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). The photos are directly scanned from the Nonas Archive, and were primarily photographed by Richard himself.

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

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

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: Sculpture, 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

1977

  • Atypical Works, Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, January 4–31, 1977

  • Collection in Progress: 200 or so Selections from the Collection of Milton Brutten and Helen Herrick, Moore College of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 14–February 11, 1977 (cat.)

  • Inscriptions, Ghislain Mollet-Viéville/Jean-Paul Najar, Paris, France, March–April 1977 (cat.)

  • Richard Nonas: Montezuma’s Breakfast, P.S. 1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., Long Island City, New York, March 25–April 24, 1977 (cat.)

  • Fish Trap 2, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas

  • Improbable Furniture, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 10–April 10, 1977 (cat.) (traveled to: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California, May 20–June 6, 1977)

  • Bookworks, Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 17–May 30, 1977

  • Montezuma’s Ballroom (Marker for Frank Salcido), Illinois Center Plaza/Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

  • Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany, June 24–October 2, 1977 (cat.)

  • Installation and Print Projects by Visiting Artists at Wright State University 1974–1977, Fine Arts Gallery, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, September 15–October 1, 1977

  • Drawings for Outdoor Sculpture 1946–1977, John Weber Gallery, New York, October 29–November 23, 1977 (cat.) (traveled to: Mead Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts; University of California Art Galleries, Santa Barbara, California; La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California; Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts)

  • Works from the Collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 11, 1977 January 1, 1978 (cat.)

  • Michael Goldberg/Richard Nonas/Lucio Pozzi/Lynn Umlauf, Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, November 18–December 17, 1977

1978

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, John Weber Gallery, New York, January 1–31, 1978

  • Viewpoints: Richard Nonas, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 21–February 19, 1978

  • Ghislain Mollet-Viéville/Jean-Paul Najar, Paris, France, February 1978

  • New Art for the New Year, Members Penthouse, Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 13–April 9, 1978

  • Bildhauerzeichnungen, Galerie D + C Mueller-Roth, Stuttgart, Germany, March 5–April 9, 1978 (cat.)

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Texas Gallery, Houston, Texas, March 13–31, 1978

  • Indoor/Outdoor Sculpture Show, P .S. 1, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc., Long Island City, New York, April 16–May 21, 1978

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy, from April 19, 1978

  • Recent Works, John Weber Gallery, New York, April 29–May 23, 1978

  • Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, from May 3, 1978

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium, from May 9, 1978

  • Painting & Sculpture Today 1978, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana June 15–July 30, 1978 (cat.)

  • Sculpture, Hal Bromm, New York, September 5–30, 1978

  • Acquisitions 1974–1978, Art Galleries, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 8, 1978–January 21, 1979 (cat.)

1979

  • InK, Halle für internationale neue Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland, January 29–February 4, 1979 (cat.)

  • Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milan, Italy, February 20–March 31, 1979

  • Richard Nonas: New Sculpture, Works on Paper and the Artist’s First Collage Lithograph Published for the Exhibition, Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, March 16–April 11, 1979

1980

  • Richard Nonas: Canadian Word-Chaser Series, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada, June 3–July 12, 1980

  • Richard Nonas: Installations, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, October 10, 1980–January 12, 1981

  • Richard Nonas: New Sculpture and Drawings, Oil and Steel Gallery, New York, October 17–November 22, 1980

1981

1982

  • Get Out/Come Back/Stay Away. Richard Nonas:Sculpture/Drawing, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, February 5–March 21, 1982 (cat.)

  • Summer Studio Atelier 1982, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York University, New York

  • Richard Nonas: En skulpturinstallation, Pictura, Universitetshuset, Lund, Sweden, September 4–24, 1982

  • Richard Nonas: Skulpturer och teckningar, Galleriet, Lund, Sweden, September 4–29, 1982

  • Goat’s Itch. Richard Nonas: Narrative Work/Sculpture/Drawing/Sound-Tape, Franklin Furnace, New York, September 17–October 16, 1982

  • Richard Nonas: Drawings, Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, September 20–October 1, 1982

1983

  • Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, March 1983

  • Richard Nonas: Sit, Still, Hoshour Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 2–September 30, 1983

  • Richard Nonas: Small Sculpture/Some Drawing, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, November 15–December 10, 1983

  • The Photography Gallery, Toronto Photographers Co-operative, Toronto, Canada

1984

  • Richard Nonas: The Coathanger Sculptures, plus Drawings, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, January 10–February 14, 1984

  • Annemarie Verna Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland, February 5–9, 1985

  • Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, March 5–30, 1985 Richard Nonas: Parts to Anything, Nassau County Museum, Roslyn Heights, New York, March 17–May 12, 1985 (cat.)

  • Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland, August 28–September 22, 1985 (cat.)

1986

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Anders Tornberg Galleri, Lund, Sweden, September 6–October 1, 1986

  • Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, California, October 24–November 22, 1986

1987

  • Galleri Sten Eriksson, Stockholm, Sweden, March 1987

1988

  • Richard Nonas: Works in Steel, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California, October 15, 1988–February 28, 1989 (cat.)

1989

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Drawing, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, March 5–April 12, 1989

  • Galerie Hans Mayer, Ausstellungsraum Düsseldorf Hafen, Düsseldorf, Germany, July 21–September 8, 1989 (cat.)

1990

  • Richard Nonas: Garden Installation, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, February 3–March 31, 1990

  • Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden, April–May 1990

  • Christine Burgin Gallery, New York, September 14–October 20, 1990

  • Richard Nonas: Wall Sculpture, Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, California, December 5, 1990–February 2, 1991

1991

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture on Campus, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey, March 1991

  • Richard Nonas: Between Old Times: Sculptures for a Changing Castle (–For Bronisław Malinowski), Centrum sztuki współczesnej, Zamek ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland, March 11–April 1, 1991 (cat.)

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Harcus Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, April 6–May 11, 1991

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Gallery 360°, Tokyo, Japan, July 1–27, 1991

  • Richard Nonas: Visar skulptur på Handelshögskolan, Handelshögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden, September 19, 1991–February 15, 1992

  • Richard Nonas: Mozart Images America – Mozart Imagines the Future, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria, September 27–November 16, 1991

  • Richard Nonas: Its Own Melting, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California, December 8, 1991–February 27, 1992

1992

  • Richard Nonas: An Installation, Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven, Netherlands, March 21–April 19, 1992

  • Person’s Weekend Museum, Tokyo, Japan, September 4–November 8, 1992 (cat.)

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, Fall 1992–April 25, 1993

1993

  • Richard Nonas, Part I, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria, February 2–February 27, 1993

  • Richard Nonas: Drawings, Gallery 360°, Tokyo, Japan, March 8–April 10, 1993

  • Richard Nonas, Part II, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria, May 28–June 30, 1993

  • Richard Nonas: Sculptures, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, until September 30, 1993

1994

  • Richard Nonas: Transit, Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris, France, May 19–July 16, 1994

  • One Five, Brussels, Belgium, October 26–December 23, 1994

  • Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria, November 22, 1994–January 28, 1995

1995

  • Centre de Création Contemporaine, Tours, France, June 24–September 24, 1995

  • Richard Nonas: Cold Coffee: First in the Morning, Last at Night, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden, September 2–October 4, 1995

  • Richard Nonas: Crude Thinking, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden, September 2–October 22, 1995 (cat.)

  • Richard Nonas: Crude Thinking/Thick Making, John Hansard Gallery, University of Southampton, Southampton, England, September 26 November 11, 1995

1996

1997

1998

  • Primo Piano, Rome, Italy, December 1998

  • Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria, September 9–October 16, 1999

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Installation, Granite Works, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, October 7–November 8, 1999

1999

2000

  • Richard Nonas: A Ghost in Every Kayak, FiveMyles, Brooklyn, New York, December 2–30, 2000

2001

  • Richard Nonas: Sophia Maria and the Indians, Lawrence Markey Gallery, New York, February 1–March 10, 2001

  • Galerija Akademije likovnih umjetnosti, Sarajevo, April 2–16, 2001

2002

  • Richard Nonas: Details from the Excavation of Harrison Street, Stark Gallery, New York, April 3–27, 2002

2003

  • Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria, March 14–May 3, 2003

  • Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy, July 25–September 7, 2003 (cat.)

2004

  • Richard Nonas: Sculpture, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, April 30–May 31, 2004

2005

Richard Nonas: The Mud Museum, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria, March 5–April 16, 2005

2006

2007

2008

  • Lemmons Contemporary, New York, January 17–February 14, 2008

  • Richard Nonas: Cave, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria, March 7–April 12, 2008

  • Richard Nonas: Una giornata particolare, SPAC Spazio pubblico per l’arte contemporanea, Parco di Villa di Toppo Florio, Buttrio (Udine), Italy, April 25, 2008–April 2009

  • Richard Nonas: Cowboy Coffee: New Work, Old Ground, Esso Gallery, New York, September 26–November 15, 2008

2009

  • Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice, Italy, February 14–May 20, 2009

  • Richard Nonas: Wood Lines & Slates, Atelier Archipel, Arles, France, May 3–31, 2009 (cat.)

  • Richard Nonas: Wedge for now, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France, October 31, 2009–January 9, 2010

2010

  • Richard Nonas: Stacks for now, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria, March 12–April 24, 2010

  • Richard Nonas: Shoots Good, Not Straight, Musée d’Art Moderne, Saint-Étienne, France, May 15–August 22, 2010 (cat.)

  • Richard Nonas: In situ. Installations & Sculptures, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg, Germany, May 28–August 28, 2010

2011

  • Richard Nonas: No-Water-In, P420 Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy, May 21–September 24, 2011 (cat.)

2012

  • Richard Nonas: Split, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France, March 17–May 5, 2012

  • Richard Nonas: Split, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France, March 17–May 5, 2012

2013

  • Richard Nonas: Ridge, James Fuentes, New York, March 8–April 21, 2013

  • Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria, June 28–August 31, 2013

  • Richard Nonas, Atelier Archipel, Arles, France, October 2–November 23, 2013 (cat.)

  • Richard Nonas: Tongue/Mother-Tongue, Vidéochroniques, Marseille, France, October 2–November 23, 2013 (cat.)

2014

  • Fact of the Matter, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York, January 21–May 16, 2014

  • The Paradox of Sculpture, National Academy Museum, New York, April 23–May 3, 2014

  • Joel Shapiro/Richard Nonas: Cross-Cuts, Knockdown Center, Maspeth, New York, May 10–June 8, 2014

  • Richard Nonas: Holdfast, Galerie Bruno Mory, Bonnay (Saône-et-Loire), France, May 29–October 18, 2014 (cat.)

  • Icastica, Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea, Arezzo, June 14–October 31, 2014

  • La scultura: Ripensare le collezioni, CAMeC Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia, Italy, July 11, 2014–June 2, 2015

  • Richard Nonas: Construction Phase I. II. III., Fergus McCaffrey, New York, September 10–October 25, 2014

  • Richard Nonas/Donald Judd, Fergus McCaffrey, Saint-Barthélemy, November 29–December 24, 2014

  • Omaggio a Giuseppe Panza di Biumo: La passione della collezione, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome, December 12, 2014–January 31, 2015

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

  • Wunderkammer Panza di Biumo: L’arte dei piccoli oggetti 1966–1992, Negozio Olivetti, Venice, Italy, June 12–October 27, 2019 (cat.)

  • Summer 2019, Studio Guenzani, Milan, June 25–July 31, 2019

  • Richard Nonas: all; at once, Fergus McCaffrey, New York, June 27–August 9, 2019

  • Richard Nonas: Skeleton-Cuts, Line by Line, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria, July 6–September 21, 2019 (cat.)

  • Richard Nonas: Col, Musée Gassendi, Digne-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), France, July 12–October 1, 2019

  • Elemental, Kasmin Gallery, New York, September 26–November 2, 2019

  • Studio Guenzani, Milan, October 10, 2019–May 21, 2020

  • Richard Nonas: (Parenthesis); (Corner to Corner, in Place), Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris, France, October 17–November 23, 2019

  • Richard Nonas, Richard Tuttle, Niele Toroni, Pierrette Bloch, Galerie Pietro Spartà, Chagny, France, December 14, 2019–March 14, 2020

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026