Born Westmoreland, Kansas, USA, 1975

Education
2000
MFA, The School of the Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, IL
1997
BFA, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

Solo Exhibitions

2010
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Paintings and Drawings 2010, Tokyo, Japan
2009
• Galerie Martin Janda, These Trees, Vienna, Austria
2008
• Lora Reynolds Gallery, Dark and Leafless, Austin, TX
2007       
• Galerie Michael Zink, Berlin, Germany
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Leafless Trees and Sakura, Tokyo, Japan
• Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, New Trees, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2006
• Lora Reynolds Gallery, New Trees and Forests, Austin, TX, USA
2005
• Groeflin Maag Galerie, Paintings, Basel, Switzerland
• Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, New Paintings, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Team Gallery, Forest’s Edge, New York, USA
2004
• Galerie Lisa Ruyter, Tree Alone, Vienna, Austria
• Team Gallery, Trees, New York, NY, USA
2003
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Little Mountain, Project Room, Tokyo, Japan
• Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Early Spring, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2002
• Team Gallery, Mountain Paintings, New York, NY, USA

Group Exhibitions

2010
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Collections-March, Kyoto, Japan
2009
• Lora Reynolds Gallery, Mark Making: Dots, Lines, and Curves, Austin, TX
• Galerie Martin Janda, Dark Side of the Moon, Vienna, Austria
2008
• Lora Reynolds Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition, Austin, TX
• Illingworth Kerr Gallery, The Big Gift, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Geoffrey Young Gallery, Narcissus, Great Barrington, MA, USA
• ATM Gallery, Anne Eastman & Benjamin Butler, New York, NY, USA
• Tomio Koyama Gallery, Daikanyama Group Show, Tokyo, Japan
2006
• Lora Reynolds Gallery, Summer Group Exhibition, Austin, TX
• Monya Rowe Gallery, AIR, curated by Amy Sillman, NY, USA
• Greenberg van Doren, Palette, curated by Augusto Arbizo, NY, USA
• Galleria Glance, Benjamin Butler, Holly Coullis, Ridley Howard, Turin, Italy
2005
• Groeflin Maag Galerie, Honeymoon with Romeo, curated by Holly Coulis, Basel, Switzerland
• P. S. 1., Greater New York, New York, USA
• Illinois State University, Sad Songs, curated by Bill Congers, Normal, IL, USA
2004
• Champion Fine Art, where do we come from, what are we? where are we going?, curated by Katherine Bernhardt, Los Angeles, CA
• Elizabeth Dee Gallery, A. C., New York, NY, USA
• Rove/ Kenny Schachter, Five Artist Shows, London, UK
• Geoffrey Young Gallery, Full Disclosure, Great Barrington, MA, USA
• Allston Skirt Gallery, Beat the Reaper, curated by Joe Bradley, Boston, MA, USA
2003
• Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Greetings from New York, New Abstraction, Salzburg, Austria
• Grimm/Rosenfeld Galerie, Game Over, Munich, Germany
• 678 Echo Park Avenue, The Larger Room, curated by Mari Eastman, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2002
• Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Inaugural Exhibition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2000
• Alternative Space, Electraslip Knife, curated Stephanie Campos, Chicago, IL, USA
1999
• Studio 870, long cold winter in an endlessnameless, curated by Slater Bradley, Jay Batlle and Amy Sarkisian, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Bibliography
2008
•     Ocvirk,Stinson,Wigg,Bone,Cayton, Art Fundamentals:Theory and Practice, illustration.
•     Austin American-Statesman, Top Pick: Benjamin Butler:Dark and Leafless, illustration, Nov. 20.
2007
• Berliner Zeitung, Rubrik “Termine der Woche”, Nr 295 Dienstag, December 18.
• Emma Gray, LA Confidential, Artnet.com, October 12.
• Emma Gray, Top Ten Shows in LA, Saatchi Online, Sept. 20.
• Amra Brooks, Must See Art, LA Weekly, September 5.
• Manami Fujimori, Figaro Japon, September 5.
2006
• Alice Thorson, Homecoming,Kansas City Star, Nov. 26.
• Suddeutsche Zeitung, “Kunstvolle Natur”, Hanne Westkott, Nov. 2, S.73.
• Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Butler Blends Influences Deftly, Austin American-Statesman, Nov. 7.
• Merrily Kerr, Palette, TimeOut/New York, Aug. 17-23.
• Roberta Smith, Art in Review:Palette, New York Times, Aug. 11.
• Chris Bors, Chroma Trouble, Artnet.com, August 4.
• Amra Brooks, Must See Art, LA Weekly, August 2.
• Michael Killeen, Color Focus, Bloomberg News, August 1.
• Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman, July 29.
• Art Moco, Benjamin Butler, illustration,July 20.
• Andrew Maerkle, Palette, flavorpill.com, July 12.
• Ken Johnson, Air, New York Times, July 7.
• Bridget L. Goodbody, Air, TimeOut/New York, July 6-12, issue 562.
• Yvonne Olivas, Benjamin Butler at Team, Art in America, illustration, p. 134, February.
• Amra Brooks, Benjamin Butler, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Artforum, illustration, p. 231, January.
2005
• Greater New York Book, Published by PS1 and MOMA, illustration, with essay by Irene Shum
Sad Songs, catalog for exhibition at University Galleries of Illinois State University, curated by Bill Conger
• Ken Johnson, Benjamin Butler, Forest’s Edge, New York Times, New York, USA, 4 June
• Elisabeth Kley, Greater New York 2005, Artnews, illustration, May
• Betsy Andrews, Getting ourselves Back to the Garden, Gay City News, illustration, April 28
• Jerry Saltz, Lesser New York, Village Voice, p. 77, 28 March
• Brian Muller, Painting today, a Cat among the Pigeons, panel discussion, ARCO 05
2004
• Sarah Douglas, London Letter, Artnet.com, 27 October
• Jerry Saltz, Five Points,http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0411/saltz2.php, 17-23 March
• Andrea Bellini, I Nuovissimi di New York, ill., Flash Art, pp. 83-84
2003
• Thomas Hirschmann, Earthy Tones: Fopur Spring Shows Mark the Greening of the Gallery Circuit, Now Toronto, 3 April
2002
• Roberta Smith, Review, The New York Times, p. E