Art Exhibit by Steve Budington

An exhibition of recent work by New York-based artist Steve Budington. On Tuesday, October 27 at 5:00 pm, the artist will give a talk on his work at Ganser gallery, followed by a reception. Both the exhibition and the talk are free and open to the public.
Budington’s work poses the questions, “What would happen if the human could evolve at the rate of cultural novelty? How would it compensate? What would it become?” Drawing on sources ranging from early anatomical studies, environmental issues, and current developments in medical technologies and outdoor gear, Budington’s paintings present hyperbolical but familiar situations. Consumed by the project of “making sense,” the anatomically altered figures in Budington’s paintings become imagined sites of cultural evolution where a body and an environment compete, as much as they collaborate, for survival.
Steve Buddington received his M.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking from the Yale School of Art in 2004 and his B.F.A. in Painting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 2000. Mr. Budington’s work has recently been exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions in New York, at Exit Art and Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, in Austria, at Schrattenberg’s “Hotel Pupik”, and in Brescia, Italy, at the Fondazione Ambrosetti Arte Contemporanea. He is the recipient of numerous awards, fellowships and residencies, including a New Frontiers Exploration Traveling Fellowship, and full fellowship residencies to Hotel Pupik, Austria and the Vermont Studio Center. Budington has taught as an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis. He is currently Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Vermont in Burlington, where he lives and works.
Ganser Gallery is located on the Millersville University campus, just off the lobby of the Ganser Libray.
Free tours of the exhibition may scheduled by calling Ty Clever, Gallery Director: 717-781-2186. Email: tyler.clever@millersville.edu