EDUCATION
2006 M.F.A., Cum Laude, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY.
2000-03 Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR.
1994-97 University of Cincinnati - Family Medicine Residency, Cincinnati, OH.
1995 M.D., University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.
1990 B.S., Cum Laude, Davidson College, Davidson, NC.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Darwin Lambert Artist Residency
2012 Bain Butcher: Paintings, Athens Art Center, Athens, TN.
2011 McClanahan Gallery, Misciagna Center for the Arts, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA.
2010 Recent Paintings: Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville College, Maryville, TN.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Variable Proportions, Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
2013 HIGH: Realism’s Realism, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2012 Accelerated Aggregate, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI.
Strokes of Genius, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD.
Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA.
INPA 2 (publication), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
INDA 6 (publication), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2011 ONE 2, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
NUDE 3, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
Artists on Location, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN.
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, Bennett Gallery, Knoxville, TN.
2010 CONTINUARE: The Figurative Tradition in Contemporary Art, Ewing Gallery, University of TN,
Knoxville, TN.
NEVER THINK small - REDUX! , Climate Gallery, NY, NY.
Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, Knoxville, TN.
2009 die Zeit of Drawing, Climate Gallery, NY, NY.
Face It: Contemporary Portraiture, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN.
Paintpresent, Loudon House Gallery, LAL, Lexington, KY.
Paper Works, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA.
The Nude in Contemporary Art, The AD Gallery, UNC Pembroke, Pembroke, NC.
The Art of Communication, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA.
2008 Tallahassee International, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
On, Of, and About Paper, Orange County Center For Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA.
Classicism, Modernism, and Beyond, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA.
2007 Small Wonders, Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD.
Coming of Age, Cultural Arts Council, Douglasville, GA.
Bare, Capitol Arts Network, Bethesda, MD.
2006 Take Home a Nude, Phillips de Pury & Company, NY, NY.
M.F.A Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY.
La Dolce Vita, Tribeca Ball, Skylight, NY, NY.
Academy Anatomy, New York Academy of Science, NY, NY.
2005 Creature, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY.
After Life, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY.
2002 Student Exhibition, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR.
1992-95 Medical Center Exhibition, Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.
1990 Student Exhibition, Davidson College, Davidson, NC.
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
2012 INPA 2 (International Painting Annual 2), Manifest, Cincinnati, OH.
INDA 6 (International Drawing Annual 6), Manifest, Cincinnati, OH.
Bain Butcher: Paintings, Cleveland Daily Banner, 1/9/12
2011 Noel Feeley, The Works of Bain Butcher, NOW, Penn State Altoona, 9/19/11
Fran Watson, Take it Off: ‘NUDE’ at Manifest Gallery, Aequi, 9/11
2010 Kelly Hider, Continuare: The Figurative Tradition in Contemporary Art - Bain Butcher, exhibition
catalog essay, 9/12/10.
Amy McRary, Ewing Gallery installation explores figurative works, Knoxville News Sentinel, 8/26/10.
Darren Dunlap, Artist Bain Butcher Takes Mind, Emotions on Journey, The Daily Times, 7/15/10.
Randall Brown, Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, Knoxville News Sentinel, 4/2/10.
2009 Heather Castro, Contemporary Paintings Reflect the State of the Art Form and Our Mind-set,
Lexington Herald-Leader, 4/10/09.
The Nude in Contemporary Art, The Laurinburg Exchange, 2/4/09.
2008 Kati Schardi, International Edge, Tallahassee Democrat, 8/29/08.
Tallahassee International, Exhibition Catalog, Museum of Fine Arts, FSU, 8/29/08.
Emberly Modine, On, Of, and About Paper, LA Cityzine, 4/30/08.
On, Of, and About Paper, Exhibition Catalog, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 5/1/08.
2006 Peter Trippi, Young Talent, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, 10/06.
Bones and Beyond, New York Sun, 3/15/2006.
Martha Erlebacher, Artist Views of the Human Machine, Exhibition Essay, New York Academy of
Science, 3/16/06.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2013 Darwin Lambert Artist in Residence
2012 Semifinalist, ONE.2, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2011 Honorable Mention, Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, Bennett Gallery, Knoxville, TN.
2009 Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009, National Portrait Gallery,
Smithsonian Institution.
First Prize, Paper Works, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA.
2008 First Prize, Tallahassee International, Museum of Fine Arts, FSU, Tallahassee, FL.
2007 First Prize, Bare, Capitol Arts Network, Bethesda, MD.
2006 Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Award
2004-06 Merit Scholarship, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY.
Bain Butcher is a conceptual figurative artist who exhibits nationally and maintains a studio in Cincinnati, OH. He received his MFA in painting from the New York Academy of Art in 2006 where he studied with leading contemporary figurative painters. Prior to his time in New York, he studied at Davidson College, the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and the University of Cincinnati where he received an MD degree. Bain has won numerous awards and his work has been included in publications such as Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, the International Drawing Annual 6 (INPA 6), and the International Painting Annual 2 (INPA 2). He was named a semi-finalist in the 2009 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. In addition to his studio practice, Bain is an Associate Professor at the University of Cincinnati in both the School of Art and the College of Medicine. He is the Co-Director of the UC Social Innovation Lab and he teaches courses in contemporary figurative art at Bain Butcher Studio.
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