Biography
Staatliche Hochschule fur bildende Kunste, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Lives and works in New York
Born in Hartford, CT
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Cooper Union, New York, NY

Exhibitions
2004 by Amerika, Galerie Steinek, Vienna (group)
2003 Donald Baechler, Cheim & Read, NY, also 1999
2003 ‘Black and White paintings’ Hamiltons London (solo)
2002 Donald Baechler, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, also 1998
Donald Baechler, 77 Paintings, Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, San Marino
2002 20 years Galerie Steinek, Vienna (group)
2001 Galerie Steinek, recent works on paper, Vienna (solo)
2001 Five Easy Pieces, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2001 Ironical Instinct, Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy
2000 Off White, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
2000 Painting, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2000 And Away We Go, Baron/Boisante, New York
2000 Buildings and Other New Paintings, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO (solo)
2000 Donald Baechler: New Paintings, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY (solo)
1999 Donald Baechler Globes and More, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
1999 Paintings from Kunsthalle, Basel, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1999 New Work, Greenberg Van Doren, St. Louis, MO (solo)
1999 Crowd Paintings, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1999 Collage Paintings, Velge & Noirhomme, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
1999 New Color Aquatints, Baron/Boisante, New York, NY (solo)
1999 Compliments, Ernest Rubinstein Gallery, The Educational Alliance, New York
1999 Road Show, DFN Gallery, New York
1999 Peter Kogler, Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany
1999 Selected Projects 1985-1990, Baron/Boisante, New York, NY
1998 Knowing Children, David Beitzel Gallery, New York
Donald Baechler, New Paintings, Kunsthalle Basel
1998 Maps, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
High Art/High Jinks in Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1995 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Donald Baechler, Baron/Boisanté, NY, also 1989, 1991
1995 Emblems and Contours, Sperone Westwater New York, NY
Passions Privées, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1994 Le Temps d'un Dessins, Ecole des Beaux Arts (catalogue) Lorient, France
1994 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac (catalogue) Paris, France (solo)
1994 Pace Prints New York, NY (solo)
1993 Works on Paper, Gisela Capitain Cologne, Germany (solo)
Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, LA Museum of Contemporary Art
1993 Paintings, Works on Paper, Sperone Westwater New York, NY (solo)
Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
1993 New York on Paper, Thaddaeus Ropac Paris, France
43rd Biennial Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1992 Regard Multiple, Centre Pompidou (catalogue) Paris, France
1992 Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA
1992 Works on Paper, Gian Enzo Sperone Rome, Italy (solo)
Ars pro Domo, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
1991 Max Hetzler Cologne, Germany (solo)
1991 Summertime, Tony Shafrazi New York, NY
1989 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum New York, NY
1988 Donald Baechler, Paintings and Drawings, 1982-1987, Center for the Visual Arts, Illinois State U., Normal
1985 Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1985 Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (solo)
1985 Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
1985 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1984 Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
1984 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1983 Tony Shafrazi Gallery New York, NY (solo)
1982 Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY (solo)
1980 Artists Space New York, NY (solo)
1980 Studio Cannaviello Milan, Italy (solo)
1979 Galerie Patio Frankfurt, Germany (solo)

Literature
'That Same Damn Flower', text by Charles Simic, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY
'Donald Baechler Chris Kelly. The Gellert suite', Studio d'Art Rafaelli, Trento
'Donald Baechler: Works on Paper', text by Donald Baechler, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia
'Donald Baechler', catalogue essay by Demosthenes Davvetas, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
'Donald Baechler', text by Peter Pakesch, Kunsthalle Basel
'Donald Baechler', Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea Trento, Italy; published by Edizione Mazzotta, Milan
A Fragrant Compost: Letters to Felix, Fama & Fortune Bulltin 1998/22, Verlag Pakesch & Schlebrugge, Vienna
A Life Without Pocket Change, Ajax Press
Wasted Time & Money, Ajax Press
Guillermo In Rio, Ajax Press