1943
Adventures in Perspective, Norlyst Gallery, New York, NY
1944
Captured Light: Experimental Paintings and Photography, Norlyst Gallery, New York, NY
Painters and Sculptors Society of New Jersey, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
40 American Moderns, 67 Gallery, New York, NY
1945
Personal Statement: A Painting Prophecy, The David Porter Gallery, Washington, DC; Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA; City Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA; The Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
A Problem for Critics, 67 Gallery, New York, NY
Autumn Salon, Art of This Century, New York, NY
1946
Abstract and Expressionist Painting, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL
Fifth Biennial, Contemporary American Paintings, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Five Young Americans, Art of This Century, New York, NY
Second Annual Contemporary Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IO
1947
Surrealist American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Third Annual Contemporary Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1948
Realities Nouvelles, Salon des Realites Nouvelles, Paris, France
New American Painters, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Annual Contemporary American Paintings, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; 1949, 51-58, 60
New Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1949
24th Venice Biennial, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
15th Biennial International Watercolor Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; 1951, 57, 59
1950
American Painting 1950, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
American Painting and Sculpture, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Spiral Group, Riverside Museum, New York, NY
Barnyard Zoo, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1951
Abstract Painting and Sculpture in America, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Annual American Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; 1955, 61, 62, 64
Young Painters USA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Drawings, Willard Gallery, New York, NY
1952
Contemporary Drawings from 12 Countries, 1945-1952, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT; San Francisco Museum of Art (now San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), San Francisco, CA; Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO; J.B. Speed Art Museum (now Speed Art Museum), Louisville, KY
Painter’s Choice, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Contemporary New Jersey Artists, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Land, Sea and Air, The Children’s Museum of Denver, Denver, CO
1953
Abstract Painting in America, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, NY
63rd Annual Exhibition, Nebraska Art Association, Lincoln, NB
1954
American Painting 1954, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
American Painting 1954, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
1955
Contemporary American and European Paintings, Columbus Museum of Fine Arts, Columbus, OH
Pittsburgh International, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Contemporary American and European Paintings, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, IN
1956
Recent Accessions, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
A Group of Exceptional Drawings, Willard Gallery, New York, NY
1957
New York Artists 6th Annual Exhibition, Stable Gallery, New York, NY
L’Arte Grafica Contemporanea, Stati Uniti, Gallerie Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Twentieth Century American Graphic Arts, United States Information Agency (traveled)
Edward Wales Root, An American Collector, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
1957 Annual Exhibition: Sculpture, Paintings, Watercolors, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1958
75th Annual Exhibition, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
The New Landscape in Art and Science, The American Federation of the Arts, New York, NY
3rd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Dupont Galleries, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA
Feininger, Graves, Inokuma, Lewis, Mullican, Sato, Seliger, Tobey, Dehner, Lippold, Oh’Hanlon, Martinelli, McCracken, Willard Gallery, New York, NY
1959
Contemporary American Watercolors, John Herron Art Museum, Indianapolis, IN
National Drawing Competition, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
4th Exhibition of Modern Art, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA
Selected Drawings from National Drawing Competition, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, DeCordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA
1960
The Importance of the Small Painting, The Nordness Gallery, New York, NY
1961
The Quest and the Quarry, Rome-New York Art Foundation, Rome, Italy
Ninth Annual Exhibition, Ogunquit Museum of Art, Ogunquit, ME
Sixth Exhibition of Modern Art, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA
1962
157th Annual Exhibition of American Painting and Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Edward R. Root Bequest, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Three Painters: Ida Kohlmeyer, J.J. Tharrats, Charles Seliger, Haydon Calhoun Galleries, Dallas, TX
New Accessions USA, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Dynamics of Black & White, Willard Gallery, New York, NY
1963
Art for American Embassies, Department of State, Washington, DC
Contemporary Masters Drawings and Prints, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
1964
Watercolors and Drawings, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
1965
Contemporary American Paintings and Sculpture, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
10th Exhibition of Modern Art, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA
1966
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Drawings USA ’66, 3rd Biennial Exhibition, Saint Paul Art Center, MN
Childe Hassam and Eugene Speicher Purchase Fund Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1967
XXII American Drawing Biennial, Norfolk Museum of Fine Arts and Sciences, Norfolk, VA
1968
The Art of the Organic Forms, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Childe Hassam and Eugene Speicher Purchase Fund Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1970
Miniaturan ’70 International, Galerie 66 HG, Hofheim, West Germany
Art for Peace, Laguardia Place, New York, NY
1975
20th Century American Painting and Sculpture, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY
1976
20th Century American Masters, Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY
Watercolors: Historical and Contemporary, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
1977
This Is Today: An Exhibition of Works by Living Artists, Root Center, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Members’ Gallery, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Recent Acquisitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
1979
Works on Paper, USA, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
1981
New York Gallery Showcase, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma, OK
Contemporary American Landscape, Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Bouquet, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
1982
Solitude, Inner Visions in American Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL
Drawings by Picasso and Paul Klee, Abstractions by Charles Seliger, Saidenberg Gallery, New York, NY
The Spirit of Paper: 20th Century American, Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Lowell Nesbitt, Charles Seliger, Douglas Abdell, Tirca Karlis Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Picasso, Klee, Seliger and others, Saidenberg Gallery, New York, NY
1986
50th Anniversary Exhibition in Memory of Marian Willard Johnson, Willard Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Peggy Guggenheim's Other Legacy, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York and The Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Le Eredita Sconosciute Di Peggy Guggenheim, Collezione Peggy Guggenheim, Venice, Italy
Nature Into Art, Artists in Depth, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Watercolor Now! Paintings by Linda Chapman, Richard Frank, Juan Pastorelli, Charles Seliger, Frances Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
Visions of Inner Space: Gestural Painting in Modern American Art, Wright Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA; National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
Inaugural Exhibition, Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Abstract Expressionism, Other Dimensions, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL; Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; Whitney Museum of American Art, Philip Morris Branch, New York, NY
Late 19th and 20th Century American Masters, Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY
Art on Paper 1989, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Works on Paper, Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY
Gyorgy Kepes, Herbert Bayer, Charles Seliger: Paintings and Works on Paper, Saidenberg Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Watercolors from the Abstract Expressionist Era, Katonah Art Museum, Katonah, NY
An Artist’s Christmas, Holiday Images of American Artists 1880-1990, Midtown Payson Galleries, New York, NY
1991
Watercolor Across the Ages, Bristol-Myers Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ
Nature’s Rhythm, Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY
Stamens and Pistils: Interpreting the Flower 1790-1990, Louis Stern Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA
1992
Theme & Improvisation: Kandinsky and the American Avant-Garde, 1912-1950, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
1993
Expression Abstracted: 35 Memory Portraits, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Lines & Myths: Abstraction in American Art, 1941-51, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Aspects of American Abstraction, 1930-42, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
1994
On Paper: Abstraction in America, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Collage: Made in America, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Exploring the Unknown: Surrealism in American Art, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
A Twentieth Century Survey of American Watercolor, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
Surrealism in Exile, La Maison Francaise, New York University, New York, NY
1997
Surrealism and American Art 1932-1949, The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
1998
The Surrealist Vision: Europe and the Americas, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Original Scale, Apex Art C.P., New York, NY
Essence of the Orb, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Peggy Guggenheim's Years in Venice: A Centennial Celebration, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
1999
Surrealism in America During the 1930s and 1940s: Selections from the Penny and Elton Yasuna Collection, Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
The Surrealists in Exile and the Origin of the New York School, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Musées d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, Germany
Severed Ear: The Poetry of Abstraction, The Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA
Paper Invitational II, Woodward Gallery, New York, NY
Linear Impulse, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Calm and Commotion: Abstract Art from the Permanent Collection, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
Impossible Landscapes of the Mind, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY
2000
Bug Out, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery: The First Decade, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
2001
Jazz and Visual Improvisation, Katonah Art Museum, Katonah, NY
Flora: In Reverence of Nature, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Paper Assets: Collecting Prints and Drawings, 1996-2000, The British Museum, London, England
Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY;
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
1950-65: Abstraction on Paper, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Transitions at Mid-Century, Works on Paper 1945-1955, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2003
On Paper: Masterworks from the Addison Collection, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
The Art of Organic Forms, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Graphic Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Heckscher Museum of Art,
Huntington, NY; Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
Peggy and Kiesler: The Collection and the Visionary, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
The 1940s: Modern American Art & Design, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
In Sequence, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Surrealism & Modernism from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
2004
Endless Love, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Surrealism USA, National Academy Museum, New York, NY; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Organic New York, 1941-1949, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Dalí, Picasso and the Surrealist Vision, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
Toward Abstraction, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
2006
American Modernism on Paper, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Pre–Post, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
Picasso to Pop: Aspects of Modern Art, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
2007
Sixties!, Municipal Art Museum, The Hague, Holland
Pathways and Parallels: Roads to Abstract Expressionism, Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
Shining Spirit: Westheimer Family Collection, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
Auspicious Vision: Edward Wales Root & American Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
Surrealism: Dreams on Canvas, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
2008
Eye on the Collection: Views and Viewpoints, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Abstract Expressionism: A World Elsewhere, Haunch of Venison, New York, NY
Peggy Guggenheim and the New American Painting, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Vercelli, Italy
Beyond the Canon: Small-Scale American Abstraction, 1945-1965, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Repartir à Zéro, 1945-1949 (Starting from Scratch), Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France
2009
Abstract Expressionism: Further Evidence (Part I: Painting), Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY
New at the Morgan: Acquisitions since 2004, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Surrealisms, Bow Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Bilderträume. Die Sammlung Ulla und Heiner Pietzsch (Picture Dreams: The Collection Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch), Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Graphic Masters II: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
Permanent Collection Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
2010
Unconscious Unbound: Surrealism in America, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York, NY
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2011
The Diary: Three Centuries of Private Lives, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Wing, Tuttle, Seliger, Smith, Bow Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Evolution in Action, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY
2012
Prendergast to Pollock: American Modernism from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Naples Museum of Art,
Naples, FL
Signs and Symbols, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Abstract Drawings, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
INsite/INchelsea: The Inaugural Exhibition, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY
2013
Abstract Expressionism / In Context: Seymour Lipton, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY
New Forms: The Avant-Garde Meets the American Scene, 1934-1949, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
(M)other Natures: Natural History in Contemporary Art, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
2014
Artist's Artists: James Siena, Josh Smith, and Charline von Heyl Collect Prints, International Print Center, New York, NY
2019
“Sex, Water, Salvation, or What Is a Bather?,” curated by Paul Chan, Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Spiritual by Nature, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY
Landscape Without Boundaries: Selections from the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis, CA
Globalism Pops BACK Into View: The Rise of Abstract Expressionism, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY
