1941
Born in Glendale, California
2010
Dies in Arcata, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1972
Captain Beefheart - Paintings, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
1985
Don Van Vliet: Sechs Bilder, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Don Van Vliet, Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, New York
1986
Waddington Galleries, London
1987
Don Van Vliet: Zehn Bilder, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Galerie Brinkmann, Amsterdam
1988
Don Van Vliet: Neun Bilder, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Galerie Lelong, Zurich
1989
Don Van Vliet: New Work, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1990
Don Van Vliet: 1986/89, Galerie Frank Hänel, Frankfurt
Don Van Vliet: New Paintings, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Don Van Vliet: Paintings and Drawings, Fred Hoffman Gallery, Santa Monica
1991
Don Van Vliet, Michael Werner Gallery, New York; Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense
1992
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
1993
Don Van Vliet: Bilder und Zeichnungen, Galerie Michael Werner,
Cologne
1994
Don Van Vliet: Stand Up To Be Discontinued, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld; Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense; Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich
1995
Galleri Aveny, Göteborg
God's Empty Socks and Other Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Don Van Vliet, Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå
1996
Don Van Vliet, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1998
Don Van Vliet: New Work, Knoedler & Co., New York
Don Van Vliet: Works on Paper, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
2001
Don Van Vliet, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta
Paintings from the Eighties, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Don Van Vliet: Works on Paper, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia
2007
Don Van Vliet, Michael Werner Gallery and Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Don Van Vliet: Paintings, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Don Van Vliet: Works on Paper, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
2008
Don Van Vliet, Galleria dell'Arco, Palermo
2013
Präsentation: Don Van Vliet: Zeichnungen, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf
2014
Don Van Vliet, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf
2015
Don Van Vliet: Beatle Bones N' Smoking Stones, Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Cologne
2017
Don Van Vliet: Works on Paper, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Don Van Vliet, L’Adresse, Toulouse
2020
Don Van Vliet: Parapliers the Willow Dipped, Paintings 1967-1997, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
2021
Don Van Vliet: Ralf Love Don, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2022
Don Van Vliet: Cold Furniture, Michael Werner Gallery, East Hampton
2023
Don Van Vliet: Standing on One Hand, Michael Werner Gallery, London
2024
Don Van Vliet, Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1976
Don Van Vliet and Cal Schenkel, Evergreen State College Library Gallery, Olympia
1982
Performance Video, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1985
From Organism to Architecture, New York Studio School
The Chi-Chi Show, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
Factura, Gallery Schlesinger-Boisanté, New York
1987
Byars, Chamberlain, Salle, Fischl, Lasker, Van Vliet, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1988
À la surface de la Peinture: Les Années 80, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Abbaye Saint André, Meymac
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1989
Bilderstreit. Widerspruch, Einheit und Frakmet in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Galerie Frank Hänel, Frankfurt
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1990
Bilder des Rock, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense
1994
Drawings: Heads and Torsos, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
1995
Couplet 5: Dancing Girls, In Honor of Gustav Mahler, Along the Edge of Expressionism, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Major Works by Baselitz, Byars, Kirkeby, Lüpertz, Polke and Van Vliet, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
1997
Baselitz, Broodthaers, Byars, Immendorff, Leroy, Lüpertz, Penck, Van Vliet, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
1998
Works on Paper, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
1999
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2000
Nature. Contemporary Art and the Natural World, Contemporary Gallery, Marywood University, Scranton
2001
Rock and Art, Cultureel Centrum Stedelijke Museum, Saint Nicolas
2002
Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York
2005
Bilder aus den sechziger Jahren, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2006
Black and White: Drawings for Summer, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Auf leisen Pfoten - Die Katze in der Kunst, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe
Music is a Better Noise, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
2007
Selection, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2008
Series Drawings, Julius Werner, Berlin; Michael Werner Gallery, New York
2009
Jr. and Sons, LFL, New York. Curated by Joe Bradley
2011
Autoplasmic, McMaster Museum of Art, Ontario
Flowers for Summer, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Perfect Man II, White Columns, New York
Joy of Pleasure, VeneKlasen/Werner, Berlin
2012
Kamarama, Bruges Museums, Brussels
The Michael Werner Collection: I sat Beauty on my knees. (…) And I reviled Her., Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
2014
Nachtbilder, Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Cologne
Art in Pop, Centre National d’Art Contemporain (Le Magasin), Grenoble
2015
Body Shop, Michael Werner Gallery, London
2016
Flora, Fauna and Other Forms of Life, Michael Werner Gallery, London
2017
Animal Farm, The Brand Foundation, Connecticut
Press Your Space Face Close to Mine, The Pit, Los Angeles
Landschaften, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf
2018
Vile Bodies, Michael Werner Gallery, London
2020
Valley of Gold: Southern California and the Phantasmagoric, Kasmin Gallery, New York