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1941
- Uptown Gallery, New York
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1942
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Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences, Savannah, Georgia
The Pinacotheca Gallery, New York
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1943-44
- Santa Fe Museum, New Mexico
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1946
- Egan Gallery, New York
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1949
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The Pinacotheca Gallery, New York
Rose Fried Gallery, New York
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1955
- Mills College of Education Art Gallery, New York
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1956
- Camino Gallery, New York
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1958
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Camino Gallery, New York
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
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1960
- Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
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1962
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Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
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1963
- Stable Gallery, New York
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1964
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Gallery Müller, Stuttgart, Germany
Studio Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
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1965
- Galerie Chalette, New York
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1967
- Galerie Chalette, New York
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1968
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Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Massachusetts
San Francisco Museum of Art, California
Galerie Chalette, New York
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1969
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Museum of Fine Arts, Fort Worth, Texas
Galerie Chalette, New York
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1970
- Galerie Chalette, New York
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1973
- Galerie Denise René, New York
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1975
- Galerie Denise René, New York
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1977
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Galerie Denise René, New York
Pelham-Von Stoffler Gallery, Houston, Texas
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1978
- Art Gallery, State University of New York at Old Westbury
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1979
- Susan Caldwell, Inc., New York
Gallery Paula Anglim, San Francisco, California
Ace Gallery, Ltd., Vancouver, Canada (October)
Ace Gallery, Ltd., Venice, California (November)
International Kunstmarkt, Cologne West Germany
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1980
- Washburn Gallery “Polk Smith: Constellations”, New York, New York, January 11 – February 25, 1980
Anderson Gallery “Leon Polk Smith: Eight Works/Paintings and Collages”, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, September 23 – October 12, 1980 -
1981
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Washburn Gallery “Leon Polk Smith: Black and White Tondos”, New York, New York, December 11, 1981 – January 30, 1982 [cat.]
The Fine Arts Center “Leon Polk Smith: Large paintings”, 1979-1981, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, October 28 – December 15, 1981 [cat.]
Washburn Gallery (113 Greene Street), New York, New York, March 4 – May 2, 1981
Washburn Gallery “Leon Polk Smith: Drawings, Collages and Paintings”, (42 East 57th Street), New York, New York, March 4 – April 4, 1981 [cat.]
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1982
- Paintings 1945-50 and Recent Paintings,
in two locations of Washburn Gallery, New York -
1983
- Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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1984
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Washburn Gallery, New York
Leon Polk Smith Collagen (Collages) 1981-1983
Nationalgalerie, Ataatliche Museen PreuBischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany -
1986
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The Third International Contemporary Art Fair, London, England
The Brouhaha, Providence, Rhode Island
DiLaurenti Gallery, New York
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1987
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Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York
Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, West Germany
Galerie A. Hoffmann, Basel, Switzerland
DiLaurenti Galley, New York
The Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
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1989
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Wilhelm, Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, West Germany
Musee de Grenoble, France
Myers-Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, California
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1991
- Myers-Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, California
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1991, 1992
- Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany (December-March)
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1992
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Iynedjian Art Galerie, Lausanne, Switzerland
Galerie Istvan Schlegl, Zurich, Switzerland
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1993, 1995
- The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
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1994
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Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany
ACA Galleries, New York
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1996
- The Brooklyn Museum, New York
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1996-97
- Paintings of the Nineties,
Jason McCoy Inc., New York City, New York -
1998
- Musee de Grenoble, France
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1999, 2000
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Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Galerie Hoffman Friedberg, Germany
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2000
- Cattlebrands and Columns and Columns from the 1940s.
Washburn Gallery, New York -
2001
- Leon Polk Smith in Arithmeum,
Arithmeum in collaboration with the Forschungsintitut fur discrete Mathematik (Research Institure for Discrete Mathematics), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany -
2002
- Washburn Gallery, New York
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2005
- Forms and Functions in the 1950s with Wright, Chicago Illinois,
Washburn Gallery, New York -
2006
- Leon Polk Smith: American Original,
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Leon Polk Smith: Invention: A Centennial Celebration of his Oeuvre,
Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
10 Paintings 1945-50,
Washburn Gallery, New York -
2007
- Leon Polk Smith: The Constellations Paintings,
Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California -
2008
- Torn Paper Drawings 1956-1964,
Washburn Gallery, New York -
2009
- A Constellation with Works on Paper
Washburn Gallery, New York -
2010
- Raumformen/Spaceforms Leon Polk Smith (1906-1996)
KUBUS in Situation Kunst (fur Max Imdahl), Kunstsammlungen de Ruhr- Universitat, Bochum, Germany -
2011
- Leon Polk Smith: 50 Years of Separation
Washburn Gallery, New York
Leon Polk Smith: The Tamarind Lithography Workshop
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas -
2013-2014
- Leon Polk Smith Cherokee/Chickasaw/Choctaw
Washburn Gallery, New York
Space Considered: Leon Polk Smith
Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, Illinois -
2014
- Linear Curves: Leon Polk Smith: Works From the 1960s
Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles
Leon Polk Smith: Space Considered
Valerie Carberry Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
(Nov. 8, 2013 – Jan. 11, 2014), essay by Stephen Westfall -
2015
- Washburn Gallery, New York City, New York
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2017
- Lisson Gallery New York
September 8, 2017 – October 21, 2017 -
2017-2018
- Leon Polk Smith: Prints And Related Works
Senior & Shopmaker Gallery
November 10, 2017 – January 5, 2018 -
2018-2019
- Lisson Gallery, 27 Bell Street, London
November 16, 2018 – January 12, 2019 -
2019
- Leon Polk Smith: Prints, Drawings, and Collages
Senior & Shopmaker Gallery
June 6, 2019 – July 26, 2019
Leon Polk Smith: Endless Space
Richard Gray Gallery
September 13, 2019 – November 23, 2019