Donald BAECHLER
Donald Baechler, a member of the East Village art scene in 1980s New York, is known for his painting-collage-drawing works depicting of childhood imagery and nostalgic ephemera like grammar school primers, old maps, and children’s drawings, or purposely cliché motifs such as a skull, a rose, a globe, and a soccer ball. Although critics have suggested that Baechler’s work, reminiscent of Jean Dubuffet, is a critique of innocence and sincerity, Baechler sees himself as an abstract artist whose concerns are primarily formal, rooted in line, shape, color, and composition. A 2011 solo exhibition included bronze sculptures based on childlike silhouettes of flowers as well as numerous faux-naïf black-and-white flower paintings. Baechler is often associated with other East Village artists, including Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Kenny Scharf.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
“Donald Baechler”, Cheim & Read, New York
2016
“Early Works”, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
“New Works”, Refl ex Gallery, Amsterdam
“Early Work 1980-1984”, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles
2015
“Donald Baechler Early Works 1980-1984”, Cheim & Read, New York
2013
“Donald Baechler in conversati on with Glenn O’Brien”, New York Academy of Art
2012
“Recent Work”, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, UUEE.
“Bronze Heads And Collages”, Galerie Ropac, Paris
2011
“Sculptures & Painti ngs” Mc Clain Gallery, Houston, March – April
“Crowds”, Pace Prints, Chelsea, New York
“Painti ng & Sculptures”, Fisher Landau Center for Art, New York
2010
Fower & Boys”, Galerie Ropac, Salzburg, Austria. Nov. 2009 – Jan. 2010
“New York”, Cheim & Read Gallery. New York. April – May 2010
2009
McClain Gallery, Houstos, TX. January 22 – March 7, 2009
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki. May 28 – august 9
“XL + SS” Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Isernia. Oc. 16 – Dec. 1, 2009
2008
Editi ons. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac. July
Galleri Lars Bohman. Stockholm. Sweden
2007
Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife Spain
Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten MMKK, Klagenfurt, Austria, “Donald
Baechler – New Works” March 23 – May 20
Hommage to Donald Baechler – with Richard Gere, Carey Lowell, Kayce Freed Jennings
2006
Ciasa de ra Regoles – Museo Rimoldi, Corti na d’Ampezzo; “Winter Sports”
February 4 – February 28
Pace Prints, New York; “Donald Baechler” April 11 – May 13
Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden; “Wes Lang and Donald Baechler: Skulls and Shit,” May 5 – June 11
Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria; “New Sculptures and Related Works,” August 30 –September 30
Cheim & Read, New York, NY; “Donald Baechler,” September 14 – October 28
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden, “Donald Baechler,” Novermber 11 – December 10
2005
Cheim & Read, New York; “Sculpture” January 13 – February 12
Kunst Meran, Merano, Italy; “The Enemies of the Rose” January 22–April 3
Duetart Gallery, Varese, Italy; “Roses and Other Works” April 16 – May 14
Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany; “Painti ngs 1991- 2003”
September 9 – October 29
2004
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen; “New Work” March 12 – April 12
Cardi & Co., Milan; “Donald Baechler” April 15 – May 29 catalog
Museum der Moderne, Ruperti num, Salzburg; curated by Eleonora Louis;
July 25 – August 29, catalog
Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knokke, Belgium; “Donald Baechler: New
Painti ngs”, August 6
Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain; “Donald Baechler: New Painti ngs and Sculptures” September 17-October 29
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; “Sculptures” November 27 – January 8, 2005
2003
Cheim & Read, New York; “Donald Baechler”, March 18-April 19
Galerie Bernd Klueser, Munich; “Recent Painti ngs”, March 27-May 15
Mario Diacono, Ars Libri, Boston: “Thinking Without Words”, May 2-June 27
Lars Bohman, Stockholm; “Donald Baechler”, August 28-October 1
Hamiltons Gallery, London; “Donald Baechler”, October 15-November 22
2002
Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain; April 12 –May 31
John Berggruen, San Francisco; “Principal & Auxillary Functi ons: Some
Recent Pictures”, April 18 –May 25
Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Repubblica di San Marino, Italy; “77 Painti ngs”, July 6–August 31 catalog
Galerie Ropac, Salzburg; “Donald Baechler”, October 19-November 23
Galerie Noirhomme, Brussels; “Donald Baechler”, November 13-
2001
Tony Shafrazi, New York: “Five Easy Pieces”, March 10-April 14
Galerie Jan Wagner, Berlin; “Donald Baechler”, March 17-
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; “Oeuvres Récentes”, March 31-April 28
Studio d’Arte Raff aelli, Trento; “Some of My Subjects”, June 8-July 31
2000
Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton NY; “Donald Baechler:
new painti ngs”, June 17-July 19
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen CO; “Buildings and Other New Painti ngs”, June 30-July 26
Pace/Prints, New York; “Recent Editi ons”, September 22-October 21
Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain; “Donald Baechler”, October 13-
November 16
1999
Cheim & Read, New York; “Crowd Painti ngs”, February 23-March 27
Tony Shafrazi, New York; “Painti ngs from Kunsthalle Basel”,
March 6-April 10
Greenberg Van Doren, St. Louis MO; “Donald Baechler: New Work”;
March 16-April 30
Velge & Noirhomme, Brussels; “Collage Painti ngs”, April 26-May 15
Baron/Boisanté, New York; “New Color Aquati nts”, May 1-June12
Bernd Klueser, Munich; “Recent Painti ngs”, May 18-July 31
Lars Bohman, Stockholm; “Sculptures & Drawings”, October 9-November 9
Thomas Cohn, Sao Paulo; “New Painti ngs”, October 26-November 16
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia; “Donald Baechler”, November 5-December 11
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; “Globes and More”, December 4-January 11
1998
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm; “Crowds”, February 28-March 28
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia PA; “Works on Paper”, March 6-April 11
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg; “Neue Bilder”, May 30-July 18
Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland; “New Painti ngs”, August 29-November 8
Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc., New York; “Donald Baechler Editi oned pulp
painti ngs”; Sept.5 – Oct.7
Baron/Boisanté, New York; “twenty-one etchings”, September 12-October 24
Galeria 56, Budapest, Hungary; November 13-January 9
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea Trento, Italy; Nov. 20-Jan. 11
1997
Harley Baldwin, Aspen, Colorado; “New Flowers”, February 14-March 13
Tony Shafrazi, New York; “Donald Baechler: Flowers”, November 1- December 6
Paul Kasmin, New York; “One Very Large Painti ng & One Very Large Bust”, Nov.12-Dec.13
Anders Tornberg, Lund, Sweden; “21 Painti ngs”, November 22-December 21
1000eventi , Milan/Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome; November 27-December
Studio d’Arte Raff aelli, Trento; “Works on Paper”, December 4-February 5
1996
Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Pontedera | Banksy & Friends: Stories of rebellious artists, Trium Art Gallery
Works on paper by Baechler, Francis, Kass, Rauschenberg, Rosenquist & Salle, Meyerovich Gallery
Unique Paintings and Works on Paper, Alpha 137 Gallery
Art about LOVE, Alpha 137 Gallery
Select prints and multiples from the Alpha 137 Gallery Collection, Alpha 137 Gallery
Rare and Collectible Artist Books, Alpha 137 Gallery
Art with Animals, Alpha 137 Gallery
Art with Text, Alpha 137 Gallery
Black and White Works, Alpha 137 Gallery
Urban and Street Themed Art, Alpha 137 Gallery
2024
Celebrate the Holidays with Pop Art, Meyerovich Gallery
A Shot of Pop!, Intrinsic Values
ARTephemera (1930-present), VINCE fine arts/ephemeraSunburst, Rukaj Gallery
McClain Gallery at Houston Design District, McClain Gallery
In Full Bloom, ARC Fine Art LLC
Mannheim Miami. The Left-Over-Collection. Part Two. Curated by Andreas Osarek, Galerie Crone
Memory, MARUANI MERCIER GALLERY
REFLECTIONS ON SURFACE, Galerie Klüser
Museum Works: Art exhibited, owned or sold by museums and cultural organizations, Alpha 137 Gallery
2023
DRAWING ROOMS, Galerie Klüser
Florals, Newzones
New York Print Artists in the West, Newzones
A Mothers Day Special, Weng Contemporary
A Weng Contemporary Easter, Weng Contemporary
2022
Close at Hand, Universal Limited Art Editions
Flower Power: Works featuring Flowers and Flora, Alpha 137 Gallery
Summer Collaboration with Schoelkopf Gallery (2), ARC Fine Art LLC
Say it with Flowers: Donald Baechler, Donald Sultan, Tim Fowler, Art Republic
I REMEMBER YOU WELL IN THE CHELSEA HOTEL . Donald Baechler & Peter Schuyff, The Pool NYC
People, Places, Things, Dru Arstark Fine Art
International Women’s Day – 8 March 2022, Weng Contemporary
On View, McClain Gallery
2021
Horses?, CHART
Annual Summer Sale, Jim Kempner Fine Art
“Spark Joy”/ Summer 2021, Dru Arstark Fine Art
QUEER ME NOW, Gallery 52
Nature Morte, The Hole
2021
2 Spring Show, Bohman-Knäpper
1 Group Show, Bohman-Knäpper
2020
Dieu Donné Holiday Exhibition, Dieu Donné
BOUND FOR GLORY: Rare Artist’s Books, Catalogues & Ephemera, Gallery 52
Rotating Selection of Gallery Artists, ARC Fine Art LLC
Collecting by Color: Yellow, Alpha 137 Gallery
Hamptons Art Fair Sneak Peek – first pass (unpublished), Alpha 137 Gallery
Donald Baechler and Bjarne Melgaard, Bohman-Knäpper
DONALD BAECHLER, STEPHAN BALKENHOL, LENA CRONQVIST, PETER FRIE, JONATHAN LASKER, BJARNE MELGAARD, Bohman-Knäpper
Blossoms and Awakenings, David Benrimon Fine Art
Art for Mother’s Day | Gallery Selections, Toshkova Fine Art Advisory
Spring Show, Bohman-Knäpper
2019
Winter Show, Bohman-Knäpper
Art for All: An Approachable Art Initiative, Axiom Fine Art
Street Art Collection, Art Republic
New in this month, Art Republic
Paper View, The Hole
“Spark Joy” Summer Sale, Dru Arstark Fine Art
Think in Pictures, AMELCHENKO
Sammlung Unruh, Galerie Crone
Flora, Brintz Gallery
People, Places, Things, Dru Arstark Fine Art
2018
Survey of Dieu Donné Art in Paper: Selections from the Archive, Dieu Donné
The Contemporary Resort Collection, Axiom Fine Art
Mother’s Day!, Toshkova Fine Art Advisory
Lincoln Center Editions 2018, Lincoln Center Editions
Say It With Art!, Toshkova Fine Art Advisor
2017
SUMMER FLOWERS/2017 EXHIBITION, michael lisi / contemporary art
human • NATURE, Goya Contemporary/Goya-Girl Press
‘GARDEN PARTY’, Brintz Gallery
The Hole at Art Los Angeles Contemporary, The Hole
2016
POP Yesterday and Now, Flora Bigai Arte Contemporanea