EXHIBITION HISTORY
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1942
Service Club, Fort Riley, Kansas
1955
Zoe Dusanne Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1952
Playhouse, Baltimore, Maryland
1957
New Gallery, New York, New York
1953
Gallery 77, New Haven, Connecticut
Drawings, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
1958
Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1954
Western Maryland College
Gallery 77, New Haven, Connecticut
Drawings, Baltimore Museum of Art
Berlin Academy, Germany
1959
Widdifield Gallery, New York, New York
1960
Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Stephen Radich Gallery, New York, New York
1966
Occidental College, Los Angeles. Two-man show.
Worth Ryder Art Gallery, University of California, Berkeley. Two-man show.
1961
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Mili-Jay Gallery, Woodstock, New York
Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1967
Paul Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii
1962
Stephen Radich Gallery, New York, New York
Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1968
California Institute of the Arts Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1963
I Gallery, La Jolla, California
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Michael Wallis Gallery, San Francisco, California
1969
1964
Ten Year Retrospective, Akron Art Institute, Akron, Ohio
1970
Serisawa Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1975
M.M Shinno Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1971
Michael Smith Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1977
The Janus Gallery, Venice, California
M. Carone Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1972
Michael Smith Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1978
Selected Works 1968-78, Los Angeles Municipal Art Galleries, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California
1973
Pacific Culture Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
1979
Art Space, Los Angeles, California
1974
Jodi Scully Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1980
Janus Gallery, Venice, California
1986
Bancho Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, California
1983
Drawings, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
1987
Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, California
1984
Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, California
1988
Doizaki Gallery, Japanese American Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
1985
Suzukawa Gallery, Hiroshima, Japan
Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, California
1989
Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, California
1990
Joy Tash Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, California
Memory’s Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Gallery of Liberal Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Yamaki Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1998
National Museum of Art, Osaka
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
1999
Like Sunshine, Like Moon, Pollock – Krasner House and Study Center
2008
Kanemitsu in California during the 1960s and 1970s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2014
Metamorphic Effects, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, California
2018
Matsumi Kanemitsu: East/West, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California
Matsumi Kanemitsu: Figure and Fantasy, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2023
Selected Group Exhibitions
1950
Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1956
A Selection of American Watercolors, Guild Hall, Easthampton, New York
Recent Drawings USA, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
1951
Contemporary Art Gallery, New York City
Four-man Show, Ruth Moskin Gallery, New York City
Whitney Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1952
A.C.A. Gallery, New York City
International Drawing Exhibition, Chicago Institute of Art, Chicago, Illinois
1957
New School for Social Research, New York City
1953
Wadsworth Athanaeum, Hartford, Connecticut
1959
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
March Gallery, New York City
1954
Berlin Academy, Berlin, Germany
Wagner College, Staten Island, New York
Four Painters – Three Sculptors, Widdifield Gallery, New York City
1960
Area Gallery, New York City
Dallas Museum of Contemporary Arts, Dallas, Texas
15 of New York, Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Annual Purchase Exhibition, Illinois Wesleyan University, College of Fine Arts, Bloomington, Illinois
March Gallery, New York City
Drawings, Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, Stephen Radich Gallery, New York City
American and European Drawings, Stephen Radich Gallery, New York City
1963
American Gallery, New York City
12 American Artists, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York
Artists for CORE, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City
60 Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Landscape in Recent American Painting, New School for Social Research, New York City
1961
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
1962
Strutture E Stile, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin, Italy
American Gallery, New York City
New Accessions, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Recent American Drawings, Louis Alexander Gallery, New York City
American Drawings, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Stanhope Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Tanager Gallery, New York City
Acquisitions, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts
1964
Artists for CORE, American Federation of Arts, New York City
The Red Show, Greenross Gallery, New York City
Optical and Hard Edge, Grippi & Waddell, New York City
Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as New Printmakers, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Some Paintings to Consider, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
American Embassy, Tokyo (lent by Raymond Burr)
Gutai Pinacotheca, Osaka, Japan
1963 - 1966
Abstract Watercolors by 14 Americans, organized by the Museum of Modern Art
Traveled to: USIS Gallery, London, England; Ljubijana, Yugoslavia; Osaka, Japan; Hellenic-American Union, Athens, Greece; Multipurpose Hall, Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay, India; Trivandrum Museum, Trivandrum, India; Government College of Fine Arts and Crafts, Madras, India; Triveni Kala Sangam Gallery, New Delhi, India; Cathedral Hall, Hazratgunji, Lucknow, India; Sanskar Kendra Museum, Ahmedabad, India; Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, India; American Cultural Center, Patna, India; Lionel Wendt Gallery, Colombo, Ceylon, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle, Australia; Melbourne, Australia; Perth, Australia; Christchurch, New Zealand
1964 - 1967
Art in the Embassies, organized by the Museum of Modern Art
Traveled to: Bogota, Colombia; Tokyo, Japan; Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Modern Gallery, Rijecka, Yugoslavia; Gallery of Art, Maribor, Yugoslavia; Mexico City, Mexico; American Embassy, Helsinki, Finland; American Embassy, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
1965
19th and 20th Century Drawing, Gallery of Modern Art, New York City
Artists for CORE, Graham Gallery, New York City
Group Show, Grippi & Waddell, New York City
Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Northeastern Regional Exhibition, traveling exhibition sponsored by the Mead Corporation
Art Across America, Knoedler Gallery, New York City
Contemporary Japanese Painting, Laura Knott Gallery, Bradford Junior College, Massachusetts
Art in the Embassies, American Embassy, Mexico City
1968
Recent Acquisitions, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
Tamarind Collection, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
1966
David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Rotating Loan Exhibition, White House, Washington, D.C. (lent by the Smithsonian Institution)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
1969
Erotic Art ‘69, David Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Four-man Show, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
Tamarind: An Homage to Lithography, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Erotic Art, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1967
4th International Young Artists Exhibition, Seibu Department Store, Tokyo (sponsored by the Japan Cultural Forum)
Art Across America, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California
In Memory of My Feelings, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Contemporary American Drawings, 1960-67, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Paul Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1970
Art Gallery, College of Marin, Kentfield, California
A Show of Hands, California College of Arts & Crafts Gallery, Oakland, California
The 1960s: A Decade of Accomplishments, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Chicago, Illinois
Black/White/Color, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York City
Recent Acquisitions, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
Trends in 20th Century Art, University of California, Santa Barbara, California (loaned by San Francisco Museum of Art Collection)
1974
In the Japanese Tradition, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Drawings, California State University, Northridge Art Gallery, Northridge, California
1971
Invitational Lithography Exhibition, Florida State University Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida
Made in California, Frederick Wight Art Gallery, Grunewald Graphic Arts Foundation, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Graphic Collection: Summer Show, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Black and White Drawings and Watercolors, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
Recent Acquisitions, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California
Ways of Looking, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976
Five on Paper, Janus Gallery, Venice, California
Private Images: Photographs by Painters, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. Los Angeles Municipal Art Galleries, Los Angeles, California
1972
Laguna Beach Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
Four-man Show, Otis Art Institute Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Calligraphy and Its Influence on the Arts of East and West, Pacific Culture Asia Museum, Pasadena, California
Calligraphy and Calligraphic Forms, Serisawa Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1977
Watercolors and Related Media by Contemporary Californians, Baxter Art Gallery, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Photographs by Southern California Painters and Sculptors, College of Creative Studies Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Olitski, Boxer, Stamos and Kanemitsu, Janus Gallery, Venice, California
1980
Four Printmakers, Palos Verdes Art Gallery, Palos Verdes, California
1986
Japanese Artists Who Studied in U.S.A. 1875-1960, Wakayama Prefecture Museum of Modern Art, Kagawa Cultural Center, Hiroshima Prefecture Museum of Modern Art, Japan
1981
Contemporary American Prints and Drawings: 1940-80, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
25 L.A. Painters, Nagoya City Museum, Nagoya, Japan
1989
Theme Hiroshima, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan (Commissioned Work)
1982
25 L.A. Painters, Los Angeles Municipal Art Galleries, Los Angeles, California
1990
Functionists High, American Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Osaka Triennalle ’90, International Exhibit
1983
The California Connection – 16 Paintings, Museum of Fine Arts, New Mexico
2010
Abstract Expressionist New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2011
Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design and Activism in Post-War Los Angeles, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California. Part of the Getty initiative “Pacific Standard Time: Art of LA”
Southern California Painting: 1970s Painting Per Se, David Richard Gallery, New York