James Butt, Artist
Ph: (03) 5237 6611
Mobile: 0428 581 863
Email: thejamesbutt@hotmail.com


P.O. Box 53
Apollo Bay 3233
Victoria
Background
Born: 1965
Bachelor of Fine Art - Sculpture
RMIT: 1984 - 1987
Exhibitions
Bright Space St Kilda Weathered wood cuts
Painting, drawing & sculpture
Aug 2008
Little Mallop St. Gallery Prints under pressure
Woodcuts on canvas & paper
May 2008
Summer Exhibition Apollo Bay Works on Paper & Canvas 2008
Summer Exhibition Apollo Bay Works on Paper & Canvas 2007
Gumboot Gallery
Apollo Bay
25 works on paper.
Mixed Media & Woodcut Prints
Solo Exhibition Feb 2006
Munich Germany
Exhibition
35 works on paper.
Mixed Media & Woodcut Prints
Solo Exhibition Nov 2005
Gumboot Gallery
Apollo Bay
Works on paper,
Mixed Media & Woodcut Prints
Solo Exhibition Jan 2005
Uber
St Kilda
"Collectors Show"
Works on Paper
Group Exhibition of Inter-
national and Australian Artists
Dec 04 - Jan 05
Artery
Fitzroy
"Art to Excite the Sensors" -
Deaf, Blind Awareness Week -
Tactile Sculpture, Dynamic Installations, Wood Carvings
Solo Exhibition July 2004
Hogan Gallery
Collingwood
"Midnight Calm at the Cats Pyramid"
Works on paper, mixed media & woodcut prints
Solo Exhibition May 2004
Big Mouth Café
St Kilda
Recent works on Paper & Sculpture Solo Exhibition 2001
Band Hall Gallery
Kyneton
Recent Works on Paper & Sculpture Solo Exhibition 2000
Odos Gallery:
Lorne
Figurative Wood Sculpture 1999
Feral Fine Art Gallery
Castle Maine Fringe Festival /
Castlemaine State Festival of the Arts
Feature Artists Exhibition Wood Sculpture, Collage & Drawing Solo Exhibition 1996
Gas Works Park
Sth Melbourne
"The Fastest You'll Ever Go Is Slow" 1996
Gasworks Outdoor Sculpture Show Kinetic Installation 1995
Gold St Gallery "Spoke" Doorway Installation & Sculpture Group Exhibition 1992
Terra Australis Gallery Painted Barrels, Driftwood Constructions & Paintings Solo Exhibition 1991
George's Collins St: Painted Barrels with Manikins Department Store Window 1991
Friends of the Earth Gallery, Fitzroy: "Recycled Materials" String, Seaweed & Wood Sculpture Group Exhibition 1990
Gas Works Park Sth Melbourne: "Extra Triennial"
"Cot Death One"
Installation, Wood Carvings & 50 Linear Steel Shapes
Group Exhibition 1990
Discovery Bay National Park: "Seaweed, String & Skewers" Sand Dune Installations 1989
Crimea St, St Kilda: Beaten Tin Forms Group Exhibition 1988
Roar Studios, Fitzroy: "Lemniscate" Weights & Pulley Installation Group Exhibition 1986
Commissions
Paris, France (Private) Large painting on canvas (incorporating wood cut prints) May 2006
Anglesea Large work on canvas (private commission) Jul 2005
Wye River Mermaid Wood Carving - Figure Head for Rookery Nook Hotel Dec 2004
Apollo Bay Music Festival 10th Anniversary Opening Ceremony Performance, Workshops & construction of large musician puppets with students at Apollo Bay P-12 College. Worked with Blowfly Designs on Large Inflatable Sculptures April 2002
Apollo Bay Music Festival Redecoration & Restoration of Kinetic Light Shades April 2001
Apollo Bay Millennium Resolutions New Years Eve Performance "Night Bird" 12 Metre cane, fiberglass & fabric albatross puppet Driftwood Furniture Mosaic Spiral Drinking Fountain "Pod Lanterns" Cane & Fabric Sculptures 1999 - 2000
Colac Otway Shire / Apollo Bay Festival Six large Kinetic Light Shades, Cane & Fabric Sea Dragon Sculpture / Instillation 1998
Artists & Environmental Designers in Schools Project - Artists & Students Creative paving, mosaic garden, handmade & painted tiles 1997
Apollo Bay Foreshore Large Wood Sculpture 1996
Colac Sculpture Park Major Large Steel, Painted Tin & Wood Sculpture 1991
Studio & Projects
Studio Works on paper and canvas 2006
Studio Woodblock Prints & Mixed Media on Fabric, Canvas & Hardboard 2005
Studio Works on paper, Mixed Media & Woodcut Prints 2003, 2004, 2005
Central Australia Woodcuts & Drawings 2002
Studio Furniture Design & Construction 2000
Studio Wearable Art Paintings, Silkscreen & Woodblock Prints on Clothing 1993