About Landry Butler

portrait of Landry ButlerLandry Butler, is an experimental visual and performance artist living in Nashville, Tenn. A keen observer of life, his genre-crossing work deals with themes of change, personal growth and self-actualization in a society that encourages alienation, fear and self-consumption.

Exhibitions

  • Retrospective: 20 Years of Art, Untitled, 506 Events Gallery, Nashville, Tenn. 2011
  • What Are They Doing In There?, Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, Tenn, 2010
  • Fire Walk, Wired Coffee Company, Hendersonville, Tenn. 2010
  • Anomalous, Logan County Public Library, Russellville, Ky. 2009
  • Ideas of An Insomniac, The Plowhaus, Nashville, Tenn. 2009
  • Black & White, The Plowhaus, Nashville, Tenn. 2009
  • Value Menu, The Plowhaus, Nashville, Tenn. 2009
  • The Art of Love, The Plowhaus, Nashville, Tenn. 2008
  • iLove, International Festival Gallery Walk, The Place, Bowling Green, Ky. 2008
  • Festivus Holiday Show, The Plowhaus, Nashville, Tenn. 2007
  • International Festival Gallery Walk, Spencer’s Coffee House, Bowling Green, Ky. 2007
  • Shadowland, The Plowhaus, Nashville, Tenn. 2007
  • The Second Coming (Love Show 2.0), The Plowhaus, Nashville, Tenn. 2007
  • Got MLK?, Spencer’s Coffee House, Bowling Green, Ky. 2005
  • Plowhaus Benefit, Radio Café, Nashville, Tenn. 2004
  • The Love Show, Morris Alley Loft Studio, Bowling Green, Ky. 2002
  • Relativity, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 1999
  • Glow Show 6, untitled, Nashville, Tenn. 1999
  • One Night Stand, untitled, Marathon Village, Nashville, Tenn. 1998
  • VAAN Membership Show, VAAN Gallery, Nashville, Tenn. 1994
  • Inner Sanctum, Nashville, Tenn. 1993
  • Freak Show, untitled, Nashville, Tenn. 1992
  • Windows on the Cumberland, Nashville, Tenn. 1991

Performances

  • The Sunday Morning Sex Show, Burning Banjos III, Joelton, Tenn. 2010
  • Value Menu, The Plowhaus, Nashville, Tenn. 2009
  • TBG Coffeehouse, Ashland City, Tenn. 2006
  • Fresh Produce, Ruby Green, Nashville, Tenn. 2004-05
  • Starvy Awards, Belcourt Theatre, Nashville, Tenn. 2003
  • Burning Banjos II, Joelton, Tenn. 2001
  • Artstravaganza, Pub of Love, Nashville, Tenn. 1999
  • Glow Show 6, untitled, Nashville, Tenn. 1999
  • Leukemia Society Benefit, Radio Café, Nashville, Tenn. 1999
  • One Night Stand, untitled, Marathon Village, Nashville, Tenn. 1998
  • Pandora’s Chinese Box, Lucy’s Records, Nashville, Tenn. 1993
  • Ideas Over Products, Sister Nagsters, The Pantheon, Nashville, Tenn. 1992
  • Color & Contrast, untitled, The Gallery on Broad, Nashville, Tenn. 1992
  • Heaven & Hell, untitled, The Gallery on Broad, Nashville, Tenn. 1992
  • Erotica, untitled, The Gallery on Broad, Nashville, Tenn. 1992
  • Jungle Show, untitled, Multi-Bob, Nashville, Tenn. 1991

Recordings

  • Landry Butler, Anomalous (Strangefish) 2009
  • The Japanese Beatles (Vinyl Rekkids) 2002
  • seventh sister, see your face (Vinyl Rekkids) 2001
  • seventh sister, promiscuity (Vinyl Rekkids) 1994
  • seventh sister, pandora’s chinese box (Vinyl Rekkids) 1993
  • seventh sister, sex love death (Vinyl Rekkids) 1991
  • seventh sister, everything & nothing (Vinyl Rekkids) 1990
  • Andrew Taylor 4, Early Constructionist Anthems for the Socially Retarded
    (Vinyl Rekkids) 1990
  • Anastasia Strangefish, Passion & Fashion (Vinyl Rekkids) 1990
  • The Big Red, Truck Ran Over My Dog (Vinyl Rekkids) 1989
  • Deltavee, got no place to go (Vinyl Rekkids) 1988

Press

  • Nashville Arts, Andee Rudloff 2007
  • Sensored, Brecca Theele 2003
  • Bowling Green Daily News, Alicia Carmichael 2002
  • The Metro, Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1993
  • Riff, Kath Hansen 1993
  • Gajoob, Bryan Baker 1992
  • H23 1992
  • Rapbag, CTW 1991
  • Factsheet Five, CR 1990
  • First Impressions, Steve Baker 1990

Affiliation

  • Volunteer Lawyers and Professionals for the Arts 2005-present
  • Plowhaus Artists Cooperative 2006-09
  • Ruby Green Contemporary Arts Center 2002-05
  • untitled artists group 1991-present
  • N4Art 1990-94
  • Visual Artists Alliance Nashville 1990-94