Kevin Butler b. 1962

  • Artist (Painter)
Butler is a self-taught painter, muralist and community artist. His highly coloured paintings of synthetic polymer on canvas discuss personal issues relating to his experiences as a member of the Stolen Generations.
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exhibited at
Messages from the Fringe
Date
2003
Place
Walkabout Gallery, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW
Description

Now known as Birrung Gallery and located in Potts Point.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Indigenous Australians
Date
1998 - 2006
Place
Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Blackroots
Date
1997
Place
Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative, Leichhardt, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Pallingjang I
Date
1997
Place
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
50,208 From Dreams to Screams
Date
1996
Place
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Looking into Aftertime
Date
1996
Place
Project Centre for Contemporary Art, Wollongong, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Unjustified
Date
1995
Place
Project Centre for Contemporary Art, Wollongong, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Our Family, Our Mob
Date
1994
Place
Liverpool Museum, Liverpool, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
From Desert to Coast
Date
1993
Place
Long Gallery, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Date
1990
Place
Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition

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Related works
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water (creator of)
  • Dreamtime Protection (creator of)
  • Assimiliation (creator of)
Related collections
  • Link Up NSW Aboriginal Cooperative, Lawson, NSW (collected in)
  • Bass Hill Public School, Bass Hill, NSW (collected in)
  • Kemblawarra Public School, Kemblawarra, NSW (collected in)
  • Illawarra Sports High School, Berkeley, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong Youth Centre, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Monash University, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Woolyungah Aboriginal Education Unit, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Illawarra Aboriginal Medical Service, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • NAIDOC Week Award (received)
  • Healthy Cities Illawarra Award (received)
  • Healthy Cities Shellharbour Award for Contribution to Aboriginal Art in the community (received)
  • Illawarra Area Health Unit's Art Competition (received)
  • Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Art Competition (received)
Related events
  • Messages from the Fringe (exhibited at)
  • Indigenous Australians (exhibited at)
  • Blackroots (exhibited at)
  • Pallingjang I (exhibited at)
  • 50,208 From Dreams to Screams (exhibited at)
  • Looking into Aftertime (exhibited at)
  • Unjustified (exhibited at)
  • Our Family, Our Mob (exhibited at)
  • From Desert to Coast (exhibited at)
  • Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (exhibited at)