1981  Humorous California Artists, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, California

American Painting of the 60s and 70s, Columbus Museum of Art, OH

The Image of the House in Contemporary Art, University of Houston, TX

Alternative Realities in Contemporary American Painting, University of Minnesota

Alumni Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, California

Welcome to the Candy Store!, Crocker Museum Invitational, Sacramento, California

Forty Famous Californians, Judith Christian Gallery, New York, New York

100 New Acquisitions, Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York

20th Century Art: Highlights of the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

Remember It's Only Art, Civic Arts Center, Walnut Creek, California

Fashion Mode, Gallery de la Raza/Studio 24, San Francisco, California

1980  Tamarind Institute Invitational, Albuquerque, NM

The Figurative Tradition and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Figurative Art: Joan Brown, Robert Colescott, Roy De Forest, Janis Provisor, Gaison, and Wurm, Mandeville Gallery, University of California, La Jolla

American Drawings in Black and White: 1970-1980, Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York

The Candy Store, De Saisset Art Museum, Santa Clara, California

Visions and Figurations, California State University, Fullerton, California

A.A.D.H.J.M.N.P.S.S.T.T., Richard Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis

Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

Drawings: The Pluralistic Decade, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

1979  Images '79, Audrey Strohl Gallery, Memphis, TN

Decade in Review: Selections from the 70s, Whitney Museum, New York, New York

Works from the Collections of Mills Alumnae, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California

National Drawing Annual, Central Washington University

5 from Hansen Fuller Goldeen Gallery, Smith Anderson Gallery, Palo Alto, California

The Palm Gallery, San Diego

1978  Works on Paper, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, New York

West Coast Artists, New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

Dog Images Through the Century, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California

6th International Exhibition of Original Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, Yugoslavia

Artists Working in Wood, University of California

1977-78  Roy De Forest, Robert Hudson, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA

Recent Works on Paper, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

1977  Late 20th Century Art: The Lewis Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

New in the 70s, University of Texas, Austin

Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

Works on Paper, San Jose Museum of Art, California

1976-77  Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

1976  Large Scale Works on Paper, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, New York

Six from California, Washington State University Museum, Pullman

1975  Newport Harbor Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California

Art on Paper: 1975, The Dillard Paper Company and the Weatherspoon Guild, NC

1973  The Small Format, Saint Mary's College Art Gallery, Moraga, California

Extraordinary Realities, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

1973 Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

American Drawings 1963-1971, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

The Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection, Pasadena, California

1972  A 20th Century Bestiary, Art Department Gallery, San Jose State College, San Jose, California

Crown Point Press, San Francisco Art Institute, California

Richmond Area Artists, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California

Sacramento Sampler I, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California

Sacramento Delta Show, San Francisco Art Institute, California

An Invitational Exhibition of Intimate Works, Art Department Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno

It's for the Birds, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California

The Crocketts, Student Art Gallery, Diablo Valley College, Hayward, California

California Works on Paper: 1950-1971, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley

Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, California

1971  The Fantasy Watercolors of Roy De Forest, The Sculpture World of David Gilhooly, The Leadville Galleries, Sun Valley, ID

Roy De Forest: Drawings, James Pennuto: Sculpture, Kenneth Price: Silkscreens, Hansen Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, California

Artists Contemporary Gallery, Sacramento, California

Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, California

Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1970  Looking West 1970, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE

Drawings by Roy De Forest, Harold Schlotzhauer and Franklin Williams, The Arleigh Gallery, San Francisco, California

Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, California

Acid Painters of San Francisco, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California

Dwight Boehm Gallery, Polomar College, San Marcos, California

Toys of the Artist, Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California

1969  The Spirit of the Comics, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

1968  Summer Group Show, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

1967  Funk, University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley

1966  2e Salon International de Galeries pilotes (Dilexi Gallery presentation, including: Jeremy Anderson, Joel Barletta, Roy De Forest, Tony DeLap, Rodger Jacobsen, Leslie Kerr, Alan Lynch, Deborah Remington, Charles Ross, Richard Van Buren, Wilfred Zogbaum), Mus e cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

1965  The Eighth Selection by the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

Young California Artists, Macy's, New York, New York

Imagadventure, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Special Group Exhibition: Jeremy Anderson, Joel Barletta, Roy De Forest, Tony DeLap, Sidney Gordin, Rodger Jacobsen, Leslie Kerr, Alan Lynch, Deborah Remington, Charles Ross, Hassel Smith, H.C. Westermann, Richard Van Buren, Wilfrid Zogbaum, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

Twelfth Exhibition of contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign

The Drawing Society Regional Exhibition, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California

1964  Bay Area Art for the Collector, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

Arts of San Francisco, Part II, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

Four California Artists, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, IL

67th American Exhibition-Directions in Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Current Painting and Sculpture of the Bay Area, Stanford Museum, Stanford, California

67th American Exhibition, Allan Frumkin Gallery, Chicago, IL

Winter Invitational, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California

Drawings and the Like: Roy De Forest, Tony DeLap, Leslie Kerr, Frank Lobdell, Deborah Remington, Hassel Smith, Richard Van Buren, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

1963  Fourth Selection by the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

Group Show: Jeremy Anderson, Joel Barletta, Roy De Forest, Tony DeLap, Sidney Gordin, Alvin Light, Leslie Kerr, Hassel Smith, Wilfrid Zogbaum, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

Works by San Francisco Artists, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

1962-63  Fifty California Artists, San Francisco Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California

1962  The Arts of San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

Selections – Gallery Artists, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

Some Points of View - 62, Stanford University Art Gallery, Stanford, California

Small Collages, Constructions and Watercolors by Roy De Forest, Tony DeLap, Fred Martin and Nell Sinton, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

Winter Invitational, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California

8 Large Works: Jeremy Anderson, Joel Barletta, Roy De Forest, Leslie Kerr, Alvin Light, Deborah Remington, Hassel Smith, Sam Tchakalian, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

1961  Group: Anderson, Barletta, DeFeo, De Forest, Gordin, Jess, Kauffman, Kerr, Light, Moses, Neri, Roeber, Smith, Tchakalian, Trave, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

1960  Group Show: Jeremy Anderson, Jay DeFeo, Roy De Forest, Craig Kauffman, Leslie Kerr, Alvin B. Light, Edward Moses, Manuel Neri, Deborah Remington, Philip Roeber, Hassel Smith, Sam Tchakalian, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

New Forms-New Media I, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, New York

A Look at Recent Bay Area Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

1959  A Rationale for Modern Art, The American Federation of Arts, New York, New York

Group Show: Including works by Barletta, DeFeo, De Forest, Kanter, Kauffman, Moses, Neri, Remington, Roeber, Smith, Tchakalian, Valledor, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

GROUP SHOW Small Works in Varied Media by: Willam A. Bengston, Sy Boardman, Joan Brown, Charles Cajori, J. DeFeo, Roy De Forest, Sam Francisco, Norman Kanter, Craig Kauffman, Bernard Langlais, Lois Lazarus, Alvin Light, Fred Martin, Edward B. Moses, Manuel Neri, Deborah Remington, Milton Resnick, Arthur Richer, San Tchakalian, Julius Wasserstein, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

1958  John Altoon, B. A. Bengston, J. DeFeo, Roy De Forest, James Budd Dixon, Muriel Francis, Craig Kaufman, Ed Moses, Arthur Richer, Irene Taverner, Sam Tchakalian, Julius Wasserstein, Dion Vigne, Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

Larson Gallery, Yakima Junior College, Yakima, WA

Six San Francisco Painters, Brata Gallery, New York, New York

(Inaugural Group Show), Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco, California

Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

1957  Painting and Sculpture Now: Some Contemporary Statements by Artists of the Bay Region, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California

Action 3, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California

Survey of Pacific Coast Art, Reed College, Portland, Oregon

Annual Watercolor, Drawing and Print Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California

1955  Second Annual Group Show, 6 Gallery, San Francisco, California

Action 1, Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, California

III Biennal, Museo de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo, Brazil

1954  A New Language in Painting, Kaufman Gallery, New York, New York

Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

1953  King Ubu Gallery, San Francisco, California

Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, California

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Anderson Collection at Stanford University, California

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock

Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Berkeley Art Museum, University of California

Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York

California College of the Arts, Oakland, California

Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, California

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

City and County of San Francisco

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

Denver Art Museum, CO

Des Moines Art Center, IA

di Rosa, Napa, California

Eiteljorg Museum of American Indian and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Californiambridge, MA

Fralin Museum of Art at The University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

Honolulu Museum of Art, HI

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH

Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, New York

Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE

Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, WI

Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN

Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, California

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Oakland Museum of California

Palm Springs Art Museum, California

Palmer Museum of Art at Pennsylvania State University, State College

Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

Portland Art Museum, OR

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California

San Jose Museum of Art, California

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California

Seattle Art Museum, WA

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC

Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence

University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

University of Michigan Art Museum, Ann Arbor, MI

University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque

Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT