Gray Stuff - Designs for Books and Posters 1952-2007, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (with the launch of ‘A Life in Pictures’ a visual biography of Gray’s life and work, published by Canongate.)
What you see is where you’re at: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 50th Anniversary Displays, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (A room will be devoted to Gray at SNGMA to coincide with the exhibiton an book launch at Talbot Rice Gallery.)
2009
Old Negatives/The Scots Hippo, The Changing Room, Stirling
2008
Printed Works, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
Now and Then, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow (a Glasgow International Commission)
2007
Cafe Cossachok, Glasgow
2006
Smith Gallery, Stirling
2003
Oran Mor, Glasgow (commissioned murals, ongoing)
1995
Abbot’s House Local History Museum, Dunfermline, Scotland (commissioned mural on Dunfermline’s history)
1980
Arcadia, The Ubiquitous Chip, Glasgow (commissioned mural)
1978
The Continuous Glasgow Show, People’s Palace, Glasgow
1974
Collins Gallery, Glasgow (retrospective)
Palacerigg Nature Reserve, Glasgow (commissioned mural around an oak tree on the ecological cycle)
The Book of Ruth, Greenbank Church, Glasgow (commissioned mural)
1972
Kelly Gallery, Glasgow
1968
Cuthbertson’s Music Shop, Glasgow
1964
Duffy’s Gallery, Glasgow
1962
The Days of Creation, Greenhead Church, Glasgow (commissioned mural)
1959
Belleisle Street Synagogue, Glasgow (commission for ceiling painting of firmament)
Group Exhibitions
2012
Two person show with Joyce Gunn Cairns, Smithy Gallery, Glasgow
2011
The British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, Plymouth Art Centre, Plymouth (curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton.exhibition also at Peninsula Arts and Plymouth City Museums)
L’AUR’AMARA, CRAB - Centro Ricerche Accademia di Brera, Milan (curated by Bustos Domenech)
Alasdair Gray: City Recorder, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Live your questions now, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (with Sam Ainsley, Helena Almeida, Joan Jonas, Ana Jotta, Michael Kidner, Běla Kolářová and Lygia Pape)
L’AUR’AMARA, La Générale en Manufacture, Paris (curated by Bustos Domenech)
The British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow (curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton. exhibition also at Tramway and GoMA)
Some Gray Prints, Old Town House, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen
Life and Lanark, The Mitchell Library, Glasgow
Ingr3dients, The Ubiquitous Chip, Glasgow
The Keno Twins IV, Villa Merkel, Esslingen (curated by Michael Bauer)
The British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, Hayward Gallery, London (curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton)
2010
Another Face: works from the Arts Council Collection, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne (featuring contemporary portraiture alongside works from the Hatton, Laing Art Gallery and Arts Council collections, featuring Kurt Schwitters, Wyndham Lewis and William Bell Scott)
L’aur’amara, Gallery MC, New York (curated by Bustos Domenech)
The British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham (curated by Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton)
Curtain Up: 40 years of Scottish Theatre, National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Rank: picturing the social order, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (touring, curated by Alistair Robinson)
Poor. Old. Tired. Horse., Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Rank : picturing the social order, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (touring, curated by Alistair Robinson)
Printmakers’ Exhibition, McGill Duncan Gallery, Castle Douglas
Rank: picturing the social order, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds (touring, curated by Alistair Robinson)
2008
‘To bring forth and give’ Sorcha Dallas Artist’s Print Project, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow (curated by Sorcha Dallas)
Alasdair Gray/Alasdair Taylor, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (two person show)
Frieze Art Fair, London
2006
The Embassy, Edinburgh (with Stuart Murray)
1995
The Two Alasdairs Show, Nancy Smillie Gallery, Glasgow
1986
The Five Artists Show, McLellan Gallery, Glasgow (with Alan Fletcher, Carole Gibbons, John Connelly and Alasdair Taylor. Touring : 369, Edinburgh, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh and Aberdeen Municipal Gallery)
1961
KOK Group, Paisley Art Gallery and Museum, Paisley (with Charlie and Sheila Anderson, Ian Fleming, Bob Methven, Ian Noble, Alan Auld and Malcolm Hood)