Luke Butler

LUKE BUTLER

Born 1971 San Francisco, CA
MFA, California College of Arts, 2008
Lives and works in San Francisco, California

Solo Exhibitions

2010 Luke Butler, Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Captain! Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Invasion, 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions

2010 Now WHAT? Norton Museum, Miami FL
Orange County Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Lost Horizon, Exile, Berlin
Front and Center, curated by Jessica Brier, Vanessa Blaikie and Joey Piziali, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Chimera, curated by Matt Boyko, Gensler SF, San Francisco, CA
2009 Back to Front, curated by Zoe Taleporos, Queen’s Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA
In Bloom, curated by Jaon Bryan, Five Points Arthouse, San Francisco, CA
Summer Reading, curated by Benjamin Tischer and Risa Needleman, Invisible Exports, New York, NY
Children of the Revolution, curated by Keith Boadwee, Federal Art Project, Los Angeles, CA
Curated By-Vienna 2009- Beginnings, Middles, and Ends”, curated by Gianni Jetzer, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
Sketchbook Show, curated by Luke Butler, Orange Alley Projects, San Francisco, CA
A Trip Down (False) Memory Lane, curated by Jessica Silverman, Lexington Club, San Francisco, CA
2008 Capital Jewelers, curated by Glen Helfand, Dust gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Little Paper Cuts, curated by Erik Parra, Five Points Arthouse, San Francisco, CA
MINI MARKET, curated by Jessica Silverman, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Destination San Francisco, curated by Christina Empedocles and Kate Phillimore, Queen’s Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA
Ready To Pop, curated by Keith Boadwee, Blank Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Bathroom Show, curated by Luke Butler, Tricycle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bay to Barley, a Show of San Francisco-Based Artists, curated by Adrianne Watson, Hastings College Art Gallery, Hastings, NE
The Rainbow Show, curated by Christina Empedocles and Alicia Escott, Café Royale, San Francisco, CA
2007 Walls of Glory, curated by Luke Butler, Eagle Tavern Bathrooms, San Francisco, CA
DEATHCLASS with Kai Althoff and Jordan Kantor, CCA PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Group of 13, The Spare Room Project, San Francisco, CA
Long Time Collective Plus One, M1 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Notebook Show, curated by Luke Butler, CCA PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The World is Yours, curated by Liz Jonckheer, Oliver Kamm 5BE Gallery, NYC
Optimism, curated by Gareth Spor, Hardware Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Faction, curated by CCA Curatorial Practice Graduate Students, CCA PLAySPACE
Making Space, curated by Matthew Searle, Crucible Steel Gallery @ Cellspace, San Francisco, CA
We Are Where We Are Not, curated by Jason Kalogiros, G-A-S-P, Brookline, MA
Us and Them, curated by Linda Geary, FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Remnants II, curated by Matthew Searle, Crucible Steel Gallery @ Cellspace, San Francisco, CA
2006 Draw-a-thon, Speakeasy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ides of March, ABCNoRio, NYC
Restless Natives! Art of Native New Yorkers, curated by Justin Waldstein, Local Project, , LIC, NY
2005 Essenhigh and Steve Mumford, Matchless Bar, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Bitter Dregs, curated by Lowell Pettit, Ten63 Gallery, LIC, NY
2000 20 Drawing Show, curated by Julia Leonard, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Fastfood, 323 Gallery, curated by Wendi Carlock, Brooklyn, NY
1998 Magnolia Editions Print Show, Magnolia Editions Gallery, Oakland, CA
1997 Magnolia Editions Print Show”, Magnolia Editions Gallery, Oakland, CA
Never Forget You Are Going To Die, video show, curated by Heidrun Holzfeind, 810 Broadway, New York, NY
1996 xxx, video show curated by Peter Celli, Spanish Kitchen Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Central Industrial Supply Hardware Show, curated by Gene Pool, Central Industrial Supply Hardware Store, NYC
Crest Hardware Show, curated by Gene Pool, Crest Hardware Store, Brooklyn, NY
1995 Whose Body Is It, Anyway? Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY
Page 10, show of artists’ books, 450 Broadway Gallery, NYC
1994 Alumni Squared, LaGuardia H.S. Gallery, NYC
Guys and Dolls, curated by Tony Oursler, Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, MA