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Donald Baechler

Biography

DONALD BAECHLER

Born: Hartford, Connecticut 1956

Education:

1974-1977 Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore
1977-1978 Cooper Union, New York, studies with Hans Haacke
1978-1979 Staatliche Hochschule fur Bildende, Stadelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Releases



2005 Cheim & Read, New York; “Sculpture”
Kunsthalle Merano, Italy; “The Enemies of the Rose”

2004 Baldwin Gallery, Aspen; “New Work”
Cardi, Milan; “Donald Baechler”
Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knokke, Belgium; “Donald Baechler: New Paintings”
Museum der Moderne, Rupertinum, Salzburg; “Sculptures”
Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain; “Donald Baechler: New Paintings and Sculptures”
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; “Sculptures”

2003 Cheim & Read, New York; “Donald Baechler”
Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich; “Recent Paintings”
Mario Diacono, Ars Libri, Boston: “Thinking Without Words”
Lars Bohman, Stockholm; “Donald Baechler”
Hamiltons Gallery, London; “Donald Baechler”
Donald Baechler, Cheim & Read, NY, also 1999
‘Black and White paintings’ Hamiltons London
2002 Donald Baechler, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, also 1998
Donald Baechler, 77 Paintings, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, San Marino
2001 Galerie Steinek, recent works on paper, Vienna
Five Easy Pieces, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
2000 “Donald Baechler: New Paintings,” Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY
“Buildings and Other New Paintings,” Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
“Recent Editions,” Pace / Prints, New York
1999 “Crowd Paintings,” Cheim & Read Gallery, New York
“Paintings from Kunsthalle, Basel,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“New Work,” Greenberg Van Doren, St. Louis, MO
“Collage Paintings,” Velge & Noirhomme, Brussels
“New Color Aquatints,” Baron/Boisante, New York
“Recent Paintings,” Bernd Klueser, Munich
“Sculptures & Drawings,” Lars Bohman, Stockholm
“New Paintings,” Thomas Cohn, Sao Paulo
“Donald Baechler,” Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
“Globes and More,” Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
1998 “Works on Paper,” Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
“Crowds,” Lars Bohman, Stockholm
“Neue Bilder,” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
“New Paintings,” Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
“Twenty-One Etchings,” Baron/Boisante, New York
Galeria 56, Budapest, Hungary
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento
1997 “New Flowers,” Harley Baldwin, Aspen, CO
“Flowers,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“One Very Large Painting & One Very Large Bust,” Paul Kasmin, NY
“21 Paintings,” Anders Tornberg, Lund
Galleria Milleventi, Milan
“Works on Paper,” Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
1996 Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain
1995 “Donald Baechler: York House Suite,” Gulbenkain Foundations, Lisbon
“Donald Baechler: Large Works on Paper 1984-1994,” Baron/Boisante, New York
Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, NY; 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, CO
“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
Galleria Becherini, Florence, Italy
“Donald Baechler: Prints Days of the Week 1994,” Pace Prints, NY
“Donald Baechler: Drawings,” Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
“Donald Baechler: de Fleurs,” Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
1993 “Works on Paper,” Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
“Abstract Painting with Bird,” Lars Bohman, Stockholm
“Works on Paper,” Schonewald & Beuse, Krefeld, Germany
“Works on Paper,” UMKC Art Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“Paintings, Works on Paper,” Sperone Westwater, New York
“Works on Paper,” Paul Kasmin, New York
1992 “Works on Paper,” Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
“Works on Paper,” Pedro Oliveira, Porto, Portugal
“Works on Paper,” Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome
1991 “Prints & Collages,” Lucio Amelio, Naples
Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Santa Monica, CA
“Paintings,” James Corcoran, Santa Monica, CA
Max Hetzler, Cologne, Germany
“Collagen,” Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Anders Tornberg, Lund
“Paintings of 1981 + 1982,” Baron/Boisante, New York
E + O Friedrich, Bern
Kunst-Station Sankt Perter 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 Bohmen, 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
“Donald Baechler Paintings 1981-1987,” Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University
1987 Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Neue Arbeiten,” Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany
Mayor Rowan, London, England
Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
1986 “New Paintings,” Akira Ikeda, Nagoya, Japan
Larry Gagosian, Los Angeles, CA
Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden
1985 Pat Hearn, New York
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
“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

2000 “Painting,” Paul Kasmin, New York
“And Away We Go,” Baron/Boisante, New York
“Off White,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
1999 “Compliments,” Ernest Rubenstein gallery, The Educational Alliance, New York
“Road Show,” DFN Gallery, New York
“Peter Kogler,” Ascan Crone, Hamburg
“Selected Projects 1985-1990,” Baron/Boisante, 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, NY
“Ensamble Moderne,” Galerie Ropac, Salzburg and Paris
“20 Years,” Galerie Bernd Klueser, Munich, Germany
1997 “Group Show,” Bernd Klueser, Munich, Germany
“Chanel,” The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
“Von Kopf bis Fuss,” Ursula Blickle Fdtn, Kraichtal, Switzerland; Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria
“Summer,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
“Summer Group Show,” Sperone Westwater, New York
“KunstlerInnen: 50 Positionen,” Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
“Wood Work,” Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, New York
“Works on Paper,” Baron/Boisante, New York
1996 “dissimilar & unrelated sculptures,” Baron/Boisante, New York
“Sculptures,” Wanas Foundations, Sweden
“Works on Paper,” Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
“Group Show,” Tony Shafranzi, New York
“Sculpture,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
“Summer Group Exhibition,” Sperone Westwater, 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, CT
“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/Boisante, New York
“Blumenstuecke Kunststuecke,” Kusnthalle Bielefeld, Germany
“Passions Privees,” Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
1994 “Works on Paper,” Baron/Boisante, New York
“en minature,” Schoenewald & Beuse, Krefeld, Germany, ART Frankfurt
“Inaugural Group Exhibition,” Offshore Gallery, Easthampton, NY
“Summer Group Show,” Sperone Westwater, New York
“Summer 1994,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
1993 “Floor Show ‘sculptures and 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, 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 Outisider 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, France
“New York Painters,” Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
1992 “Easel Painting,” Perry Rubenstein, New York
“Sculpture,” Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
“Regard Multiple,” Musee National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou
“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, Germany
“Drawn in the ‘90’s,” Katonah Musuem, Katonah, New York
“Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art,” L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
“Postcards from Alphaville: Jean-Luc Godard in Contemporary Art,
1963-92,” P.S.1, The Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Island City
1991 “Wildness: Toward Their Own Natures ‘An Aspect of Contemporary Art’,” Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
“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
“The Last Laugh,” Massimo Audiello, New York
“Drawings,” Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Los Angeles, CA
E + O Friedrich, Bern
Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Pharmakon ’90,” Makuhari Messe Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo
“The Last Decade: American Artists of the ‘80s,” Tony Shafrazi, NY
“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, NY
“Zeichnung,” E + O Friedrich, Bern
“Einleuchten: Will, Vorstell und Simul in HH,” Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
1988 “Das Licht von der Anderen Seite I, Malerei,” Monika Sprueth, Cologne
“Art at the End of the Social,” Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
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
“What It Is,” Tony Shafrazi, New York
“Baechler, Cutrone, Haring & Scharf,” Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
“Terrae Motus,” Grand Palais, Paris, France
XIX Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Drawing Suites,” Lawrence Oliver, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Pat Hearn, New York
“Anniottanta (the 80’s),” Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna
“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
“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,” Protetsh-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, CA
“A Fatal Attraction: Art and the Media,” Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
“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


Selected Public and Private Collections

William Allen Memorial Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio
Thomas Ammann Collection, Zurich
Peter Brant Collection, New York
Eli Brad Family Foundations, Los Angeles
Centre George Pompidou, Musee National d’Art Moderne, Paris
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
Deutsche Bank, New York
Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, New York
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Howard Gittis Collection, New York
Lehnbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Malmo Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Stiftung, Vienna
Museum Ludwig, Aachen, Germany
Museum Ludwig, Budapest
Musee d’Art Moderne et Contmporain, Geneva, Switzerland
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, Philadelphia
Revlon Collection, New York
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Sony Corporation, New York
Springfield Art Museum, Missouri
Stadtishche Galerie Schloss, Wolfsburg, Germany
St. Louis Art Museum, Missouri
Musee Strasbourg, France
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York







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