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BORN
Liverpool, England

EDUCATION

1992    MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1988    Diploma and 5th Year Program, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1980    BS, Boston University, Boston, MA
1976    Colegio International de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela

 

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2013    Everything is Broken,Carter and Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
2012    Self Portraits,Carter and Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
2010    Tiny Histories 2005-2010,Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008    Minor Monuments, Jail Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         
Un, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006    Patient as Pebbles, BF Annex, Boston, MA
         
The Depth of the Drop, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
2004    Practice, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
2002    Their, They're, There, (with Steve DeGroodt), Cypress College, Cypress, CA
2000    In the Details, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1999    Intimate Seeing, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
         
Still, JennJoy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998    More or Less (with David Kelley), Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
         
Borrowed Scenery, Remba Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         
Source, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1997    David McDonald and Kevin Bean, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA
1996    Pure Land, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
1995    Trace, Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994    New Work,, Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY
1993    Plain, Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA
1992    Landscape Portraits of the Sublime in Ocotillos,, California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, CA
1990    Installation, Glendance Studio, Boston, MA
         
Dwellings, Chapel Gallery, Boston, MA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2013   Millenial Abstraction,Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
         
Interzone: Oystein Aasan, Mark Dutcher, David McDonald,, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
         
Forms of Abstraction,, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Valencia, CA
         
Theatrical Dynamics, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2012   Curatorial Exchange, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
         
Urban Untitled, Capriccio Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
2011    Works of Paper,, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         
Role Reversal,Jose Druidas Gallery,Mt St Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA
         
Various Selections from the Permanent Collection,Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
         
Goldmine: Works from the Collection of Sirje and Michael Gold,University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
2010    Works 186-221, Marine, Venice, CA
         
2D/3D,Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
         
Group Show,Carl Berg Projects, Los Angeles, CA
         
Abstractive Measures,Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009   Manifestation, Carl Berg Projects, Los Angeles, CA
         
Structural Integrity, Harris Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
         
Group Show,Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         
Skylark Prize,Skylark Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008   NADA Art Fair,Jancar/Jones, Miami, FL
         
Whole Parts, Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
         
iCandy,Cypress College, Cypress, CA
2007   Themes and Variations: New Abstraction in Los Angeles,Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
         
Keeping it Straight: Right Angles and Hard Edges in Contemporary Southern California Art, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
         
Paintings,Phantom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         
Paintings Edge,Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
         
No Place,Jail, Los Angeles, CA
2006   Wall Works II,Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
         
(keep feeling)fascination, New Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Luckman Gallery, Cal State University LA, Los Angeles, CA (curated by Julie Joyce)
         
1973-2006: Good to Go,Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
         
Acretion,Kellog Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic Institute, Pomona, CA
         
Material Wise,Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
         
Surface: Southern California Painters, L Street Gallery, San Diego, CA
         
Fresh,Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2005   The Natalie and Irving Foreman Collection,The Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
         
Summer Group Exhibition,BF Annex, Boston, MA
         
Group Exhibition,Exhibition 2D, Marfa, TX
2004   White on White,Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
         
Tinseltown II,Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
         
Winter White,Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2003   Tinseltown,Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
2002   Gravity,Robert Pardo Gallery, New York, NY
2001   Saturation,at the Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
2000   From Idea to Matter,The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA (curated by Edward Albee)
         
Break Step,Inmo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         
The Golden Horn,Raid Projects, Santa Ana, CA
1999   Escondido Phoenix, an Exploration of Art and Nature,Escondido Phoenix Retreat, Malibu, CA (curated by Tricia Watts)
         
Sketch,Kellog Art Gallery, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
         
Up and Coming,Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1997   Gallery Show,Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY
         
Group Show,Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
       
Plastered,Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
       
Drawings,LASCA, Los Angeles, CA
1996   Open Book,Kellog Art Gallery, Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
         
Material Wise,Gallery Markant, Langlo, The Netherlands
       
Hold It,Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
       
Pacific Rim,Pyuntack City Museum, Seoul, Korea
         
Group Show,Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994   A Perhaps Hand,Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA
         
Cups,Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993   Mondo Lot,Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
         
Science,University Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1991   Summer Program,Bess Cutler Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2012   Plagans, Peter The Edge of a New Frontier, Wall Street Journal, January 24
         
Myers, Holly,, David McDonald at Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles Times, January 26
         
Tuck, Geoff, David McDonald at Carter & Citizen, Notes on Looking, February 15
         
Wagley, Catherine,, Not Quite Rejection, The Daily Serving, February 10
         
Zellen, Jody, Seen and Recommended, Artscene, January
2010   Miles, Christopher, David McDonald at Jancar Gallery, La Weekly, April 7
2009   Albee, Edward, and Frank, Peter, Skylark Prize, Catalog Essays
         
Frank, Peter, David McDonald: Minor Monuments, THE Magazine, January
2008   Myers, Holly, Palettes Blend, Themes Contrast, Los Angeles Times, December 5
         
Harvey, Doug, Mixed Media (highlights), LA Weekly, December 19
         
Continuing and Recommended, Artscene, May
2007   Frank, Peter, Themes and Variations, Artweek, November
2006   Duncan, Michael Critics Journal, Art in America, November 6
         
Frank, Peter, Art Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, June 8
         
Joyce, Julie, (keep feeling)Fascination, Exhibition Brochure,Cal State LA
         
Rov, D.K., 'Fresh Art', as in Unripened, The Oregonian, April 10
         
Satorius, Katherine, (keep feeling) Fascination: Recent Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Artweek, June
2005   New American Painters Open Studio Press, Boston, MA
         
Plummer, D'Lynne,, Reach Out and Touch, South End News, July 28
2004   Frank, Peter Art Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, December 29
         
Knight, Christopher,Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, March 19
         
Continuing and Recommended, Art Scene, April
2002   Rakow, Mary, On Seeing, Catalog Essay for Their, They're There
2000   Albee, Edward From Idea to Matter, Catalog Essay
         
McCleod, Deborah,, Running on Empty, Style Weekly, October 21
         
Proctor, Roy, Albee Show Relentlessly Abstract, Richmond Times Dispatch, December 3
         
Rand, Harry, Catalog Essay for From Idea to Matter
         
Schoencotf, Rebecca, Art Review, OC Weekly, October 30
1999   On the Town, The New Yorker, October 4
         
Chattopadhyay, Collette,Malibu, Escondido Phoenix '99, Sculpture, October
         
Scherr, Apollinaire, Over There, Express, February 19
1998   Frank, Peter, Art Picks of the Week, LA Weekly, July 17
         
Nesbett, Peter,Three Artists Reinvigorate Realist, Abstract Tradition, South End News, November 26
         
Ruggieri, John, More or Less, Bay Windows, November 12
1996   Bensley, Lis, McDonald's Content to Let the Next Stage Happen, Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, May 10
         
Collins, Tom, Artstuff, Santa Fe Reporter, May 8
         
Winstead, Maya, Making of a Star, Santa Fean, May
1995   Frank, Peter, Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, April 7
         
Kandel, Susan, Literary Music, Los Angeles Times, April 27
1994   Nolan, Tim, Labors of Love, Visions Art Quarterly, Spring
1993   Frank, Peter, Art Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, March 12
1990   Temin, Christine, An Earnest "Glimpse" at a Pair of Personalities, The Boston Globe, December 14
         
Temin, Christine, Critics Tip, Boston Globe, December 13
         
Temin, Christine, Performance Preview and Interview, The Boston Globe, December 12
         
Temin, Christine, Shacks Become Poetry Through Sculptors Global Vistion, Boston Globe, October 31
         
The Tab, Collaborative Concepts, December 12