Butt Johnson | CRG Gallery

2011 Cover Version LP, BAM, New York, NY
The Spectacular of Vernacular, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Contemporary Prints, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
The Language of Flowers, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
Forth Estate: New Editions, The Re: Institute, Millerton, NY
New New York Publishers, Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, BELGIUM
“RECENT EDITIONS: A printmaking exhibition from NYC publishers Forth Estate and Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop”, Sharon Arts Exhibition Gallery, NH
FORTH ESTATE EDITIONS: Recent Works, “In the Viewing Room” at Frederieke Taylor Gallery, NY
2009 Forth Estate Editions, Fourteen 30 Contemporary, Portland, Oregon
Forth Estate Editions, Rhode Island School of Design Memorial Hall Gallery, RI
Pulp Fictions – Papierarbeiten, Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe, Germany
Infinity, Scion Space, Los Angeles, CA
Flower Power, Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Slam Dunk – Space 15 Twenty, LA, CA
Subverted Genres – Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
Boston Printmakers 2009 North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 Kick Out The Jams, The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
IPCNY new Prints/Summer, IPCNY, New York, NY
Hot and Cold, Luggage Store Gallery, San Fransico, CA
Upstairs Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Art Basel Miami Beach, CRG Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 Frieze Art Fair 2007, CRG Gallery, London, England
Schietern, Landesgalerie Linz, Linz, Austria
Pulp Dream, 33 Bond Gallery, New York, NY
Paper Trails – New Adventures in Drawing, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Metaphysics of Youth, Fuoriuso, Pescara, Italy
2005 Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, NY
Framed, V1 gallery + turbine hallerne, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 Multiples, Klaus von Nichtssagend, New york, NY

Bibliography

2011 Wilson, Michael, “Butt Johnson: CRG Gallery”, ARTFORUM, March, 2011
Fusaro, Joe, “Blue”, Art21Blog, February 16th, 2011
Plunkett, Luke “These Video Games Are Now Art” Kotaku.com, February 13th, 2011
Bilsborough, Michael, “The Name of Heroes:, SVA Blog, February 4th, 2011
Wells, Nicholas, “Butt Johnson: The Name of the Rose”, City Arts New York, February 8th, 2011
Adler, Alex, “Butt Johnson ‘The Name of the Rose’ at CRG Gallery”, February 7th, 2011
Johnson, Ken, “Butt Johnson: The Name of the Rose”, The New York Times, February 4th, 2011
Arak, Joey, “Starchitecture Art in Chelsea” Curbed NY, February 2nd, 2011
Davis, Ben, Editor’s Picks, ARTINFO, February 2nd, 2011
Rifkin, Mark, “TWI-NY Talk: Butt Johnson”, February 2nd, 2011
Critic’s Pick, Time Out New York, January 2011
Abbe, Mary, Art from the Heart, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Rosenberg, Meredith, “Butt Johnson: The Name of the Rose”, Escape Into Life, January, 2011
2010 Art in America, Decoding Images
Butt Johnson interviews Nicole Eisenman, Rereveal, August 2010
Cuttler, David Kennedy, Butt Johnson Gets Grilled, Rereveal, April 2010
2009 Vineberg, Dave, Meticulous Art from Silverpoint to Ballpoint, Madamepickwick.com, July 27th, 2009
2008 Harmanci, Reyhan, ZEALOUS ZINE, SF Gate, May 5, 2008
Hinrichsen, Jens, KUNST Stücke, Der Tagesspiegel, February 16, 2008
2007 Heath, Stuart, Butt Johnson, Giornale Nuovo, July 26, 2007
Pavan, Carlos, Butt johnson Forever, Nuyorker.com, March 27, 2007
Risch, Conor, Butt Johnson: Modern Master, Cool’eh, March 20th, 2007
Greenblatt, David, Butt johnson’s Slam Dunk, Art&Sex&Music, March 13, 2007
ZImmerman, Aaron NYart fair round up, crowndozen.com March 10, 2007
Wagner, James, Butt Johnson at CRG (Armory), jameswagner.com, March 5, 2007
2005 Smith, Roberta, Art Review; Greater Brooklyn, New York Times, July 8th
Swingset, Issue No. 6
2004 Swingset, Issue No. 3

Public Collections

Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
RISD Museum, Providence Rhode Island
NY Public Library
Boston Public Library

Awards

2010 Pollock-Krasner Fellowship recipient

Butt Johnson currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.