This list, and the archive of photos below, is an in-progress project. For images from specific shows, click the links below. If you’d like more info or images, contact the estate.

This comprehensive list of shows was compiled by Dieter Schwarz for the Richard Nonas monograph (2024, MAMCO Geneva/Walther König)

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)

• Horizon of Dogs, 112 Greene Street, New York, June 29, 1971 (performance)

• 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)

• Fresno State College, visiting artist, Fresno, California, 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

1975

• Artists Make Toys, Clocktower, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., New York, January 1–February 15, 1975 (cat.)

• Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari, Italy, from January 11, 1975

• Collectors of the Seventies, Part 1: Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, P .S. 1, Long Island City, New York, April 19–May 17, 1975

• Richard Nonas: Equalizer. The Third Sculpture of the Boundary Man Series, Idea Warehouse, New York, May 22–24 and 29–31, 1975

• Opening Group Exhibition, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, September 6–18, 1975

• Word Image Number, Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, September 23–October 19, 1975 (cat.)

• Painting, Drawing and Sculpture of the ’60s and the ’70s from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, October 7–November 18, 1975 (cat.) (traveled to: Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, December 17, 1975–February 15, 1976)

• Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, November 1–20, 1975

• Not Photography, Fine Arts Building, 105 Hudson Street, New York, November 1–11, 1975

• Selfportraits, Fine Arts Building, 105 Hudson Street, New York, November 15–25, 1975

1976

• Centro d’informazione alternativa Incontri Internazionali d’arte, Rome, Italy, from January 23, 1976

• Drawing/Transparence – Disegno/trasparenza [first part], Cannaviello Studio d’Arte, Rome, Italy, from January 26, 1976 (cat.)

• Richard Nonas: Nuove sculture in una vecchia torre, Spoleto, Italy (presented by Marilena Bonomo), from February 1, 1976

• Galleria San Fedele, Milan, Italy, February 4–28, 1976 (cat.)

• Scale, Fine Arts Building, New York, February 14–24, 1976

• Galerie Hetzler + Keller, Stuttgart, Germany, March 27–April 30, 1976

• Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Wright State University Art Gallery, Dayton, Ohio, April 4–25 1976

• Mario Merz, Richard Nonas, David Rabinowitch, Klaus Rinke, Galerie Hetzler + Keller, Stuttgart, Germany, May 7–29, 1976

• Summer Group Exhibition, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, June 1–July 4, 1976

• Rooms P .S. 1, P .S. 1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., Long Island City, New York, June 9–June 26, 1976 (cat.)

• Holz = Kunst-Stoff, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany, July 17–September 5, 1976 (cat.)

• Richard Nonas: Works in Wood 1970–1976, Art Gallery, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1976

• New York – Downtown Manhattan: SoHo, Akademie der Künste and Berliner Festwochen, Berlin, Germany, September 5–October 17, 1976 (cat.)

• Opening Exhibition, Hal Bromm, New York, September 18–October 14, 1976

• A Month of Sundays, P .S. 1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., Long Island City, New York, September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, 1976

• Richard Nonas: Sculture, Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milan, Italy, October 7–November 6, 1976 (poster)

• Private Notations: Artists’ Sketchbooks II, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, October 23–November 24, 1976 (cat.)

• The Magazine Show, P .S. 1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., Long Island City, New York, November 1–30, 1976

• Carl Andre, Richard Nonas, David Rabinowitch, Klaus Rinke, Ulrich Rückriem, Galerie Hetzler + Keller, Stuttgart, Germany, November 26 December 22, 1976

• Artists’ Books, Booklets, Pamphlets, Catalogues, Periodicals, Anthologies and Magazines Almost All Published Since 1970, selected for a travelling exhibition organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976