Toomey Tourell Fine Art: Eric Butcher

Eric Butcher

Born in Singapore, 1970.

Qualifications

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

Solo Exhibitions

2010	Material Witness, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, USA
2007	Honey Trap, Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, 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

2008	Ten, ToomeyTourell Fine Art, San Francisco, USA
2007	Meeting Place – Contemporary Art and the Museum Collection, 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
	Participation in Art Fairs in Chicago, New York, Miami, Glasgow, Frankfurt, Bologna and London

Publications

2010	Exley, Roy: Eric Butcher & the Aluminium Works, in Material Witness, London, ISBN 978-0-9557360-4-9 published by CAIR (Centre for Art International Research), Liverpool John Moores University
2009	Ed. Worth, Rachel Worth: The Arts Institute at Bournemouth Research Directory 2005 – 2008
2007	Haldane, John: Underground, Trimings, Lee: Loveslaves, Sheldon, Julie: Process by Protocol, Kovats, Tania: Digging, in Underground, London, ISBN 978-0-9552820-6-5 published by CAIR (Centre for Art International Research) Liverpool John Moores University.
	Ed. Buckingham, Les: Meeting Place – Contemporary Art and the Museum Collection, the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, in association with Text + Work, the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, ISBN 978-0-901196-20-0 (exhibition catalogue inc. essay Butcher, Eric: Discoveries)
	Ed. O’Regan, Margaret: Art at More London, The LG collection of Contemporary art, London (collection catalogue)
2005	Barron, James: Spaces, In, Out and Around, in Text + Work, the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Bournemouth, ISBN 0-901196-09-6 (exhibition catalogue)
	Butcher, Eric: Objects and Surfaces, in Definite Article, Vertigo Gallery, London, ISBN 1-903-771-13-7 (exhibition catalogue). Essay reprinted (abridged) in Art & Architecture Journal, No. 63, Autumn 2005
2004	Packer, William: Untitled, in Carbon Candy, Vertigo Gallery, London, ISBN 1-903-771-12-9 (exhibition catalogue)
2003	Kingston, Angela: 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)

Research Projects, Awards, Grants, and Fellowships

2008/9	Artist in Residence, Benson-Sedgwick Engineering, Dagenham
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
	Paper: Artists & Curatorial Practice in Contemporary Art, delivered to staff, undergraduate and graduate students at the department of Fine Art, Liverpool School of Art, as part of the Centre for Art International Research (CAIR), Liverpool School of Art & Design, 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 gallery, San Francisco, USA 2006)
2002	Art 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

2007	Co-curated Underground, Shoreditch Town Hall basement, London. A major exhibition of the work of Prof. Roger Ackling (Chelsea School of Art/Norwich School of Art & Design), Eric Butcher and Simón Granell
2005/6	Curated Definite Article, Vertigo gallery, London, 2005, Toomey-Tourell gallery, 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

2008/9	The Arts Institute at Bournemouth: Visiting Lecturer, BA (Hons) Fine Art
2006/8	The Arts Institute at Bournemouth: Visiting Lecturer, MA Fine Art
2006/9	Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University: Visiting Lecturer, BA (Hons) Fine Art
2004/8	The Arts Institute at Bournemouth: Senior Lecturer (0.5), BA (Hons) Fine Art, Level 2 Co-ordinator
2003/4	The Arts Institute at Bournemouth: Visiting Lecturer, BA (Hons) Fine Art
2002	Wirral School of Art: Visiting Lecturer, BA (Hons) Fine Art