Richard Butler’s work ranges from visual art to music. He was born in London, England in 1956. Butler studied painting at the Epsom School of Art and Design (now Surrey Institute for Art and Design). Shortly after graduating from the art school, in 1977, Richard Butler became a founder and singer/songwriter for the British post-punk / new wave band “The Psychedelic Furs”. Quickly gaining commercial success, his musical career kept him away from painting throughout the 80s and the 90s. In 1990s, Richard Butler returned to painting and started exhibiting his art in the U.S. and Europe. He prefers to call himself a painter who sings, rather than a singer who paints. He lives and works in Connecticut.
Epsom School of Art and Design (now the Surrey Institute for Art and Design), London, England
2023
Richard Butler | Songsforstarlings | Aliona Ortega Fine Art, Miami, FL
2022
Art Miami, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, FL USA
UNMASKED, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, FL USA
2021
Art Miami, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, FL USA
Jerome Borel | Richard Butler, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, FL
2020
Faces, Olivier Waltman Gallery, Paris, France
Richard Butler | Amnesiac Hostess (solo exhibition), Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, FL
2019
Art Miami, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami
2017
Richard Butler, 101Exhibit, Los Angeles
Selections from the Archive, 101Exhibit, Los Angeles
2013
Richard Butler (solo exhibition), Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, FL
TX Contemporary, Houston
Richard Butler (solo exhibition), Freight and Volume, New York
2011
Confessionals (solo exhibition), Freight and Volume, New York
2010
Anonymous, Kim Foster Gallery NY4, New York
Nature is Boring, Mauger Modern, London
2009
London New Paintings (solo exhibition), The Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami
2009
The figure and Doctor Freud, Haunch of Venison, New York
2007
Miami New Paintings (solo exhibition, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami
The 7 Year Anniversary Show, Krause Gallery, New York
Art Nova, The Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami
2006
Black and Blue, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Miami New Paintings (solo exhibition), Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY
