Kyle Butler is a multi-disciplinary artist with a primary focus on two-dimensional works and periodic returns to sculptural installation. Originally from Michigan, he has lived and worked in Buffalo since 2008. He has exhibited widely in Western New York, including solo exhibitions at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, Buffalo Arts Studio, Nina Freudenheim Gallery (whom represented him from 2011 – 2020), and Raft of Sanity. He has been in group exhibitions at the Albright Knox Art Gallery, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, and more. He has carried out large scale performance and installation projects, including a spotlight project at Nuit Blanche in Toronto, Ontario in 2014, is a Franklin Furnace Fund grant recipient, and is in the collections at the Albright Knox, the Burchfield Penney, and numerous private collections. He’s organized dozens of exhibitions, including co-curating the series Amid/In Western New York at Hallwalls, Common Currents at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, and as curator at Starlight Studio and Art Gallery for their Side by Each series. Butler is an Assistant Professor at Villa Maria College and a Teaching Artist at Starlight Studio.