Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 From Start to Finish: De Wain Valentine’s Gray Column (1975-76). Presented by the Getty Conservation Institute, Getty Center / J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2009 De Wain Valentine, Museum of Design Art & Architecture, Culver City, CA, USA
2005 De Wain Valentine, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, USA
1985 De Wain Valentine, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
1983 De Wain Valentine, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, USA
1982 De Wain Valentine, Missouri Botanical Garden. La Jolla, CA, USA
1981 De Wain Valentine, Projects Studio One, Institute for Art and Urban Resourced, New York, NY, USA
1979 De Wain Valentine, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1979 De Wain Valentine, Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
1975 De Wain Valentine, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, USA
1975 De Wain Valentine, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, USA
1975 De Wain Valentine, Art Gallery, California State University, Northridge, CA, USA
1970 De Wain Valentine, Recent Sculpture, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA, USA
1969 De Wain Valentine, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
1969 De Wain Valentine, Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1968 De Wain Valentine, University of Colorado Fine Arts Gallery, Boulder, CO, USA
1968 De Wain Valentine, University of Colorado, Department of Architecture Gallery, Boulder, CO, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Let There Be Light, Revisited, Gazelli Art House, London, UK
2012 Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents In L.A. Painting And Sculpture, 1950-1970, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
2011 Pacific Standard Time: Crosscurrents In L.A. Painting And Sculpture, 1950-1970, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2011 Pacific Standard Time: Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface, Museum Of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
2010 The Artist’s Museum, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2008 Big Stuff: Works From The Permanent Collection, The University Of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM, USA
2008 La – A Select Survey Of Art From Los Angeles, Center For Contemporary Art Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, USA
2007 Equinox: Selections From The Permanent Collection, Museum Of Ontemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2007 Imaging + Imaging California, Orange County Museum Of Art, Newport Beach, CA, USA
2006 Translucence: Southern California Art From The 1960’s & 1970’s, Norton Simon Museum Of Art, Pasadena, CA, USA
2005 West! Frank Gehry And The Artists Of Venice Beach, 1962-1978, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2003 Views And Visions: Exploring The California Landscape, Orange Ounty Museum Of Art, Newport Beach, CA, USA
2003 Surf Culture: Surf Photography And Board Design In Hawai’i, The Contemporary Museum At First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
1999 The Art Of Craft: Works From The Saxe Collection, The M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA
1998 Radical Past: Contemporary Art And Music In Pasadena, 1960-1974, Norton Simon Museum Of Art, Pasadena, CA, USA
1995 Images Of An Era: Selections From The Permanent Collection, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1994 Too Cool: Assemblage And Finish Fetish In Los Angeles, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA, USA
1994 Southern California: The Conceptual Landscape, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, USA
1993 Custom Culture, Laguna Beach Museum Of Art, Laguna, CA, USA
1992 Sculptures De Verre Contemporaines D’artistes EuropéEns, AméRicains, Japonais, Musée Des Art Décoratifs De La Ville De Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
1991 Retrospective And Prospective: The Art Rental And Sales Gallery Salutes The 25th Anniversary Of The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1991 Finish Fetish: La’s Cool School, Fisher Gallery, University Of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1990 Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Exhibit, The State Foundation On Culture And The Arts, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI, USA
1990 American Artists In Jewelry, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA
1990 Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Graphics Arts Council, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1990 Skulptur Fra California, Sonja Henies-Niels Onstads Foundation, Oslo, Norway
1989 American Artists In Jewelry, Circle Gallery, Denver; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; Gilman Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, Fl; Under Exhibition Title Images Of American Pop Culture, Lafort Museum, Tokyo, Japan
1989 All In The Family, Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA, USA
1989 Marmo: New Italian Stone Age, California Museum Of Science And Industry, Loker Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1989 Contemporary American Artists & Sculptors: Selected Works From The Corporate Collection Of Pacific Enterprises, Gensler And Associates Architects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1988 Art In Public Buildings, California State University, Fresno, Fresno, CA, USA
1988 West Coast Contemporary, Sierra Nevada Museum Of Art, Reno, NV, USA
1987 Group Exhibition, Honolulu Art Academy, Honolulu, HI, USA
1986 Pop Art, Minimal Art, Etc.: Artists In Residence, Aspen 1965-1970, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, USA
1986 ColecçÃO Frederick R. Weisman, FundaçÃo Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
1985 Sculptures, Cartier Foundation For Contemporary Art, Jouy-En- Josas, France
1984 California Sculpture Show, Fisher Gallery, University Of Southern California, Los Angeles, Ca; Museum Of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, France; Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall College, West Yorkshire, England; Sonja Henies-Niels Onstads Foundation, Oslo, Norway
1984 Americans In Glass 1984, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI, USA
1983 Urban Sculpture-Architectural Concerns, Security Pacific National Bank, Gallery At The Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1982 Exchange Between Artists, 1931-1982: Poland And Usa, Museum Of Modern Art, Paris, France; Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland; Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
1982 International Directions In Glass Art, The Art Gallery Of Western Australia; The National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne; The Tasmanian Museum Of Art, Hobart; Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, New South Wales; Museum Of Applied Arts And Sciences, Sydney, Australia
1982 100 Years Of Sculpture. Oakland Museum California Art On The Road, Laguna Beach Museum Of Art (Touring) Forgotten Dimension: A Survey Of Small Sculpture In California Now, Fresno Arts Center, Fresno, CA, USA
1981 California Innovations, California State University, Fullerton, And Palm Springs Desert Museum
1981 Mapped Art: Charts, Routes, Regions, Independent Curators, New York, Ny; Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University Of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
1981 Southern California Artists: 1940-1980, Laguna Beach Museum Of Art, Laguna, CA, USA
1980 Outhern California Drawing, University Of Hartford, West Hartford, CT, USA
1980 Situational Imagery, University Of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
1980 Six Los Angeles Sculptors, Federal Reserve Bank, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles, CA, USA
1980 Sculpture In California 1975-1980, San Diego Museum Of Art, San Diego, CA, USA
1980 50th Anniversary, Whitney Museum Of American Art, New York, NY, USA
1979 California Perceptions: Light And Space, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA
1978 Change Inc., West Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles, Ca; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport, CA, USA
1978 Drawings For Outdoor Sculpture. John Weber Gallery, New York, Ny; Mead Art Gallery, Amherst College, Ma; University Of California Art Galleries, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Christie, Tx; Haden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology; Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa; The Aspen Center For The Visual Arts, CO, USA
1978 Sculpture 1978, City Of Los Angeles Mall, Los Angeles, Ca Recent Acquisitions, La Jolla Museum Of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA, USA
1977 Two Decades 1957-1977: American Sculpture From Northwest Collections, Museum Of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
1977 Private Images, Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1977 California Light, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1977 Photographs By Southern California Painters And Sculptors, College Of Creative Studies, University Of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
1977 One Hundred Plus, Los Angeles Institute Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1976 American Salon De Refuses, Stamford Museum; Nature Center Stamford, CT, USA
1976 Art Usa: Southern California, American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
1975 Libra Gallery, Claremont College, Claremont, CA, USA
1975 Art Museum, University Of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
1973 American Art 1948-1973, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA
1973 The Kleinberg Foundation Gift Of Contemporary Art Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1973 Three To One: Cooper, Orr And Valentine. Junior Arts Center, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1973 Seventy-First American Annual Exhibition, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL, USA
1971 Transparent And Translucent Art, Museum Of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Fl , USA
1971 Drawings 1971, San Pedro Municipal Art Gallery, San Pedro, CA, USA
1971 1st Biennale International De La Petit Sculpture, Budapest, Hungary
1971 Society Of Contemporary Art Drawing Exhibit, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Il, USA
1971 Group Exhibition: Eight Artists, Milwaukee Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
1971 73rd Western Annual, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA
1971 Eight Artists: Lynda Benglis, Sam Gilliam, Ralph Goings, Hans Haacke, Duane Hanson, Sol Lewitt, Dewain Valentine, Richard Van Buren, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
1970 American Painting And Sculpture 69th Annual, The Art Institute Of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
1970 Permutations: Light & Color, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
1970 A Decade Of California Color, Pace Gallery, New York, Ny Looking West, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
1970 Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA
1969 Hemisfair 1969, San Antonio, TX, USA
1969 Plastic And New Art, Ica University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
1969 Plastic As New Art, Mchay Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA
1969 Plastic As Plastic, Museum Of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY, USA
1969 New Directions, Westside Jewish Community Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1969 The Industrial Edge, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
1969 Plastic Presence, Jewish Museum, New York, Ny; Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wi; San Francisco Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, USA
1969 Recent Acquisitions 1969, Pasadena Art Museum, Pasedena, Ca Drawings 1969, Fort Worth Art Center Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA
1968 Plastics Exhibition, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1968 Recent Acquisitions, Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA
1968 Irculating Exhibition, Budapest, Hungary; Museum Of Modern Art, New York, Ny; Museum Of Contemporary Crafts, New York, NY, USA
1968 Transparency Reflection, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1968 Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA
1967 Sculpture Of The 60’s, Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1967 New Sculpture-Shaped Canvas, California State University At Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1966 Collector’s Choice Exhibition, Balboa Fine Arts Pavilion, Newport Beach, CA, USA
1966 Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA
1965 Plastic Relief Painting, University Of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
1965 Eight Colorado Artists, University Of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
1960 University Of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
1960 Joslyn Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, USA
1959 Dallas Museum Of Fine Art, Dallas, TX, USA
1959 Houston Museum Of Art, Houston, TX, USA
1959 Denver Museum Of Art, Denver, CO, USA
1958 Joslyn Biennial, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE, USA