EDUCATION
Trinity University, B.A. Art, B.A. Biology
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2007
San Francisco, Anthony Meier Fine Art, Gutted, November 13 - December 14, 2007
Paris, FIAC 2007 project, Mangle Me, October 18 - 22, 2007
London, Stephen Friedman Gallery, Fleisch, April 20 – May 19, 2007
2006
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Impeach, November 11 – December 2, 2006
2005
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Hippie Shit, October 14 – November 12, 2005
2004
San Francisco, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, Paintings from a Hole, September 17 – October 29, 2004
London, Stephen Friedman Gallery, D.C, May 28 – July 17, 2004
2003
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, The Extravagant Vein, February 14 – March 15, 2003
2002
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Donald Moffett: What Barbara Jordan Wore,
May 4 – September 8, 2002 (catalogue)
2001
San Francisco, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, Mr. Gay in the USA, November 9 –
December 14, 2001
Houston, Texas Gallery, What Barbara Jordan Wore (part 1)
2000
London, Stephen Friedman Gallery, The Incremental Commandments, October 20 – November 25, 2000
Los Angeles, Marc Foxx, The Ten Commandments
1999
New York, Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1997
Glenside, PA, Beaver College of Art, Blue (NY) (catalogue)
1996
New York, Jay Gorney Modern Art, A Report on Painting
1991
Houston, Texas Gallery
New York, Simon Watson
New York, Wessel O'Connor Gallery
1990
New York, Wessel O'Connor Gallery
1989
New York, Wessel O'Connor Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2008
Purchase, New York, Neuberger Museum of Art, Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie, January 20-April 13, 2008, curated by Thom Collins
2007
Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Crimes of Omission, April 19 – August 5, 2007
Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma Art Museum, Sparkle Then Fade, May 17 – September 3, 2007
2006
New York, Bellwether Gallery, Trifecta, January 26 – February 25, 2006
Cologne, Museum Ludwig, The Eighth Square: Gender, Life and Desire in Art since 1960, August 19 – November 12, 2006
2005
Greensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Around About Abstraction, June 12 – October 5, 2005
Hartford, CT, The Cartin Collection, ex.05.03.06103, December 16, 2005 – January 26, 2006
London, Stephen Friedman Gallery, Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition
2004
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Seeing Other People, June 16 – August 13, 2004
Southampton, NY, The Parrish Art Museum, North Fork / South Fork: East End Art Now
Walsall, England, The New Art Gallery, Hidden Histories, (curated by Michael Petry)
2003
Columbus, OH, Wexner Center for the Arts, Image Stream (catalogue)
New York, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, puddle-wonderful
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Site Specific (curated by Julie Rodrigues Widholm)
New York, American Academy of Arts and Letters, International Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture
2002
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain: Selected Works from the MCA Collection
Austin, Texas Fine Arts Association, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Interstate (curated by Alex Gray)
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Penetration, June 6 – August 15, 2002
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, VAPOR, March 23 – April 20, 2002, (organized by Donald Moffett)
Los Angeles, Marc Foxx, Paintings
2001
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum (CAM), The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art (catalogue)
Hartford, CT, Wadsworth, Atheneum, Snap! Photography from the Collection
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Camera Works
Dublin, The Project, Standfast Dick and Jane
New York, Postmasters, American
2000
New York, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, 00 (catalogue)
New York, American Fine Arts, Dope
London, Stephen Friedman Gallery, Drawing
New York, Nicole Klagsbrun, More
New York, Andrew Kreps Gallery, Photography About Photography
Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, "Power Up" with Sister Corita Kent (organized by Julie Ault)
Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy and Glenside, PA, Beaver College Art Gallery, The Sea and the Sky (catalogue)
1999
New York, Patrick Callery, Monochrome
New York, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, Drawings
San Antonio, TX, Finesilver Gallery, with Jesse Amado
1998
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Sculpture from the Collection
Geneva, Centre d'Art Contemporain, AIDS World (catalogue)
Baltimore, Contemporary Museum, Mysterious Voyages: Exploring the Subject of Photography
Canton, NY, St. Lawrence University, WACK-O: Extreme Politics & the Poster (organized by Donald Moffett)
1997
Hartford, CT, Wadsworth Atheneum: Matrix 134, "Power Up" with Sister Corita Kent, (organized by Julie Ault)
Los Angeles, Marc Foxx
New York, Exit Art, Public Notice
1996
New York, TZ Art, Bare Bones
"Fifteen Paintings," Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles
1995
Cambridge, MA, M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center, The Masculine Masquerade: Masculinity and Representation (catalogue)
Berkeley, CA, University Art Museum, UC Berkeley, In a Different Light (catalogue)
New York, New Museum, Temporarily Possessed: The Semi-Permanent Collection
1994
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris
Canberra, Australia, National Gallery of Australia, Works on Paper: Selections from the Permanent Collection
Don't Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS (catalogue)
Glenside, PA, Beaver College Art Gallery, The Social Fabric (catalogue)
1993
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Biennial 1993 (catalogue)
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Recent Acquisitions
Frankfurt, Frankfurter Kunstverein Prospect, 1993 (catalogue)
New York, Fawbush Gallery
1992
New York, Paula Cooper Gallery, Sculpture
Portland, OR, Portland Fine Arts Museum, Dissent, Difference and the Body Politic (catalogue)
Rochester, NY, Hallwalls, Object Choice (catalogue)
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Gegendarstellung (catalogue)
Jouy-en-Josas, France, Foundation Cartier Pour L'Art, The Wor(l)d (curated by Laura Cottingham) (catalogue)
Jersey City, NJ, Jersey City Museum, Promises (catalogue)
New York, Blum Helman Warehouse, "Structural Damage," with Joel Otterson, Gary Simmons, and Charles LeDray
1991
New York, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, The Interrupted Life (catalogue)
New York, Simon Watson, (Dis)member
New York, Jack Tilton Gallery, When Objects Dream and Talk in Their Sleep
San Francisco, New Langton Arts, Situation
New York, Simon Watson, Nayland Blake, Ross Bleckner, Donald Moffett
Los Angeles, Meyers/Bloom, Someone or Somebody
New York, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, Group Material's AIDS Timeline (catalogue)
Rotterdam, Perspektief Centre for Photography, Erotic Desire (catalogue)
1990
Vancouver, B.C., Fine Arts Gallery, U.B.C., with Felix Gonzalez-Torres (catalogue)
New York, Simon Watson, Looking at Revolution
New York, Tom Cugliani Gallery, Eros/Thanatos-Death and Desire
New York, The International Center of Photography, The Indomitable Spirit (catalogue)
Berlin, NGBK, "Over the Sofa, Into the Street," with David Wojnarowicz, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and John Lindell (catalogue)
1989
Founded BUREAU, a trans-disciplinary studio
New York, Wessel O'Connor Gallery, To Probe and To Push: Artists of Provocation
New York, Simon Watson, Erotophobia: A Forum on Sexuality
1988
Founding Member of Gran Fury, an AIDS activist collective
New York, Dia Art Foundation Group Material: AIDS and Democracy (catalogue)
Berlin, Germany, and Berne, Switzerland, NGBK, Vollbild, The Full-Blown Picture (catalogue)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
Fox, Dan. "Donald Moffett," frieze, October 2007
2006
Douglas, Sarah. "Staying Power," Art + Auction, November 2006, pp.160-167.
2005
"Donald Moffett," The New Yorker, November 14, 2005
Smith, Roberta. "Art in Review: Donald Moffett- 'Hippie Shit'," New York Times, November 4,
2005
Richer, Francesca and Matthew Rosenzweig, eds. No. 1: First Works by 362 Artists. New York: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., 2005, pg. 249
2004
Powhida, William. "Seeing Other People at Marianne Boesky Gallery," The Brooklyn Rail, September 2004
Johnson, Ken. "Review; The Hamptons, A Playground For Creativity," The New York Times, August 6, 2004
Interview conducted by Jill Martinez Krygowski, "Artworker of the week #36: Donald Moffett at Stephen Friedman Gallery, London," Kultureflash, July 14, 2004
Coomer, Martin. "Review: Donald Moffett," Time Out London, July 7-14, 2004
"The Best D.C. Art isn't in D.C.," Greg.org, July 13, 2004
2003
Gehlawat, Monika. "Focus:212121 Painting From Postconceptualism To Recontextualism: Profile Donald Moffett," Contemporary, Issue 58, 2003
Golden, Thelma. "Best of 2003," Artforum, December 2003
Rubenstein, Raphael. "8 Painters: New Work, "Art in America, November 2003
Starker, Melissa. "A List," Alive, October 2, 2003
Painter, Chad. "Watching a video' is a legit option for once," The Other Paper, Sept. 25 – Oct. 1, 2003
Mar, Alex. Review, The New York Sun, August 14, 2003
Johnson, Ken. "Puddle-Wonderful," The New York Times, August 8, 2003
Reeves, Jennifer. "The Evergreen Will", NY Arts, July - August, 2003
Church, Amanda. "Donald Moffett at Marianne Boesky," Flash Art, May – June, 2003
Williams, Gregory. Review, Artforum, May 2003
Review, The New Yorker, March 17, 2003
Levin, Kim. Review, The Village Voice, March 5, 2003
Cotter, Holland. Review, The New York Times, February 21, 2003
2002
"New art exhibit showcases famed congresswoman," Daily Herald, August 21, 2002
"Museum showcases fames congresswoman," Telegraph, August 21, 2002
West, Cassandra. "Political icon hailed; domestic icon assailed," Chicago Tribune, July 9, 2002
Hawkins, Margaret. "Fashion of forthrightness," Chicago Sun-Times, June 9, 2002
Camper, Fred. Review. Chicago Reader, June 7, 2002
Artner, Alan G. "Barbara Jordan steps front, center in Moffett installation," Chicago Tribune, June 6, 2002
Cotter, Holland. Review, "VAPOR," The New York Times, April 5, 2002
2001
Wehr, Anne. "American," Time Out New York, January 18-25, 2001
Withers, Rachel. Review, Artforum, January 2001
2000
Herbert, Martin. Review, Time Out London, November 8, 2000
Newhouse, Kristina. Review, Artext, No. 70 August-October 2000
Gonzales-Day, Ken. Review, Art Issues, Summer 2000
Eggerer, Thomas. Review, Texte zur Kunst, June 2000 (in German)
LaBelle, Charles. Review, Frieze, May 2000
Aletti, Vince. "Choice," Village Voice, March 7, 2000
Henry, Max. "Gotham Dispatch," Artnet.com (/magazine/review), March 3, 2000
Colpitt, Frances. Review, Art in America, March 2000
Hainley, Bruce. "Sister Acts," Artforum, January 2000
1999
Johnson, Ken. Review, The New York Times, August 13, 1999
Arning, Bill. Review, Time Out New York, August 5-12, 1999
Cotter, Holland. Review, The New York Times, July 23, 1999
Goldsworthy, Rupert. "Plastic Casters," review, Artnet.com, summer 1999
Hegarty, Laurence. Review, New Art Examiner, summer 1999
1997
Donahue, Victoria. Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 5, 1997
Sozanski, Edward J. Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 1997
Rice, Robin. Review, Philadelphia City Paper, October 17, 1997
Brown, Gerald. Review, Philadelphia Weekly, September 24, 1997
Der Frankfurter Engel (The Frankfurt Angel) Mahnmal Homosexuellenverfolgurg;
Eichborn; Frankfurt, Germany, 1997
1996
Paparoni, Demetrio. "Redefined Abstraction," Tema Celeste, Autumn 1996
Atkins, Robert. "Goodbye Lesbian/Gay History," Art Journal, December 1, 1996
1995
Atkins, Robert. "Very Queer Indeed," Village Voice, January 31, 1995
1994
Smith, Roberta. Review of "From Media to Metaphor" show at Grey Art Gallery, The New York Times
Cotter, Holland. "Art after Stonewall: 12 Artists Interviewed," Art in America, June 1994
Watney, Simon. "Aphrodite of the Future," Artforum, April 1994
Hess, Elizabeth. "No Way Out," Village Voice, February 22, 1994
1993
Cottingham, Laura. "The Pleasure Principle," frieze magazine, May 1993
Watney, Simon. "Memorializing AIDS: The Work of Ross Bleckner," Parkett, no. 38
Harris, William. "Urgent Images," Artnews, May 1993
1992
Zimmer, William. Review of Promises" show at Jersey City Museum, New YorkTimes
Glueck, Grace. Review, New York Observer, September 21
Ellenzweig, Allen. The Homoerotic Photograph: Durieu/Delacroix to Mapplethorpe,
Columbia University Press: New York, NY
Feinstein, Rochelle. "The Reverse of Capital," Arts, December 1992
1991
Schjeldahl, Peter. "Death Warmed Over," Village Voice, October 15, 1991 Nesbitt, Lois. Review, Artforum, May 1991
Mahoney, Robert. Review, Arts, April 1991
"Donald Moffett," The New Yorker, February 18, 1991
Donahue, John. "Wet Your Whistle: Donald Moffett's Double Header," Outweek, Jan., #84
1990
Donahue, John. "Fund Me," Outweek, June, #51
Sokolowski, Thomas. "Iconophobic Anonymous," Artforum, Summer 1990
Crimp, Douglas with Adam Rolston. AIDSDEMOGRAPHICS, Bay Press: Seattle, 1990
Wulffen, Thomas. "Kunst und scwule Kulter in den USA," Kunstforum, April/May 1990
Wallis, Brian, ed. Democracy: A Project for Group Material, Dia Art Foundation
Discussions in Contemporary Culture, No. 5; Bay Press: Seattle, 1990
Smith, Roberta. Review, The New York Times, February 16, 1990
1989
Cooper, Dennis. Review, Artforum, September 1989
Dechter, Joshua. Review, Arts, September 1989
CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
2003
Molesworth, Helen. Image Stream. Columbus: Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University
2002
Herbert, Lynn M., with essays by Klaus Ottman and Peter Schjeldahl. The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum
Lewis, Jim and Elizabeth A.T. Smith. Donald Moffett: What Barbara Jordan Wore. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art
1997
Torchia, Richard, Beaver College Art Gallery and Donald Moffett. Blue [NY]. Glenside: Beaver College Art Gallery
1990
Torres, Felix Gonzalez, essay by Scott Watson. Donald Moffett & Felix Gonzalez Torres – Strange Ways: Here We Come. Donald Moffett. British Columbia: University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery
LECTURES, GRANTS AND APPOINTMENTS
2004
Skowhegan School, Skowhegan, Maine, Resident Faculty (Summer)
2003
Wexner Center, Columbus, OH, "Image Stream" Symposium Speaker
1997
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Panel
1996
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Lecture
Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY Lecture
Yale University, Graduate School of Art Lecture and Crits
1992-94
Adjunct Professor, Yale University, Graduate School of Art
1991-94
Appointment to Artist Advisory Board of The New Museum of Contemporary Art
1988
Art Matters, Inc., Grant