1961
Born in Sacramento, California
Lives and works in Waller, Texas

Solo shows

2007
It’s the end of the show, Vegas gallery, UK
It’s a beautiful life, alt.gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

2006
A story of an artist: a retrospective, Clementine Gallery, New York, USA

2005
International film festival, Gand, Belgium
Last night Daniel Johnston saved my life, Librairie / Bookshop Le bleu fouillis des mots in Chateauroux, France

2003
Florence Loewy, Paris

2001
He’s either on his way to heaven or hell, art&com, Brussels, Belgium

2000
Lo and Behold gallery, Austin, Texas, USA
The Good Fight, The Nights and Day Cafe in Manchester, England

1999
The Daniel Johnston Show, Peninsula Gallery, Eindhoven, Netherlands

1998
Rampe 02, Berlin, Germany

1991
Daniel’s first one man show, Kunsthaus, Oerlikon, Zurich, Switzerland

Group shows

2008
Dans la marge, cahiers de dessins contemporains, Arts Factory,
Pas un jour sans une ligne, collections de Saint Cyprien

2007
Summer show, Arts Factory, Paris

2006
War & Nature, Virgil de Voldère gallery, New York, USA
Musiques en Marge, Art en Mage, Bruxelles, Belgium
Day for night, Whitney Biennale, New York, USA

2005
Excuse me, I’m famous, Art Factory, Paris , France
Stranger Town, Artwork by Daniel Johnston, the Clayton Brothers, Tomoo Gokita, Yusaku Hanakuma, Jason Holley, Rich Jacobs,
Mimiyo Tomozawa & Saiman Chow, curated by Taylor McKimens, Dinter Fine Art, New York City, USA
Le Jeune, le vivace et le bel aujourd’hui, Robert Devriendt, Lionel Estève, Michel François, Laura Henno, Sven t’Jolle, Alain Séchas,
Angel Vergara, et le cabine: Daniel Johnston, Jad Fair, Raymond Pettibon et Sam Prekop Maison Populaire centre d’art Mira Philaina,
Montreuil, France
R. Crumb. et l’underground américain : Joël Beck, Guy Colwell, Bill Griffith, Rory, Daniel Johnston, Hayes, S.Clay Wilson,
Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris, France

2004
Ernst Huber Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
Mud Pie Gallery in Norcross, Georgia, USA
ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Villa de Paris, France
Bande Annonce, aliceday, Bussels, Belgium
These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things, Spitz Gallery, London, England

2003
Cultura Basura Vitoria Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria, Spain
American Outsider Artists, Paris Arts Factory, Paris, France
Long Night Museum, Munster, Germany
Cultura Basura, C.C.C.B (Centro Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona) Barcelona, Spain

2002
The Royal in Berlin, Germany

2000
4 artist show, Felt Tip. Zwemmer’s in London, England

1999
The Art of Daniel Johnston and Stephen Tomkins, Ironwood Industries in Austin, Texas, USA

1998
Daniel Johnston, Jad Fair and Jutta Brandt, Artefakt Galerie, Mulheim-city, Germany
De Leia Contemporary / Cultural Machine Complex, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

1994
Artists of Vision and Purpose, Northfield, Minnesota, USA

1990
Frontier Tales, L.A.C.E. (Los Angeles Comptemporary Exhibits) in Los Angeles, California, USA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ice Cream: Contemporary Art in Culture a global survey of some of the most significant artists today, Phaidon, 2007

Dans la marge, Arts Factory éditions, Paris, 2007

The Life, Art and Music of Daniel Johnston by Tarssa Yazdani and Don Goede, 2006

Making Plans for Daniel, Nitsuh Abebe, Pitchfork, 27 March 2006

Man-child in the promised Land, Randy Kennedy, New York Times, 19 Feb 2006

Standing Akwardly at the Edge of His Own Spotlight, Alec Hanley Bemis, new York times, 3 April 2005

The Healing of Daniel Johnston, Don McLeese, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov 1994

Phantom of my Opera, Louis Black, Spin Magazine, March 1989