Born 1971 in San Francisco, CA
MFA, California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2008
BFA, The Cooper Union, New York, NY, 1993
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Overture, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2017
MMXVII, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Afterimage, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2014
In Color and Black and White, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Sea Stories Between the Tides, Highlight Gallery, San Francisco, CA (Two person show)
2012
Alas, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco CA
2010
Luke Butler, Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Captain! Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2008
Invasion, 2nd Floor Projects, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2023
A Growing Season, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2022
Do You See What I See?, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2021
We Are Here, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2020
Conversational Spirits II, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Conversational Spirits I, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
State of the Art 2020, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
2019
With a Little Help From My Friends, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
More Than 700 Years, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Corinth Group, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2018
Horizon Lines, Jessica Silverman at 288 Pacific, San Francisco, CA
Kinship, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Sky Above Clouds, Darrow Contemporary, Aspen, CO
Way Bay, The University of California, Berkeley Art Musuem, Berkeley, CA
2017
The Times, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
Resistance Training, curated by Glen Helfand, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2016
AFTER POP LIFE, curated by Glen Helfand, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Fog A Mirror, CES Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
White is the Warmest Color, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Another, Once Again, Many Times More, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
Das stille Leben des Sammlers Kempinski, Exile, Berlin, Germany
2013
Approximately Infinite Universe, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
Artists & Editions, The Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2012
Up Against It, Munch Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Mise-En-Scene, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR
B-B-B-Bad, curated by Doug McClemont and Billy Miller, Anna Kustera, NY
2010
Now WHAT? Norton Museum, Miami, FL
Orange County Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Lost Horizon, Exile, Berlin, Germany
Front and Center, curated by Jessica Brier, Vanessa Blaikie and Joey Piziali, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Chimera, curated by Matt Boyko, Gensler SF, San Francisco, CA
2009
Back to Front, curated by Zoe Taleporos, Queen’s Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA
In Bloom, curated by Jaon Bryan, Five Points Arthouse, San Francisco, CA
Summer Reading, curated by Benjamin Tischer and Risa Needleman, Invisible Exports, New York, NY
Children of the Revolution, curated by Keith Boadwee, Federal Art Project, Los Angeles, CA
Curated By-Vienna 2009- Beginnings, Middles, and Ends”, curated by Gianni Jetzer, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
Sketchbook Show, curated by Luke Butler, Orange Alley Projects, San Francisco, CA
A Trip Down (False) Memory Lane, curated by Jessica Silverman, Lexington Club, San Francisco, CA
2008
Capital Jewelers, curated by Glen Helfand, Dust gallery, Las Vegas, NV
Little Paper Cuts, curated by Erik Parra, Five Points Arthouse, San Francisco, CA
MINI MARKET, curated by Jessica Silverman, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Destination San Francisco, curated by Christina Empedocles and Kate Phillimore, Queen’s Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA
Ready To Pop, curated by Keith Boadwee, Blank Space Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Bathroom Show, curated by Luke Butler, Tricycle Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Bay to Barley, a Show of San Francisco-Based Artists, curated by Adrianne Watson, Hastings College Art Gallery, Hastings, NE
The Rainbow Show, curated by Christina Empedocles and Alicia Escott, Café Royale, San Francisco, CA
2007
Walls of Glory, curated by Luke Butler, Eagle Tavern Bathrooms, San Francisco, CA
DEATHCLASS with Kai Althoff and Jordan Kantor, CCA PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Group of 13, The Spare Room Project, San Francisco, CA
Long Time Collective Plus One, M1 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Notebook Show, curated by Luke Butler, CCA PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The World is Yours, curated by Liz Jonckheer, Oliver Kamm 5BE Gallery, New York, NY
Optimism, curated by Gareth Spor, Hardware Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Faction, curated by CCA Curatorial Practice Graduate Students, CCA PLAySPACE
Making Space, curated by Matthew Searle, Crucible Steel Gallery @ Cellspace, San Francisco, CA
We Are Where We Are Not, curated by Jason Kalogiros, G-A-S-P, Brookline, MA
Us and Them, curated by Linda Geary, FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Remnants II, curated by Matthew Searle, Crucible Steel Gallery @ Cellspace, San Francisco, CA
2006
Draw-a-thon, Speakeasy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ides of March, ABCNoRio, New York, NY
Restless Natives! Art of Native New Yorkers, curated by Justin Waldstein, Local Project, LIC, NY
2005
Essenhigh and Steve Mumford, Matchless Bar, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Bitter Dregs, curated by Lowell Pettit, Ten63 Gallery, LIC, NY
2000
20 Drawing Show, curated by Julia Leonard, The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999
Fastfood, 323 Gallery, curated by Wendi Carlock, Brooklyn, NY
1998
Magnolia Editions Print Show, Magnolia Editions Gallery, Oakland, CA
1997
Magnolia Editions Print Show”, Magnolia Editions Gallery, Oakland, CA
Never Forget You Are Going To Die, video show, curated by Heidrun Holzfeind, 810 Broadway, New York, NY
1996
xxx, video show curated by Peter Celli, Spanish Kitchen Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Central Industrial Supply Hardware Show, curated by Gene Pool, Central Industrial Supply Hardware Store, New York, NY
Crest Hardware Show, curated by Gene Pool, Crest Hardware Store, Brooklyn, NY
1995
Whose Body Is It, Anyway? Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY
Page 10, show of artists’ books, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Alumni Squared, LaGuardia H.S. Gallery, NYC
Guys and Dolls, curated by Tony Oursler, Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Selected Bibliography
2016
Howard, Ellie. “Luke Butler.” Elephant Magazine, Spring 2016
Hotchkiss, Sarah. “Artful Dodger: March into March’s Visual Art Happenings,” KQED Arts, March 1, 2016
2014
Bryant, Eric. “Luke Butler,” Modern Painters, September 2014
Oliver, Retha. “Luke Butler at Charlie James Gallery,” Glasstire, July 2014
Knight, Christopher. “Luke Butler: Review – ‘the end’ is just beginning,” Los Angeles Times, June 2014
2011
“Luke Butler: The Real McCoy,” Out Magazine, February 2011
Knight, Christopher. “Orange Country Biennial Review,” Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2011.
Austin, Tom. “What Now? Curating At Warp Speed for the Norton’s Art Basel Show,” Miami Herald, January 2, 2011
2010
Landi, Ann. “Exhibitionists at the Art Fair,” ArtInfo, December 22, 2010
Haramis, Nick. “The 11 Most Original Artworks at NADA, Basel’s Most Original Art Fair,”BlackBook Magazine, December 6, 2010
“Luke Butler Goes Where No Artist Has Gone Before,” Southern California Public Radio Interview, October 26, 2010
Kolbeins, Graham. “Luke Butler,” Future Shipwreck, August 9, 2010
2009
Helfand, Glen. Exhibition Review, Artforum, December, 2009
Sussman, Matt. “The Goldies,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, November, 2009
Beard, Dena. “Luke Butler,” Shotgun Review, October 4, 2009
Hanasik, Jason. “Luke Butler,” The New Gay, October 2, 2009
Berardini, Andrew. “Butler on Sutter,” ArtSlant, September 27, 2009
Gannon, Victoria. “Luke Butler,” The Rumpus, September 16, 2009
B. Vogel, Sabine. “Beginnings, Middles, and Ends,” Artforum, May 2009
Scheldmayer, Nina. “Vienna 09,” Art Magazine, May 18, 2009
2008
Silverman, Jessica. “Luke Butler,” Whitehot Magazine, June 2008
Public collections
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Museum of Art, Berkeley, CA
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Norton Museum of Art, Miami, FL
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
