JOSHUA BUTLER
2457 Broadway
Grand Junction, Colorado 81507
EDUCATION
MFA 2002 Printmaking, Colorado State University
BFA 1999 Printmaking and Drawing, Colorado State University
1999 Semester Abroad, Italart-Santa Chiara Study Center, Castiglione Fiorintino, Italy.
1990-1993 Studio Art, Fort Lewis College
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006-Present Assistant/Associate Professor of Art, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, Colorado.
Summer 2009 Guest Instructor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
2004-2006 Lecturer, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado.
2002-2004 Head of Art Department, Rifle High School, Rifle, Colorado.
2002 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Printmaking, Colorado State University.
Fall 2001 Independent instruction, Intaglio and Relief, Colorado State University.
Spring 2001 Team teaching, Introduction to Lithography, Colorado State University.
Team-taught with Jim Dormer, Professor.
2000-2001 Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Foundations Drawing,
Colorado State University.
Fall 2000 Independent instruction, Foundations Drawing, Colorado State University,.
Spring 2000 Adjunct Faculty, Foundations Drawing and Drawing Workshop One,
Colorado State University.
Spring 2000 Team teaching, Beginning Printmaking, Colorado State University.
Team-taught a Jack Orman, Professor Emeritus.
Fall 1999 Independent instruction, Foundations Drawing, Colorado State University
1999 Team teaching, Foundations Drawing, Colorado State University.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2014 2014 Harnett Biennial of American Prints
University of Richmond Museums, Richmond Virginia
Juror: Mary Fisher
2014 Homage to Steve
Mad Deer Press, Fort Collins Colorado
2014 Stand Out Prints 2014
High Point Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Juror: Susan Tallman- Editor-in-chief of Art in Print
2014 Los Angeles Printmaking Society: Push and Pull
City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California
Juror: Frank Ellsworth
2014 Shy Rabbit Print International 5
Shy Rabbit Contemporary Arts, Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Juror: Karen Kunk
2014 Fresh
Colorado Mesa University Art Gallery, Grand Junction, Colorado
2014 Colorado Mesa University Faculty Exhibition
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2012 Dia De los Muertos
Studio 12 Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Curator: Carlos Fresquez
2012 Colorado Mesa University Faculty Exhibition
Studio 12 Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2011 Ex Voto
Colorado Mesa University Art Gallery, Grand Junction, Colorado
2011 What’s It All About? Works by Joshua Butler, Charles Hardy, and Roger McCoy
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2011 An Exploration in Printmaking
Mesa County Public Library, Grand Junction, Colorado
2010 Demo Night 2010, A Working Exhibition. November 5, 2010.
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2010 What?What?
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2010 Friends of McInness Canyon, September 2010
Various exhibition locations, Grand Junction, Colorado
2009 Solo Exhibition
Johnson Art Gallery, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado.
2008 Garden Party
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2008 Mesa State College Art Faculty Exhibition
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2008 Master Printmakers: Four Generations of Printmakers
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2007 Engraving 2007
An invitational print portfolio of engravings by 35 artists.
The portfolio was exhibited in the following venues:
Emporia State University,
2007 Southern Graphics Conference, Kansas City, Missouri,
Artisan’s Gallery, Lake Charles, Louisiana,
University of Wisconsin at Parkside,
Johnson Art Gallery, Grand Junction, Colorado .
2007 Mesa State College Art Faculty Exhibition
City Hall, Grand Junction, Colorado
2006 Stark Sight: Solo Exhibition
Wisdom Cup Gallery, Taos, New Mexico.
2006 Joshua Butler: Solo Exhibition
Night Heron Books and Fine Art Gallery, Laramie, Wyoming.
2006 Mesa State College Art Faculty Exhibition
Johnson Art Gallery, Mesa State College Grand Junction, Colorado
2004 Mesa State College Art Faculty Exhibition
Johnson Art Gallery, Mesa State College Grand Junction, Colorado
2002 Improv Contemporary Art Gallery
Fort Collins, Colorado
Juror/owner: Jim Franzen
2002 Fifteenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Jurors: Frances Myers and Warrington Colescott.
2002 MFA Solo Exhibition
Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
2002 Colorado State University Graduate Students Show
Saint Luke’s Church, Fort Collins, Colorado
2001 Colorado Printmakers: Spring Exhibition
Tointon Gallery, Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley Colorado
2001 Colorado Printmakers: Winter Exhibition
Pine Street Studio, Fort Collins, Colorado
2001 The 60th Annual National Exhibition
Randall L. Jones Theatre, Cedar City, Utah
CURATORIAL AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-Present Art editor for Pinyon. The Pinyon is a national journal of poetry, prose, and fine art published by Colorado Mesa University.
2011 Curator for Jack Orman: A Retrospective of Fine Art Printmaking, Colorado Mesa University Fine Art Gallery. This exhibition featured 27 intaglio prints created by Jack Orman of Loveland, Colorado. Mr. Orman is Professor Emiratis of Colorado State University and is considered one of America’s Best fine art engravers. Professor Orman generously spent his time having individual discussions with my junior and senior students and gave a great artist’s talk for the show’s opening.
2011 Curator for Onrament/Armanent: An exhibition of Fine Art Printmaking, Colorado Mesa University Fine Art Gallery. This exhibition featured the experimental prints created by Laura Grossett and Stott Lenaway of Fort Collins Colorado. In addition to the show, they each gave a public demonstration of their printmaking techniques. They also discussed the graduate school experience with my junior and senior studio art majors.
2007-2008 Co-Curator for Master Printmakers: Four Generations of Printmakers, Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado. I worked alongside Camille Silverman of the Art Center and Chalrie Hardy of Colorado Mesa University to put this show together. This was an exhibition of artists who can trace their printmaking lineage to Mauricio Lasansky through his student, Jack Orman. Jack’s students in the exhibition have been a part of Mesa State College either as students or professors and have had direct impact on the community. The show was intended to help educate the public about fine art printmaking and included prints by Mauricio Lasansky, his student Jack Orman (retired, Colorado State University), Orman’s students: Charles Hardy (retired, Mesa State College), Doug Davinni (Wisconsim Parkside), Jerry Wubben (McNeese State University), and myself (Mesa State College), as well as several of our students.
2007 Curator for Stephen Simons: In Two Dimentions, Mesa State College Johnson Art Gallery. This exhibition featured the oils, encaustics, and etchings of Colorado State University Art Professor Stephen Simons. Professor Simons has a prominent national exhibition record. His work is featured in the book The Best of Printmakinng: and International Collection, 1997.
2007 Curator for Engraving 2007: An Invitational Print Portfolio, Mesa State College Johnson Art Gallery. This exhibition featured 35 engravings from a highly selected group of fine art printmakers including Jack Orman, Rudy Pozzatti, Gerry Wubben, Charlie Hardy, and myself.
2010 Juror: Carbondale High School Art Exhibition
2010 Juror: Altrusa District 51 Middle and High school art exhibition, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grnad Junction Colorado
GALLERY TALKS
2008-2011 Guest lecturer for the course Man Creates (ART 101), Colorado Mesa University.
2011 What’s It All About? Works by Joshua Butler, Charles Hardy, and Roger McCoy
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
2010 What?What? Second Saturday Lecture series.
2010 Demo Night 2010, A Working Exhibition. November 5, 2010.
2010 Juror: Altrusa District 51 Middle and High school art exhibition, Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grnad Junction Colorado
2007-2008 Master Printmakers: Four Generations of Printmakers
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado
PUBLICATIONS
2010 Pinyon 19, Spring 2010
National Journal of Poetry, Prose, and Literature
2005 Pinyon 14, Spring 2005
National Journal of Poetry, Prose, and Literature
WORKS IN NOTABLE PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Southern Graphics Council International
Kansas City Art Institute
Mcneese State University
Colorado Mesa University
Colorado State University
AWARDS AND HONORS
2008-2014 Teaching/performance evaluation of “excellent.”
2001-2002 Awarded Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Printmaking.
2000 Awarded Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Drawing.
1999 Awarded Lawton Printmaking Scholarship for undergraduate achievement.
TRAVEL, RESEARCH, AND OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
2012 Team taught student trip to San Francisco area. Visited many museums, galleries, and artist studios.
1999 Study abroad, Santa Chaira Study Center, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy.
Studied printmaking and drawing, the Italian language, Italian art, and cultural history (on-site throughout Italy) with Jack Orman (CSU) and Italian professors.
2003 Colorado Art Educators Association fall conference, Breckenridge, Colorado.
2002 Attended “Art Source” summer intensive at Eagle Rock School in Estes Park, Colorado.
2001 Helped to form Colorado Printmakers: A group of fine-art printmakers dedicated to showing artwork and generating interest in prints and printmaking.
1998-1999 Gallery 251, Artist Cooperative, Fort Collins, Colorado
Worked with other local artists to create and maintain an active and involved Old Town gallery space. Held openings and juried shows.