Paul Lamantia: Paintings and Drawings. Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October, 1968

Paul Lamantia. The Illinois Arts Council Gallery, Chicago, April, 1970

Paul Lamantia: Works on Paper. Deson-Zaks Gallery, Chicago, May 10-June 12, 1974

Paul Lamantia: Recent Paintings and Drawings. Douglas Kenyon Gallery, Chicago, October 3-November 5, 1975

Paintings and Drawings by Paul Lamantia. Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, September 11-October 16, 1977

Paul Lamantia: New Paintings and Drawings. Zaks Gallery, Chicago, October 28-December 13, 1977

Paul Lamantia: New Paintings and Drawings. Zaks Gallery, Chicago, March 13-April 25, 1981

Paul Lamantia: A Review, 1967-1982. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

Paul Lamantia: New Works. Zaks Gallery, Chicago, October, 1986

Paul Lamantia: New Works. Zaks Gallery, Chicago, October, 1991

Paul Lamantia: New Paintings. Zaks Gallery, Chicago, November, 1995

Paul Lamantia: Paintings and Drawings. Art Academy of Cincinnati, The Chidlaw Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, September, 2000

Paul Lamantia: New Works. Zaks Gallery, Chicago, September, 2001

Paul Lamantia: Phantasmic Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings. Loyola University, Chicago, January, 2002

Paul Lamantia: Global Blindness. Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, April 13-May 26, 2012

Paul Lamantia: Under the Skin of the Subconscious. Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois, May 12-June 30, 2016

Paul Lamantia: Phantasmagoria. One After 906 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, February 1-March, 2019

Sixty-fifth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, May 4-June 3, 1962

Sunken City Rises. Phalanx and Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1962

Momentum. Phalanx and the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1962

Phalanx. Phalanx and the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1963

Sixty-seventh Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, May 1-31, 1964

Sixty-eighth Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 30-May 23, 1965

Phalanx 3. Phalanx and Hermann Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, November 14-December 17, 1965

The Body–A Juried Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists. The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, January 5-February 9, 1968

Contrasts and Contradictions. The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, October 4-November 9, 1968

Response. Special Chicago Artists’ Response and Robert Snyder and Associates, Chicago, November 2, 1968

Fantasy Show. Participating Artists of Chicago, Chicago, 1968

Six Formalists. Participating Artists of Chicago, Chicago, 1968

Violence in Recent American Art. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, November 8, 1968-January 12, 1969

Chicago Group Show. Allan Frumkin Gallery and Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, September 17, 1970

Chicago. Richard Feigen Gallery, New York, September 19-October 14, 1970

Pre-View. The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, October 2-31, 1970. Traveled to Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

Jack Harris, Dennis Kowalski, Paul Lamantia. The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 1971

Seventy-third Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, March 13-April 18, 1971

Illinois Painters II 1971-72. The Illinois Arts Council, traveling exhibition, 1971-72

What They’re Up to in Chicago/Peintre, heure de Chicago. Traveling exhibition circulated by the Extension Services of the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1972-73

Chicago Imagist Art: Drawings–A Postscript. The Lobby Gallery, Illinois Bell, Chicago, February 1-March 9, 1973

Imagery of Jack Harris and Paul Lamantia. Deson-Zaks Gallery, Chicago, March 2-April 3, 1973

Seventy-fourth Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and vicinity. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, March 31-May 6, 1973

The Cook County Art Machine. The Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, 1973

The Chicago Style: Painting. Arts on the Midway Program, Center for Continuing Education, The University of Chicago, Chicago, January 13-February 16, 1974

The Chicago Style: Drawings. Arts on the Midway Program, Center for Continuing Education, The University of Chicago, Chicago, March 3-April 6, 1974

Seventy-fifth Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, December 14, 1974-January 19, 1975.

Memorial Art Gallery. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, opened October 16, 1974

Exhibition of Works by Candidates for Awards. The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, March 4-April 6, 1975

North, East, West, South and Middle: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Drawings. Moore College of Art Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 28-April 4, 1975. Traveled to Pratt Graphics Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; and LaJolla Museum of Contemporary Art, LaJolla California.

Hyde Park Art Center Retrospective Exhibition: Historic Panoramic Abra Cadebra. The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, February 20-April 3, 1976

Visions: Painting and Sculpture: Distinguished Alumni 1945 to the Present. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, October 7-December 10, 1976

Koffler Foundation Collection. The Illinois Arts Council, traveling exhibition, 1976

The Chicago Connection. E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California, November 6, 1976-January 2, 1977. Traveled to Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport, California; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona; Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee; and Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Masterpieces of Recent Chicago Art. The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, October 3-November 2, 1977

Chicago: Self-Portraits. Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, March 31-May 6, 1978

Chicago Collects Chicago. Gallery 200, Visual Arts Building, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, April 3-30, 1978

The Flower Show. The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, April 16-May 21, 1978

Works on Paper: 77th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, September 30-December 3, 1978

Chicago Currents: The Koffler Foundation Collection of the National Collection of Fine Arts. National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., traveling exhibition, 1979-1980

Chicago Art Prospective. Navy Pier, Chicago, June 5-29, 1980

Thirty-second Illinois Invitational. Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois, June 15-September 1, 1980

Chicago Artists. Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, November 1, 1980-January 4, 1981

Selections from the Dennis Adrian Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, January 30-March 14, 1982

Alumni Who Collect I: Drawings from the 16th Century to the Present. The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, March 18-May 16, 1982

Painting and Sculpture Today 1982. Indianapolis Museum of Art, July 6-August 15, 1982

The Big Pitcher-20 Years of Abstracted Figure in Chicago Art. The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, February 26, 1983

Looking at Women: Images of Women by Contemporary Artists. Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, February, 1983

Chicago Artists: Continuity & Change. Co-Sponsored by the South Loop Planning Board, Chicago, May-June, 1983

Chicago: Some Other Traditions. Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin. Traveling exhibition, October 2, 1983-January 4, 1986

The Fan Show. The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Spring, 1983

The Eightieth Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity. The Art Institute of Chicago, March 24-May 6, 1984

Alternative spaces: A History in Chicago. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, June 23-August 19, 1984

The Valentine Show. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, 1985

Looking at Men. Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, March, 1985

Then and Now. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, April, 1985

Chicago International Art Expo. Navy Pier, Chicago, May 9-13, 1985

Baseball Card Portraits. Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, August 8, 1985

Works on Paper from the Kemper Group Art Collection. Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois, January 5-31, 1986

Recent Art from Chicago. Artists’ Space, New York City, New York, March 8-April 5, 1986. Organized by Susanne Ghez, Director, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago

Chicago International Art Expo. Navy Pier, Chicago, May, 1986

Self-Portraits Then or Now. ARC Gallery, Chicago, July 1-31, 1986

Valentine Show Benefit. N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, February, 1987

ARTAGOGO. Benefit Exhibition, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago. April 5-May 12, 1987

Fifteenth Union League Club Art Competition and Exhibition. Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, April 29-May 29, 1987

Chicago International Art Expo. Navy Pier, Chicago, May, 1987

Frida y Diego: Una Pereja. Prairie Avenue Gallery and Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, November 1-29, 1987. Organized by Jose G. Gonzales of Mi Raza Arts Consortium

Chicago International Art Expo. Navy Pier, Chicago, May 6, 1988

L’été Américain à Genève. Galerie Anton Mier, 8 Rue Saint Leger, Geneva, Switzerland, September 10, 1988. Organized by Peter Frank

Dennis Adrian — A Critical Subject. Struve Gallery, Chicago, July 13-August 4, 1989

Coming of Age: Twenty-one Years of Collecting by Madison Art Center. (Rudolph E. Langer’s Collection). Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, September 9-November 12, 1989

Partners in Purchase (Selected Work 1976-1987)
A. State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, September 18-November 9, 1989
B. Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences. Peoria, Illinois, February 25-May 20, 1990

Distorted Figuration. Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois, March 9-April 17, 1991

Exhibitions of Drawings. Art Center Gallery, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, November 6-29, 1991

New Acquisitions: The M.C.A. Collects. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, November 23, 1991-January 26, 1992

Twelfth Night Party. Playboy Enterprises, Inc., The Association of Art Curators, Chicago, January 10, 1992

Benefit Art Auction for the New Art Examiner. World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago, April 1, 1992

From America’s Studio. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Two Exhibitions of Works by Alumni: Drawing New Conclusions. Betty Rymer Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, May 1-June 10, 1992

The Ars Nova Judges Show. Northern Illinois University, College of Visual and Performing Arts Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois, August 24-October 4, 1992

Group Exhibition. Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 6-30, 1992

Exhibition of Old Town Artists. Gallery 1756, Chicago, September 9-October 12, 1993

The Chicago Art Invitational. The Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago. Dennis Loy, Curator, September 17, 1993

10,000 Plus. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Traveling group exhibit, March 18, 1994

Fifty-fifth Anniversary Exhibition. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago. Curated by Don Baum and Ruth Horwich, April 30, 1994

Chicago Imagism: A 25 Year Survey. The Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa. Brady Roberts, Curator, December 3, 1994-February 12, 1995

Post-War Chicago Works on Paper and Sculpture. The David and Alfred Smart Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago. Richard Born, Curator, March 17-June 1, 1995

Gallery 1756 Fifth Anniversary Group Exhibition. Gallery 1756, Chicago, May 13-June 1, 1995

Selections from the Toni Gutfreund Collection. Visual Arts Center, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois, October 20-December 8, 1995

Lakeside Vision. Prospectus Art Gallery, Chicago. A Cooperative of Lakeside Studio and Prospectus Art Gallery, March 1-April 26, 1996

Generations. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, October 19-November 23, 1996

Just Good Art. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, October 26-November 2, 1996

Art in Chicago 1945-1995. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, November 16, 1996-March 23, 1997

Don Baum Says, “Chicago Has Famous Artists”. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, November 17, 1996-January 4, 1997

Just Good Art. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, October 31-November 7, 1998

Altered Objects. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, November 6, 1999

Beyond Postcards from Gallery 1756, 1990-2000. Gallery 1756, Chicago, October 14-November 18, 2000

Self-Portraits 2000. Printworks Gallery, Chicago, November 17, 2000-February 17, 2001

Significant/Signifiers. Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, March 4-April 17, 2001

Chicago Artists in the New Millennium. Union League Club of Chicago, January 17-February 2, 2003

The Exquisite Snake. Jean Albano Gallery, Chicago, December 16, 2003

The Anxious Image. The Painting Center, New York, NY, November 5, 2004

A Tribute to Ed Paschke. Gallery 415, Chicago, April 8-July 8, 2005

Just Good Art. Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, October 24-November 12, 2005

Paul Lamantia and Briggs Dyer: Inside Out. Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art and Uncommon Objects, Chicago, December 3, 2005-January 2, 2006

The Chicago Six. The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois, December 9, 2005-January 2, 2006

Art in Chicago: Resisting Regionalism, Transforming Modernism. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 4-April 2, 2006

De Hominis Natura, Concerning the Nature of Man. The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, April 28-June 26, 2006

The Exquisite Snake. Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, July 6-August 26, 2007

Paint-a-Thon. Flatfile Galleries, Chicago, June 10, 2007

Cincinnati Collects. Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 3-October 14, 2007

Barbie Meets G.I. Joe. Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois, September 6-October 19, 2007

Studio Exhibition. Participating Artists of Chicago, Chicago, November 8, 2009

Twos. O’Connor Art Gallery, Dominican University, River Forest, Illinnois, September 8-October 16, 2010

Prints: Ed Paschke and his Coast-to-Coast Contemporaries. Pop-Up Loop Gallery, Chicago, September 16- October 2010

On and of Paper — Selections of the Illinois State Museum Collection. Illinois State Museum, Chicago Gallery, James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, October 22, 2010-March 2011

Pictures of the Body. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, February 5-April 10, 2011

40/40, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Anniversary Exhibition, 1971-2011. Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, April 15-June 12, 2011

Works on Paper: Selections from the Elmhurst College Collection. Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois, May 14-September 4, 2011

“Chicago Odyssey” Portraits of Chicago Artists: A Collaboration with Carole Harmel. Printworks Gallery, Chicago, October 21-November 26, 2011

Face Forward: The Art of the Self-Portrait. Printworks Gallery, November 30, 2012-February 9, 2013

Subconscious Eye. Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, April 5-June 2, 2013

Casa Es Su Casa: Homage to Don Baum, Union League Club of Chicago, November 17, 2013

Made in Chicago-Selections from the Permanent Collection. Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, August 9, 2013-January 29, 2014

Selections from the Permanent Collection. Illinois State Museum, James R. Thompson Center, Chicago, August 20-September 25, 2015

Return of the Exquisite Corps., Printworks Gallery, Chicago, December 4, 2015-February 2016

Another Iliad: A Collaboration with Carole Harmel. Printworks Gallery, Chicago, February 19-March 26, 2016

Chernobyl 30 Years Later. Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, April 1-May 29, 2016

Sacred and Profane. La Luz Gallery, Chicago, December 17, 2016-January 28, 2017

Chernobyl: Artists Respond. Ukrainian Institute of America, New York City, April 7-30, 2017

Three Artists, One Show. Madron Gallery of American Art, Chicago, June 1-July 31, 2017

Stranger Things. The DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, June 21-August 6, 2017

A Clowder of Cats. Gallery 116, St. Charles, Illinois, August 23, 2018

Recent Work from Chicago: Dennis Adrian & Richard Born Collection. Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 25, 2018

Considering the Circle. Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, November-December, 2018

The Figure and the Chicago Imagists: Selections from the Elmhurst College of Art Collection. Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois, September 8-January 13, 2019

What Came After: Figurative Painting in Chicago 1978-1998. Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, Illinois, September 19-December 19, 2019

On the Line, One After 909 Gallery, Chicago, January 20, 2019