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Deborah Butterfield    (American, 1949)

 Deborah Butterfield - Cicada (Sculptures) h: 89 x w: 99 x d: 39 in / h: 226.1 x w: 251.5 x d: 99.1 cm
Deborah Butterfield
Cicada 2005
 
 Deborah Butterfield - June (Sculptures) h: 39 x w: 49 x d: 12 in / h: 99.1 x w: 124.5 x d: 30.5 cm
Deborah Butterfield
June 2005
 
 

Biography
1949 Born May 7, in San Diego, CA
1966 - 1968 San Diego State College
1970 - 1972 University of California at Davis, B.F.A.
1972 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, Scholarship
1972 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, Purchase Award for Sculpture and Student Jury Award for Sculpture
1973 M.F.A., University of California, Davis, CA
1977 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship
1980 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
1980 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship

Exhibitions
2007 “Deborah Butterfield: Horses,” Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV (solo)
2007 Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA (solo)
2006 Tucson Museum of Art, AZ (solo)
2006 Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN (solo)
2006 LA Louver, Venice, CA (solo)
2006 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
2005 Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida (solo)
2005 University Art Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2005 Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
2005 Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
2004 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2004 The Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
2004 Roberta Lieberman: A Sharp Eye: An Art Dealer’s 40 Year Journey, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2003 Expanded Horizons, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2003 Deborah Butterfield: Recent Sculpture, Edward Thorp Gallery, NY, NY
2003 Deborah Butterfield, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 Sculpture, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
2002 Fast Forward II, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California,
2001 The Wild West, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark
2001 The Lenore and Burton Gold Collection of 20th Century Art,
2000 International Festival of Contemporary Sculpture Monte-Carlo, Monaco
2000 Edward Thorpe Gallery New York, NY
1999 Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Chicago, IL
1999 "Animal", Musée Bourdelle Paris, France
1997 "Two in Montana: Deborah Butterfield and John Buck, Sculpture and Woodblock Prints", San Jose Museum of Art San Jose, CA
1997 Greg Kucera Gallery Seattle, WA
1996 San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, CA
1996 Grant Park, Outdoor Exhibition Chicago, IL
1994 Gallery Paule Anglim San Francisco, CA
1992 Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Coral Gables, FL
1989 Gallery Paule Anglim San Francisco, CA
1989 The Denver Art Museum Denver, Colorado
1989 The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, "The Nature of the Beast".
1987 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY.
1987 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA "The Bay Area Collects: A Focus on Sculpture"
1987 The Contemporary Arts Center, Cinncinati, Ohio, "Standing Ground:Sculpture by American Women"
1987 Whitney Museum at Philip Morris Sculpture Court New York, NY
1986 "Call of the Wild", Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art Providence, RI
1986 Contemporary Art Center Honolulu, Hawaii
1985 "The Horse in 20th Century Art", Nicola Jacobs Gallery London, England
1985 "Iowa Collects", Des Moines Art Center Des Moines, Iowa
1984 O.K. Harris Works of Art New York, NY
1984 Matthews Hamilton Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. "Naturlich".
1983 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Winston-Salem, NC
1983 Oakland Museum Oakland, CA
1982 Mayor Gallery London, England
1982 "100 Years of California Sculpture", The Oakland Museum Oakland, CA
1981 Isreal Museum Jerusalem, Isreal
1981 ARCO Center for the Visual Arts Los Angeles, CA
1980 "3-D Invitational Exhibit", Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburg, PA
1979 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY "The Decade in Review: Selections from the 1970's"
1978 "The Presence of Nature", Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY
1977 "Seventy-sixth Exhibition of Chicago and Vicinity", Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
1977 Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1976 Madison Art Center, Madison, WI.
1974 University Museum, Berkeley, CA. "Two Sculptors: Deborah Butterfield and Rudy Serra".
1973 I.C. Nelson Gallery, University of California at Davis, "M.F.A.
1973 Pan Gallery, Chico, CA. "The Great Variety of Northern California Art".
1972 American Craft Council Gallery, New York, NY. "First Southwest Region Exhibition".
1972 San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA. "The Sacramento Valley".
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Atlanta Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Clise Properties, 7th and Olive Building, Seattle
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO
The Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Meijer Sculpture Gardens, Grand Rapids, MI
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SF, CA
Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan
The University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Yale University, New Haven, CT

Literature
Tully, Judy. "Paper Chase", Portfolio, May/June 1983. p. 78-85.
McCloud, Mac. "Exhibitions: About Sculpture and Horses", Artweek, October 2, 1982.
Sozanski, Edward. "Butterfield Breaths Life into Branches and Earth", Providence Journal-Bulletin:Weekend, February 27,1981., p. 4-5.
Meir, Ronnen. "Butterfield's Horses" The Jerusalem Post, November 1, 1980.
Morrison, C.L. "Reviews: Chicago, Deborah Butterfield; Zolla/Lieberman" Artforum, October 1979.
Dunham, Judith. "An Unusual Look at Nature", Artweek, November 11, 1978.
Spector, Buzz. Review: "Deborah Butterfield, Zolla Lieberman", The New Art Examiner, (Chicago), November, 1977.
Hayden, Harold. "Image and Allegory", Chicago Sun Times, July 15, 1976
Albright, Thomas. "Unique Balance of Realism, Art", San Francisco Chronicle, June 15, 1974.
Frankenstein, Alfred. "The Grotesque and Fantastic", San Francisco Chronicle, March 8, 1972.
Baker, Kenneth, The San Francisco Chronicle, Review. April 10, 2004, E12.
Glueck, Grace, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, January 16, 2004
Gordon, Robert (ed.), Deborah Butterfield, New York: Ambrams, 2003
Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, June 30, 2000
Landi, Ann, The Art Newsletter, “Small Output in Big Demand”, January 27, 1998
ARTNEWS, “Butterfield Market Strong and Growing”, p. 96, March, 1998
Bonetti, David, "Gallery Watch", San Francisco Examiner, November 14, 1997. p. C-2
Landi, Ann, Artnews, April 1997, p.130
Wilkinson, Jeanne, Review, Dec. 1, 1996, p.25
Hayt-Atkins, Elizabeth. "Deborah Butterfield, ARTnews, February1989, p. 138-139.
Handy, Ellen. "New York Review", Arts, January 1989, p. 99.
Mahoney, Robert. "Galleries", New York Press, October 28, 1988, p. 17.
McClintic, Miranda. "Sculpture Today", Art & Auction, May 1988, p. 160-7.
Westfall, Stephen. "Deborah Butterfield at Edward Thorp", Art in America, April 1987, p. 218
Bass, Ruth. "Deborah Butterfield", ARTnews, March, 1987, p. 149.
Kuspit, Donald. "Deborah Butterfield", Artforum", March 1987, p. 122-123.
Honolulu Star Bulletin & Advertiser, March 30, 1986, Sec. C,
Veselenak, Anne. "Horses Display Artist's Love" Ohio State Lantern, February 5, 1985, p. 6.
Levin, Kim. "May 16-22, An Opinionated Survey", May 1984.
Padon, Thomas, Review, Sculpture Magazine, Jan-Feb, 1994, p.53-4
Yood, James, Review, ArtForum, February, 1993, p. 104.
Wilson, Janet. “The Mane Event,” Connoisseur, February 1992, pp. 66-71.
Yellin, Deborah. "Deborah Butterfield," ARTnews, April, 1991, p. 154.
Hirsch, Faye. "Deborah Butterfield" Arts Magazine, March 1991, p.7
Zimmer, William. "A Sculpture Exhibition That Sounds a Single Note: Horses,"The New York Times, March 11, 1990, CN p28
Hixon, Kathryn. Review, Arts, January 1990, p.106
Tucker, Marcia. "Equestrian Mysteries," Art in America, June 1989, p. 154ff.
Baker, Kenneth. " Sculptor not Just Horsing Around", San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 1989.
Brookman, Donna. "Beyond the Equestrian", Artweek, February 25, 1989
Harris, Jane, Review, Dec. 1, 1996, p.7
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