Eleanor Louise Butt

Gallery Representation

Represented in Victoria by Nicholas Thompson Gallery

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

Certificate IV in Art/Design, Swinburne University & Yarra Valley Grammar School

Exhibition History

Solo Exhibitions

2024

Slippages and Tensions, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne/Naarm

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

Forthcoming 2025

The Intelligence of Painting, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), Tallawoladah, The Rocks, Sydney. Curated by MCA Director Suzanne Cotter and Associate Curator Manya Sellers, showcasing: Karen Black, Angela Brennan, Eleanor Louise Butt, Prudence Flint, Maria Madeira, Thea Anamara Perkins, Kerrie Poliness, Jude Rae, Jessica Rankin, Julie Nangala Robertson, Gemma Smith, Jelena Telecki, Jenny Watson and Nyapanyapa Yunupingu.

2024

Review 2024, Nicholas Thompson Gallery, Melbourne

Len Fox Painting Award, finalist exhibition, Castlemaine Art Museum, VIC

Yawa Away, Bradley Webb, Clara Joyce, Eleanor Louise Butt. Organised by Daniel von Sturmer, MADA Gallery, Monash University, Caulfield, VIC

Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, VIC

Muswellbrook Art Prize, (winner of the painting category), Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW

Omnia Art Prize, finalist exhibition, St Kevin’s College, Melbourne

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 College, 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

Collections

- Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), Sydney

- Artbank, Australia

- Gippsland Art Gallery, VIC

- Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre, NSW

- Further works held in private collections in countries including Australia, United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, Copenhagen, and New Zealand.

Awards

2024

Muswellbrook Art Prize for Painting- Winner

Geelong Contemporary Art Prize - Finalist

Len Fox Painting Award - Finalist

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

Scholarships

2024

Graduate research scholarship, Monash University

1996

Academic Scholarship, Yarra Valley Grammar School

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