Eleanor Louise Butt | CV
Represented by Nicholas Thompson Gallery
Born
1981, Melbourne/Naarm, Australia
Education
2024
Current candidate, Master of Fine Art by Research, Monash University
2013
Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Art) Degree with Honours. Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
2001-2012
Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Art), Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne
1999
Level IV Certificate in Art/Design, delivered by Yarra Valley Grammar School and Swinburne University
Exhibition History
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Forthcoming solo exhibition at Nicholas Thompson Gallery, opening June 22, 2024
2023
All That Which Sings, Burrinja Cultural Centre, Shire of Yarra Ranges
Yellow Flowers in the Grass, Gallery 9, Sydney
2022
Selected Works on Paper (online), Nicholas Thompson Gallery
All That Which Sings, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne
2021
Resonant Iterations, Gallery 9, Sydney
Recurrent Compositions, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne
2020
Porthmeor Studio 5 Paintings, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne
2019
New Paintings, Studio 5, Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Surface Grip, Galerie pompom, Sydney
After L’Été, Bus Projects, Melbourne
2017
Mnemonics, Lon Gallery, Melbourne
2016
Afterimage, Fort Delta, Melbourne
2014
Time Circles, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2024
Muswellbrook Art Prize, finalist exhibition (winner in the painting category), Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW
Colour is Enough, curated by David Sequeira, Arts Project Australia, Collingwood Yards
How to Swim, curated by Sally Anderson, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
A Summer Selection, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne
2023
Meridian Foundry 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Fitzroy, Melbourne
Spring 1883 Art Fair, w/ Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Hotel Windsor, Melbourne
Bus Projects fundraiser exhibition, Melbourne
Within the Without, with Pam Brown, Eleanor Louise Butt, Nicholas Currie, Melissa Nguyen, Christopher Theofanous. Curated by Storm Gold and Rozalind Drummond. Caves Gallery, Melbourne
Waverley Art Prize, finalist exhibition, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, finalist exhibition, Bayside Gallery, Brighton, VIC
Australian Abstract, book launch and exhibition, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney
Omnia Art Prize, finalist exhibition, St Kevin’s School, Melbourne
Muswellbrook Art Prize, finalist exhibition, Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW
2022
Cathedral Cabinet fundraiser exhibition, Melbourne
Caves Gallery fundraiser exhibition, Melbourne
Women in Abstraction, featuring Angela Brennan, Eleanor Louise Butt, Leslie Dumbrell, Emma Coulter, Lara Merett, Judy Millar, Nuha Saad, Antonia Sellbach, Noël Skrzypczak, Wilma Tabacco, Kate Tucker and Rebecca Wallis. Curated by James Makin Advisory. ANZ Level 10 Art Gallery, Melbourne
2021
Spring 1883 Art Fair, with Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne.
2020
Hell ‘n’ Back, Caves Gallery fundraiser, Melbourne
Five Years, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne
Summer New, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2019
Friends and Family, Daine Singer, Melbourne
c3 Contemporary Art Space annual fundraiser exhibition, Melbourne
2018
Blindside ARI, annual fundraiser, Melbourne.
2017
c3 Contemporary Art Space annual fundraiser exhibition, Melbourne
What's Happening Here? A survey exhibition of female abstract painters from Melbourne, with Minna Gilligan / Laura Skerlj / Nyah Cornish / Jahnne Pasco-White / Eleanor Louise Butt / Merryn Lloyd / Anthea Kemp. Curated by Kent Wilson. Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn Arts Centre, Melbourne
Out Front, Here We See Gallery, curated by Marielle Soni. Melbourne
Liquid Daydreams, Curated by Sigourney Jacks, Andrée Ruggeri and Jake Treacy. Mailbox Art Space, Melbourne.
Gardening is not a Rational Act, with David Rosetzky / Sean Meilak / Alice Wormald / Eleanor Louise Butt / Tai Snaith / Eugene Howard / Chako Kato / Kent Wilson / Kate Daw / Kate Ellis. Curated by Tai Snaith. c3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne.
We Are the Ones Volume 1, Carlsberg Byens Galleri & Kunstsalon [CGK Gallery]. Curated exhibition showing the works of 100 international painters. Curated by Jordy Kerwick, Galina Munroe, and Simon Ganshorn. Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lor Journal, launch event, Lon Gallery, Melbourne
Seventh Gallery Annual Fundraiser, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2016
Spring 1883 Art Fair, w/ Fort Delta, Melbourne
Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, finalist exhibition, Sydney
MCollection Art Award, finalist, Gallerysmith, North Melbourne
Painting Revealed, with Anne Debono, Kate Tucker, Ruby Brown, Eleanor Louise Butt. Curated by Sutton Gallery. Sutton Projects, Melbourne
The Door in The Wall, curated by Verity Hayward & Lucie McIntosh. Blindside, Melbourne
The View, curated by Talia Smith. Wellington St. Projects, Sydney
Summer Projects II, Boom Gallery, GeelongRMIT University Expanded Studio Practice Art Fundraising Auction, RMIT University, Melbourne
c3 Contemporary Art Space 'Faux Studio' annual fundraiser exhibition, Melbourne
2015
Faux Fair, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
MacArthur Park, Fort Delta, Melbourne
Editions Exhibition, Bus Projects, Melbourne
Parallels, w/ Justin Hinder, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
Annual Fundraiser, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2014
Faux Museum, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
Movements, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
Holy Lands, curated by Jake Treacy. George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
Sundial (marking the passage of time), curated by Laura Couttie. Workers Window/Seventh Gallery, Melbourne
2013
Victorian College of the Arts Honours Graduate Exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne.
Honours Group Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts Student Gallery, Melbourne
Moderator, exhibition co-curated with Jon Butt, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
2012
Chamber Music Series, Collaboration with musician Leah Zweck, Thousand Pound Bend, Melbourne
Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition, Melbourne
Proud, Victorian College of the Arts group exhibition, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
Bigger, 3rd Year Victorian College of the Arts group exhibition, Student Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
Cube Show, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
2011
34 Days, group exhibition, Student Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne
Proud, Victorian College of the Arts, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
Journey to the Centre of the Earth, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
2009
Black Show, curated exhibition, c3 Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne
Awards
2024
Muswellbrook Art Prize - Winner $50,000 acquisitive prize for painting
Omnia Art Prize - Finalist
2023
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize- Finalist
Muswellbrook Art Prize - Finalist
Waverley Art Prize – Finalist
Omnia Art Prize - Finalist
2016
Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize – Finalist
M-Collection Art Award - Finalist
2012
George Hicks Award – Winner
Collections
- Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre ‘Yellow and Brown Energetic Abstraction’ (2024) oil on linen,152 x 168 cm. Winning work of the 2024 Muswellbrook Art Prize for painting (acquisitive).
- Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) ‘Within the Garden (Autumn Painting 2)’ (2022) oil on cotton, 160cm x 200cm. Purchased by the MCA 2023.
- Artbank, Australia ‘Unfolding Abstraction, Thinking Three-Dimensionally’ (2022). Oil on linen, 152 x 168cm. Purchased by Artbank 2023.
- Further works held in private collections in countries including Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Sweden, Copenhagen, and New Zealand.
Major Commissions
2021
- Commissioned 10-metre long oil painting ‘Music and Trees’ installed permanently at HER Bar, ground floor 270 Lonsdale St, Melbourne
- Further commissions for private clients
Residencies
2019
Awarded 7-week tenancy, Studio 5, Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Committees
2012 - 2021
c3 Contemporary Art Space curatorial committee, Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne,
Panels
2016
Slide Night, guest panellist, Women's Art Register, As If: 40 years and beyond, Union House, University of Melbourne
Selected Publications and Media
2023
Art Guide, What to see at “the art fair that artists love”, Art Guide Australia, Spring 1883 Art Fair review, August 10, 2023. https://artguide.com.au/what-to-see-at-the-art-fair-that-artists-love/
Creswell Bell, Amber. ‘Australian Abstract’ book. Chapter 4, Eleanor Louise Butt, pages 28-33. Australia: Thames & Hudson, 2023.
2022
The Design Files, Studio Visit https://thedesignfiles.net/2022/09/studio-visit-eleanor-louise-butt-exhibition/
Art Almanac, In the Studio interview, September issue, pages 38-41 and online https://www.art-almanac.com.au/in-the-studio-eleanor-louise-butt/
Art Guide, An Embracing Tussle: Five Contemporary Artists on Picasso. May/June 2022 print edition.
2021
Art Guide ‘Smartphone Snaps’ https://artguide.com.au/smartphone-snaps-eleanor-louise-butt/
Artist Profile https://www.artistprofile.com.au/eleanor-louise-butt/
2020
Reflektor Magazine, Eleanor Louise Butt, Porthmeor Studio 5 Paintings, St Ives. issue 04, feature article by Lewis Gittus, and photo essay pages 23-34.
Artist Profile Magazine, Australia, issue 52, ‘Process’, pages124-126
Art Collector Magazine, Australia, issue 92, April-June 2020, pages 120-121 “unrepresented artists to watch in the year to come”
Triple R FM Radio, ‘Smart Arts’, exhibition review, ‘Porthmeor Studio 5 Paintings’ by Richard Watts and Tai Snaith, Melbourne, September 3, about 35mins into the show: https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/smartarts/episodes/13040-smartarts-3-september-2020
The Design Files, feature article, https://thedesignfiles.net/2020/04/studiovisit-eleanor-louise-butts-cornwall/
A-OK.WORK interview https://www.a-ok.work/home/eleanorbutt
2019
Thalia Magazine, USA, December 2019 (cover) in print and online https://4db1fcc8-446f-4e63-961d-1f4f6d98ac4d.filesusr.com/ugd/8ae098_6b9d9e4479e54b1aa40006120ed9186c.pdf
Three Bellybuttons Podcast, Exhibition review, 2019. https://threebellybuttonspodcast.blogspot.com/2019/04/19-practice-and-art-merchandise-with.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR1SLehGfxb_Ao-LuDzot13dP-tfxhIMZ9Np_v9BCo4SUOAMHL_zhvad33M
2018
Country Style Magazine, November issue
Australian House & Garden Magazine, November issue
Belle Magazine, June / July issue
Green Magazine, issue 55.
2017
ABC Radio National program Books and Arts with Michael Cathcart, interviewed by Sarah L'Estrange, October 11, 2017. http://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pgO7kywDx6?play=true
Lor Journal artist feature, https://lorjournal.com/2017/09/06/eleanor-louise-butt/
2016
Triple R FM Radio, ‘Smart Arts’, exhibition review, by Richard Watts and Tai Snaith, April 7, 2016 http://ondemand.rrr.org.au/grid/20171012091256