Education

2002-2005 Master of Fine Art in Painting, Pratt Institute of Art, Brooklyn, NY

1996-2000 Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA

Music Projects

2024-Present Solo Project Butch Merigoni- Drums, Sound, Vocals

2017-Present, Bass and Drums Craig Thompson- Bass/Vocals Butch Merigoni- Drums

2010-2017 Beasty Craig Thompson- Bass/Vocals Matt Winters- Guitar Butch Merigoni- Drums

2012-2014 Any Size Mirror is a Dictator B. McCorkle- Composer M. Gantt- Bass E. O'Meara- Keyboard B. Merigoni- Drums

2010-2012 Man Lee Woosung Lee- Guitar/Vocals Butch Merigoini- Drums

2009-2011 Picador Craig Thompson- Bass/Vocals Butch Merigoni- Drums

2008-2010 Bull City John Albano- Vocals Brian Goodheart- Guitar Matt Winters- Guitar Butch Merigoni- Drums

2006-2008 Butch and Joey Joey Meyer- Guitar/Vocals Butch Merigoni- Drums

Discography

2017-Present Bass and Drums

90 Million

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Keiran Kelly at The Buddy Project, NYC. April-May 2024

Bernard Hopkins

Recorded and mixed by Brian Goodheart at The Honey Pot, NYC, Mastered by Carl Saff, Chicago, IL. January-Febuary 2020

2012-2014 Any Size Mirror is a Dictator

All arrangements created for performances

2010-2016 Beasty                        

Vacation

Recorded and mixed by Brian Goodheart at The Buddy Project, NYC, Mastered by Carl Saff, Chicago, IL. October-September 2013

EP

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Alex McKenzie at Rubber Tracks, NYC. September-October 2012

2010-2012 Man Lee

Yer The Man I Am But Better

Recorded and mixed by Brian Goodheart at The Buddy Project, NYC

Mastered by Carl Saff, Chicago, IL

June-July 2011

It Is Not, It Is Other

Recorded and mixed by Brian Goodheart at The Buddy Project, NYC

Mastered by Carl Saff, Chicago, IL

June 2010

2009-2011 Picador

EP

Recorded and mixed by Craig Thompson at Flood Studios, NYC

May 2011

2008-2010 Bull City

EP

Recorded and mixed by Brian Goodheart at The Greenpoint Space, NYC

March 2009

2006-2008 Butch and Joey

Butch and Joey

Recorded and mixed by Deron Pulley at South Street Studio, NYC

December 2007

Solo Performance

2016 Solo 6 Performing Arts Forum, St. Erme, France

2016 Solo 5 Pulsar Performance Series, Catland Books, NYC 

2016 Solo 4 Leimay Dance, Opening Night, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC

2015 Solo 3 The Woods, NYC

2015 Solo 2 House Fest, NYC 

2015 Solo 2 Eden’s Expressway, NYC 

2015 Solo 1 Sphinx Returns Performance Series, Grace Exhibition Space, NYC

2014 Someone Else’s Stuff IMAR Residency, Lakeville, Conn

Collaborative Performance

2019 A Garden in The Shape of Dreams With C. Nunez, A. Araujo, M. Galeanous, and V. Vargas, The Kitchen, NYC

2019 Things Happening or Not Happening Light Box Performance Space, Detroit, MI
2019 Out of Context Performance Mix Festival, University Settlement, NYC

2018 Out of Context With Eiren Shuman, Satellite Art Fair, NYC

2018 Things Happening or Not Happening So and So Arts Collective, London, England

2018 Things Happening or Not Happening Chisenhale Dance Space, London, England

2018 Untitled Performance Directed by Tonny Ajoup, Rambert Dance, London, England 

2018 Things Happening or Not Happening With Kriesje Hoomaert, De Grote Post, Ostend, Belgium

2018 Things Happening or Not Happening With Yuri Bongers, ZSenne Art Lab, Brussels, Belgium

2018 Things Happening or Not Happening  With Julie Garber and Dave Koenig, Spoke the Hub, NYC

2018 Things Happening or Not Happening  Holly’s Salon, The Woods, NYC

2018 Things Happening or Not Happening Inverse Performance Festival, Fayetteville, Ar. 

2017 Sandwiches/Counting With Jeff Shortt, Sandra Baptista and Pelenakeke Brown Northbound 2 Train, NYC Subway System

2017 Things Happening or Not Happening Light Box, Detroit, MI

2017 Things Happening or Not Happening  The Woods, NYC

2017 Things Happening or Not Happening  Soak Festival, NYC

2016 Things Happening or Not Happening With Quinn Dukes, Dave Koenig, and Shawn Escarciga, Satellite Art Fair, Miami, Fl

2016 Things Happening or Not Happening  Judson Church, NYC

2016 Untitled Performance With David Ian Griess and Elizabeth Lamb, Todo Bajo Control Film Festival, Providence, RI 

2015 Stack/Climb/Drag With Ilona Bito, Strobe Network Event, Flux Factory, NYC

2015 Jumping With Ian Burns, Michael Findlay, and Joshua Carrafa, Strobe Network Event, Flux Factory, NYC

2015 Things Happening or Not Happening With Ariane Bernier, Strobe Network Event, Flux Factory, NYC 

2015 Making/Feeding Sandwiches With Ariane Bernier, Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival, NYC

2015 Things Happening or Not Happening With Ariane Bernier, Court Square Open Studios, NYC

2015 Things Happening or Not Happening  With Ariane Bernier, Performance Anxiety, NYC 

2015-2018 Klutz  With A. Romania, M. Kapp, R. Mavecq, Grace Exhibition Space, Center for Performance Research, Judson Church, NYC

2015 Face Down With Lola Guerrero and Gili Nir, Dixon Place and MX Gallery, NYC

2015 30 Minutes With Ventiko Dean, Performance Anxiety, NYC

2015 Out of Context Panoply Performance Lab, NYC

2014-2015 Quartz Control With Thea Little, Ariane Bernier, Laura Bartzak, Adi Etyan, and Emelie Hedvall, Leimay Dance Residency, IMAR Residency, Glasshouse, Bushwick Open Studios, House Fest, NYC/Conn.