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.