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.