2026 | Viola Frey: Foundations, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA |
2025 | Viola Frey: Transitory Fragments, Pt. 2 Gallery, Oakland, CA |
| Viola Frey: Observed and Gathered, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA |
2023 | Viola Frey, The Pit Palm Springs, Palm Springs, CA |
2022 | Distinctly Her Own: Sculptures by Viola Frey, California Museum, Sacramento, CA |
| Viola Frey: Faces, Masks, and Figurines, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
2021 | Viola Frey (The Space Just Between) Sculpture and Works on Paper 1970-1989, GAVLAK, Palm Beach, FL |
2020 | Monumental: The Art of Viola Frey, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI (brochure) |
2019 | Viola Frey: Her Self, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA (catalogue) |
| Viola Frey: Center Stage, di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA (catalogue) |
2018 | The Future of Yesterday, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA |
2015 | Viola Frey: A Personal Iconography, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue) |
2014 | Collection in Focus: Viola Frey, di Rosa, Napa, CA (catalogue) |
2012 | Viola Frey: Echoes of Images, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
2010 | Viola Frey: Every Man, Every Woman, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
| Viola Frey: A Legacy in Paint and Clay, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA |
2009 | Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI (catalogue); also traveled to Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON; Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR |
2008 | Viola Frey: Focus on the Figure, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2007 | Viola Frey: Relationships/Interrelationships, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
2005 | Viola Frey: A Lasting Legacy, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue); also traveled to Avampato Discovery Museum, Charleston, WV; Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC |
| Viola Frey, Louis Wells Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC |
2003 | Viola Frey, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2002 | Viola Frey, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
2001 | Larger than Life: Ceramic Figures by Viola Frey, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID; also traveled to Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV |
2000 | Viola Frey (Focus on the Figure), Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1999 | Viola Frey, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
| Viola Frey, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1998 | Viola Frey: Survey 1969-1981, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) |
1997 | Viola Frey: Plates, Frank Lloyd Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
1996 | Viola Frey: An Exhibition of Small Scale Ceramic Sculpture by a Major American Artist, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| Viola Frey, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1995 | Viola Frey: Arguments, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) |
| Viola Frey Ceramics: The Dinner Plates, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA |
1994 | Viola Frey, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) |
| Viola Frey: Plates 1968-1994, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue); also traveled to Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX; Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS; Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, SD |
| Viola Frey: Sculpture and Paintings, Riva Yares Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
| Viola Frey: Monumental Sculpture, Riva Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
1993 | Viola Frey, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
1992 | Viola Frey: Artist’s Mind/Studio/World Wallpaper and Pink Lady, The Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia, PA |
| Viola Frey: Sculpture and Wallpaper, Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, CA |
| Viola Frey: Works on Paper, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Viola Frey, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
1991 | Viola Frey, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA (catalogue) |
| Viola Frey, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
1990 | Viola Frey, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) |
1989 | Viola Frey, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
| Viola Frey, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1988 | Manufacture de Sèvres, Atelier Expérimental de Recherche et de Création: Viola Frey, Hall du Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France |
| Viola Frey: Recent Work, Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, CA |
1987 | Viola Frey, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Viola Frey, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY |
1986 | Viola Frey, Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, CA |
1985 | Viola Frey: Paintings and Sculpture, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1984 | It’s All Part of the Clay: Viola Frey, Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA (catalogue); also traveled to Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA; Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA |
| Viola Frey, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
| Viola Frey: Paintings and Sculpture, Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
| Viola Frey: Sculpture and Painting, Asher/Faure, Los Angeles, CA |
1983 | Viola Frey: Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) |
1982 | Viola Frey: Figures, Art Gallery/Visual Arts Center, CSU Fullerton, Fullerton, CA |
| Currents 18: Viola Frey, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO |
| Viola Frey, Mark Twain Plaza Bank, Kansas City, MO |
| Viola Frey, Art Collections, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
1981 | Viola Frey, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (catalogue); also traveled to Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Sheehan Art Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA; Blanden Memorial Gallery, Fort Dodge, IA; Matthew’s Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Illinois State University, Normal, IL; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL |
1980 | Viola Frey, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1978 | Viola Frey: Ceramic Artist in Residence, Purdue University CA 5 Ceramic Studio, West Lafayette, IN |
1975 | Viola Frey: Recent Ceramic Sculpture, Hank Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Viola Frey: Recent Ceramic Sculpture, Hank Baum Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Viola Frey: Recent Works, Wenger+Casat Galleries, La Jolla, CA |
1974 | Viola Frey “Seat of Civilization” Series, Wenger Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
1970 | Viola Frey: Artist in Residence, Pioneer Museum & Haggin Galleries, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA |
1969 | “Trophies in Clay” by Viola Frey, Chabot College Art Gallery, Hayward, CA |
1966 | Borkeramik Gallery, Chicago, IL |
1965 | Viola Frey: Pottery, Paintings, College of the Holy Names, Oakland, CA |
