1970
Inaugural Group Show, 112 Greene Street, New York, October–December 1970
1971
Twenty Six by Twenty Six, Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York, May 1–June 6, 1971 (group show)
The Brooklyn Bridge Event, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., New York, May 21–24, 1971 (group show)
Richard Nonas: Rochester Surround 3 Days/3 Ways,University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, November 15–17, 1971 (part of the program Artist/Location)
Bykert Gallery, New York (group show)
Dayton’s Gallery 12, Minneapolis, Minnesota (group show)
1972
Richard Nonas: Enclosures, 10 Bleecker Street, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., New York, May 13–27, 1972
Five Sculptors – 7,000 Square Feet, 10 Bleecker Street, New York, June 10–24, 1972 (group show)
112 Greene Street, New York, September 23–October 6, 1972 (group show)
Richard Nonas: Sculpture and Book, Details from the Excavation of Wooster Street, 112 Greene Street, New York, December 2–14, 1972
1973
New Works by Robert Grosvenor, Forrest Myers, Richard Nonas, Graduate Center Mall, City University of New York, New York, January 10–February 9, 1973
1973 Biennial Exhibition: Contemporary American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, January 10–March 18, 1973 (cat.)
Seven, Penthouse Restaurant, Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 14–April 13, 1973
Lo Giudice Gallery, New York, March 1973
Artists Books, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 23–April 20, 1973 (cat.) (traveled to: University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California, January 16–February 24, 1974)
Second Annual: Contemporary Reflections 1972–1973, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridge-field, Connecticut, April 22 August 19, 1973 (cat.)
Art in Evolution, Xerox Square Exhibit Center, Xerox Corporation, Rochester, New York, May 1973 (cat.)
Mass ’73, 411 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, May–August 1973
In Spaces, Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, May 14–25, 1973 (cat.)
Richard Nonas: California Steel Pieces, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco, California, June 6–July 6, 1973
Sculpture in the Fields, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, July 1, 1973–October 1976
112 Greene Street, New York, September 1–October 18, 1973
Six Visions, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 10–November 25, 1973 (cat.)
Outdoor Sculpture: Jene Highstein/Richard Nonas, Fine Arts Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, from October 11, 1973
The Clocktower, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., New York, October 18–November 8, 1973
Richard Nonas: Other Drawings, 112 Greene Street, New York, December 1–13, 1973
The Large Outdoor Sculpture, Ramapo College, Ramapo, New Jersey, 1973
1974
Anarchitecture Group, 112 Greene Street, New York, March 9–20, 1974
Questions Answers, Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, April 16–26, 1974 (cat.)
Discussions: Works/Words, Clocktower, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., New York, May 11–June 30, 1974
Painting and Sculpture Today 1974, Contemporary Art Society, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 22–July 14, 1974 (cat.) (traveled to: Contemporary Arts Center and Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 9–October 26, 1974)
Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Minetti Rebora, Galleriaforma, Genoa, Italy, from May 28, 1974
Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Galleria Arteper (Massimo D’Alessandro), Rome, Italy, from June 20, 1974
Artpark 1974, Artpark, Lewiston, New York, Summer 1974
Galerie Schöttle, Munich, Germany, July 12–August 1974
383 West Broadway, New York, October 5–26, 1974