1973
Polaroids. Light Gallery, New York, USA
1977
Flowers. Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, USA
1978
Robert Mapplethorpe. Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, United States
Robert Mapplethorpe. Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
1979
Trade Off (with Lynn Davis). International Center of Photography, New York, USA
1980
Robert Mapplethorpe. Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn, Netherlands
1981
Robert Mapplethorpe. Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany; Fotogalerie Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria; Modern Art Galerie, Vienna; PPC Galerie FC Gundlach, Hamburg, Germany; Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Kunstverein, Munich, Germany; Nikon Foto Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1982
Robert Mapplethorpe. Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Robert Mapplethorpe. Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, USA
1983
Lady, Lisa Lyon. Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, USA
Robert Mapplethorpe. Center Georges Pompidou, Paris
Robert Mapplethorpe, 1970-1983. Institute of Contemporary Art, London; Stills, Edinburgh; Arnolfini, Bristol; Midland Group, Nottingham, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom
Photogravures-1983. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
1984
Lady. Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
1985
Process. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
1986
Robert Mapplethorpe: Photographs 1976-1985. Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia
Robert Mapplethorpe. Pallazzo d’Accursio, Bologna, Italy
1987
Robert Mapplethorpe 1986. Raab Galerie, West Berlin
1988
Robert Mapplethorpe. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Center Georges Pompidou, Paris
Mapplethorpe Portraits. National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Mapplethorpe, The Perfect Moment. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Washington Project for the Arts, Washington; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford; University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
Robert Mapplethorpe. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
1989
The Modernist Still Life Photographed. University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA
Robert Mapplethorpe. Sala D’Ercole di Palazzo D’Accursio, Bologna, Italy
Robert Mapplethorpe Een Retrospective. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Intravital Selected Group Exhibitions
1973
Polaroids: Robert Mapplethorpe, Brigid Polk, Andy Warhol. Gotham Book Mart, New York, USA
1974
Recent Religious and Ritual Art. Buecker and Harpsichords, New York, USA
1976
Animals. Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, USA
1977
documenta VI. Kassel, Germany
1978
Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960. Museum of Modern Art, New York; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; JB Speed Museum, Louisville; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco; Krannert Art Museum, University of llinois, Champaign; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, United States
1979
People Watching. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Artists by Artists. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
American Portraits of the Sixties and Seventies. Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen, United States
1980
In Photography, Color as Subject. School of Visual Arts Museum, New York, USA
Quattro fotografi differenti. Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
1981
Autoportraits photographiques. Center Georges Pompidou, Paris
New York, New Wave. Institute for Art and Urban Resources, P. S. 1, New York, USA
Whitney Biennale. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Instant Fotografie. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1982
Counterparts: Form and Emotion in Photographs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
The Black Male Image. Harlem Exhibition Space, New York, USA
documenta VII. Kassel, Germany
1983
Presentation: Recent Portrait Photography. Taft Museum, Cincinnati, United States
Phototypes. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Photography in America 1910-1983. Tampa Museum, Tampa, United States
New Art. Tate Gallery, London
1984
Twelve on 20 x 24. New England Foundation of the Arts, Cambridge; Gallery of the School of Fine Arts, Boston; Westbrook College, Portland; Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg; Smith College Museum, Northampton; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, USA
1985
Self-Portrait: The Photographer’s Persona 1840-1985. Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Memento Mori. Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, USA
1986
Sacred Images in Secular Art. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
Invitation: La Revue Parkett. Center Georges Pompidou, Paris
The Nude in Modern Photography. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
1987
Portraits: Faces of the 80’s. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, United States
Legacy of Light. International Center of Photography, New York, USA
Contemporary American Figurative Photography. Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, USA
1988
Flower. Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, United States
First Person Singular: Self Portrait Photography, 1840-1986. The High Museum at Georgia-Pacific Center, Atlanta, United States
Identity: Representations of the Self. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
1989
Photography Now. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Das Portrait: In Der Zeitgenossischen Photographie. Frankfurter Kustverein, Frankfurt Kulturzentrum Mainz, Mainz, Germany; Museo de arte
Contemporaneo de Caracas, Caracas
150 Years of Photography. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
L’Invention d’un Art. Center Georges Pompidou, Paris
