EXHIBITION HISTORY
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1942
Fort Riley, Kansas, Fort Riley Service Club.
1952
Baltimore, Maryland, Playhouse.
1953
New Haven, Connecticut, Gallery 77, April 19–May 9.
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Drawings.
1954
New Haven, Connecticut, Gallery 77, April 23–May 15.
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Drawings, September–October 24.
Berlin, Germany, Berlin Academy.
1955
Baltimore, Maryland, Cinema Theater, drawings exhibition, February.
1957
New York, New York, New Gallery, April 15–May 27.
1959
New York, New York, Widdifield Gallery, May 11–June 6.
1960
Los Angeles, California, Dwan Gallery, January 12–February 16.
New York, New York, Stephen Radich Gallery, December 13, 1960–January 7, 1961.
1961
New York, New York, Stephen Radich Gallery, January.
Carbondale, Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Asia and the Arts festival exhibition, February 12–25.
Woodstock, New York, MiLi-Jay Gallery, July 2–July 15.
Los Angeles, California, Dwan Gallery, November 13–December 9.
1962
New York, New York, Stephen Radich Gallery, April 10–May 5.
Los Angeles, California, Dwan Gallery, Matsumi Kanemitsu: Recent Paintings, December 16, 1962–January 4, 1963.
1963
La Jolla, California, i Gallery, opened December 13.
1964
Akron, Ohio, Akron Art Institute, Ten Year Retrospective, January 15–February 20.
1965
New York, New York, Byron Gallery, June 10–July 31.
1966
Los Angeles, California, Occidental College, Thorne Hall, closed March 31. Graphics show.
1967
Honolulu, Hawai’i, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Exhibition of Paintings and Prints by Matsumi Kanemitsu, opened October, closed November 26.
Tokyo, Japan, Paul Gallery.
1968
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Rental Gallery, opened January 9. Exhibitions by teaching artists.
Los Angeles, California, California Institute of the Arts Gallery.
1969
Los Angeles, California, Margo Leavin Gallery, March 17–31.
San Francisco, California, Michael Walls Gallery, November 18–December 16.
1970
Los Angeles, California, Serisawa Gallery, lithographs exhibition, October 19–November 14.
1971
Los Angeles, California, Michael Smith Gallery, closed December 31.
1972
Los Angeles, California, Michael Smith Gallery, November 13–December 3.
1973
Pasadena, California, Pacificulture–Asia Museum, May 6–June 30.
1974
Los Angeles, California, Jodi Scully Gallery, closed February 28.
1975
Los Angeles, California, M. M. Shinno Gallery, closed November 22.
1977
Los Angeles, California, The Janus Gallery, Works on Paper 1960–1976 and Recent Canvases, March 25–April 16.
Palm Desert, California, Saroga, Ltd., March 26–April 16.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Carone Gallery, April 12–30.
1978
Los Angeles, California, Municipal Art Gallery, 10–year solo survey show, October 24–November 19.
1979
Los Angeles, California, Art Space, September 6–October 6.
1980
Los Angeles, California, The Janus Gallery, April 24–May 24.
1981
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles Prints, 1883-1980, June 25-September 20.
Los Angeles, California, Kawasaki Gallery, New Otani Hotel, closed August 9.
1983
San Jose, California, Institute of Contemporary Art, April 5–May 7.
1984
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries, Matsumi Kanemitsu: California Visions: Selected Paintings 1976–84, June 11–30.
1985
Hiroshima, Japan, Suzukawa Gallery.
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries.
1986
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries, January 17–February 13.
Tokyo, Japan, Bancho Gallery.
1987
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries, Matsumi Kanemitsu: Recent Works on Paper, February 27–March 14.
1988
Los Angeles, California, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, George J. Doizaki Gallery, 1958–1988: Works in Black and White, December 15, 1988–January 15, 1989.
1989
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries, closed January 27.
1990
Scottsdale, Arizona, Joy Tash Gallery, closed March 9.
Osaka, Japan, Yamaki Art Gallery, Matsumi Kanemitsu: Lithographs 1961–1990. Traveled to Memory’s Gallery, Nagoya City; Gallery Liberal Art, Hiroshima.
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries, closed October 18.
1993
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries, Matsumi Kanemitsu: A Retrospective, January 15–29.
Los Angeles, California, Gallery IV, October 17–November 21.
1995
Los Angeles, California, Gallery IV, Matsumi Kanemitsu (1922–1992): Works on Paper, May 13–31.
1998
Osaka, Japan, National Museum of Art, Kanemitsu, Matsumi: 1950–1990, February 13–March 30, 1998. Traveled to Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, April 6–May 5, 1998.
1999
East Hampton, New York, Pollock–Krasner House and Study Center, Like Sunshine, Like Moon, closed October 30.
2000
New York, New York, MB Modern, Matsumi Kanemitsu (1922–1992), January 13–30.
2008
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Kanemitsu in California during the 1960s and 1970s, February 23–July 15.
2010
Los Angeles, California, Sabina Lee Gallery, closed December 18.
2013
Santa Fe, New Mexico, David Richard Contemporary, Matsumi Kanemitsu (1922–1992), May 8–29.
2014
Los Angeles, California, The Mistake Room, Matsumi Kanemitsu: Metamorphic Effects, October 5–December 20, 2014.
2018
West Hollywood, California, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Matsumi Kanemitsu: East/West, January 6–February 17.
2023
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Matsumi Kanemitsu: Figure and Fantasy, May 14–October 8.
2024
West Hollywood, California, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Matsumi Kanemitsu: Traction Avenue, May 18–June 29.
Selected Group Exhibitions
1942
Battle Creek, Michigan, Kingman Museum, Second Annual Exhibit of Custer Army Illustrators, July 19–August 9.
1949
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland Artists Exhibition, Spring.
1950
Baltimore, Maryland, Gwynns Falls Junior High School, March.
1951
Washington, D.C, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Fifth Annual Area Exhibition, January 28–March 4.
New York, New York, Contemporary Art Gallery.
1952
New Haven, Connecticut, Gallery 77, inaugural exhibition, opened September 16.
Baltimore, Maryland, Peale Museum, 12th Annual Life in Baltimore Painting Show, opened October 5.
Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, Contemporary Drawings from 12 Countries, October 23–December 14.
New York, New York, A.C.A. Gallery.
1954
New York, New York, Caravan Gallery, Silver Jubilee, closed April 27.
Westminster, Maryland, Western Maryland College Art Exhibit Room, closed April 28. Two-person show with Edward Rosenfelt.
Baltimore, Maryland, Peale Museum, 14th Annual Life in Baltimore Painting Show, November.
Berlin, Germany, Berlin Academy.
1955
Seattle, Washington, Zoe Dusanne Gallery, closed April 27. Two-person show with Pegeen.
Baltimore, Maryland, Peale Museum, 15th Annual Life in Baltimore Painting Show, opened October 30.
1956
New York, New York, Moskin Gallery, February–March 23. Group show with Paul Jenkins, Paul Brach, and Walter Barker.
New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Recent Drawings U.S.A., April 24–August 5.
Baltimore, Maryland, 5 West Theater, J. Blankfard Martenet Collection, September. Kanemitsu exhibited “Old Man and Boy” (drawing).
East Hampton, New York, Guild Hall, A Selection of American Watercolors, July.
New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1956 Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, November 14, 1956–January 6, 1957.
1957
New York, New York, March Gallery, September 27–October 18.
Washington, D.C., American University, Watkins Gallery, Vincent Melzac Collection, November 9–December 7.
New York, New York, New School for Social Research.
1958
New York, New York, March Gallery, Anniversary Exhibition, closed March 20.
New York, New York, Marino Art Gallery, Looking Back: Exhibition of Older and Present Work by 13 Artists, May 2–21.
New York, New York, Marino Art Gallery, 1 Painting, 1 Drawing, closed November 10.
1959
New York, New York, New Art Center Gallery, American Drawing, February 16–28.
Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, Rental Gallery, October.
Brooklyn, New York, Gene Andrewski, Group Exhibition Three, opened November 1.
New York, New York, Fulton Gallery, Modern Mixture, closed November 20.
Tucson, Arizona, Tucson Fine Art Center, November 9.
New York, New York, Widdifield Gallery, Four Painters, Three Sculptors, November 10–December 5. Painters: MK, Raymond Hendler, Ilse Getz, Seymour Broadman. Sculptors: George Sugarman, Dimitri Hadzi, Peter Agostini.
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona gallery, Gallagher collection, December.
Buffalo, New York, Albright–Knox Gallery.
Staten Island, New York, Wagner College.
1960
Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts, Contemporary Japanese Painting and Sculpture, January 26–March 6.
Monterey, California, Monterey Peninsula College, works from the University of Arizona art collection, closed March 18.
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Twentieth Century Art, May.
New York, New York, Fulton Gallery, New Masters, June 6–July 5.
New York, New York, Stephen Radich Gallery, Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture, closed October 15.
Los Angeles, California, Dwan Gallery, 15 of New York, October 10–November 15.
Los Angeles, California, Dwan Gallery, Drawings, Watercolors, Collages, December 12–31.
Bloomington, Illinois, Illinois Wesleyan University, College of Fine Arts.
New York, New York, Stephen Radich Gallery, American and European Drawings.
1961
Ithaca, New York, Cornell University, Willard Straight Hall, exhibition of works selected by Professor Kenneth Evett from several New York galleries, closed April 30.
Katonah, New York, Katonah Rental Gallery, opened May 21.
Lexington, Kentucky, University of Kentucky Art Gallery, Graphics ’61, opened November 19.
New York, New York, Fulton Gallery, July.
1962
Los Angeles, California, UCLA Art Galleries, Tamarind Workshop exhibition, January 7–February 11.
New York, New York, Fulton Gallery, February 3–24.
New York, New York, Tanager Gallery, The Closing Show: Tanager Gallery, 1952–1962, May 25–June 14.
Los Angeles, California, Dwan Gallery, group show, June 11–July 7.
New York, New York, Louis Alexander Gallery, Recent American Drawings, September 25–October 13.
Bogotá, Colombia, New Colombian-American Center, exhibition of 12 paintings and 2 sculptures from the Museum of Modern Art.
White Plains, New York, Ann Ross Gallery, October.
Los Angeles, California, UCLA Art Galleries, The Gifford and Joann Phillips Collection, November 4–December 9.
New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Annual Exhibition 1962: Sculpture and Drawings, December 12, 1962–February 3, 1963.
Little Rock, Arkansas, Arkansas Arts Center, Paintings from the Collections of the University of Arizona. Traveling exhibition, 1962–1963, that also went to Springfield, Missouri, Springfield Art Museum; Lawrence, Kansas, Kansas Art Alliance.
Boston, Massachusetts, Stanhope Gallery.
Saratoga Springs, New York, Skidmore College, American Drawings.
Boston, Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts, Acquisitions.
Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, New Accessions.
New York, New York, American Gallery.
Turin, Italy, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Strutture e Stile.
1963
Amherst, Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Bartlett Hall, January 6–26.
Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University, Cultural Affairs Exhibition, February.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Lycoming College Museum, Japanese prints exhibit, April. Also traveled to Miami Beach, Florida, Miami Beach Art Center, July 1–24, 1963; Rock Island, Illinois, Augustana College, Centennial Hall Art Gallery, April 9–30, 1964.
Huntington, New York, Hecksher Museum of Art, survey of American paintings, closed June 2.
Chicago, Illinois, June 24–September 6.
New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 60 Modern Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, August 6–September 29, 1963.
Kansas City, Missouri, Nelson Gallery, Tamarind Workshop Lithographs, opened September 8.
Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, Corinthian Gallery, December 1–31.
London, United Kingdom, American Embassy, Abstract Watercolors by 14 Americans, June 6-July 7. Organized by the MoMA International Council. Traveled for several years, including to: Belgrade, Serbia, Belgrade Cultural Center, July 15-29, 1964; Rijeka, Croatia, Modern Gallery August 6-11, 1964; Maribor, Slovenia, Gallery of Art, September 8-27, 1964; Ljubljana, Slovenia, Town Gallery, October 15-25, 1964; Athens, Greece, Hellenic-American Union, January 9-29, 1965; Bombay, India, Multipurpose Hall, Prince of Wales Museum, February 25-March 2, 1965; Trivandrum, India, Trivandrum Museum, March 15-20, 1965; Madras, India, Government College of Arts and Crafts, March 26-April 6, 1965; New Delhi, India, Triveni Kala Sangam Gallery, April 13-18, 1965; Lucknow, India, Cathedral Hall, Hazratgani, April 24-28, 1965; Ahmedabad, India, Sanskar Kendra Museum, May 4-9, 1965; Calcutta, India, Academy of Fine Arts, May 17-26, 1965; Patna, India, American Cultural Center, June 1-5, 1965; Colombo, Sri Lanka, Lionel Wendt Gallery, August 3-25, 1965; Sydney, Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, October 15-November 10, 1965; Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Newcastle City Art Gallery, November 17-December 17, 1965; Melbourne, Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, January 10-February 10, 1966; Perth, Australia, Western Australia Art Gallery, February 24-March 27, 1966; Christchurch, New Zealand, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, May 7-29, 1966.
New York, New York, American Gallery.
New York, New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Artists for CORE.
New York, New York, New School for Social Research, Landscape in Recent American Painting.
1964
Tiburon, California, Quay Gallery, Third Annual New York Artists Exhibit, March 19–April 30.
Granville, Ohio, Denison University, Slayter Hall, Abstract Art exhibition, April. Organized by the Museum of Modern Art.
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Art Gallery, summer exhibition (Gallagher Collection).
Tokyo, Japan, American Embassy, Summer 1964–Spring 1966.
New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers, September 15–October 24.
Los Angeles, California, University of Southern California, Fisher and Quinn Galleries, New Dimensions in Lithography, closed November 25.
Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Some Paintings to Consider, December 1, 1964–January 3, 1965.
New York, New York, Grippi & Waddell, Optical and Hard–Edge Paintings by Mel Butor, Ruth Ann Fredenthal, Matsumi Kanemitsu, George Mueller, December 1964–January 1965.
New York, New York, American Federation of Arts, Artists for CORE.
New York, New York, Greenross Gallery, The Red Show.
Osaka, Japan, Gutai Pinacotheca.
Bogota, Colombia, American Embassy, Art in the Embassies, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, 1964–1967. 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
New York, New York, M. Knoedler & Co, Art Across America. An Exhibition of 50 Contemporary American Paintings and Wall-Hung Constructions. Sponsored by the Mead Corporation, September 16-October 1. Traveling exhibition. Traveled to Rochester, New York, Memorial Art Gallery, December; Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, January 14-February 13 1966; Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, March 1-22, 1966; Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts, closed April 24, 1966; Memphis, Tennessee, Brooks Art Gallery, opened May 2, 1966; Louisville, Kentucky, Speed Museum, September 2-25, 1966; Tulsa, Oklahoma, Philbrook Art Center, November 1-27, 1966; Omaha, Nebraska, Joslyn Art Museum, December 6-22, 1966; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Civic Center Museum, February 10-March 7, 1967; Seattle, Washington, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, March 26-April 16; Portland, Oregon, Portland State College, May; La Jolla, California, La Jolla Museum of Art, June 6-July 2, 1967; Tucson, Arizona, Tucson Art Center, July 16-August 13, 1967.
New York, New York, Gallery of Modern Art, 19th and 20th Century Drawing.
New York, New York, Graham Gallery, Artists for CORE.
New York, New York, Grippi & Waddell, Group Show.
Boston, Massachusetts, Institute for Contemporary Art.
Northeastern Regional Exhibition, traveling exhibition sponsored by the Mead Corporation.
Haverhill, Massachusetts, Bradford Junior College, Laura Knott Gallery, Contemporary Japanese Painting.
1966
Los Angeles, California, Gallery 66, First International Drawing and Print Invitational, February–March.
Washington, D.C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art, March 19–May 8.
Berkeley, California, University of California, Worth Ryder Gallery, Kroeber Hall, October–November 13. Two-person show with Jerrold Ballaine.
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles Harbor College Art Gallery, Lithographs from the David Stuart Gallery, closed December 16.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, December 1966–February 1967.
Los Angeles, California, David Stuart Gallery.
Washington, D.C., White House, Rotating Loan Exhibition (lent by the Smithsonian Institution).
Melbourne, Australia, National Gallery of Victoria.
1967
La Jolla, California, La Jolla Museum of Art, Gleich Collection lithographs, May 10–28.
Fullerton, California, California State University, Fullerton, College Art Gallery, October.
New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Frank O’Hara: In Memory of My Feelings, December 4, 1967–September 10, 1968.
Tokyo, Japan, Seibu Department Store, 4th International Young Artists Exhibition (sponsored by the Japan Cultural Forum).
La Jolla, California, La Jolla Museum of Art, Art Across America.
Tokyo, Japan, Paul Gallery.
Boulder, Colorado, University of Colorado, Contemporary American Drawings, 1960–1967.
1968
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, Collectors Press workshop exhibition, closed September 29.
Pasadena, California, California Institute of Technology, Dabney Hall of the Humanities, The Lounge, Tamarind Lithography Workshop exhibition, November 4–8.
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, Recent Acquisitions.
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, Tamarind Collection.
1969
Downey, California, Downey Art Museum, April 13–May 15. Exhibition with Ed Moses, June Wayne, and Sam Francis.
New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Tamarind: Homage to Lithography, April 29–June 30.
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, Japan Week exhibition, September.
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, National 1970 Drawing Exhibition, December 17, 1969–January 25, 1970.
Los Angeles, California, David Stuart Gallery, Erotic Art ’69.
Notre Dame, Indiana, University of Notre Dame, Erotic Art.
Chicago, Illinois, Phyllis Kind Gallery.
1970
Albuquerque, New Mexico, University of New Mexico Museum of Art, Tamarind Workshop prints from the permanent collection, January 11–February 12.
Santa Barbara, California, University of California Santa Barbara Art Galleries, Trends in 20thCentury Art: A Loan Exhibition from the San Francisco Museum of Art, January 6–February 1 (extended to February 15?).
Oakland, California, California College of Arts and Crafts Gallery, Show of Hands, September 9–October 11.
Kentfield, California, College of Marin, Art Gallery.
Chicago, Illinois, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, The 1960s: A Decade of Accomplishments.
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, Recent Acquisitions.
New York, New York, Martha Jackson Gallery, Black/White/Color.
1971
Hayes, Kansas, Fort Hays State College art department, Black, White, Color, closed March 29. Organized by Martha Jackson Gallery, NY. Traveled to Bowling Green, Kentucky, Western Kentucky University Art Gallery, August 30–September 16; Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, October 5–31.
Los Angeles, California, Grunewald Graphic Arts Foundation, UCLA, Dickson Art Center, Made in California: An Exhibition of Five Workshops, April 19–May 16.
Los Angeles, California, Cirrus Gallery, Contemporary Japanese prints from the collection of M. M. Shinno, June 20-26.
New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Ways of Looking, July 28–November 1.
Houston, Texas, Rice Media Center, Rice University, Tamarind: A Renaissance of Lithography, September 1–30. Touring exhibition organized by the International Exhibitions Foundation. Traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Arts, October 16–November 15; Utica, New York, Museum of Art, Munson–Williams–Proctor Institute, December 5, 1971–January 2, 1972; Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Art Museum, February–March 5, 1972; Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, April 18–30, 1972; Hanover, New Hampshire, Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, September–October 15, 1952; Spokane, Washington, Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, December 17, 1972–January 14, 1973; Baltimore, Maryland, Baltimore Museum of Art, April–May 31, 1973; Orlando, Florida, Loch Haven Art Center, June–July 29, 1973; Portland, Maine, Portland Museum of Art, October 4–30, 1973; Bowling Green, Kentucky, Western Kentucky University, Gallery of the Ivan Wilson Center for Fine Arts, October 15–November 7, 1974; Charlotte, North Carolina, Mint Museum of Art, December 1, 1974–January 5, 1975; New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Art Gallery, February 2–March 8, 1975; St. Joseph, Missouri, Albrecht Art Museum, July 1–August 31, 1975; Decatur, Illinois, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, October 1975.
Tallahassee, Florida, Florida State University Art Gallery, Invitational Lithography Exhibition.
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, Black and White Drawings and Watercolors.
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Art, Recent Acquisitions.
New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Graphic Collection: Summer Show.
1972
Laguna Beach, California, Laguna Beach Art Association Gallery, January.
Los Angeles, California, Michael Smith Gallery, closed February 29.
New York, New York, Fulton Gallery, closed August 31. Show with Phyllis Agne and Robert Dunn.
Los Angeles, California, Otis Art Institute, Otis Gallery, August 13–September 24.
Los Angeles, California, Serisawa Gallery, Calligraphy and Calligraphic Forms, December.
San Bernardino, California, California State College San Bernardino Art Gallery, inaugural exhibition, December.
Los Angeles, California, Sumitomo Brank Crenshaw Branch, Shikishi Exhibit, closed December 15. Moved to Little Tokyo branch and closed December 22.
Pasadena, California, Pacificulture Asia Museum, Calligraphy and Its Influence on the Arts of East and West.
1973
Scottsdale, Arizona, Yares Gallery inaugural exhibition, opened January 28.
San Francisco, California, Brentano’s Galleries, California Printmakers, November 12–30.
1974
Pasadena, California, California Institute of Technology, Baxter Art Gallery, In the Japanese Tradition, February 28–March 19.
Los Angeles, California, Jodi Scully Gallery, closed April 19.
Riverside, California, University of California at Riverside Art Gallery, 54 Prints by 15 West Coast Artists, closed May 11.
Los Angeles, California, Nissan Motor Corporation Gallery, Japanese American Artists, Second Annual Show, November 23-December 4.
Northridge, California, California State University, Northridge Art Gallery, Drawings.'
1975
Los Angeles, California, Sumitomo Brank Crenshaw Branch, Japanese Artists Society, Ninth Annual, closed December 12.
1976
Los Angeles, California, Municipal Art Gallery, A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., January 15–February 15.
Los Angeles, California, The Janus Gallery, Five on Paper, September 17–October 23.
New York, New York, Amos Eno Gallery/14 Sculptors Gallery/Noho Gallery/Pleiades Gallery/Ward–Nasse Gallery, Tenth Street Days: The Co–Ops of the ‘50s, December 20, 1976–January 7, 1977.
1977
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Private Images: Photographs by Painters, January 18–March 27.
San Francisco, California, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Collectors, Collecting, Collection: American Abstract Art Since 1945, April 22–June 5.
Santa Barbara, California, University of California at Santa Barbara, College of Creative Studies Gallery, Photographs by Southern California Painters and Sculpture, June 3–30.
Pasadena, California, California Institute of Technology, Baxter Art Gallery, Watercolors and Related Media by Contemporary Californians, September 29–October 30.
Los Angeles, California, The Janus Gallery, four–man show with Jules Olitski, Theodoros Stamos and Stanley Boxer, closed December 23.
1978
Lincoln, Nebraska, Sheldon Art Gallery, February–March 12. Comprised works from Oklahoma Art Center, Nebraska Art Association, and University of Nebraska collections.
Los Angeles, California, M.M. Shinno Gallery, Contemporary Art of Los Angeles Asian Americans, March 12–April 9, 1978.
Los Angeles, California, UCLA Student Union Lounge, Asian Perspectives, April 12-14.
Los Angeles, California, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Pre-School Art Festival, August 5.
Los Angeles, California, Wight Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles, Tamarind Suite 15, September 26–November 5.
1979
Albuquerque, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Arts Museums, Fine Arts Center, The Friends of Art Collect, February 25–April 1.
St. Cloud, Minnesota, 5th Ave. Gallery and Leatherworks Five West Coast Artists, show with June Wayne, Bruce Nauman, Charles White, and Ed Hamilton, closed July 17.
Los Angeles, California, Shinno Art Gallery, Friends of Little Tokyo Arts auction, December 2-15.
1980
Los Angeles, California, Japanese American Cultural Community Center Art Gallery, three–man show with Sueo Serisawa and Kazoko Mathews, closed February 10.
Palos Verdes, California, Palos Verdes Art Center, Four Printmakers, closed April 12. Show with Ruth Weisberg, Eva and Paul Kolosvary, and Maurice L. Gray.
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rental Gallery, July 18–September 5.
Carlsbad, New Mexico, Carlsbad Fine Arts Museum, Tamarind Lithographs, August 25–September.
Los Angeles, California, Roberts Art Gallery, Eight Asian American Artists, October 10–November 14.
1981
Claremont, California, Pomona College, Montgomery Gallery, Tamarind Lithographs from the Pomona College Collection, closed April 10.
Los Angeles, California, Security Pacific Plaza, Some Painters… For Example: This is Paint, closed July 12.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Contemporary American Prints and Drawings: 1940–80.
1982
Nagoya, Japan, Nagoya City Museum, 35 Los Angeles Artists, February. Cultural exchange exhibition selected by Noriko Fujinami shown in Nagoya, then shown in L.A.
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 35 Los Angeles Artists, April–closed May 2.
1983
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries, May 31–June 15. Show with Katherine Lui, Chuang Che, Ning Yeh.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, University of New Mexico Museum of Art, The California Connection – 16 Paintings.
1984
Albuquerque, New Mexico, University of New Mexico Museum of Art, American Lithography, 1900–1960, February 4–April 1.
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries, closed December 31. With Kris Cox, Martin Green, Doug Snow, Otto Natzler.
1985
Los Angeles, California, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Lithographs from Tamarind, January 15–31.
Palm Desert, California, The Living Desert, Third Annual Art Invitational, February 16–17.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tamarind: 25 Years, 1960–1985, May 18–August 30.
1986
San Pedro, California, Angels Gate Cultural Center, The Painters, May 18–June 28. Show with Jim Morphesis, Jean Towgood, Tom Stanton, and Craig Antrim.
Walnut Creek, California, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, UC Prints: Printmaking at the University of California, Berkeley Since 1950, September 4–October 19.
1987
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries, closed May 9.
1989
Beverly Hills, California, Louis Newman Galleries, September 4–20.
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Museum of Art, May 10–June 18.
San Francisco, California, Gallery Sho, December 28, 1989–January 27, 1990.
Wakayama Prefecture Museum of Modern Art, Kagawa Cultural Center, Hiroshima Prefecture Museum of Modern Art, Japan. Japanese Artists Who Studied in U.S.A. 1875–1960.
1990
Los Angeles, California, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles’ Cultural Diversity, closed February 21.
San Francisco, California, Gallery Sho, Gallery Artist Show, April 12-May 12.
Los Angeles, California, American Gallery, Functionists High, May 20–June 17.
Osaka, Japan, Osaka Trienniale ’90.
1991
Nagoya, Japan, Memory’s Gallery, Contemporary Art: California Window, June 3–28 and July 1–27.
1996
Los Angeles, California, L.A. Artcore, August 3–31. Show with Paul Kanemitsu and Nancy Uyemura.
New York, New York, Asian American Arts Centre, Milieu: Part II: Alfonso Ossorio, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Chao Chung-Hsiang, November 22, 1996–January 11, 1997.
1997
New Brunswick, New Jersey, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, Asian Traditions/Modern Expressions: Asian American Artists and Abstraction, March 23-July 31. Traveld to Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Cultural Center, September 6-November 2, 1997; Los Angeles, California, University of Southern California Fisher Art Gallery and Japanese American National Museum, December 10, 1997-February 14, 1998.
1998
Los Angeles, California, Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, 1960s–1990s, March 9–April 30.
1999
Santa Monica, California, Molly Barnes Gallery, show with Nancy Uyemura, opened June 12–closed July.
2000
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900–2000, October 22, 2000–February 25, 2001.
2001
Baltimore, Maryland. C. Grimaldis Gallery, closed February 24.
Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester Art Museum, The Stamp of Impulse: Abstract Expressionist Prints, April 21–June 17. Traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art, November 18, 2001–January 27, 2002; Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum, March 2, 2002–May 12, 2002; Evanston, Illinois, Northwestern University, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, January 16–March 16, 2003
Baltimore, Maryland, C. Grimaldis Gallery, July.
2002
New York, New York, David Findlay Jr. Fine Art, Continuums: Matsumi Kanemitsu, Fred Mitchell & Robert Richenburg, January 5–21.
New York, New York, Asian American Arts Centre, May 23–July 13.
Los Angeles, California, East Los Angeles College, Vincent Price Gallery, selections from the collection of Robert E. Holmes, closed October 11.
2005
Rancho Mirage, California, Rancho Mirage Public Library, Modernism and Abstraction, opened January 8.
2007
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Breaking the Mold: Selections from the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 1961–1968, May 11–August 19.
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Small Dialogues, June 14–October 15.
2008
San Francisco, California, de Young Museum, Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900–1970, October 25, 2008–January 18, 2009.
2009
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Museum of Art, To Have the World in Hand: The Art of Watercolor, Selections from the UAMA Permanent Collections, May 29–September 13.
2010
New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Abstract Expressionist New York, October 3, 2010–April 25, 2011.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, David Richard Contemporary, 1960’s Revisited, October 15–November 13.
2011
Santa Fe, New Mexico, David Richard Contemporary, A.K.A Zen, March 2–27.
Osaka, Japan, National Museum of Art, Collection Exhibition: Japanese Artists in the U.S., June 18–September 19.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, David Richard Contemporary, Southern California Painting, 1970s: Painting Per Se, July 1–31.
Los Angeles, California, Japanese American National Museum, Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design and Activism in Post–War Los Angeles, October 15, 2011–February 19, 2012.
2012
Santa Fe, New Mexico, David Richard Contemporary, Seeing Red, May 18–June 23.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, David Richard Contemporary, Abstract Expressionism: 1945–1965, October 5–December 15.
2013
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Museum of Art, The Modern Spirit: Selections from the Edward J. Gallagher III Memorial Collection, November 22, 2013–March 24, 2014.
2014
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Museum of Art, From Real to Surreal, January 10–April 28.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, David Richard Contemporary, Gesture Then and Now: The Legacy of Abstract Expressionism,” January 24–March 23. Work included: “Cat,” sumi ink on paper, 1958.
Santa Fe, New Mexico, David Richard Contemporary, Landscapes and Cloudscapes: As Seen Through Gestural Abstract Painting, July 1–September 1.
2015
Champaign, Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Krannert Art Museum, Tamarind Institute and the Rebirth of Lithography, August 28–December 12.
2016
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Los Angeles to New York: Dwan Gallery, 1959–1971, September 30, 2016–January 29, 2017.
Traveled to Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 19, 2017–September 10, 2017.
2017
Hiroshima, Japan, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Collection Highlights & Special Feature: Recollections, October 28, 2017–February 4, 2018.
2018
New York, New York, Greene Naftali Gallery and Matthew Marks Gallery, Painting: Now and Forever, Part III, June 28–August 17.
2019
Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University Art Museum, Change Agent: June Wayne and the Tamarind Workshop, June 1–December 31.
West Hollywood, California, Louis Stern Fine Arts, This World and the Next: Veda B. Kaya and Matsumi Kanemitsu, July 27–September 7.
New York, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 407: Frank O’Hara, Lunchtime Poet, Fall 2019–Summer 2021.
2020
Hiroshima, Japan, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Collection Highlights, December 1–27.
2021
Los Angeles, California, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, George J. Doizaki Gallery, Heritage X Exhibition, September 21–October 31.
2022
Fort Worth, Texas, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Art Making as Life Making: Kinji Akagawa at Tamarind, April 23–October 30.
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Abstract Perspectives in Mid–Century Art, October 8, 2022–March 25, 2023.
2023
Claremont, California, Benton Museum of Art, Pomona College, Night Contains Multitudes, February 8–July 23.
Chicago, Illinois, F.L. Braswell, Elegant & Graphic | Black – White – Grey, February 22–March 22.
Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sam Francis and Japan: Emptiness Overflowing, April 9–July 16.
West Hollywood, California, Louis Stern Fine Arts, In the Round, July 15–August 19.
2024
Westport, Connecticut, Museum of Contemporary Art Westport, Sixties Mod, January 18–March 3.
West Hollywood, California, Louis Stern Fine Arts, A Survey Exhibition: Louis Stern Fine Arts Through the Decades, January 27–March 9.
David Richard Contemporary, From Abstract Expressionism… to Gestural and Post-Painterly Abstraction and Color Field Painting, February 22–April 20. Online exhibition.