EDUCATION
1973
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, BFA
1975
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, MFA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Musicality and Humour, Skarstedt, London
2018
David Salle: Paintings 1985 – 1995, Skarstedt, New York
2017
David Salle: Ham and Cheese and Other Paintings, Skarstedt, New York
David Salle: New Paintings, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2016
David Salle: Inspired by True-Life Events, CAC Málaga, Málaga, Spain
David Salle, Lehmann Maupin, Hong Kong
2015
Debris, The Dallas Contemporary Museum, Dallas, Texas
New Paintings, Skarstedt, New York
2014
Maureen Paley, London, United Kingdom
Collage, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2013
Ghost Paintings, Skarstedt, New York
David Salle/Francis Picabia, Galerie Thaddeaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Leeahn Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, South Korea
2012
The Arnold and Marie Schwartz Gallery Met, Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York
Lever House Art Collection, New York
Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
2011
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Maureen Paley, London, United Kingdom
2010
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
2009
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
2008
Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
Studio d/Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy
2007
Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy
Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Deitch Projects, New York
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
2005
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
2004
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
2003
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Waddington Galleries, London, United Kingdom
Emilio Mazzoli Galleria D’Arte Contemporanea, Modena, Italy
2002
Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy
Lehmann Maupin, New York
2001
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Jablonka Galerie, Cologne
2000
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, A.C., Monterrey, Mexico
1999
Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Retrospective, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Traveled to Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria; Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
1979
Gagosian/Nosei Weber, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
At First Glance: Fischl Sculptures and Salle Photographs, Skarstedt, New York
2018
Every Picture Tells a Story, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY
Running Wild, The Arts Club, London
2017
Third Space /shifting conversations about contemporary art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
2016
Painters’ Painters, Saatchi Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Cindy Sherman and David Salle: History Portraits and Tapestry Paintings, Skarstedt, London, United Kingdom
A Selection of Works from the 1980s, Vito Schnabel Gallery, St. Moritz
Unfinished Business: Paintings from the 1970s and 1980s by Ross Bleckner, Eric Fischl, and David Salle, Parrish Art Museum, Bridgehampton, New York
Water | Bodies, presented by the New York Academy of Art, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, New York
Condo, Kippenberger, Oehlen, Salle, Skarstedt, London, United Kingdom.
Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Member and Recipients of Honors and Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Condo, de Kooning, Kippenberger, Muñoz, Salle, Warhol, Skarstedt, London, United Kingdom
Body Superficial, Sgorbati Projects, New York
Nice Weather, curated by David Salle, Skarstedt, New York
Condo, Gonzalez-Torres, Kelley, Prince, Salle, Sherman, Trockel, Wool, Skarstedt, New York
2015
Matters of Pattern, Skarstedt, New York
Ghada Amer, Trisha Baga, Robin Cameron, Joanne Greenbaum, Pam Lins, Alice Mackler and David Salle, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, New York
MAD: Making Art Dance, Backdrops and Costumes Celebrating, 30 Years of the Armitage Foundation, Glass Gallery, Mana Contemporary, New Jersey
America Is Hard to See, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2014
Variations in Abstraction, Skarstedt, New York
URBAN THEATER: NEW YORK ART IN THE 1980s , The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas
Rauschenberg: Collecting and Connecting , Nasher Museum, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Beg, Borrow, Steal, Medical Facilities of America Gallery/Temporary Exhibitions Gallery and The Media Lab , Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
Modernism from the National Gallery of Art: The Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Collection, de Young Museum, San Francisco, California
To Have and to Hold , The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida
2013
Meshes of the Afternoon, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
DSM-V The Future Moynihan Station, New York (Curated by David Rimanelli and presented by Vito Schnabel)
2012
This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
The Brucennial 2012 Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York
Daum 10! The First Decade, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
2011
Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
Pop Art 1960’s-2000’s from Misumi Collection, Kawaguchiko Museum of Art, Yamansashi Prefecture, Japan
Distant Star, Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Distant Star/Estrella Distante, Kurimanzutto, Mexico City, Mexico
Les Fleurs du Mal, Munich Modern, Munich, Germany
America: Now and Here, cross-country traveling exhibition
1981
Young Americans, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Westkunst: Heute, Cologne, Germany
U.S. Art Now, Goteborgs Konstmuseum, Goteborg, Sweden