Donald Baechler

Education
1974-77 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore
1977–78 Cooper Union, New York
1978–79 Staatliche Hochschule für bildende Künste, “Staedelschule,” Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 “Donald Baechler: Painting & Sculpture;” Fisher Landau Center for Art; Long Island City, New York
“Paint Traveller;” Art Pavilion; Zagreb, Croatia
“Bronze Heads and Collages;” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Paris, France
“Donald Baechler;” Nosbaum & Reding; Luxembourg
“Recent Works;” Baldwin Gallery; Aspen, Colorado
2011 “Sculptures and Paintings;” McClain Gallery; Houston, Texas
“Recent Works;" Studio d’Arte Raffaelli; Trento, Italy
“Donald Baechler;” Museo Magi, Pieve di Cento; Bologna, Italy
2010 “Donald Baechler,” Cheim & Read, New York
2009 “New Works;” Galerie Forsblom; Helsinki, Finland
“Recent Paintings and Collages;” McClain Gallery; Houston, Texas
"I Wonder If I Can Write A Poem Tonight;" Galleria In Arco; Torino, Italy
“XL + XS;” Museo Arte Contemporanea Isernia; Isernia, Italy
“Flowers & Boys;” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Salzburg, Austria
2008 “Three Bronzes,” IBM Sculpture Garden, New York
“Baechler-Morrison;” Galerie Alain Noirhomme; Brussels, Belgium
“Donald Baechler: New Works;” Galleri Lars Bohman; Stockholm, Sweden
“Donald Baechler: Editions;” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Salzburg, Austria
2007 “New Work;” Galeria Leyendecker; Tenerife, Spain
“Skulptur und Malerei;” Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten MMKK; Klagenfurt, Austria
“Works on Paper;” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Paris, France
“A Farewell to Arms;” Museo Forte Strino; Vermiglio, Italy
“New Works;" Studio d’Arte Raffaelli; Trento, Italy
“New Paintings and Sculpture;” Baldwin Gallery; Aspen, Colorado
2006 “Winter Sports;” Museo Rimoldi, Cortina d'Ampezzo; Corso, Italy
“Donald Baechler,” Pace Prints, New York
“Wes Lang and Donald Baechler: Skulls and Shit;” Loyal Gallery; Stockholm, Sweden
“Donald Baechler: New Sculptures and Related Works;” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Salzburg, Austria
“Donald Baechler,” Cheim & Read, New York
Galleri Lars Bohman; Stockholm, Sweden
2005 “Sculpture,” Cheim & Read, New York
“The Enemies of the Rose;” Kunst Meran; Merano, Italy
"Paintings 1991- 2003;" Galerie Bernd Klüser; Munich, Germany
2004 “New Work;” Baldwin Gallery; Aspen, Colorado
“Donald Baechler;” Galleria Cardi; Milan, Italy
“Donald Baechler: New Paintings;” Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery; Knokke, Belgium
“Sculptures;” Museum der Moderne, Rupertinum; Salzburg, Austria
“Donald Baechler: New Paintings and Sculptures;” Galeria Leyendecker; Tenerife, Spain
“Sculptures;” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Paris, France
2003 “Donald Baechler,” Cheim & Read, New York
“Recent Paintings;” Galerie Bernd Klüser; Munich, Germany
“Thinking Without Words;” Mario Diacono, Ars Libri; Boston, Massachusetts
“Donald Baechler;” Lars Bohman; Stockholm, Sweden
“Donald Baechler;” Hamiltons Gallery; London, England
2002 Galleria Leyendecker; Tenerife, Spain
“Principal & Auxillary Functions: Some Recent Pictures;” John Berggruen; San Francisco, California
“77 Paintings;” Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea; San Marino, Italy
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Salzburg, Austria
2001 “Five Easy Pieces,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Donald Baechler;” Galerie Jan Wagner; Berlin, Germany
“Oeuvres Récentes;” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Paris, France
“Some of My Subjects;” Studio d’Arte Raffaelli; Trento, Italy
2000 “Donald Baechler: new paintings;” Glenn Horowitz Bookseller; East Hampton, New York
“Buildings and Other New Paintings;” Baldwin Gallery; Aspen, Colorado
“Recent Editions,” Pace/Prints, New York
“Donald Baechler;” Galeria Leyendecker; Tenerife, Spain
1999 “Crowd Paintings,” Cheim & Read, New York
“Paintings from Kunsthalle, Basel,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“New Work;” Greenberg Van Doren; St. Louis, Missouri
“Collage Paintings;” Velge & Noirhomme; Brussels, Belgium
“New Color Aquatints,” Baron/Boisanté, New York
“Recent Paintings;” Bernd Klüser; Munich, Germany
“Sculptures & Drawings;” Lars Bohman; Stockholm, Sweden
“New Paintings;” Thomas Cohn; Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Donald Baechler;” Locks Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Globes and More;” Thaddaeus Ropac; Paris, France
1998 “Works on Paper;” Locks Gallery; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Crowds;” Lars Bohman; Stockholm, Sweden
“Neue Bilder;” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac; Salzburg, Austria
“New Paintings;” Kunsthalle Basel; Basel, Switzerland
“twenty-one etchings,” Baron/Boisanté, New York
Galeria 56; Budapest, Hungary
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea; Trento, Italy
1997 “New Flowers;” Harley Baldwin; Aspen, Colorado
“Flowers,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“One Very Large Painting & One Very Large Bust,” Paul Kasmin, New York
“21 Paintings;” Anders Tornberg; Lund, Sweden
Galleria 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
“Donald Baechler: Large Works on Paper, 1984-1994,” Baron/Boisanté, New York
Black Flowers;” Fisher Landau Center; Long Island City, New York with Saint Clair Cemin Bernd Klüser; 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, Switzerland
Galleria Becherini; Florence, Italy
“Donald Baechler: Prints ‘Days of the Week 1994,’” Pace Prints, New York
“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;” Schönewald & Beuse; Krefeld, Germany
“Works on Paper;” UMKC Art Gallery; Kansas City, Missouri
“Paintings, Works on Paper,” Sperone Westwater, New York
“Works on Paper,” Paul Kasmin, 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; Santa Monica, California
Max Hetzler; Cologne, Germany
“Collagen;” Gisela Capitain; Cologne, Germany
Anders Tornberg; Lund, Sweden
“Paintings of 1981 + 1982,” Baron/Boisanté, New York
E+O Friedrich; Bern, Switzerland
Kunst-Station Sankt Peter Köln; 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, Italy
1988 “Pinturas 1986-1988;” Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporanea; Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Donald Baechler Paintings and Drawings: 1982-1987;” University Galleries, Illinois State University and Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University
Donald Baechler Paintings 1981-1987;” Galeria Il Capricorno; Venice, Italy
“Donald Baechler: Paintings, Drawings & Prints;” Anders Tornberg; Lund, Sweden
1987 Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Neue Arbeiten;” Ascan Crone; Hamburg, Sweden
Mayor Rowan; London, England
Galeria Leyendecker; Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
1986 “New Paintings;” Akira Ikeda; Nagoya, Japan
Larry Gagosian; Los Angeles, California
Anders Tornberg; Lund, Sweden
1985 Pat Hearn, New York
Real Art Ways; Hartford, Connecticut
“Hamburger Gemaelde;” Ascan Crone; Hamburg, Germany
Tony Shafrazi, New York
1984 “Neue Bilder;” 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
2012 “East West Shift to the Middle;” Bill Brady/KC; Kansas City, Missouri
“The Haberdashery;” Eric Firestone Gallery; East Hampton, New York
2011 “Notable Henchman;” Kurnatowski Gallery; New York
2010 “Your History Is Not Our History;” Haunch of Venison, New York
2008 “I Won’t Grow Up,” Cheim & Read, New York
2007–08 “Four Friends,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Passion For Art: 35th Anniversary of the Sammlung Essl Collection;” Sammlung Essl Collection; Klosterneuburg, Austria
"Plug;” Sister Gallery; Los Angeles, California
“We Are Near;” Allston Skirt Gallery; Boston, Massachusetts
2006 “The Other Side,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
“busy going crazy: collection Sylvio Perlstein;” La Maison Rouge; Paris, France
2005 “Co-Conspirators: Artist and Collector: Selections from the Collection of James Cottrell and Joseph Lovett;” Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, Chelsea Art Museum
“Red Thread: Glimpses of International Art in Vienna;” Howard House; Seattle, Washington
“Figur Skulptur;” Sammlung Essl; Vienna, Austria
“The Early Show,” White Columns, New York
“Zoo Story;” Fisher Landau Center for Art; Long Island City, New York
2004 “Pop Art & Minimalismus;” Albertina; Vienna, Austria
“I Am the Walrus,” Cheim & Read, New York
“...so fresh, so cool...;” Galleria Cardi & Co.; Milan, Italy
“Visions of America;” Sammlung Essl; Vienna, Austria
“Les Enfants Terribles;” Museo Cantonale d’Arte; Lugano, Switzerland
“…Surprise;” Galleria Cardi; Milan, Italy
2003 “Pictura Magistra Vitae;” Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio; Bologna, Italy
“Funny Papers: Cartoons & Contemporary Drawing;” Daniel Weinberg Gallery; Los Angeles, California
“Conversations;” Evergreen House; Baltimore, Maryland
“...As Time Goes By;” Leo Koenig Inc, New York and Gordian Weber Kunsthandel; Cologne, Germany
“Painting Lesson;” Galleria Cardi; Milan, Italy
2002 “New York Expression,” Bergen Kommune, Norway
“Good News;” Galleria Cardi & Co.; Milan, Italy
“Art Downtown: New York Painting & Sculpture,” 48 Wall Street, New York
“Revealing Nature: An Exhibition of Organic Forms in Books, Photography, Art and Design;” Glenn Horowitz Bookseller; Easthampton, New York
2001 Mythic Proportions: Painting in the 1980’s,” MoCA Miami, Florida
“Espelho Cego (The Blind Mirror),” Paco Imperial, Brazil
From Rags to Riches: 25 Years of Paper Art from Dieu Donné Papermill;” Maryland Institute College of Art; Baltimore, Maryland
2000 “Painting,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
“And Away We Go,” Baron/Boisanté, New York
“Off White,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Drawings & Photographs,” Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
“Pat Hearn Gallery: Part One (1983-1987),” Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
1999 “Compliments,” Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, The Educational Alliance, New York
“Road Show,” DFN Gallery, New York
“Peter Kogler;” Ascan Crone; Hamburg, Germany
“Selected Projects 1985-1990,” Baron/Boisanté, New York
1998 “Knowing Children,” David Beitzel Gallery, New York
“Maps,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
“Dreams for the Next Century: A View of the Collection;” Parrish Art Museum; Southampton, New York
“Ensemble Moderne;” Galerie Ropac; Salzburg, Austria and Paris, France
“20 Years;” Galerie Bernd Klueser; Munich, Germany
1997 “Group Show;” Galerie Bernd Klueser; Munich, Germany
“Chanel;” The Andy Warhol Museum; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Von Kopf bis Fuss;” Ursula Blickle Foundation; Kraichtal, Switzerland; Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
“Summer,” Paul Kasmin, New York
“Summer Group Show,” Sperone Westwater, New York
“KünstlerInnen: 50 Positionen,” Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
“Wood Work;” Fisher Landau Center; Long Island City, New York
“Works on Paper,” Baron/Boisanté, New York
1996 “dissimilar & unrelated sculptures,” Baron/Boisanté, New York
“Sculptures,” Wanas Foundation, Sweden
“Works on Paper;” Baldwin Gallery; Aspen, Colorado
“Group Show,” Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
“Sculpture,” Paul Kasmin, New York
“Summer Group Exhibition,” Sperone Westwater, New York
“The Baseball Show,” Curt Marcus, 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
“1995 ‘Yamantaka’ Donation,” Gagosian Gallery, New York
“Barras y Estrellas;” Municipal Museum of Fine Arts; Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
“Summer Group Exhibition,” Sperone Westwater, New York
“Group Show;” Max Hetzler; Berlin, Germany
“Selected Projects of 1981-1995,” Baron/Boisanté, New York
“Blumenstuecke Kunststuecke,” Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
“Passions Privées,” Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
1994 “Works On Paper,” Baron/Boisanté, New York
“en minature;” ART Frankfurt, Schoenewald & Beuse; Krefeld, Germany
“Inaugural Group Exhibition;” Offshore Gallery; Easthampton, New York
“Summer Group Show,” Sperone Westwater, New York
“Summer 1994,” Paul Kasmin, New York
1993 “Floor Show ‘sculptures & objects;’” Anders Tornberg; Lund, Sweden
“Extravagant: The Economy of Elegance,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art;” Centro de Arte Reina Sofia; Madrid, Spain
“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, Japan
“43rd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting;” The Corcoran Gallery of Art; Washington D.C.
“New York On Paper;” Thaddaeus Ropac; Paris, France
“New York Painters;” Sammlung Goetz; Munich, Germany
1992 “Easel Painting,” Perry Rubenstein, New York
“Sculpture,” Paul Kasmin, New York
“Regard Multiple;” Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Paris, France
“Group Sculpture Show,” Sperone Westwater, New York
“Der Gefrorene Leopard;” Part II, Bernd Klueser; Munich, Germany
“Ars Pro Domo ‘Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Kölner Privatbesitz;’” Museum Ludwig; Cologne, Germany
“Drawn in the ‘90s;” Katonah Museum; Katonah, New York
“Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art;” L.A. County Museum of Art; Los Angeles, California
“Postcards from Alphaville: Jean-Luc Godard in Contemporary Art, 1963-92;” P.S.1, The Institute for Contemporary Art; Long Island City, New York
1991 “Wildness: Toward Their Own Natures ‘An Aspect of Contemporary Art;’” Setagaya Art Museum; Tokyo, Japan
“New Figurative Art;” Angela Ho; Hong Kong, China
“Summertime,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“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
“The Last Laugh,” Massimo Audiello; New York
“Drawings;” Luhring Augustine Hetzler; Los Angeles, California
E+O Friedrich; Bern, Switzerland
Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Pharmakon ’90;” Makuhari Messe Contemporary Art Exhibition; Tokyo, Japan
“The Last Decade: American Artists of the ‘80’s,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Vertigo;” Thaddaeus Ropac; Paris, France
“SAFEC 1990 –Seoul Art Festival;” National Museum of Contemporary Art; Seoul, Korea
1989 “Repetition,” Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York
“1989 Biennial Exhibition,” Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Zeichnung;” E+O Friedrich; Bern, Switzerland
“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; Malmö, Sweden
1987 “Terrae Motus;” Grand Palais; Paris, France
XIX Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Drawing Suites;” Lawrence Oliver; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1986 “Face It;” Anders Tornberg; Lund, Sweden
Vom Zeichnen;” Kunstverein Kassel, Germany & Museum Moderner Kunst; Vienna, Austria
“Premier Salon Irrealista;” Galeria Leyendecker; Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
“Drawings,” Pat Hearn, New York
“Prospekt ’86;” Frankfurter Kunstverein/Schirn Kunsthalle; Frankfurt, Germany
“What It Is,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Baechler, Cutrone, Haring & Scharf;” Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporanea; Rio de Janiero, Brazil
1985 Pat Hearn, New York
“Anniottanta (the 80’s);” Galleria d’Arte Moderna; Bologna, Italy
“New York New Prints;” Edition Schellmann; Munich, Germany
“Vom Zeichnen;” Frankfurter Kunstverein; Frankfurt, Germany
1984 “Works on Paper;” Peter Pakesch; Vienna, Austria
“Behind Faces & Figures;” Philadelphia College of Art; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“Arte di Frontiera, New York Graffiti;” Galleria D’Arte Moderna; Bologna, Italy
Tony Shafrazi, New York
1983 “Champions,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Drawings;” Galerie Schurr; Stuttgart, Germany
“Hundreds of Drawings,” Artists Space, New York
“Painting into Sculpture,” Bonlow Gallery, New York
“Painting Sculpture Totems and 3D,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Black and White;” Robert Fraser; London, England
“Drawings;” E+O Friedrich; Bern, Switzerland
“Portraits,” Protetch-McNeill, New York
“Accrochage: Gallery Artists;” Ascan Crone; Hamburg, Germany
1982 “New Drawing in America: Part I,” The Drawing Center, New York
“Young Americans,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Donald Baechler/Ronnie Cutrone,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
Larry Gagosian; Los Angeles, California
“A Fatal Attraction: Art and the Media,” Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Illinois
“Shoe Boxes,” White Columns, New York
1981 “Episodes,” Grace Borgenicht, New York
Tony Shafrazi, New York
1980 “Arte para Los Ochenta;” Galeria Durban; Caracas, Venezuela
“Selections,” The Drawing Center, New York

Public Collections
Albertina Museum; Vienna, Austria
The Brant Foundation; Greenwich, Connecticut
Centre George Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne; Paris, France
Collezione Maramotti; Reggio Emilia, Italy
Corcoran Gallery of Art; Washington, D.C.
Fisher Landau Center; Long Island City, New York
Gateway Foundation; St. Louis, Missouri
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Lehnbachhaus; Munich, Germany
Malmö Konsthall; Malmö, Sweden
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain; Geneva, Switzerland
Musée Strassbourg, France
Museo d’Arte Moderna a Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; California
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Massachusetts
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Texas
Museum Ludwig; Budapest, Hungary
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Museum of Contemporary Art; Seoul, Korea
Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, California
New York Public Library, New York
Orlando Museum of Art, Florida
Philadelphia Museum, Pennsylvania
Sammlung Essl; Vienna, Austria
Sammlung Goetz; Munich, Germany
Sammlung Ludwig; Aachen, Germany
Sammlung Würth; Künzelsau, Germany
Springfield Art Museum, Missouri
St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri
Städtische Galerie Schloss Wolfsburg; Wolfsburg, Germany
Stedelijk Museum; Amsterdam, Holland
Stiftung Schaufler; Sindelfingen, Germany
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
William Allen Memorial Museum, Oberlin College; Oberlin, Ohio
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