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ARTIST JIM BUTLER IS HIXSON-LIED VISITING ARTIST
 Jim Butler, "Donkey," oil on canvas, 22 x 15", 1998. Butler lives and works in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Middlebury, Vt. He is Professor of Art at Middlebury College and is currently Chair of the program in studio art at Middlebury College. He has had numerous solo exhibitions in Los Angeles and New York City, as well as exhibitions in Cologne, Germany; Stockholm, Sweden; and Reykjavik, Iceland. His work has been reviewed in Flash Art, The New York Times, The Village Voice, The New Yorker, Bomb Magazine and Art in America. In the spring of 2005, Butler was a John H. Hauberg Fellow at the Pilchuck Glass School and professional artist-in-residence there the previous year. Primarily a painter, Butler has been working in glass for the past several years. He is curator of the show, "Transparency," on exhibition now in Reykjavik, which travels back to the United States later this year. Butler received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Indiana University and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design. |
