Selected Solo Exhibitions
1982
The Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana: January 17-February 21. New Sculpture by Leroy Lamis.
1979
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana: September 7-October 7. Leroy Lamis.
1976
Turman Gallery, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana: February 2-February 27. Leroy Lamis: Plastic Sculpture.
1973
Staempfli Gallery, New York, New York: March 20-April 14. Leroy Lamis.
1970
Jaffe-Friede Gallery. Hopkins Art Center, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: October 22-November 22. Leroy Lamis Sculpture.
1969
La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California: December 5, 1969-January 4, 1970. Leroy Lamis.
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa: October 31-November 30. Leroy Lamis.
John Herron Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana: September 7-September 28. Sculpture by Leroy Lamis.
J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky: July 1-July 22. Leroy Lamis.
Staempfli Gallery, New York, New York: May 20-June 14. Leroy Lamis.
1968
Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Fort Wayne, Indiana: January 29-March 10. Leroy Lamis: Plastic is Sculpture.
1967
Gilman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois: October 3-October 31, 1967. Leroy Lamis.
1966
Staempfli Gallery, New York, New York: April 26-May 21. Leroy Lamis.
1961
Clarke College. Dubuque, Iowa
1958
State University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1957
Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa
1954
Greywood Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1952
Galeria des Los Antesanos, New Mexico
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow: October 18, 2019 – January 12, 2020. A Gift from New York to Glasgow: The Phillip A. Bruno Collection
2015
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York: May 9 – August 23, 2015. Plastic: Art in an Era of Material Innovation.
David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico: February 28 – March 31, 2015. Post-Op: ‘The Responsive Eye’ Fifty Years After.
David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico: May 26 – July 6, 2015. OP INFINITUM: ‘THE RESPONSIVE EYE’ FIFTY YEARS AFTER (PART II): AMERICAN OP ART IN THE 60S
http://www.davidrichardgallery.com/Exhibit_Detail.cfm?ShowsID=251
2014
D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc, New York, New York: February 25 – April 26, 2014. Our Postwar Focus: 1960s-1970s.
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire: January 18 – July 6, 2014. In Residence: Contemporary Artists at Dartmouth.
2013
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York: August 16, 2013 – April 20, 2014. Cubes and Rectangles, Boxes and Containers.
2012
D.Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., New York, New York: February 9 – April 28, 2012. New Materials, New Approaches.
Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York: January 20-29, 2012. 58th Annual Winter Antiques Show, Lost City Arts, Booth 66.
2007
Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York, New York: March 8-April 28. After Image: Op Art of the 1960s. [now Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY].
2005
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, New York: May 1-August 14. Totally Geometric: Abstraction from the Permanent Collection.
1998
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York: January 31-April 12. The Eye’s Pop: Op Art from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
1994
Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, Evansville, Indiana: July 24-September 4. Computer Art: Visual Adventures Beyond the Edge.
1990
55 Mercer Gallery, New York, New York. [n.d.]: American Abstract Artists Group.
1987
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa: August 10-September 13. 29 Artists Born in Iowa: The Homecoming Exhibition.
The James Howe Gallery, Kean College of New Jersey, Union, New Jersey: March 9-March 31. American Abstract Artists: 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio.
1986
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York: February 6-April 20. American Abstract Artists: 50th Anniversary Celebration.
1985
The Atrium Gallery, Schenectady, New York: October 11-November 22. Aspects of Constructivism: Selections from the George and Edith Rickey Donation to the Neuberger Museum, Purchas New York and Work Retained by the Rickeys.
1982
City Gallery, New York, New York. [n.d.] Abstraction in Action.
1976
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana: November 6, 1976-January 2, 1977. Mirages of Memory: 200 Years of Indiana Art.
1974
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York: April 10-May 16. Illuminations & Reflections.
Larry Aldrich Museum [The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art], Ridgefield, Connecticut: 1974. Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, 1964-1974.
1973
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts: January 21-March 11. Refracted Images.
1972
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota: June 15-September 15. Adventure with Art: The Helen Mary Harding Collection: Paintings, drawings, sculpture, prints by major Twentieth Century artists.
De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts: March 15-April 15. Constructive Tendencies: From the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. George Rickey. [traveling exhibition]
1970
The Sheldon Sculpture Garden at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska: September 11-November 15. American Sculpture.
San Francisco Museum of Art. San Francisco, California. April 24-May 24. A Plastic Presence.
Turman Art Gallery, Indiana State University, Indiana: February 1-March 6. 1870-1970: Centennial Exhibition.
Tacoma Museumof Art, Tacoma, Washington: January 1970. “Leroy Lamis: Sculpture – Francis Celentano: Paintings.”
1969
The Jewish Museum, New York, New York. November 19, 1969-January 4, 1970. A Plastic Presence.
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia: May 18-June 15. The Collection of Peggy and David Steine.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois: March 2-April 6. Contemporary Painting and Sculpture 1969.
1968
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York: December 17, 1968-February 9,1969. 1968 Annual Exhibition, Contemporary American Sculpture.
Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, New York. November 23, 1968-January 12, 1969. Plastic as Plastic.
Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Collection of Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley.
Flint Institute of Arts, DeWaters Art Center, Flint, Michigan: October 18-December 1. Made of Plastic.
1966
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY: December 16, 1966-February 5, 1967. Annual Exhibition 1966, Contemporary Sculpture and Prints.
Flint Institute of Arts, DeWaters Art Center, Flint, Michigan: November 4-December 31. The First Flint Invitational.
The Riverside Museum, New York, New York: September 25-November 27. Yesterday and Today (30th Anniversary Exhibition of American Abstract Artists).
Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut: July 10-September 11. Highlights of the 1965-66 Art Season.
Grippi & Waddell Gallery, New York, New York: April 27-May 7. Artists for CORE: Fifth Annual Exhibition and Sale.
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa: January 21-February 20, 1966. Art with Optical Reaction.
1965
The Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana: May 18-June 12. Recent Works by Three Indiana University Artists: John Cooper, Leroy Lamis, Louis Williams.
Graham Gallery, New York, New York: April 28-May 8. Artists for CORE: Fourth Annual Exhibition and Sale.
The Arts Forum, Haverford, Pennsylvania: April-May. The Great Society: A Sampling of Its Imagery, Festival 1.
The Riverside Museum, New York, New York” March 14-April 25. American Abstract Artists (29th Annual Exhibition of Members and Guests).
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York: February 27-March 28. ArtToday: Kinetic and Optic.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York: February 23 – April 25. The Responsive Eye. [traveling exhibition]
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, New York: January 6- January 30. Vibrations: Eleven.
1964
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York: December 9, 1964 – January 31, 1965. Annual Exhibition 1964, Contemporary American Sculpture.
Ball State Teachers College Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana: March 1-March 31, 1964. 10th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show.
1963
The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York: November 19-December 15. Mixed Media and Pop Art. Huntington Galleries, Huntington, WV: West Virginia Centennial Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture.
1962
The Sheldon Swope Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana: November 4-December 2, 1962. 20th Anniversary Year Special Exhibition: Sixty Terre Haute Artists.
Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana: April 29-May 27, 1962. Fifty-fifth Annual Indiana Artists Exhibition.
1961
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa: April 15-May 14, 1961. 13th Annual Iowa Artists Exhibition.
1960
First National Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota: November 1-November 30. First National Bank Exhibition 1960.
1959
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado: Summer Quarterly. 65th Annual for Western Artists.
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa: April 12-May 31, 1959. 11th Annual Iowa Artists Exhibition.
1951
Museum of New Mexico Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico: August 19-September 16. 38th Annual Exhibition for New Mexico Artists.