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
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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
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