Kaylan Buteyn
b. 1987, Angelica, NY
Currently: Fort Wayne, IN
www.kaylanbuteyn.com
@kaylan.buteyn
Education:
MFA Visual Arts, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH, 2017
BA Studio Art, Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 2012
BS Communications Media & Visual Arts, Houghton College, Houghton, NY, 2009
Select Exhibitions:
*indicates solo or 2 person show
2026 Upcoming: James May Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Upcoming: Weatherhead Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2025 *Backlogged Dreams, Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN
An Accumulation, Kinhouse Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2024 Modular Metaphors, Peep Space, Tarrytown NY
Care Full Connections, Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
The One & The Many, Art Link, Fort Wayne, IN
The Ted Murphy Legacy, Ortlip Gallery, Houghton, NY
2023 *Keeping, Gallery on 5, BYU, Provo, UT
*Contoured, Soft Projects, Ypsilanti, MI
Maternal Perspectives, Sonnenschein Gallery at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
“18”, Janice Church Gallery, Detroit, MI
2022 *Untitled, Gatewood Gallery at UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Re/Structure, Cano, Oneonta, NY
*Equilibrium, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
Water Connects Us, Paw Paw House, Fort Wayne, IN
From Fiber, The Marnie Sheridan Gallery, Nashville, TN
*Cabin Consolations, Conjure, Fort Wayne, IN
2021 The Growing Edge, Casa Otro Gallery, Las Cruces, NM
Altered Grain, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
Members Showcase, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
2020 *Mother or (K)not- Ground Floor Gallery, Nashville, TN
Home-Works (online), Spilt Milk Gallery, Edinburg, Scotland
Hear Us ROAR! (online), Roaring Artists Gallery, Houston, TX
2019 *Roots & Wings, The Nashville Food Project, Nashville, TN
Re:birth, Spilt Milk Gallery, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh, Scotland
Beyond Earth and Sky, James May Gallery, Algoma, WI
One Night Stand, The Ole Miss Hotel, Oxford, MS
2018 and later
*Beautiful Chaos, The Dixie, Huntington, TN
Show & Tell Art & Design, Sullivan's Island, SC
*Stories I Tell, Open Gallery, Nashville, TN
*Relatives, w/ Dave Huth, The Fountain Gallery, Belmont, NY
Residencies/Awards:
2025 Artist of the Year, Arts United Award, Fort Wayne, IN
2024 Indiana Arts Commission, Individual Artist Grant, ON RAMP
2024 Bischoff Inn Artist Residency, September
2020 THRIVE, Grant recipient, Metro Arts Nashville
2018 January residency, A.I.R. Paducah, Paducah KY
Publications:
2020 Create! Magazine, Issue 20, “The Women’s Issue”, curator Liezel Strauss
2019 Milked Mag, Inaugural Edition, curator Lee Nowell-Wilson
Press:
Kinhouse Art Gallery and Residency Bringing Artists to Fort Wayne
Creatives and caregivers: Meet the Fort Wayne transplant who launched Artist/Mother podcast
Painting at Night 2021 ABC 21 Country Interview
The Brooklyn Rail: Painting at Night Review
PowerClash Stay Home Gallery Curatorial Interview
Creative Shift Circle Interview
Podcast interview with Elise Gets Crafty
Mother Maker Interview
Lectures & Talks:
2024 Artist Panel Discussion at Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
2023 Artist Talk at UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
2023 Artist Talk at Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2022 Artist Talk at Lake Forest University, Lake Forest, IL
2021 “Cultivating Care” Artist Parent Resources and Information, CAA Conference, Chicago, IL
2020 “Reframe, Restructure, Redefine: Outlooks on Sustainable Practices for Artists” with Sarah Irvin, El Paso Community College, El Paso, TX
2019 “Merging Identities: Artist/Parent/Academic & Artist/Mother panel discussion, SECAC Conference, Chattanooga, TN
Select Curation:
2025 Those Who Tend, Warnes Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
An Accumulation, Kinhouse Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2024 Kinhouse, Kinhouse Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2021 Care, Dear Artists Virtual Exhibition
Coven, Stay Home Gallery & Residency, Paris, TN
Spectrum, Stay Home Gallery & Residency, Paris, TN
2020 A Path Described by a Body, co-curated with Sarah Irvin, Casa Otro, Las Cruces, NM
Everything is Different Now - Stay Home Gallery & Residency, Paris, TN
12 Virtual Exhibitions released every week for the first 12 weeks of the Covid-19 Pandemic lock down including: Soften, Holding On, Wired, To You, Fidget, Repair, Isolation, Domestic Interiors, Looking Out, Distancing, With at Stay Home Gallery, Online Exhibition