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Eric Butcher

Born in Singapore, 1970.

Education

2001/2 The Institute of Education, London University, PGCE (Post Compulsory)
2000/1 Wimbledon School of Art, London, MA Fine Art
1990/4 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, MA (Cantab) Philosophy (2:1)

Solo Exhibitions

2007 Honey Trap, Toomey Tourell gallery, San Francisco, USA
  Static Interference, Vertigo gallery, London
2005 Hanging Garden, Text + Work, the Art Institute at Bournemouth (text by James Barron)
  Arte Fiera, Vertigo gallery, Bologna, Italy
2004 Carbon Candy, Vertigo gallery, London
2003 Arcs + Surfaces, Vertigo gallery, London
2002 Cusp, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London (two-person with Rebecca McLynn)
2000 A Line of Enquiry, The Loading Bay, London
1999 The Antidote, The Loading Bay, London
1997 New Paintings, Concord Sylvania, London
  The Painted Figure, Hirschl Contemporary Art, London (two-person with Gabriel Schmitz)
1995 Lingering in Chambers of the Sea, The Acorn gallery, Liverpool
  New Paintings, Gallery 28, Reading
1993 Coming Up for Air, Engert Haus, Munich, Germany
1991 Beata Clarisa, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 Honey Trap, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, USA
  Meeting Place, Russell – Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth and the Arts Institute at Bournemouth (curated by Stephanie James & Jackie Serafopoulos)
  Underground, Shoreditch Town Hall basement, London (three-person with Roger Ackling and Simón Granell)
2005 Definite Article, Vertigo Gallery, London and Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, USA, 2006 (with Roger Ackling, Marc Vaux and Cathy Wade)
  Kunst Messe Frankfurt, Vertigo Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany (two-person with Karl Maughan)
2004 Surface, Vertigo Gallery, London
2003 Paperwork, Vertigo Gallery, London
  30 × 30, Vertigo Gallery, London
2002 Wall to Wall, Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
2001 Sarah Myerscough Fine Art, London
  emission, The Loading Bay, London
2000 RMIT University gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1998 The Market Place Gallery, London
1997 The Art Experience, The Atrium Gallery, London
1996 The Glasgow Art Fair, Hirschl Contemporary Art, Glasgow
1995 Art East, London
  The Genitals are Beauty, The House of William Blake, London
1994 The Waterlilly Foundation, The Guildhall, Cambridge
  Art East, London
  The Art Show, Alexandra Palace, London

Publications

2007 Ed. Stephanie James & Les Buckingham, Meeting Place, the Russell – Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, in association with Text + Work, the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, (exhibition catalogue inc. essay by Eric Butcher)
  Texts by John Haldane (Professor of Philosophy, University of St. Andrews), Tania Kovats (artist and writer), Lee Triming (artist and writer) and Dr. Julie Sheldon (Reader and Programme Leader in Art History, Liverpool John Moores University) in Underground, Shoreditch Town Hall basement, London, ISBN 978-0-9552820-6-5 (published by CAIR and distributed globally by Cornerhouse Publications)
  Ed. Margaret O’Regan, Art at More London, The LG collection of Contemporary art, London (collection catalogue)
2005 James Barron, Spaces, In, Out and Around, in Text + Work, the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Bournemouth, ISBN 0-901196-09-6 (exhibition catalogue)
  Eric Butcher, Objects and Surfaces, in Definite Article, Vertigo Gallery, London, ISBN 1-903-771-13-7 (exhibition catalogue). Reprinted in Art & Architecture Journal, Autumn 2006
2004 William Packer, Untitled, in Carbon Candy, Vertigo gallery, London, ISBN 1-903-771-12-9 (exhibition catalogue)
2003 Angela Kingston, New Paintings by Eric Butcher, Catherine Shearn, A Conversation with Eric Butcher, in Arcs + Surfaces, Vertigo Gallery, London, ISBN1-903-771-08-0 (exhibition catalogue)

Search Projects, Awards, Grants & Fellowships

2007 The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Research Fellowship 2007
  Centre for Art International Research (CAIR), Liverpool School of Art/Liverpool John Moores University: Multiple Perspectives Fellowship 2007
2006 Research grant: The Arts Institute at Bournemouth (funding for exhibition and publication costs relating to Underground, Shoreditch Town Hall basement, London, 2007)
2005 Research grant: The Arts Institute at Bournemouth (funding for publication costs relating to the exhibition catalogue Definite Article, Vertigo gallery, London, 2005, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, USA 2006)
2002 Arts Council England, London: Visual Arts Development Award (funding awarded for the developmental and materials costs relating to the manufacture of experimental new forms for the exhibition Arcs + Surfaces, Vertigo Gallery, 2003)
2001 Wimbledon School of Art Research Centre (funding for the exhibition costs relating to emission, the Loading Bay, London, 2001)
2000 Arts and Humanities Research Board: Postgraduate Scholarship

Curatorial Projects

2005/6 Curated Definite Article, Vertigo Gallery, London, 2005, Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, USA, 2006. An exhibition of the work of four contemporary British artists concerned with the formal relationship between object and surface (with Roger Ackling, Marc Vaux and Cathy Wade)
2001 Curated emission, the Loading Bay, London, 2001. A group exhibition of 10 international artists based in London

Teaching Experience

2006/7 Liverpool School of Art & Design, Liverpool John Moores University: Visiting Lecturer, BA (Hons) Fine Art
2004/7 The Art Institute at Bournemouth: Associate Senior Lecturer (0.5), BA (Hons) Fine Art, Level 2 Co-ordinator and MA Fine Art
2003/4 The Art Institute at Bournemouth: Visiting Lecturer, BA (Hons) Fine Art
2002 Wirral School of Art: Visiting Lecturer, BA (Hons) Fine Art

Works in Public & Corporate Collections

Capital & Provident, London
Clariden Leu (Credit Suisse), London
HDG Ltd. London
HM (EU Partners) LLP, London
Kazakhmys PLC, London
LG Collection of Contemporary Art, London
Linklaters, London
Morley Fund Management, London
Munkenbeck + Marshall Architects, London
The Open University, Milton Keynes
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Cancer Centre, Birmingham

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