Deborah Butterfield

(American, born 1949)

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Deborah Butterfield

Draupnir, 2017

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Deborah Butterfield

Moku, 2018

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Deborah Butterfield

MAKA, 2018

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Deborah Butterfield

PINK AND BLUE, 2019

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Deborah Butterfield

LINO, 2019

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Deborah Butterfield

MAKALAU, 2020

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Deborah Butterfield

MARK, 2020

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Deborah Butterfield

ŌHIA ĀPANE, 2021

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Deborah Butterfield

PŪNONI, 2021

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Deborah Butterfield

MUGO, 2013

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Deborah Butterfield

ÕHELOHELO, 2023

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Deborah Butterfield

SANCAI, 2023

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Biography

Timeline

1949
Born May 7, in San Diego, CA
1966 - 1968
San Diego State College, San Diego, CA
1970 - 1972
BFA, University of California, Davis, CA
1972
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, Scholarship
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine, Purchase Award for Sculpture and Student Jury Award for Sculpture
1973
MFA, University of California, Davis, CA
1977
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship
1980
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship
1992
UC Davis and Cal Aggie Alumni Association, Davis, California, Citation for Excellence Award

Exhibitions

2012
New Sculptures, LA Louver, Venice, CA (solo)
Essence: The Horses of Deborah Butterfield, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Pak (solo)
2011
Greg Kucera Gallery
2010
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ (solo)
2008
The Horse, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007
Deborah Butterfield: Horses, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV (solo)
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA (solo)
2006
LA Louver, Venice, CA (solo)
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)

Public Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
The Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
The Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
Yale University, New Haven, CT

Literature

2003
Gordon, Robert, et al. Horses: Deborah Butterfield. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2003.
1992
Tucker, Marcia. The Art of Deborah Butterfield. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.