Dan Walsh

New York-based painter Dan Walsh has developed a quirky style of minimalism that blends rigid geometry with a sense of play. Walsh uses line as a way to study the application of paint, combining short, transparent strokes to create grids, patterns, and rhythms, all rendered with a looseness of hand. Visually complex, though simple in their execution, the images reveal their creation and revel in the imperfection of the human touch.

Dan Walsh (b. 1960, Philadelphia) lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions were held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (2023); Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz (2022); Paula Cooper Gallery, Palm Beach (2022); Paula Cooper Gallery, New York (2021); Pace Prints, New York, (2020); Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (2019), Galerie Slewe, Amsterdam (2019), Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston (2019) and Galería Elvira Gonzales, Madrid (2018).

Dan Walsh, *Package*, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 139.7 x 139.7 cm

I call myself a maximalist: getting the most out of the least.
Dan Walsh

Biography

Education

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Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Hunter College, New York, NY, USA

Solo Exhibitions

2023
Minimalist at Play, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA
2022
Prospect, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Paula Cooper Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, USA
2021
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2020
AfterMath, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Flexible Minimalism, Pace Prints, New York, NY, USA
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2019
Pressing Matter, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Apostrophe, Galerie Slewe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
Pace Prints, New York, NY, USA
2018
Galería Elvira Gonzales, Madrid, Spain
2017
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Threefold, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
2016
Both Sides: Lexa and Dan Walsh, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, USA
Project Space, Phillip Slein Gallery, Saint Louis, MO, USA
2015
Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Grandstand, dolceacqua arte contemporanea, Dolceacqua, ltaly
Dan Walsh Prints, Pace Prints, New York, NY, USA
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2014
Works on Paper, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pace Prints, New York, NY, USA
Xippas Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2013
Satellites, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Patrick De Brock, Knokke, Belgium
Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
Galería Elvira Gonzalez, Madrid, Spain
Table of contents, Speerstra Fondation, Apples, Switzerland
2012
Time Trials, Galerie Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, France
10 Years in Zuoz, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
New Paintings and Time Trials, Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland
UnCommon Ground, RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI, USA
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Gallery SEOMI, Seoul, South Korea
2011
Time Trials, Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; travelling to Galerie Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, France; Tschudi Gallery, Glarus, Switzerland
Haverford School, Haverford, PA, USA
2010
Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
Catalog – a Dan Walsh Survey, Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris, France
Days and Nights, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2009
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Patrick De Brock, Knokke, Belgium
Libres and Obra Sobre Paper, Raina Lupa Galería, Barcelona, Spain
Pace Prints’ recent publications with Dan Walsh, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA, USA
2008
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dan Walsh, Lars Wolter, The Suburban, Chicago, Il, USA
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, USA
Pace Prints, New York, NY, USA
2007
Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
Galería Elvira Gonzalez, Madrid, Spain
2006
Patrick De Brock, Knokke, Belgium
Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2005
Sentence, Mario Diacono at ARS Libri, Boston, MA, USA
2004
Galerie Xippas, Paris, France
Paolo Curti / Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co, Milano, Italy
Prints and Books, 192 Books, New York, NY, USA
2003
Centre d’Art Contemporain la Synagogue de Delme, Delme, France
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland
Galerie S65, Cologne, Germany
2002
Recycling, livres et estampes 1995–2002, Cabinet des estampes du Musée d’art et d’histoire/Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Dan Walsh & Peter Young, Hazmat Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, USA
Paul Morrison, Dan Walsh, Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Dan Walsh, Olivier Mosset, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
2001
Forefront Gallery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, USA
New Paintings and Wallwork, Galerie Tschudi, Glarus, Switzerland
2000
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1999
Chac Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Petra Bungert Projects, Brussels, Belgium
Project / Event, Rampe 003, Berlin, Germany
Barbara Flynn Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1998
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1997
Petra Bungert Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Post Production – Dan Walsh & Editions Forde, Forde, Espace d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
1996
Galerie Béla Jarzyk, Cologne, Germany
1995
Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1994
Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
1993
Galerie Ludwig, Krefeld, Germany
1992
Rubenstein / Diacono, New York, NY, USA
1991
Daniel Newburg Gallery, Project Room, New York, NY, USA