Special exhibitions
1932 -Galerie Pierre, Paris
1933 -John Becker Gallery, New-York
1936 -Galerie des Cahiers d ’Art, Paris (Feb-March)
-Valentine Gallery, New York (April)
-Putzel Gallery, Hollywood (October)
1937 -Putzel Gallery, Hollywood (February)
-Valentine Gallery, New-York (November)
-San Francisco Museum of Art
1937-38 -Valentine Gallery, New-York (December-January)
1938 -Arts Club of Chicago (February)
-Galerie Pierre, Paris (July)
-Grand Rapids Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Minnesota
1939 -The Whyte Gallery, Washington (November)
-Lynchburg Art Club, Virginia (Nov-Dec)
1940 -Galerie Georgette Passedoit, New-York
1942 -The Virginia Museul of Modern Art, Richmond
1943 -Arts Club of Chicago (January)
-Art of this Century, New-York Feb-Mar)
-San Francisco Museum of Art (June-July)
-Stendhal Art Gallery, Los Angeles (August)
1944 -Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New-York (recent paintings)
-Hollins College, Virginia
1945 -Museum of Fine Arts, Baltimore (January)
-Caresse Crosby Gallery, Washington (January)
-Paul Rosenberg Gallery, New-York (recent paintings-March)
-Galerie Paul Rosenberg, New-York (gouaches & watercolors 1935-45-nov)
1946 -San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1947 -Renou and Colle Gallery (Recent works – May)
1951 -The Hanover Gallery, London (Paintings 1947-51)
-Sala degli specchi, Venice (Aug-Sept)
-Galleria del Millione, Milan (September-October)
-Feigl Gallery, New-York (October)
1953 -Chez Mayo, Paris
1956 – Cahiers d’Art Gallery, Paris
1958 – Cahiers d’Art Gallery, Paris
1961 – Cahiers d’Art Gallery, Paris
1962 -Galerie Louis Carré, Paris (Paintings from 1929-1939)
1964 -Gallery of Modern Art, New-York
1965 -The Leicester Galleries (Paintings from 1929 to 1965)
1966 -Galerie du Dragon (Paintings from 1937 to 1966)
1967 -Willard Gallery, New-York (Paintings from 1929 to 1939- March / April)
-Galerie du Dragon, Paris (At street level-Le Triptyque du Dragon)
-Galerie Arcanes, Brussels (Works from 1951 to 1967)
1968 -Galleria Il Fante di Spade, Rome (Works from 1936 to 1967)
1969 -Galleria Eunomia, Milan (Works from 1936 to 1967-March)
-Galerie Verrières, Lyon (Works from 1926 to 1969- June / July)
1970-71 -Roving exhibition organized by the National Center of Contemporary Art (CNAC) in 16 cities.
-Grand Palais, Paris: Hélion, 100 paintings 1928-1970 (11 Dec. / 1 Feb.)
1971-Galerie Weiller, Paris (Paintings of 1928 and 1929- January / February)
-Gallery Henriette Gomès (Paintings from 1952 to 1962- January / March)
1972-Galerie René Andrieu, Toulouse (Recent paintings-February)
1973 – Galerie Saint-Germain, Paris (Recent works)
1974 – Galerie Jean Chauvelin (Watercolors 1930-1939- March)
-Musée Tavet, Pontoise
1975 – House of Culture and Leisure, Saint-Etienne (The Bigeonnette market – April / May)
-Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris (Fifty years of painting 1925-1975)
1976 – Spencer Samuel Gallery, New-York
1977 – Sainte-Croix Abbey Museum, Les Sables d’Olonne (Recent drawings)
– Galerie du Center, Paris (Things seen)
-Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris (Markets)
1978 – Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris (Drawings and designs)
– Ingres Museum, Montauban (The figurative work from 1928 to 1978)
– Thomas Borgman Gallery, Cologne
– Michael Hasenclever Gallery, Munich
– Athens Gallery, Athens
– National Pinacoteca, Athens (Traveling exhibition organized by the CNAM Georges Pompidou, drawings 1939-1978)
-Museum of Art and Industry, Saint-Etienne, paintings and drawings (sept / oct.)
-Museum of Modern Art, Strasbourg (retrospective)
1980 – Poll Gallery, Berlin (Paintings & drawings 1929-1980-February / March)
– Karl Flinker Gallery, Paris, Hélion The 50s- (May / June)
– Palace of Fine Arts, Beijing (September), Museum of Fine Arts, Shanghai (October)
– Museum of Fine Arts, Nanchang (November): Retrospective organized by the Georges Pompidou center and the French Association of Artistic Action.
-Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes: traveling exhibition of the MNAM, drawings 1930-1978
1981 – Museum of Fine Arts, Caen (February): Around the Market Triptych
– Galleria Il Fonte d’Abisso, Modena Abstraction and figuration 1929-1949
– Robert Miller Gallery, New-York, Hélion Paintings and Drawings 1939-1960
– Karl Flinker Gallery, Paris: FIAC
– Bronda Gallery, Helsinki
1982 – State Museum, Luxembourg
1983 -Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris Hélion recent works
1984 -Galerie Karl Flinker, Hélion paintings from the 40s (May / June)
-Vezelay, Gothic hall of the town hall (August / October): works from the Zervos bequest
-Galerie Poll, Berlin Jean Hélion, from abstraction to figuration, 1933-1983)
-Stâdische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Jean Hélion, abstraction and everyday mythology, paintings, drawings and gouaches 1925-1983 (28 August/21 October)
-Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Hélion, paintings and drawings 1925-1983 (15 November/6 January)
1985 – Calouste Gulbelkian Foundation, Lisbon (February)
-Centre culturel Jacques Brel,Thionville :Jean Hélion, Les marchés
-Rachel Adler Gallery, New-York, From abstraction to figuration,1934-1948 (27 April/1 June)
-Centre culturel Nicolas Pomel, Issoire, Jean Hélion, recent works (July/August)
-Galerie Patrice Trigano, Hélion les années 60 (14 Dec/8 Feb)
1986 – Peggy Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Paintings and pastels (March/April)
-Galerie Michael Hasenclever, Munich, Jean Hélion paintings and drawings
-Galerie Berggruen & Cie, Paris, Jean Hélion, watercolours, drawings, prints
1987 -Galerie Louis Carré & Cie, Paris, Paintings (21 May/25 July)
-Kunstmuseum,Aarhus (Denmark), Jean Hélion, retrospective of paintings and drawings 1929-1983 (5 September/25 October)
-Albermale Gallery,London, Hélion, paintings since 1960, works on paper since 1930 (10 September/10 October)
1988 -Art of this Century, Paris (February)
-Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, May 1968 (May/June)
-Galerie Nationale, East Berlin (June/July)
-Campredon Art et Culture, L’Isle- sur- la- Sorgue (July/October)
1989 -Rachel Adler Gallery, New-York, Abstract Designs (February/March)
1990 -IVAM, Centro Julio Gonzalez, Retrospective (April/May)
-Galeria de Arte Moderna, Valencia, Paintings and drawings
-Tate Gallery, Liverpool (August/October)
-Château de Quintin, FRAC Bretagne exhibition, Autour du Triptyque du Dragon (15 March/15 May)
-Musée National d’art moderne, Paris, dation, paintings and drawings (September/October)
– Rachel Adler Gallery, New-York (October/November)
1992– Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris, Hélion and the Crossing of Abstraction:
Room 1: Abstractions, 49 works on paper 1929-1939.
Room 2: Two friends around Jean Hélion: Julio Gonzalez and Joaquin Torres-Garcia: 20 works on paper 1929-1939 (3 June/17 July and 1-30 September)
-Centro de exposociones y congresso,Zaragossa :Jean Hélion y la travesia de la abstraccion (27 October/27 November) ; Sala Amos Salvador, Logrono (5/27 December)
-Centre d’Arts plastiques, Royan: Hélion. De la géométrie aux mythes (5 June/27 September)
1993 -Galerie du théâtre, Cherbourg. Jean Hélion, Two triptychs (18 March/2 May)
1994 -Galerie Pierre Brullé, Paris : Jean Hélion, Quartier libre (7 June/27 July)
-Centre d’Art Contemporain, Istres : Jean Hélion (15 September/12 Nov.)
-Linda Hyman Gallery, New-York : Hélion 20 équilibres 1932-1939
1995 -Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans, Jean Hélion. Works on deposit from the Musée d’Art Moderne from the Hélion dation to the French State and the Fonds national d’Art contemporain
-Maison de l’Art et de la communication, Sallaumines : ” Hélion,Quartier libre ” (14 April/2 June)
– Galerie Gérald Piltzer, Paris: “Tableaux de la succession” (28 Sept/22 Nov)
– Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar :Hélion, la figure tombée (3 June/3 Sept.)
– Musée de l’Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Les Sables d’Olonne (14 Oc/7 Jan)
1996 – Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New-York :Jean Hélion paintings (April 2 /27)
1996-97 – Abbaye aux Dames, Caen. “Jean Hélion. A perte de vue” (13 Dec / 15 Feb 1997)
-Galerie Gérald Piltzer, Paris, Exhibition organized by the IMEC. On this occasion, publication of Jean Hélion’s book: “A perte de vue” followed by “Choses vues” (5 November /6 December 1997)
1998– The Mayor Gallery, London : Jean Hélion 1904-1987 (1 June/4 September)
1999– Musée des Jacobins, Morlaix : Jean Hélion, la saga aux homards (3 April/31 May). Musée de la Cohue, Vannes (5 June/10 October)
1999-Galerie Quintessens, Utrecht, retrospective (10 April/ 3 July)
2000 -Halle du Quai Antoine1er, Monaco : Hélion, ou l’invention de l’autre (4 March/ 24 April)
2001 -Galerie Marwan Hoss, Paris. Jean Hélion, works from 1929 to 1958 (26 April/13 July)
2002 -Galerie Ileana Bouboulis: “Jean Hélion. Charles Lapicque”.
2003 -Musée des Beaux-Arts, Gaillac. Jean Hélion
2004 -Pompidou Centre, National Museum of Modern Art, Paris: Jean Hélion, le réel et le songe (8 December 2004/6 March 2005)
-Galerie Bertrand Trocmez, Clermont-Ferrand, Jean Hélion, paintings and works on paper (12 November/30 November)
2005 -Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris :Jean Hélion, works from 1945 to 1983 (January 12/March 12)
-Galerie Marwan Hoss, Jean Hélion, works on paper from 1933 to 1946 (19 January/26 February)
-Museu Picasso, Barcelona, Jean Hélion (17 March/ 19 June)
-National Academy Museum, New-York, Jean Hélion (14 July/9 October)
2006 -Connaught Brown Gallery, London, Jean Hélion (30 Nov/22 Dec)
2011– Galerie de la Présidence, Paris , Jean Hélion de l’Abstraction à la Figuration 1929 à 1946 (5 mai/18 juin)
2017 -Galerie Malingue, Paris, Hélion, 1940s (18 Oct/16 Dec)
2018-Galerie Alain Margaron, Paris. Hélion, retrospective of 50 paintings and drawings (20 Sept/10 Nov)
2022-Galerie Alain Margaron, Paris. Jean Hélion, from 1955 to 1966 ” my job is to think with my eyes“(9 February to 16 April 2022)