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Deborah Butterfield Biography
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Born May 7, in San Diego, CA
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1966 - 1968 |
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San Diego State College, San Diego, CA
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1970 - 1972 |
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BFA, University of California, Davis, CA
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1972 |
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, Scholarship
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1972 |
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, Purchase Award for Sculpture and Student Jury Award for Sculpture
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1973 |
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MFA, University of California, Davis, CA
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1977 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship
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1980 |
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John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
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1980 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship
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Lives and works in Bozeman, Montana and Hawaii
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2007
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Deborah Butterfield: Horses, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV (solo)
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2007
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Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA (solo)
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2006
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LA Louver, Venice, CA (solo)
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2006
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2006
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Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN (solo)
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2006
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Tucson Museum of Art, AZ (solo)
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2005
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Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2005
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Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
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2005
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Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2005
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Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, FL (solo)
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2004
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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2004
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The Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
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2004
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Roberta Lieberman: A Sharp Eye: An Art Dealer’s 40 Year Journey, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
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2003
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Expanded Horizons, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
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2003
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Deborah Butterfield: Recent Sculpture, Edward Thorp Gallery, NY, NY
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2003
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Deborah Butterfield, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2002
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Sculpture, LA Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
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2002
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Fast Forward II, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
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2001
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The Wild West, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark
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2000
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International Festival of Contemporary Sculpture Monte-Carlo, Monaco
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2000
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Edward Thorpe Gallery, New York, NY
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1999
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Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
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1999
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Animal, Musée Bourdelle, Paris, France
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1997
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Two in Montana: Deborah Butterfield and John Buck, Sculpture and Woodblock Prints, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
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1997
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Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
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1996
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San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
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1996
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Outdoor Exhibition, Grant Park, Chicago, IL
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1994
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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1992
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Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
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1989
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Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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1989
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The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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1989
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The Nature of the Beast, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
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1987
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Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
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1987
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The Bay Area Collects: A Focus on Sculpture, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1987
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Standing Ground:Sculpture by American Women, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cinncinati, OH
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1987
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Whitney Museum at Philip Morris Sculpture Court, New York, NY
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1986
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Call of the Wild, Rhode Island School of Design, Museum of Art, Providence, RI
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1986
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Contemporary Art Center, Honolulu, HI
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1985
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The Horse in 20th Century Art, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London, England
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1985
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Iowa Collects, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
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1984
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O.K. Harris, New York, NY
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1984
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Naturlich, Matthews Hamilton Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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1983
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Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
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1983
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Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
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1982
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Mayor Gallery, London, England
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1982
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100 Years of California Sculpture, The Oakland Museum Oakland, CA
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1981
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Isreal Museum, Jerusalem, Isreal
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1981
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ARCO Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA
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1980
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3-D Invitational Exhibit, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburg, PA
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1979
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The Decade in Review: Selections from the 1970's, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1978
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The Presence of Nature, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1977
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Seventy-sixth Exhibition of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1977
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Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
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1976
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Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
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1974
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Two Sculptors: Deborah Butterfield and Rudy Serra, University Museum, Berkeley, CA
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1973
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The Great Variety of Northern California Art, Pan Gallery, Chico, CA
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1972
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First Southwest Region Exhibition, American Craft Council Gallery, New York, NY
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1972
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The Sacramento Valley, San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA
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| Selected Public Collections |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
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Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
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San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
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The University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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Yale University, New Haven, CT
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The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
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The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
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Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
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The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
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The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
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The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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The Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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The Institute of Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
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Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
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Meijer Sculpture Gardens, Grand Rapids, MI
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| Literature |
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2003
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Gordon, Robert, et al. Horses: Deborah Butterfield. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2003.
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1992
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Tucker, Marcia. The Art of Deborah Butterfield. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.
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| Links to further information |
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