SOLO:
2022
Maison Sun Gallery, “Inaugural Exhibition, Selected Works by Michael Gallagher, Irvine, CA
2016-17
“Abstract Paintings by Groundbreaking Artist on Display at John Wayne Airport” John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA
2012
“Michael Gallagher • New Work,” Brett Rubbico Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2011
“Michael Gallagher • Push – Pull,” Brett Rubbico Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
1990
“Michael Gallagher,” Penny Campbell Contemporary Art, Newport Beach, CA
1988
“Michael Gallagher,” Lasorda / Iri Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1986
“Michael Gallagher,” Hokin Gallery, Bay Harbour Island, FL
1984
“Michael Gallagher,” Hokin Gallery, Chicago, IL
1983
“Michael Gallagher,” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1981
“Michael Gallagher,” Small Works,” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
“Michael Gallagher,” Hokin Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Michael Gallagher,” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
“Michael Gallagher,” Tomasula Gallery, Union College, NY
1980
“Michael Gallagher,” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1979
“Michael Gallagher,” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1974
“Michael Gallagher,” Razor Gallery, New York, NY
1971
“Michael Gallagher,” Fullerton Community College, Fullerton, CA
GROUP:
2022
“Abstract Expressionist Works: Editions, Works on Paper and Paintings, Alpha 137 Gallery”
2016-17
“Michael Gallagher,” Coda Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2008-9
“Art & Illusion,”Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA 2008 “Reflections from the Artist’s Eye,”Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
2008
“Inaugural exhibit at Roseville’s Blue Line,” Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, CA
2006
“Art and Illusion: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation,” Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2005
“Made in California,”Frederick Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
2004
“Sketchbook 88,” Jean-Michel Basquiat, George Braque, Marc Chagall, Dale Chihuly, Richard Diebenkorn, Ronald Davis, Richard Estes, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Michael Gallagher, Keith Haring, Michael Heizer, David Hockney, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Mark Kostabi, Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, Mel Ramos, Robert Motherwell, Helmut Newton, Kenneth Noland, Pablo Picasso, Gerhard Richter, Susan Rothenberg, Todd Rundgren, Thomas Ruff, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, Julian Schnabel, Frank Stella, Donald Sultan, David Salle, Cy Twombly, Rufino Tamayo, William Wegman, Andy Warhol, Tino Zago” Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1999
Louis K, Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Louis K, Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Posner Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1992
“Abstract Illusionism Revisited,” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1985
“Razor Gallery Retrospective,” Razor Gallery, New York, NY
1984-87
“Breaking the Plane,” Traveling Exhibition:
Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, PA
Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
North Dakota State University Art Gallery, Fargo, ND
Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Reed College, Portland, OR
Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1984
“Important Recent Acquisitions and New Directions,” Byer Museum of the Arts, Evanston, IL
1983
“Tenth Year Anniversary Show,” Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
“Centric 9; Tromp LíOeil Abstraction,” Cal State University, Long Beach, CA
1982
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
“The Artist and the Airbrush,” San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Brachot Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Tanager Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Chicago’s third Annual International Art Exposition, Chicago Navy Pier , IL
1981
“New York Gallery Showcase / Works on Paper,” Oklahoma Art Center, OK
“Abstract Illusionist Traveling Show,” Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
“Wall Works,” Bruce Gallery, Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA
1979-81
“The Reality of Illusion,” Traveling Exhibition:
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO;
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA;
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI;
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA;
University Art Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX;
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY;
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
“Realist Space,” C.W. Post Art Gallery, Long Island University, LI, NY
1979
Danforth Museum, “Abstract Illusionism,”, Framingham, Massachusetts
1978
Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Edwin Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, KA
“Abstract Illusionism,” Museum of Fine Art, Springfield, MA
“Photo Realism and Abstract Illusionism,” The Arts and Crafts Center of Pittsburgh, PA
1976
Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
1974
Jewish Museum, New York, NY
1972
Razor Gallery, New York, NY 1970
Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
1969
United Gallery, New Haven, CT
1967
University of Southern California, LA, CA
1966
Yale University, Norfolk, CT