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Born in Evanston, IL
Lives and works in Birmingham, AL
EDUCATION
M.F.A., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Painting and Printmaking
B.A., Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, Art
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
September, Ground Floor Contemporary Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Personal Structures – Beyond Boundaries, European Cultural Centre, Shannon Morris curator, Venice Italy
Wild Beasts, Ground Floor Contemporary Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Internal: External, HPL Galleries, Jennifer Marshall, curator, Hoover, AL
Internal: External, Hoover City Hall Gallery, Jennifer Marshall, curator, Hoover, AL
2023
Sensoria, Ground Floor Contemporary Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Make>Forward, Lowe Mills Arts, Huntsville, AL
The Begonia, or Begonias, Ground Floor Contemporary Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2022
35th Anniversary Show, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
Eurytopic, Ground Floor Contemporary Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Alabama Triennial Exhibition, UAB/AEIVA, Birmingham, AL
2021
The Thread Between, Ground Floor Contemporary Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2019
Collectors Circle Salon Series, Patty B Driscoll Studio, Birmingham, AL
2018
Above and Below: 51, Creativity Conversation Talk, ASC Patron’s Lounge, Birmingham, AL
2017
Tracing Shadows, with Yukon Teruya, Curated by Shannon Morris, Westobou Gallery, Augusta, GA
October 4 – November 17, 2017
2015
Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama: 2015 Biennial, Johnson Center for the Arts, Troy, AL
2014
Alabama Now: ASCA Fellowship Recipients, Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery, AL
2013
Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama: 2013 Biennial, Johnson Center for the Arts, Troy, AL
Landscapes of the Mind, Thomas Deans Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Art of Healing, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
2012
Children’s of Alabama Art Collection, Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, AL
2011
Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama: The Biennial, Johnson Center for the Arts, Troy, AL
2010
Transitive Geographies: Contemporary Visions of an Evolving South, curated by Shannon Morris, Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA
Randall Bryan Gallery, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
Alabama School of Fine Arts’ Vulcan Materials Gallery, Birmingham, AL
To Kill a Mockingbird, Awakening America’s Conscience, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL
2009
Peach Tree Trail, UAB, Birmingham, AL, Catalogue
Celebrating Contemporary Arts in Alabama, Johnson Center of the Arts, Troy, AL
2008
Energy in the 21st, 21st Street Studio, Birmingham, AL
New Work, Amanda Schedler Fine Art, Birmingham, AL
Visiting Artist Show, Samford University, Birmingham, AL
New Work, Coleman/Schedler Fine Art, Fairfield, CT
What They’re Doing Now: The Best of 25 Years, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
2007
Landscape into Art, Maralyn Wilson, Birmingham, AL
2006
Next Young Art Stars, Introductions ’06, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Alabama Masters: ASCA Fellowship Recipients 2005-2006, Peach Tree Trail: Summer, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL
Alabama Masters: 2005-2006, The Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery, AL
Made in Birmingham, Space 301, Mobile, AL, curated by Brett Levine
Peach Tree Trail, Barehands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2005
Red Clay Survey of Contemporary Southern Art, The Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, Catalogue
Birmingham’s Best Young Artists, Schedler Minchin Fine Art, Birmingham, AL
Expressions of Place, The Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery, AL
2004
BAMA, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL (catalogue)
2003
Fallen Fruit, Barehands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Group Exhibition, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2002
Urban Density Series, Space One Eleven Windows Project, Birmingham, AL
Magic City Art Connection (Emerging Artist Award), Birmingham, AL
National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA; Juror: Lisa Dennison, Chief Curator and Deputy Director, Guggenheim Museum, NY
15th McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition, Lake Charles, LA; Juror: Diane Barber, Visual Arts Director, Diverse Works, Houston, TX (catalogue)
2001
Twenty-First Street Studios, Birmingham, AL; Juror: Toni Nordan
Parade of Homes, Barehands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2000
Gastro-Aesthetics, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
Alabama Veterans’ Memorial, permanenet outdoor display, Birmingham, AL
Six Vignettes of Place, Barehands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Space One Eleven Faculty Show, Birmingham, AL
1999
Passage: Consuming Rituals I, Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, IN
Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Munster, IN; Juror: James Yood
1998
Stateline Vicinity Show, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL. Juror: Lynn Warren, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
COLLECTIONS
Children’s of Alabama Art Collection, Birmingham, AL
Alys Stephens/AEIVA, Birmingham, AL
Dot-Dash/Meredith Corporation, Birmingham, AL
Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center, Jacksonville, FL
Collection of Former Duke University President Nannerl O. Keohane
Wellesley College, Rare Book Collection, Wellesley, MA
Private Collections
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES/PUBLIC TALKS/INTERVIEWS
2024
Internal External, Collaborations, with Michele Forman, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
2023
Color Response, Alabama Hands and Voices, Sept, Children’s Harbor, AL
Color Response, UAB Medical Alumni Association, March
2022
Ground Floor Contemporary Gallery Artist Talk, November
Ada Long Creative Writing Workshop for High School Students, June
2021
Ground Floor Contemporary Gallery Artist Talk, September
2020
AEIVA Creativity Workshop/Paint and Chat for Virtual Arts Pass Subscription Series
2019
BMA Collectors Circle Salon/ Patty B Driscoll Studio, Birmingham, AL
2018
ASC/AEIVA/ Above and Below Creativity Conversation
2017
Artist Talk with Yuken Teruya and Shannon Morris, Augusta, GA September
2013
Daytime Alabama, NBC, WVTM-TV, Interview Wendy Garner, April 30
Selectively Curated, Shannon Morris, On the Sublime
2010
UAB, Guest lecturer Professor Jessica Dallow, Birmingham, AL
Thomas Deans Gallery, Artist Lecture
2005
Alabama State Council of the Arts Radio Series, interviewed by Georgine Clark
2004
BAMA Group Artist Lecture, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL
1998
National Public Radio, interviewed by Susan Smith, Northern Illinois Radio series
PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER MEDIA
2023
McNutt, Kali, “Coloful Inner Landscapes,” Birmingham Lifestyle, July 2023
2022
Chambers, Jesse, “State’s Abundant Art Talent Celebrated at AEIVA,” BHMSTR.
2019
“Daytime Alabama with Jeh Jeh Pruit,” Emerge Fest, UAB, Birmingham, AL.
2015
Roberts, Carolanne, “Down Home with Annie Kammerer Butrus,” AAA Alabama Magazine, March, pg.35.
2014
Barnes, Courtney, “Pairing,” Stylecourt Blog, January 12.
2013
Pigford, Courtney, “In the Studio with AK Butrus,” The Scout Guide, February 7.
Barnes, Courtney, “Gallery Hopping,” Stylecourt Blog, February 26.
Levine, Brett, “Fashion is Art,” B-Metro, June.
Morris, Shannon, “Annie Butrus’s Sublime,” Selectively Curated Blog, June 1.
2012
Pigford, Courtney, editor, The Scout Guide: Birmingham Edition, Volume 1.
2010
Nelson, James, “‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ inspires visual artists in exhibit at Birmingham Civil Rights Institute“, The Birmingham News, April 25.
Barnes, Courtney, “Transitive Geographies,” Stylecourt Blog, July 15.
Horne, Hayes and Robin Jackson, editors, “Visions of an Evolving South, ASFA Exhibit,” The Red Mountain Post/Press, September 27.
Nelson, James R., “Transitive Geographies, Contemporary Visions of an Evolving South,” The Birmingham News, October 3.
2009
Nelson, James R., “Samford Selects,” The Birmingham News, March 9.
Nelson, James R., “Alabama Peach Trees Captured in All Their Seasonal Glory,” The Birmingham News, May 17.
2007
Nelson, James R., “Peach Tree Trail,” The Birmingham News, February 9.
Brett, Levine, “Artist Profile,” Birmingham Home and Garden, May/June.
Tsoukanelis, Erika Alexia, Fairfield County Home, September.
Irons, Karen Phillips, “Travel Section: Birmingham,” Southern Accents, September/October.
Stevenson, Alexa, Connecticut Cottages and Gardens, October.
2006
Cullum, Jerry, “Young Artists Go Deep,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 9.
2005
Dallow, Jessica, “Southeast Review: Birmingham, Bama,” Art Papers, March/April.
Venn, Beth, “Book #58, Southern Edition,” New American Paintings, Summer.
Clark, Georgine, Interview, Alabama State Council of the Arts Radio Series, March 22, 2005.
Clark, Georgine, “Expressions of Place,” Alabama Arts (State Arts Awards Issue), Volume XXI.
Huebner, Michael, “Five Birmingham Artists among 53 participating…,” The Birmingham News, June 19.
2004
Cole, Julie, “Southeast Section,” Southern Accents, September/October 2004.
Nelson, James R., “BAMA,” The Birmingham News, November 21.
Brock, Glenny, “Becoming BAMA artists,” Birmingham Weekly, December 2.
2003
Longshore, Jane, “Exhibition Section,” Black and White, October.
Groover, Joel, “Traveling Collector,” Art and Antiques, October.
Nelson, James R., “A.K. Butrus…Recent Works,” The Birmingham News, October 19.
2002
Monitor, Leigh Anne, “Festival Reveals Artistic Side of Town,” Birmingham Post-Herald, April 26.
Starling, Ashley, “Career Section,” The UAB Kaleidoscope, July 2.
2001
“On Show”, The Birmingham News, November 4.
Starling, Ashley, “Canvas Section,” Birmingham Magazine, November.
2000
Nelson, James R., “Recent Works by…Annie Kammerer Butrus,” The Birmingham News, June 18.
AWARDS
2005-2011
SouthernArtistry.org, Online Artist Registry
2004
Individual Artist Fellowship, The Alabama State Council on the Arts
2002
Emerging Artist Award, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL
1998
Best of Show Award, Artists’ Choice, Rockford Art Museum Stateline Vicinity Show
Zahm Fellowship, University of Notre Dame
Ox-Bow School of Art, Summer Grant Recipient