Medium: Photograph/Archival print on canvas
Dimensions: 8" x 8" (all works)
Artist: Renee Butler, from the collectionn of Brigitte Reyes (URL)
Ms. Butler earned a B.A. in Art History from the University of Maryland in 1977, where she studied under Anne Truitt and Sam Gilliam. In the early 80s, she received art colony fellowships from Yaddo, the Karolyi Foundation (France), MacDowell Colony, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has also been awarded grants from the D.C. Commission for the Arts, the NEA’s InterArts Program, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation, and the Fairfax Council of the Arts.
In the late 80s, Ms. Butler collaborated with the Marilyn DeReggi Arts Ensemble, creating stage set installations for composers like John Cage and Virgil Thomson at venues such as the French Embassy, Strathmore Hall, and the International Experimental Music Festival in Bourges, France.
Her solo exhibitions since 1986 include venues like the Corcoran Gallery of Art, MOCA-DC, and the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, as well as group shows in New York City.
In the late 80s, Ms. Butler collaborated with the Marilyn DeReggi Arts Ensemble, creating stage set installations for composers like John Cage and Virgil Thomson at venues such as the French Embassy, Strathmore Hall, and the International Experimental Music Festival in Bourges, France.
Her solo exhibitions since 1986 include venues like the Corcoran Gallery of Art, MOCA-DC, and the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, as well as group shows in New York City.