Biography
1956
Born in Hartford, Connecticut
Education
1974-77 Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore
1977-78 Cooper Union, New York
1978-79 Staatliche Hochshule fuer Bildende Kuenste, "Staedelschule," Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004
Sculptures, Museum der Moderne Salzburg Rupertinum
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen
Galleria Cardi, Milano
2003
Cheim and Read, New York
Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweeden
2002
77 Paintings, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, San Marino, Italy
Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2001
Five Easy Pieces, Tony Shafrazi, New York
Donald Baechler, Galerie Jan Wagner, Berlin
Recent Works, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris
2000
Buildings and Other New Paintings, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
1999
Donald Baechler, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
Recent Paintings, Bernd Klueser, Munich
Globes and More, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
New Work, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Crowd Paintings, Cheim and Read, NY,
Paintings from Kunsthalle Basel, Tony Shafrazi, New York,
1998
Works on Paper, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Crowds, Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
1997
New Flowers, Baldwin, Aspen, Colorado
Flowers, Tony Shafrazi, New York
One Very Large Painting & One Very Large Bust, Paul Kasmin, New York
21 Paintings, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Galeria Milleventi, Milan, Italy
Works on Paper, Studio d'Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
1996
Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain
1995
Donald Baechler: York House Suite, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, New York; with Saint Clair Cemin
Black Flowers, Bernd Klueser, Munich, Germany
Paintings & Works on Paper, Kyoko Chirathivat, Bangkok, Thailand
Donald Baechler: Fish & Wildlife, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Donald Baechler: Selected Early Paintings, Tony Shafrazi, New York
Works on Paper, Paul Kasmin, New York
Donald Baechler: Neue Arbeiten, Adolf Ribbentrop, Eltville, Germany
Donald Baechler Yankee Pieces, Torino, Milleventi, Turin, Italy
1994
E+O Friedrich, Bern, Germany
Galerie Becherini, Florence, Italy
Donald Baechler: Drawings, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Donald Baechler: des Fleurs, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
1993
Works on Paper, Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Abstract Painting with Bird, Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Works on Paper, UMKC Art Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Paintings, Works on Paper, Sperone Westwater, New York
1992
Works on Paper, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Works on Paper, Pedro Oliveira, Porto, Portugal
Works on Paper, Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy
1991
Prints & Collages, Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica, California
Paintings, James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany
Collages, Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
E+O Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland
Kunst-Station Sankt Peter Koln, Cologne, Germany
1990
Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, Italy
Works on Paper, Paul Kasmin, New York
Paintings, Bronzes & Works on Paper, Tony Shafrazi, New York
1989
Works on Paper, Paul Kasmin, New York
Tony Shafrazi, New York
Flowers and Trees, Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
E+O Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland
Lino Silverstein, Barcelona, Spain
Lucio Amelio, Naples
1988
Pinturas 1986-1988, Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Donald Baechler Paintings and Drawings: 1982-1987, University Galleries,
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Donald Baechler Paintings 1981-1987, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth
University, Richmond, VA
Galeria II Capricorno, Venice, Italy
Paintings, Drawings & Prints, Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden
1987
Tony Shafrazi, New York
New Works, Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany
Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, England
Galerie Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain
1986
New Paintings, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden
1985
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
Hamburg Works, Ascan Crone, Hamburg
1984
New Work, Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany
Tony Shafrazi, New York
1983
Tony Shafrazi, New York
1982
Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York
1980
Artists Space, New York
Studio Cannaviello, Milan, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2003
Funny Papers: Cartoons and Contemporary Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery,
Los Angeles
Pictura Magistra Vitae, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna
2002
New York Expression, Bergen Kommune, Norway
Good News, Gallerie Cardi and Co., Milan
Art Downtown: New York Painting and Sculpture, 48 Wall Street, New York
Keine Kleiningkeit, Kunsthalle Basel
2001
Mythic Proportions: Painting in the 1980s, MoCA Miami
2000
Paintings, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
Off White, Tony Shafrazi, New York
Drawings and Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Pat Hearn Gallery: Part One (1983-1987), Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
1999
Peter Kogler, Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany
1998
Flowers in Mind, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
20 Years, Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich
Dreams for the Next Century: A View of the Collection, Parrish Art Museum,
Southampton, NY
Ensemble Moderne, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg and Paris
Maps, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
1997
Group Show, Bernd Klueser, Munich
Figured, Associated American Artists, New York
Making Music, Champion International Headquarters, Stamford, CT
Chanel, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Von Kopf bis Fuss, Kunstraum, Innsbruck, Austria
Ursula Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal, Switzerland
1996
Sculptures, Wanas Foundation, Sweden
By the Sea, Fotouhi Cramer, East Hampton, New York
Works on Paper, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Sculpture, Paul Kasmin, New York
The Baseball Show, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Picasso: A Contemporary Dialogue, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
1995
Emblems and Contours, Sperone Westwater, New York
A New York Time: Selected Drawings of the Eighties, Bruce Museum, Greenwich,
Connecticut
Barras y Estrellas, Muncipal Museum of Fine Arts, Tenerife, Spain
Group Show, Max Hetzler, Berlin
Blumenstuecke Kunststuecke, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
Passions Privees, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1994
Summer Group Show, Sperone Westwater, New York
Summer 1994, Paul Kasmin, New York
Le Cirque, Renee Fotouhi, Easthampton, Long Island
1993
Floor Show, Sculptures & Objects, Anders Tornberg, Lund
Extravagant: The Economy of Elegance, Tony Shafrazi, New York
Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, Centro de Arte Reina
Sofia, Madrid
The Spirit of Drawing, Sperone Westwater, New York
1982-83 Ten Years After, Tony Shafrazi, New York
Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel,
Switzerland
Jiri Dokoupil Donald Baechler, Galerie Ribbentrop, Eltville, Germany
Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, Setagaya Art Museum,
Tokyo
43rd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, The Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
New York on Paper, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
New York Painters, Sammlung Goertz, Munich, Germany
1992
Easel Painting, Perry Rubenstein, New York
Sculpture, Paul Kasmin, New York
Regard Multiple, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Group Sculpture Show, Sperone Westwater, New York
Der Gefrorene Leopard, Part II, Bernd Klueser, Munich, Germany
Ars Pro Domo, Zeitgenossische Kunst aus Kolner Privatbesitz, Museum Ludwig,
Cologne
Drawn in the '90's, Katonah Museum, Katonah, New York
Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, L.A. County Museum of
Art, Los Angeles
Postcards from Alphaville: Jean-Luc Godard in Contemporary Art, 1963-92,
P.S.1, Long Island City, New York
1991
Wildness: Toward Their Own Natures, An Aspect of Contemporary Art, Setagaya
Art Museum, Tokyo
New Figurative Art, Angela Ho, Hong Kong
Portraits on Paper, Robert Miller, New York
Vertigo, The Remake, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
A Passion for Art, Tony Shafrazi, New York
1990
About Round/Round About, Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden
Drawings, Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Los Angeles
Pharmakon '90, Makuhari Messe Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo
The Last Laugh, Massimo Audiello, New York
The Last Decade: American Artists of the 80's, Tony Shafrazi, New York
Vertigo, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
SAFEC 1990 - Seoul Art Festival, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul,
1989
Repetition, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York
1989 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Zeichnung, E+O Friedrich, Bern, Germany
Einleuchten: Will, Vorstell und Simul in HH, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg,
Germany
1988
Das Licht von der Anderen Seite I, Malerei, Monika Sprueth, Cologne, Germany
Art at the End of the Social, Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
1987
Terrae Motus, Grand Palais, Paris
XIX Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
1986
Face It, Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden
Vom Zeichnen, Kunstverein Kassel, Germany and Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna,
Austria
Drawings, Pat Hearn, New York
Prospekt '86, Frankfurter Kunstverein/Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Baechler, Cutrone, Haring & Scharf, Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporanea, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil
1985
Anniottanta (the 80's), Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Vom Zeichnen, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
1984
Works on Paper, Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria
Behind Faces and Figures, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Arte di Frontiera, New York Graffiti, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna,
Italy
1983
Champions, Tony Shafrazi, New York
Drawings, Galerie Schurr, Stuttgart, Germany
Black and White, Robert Fraser, London
Drawings, E+O Friedrich, Bern, Switzerland
Portraits, Protetch-McNeill, New York
Accrochage: Gallery Artists, Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany
Hundreds of Drawings, Artists Space, New York
1982
New Drawing in America: Part I, The Drawing Center, New York
Donald Baechler/Ronnie Cutrone, Tony Shafrazi, New York
A Fatal Attraction: Art and the Media, Renaissance Society, University of
Chicago, Chicago
Shoe Boxes, White Columns, New York
1981
Episodes, Grace Borgenicht, New York
1980
Arte para Los Ochenta, Galeria Durban, Caracas, Venezuela
Selections, The Drawing Center, New York
Museum Collections
Albertina Museum, Vienna
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Centre Georges Pomidou, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris
Guggenheim Museum
Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden
Musee Strasbourg, Fance
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museum Ludwig, Budapest, Hungary
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
New York Public Library
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Sammlung Essl, Klosterneburg, Vienna, Austria
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany
Stadtische Galerie Schloss Wolfsburg, Germany
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Whitney Museum of Art
William Allen Memorial Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio |
