Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016
New Prints & Drawings of the Northwest Interior, Prole Drift Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014
Valley Fever, Prole Drift Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012
Flat Time Blue, Prole Drift Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010
Montana (erased), The Telephone Room, Tacoma, WA
2009
High Living, Crawl Space Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006
Notes From The Field, New Work by Buddy Bunting, Soil Backspace, Seattle, WA
2004
Scablands; A Search for Prisons in the High Desert of the Pacific Northwest by Motor Car, 4Culture Gallery, Cultural Development Authority of King County, Seattle, WA
2003
Going Up The River or Tried To Make A Living Without Working, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Selected Exhibitions and Awards
2018
American Painters in Residence, Paintings from the The Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists – Maryland Institute College of Art, Gallery Space, Abbaye de Léhon, Léhon, France
1 Room, Group Exhibition, Studio e Gallery, Seattle, WA
Thick as Thieves, Group Exhibition, G.Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Hues, Juried Group Exhibition of Northwest Printmaking, Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA
2017
Local Portraits Northwest, Group Exhibition, Alexander Gallery, Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR
Heres to the Future, Group Exhibition, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Barnstorm at Bluestone Garage, Group Pop Up Exhibition, Punch Projects, Ellensburg, WA
2016
American Painting Today, Group Exhibition organized by Matthew Offenbacher, V2, Seattle, WA
2015
Convergence, Group Alumni Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2013
The Prison Industrial Complex, (Two Person Exhibition with Julie Green), The Art Gym, Portland, OR
2011
Non-sufficient Funds, A Fundraiser for University Beyond Bars, Vemillion, Seattle, WA
An Empty Vase, Prole Drift Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010
My Summer Vacation, Winston Wachter Fine Arts, Seattle, WA
2009
Gap Award for Individual Artists Projects, Artists Trust, Seattle, WA
Microstories, (Two Person Exhibition with Kiki MacInnis) Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008
Grantee, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
Stalemate, (Two Person Exhibition with Cynthia Constantino) Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Strange Coupling, (Collaboration with Evan Blackwell) Ouch My Eye, Seattle, WA
2007
Perfect Landscape, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA
Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
The Road Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2006
Interstate Flight, (Two Person Exhibition with Kris Harzinski) PS122, New York, NY
Fellowship, Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission
Drawings, Basil Hallward Gallery, Powells Books, Portland, OR
2005
Aqua Art Miami, Art Fair, Miami, FL (with Soil Collective)
Drawn in, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Seeing Green, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
Special Projects Grant, Cultural Development Authority of King County, Seattle, WA
2004
Masquerade, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
Hindsight: Frozen Moments, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
Flashpoint, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
Recent Acquisitions, Six New Members Show Their Work, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
GAP Award for Individual Artists Projects, Artists Trust, Seattle, WA
2002
Night of 1,000 Drawings, (Benefit) Artists Space, New York, NY
2001
Summer Show, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1999
Phresh, Bumbershoot (Pacific Northwest Arts Council of the Seattle Art Museum), Seattle, WA
American Drawing Biennial VI , Muscarelle Museum, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
1998
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Juried Annual
1996
National Works On/Of Paper (Leon Golub, Juror), Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Education
MFA, Boston University
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art
San Francisco Art Institute
Publications and Exhibition Catalogs
New American Paintings, Juried Exhibitions In Print, Nina Bozicnik Juror. The Open Studios Press, No. 121, December/January 2016
Erin Langner, "A quiet, creeping reality: Buddy Bunting's Valley Fever at Prole Drift." New American Paintings Blog, Art Review, July 10, 2014
Jen Graves,"Buddy Buntings Breakthrough." The Stranger, Art Review, May 24, 2012
Amanda Manitach, "Flat Time Blue; Buddy Bunting at Prole Drift." New American Paintings Blog, Interview, May 26, 2012
Dawn Quinn, "Buddy Bunting depicts 'Montana (erased)' at the Telephone Room." Tacoma Weekly, Art Review, October 27, 2010
Rosemary Ponnekanti, "Buddy Buntings Nostalgic Road Trip at the Telephone Room." The News Tribune, Art Review, November 2, 2010
Jen Graves, "Making Art While Nervous: The Plein-Air Prisons of Buddy Bunting." The Stranger, In/Visible, Interview, June 2, 2009
David Stoesz, "Buddy Bunting." Seattle Weekly, September 29, 2009
Tacoma Art Museum,The 8th Northwest Biennial, 2007. Catalog
Jen Graves, "Polished and Preapproved." The Stranger, Art Review, February 22, 2007
Regina Hackett, “Buddy Bunting,” SOIL 2006, pp. 10-11, Member Profile, 2006
Regina Hackett, "Local Artists Crash the Basel/Miami Art Fair and Come Out Purring." Seattle Post Intelligencer, December 8, 2005
Fionn Meade,“Buddy Bunting,” SOIL Artist-Run Gallery, 1995>2005. pp. 26-27, Member Profile, 2005
Regina Hackett,"Works by rising artists exert a powerful pull." Seattle Post Intelligencer, Art Review, May 27, 2005
Judy Wagonfeld, "Hindsight and foresight at play when 'Frozen Moments' evolve." Seattle Post Intelligencer, Art Review, May 21, 2004
Emily Hall, "Grasping at the Past, Remembrance of Things Cast Off." The Stranger, Art Review, May 13, 2004
David Stoesz, "Going Up The River." SW This Week, Seattle Weekly, April 9, 2003
Doug Margeson, "Paintings Depict the Stark Unsettling Beauty of Prisons." Eastside Journal, April 4, 2003
Regina Hackett, "Warehouse is going out with artistic flair. " Seattle Post Intelligencer, Art Review, May 25, 2001
Rutgers National Works On/Of Paper, The State College of New Jersey, Rutgers, 1996. Catalog
26th Biennial Exhibition, Works On Or Of Paper, University of Delaware, 1994. Catalog
National Drawing Annual, The College of New Jersey, Trenton, 1992. Catalog
Additional Art Venues and Organizations
The Drawing Center, Viewing Program and Slide File, NY, NY
Member, Soil Collective (2003-07), Seattle, WA
Participant, Signal Fire Expedition, 2011, Portland, OR
Recipient, the Maryland Institute College of Arts residency program in Léhon, France / The Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists, 2018
White Columns, Curated Artist Registry, 2022, NY, NY