Exhibitions
During a professional career that spanned over half a century, LeRoy Neiman’s works were presented in some 200 solo exhibitions and more than 100 group shows. Below is a chronological list, by category, of exhibitions of Neiman’s art in North America, Asia, Europe, and South America.
Solo Exhibitions
- 1959
F. Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Chicago
- 1961
F. Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Chicago
- 1962
F. Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Chicago
O’Hana Gallery, London
Galerie O. Bosc, Paris - 1963
Hammer Galleries, New York
- 1965
Vie de France, Astor Tower French Center, Chicago
Hammer Galleries, New York - 1966
Gallery Richelle, St. Louis
- 1967
LeRoy Neiman Retrospective 1949-75, Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul
Frank Sinatra Film Drawings Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art, New York
Hammer Galleries, New York - 1968
New York Jets Sketches, Hammer Galleries, New York
- 1969
LeRoy Neiman: Paintings and Drawings, Choate School, Wallingford
LeRoy Neiman: Impressions of Atlanta, Heath Gallery, Atlanta - 1970
Hammer Galleries, New York
- 1971
Recent Graphics and Drawings, The Far Gallery, New York
- 1972
Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
Circle Gallery, Chicago
Hammer Galleries, New York
Sketches of the XXth Olympiad, Indianapolis Museum of Art - 1973
Circle Gallery, Los Angeles
Circle Gallery, Dallas
The Hang -Up Gallery Open House
Circle Gallery, New York
Brentano’s Gallery, New York - 1974
Ali – Frazier, Circle Gallery, New York
Springfield Museum of Art, MA
Windsor Gallery, Los Angeles
Hammer Galleries, New York
Gallery Hawaii, International Market Place, Honolulu
Abercrombie & Fitch, Houston
Tobu Gallery, Tokyo
Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco
Windsor Gallery, New York - 1975
Carol Condit Galleries, White Plains
Art Gallery -Studio 53 Ltd., New York
The Wide World of LeRoy Neiman, Windsor Gallery, Los Angeles
Moby Dick (Traveling exhibition)- Peter Foulger Museum, Nantucket
- Sag Harbor
- Pittsfield
Waller’s Gallery, Tampa
Hess’s Gallery, Allentown
Meredith Long & Co., Houston
Thomas Ward Galleries, St. Paul
Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul
Hammer Galleries, New York - 1976
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Downtown Gallery at American Fletcher National Bank
Emerald Art Galleries, Coronado
Jewish Community Center, Bridgeport
M. Knoedler & Co., London
Frank Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Chicago
Gallery Hawaii, Hyatt Regency
Niagara Art Center, Niagara Falls
Art Gallery-Studio 53 Ltd., New York
Heit Galleries, Phoenix
The Olympic Ring, Hammer Galleries, New York
Fahlnaes Konstsalong, Gothenburg Sweden - 1977
Gallery 100, Mishawaka, IN
Upstairs Gallery, Beverly Hills
Galerie Marc, San Francisco
Galerie Renee & Victor, Stockholm
Bowles/Hopkins Gallery, San Francisco
Casa Grafica, Helsinki
St. Lawrence National Bank, Ogdensburg - 1978
Meredith Long & Co., Houston
Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago
The Art Exchange, Creve Coeur
Elayne Galleries, Minneapolis
Gallery Mack, Seattle - 1979
Hammer Graphics Gallery, New York
The Art Exchange, Creve Coeur
Percival Galleries, Des Moines
Brentano’s Gallery, New York
Horses, Hammer Galleries, New York - 1980
Olympic Benefit Exhibition, Famous Barr, St. Louis
Brentano’s Gallery, New York
Nicolas Hélion, Paris
Foster Harmon Galleries of American Art, Sarasota
Bowles/Hopkins Gallery, San Francisco
Horizon Gallery, Waikiki - 1981
LeRoy Neiman Drawings: A Retrospective, Hammer Galleries, New York
Exhibition of Graphic Works 1971-81, Hammer Graphics Gallery, New York
Foster Harmon Gallery, Sarasota
Wichita State University, Ulrich Museum of Art
Drawings by LeRoy Neiman: A Retrospective, Oklahoma Art Center Sheets Gallery, Oklahoma City
State National Bank, Tiara Gallery
Bowles/Hopkins Gallery, San Francisco
Turnberry Isle Yacht and Racquet Club, Miami - 1982
Turnberry Isle Yacht and Racquet Club, Miami
Grigsby Galleries One, Scottsdale
Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago
Dean Day Gallery, Houston
Gallery Mack, Seattle
Nevada County Arts Council, Nevada City
Hammer Galleries, New York
Harrod’s Picture Gallery, London - 1983
Turnberry Isle Yacht and Racquet Club, Miami
LeRoy Neiman: Winners, Traveling exhibition- Hammer Galleries, New York
- Upstairs Gallery, Beverly Hills
- Bowles/Hopkins Gallery, San Francisco
- JoAnn Perse Gallery, Little Rock
Dean Day Gallery, Houston
Hanson Galleries, New Orleans - 1984
Hanson Galleries, Carmel
The Olympics: Past and Present, Hammer Graphics Gallery, New York
The Olympic Spirit, Bowles/Hopkins Gallery, San Francisco
LeRoy Neiman Centennial Art Exhibit, Springfield College Babson Library Hastings Gallery, Springfield, MA - 1985
Superbowl XIX Exhibition, Bowles/Hopkins Gallery, San Francisco
Center Art Galleries, Honolulu
Lawrence Ross Galleries, Beverly Hills
The Toy Store, Hartford
The LeRoy Neiman Collection, Hammer Galleries, New York
Lawrence Ross Galleries, Beverly Hills - 1986
Nob Hill Premier and Exhibition, Bowles/Hopkins Gallery, San Francisco
The Toy Store, Hartford
Peri -Renneth Gallery, Southampton, NY
Hanson Art Galleries, La Jolla
Buena Vista Premier and Exhibition, Bowles/Hopkins Gallery, San Francisco
Krannert School of Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Lawrence Ross Galleries, Beverly Hills - 1987
Upstairs Gallery, Beverly Hills
LeRoy Neiman in Moscow, Hammer Galleries, New York
New York Friars Club
Marlborough Galleries, Boston
Neiman’s Neimans, Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, San Francisco
Hanson Art Galleries, San Francisco
Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, Beverly Hills - 1988
Neiman’s World (Touring exhibition), Japan
In the Pocket, Superbowl XXII painting premier, Allyson Louis Gallery, Bethesda
Monte Carlo Chase, Minotaur Galleries, Las Vegas
Monte Carlo Chase, L’art et l’automobile gallery, New York
Tretyakov Museum, Moscow
Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago
LeRoy Neiman: Monte Carlo, Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, San Francisco - 1989
Backstage Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Surf Club, New York
Soft Paintings, Hammer Galleries, New York
Polo Lounge Debut, Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, Beverly Hills
Select Works by LeRoy Neiman, Midwest Museum of Art, Elkhart
Steiner & Young Fine Arts Gallery, Atlanta
L’art et l’automobile gallery, New York
Hotrod Vintage Car Museum and Dance Club, New York
Baja, New York
A Salute to Central Park, Hammer Galleries, New York
Galerie 224, Laguna Beach
The Playboy Collection, Dyansen Gallery (Traveling exhibition), New York, Beverly Hills, Atlantic City, San Francisco, Boston - 1990
Exhibition at “The Art Spirit” Event, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown
Merv Griffin Resorts Casino Hotel, Atlantic City
Bay Area Baseball Debut, Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, San Francisco
LeRoy Neiman: A Series of Sport Serigraphs, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
Gallery One of Writer Square, Denver
Allyson Louis Gallery, Germantown, MD
Bowles/Sorokko Gallery, Beverly Hills
Base Art Collection - 1991
LeRoy Neiman: Man at his Leisure, Playboy offices, Chicago
The Prints of LeRoy Neiman 1980-1990, Bowles/Sorokko Gallery, Beverly Hills
San Francisco, Bowles/Sorokko Gallery, San Francisco - 1992
The Beatles Debut, Dyansen Gallery, Trump Taj Mahal, Atlantic City
LeRoy Neiman, University of Charleston Art Gallery, Charleston
LeRoy Neiman: Downtown, Bowles/Sorokko Gallery, New York
LeRoy Neiman, Foster Harmon Galleries of American Art, Sarasota
Big Time Golf (Multiple venues)- Hammer Galleries, New York
- Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, Beverly Hills
- Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, San Francisco
- Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, New York
- Minotaur Galleries, Las Vegas
- Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago
- 1993
City by the Bay Debut, Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, San Francisco
An Exhibition of Equine Art, Kentucky Derby Museum
Un Américain à Paris, Galerie Marcel Bernheim, Paris
LeRoy Neiman, Minotaur’s Forum Gallery, Las Vegas
LeRoy Neiman, La Galleria d’Arte, Newport Beach - 1994
LeRoy Neiman, Gateway Gallery, Vail
LeRoy Neiman: An American in Paris (Traveling exhibition)- Hammer Galleries, New York
- Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, New York
- Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, Beverly Hills
- Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, San Francisco
- La Galleria d’Arte, Newport Beach
- Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago and Buffalo Grove
- 1995
Racing Retrospective, Kentucky Derby Museum
LeRoy Neiman, Bowles/Sorokko Galleries, San Francisco - 1996
Superbowl XXX, American Fine Art Editions, Scottsdale
LeRoy Neiman, Paterson Museum, Paterson
LeRoy Neiman, Trump Plaza, Atlantic City
LeRoy Neiman: Portraits of Our Times, 1946 -96, Bowles/Sorokko/Yarger Galleries, Beverly Hills and San Francisco - 1997
The Art of Sport, Kentucky Derby Museum
LeRoy Neiman on Safari, Hammer Galleries, New York
LeRoy Neiman on Safari, La Galleria D’Arte, Newport Beach
The Safari Suite, Centaur Sculpture Galleries, Las Vegas
LeRoy Neiman, Hanson Art Galleries, New Orleans - 1998
Animals: The Wild and the Tame, Bowles Galleries, San Francisco and Beverly Hills
- 2000
A Decade of Retrospective Works by LeRoy Neiman, Hanson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
LeRoy Neiman: A Thirty -Year Retrospective, Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Beverly Hills - 2001
LeRoy Neiman: Works on Paper, National Art Museum of Sport, Indianapolis
LeRoy Neiman: Master Printmaker, Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco
LeRoy Neiman – A Retrospective Exhibition of Works on Paper, Fairfield Gallery - 2002
LeRoy Neiman: Thirty Years in San Francisco, Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco
- 2003
LeRoy Neiman on Safari, The Wildlife Experience, Parker, Colorado
LeRoy Neiman in Cuba, Pratt Institute, New York
A View from the Table, Hammer Galleries, New York - 2005
LeRoy Neiman: The Art of Boxing, Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco
- 2007
Femlin, Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco
- 2008
Encore, Femlin, Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco
- 2011
Neiman at 90, Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco
- 2012
LeRoy Neiman, Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco
Two-Person Exhibitions
- 1959
F. Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Chicago
- 1973
Alexander Calder and LeRoy Neiman, Nassau Gallery, Baldwin, NY
- 1978
LeRoy Neiman and Robert Addison, Art Institute of Chicago
- 1981
LeRoy Neiman/Andy Warhol, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- 1988
The Mustache Show: Salvador Dali and LeRoy Neiman, Tunnel Club, New York
Group Exhibitions
- 1948
Student Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago
Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul - 1950
Student Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago
- 1951
Student Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago
- 1952
Local Artists’ Exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
- 1953
Local Artists’ Exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Annual Exhibit, Art Directors Club of Chicago
Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago - 1954
Exhibitions of Prints and Drawings by Twin City Artists, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minnesota State Fair
Exhibition of Advertising and Editorial Art, Art Directors Club of Chicago - 1955
Instructors Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago
Carnegie International Exhibition, Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh
Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul - 1956
Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Area Show, North Shore Art League, Chicago - 1957
Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
American Painting and Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago
Navy Pier Art Show, Chicago
Deer Path Art League Annual Fine Arts Festival
Collectors Club Exhibition - 1958
Chicago Public Library
Art:USA:58
Navy Pier Art Show, Chicago
Brotherhood in Art, Marshall Field & Co. Gallery, Chicago
Ravinia Festival, Ravinia
Chicago Artists, Anna Werbe Gallery, Detroit
Old Orchard Art Festival, North Shore Art League, Skokie - 1959
Bal Tabarin Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago
Paintings and Photographs by Playboy Jazz Artists, Sherman Art Gallery
Old Orchard Art Festival, North Shore Art League, Skokie - 1960
Anshe Emet Cinema Arts Festival, Chicago
- 1961
Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, Art Institute of Chicago
- 1962
Mixed Christmas Exhibition, O’Hana Gallery, London
- 1964
North Mississippi Valley Exhibition, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo
- 1965
Frank Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Chicago
- 1966
Aqueduct Gallery, New York
- 1969
TIME Portraits of American Newsmakers, National Portrait Gallery (Traveling exhibition)
National Art Museum of Sport, Indianapolis
Frank Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Chicago - 1971
Beyond Illustration: The Art of Playboy, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- 1972
Odyssey House Art Gallery, Spring
- 1973
Illini Union Art Gallery, Illinois
- 1974
Group Show of FKH Artists, Hammer Galleries, New York
- 1975
Holiday Exhibition, Hammer Galleries, New York
Hammer Galleries Graphics, Hammer Galleries, New York
Drawings USA 75, Minnesota Museum of Art - 1976
Watercolor U.S.A. National Invitational Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
Saratoga Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY - 1977
National Exhibition of Tennis Art, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport
- 1978
National Exhibition of Tennis Art, International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport
Ball, Bat, and Glove, Spectrum Fine Art, New York and Spectrum Fine Art, Royal Orleans Hotel, New Orleans - 1979
Ringside: The Fine Art of Boxing, Spectrum Fine Art, New York
Panorama of American Art, Midwest Museum of Art, Elkhart, IN
Treasures of Island Creek, Louisville, KY - 1980
Grand Opening Group Exhibition, Foster Harmon Galleries of American Art, Sarasota
That Belmont Look, New-York Historical Society
Fall Portfolio of International Artists, Calgary Inn, Alberta, Canada - 1981
That Belmont Look, New York State Museum, Albany
- 1982
When They Were Very Young, Amherst College Student Art Gallery, Amherst, MA
Northampton County Area Community College Foundation, Bethlehem, PA - 1983
Showstoppers: Great Moments of the American Musical, Museum of the City of New York
Greenwich Workshop Gallery Miniature Show ’83, Greenwich Workshop Gallery, Seymour, CT - 1984
Champions: The Olympic Athlete in Art, San Diego Museum of Art
- 1985
Americana, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Archives of American Yachting and Boating, Mystic Seaport Museum
Art, Area Club, New York
American Masters of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, Frank Oehlschlaeger Gallery, Chicago - 1987
The Horse: Man’s Noble Companion, The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Annual American Masters Exhibition, Foster Harmon Galleries of American Art, Sarasota
Athletes and Heroes, Bank One, Youngstown
LeRoy Neiman, Hanson Art Galleries, San Diego
El Paso Museum of Art
Master Prints of the 19th – 20th Century, Hammer Galleries, New York - 1988
LeRoy Neiman, Mickey Mantle’s Sports Art Gallery, New York
L’art et L’automobile, automotive artists group exhibition, L’art et L’automobile Gallery, New York
The Famous Show, China Club, New York
New Perspectives on Contemporary Art, Tunnel Club, New York
Women in Sports, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Annual American Masters Exhibition, Foster Harmon Galleries of American Art, Sarasota
The Most Famous Artist Alive, Tunnel Club, New York - 1989
Art’s as Good an Investment as Bonds, Baja Club, New York
The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Show, Tunnel Club, New York
20/20 Exhibition, Steiner & Young Galleries, Marietta, Georgia - 1990
Amnesty International Exhibition, New York
Director’s Choice, Park Shore Gallery, Naples - 1991
Expose Yourself to Art, University of Southern Florida
- 1992
Drawing New Conclusions, Art Institute of Chicago
- 1993
Salon d’Automne, Grand Palais
Equine Art, Kentucky Derby Museum - 1996
Cig Art, National Arts Club Exhibition and Benefit
- 2008
Sports Museum of America, New York
Posthumous Exhibitions- Solo and Group Shows
- 2012
We the People, Robert Rauschenberg Project Space
- 2013
Fore! Images of Golf in Art, Franklin G Burroughs–Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach
Area Art, The Hole Gallery, LeRoy Neiman, Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco - 2014
LeRoy Neiman, Franklin Bowles Galleries, New York
LeRoy Neiman: Action!, Shaw Museum of Art at LSU, Baton Rouge, Draw! Inside-Out Art Museum, Beijing, China - 2015
LeRoy Neiman, Franklin Bowles Galleries, Homegrown: The School of the Art Institute in the Permanent Collection, Art Institute of Chicago
- 2016
LeRoy Neiman, Franklin Bowles Galleries, LeRoy Neiman’s Fall Classics, Yogi Berra Museum Learning Center, LeRoy Neiman: Action!, The Hillstrom Museum of Art at Gustavus Adolphus College, Muhammad Ali, LeRoy Neiman, and the Art of Boxing, New-York Historical Society
- 2017
DRAW/Boston, Bakalar & Paine Galleries at MassArt, Inspiration to Action: An Art Tribute to Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Ali Center, LeRoy Neiman, Franklin Bowles Galleries, Action! The Anatomy of LeRoy Neiman’s Champions at David Owsley Museum of Art Ball State University
- 2018
Action! The Anatomy of LeRoy Neiman’s Champions at Muskingum University, “An Homage to Hollis Benton” at Over The Influence in Los Angeles, DRAWN (OVER): Contemporary Drawing from LeRoy Neiman Until Today, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina in Novi Sad, Serbia, LeRoy Neiman at Franklin Bowles Galleries
- 2019
Working Lunch at Over the Influence, Los Angeles, California. Wide World of Sports at Eric Firestone, East Hampton, New York. Momentum at Miami Beach Nautilus. LeRoy Neiman at The Bridge, Bridgehampton, New York.
- 2020
Age Before Beauty at Seasons, Los Angeles, California. Drawn: Concept and Craft at Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. LeRoy Neiman at the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum, Colorado Springs
- 2021
Beyond the Streets at Southampton Art Center, Southampton, New York. LeRoy Neiman at 100 at LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York. Well Dressed at Surface Area, Miami, Florida. LeRoy Neiman at 100 at Franklin Bowles Gallery, New York.
- 2022
1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, its Origin, and Influence at World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, Missouri. Going Somewhere? at Future Fair, New York.
- 2023
Draw at Patricia And Philip Frost Art Museum, Miami, Florida. Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing at The Church, Sag Habor, New York.