
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| Three -dimensional Design (Foundation Depts.) |
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Philadelphia College of Art 79-87
Tyler School of Art 93-94 |
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| Visiting Artist |
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Bard College
Chautauqua Institution (3)
Reinhart School of Sculpture (3)
Arkansas State University
University of Colorado , Boulder
University of Alberta , Edmonton
Yale University(2)
Syracuse University
Washington University
SUNY Purchase
Brandeis University
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts(3)
Columbia University (2)
Union College
University of the Arts (5)
RISD (3)
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Skidmore College
Dartmouth College
Pratt Institute (2)
Hampshire College (2)
Mass College of Art (2)
Montclair State College
SUNY Albany
Wake Forest University
Muhlenburg College
Maryland Art Institute
Michigan State University
Princeton University |
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