Tricia Butski
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EDUCATION
2015
MFA: Drawing and Painting, Department of Art, University at Buffalo,  
Buffalo, NY
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​2013
BFA: Drawing and Painting (summa cum laude), Fredonia State University,  Fredonia, NY
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​SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
Ravel, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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​2019

Tricia Butski & Patrick Foran, Fredonia Technology Incubator, Dunkirk, NY
Likeness, Nichols School Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2018
Revenant, Horizon Gallery, WNED | WBFO Studios, Buffalo, NY
SUR/FACE, Tricia Butski & Patrick Foran, Dolce Valvo Art Center, Sanborn, NY
Fathom, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2017

​Fugue State, Roz Steiner Art Gallery, Batavia, NY
New Work By Tricia Butski, The Cass Project, Buffalo, NY


2016
​Semblance, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY

2015
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These Fragile Truths, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2013
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Love Canal Revisited, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY 


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Emergence, 
Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology, Buffalo, NY
Alternating Currents
, Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, Niagara Falls, NY
Directions, Dolce Valvo Art Center, Sanborn, NY


2021
ArtPrize 11, Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI
Reactions, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
The Year the Earth Stood Still, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Live on Five, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY

2020

Annual Studio Artist Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
2020 A Group Show, Pineapple Company, Buffalo, NY
Hallwalls Members Show, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Together Apart, Nomel Arts, Buffalo, NY
Apart Together, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
SUPPORT, Resource: Art, Buffalo, NY

Live on Five, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
Mini Masterpieces, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2019
Art Off the Wall, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda. NY
(716) Art, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Annual Studio Artist Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
Poeta Project, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
Contemporary Portraiture, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Cathy Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Fredonia, NY
Buffalo Arts Studio Invitational, Kenan Center, Lockport, NY
Mini Masterpieces, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY


2018
Annual Resident Artist Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
Brava!, Art Reach WNY, 500 Seneca, Buffalo, NY
Art Prize 10, Sweet House, Grand Rapids, MI
Upstate New York Drawing Invitational, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY 
Playing With Fire: Contemporary Galleries of Buffalo, Trimain Center, Buffalo, NY

 2017
Faces of WNY: Portraits from the Gerald Mead Collection, Niagara Arts &
Cultural Center, Niagara Falls, NY
Annual Resident Artist Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
Art Prize 9, The B.O.B., Grand Rapids, MI
Sugatory, Art Reach WNY, 500 Seneca, Buffalo, NY
El Museo Members Exhibition, El Museo, Buffalo, NY
Hallwalls Members Exhibition, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Drawn Together, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY
We Are the Resistance, Revolution Gallery, Buffalo, NY


2016
Artist to Artist, Benjamin Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Annual Resident Artist Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
Regional Flair, Live & Silent Auction, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Art Prize 8, Women's City Club, Grand Rapids, MI
El Museo Members Exhibition, El Museo, Buffalo, NY
​From Your Collection, Sugar City, courtesy Dana Tyrrell, Buffalo, NY
Forefront, 78 Summer, Buffalo, NY
Bodily Echo, Dreamland, Buffalo, NY

2015
Artist Lottery: Collaborative Pairing, Dreamland, Buffalo, NY
Yourself, Local Project Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Monster 5.0: Invasion, 464 Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Of Niagara: Works from the Gerald Mead Collection:
               Dolce Valvo Art Center, Niagara County Community College,Sanborn, NY
               Roz Setiner Art Gallery, Genesee Community College, Batavia, NY
41st Annual Members Exhibition, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Art of the Now, Artpark Gallery, Lewiston, NY
Beyond the Barrel, Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, Niagara Falls, NY
Bring To Light, Castellani Art Museum, Niagara Falls , NY

2014
Cultural Commodities: As Exhibition In Four Phases, Burchfield Penney 
Art Center, Buffalo, NY
The Medium is the Monster, Department of Art Gallery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Cravens World Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
It’s Not Me It’s You, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2013
The Technoluminist Eye, Meridian West Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
47th Annual Lewiston Art Festival, Center Street, Lewiston, NY
Evans Art Guild 40th Anniversary Summer Show, Evans Historical Building, Angola, NY
The Fine Arts Show, Cathy Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Fredonia, NY
Life is Art, Barker Commons, Fredonia, NY
Figure Modeling, Emmitt Christian Art Gallery, Fredonia, NY
Fredonia Showcase, Cathy Jesse Marion Art Gallery, Fredonia, NY
Impromptu, Birdhaus, Fredonia, NY

2012
Last Art Show of Summer, Lancaster, NY
46th Annual Lewiston Art Festival, Center Street, Lewiston, NY
Works by Tricia Butski and James Millhouse, Emmitt Christian Art Gallery, Fredonia, NY
Away From Home: Part I, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
Away From Home: Part II, Birdhaus, Fredonia, NY
Group Show, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY ​
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021-Present
Art Teacher, Buffalo Seminary, Buffalo, NY

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2016-2021
Adjunct Instructor, 
Erie Community College, Buffalo, NY (Drawing I, SP ‘16- SP ‘21, Digital Art & Design, SP ‘18- SP ‘20)
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Adjunct Instructor, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY (Drawing & Painting I, FA ‘16, SP '19- SP ‘21, 2D Form & Content, FA ‘16, FA ‘17, & FA ‘18,
​Foundations in Drawing, SP ‘17- SP ‘21)
 

2017-19
Instructor/ Muralist, Mural Arts, Buffalo Public Schools Summer Arts Program, Buffalo, NY

2017

Instructor, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY (Drawing From Life (adult course)), Charcoal Drawing (ages 14-18), Oil Painting (ages 14-18))

2016 

Adjunct Instructor, Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY (Drawing I, SP ‘16)
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​2015

Adjunct Instructor, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (Painting for Non-Majors, Summer ‘15)
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PUBLIC ART​
2021
Equally Distant, Public Mural, Commissioned by Albright Knox, 714 Northland Avenue, Buffalo, NY

2020

Works, From Home, Public Mural, Commissioned by Albright-Knox, 43 West Chippewa Street, Buffalo, NY

2019
All Colors Run Through Us, Public Mural Collaboration with Patrick Foran, 
33 Ash Street, Buffalo, NY 

2018
From One Home to Another/ De Un Hogar A Otro,
Public Mural Collaboration with Patrick Foran, 448 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 

2017
The Art of Labor,
Public Mural Collaboration with Patrick Foran, 333 Clinton Street, Buffalo, NY 

2016
Lapse, Public Mural, Art Alley 3rd Street, Niagara Falls, NY 
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2015
Greetings from Niagara Falls,
​Public Mural Collaboration with Rob Lynch, Art Alley 3rd Street, Niagara Falls, NY 
Art 213: Painting for Non-Majors, Public Mural Collaboration, University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY 

INVITED LIVE ART EVENTS
2022
Revolution for Peace, Dinipro Ukrainian Cultural Center, Buffalo, NY
A Mid Winters Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2021

A Mid Summer Nights Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
A Mid Winters Draw: Zoom Edition, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY


2020
A Mid Summer Nights Draw: Zoom Edition, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
A Mid Winters Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2019
LiveNF Makers Market, Live Painting, Conference Center, Niagara Falls, NY
PLAY/ GROUND, Live Painting, Medina, NY 
Rolls Royce/ Bentley Centennial, Live Drawing, Knox Farm State Park, East Aurora, NY
A Mid Summer Nights Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2018
Trimania, Live wall drawing, Trimain Center, Buffalo, NY

2017
Sugatory, Live collaborative drawing, 500 Seneca, Buffalo, NY 
A Mid Summer Nights Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
A Mid Winters Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2016
A Mid Summer Nights Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
A Mid Winters Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY

2015

A Mid Summer Nights Draw, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY  
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INVITED TALKS
2021
Artist Talk, ArtPrize Artist Series, Monroe Community Church, Grand Rapids, MI

2020

Artist Talk, Visiting Artist Series, Nardin Academy​, Buffalo, NY

2019
Artist Talk, Contemporary Portraiture Artist Tour, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Artist Talk, Likeness, Nichols School, Buffalo, NY

2018
Panel Discussion, From One Home to Another, Canisius College, Buffalo, NY
Artist Talk, 10 Minute Talks, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo, NY
Artist Talk, SUR/FACE, Dolce Valvo Art Center, Sanborn, NY


2017
Artist Talk, 
Fugue State, Roz Steiner Art Gallery, Batavia, NY 
Artist Talk, Lunch Time Talks, The Cass Project, Buffalo, NY
Artist Talk, Visiting Artist Program
, Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY

​2016                    

Panel Discussion, Artist to Artist, Benjamin Gallery, Buffalo, NY 
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021
Artist in Residence, Albright-Knox Northland, Buffalo, NY
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2016- Present

Artist in Residence, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY

2016-17 
Studio Assistant to Robert Hirsch, Buffalo, NY

2014
Graduate Student Association, Department of Art, Senator, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY (2014-15)
Curatorial Assistant, 
Cravens World Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Photographer, 
Cravens World Exhibition Catalogue, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY 

2013
​Buffalo Arts Studio Plein Air Painting Demonstration at Canalside, Erie Canal Harbor, Buffalo, NY 
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​PERFORMANCE AND COLLABORATIONS 
2016
TurboGrafx16, Closing Performance, El Museo, Buffalo, NY (with Tommy Nguyen)
TurboGrafx16, Opening Performance, El Museo, Buffalo, NY (with Tommy Nguyen)
Spectral Locus, Albright Knox, Buffalo, NY (with Amanda Browder)

2014
HALFLIFE, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON (with Shasti O’Leary Soudant) 
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REVIEWS & PRESS
2019

Dennis Hinrichsen, [q/ lear], Green Linden Press, Grinnell, IA, 2019, (artwork featured on cover).

2018
Robert Hirsch with Greg Erf, 
Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Routledge, New York,2018, (p.193).
Dana Tyrrel, “Tricia Butski ‘Fathom’ at Revolution Gallery,” Buffalo Rising
, January 26, 2018.
Colin Dabkowski, “Tricia Butski Faces the Human Subconscious,” The Buffalo News
, January 11, 2018.

2017
Matt Krueger, “Buffalo Artists ‘Distorted’ Drawings Now on Display at GCC,” The Daily News
, October 5, 2017.
Art Reveal Magazine No. 29, “Tricia Butski Interview,” May 2017, (pg. 18-23). 

Artospective, “Drawings by Tricia Butski from Buffalo, New York", Jaipur, India
Colin Dabkowski, “12 Buffalo artists to follow on Instagram,” The Buffalo News. March 31, 2017.

2016
Colin Dabkowski, “Art Alley designed to fuel revival of downtown Niagara Falls,” 
The Buffalo News: Gusto. August 22, 2016.
Nancy Fischer, “Public art project spiffs up an alley in Niagara Falls,” The Buffalo News. July 13, 2016.
Colin Dabkowski, “House of Art,” The Buffalo News: Gusto. April 27, 2016.
Conor Moynihan, “Dreamlands ‘Bodily Echo’ navigates complex issues of 
memory, race,” The Buffalo News: Gusto, February 8, 2016. 

2015
Artists to Look Out For: Volume II
, Starry Night Exposure, (work featured on pg.15 and front cover [Juror Monika Proffitt])
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 31, Open Studio Press, (One page spread, pg.31 [Juror, Mary M. Tinti)]
Colin Dabkowski, “464 Gallery mounts a ‘Monster’ mash-up,” Buffalo News: Gusto, (exhibition announcement with photograph), October 27, 2015.
We are What Grows Here No Longer, University at Buffalo Graduate Catalogue, Department of Art, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

2014
Studio Visit Magazine
, Volume 25, Open Studio Press, (Cover Artist and one page spread, pg.36 [Juror, Trevor Richardson])

2013
Melissa Rechin, “Senior Work Showcased in Gallery Opening,” 
The Fredonia Leader, May 8, 2013.
 
Robert Plyler, “Love Canal Exhibit on Display,” Jamestown Post Journal, April 19, 2013.
Colin Dabkowski, “Exhibition on New Paintings Considers Painful Legacy of Love Canal,” The Buffalo News, April 11, 2013.

2012
Joshua Maloni, “Art Festival 2012,” 
Niagara Frontier Publications, August 2012.
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AWARDS
2015

Philip C. Elliott & Virginia Cuthbert Elliott Graduate Painting Award, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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2013

Best of Show, Evans Art Guild 40th Anniversary Summer Show, Angola, NY (Juror, George Grace)
Award of Excellence in the Discipline of Drawing and Painting, Fredonia State University, Fredonia, NY 


2012
Best of Show, Last Art Show of Summer, Lancaster, NY
First Place, Sculpture, 
46th Annual Lewiston Art Festival, Lewiston, NY (Jurors, Mary Helen Miskuly and Allie Brady)

​2010
Award of Excellence in Art, Dolce Valvo Art Center, Sanborn, NY 
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COLLECTIONS & PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2019

Permanent Collection of Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY


2017
Public Collection at 500 Seneca, Buffalo, NY

2012
Public Collection at Eveningside Vineyards, Cambria, NY
 
2011

Permanent Collection of SUNY Fredonia, Living With Art, Fredonia, NY ​​​
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