Born 1971 in Los Angeles, USA
Lives and works in New York

Selected Solo and Two-person Shows

• 2024 —Made Up Men, with Kyle Thurman, Tureen, Dallas
• 2022 —Thirteen Uneasy Pieces, House of Gaga, Mexico City
• —Danny McDonald, 80WSE, New York
• 2019 —Fire Sale On Earth, Ordet, Milan
• 2018 —Search Parameters, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
• 2017 —The Beads & Other Objects, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
• 2015 —The Beads (That Bought Manhattan), Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
• 2014 —Male Moments, House Of Gaga, Mexico City
• 2013 —DANNY McDONALD as MINDY VALE in MINDY VALE GOES TO ENGLAND to uncover the meaning of LYKE-WAKE DIRGE as illustrated by TRENTON DUERKSEN, Cabinet, London
• 2012 —Questionable Beliefs: Part 3, Magic Fingers, New York
• 2010 —Questionable Beliefs: Part 2, House of Gaga, Mexico City
• —Icons of The Invert's Universe, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
• —Questionable Beliefs, Broadway 1602, New York
• 2008 —Bohemian Monsters, Broadway 1602, New York

Selected Group Shows

• 2023 —Under Machine Thing, Francis Irv, New York
• —Looking Back / The 13th White Columns Annual, White Columns, New York
• 2020 —Beings, dépendence, Brussels
• 2019 —20 Years Later (A Sentimental Education), Air de Paris
• —Hatch, Truths and Consequences, Geneva
• 2018 —New York by Night (curated by Spencer Sweeney), Hdm Gallery, Beijing
• 2015 —Toys Redux – On Play and Critique, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
• 2014 —Puddle, Pothole, Portal, SculptureCentre, New York
• 2013 —Empire State. New York Art Now, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
• —Empire State. New York Art Now, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
• 2012 —The Big Inexplicable Paravent Illusion, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
• —White Oxford Cotton, Cabinet, London
• 2011 —Frieze Art Fair, London
• —Take me to your leader! The great escape into space, Kunstmuseum Bergen, Norway
• —I don't know if it makes any sense – I feel quite dizzy and a little drunk due to the blow. I will return with more info shortly..., IMO, Copenhagen
• 2010 —Big Minis, Fetishes of Crisis, CAPC Musee D'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux
• —Take me to your leader: the great escape into space, curated by Stina Høgkvist, National Museum of Art Architecture and Design, Oslo
• —Whitney Biennial, curated by Francesco Bonami and Gary Carrion-Murayari, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
• —Spencer Sweeney's "A Physical Theater Rock Opera" (Performance as Mindy Vale as "The Narrator"), Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
• 2009 —Rob Pruitt’s Holiday Flea Market, Tate Modern, London
• —Mercado II, Collection Dr. Josef Dalle Nogare, Bolzano
• —The Perpetual Dialogue, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
• —Media Int’l Group, curated by Lucky DeBellevue, Foundation Barbin, New York
• —Performa 09: The Prompt, curated by Sarina Basta, White Slab, New York
• —As Small As It Gets, Art Since The Summer of '69, New York
• —Showroom, Broadway 1602, New York
• —Timeline, curated by Lia Gangitno, Participant, New York
• —Celebration, curated by Isabella Bortolozzi & Karl Holmqvist, Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
• —Mesler & Hug, Project Room: in conjunction with an exhibition by Patterson Beckwith, Los Angeles
• —On From Here, Guild & Greyshkul, New York
• 2008 —Museum 52, Museum 52, New York
• —8 1/2 x 11 / A4, James Fuentes LLC, New York
• —God is in the Details, curated by Glynnis McDaris & Julia Trotta, New Orleans, organized by Fake Estate, NY
• —Sack of Bones, curated by Ellen Langan & Blair Taylor, Peres Projects, Los Angeles
• —Sack of Bones, curated by Ellen Langan & Blair Taylor, Asia Song Society, New York
• 2007 —Selected Works 1992-1994, curated by Wolfgang Tillmans, Between Bridges, London
• —The Crown Jewels, Salon 94 Freemans, New York
• —Horrorshow, curated by Joshua Callaghan, TELIC Arts Exchange, Los Angeles
• —F.A. Lores, curated by Stephan Dillemuth and Nils Norman, Vilma Gold, London
• —Eliminate, curated by John Waters, Albert Merola Gallery, Provincetown
• —The Happiness of Objects, curated by Sarina Basta, SculptureCenter, New York
• 2006 —The Name of This Show Is Not GAY ART NOW, curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
• —Between The Lines, curated by Nick Mauss, Daniel Reich Gallery at The Chelsea Hotel, New York
• 2005 —Manhattan!, curated by Carol Lee, Santa’s Party House, New York
• 2004 —Now and Ten Years Ago, curated by Josef Strau, Gertrude Berlin and Axel Wieder, KW-Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
• 2001 —This Is The Modern World, Modern Culture at The Gershwin Hotel, New York
• 2000 —Fabula: Consumer Media and Contemporary Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
• —Collective Art Works, Les Abbatoirs, Toulouse
• —Distinctions, urated by Sophia Hernandez Cong Cuy, Center for Cuartorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on- Hudson
• —Tectonic, La Panaderia, Mexico City
• —Start!, Modern Culture at the Gershwin Hotel, New York
• —Art Club 2000 (Retrospective), curated by Magali Ariol, Museo de Arte Carillo Gil, Mexico City
• 1999 —Dope, An XXX-Mas Show, curated by Colin de Land, merican Fine Arts, Co., New York
• —May Day, Photographer’s Gallery, London
• —Collective Consciousness: Video Collaborations from the 70’s to the 90’s, Diverse Works, Houston
• —1999.(A Retrodisrespective), American Fine Arts, Co., New York
• 1998 —Tune In, Lawing Gallery, Houston
• —Night of the Living Dead Author, American Fine Arts, Co., New York
• 1997 —Heaven, curated by Joshua Decter, P.S.1, New York
• —AC2K Free Snax Let’s Work, Life, New York
• —Land Marks, John Weber Gallery, New York
• —1970, American Fine Arts, Co., New York
• —100 Photographs, American Fine Arts, New York
• 1996 —A/Drift, curated by Josh Decter, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, New York
• —Summer Group Show, merican Fine Arts, Co., New York
• —Global Tekno 2, Musee d’art contemporain, Bordeaux; Radio FG, Paris; the American Center; Passage de Retz (touring: Paris, Bordeaux & Marseille)
• —Strange Days, the agency, contemporary art, London
• —Departure Lounge, P.S.1, New York
• —Art At Home Ideal Standard Life, Art Dynamics, Tokyo
• —Art Club 2000, Michael Lavine, Richard Prince Jose Freire, New York
• —Variétés le capitou, Frejus, France
• —21 Days of Darkness, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, traveling to London
• —SoHo So Long, American Fine Arts, Co., New York
• 1995 —Dark Memories, curated by Larry Johnson, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
• —Biennale Internationale D’Arte De Groupe Cargo, Marsaille
• —Group Show, American Fine Arts, Co., New York
• —Cosmos Centre National D’Art Contemporain, Grenoble
• —Fuoriuso, ‘95 Pescara
• —Campo Foundazione Sandretto-Rebaudengo, Venice
• —Time Festival, Ghent
• —Closing In, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
• —Garbage!, Thread Waxing Space, New York
• —Make Believe, Henry Moore and Gulbenkian, Galleries/Royal College of Art, London
• —B-Movie, San Francisco Art Fair
• —Jackie McAllister. (In cooperation with Jackie McAllister), Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
• —Night in the City, American Fine Arts, Co., New York
• —Working!, Gallerie Forde, Geneva
• —Milanarian, Galerie Facsimilie, Milan
• —L’Arte Dell’Amore, Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome
• —Multiple Exposure: The Group Portrait in Photography, Traveling through 1997
• 1994 —Esprit d’ Amusement, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
• —Kunst Klub2000, Allgirls, Berlin
• —Clear, American Fine Arts, Co., New York
• —Sawtelle, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles
• —Garbage!, Real Art Ways, Hartford
• 1993 —Commingle, American Fine Arts, Co., New York
• 1992 —Proposals For The American Museum of Natural History, organized by Mark Dion, Pat Hearn Art Gallery, New York

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