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Biography

Painter and sculptor Jim Butler (American, b. 1956) is a graduate of RISD and Indiana University. He also attended Skowhegan and Yale-Norfolk. A Professor of Art at Middlebury College since the eighties, Butler lives and works between Vermont and Brooklyn. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited internationally for over 30 years. This includes solo exhibitions at Buchmann Gallery, Berlin; and Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm. Recent projects include a 2016 solo exhibition of painting, glass, and installation at GRIDSPACE in Brooklyn, as well as a major iteration of his ongoing project “The City Of Your Dreams,” recognized by The Corning Museum of Glass’s “New Glass Review” in 2011. He has recently been selected as a 2018 Corning Museum Of Glass Resident Artist.