| 1948 - 1954 | Spennymoor Settlement Annual exhibitions |
| 1950 and 1951 | Darlington Society of Arts - Autumn Exhibition |
| October 1951 | Shipley Gallery - Gateshead. Annual Exhibition |
| October 1953 | Darlington Society of Arts - Autumn Exhibition |
| 1953 | International Poster Competition Touring exhibition of the top 200 entries visiting Ipswich, Eastbourne, Torquay, Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Belfast, & Dublin. |
| 1954 | Holborn artists Exhibition - Holborn Library, London |
| 1958 | First solo exhibition. Darlington, Post House Wynd Restaurant |
| September 1958 | Shipley Gallery - Gateshead. Durham County Artists of Today |
| 1958 - 1960 | Liberty's Paintings Gallery - London |
| February 1964 | Silver Coin Art Gallery - Harrogate. Joint exhibition with colleague Owen Yarwood |
| August 1964 | Westgate Gallery - Newcastle Joint exhibition with colleague Peter Blythe |
| March 1965 | Westgate Gallery - re-opening at The Side - Newcastle featuring artists from exhibitions held the previous year. |
| 1960's | - Billingham Art Gallery - Teesside Collective exhibition of staff from Teesside College of Art and - Leeds University Adult Education Centre - Middlesbrough Collective staff exhibition - Municipal Art Gallery - Middlesbrough Collective staff exhibition |
| Winter 1968 | Ferens Art Gallery - Hull - Collective staff exhibition |
| April 1970 | Gallery Caballa - Harrogate - Solo exhibition |
| April 1990 | Durham Light Infantry Museum and Gallery - Durham Collective exhibition of artists |
| August 1991 | Silver Longboat Art competition Exhibition - Darlington |
| March 1996 | Crown Street Art Gallery - Darlington First solo exhibition for 25 years to celebrate the opening of Visual Arts Year |
| October 1996 | McGuinness Gallery - Bishop Auckland Town Hall Solo exhibition |
| September 2000 | Greenfield Art College - Newton Aycliffe Solo retrospective exhibition showcasing his work over the last 50 years |
| October 2003 | McGuinness Gallery - Bishop Auckland Town Hall Collective exhibition of artists |
| 2006 | Greenfield Art College - Newton Aycliffe Collective exhibition of artists |
| 2007 | Greenfield Art College - Newton Aycliffe Collective exhibition |
| January 2008 | Botanical Gardens Cafe - Durham City Collective exhibition of prints and photographs |
| February 2008 | Greenfield Art College - Newton Aycliffe Collective exhibition of prints and photographs |
| April 2010 | Locomotion Museum Open Art exhibition - Shildon County Durham Collective exhibition |
| June/July 2013 | 80 Years of Spennymoor Settlement Art - Town Hall Gallery Spennymoor Combined exhibition with the late Robert Heslop and the current Settlement Art Group. |
| Summer 2014 | The Bowes Museum – Barnard Castle Portrait of Spennymoor Settlement lady included in “Shafts of Light” a retrospective exhibition of work by artists from the industrial North East. |
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