Eugenia Perpetua Butler, Drawing, 1991, Crayon

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Eugenia Perpetua Butler

1947 Washington, D.C. – 2008 Santa Rosa

“Drawing”, 1991
Colored pencils and graphite on cardboard, matted
Signed … Read more Eugenia Perpetua Butler

1947 Washington, D.C. – 2008 Santa Rosa

“Drawing”, 1991
Colored pencils and graphite on cardboard, matted
Signed and dated verso lower right
Size: 46 x 61 cm (sheet) / 60 x 80 cm (mat)

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Eugenia Perpetua Butler was one of the most important early conceptual artists.

She studied at the University of California, Berkeley.

In the fall of 1969, she participated in the legendary exhibition “Konzeption / Conception,” curated by Konrad Fischer and Rolf Wedewer at the Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen—one of the world’s first exhibitions of conceptual art.

In 1970, she participated in the exhibition “Concept Art” at the San Francisco Art Institute, and in 1972, she participated in Documenta 5 in the section “Individual Mythologies.” Also represented with performances (“Trans-Parent Teacher’s Ink” (with Paul Cotton) and “Prince of Peace”) during the first week of Documenta.

1985–2001: Taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, and California State University, Northridge.


[The text abruptly ends here.] Solo exhibitions:
1968 “Negative Space Hole,” Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco
1990 “Wildcard”, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles
1991 studio exhibition, Düsseldorf
1991 studio exhibition, Rotterdam
1998 “Flowing Fields”, Paradiso Gallery, Costa Mesa
1998 “To the Light, Through the Light,” Dirt Gallery, Los Angeles
2003 “Arc of an Idea: Chasing the Invisible,” Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles
2018 “That Which Emerges”, The Box, Los Angeles
2024 “Through the Vanishing Point”, The Box, Los Angeles
2026 “Special Project in Archiving,” The Barn, Los Angeles

Prices:
1990 Dorland Mountain Artist Fellowship
1991 Visiting Artist Award from the Rotterdam Arts Council
1992-93 Short list Gottlieb Grant
1993 Anderson Ranch Scholarship
1994 Works on Paper Award, Riviera Fine Arts Center
1996-97 Cultural Grant, Council District 11
1999 Creative Capital Grant Finalist
2000 Pollock-Krasner Fellowship
2000 California Council for the Humanities Miajor Grant

Collections:
The Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the Armand Hammer Museum, UCLA
Los Angeles Museum of Art (Works on Paper Collection and the Decorative Arts Collection)
The New York Public Library
The Sackner Collection, Florida
California State University, Long Beach
Saks Fifth Avenue, Los Angeles
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