b.1978
2004 M.F.A., Yale University School of Art
Painting and Printmaking, 2004
2000 B.F.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Painting and Drawing, Art History Minor, cum laude
1998 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture
Spring Semester
2011 Un-Blink, Miami University of Ohio, OH (forthcoming)
2011 Feedback, Mariboe Gallery, Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ
2010 Homunculus, Burlington Contemporary Art Center, Burlington, VT
2009 New Weathers, Ganser Gallery, Millersville University, PA
2008 The Pioneers, Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2011 Hotel Pupik, Schrattenberg, St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling, AUSTRIA
2011 SICK!, Misc. , NY, NY
Curated by Max Wolf and Meghan Carleton
2010 Artificial Selection, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Skeptical Landscapes, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Curated by Trevor Richardson
2008 BrainWave, Exit Art, NY, NY
Curated by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo
2008 Hello, Caelum Gallery, NY, NY,
Travels to Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2008 Peopled Paintings, Bingham Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO,
Curated by Chris Lowrance
2007 Postcards from the Edge; Visual AIDS benefit, James Cohan Gallery, NY, NY
2007 Tripped Out, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Curated by Andrew Winship
2007 Possessed, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Curated by Miriam Kienle
2006 Calma Apparente – Steve Budington, Lidia Sanvito and Carla Matti,
Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea, Pallazzolo sull’Oglio, ITALY
Curated by Paolo Campiglio
2006 Hotel Pupik, Summer Symposia, St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling, AUSTRIA
2005 Intimate Exposure, New Work by Line Brunste and Steve Budington
Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2004 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2004 New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Newbury St., Boston, MA
2003 The Floating Opera Temporary Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
2003 2nd Year M.F.A. Group Exhibition, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2003 M.F.A. Summer Exhibition, Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate, Norfolk, CT
2002 1st Year M.F.A. Group Exhibition, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2001 Painting Ecologies, “Canada”, Eagle Square, Providence, RI
2001 Artistos Anonimos, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2001 Live/Workspace, Eagle Square, Providence, RI
2000 University of Hokkaido Exchange Exhibition, Univ. of Hokkaido, JAPAN
2000 B.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Hampden Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA
2011 Varnelis, Kazys, Down the Line: The Rise and Fall of New Media Art, Frieze, September
2010 Kelley, Kevin J., Anatomy Lesson, Seven Days, November 17
2010 Orloske, Stephen, Stephen Orloske Speaks with Steve Budington, Vermont Art Zine, December 4
2010 Gibson, Madeleine, Art Review,Vermont Cynic, November 16
2010 Rahn, Amy, Steve Budington's Homunculus, ArtMap, Burlington, December
2010 Mercer, Rhiannon, We Are Made to Morph, Catalogue Essay, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2010 Richardson, Trevor, Sceptical Landscapes, Catalogue Essay, Herter Gallery, UMass, Amherst
2009 New American Paintings, Issue 80, Northeast Edition, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2009 Holihan, Jane, Lancaster New Era/Intelligencer Journal, October 23
2008 Heartney, Eleanor, Art and Science II, Art in America, April
2007 Barilli, Renato, Torna il <<caldo>>, Ma Non Troppo, l’Unita, February
2007 Castelli, Stefano, Calma Apparente, Exhibart, February
2006 Calma Apparente Exhibition Catalogue, 64 pages in Color, Italian and English
Curatorial texts by Paolo Campiglio, Interviews with Elisa Del Prete
2004 American Letters and Commentary, Issue Sixteen
This Is Not a Time to Be Without Wishes: Writers and Artists Invent Another World
2007 GONE, Artists: Lisha Bai, Joelle Jenson, Jeff Jones, Colburn Gallery
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
2007 Robert Flynn:Constant Gardener, A memorial exhibition for the late artist
Colburn Gallery, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Co-curated with Stephanie Flynn
Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea, Pallazzolo sull’Oglio, ITALY
2010 Lattie F. Coor Research Assitantship, University of Vermont
2010 Lattie F. Coor Endowment Award, University of Vermont
2009 Lattie F. Coor Endowment Award, University of Vermont
2006 Vermont Studio Center Full Fellowship
2006 New Frontiers Exploration Traveling Fellowship, Indiana University
2006 International Enhancement Grant, Indiana University
2006 Faculty Travel Award, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
2005 Faculty Travel Award, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI
2004 Nominee, Joan Mitchell M.F.A. Award in Painting
2003 Yale/Gloucester Landscape Painting Fellowship, Yale University
2007 Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship
2006 “Hotel Pupik” (Schrattenberg), St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling, Austria, Artist in Residence, summer 2006
1998 Summer Artist Program, La Napoule, France, Summer 1998, Chateau de La Napoule
2010 Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2010 Plenary Lecture, University of Vermont, Honors College, Burlington, VT (forthcoming)
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
2008 Visiting Artist Lecture / Workshop, JDK Design, Burlington, VT
2007 Symposium, Possessed, Dorsky Gallery, NY
2006 Symposium, Calma Apparente, Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea
Pallazzolo sull’Oglio, ITALY
2006 Symposium, Hotel Pupik, St. Lorenzen bei Scheifling, AUSTRIA
2005 Gallery Talk, Intimate Exposure, Herter Gallery, UMass, Amherst