2003 Convenor of the Seminars Art Intervention, Control Magazine at Vilma Gold1991 Stephen Willats - Printed Archive, Victoria and Albert Museum1990 Referent of Symposion, Art Creating Society, Museum of Modern Art1979–1980 D.A.A.D. Stipendium1972–1973 Director of Centre for Behavioural Art1965 Editor of Control Magazine
| 2009 | Cybemetic Stil Life, BaliceHertling, Paris |
| The Ideological Diagram, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne |
| In And Out The Underworld, European Kunsthalle, Cologne |
| Stephen Willats, Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
| 2008 | The Architecture of Stephen Willats, LWL - Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Munster |
| Democratic Mosaiks and Conceptual Towers, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
| The Speculative Digaram, Casco, Office for Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht |
| 2007 | Person to Person, People to People, Milton Keynes Gallery, Central Milton Keynes, UK |
| JUST BETWEEN PEOPLE, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| Assumptions and Presumptions, Rayners Lane & Sudbury Underground Stations, London |
| 2006 | Going Home, MOT Gallery, London |
| Wie die Welt ist und wie sie sein könnte, Stephen Willats, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen |
| From My Mind to Your Mind, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
| Publishing Interventions, Connor Donlon Books, Herald Street Gallery, London |
| 2005 | Street Talk Amsterdam, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
| MULTICHANNEL LIFE, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne |
| 2004 | Messages From The Polemical City, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
| 2003 | Personal Encounters in your Imagination, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| 2002 | Through Your Symbolic World, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
| Cognition Control. From The Archives of Stephen Willats, Institute of Visuel Culture, Fritzwilliam Museum, Cambridge |
| 2001 | Traces and Signs, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
| Rencontres et Co-operations 1979-2000, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris |
| Man From The Twenty First Centure, Nottingham 1970 – 1971 Clinique, London |
| 2000 | Macro To Micro, Gallery Laure Genillard, London |
| 1999 | Multichannel Vision, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| 1998 | Random Encounter, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton |
| Changing Everything, South London Art Gallery, London |
| Creative Force, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield |
| Multicult Berlin, Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin |
| Concepts, Strategies & Models 1962 - 65, Gimpel Fils, London |
| Blind Date With Reality, Galerie Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich |
| 1997 | Street Talk, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
| Between Me And You, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough |
| MULTICULT, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
| 1996 | In Response To Each Other, Galerie Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich |
| Du Hasard à l’Accor, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris |
| 1995 | Living Together, Tramway, Glasgow |
| A State Of Agreement, Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin |
| Writing on the Wall, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki |
| Writing on the Wall, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| 1994 | Multiple Clothing, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne |
| Random Life, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
| Museum Mosaic, Tate Gallery, Liverpool |
| Fateful Combinations, The British School at Rome, Rome |
| Into the Infra-Structure, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
| Urban Nomads, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris |
| 1993 | Buildings & People, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin |
| Multiple Clothing, ICA, London |
| Walking Between Objects, Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin |
| Buildings & People, Goethe Institut, London |
| 1992 | Signs of Living, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris |
| 1991 | Publishing Interventions, 1963 - 1991, National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
| 1990 | Mosaics, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki |
| Stephen Willats, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam |
| 1989 | Secret Language, Cornerhouse Gallery, Manchester |
| 1988 | Transformers, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| Code Breakers, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam |
| Stephen Willats, Galerie Ralph Wernicke, Stuttgart |
| 1987 | Contemporary Living, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent |
| Concepts and Projects Bookworks, Nigel Greenwood Books, London |
| Between Objects And People, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds |
| 1986 | City of Concrete, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham |
| Grüsse vom Modernen Leben, Städtische Galerie, Regensburg |
| Concepts and Models, ICA, London |
| Vier Hiizen in Den Haag, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Hague |
| Striking Back, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield |
| 1985 | Doppelgänger, Lisson Gallery, London |
| Double Crossing, Galerie Ralph Wernicke, Stuttgart |
| 1984 | Means of Escape, Rochdale Art Gallery, Greater Manchester |
| Another City, Riverside Studios, London |
| 1983 | Angst in den Strassen, Rüdiger Schöttle Galerie, Munich |
| Inside The Night, Lisson Gallery, London |
| Under Cover, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol |
| 1982 | Meta Filter and Related Works, Tate Gallery, London |
| The New Reality, Orchard Gallery, Londonderry |
| 1981 | 4 Inseln in Berlin, Goethe Institut, London |
| Mens en Omgeving, De Beyerd Centrum voor beeldende Kunst, Breda, Netherlands |
| 1980 | Four Professionals, Lisson Gallery, London |
| Berlin Wall Drawings, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich |
| Concerning Our Present Way of Living, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 4 Inseln in Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
| 1979 | Concerning Our Present Way of Living, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
| 1978 | Questions About Ourselves, Lisson Gallery, London |
| Living Within Contained Conditions, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford |
| 1977 | Attitudes Within Four Relationships, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton |
| 1976 | Life Codes And Behaviour Parameters, The Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham |
| Social Structures: The Perception of Context, Stampa Galerie, Basel |
| 1975 | Coding Structures And Behaviour Parameters, Massimo Minini, Gallery Banco, Brescia |
| Meta Filter, A State Of Agreement, The Gallery, London |
| 1974 | Life Codes And Behaviour Parameters, Galerie Dezember, Münster |
| 1973 | The Artist As An Instigator Of Changes in Social Cognition and Behaviour, Gallery House, London |
| 2009 | My Yard, British Council Collection, London |
| Revisiting The Shaping Of The Social Since The 20th Century, Central Museum Utrecht, Utrecht |
| At The Edge: British Art 1950-2000, Touchstones Rochdale, Rochdale |
| Die Moderne als Ruine, Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein, Lichtenstein |
| Die Moderne als Ruine, Generali Fondation, Vienna |
| Oppositions & Dialogues, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover |
| An Eye For An Eye, Glucksman Gallery, Cork |
| Modemdogies, MCAB, Barcelona |
| 2008 | Building Dwelling Thinking, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London |
| The Art of Participation, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California |
| A Town (Not A City), Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen |
| Sammlung 1978-2008, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
| Mondo e Terra: La collezione del FRAC Corsica, MAN - Nuoro, Museo d’arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro |
| Punk. No One is Innocent. Kunst-Stil-Revolte, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna |
| Manifesta 7, Trentino, South Tyrol |
| Soziale Diagramme. Planning Reconsidered, curated by Jesko Fezer and Axel John Wieder, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
| No One is Innocent. Kunst-Stil-Revolte, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna |
| Be(com)ing Dutch, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 2007 | Oh Girl, It´s A Boy!, Kunstverein München, Munich |
| Centre of the Creative Universe. Liverpool and the Avantgarde, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool |
| The Secret Public. The Last Days of the British Underground 1978 - 1988, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London |
| What Does The Jellyfish Want?, Museum Ludwig, Ludwigsburg |
| 2006 | Art Link, Götenborgs Konsthall, Göteborg |
| The Secret Public. The Last Days of the British Underground 1978 - 1988, Kunstverein München, Munich |
| 2005 | Faltering Flame, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield |
| Kritische Gesellschaften, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe |
| Wie Gesellschaft und Kunst ins Bild kommen, Generali Foundation, Venice |
| Ordering the Ordinary, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London |
| Barents Art Triennial, Kirkenes |
| 2004 | 3rd Berlin Biennial, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin |
| L’Air du Temps, Migros Museum, Zurich |
| Streets, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
| Engagierte Kunst 70/90, Neues Museum, Nuremberg |
| Re:Location. 1-7 Shake, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg |
| Art & The 60’s. This Was Tomorrow, Tate Gallery, London |
| Art & The 60’s. This Was Tomorrow, Birmingham City Art Museum, Birmingham |
| La Collection Continue, FRAC Corse, Centre Culturel Una Volta, Bastia |
| Vanishing Points: Landscape Art Beyond the Horizon, Southhampton city Art Gallery, Sheffield |
| 2003 | Collection 001, FRAC Rhone-Alpes. Institut d’art Contemporain, Villeurbanne |
| In Portraiture Irrelevance Is Ugliness, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, Migros Museum, Zurich |
| In Portraiture Irrelevance Is Ugliness, Museum Schloss Hardenberg, Velbert-Neviges |
| Art For Networks, Turnpike Gallery, Leith, UK |
| Air Guitar. Reconsidering Rock Music, Tulie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlise |
| Urban Codes, coder/decoder, Espace de l’Art Concret, chateau de Mouans, Mouans-Sartoux |
| 2002 | Private Views, London Print Studio, London |
| The Gap Show, Museum am Ostwald, Dortmund |
| Air Guitar, Milton Keynes Gallery and then touring, London |
| Art For Networks, Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff (then touring) |
| Blast To Freeze, British Art in the Twentieth Century, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg |
| 2001 | Arbeit Essen Angst, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen |
| City Racing. A Partial Account, Institute of Contemporary Art, London |
| Conception. Conceptual Documents 1968-72, Norwich Gallery, Norwich |
| Double Vision, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig |
| Antagonisms, Musee d’Arte Contemporaneo, Barcelona |
| The Map is not the Territory, England & Co., London |
| Works on Paper, Acconci to Zittel, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
| Video Evidence, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton |
| Video Project Space, Anthony Wilkins Gallery, London |
| Selbst Portrait, Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg |
| Stadsgezichten. Amsterdam vereeuwigd 1901-2001, Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam |
| 2000 | Democracy, Royal College of Art. London, April/May, London |
| Live In Your Head, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
| Protest And Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
| Raw, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
| 1999 | Nur Wasser Lasst Sich Leichter Schneiden, Hamburg |
| Bildung, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz |
| Borderline PILOT, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo |
| 1998 | Addressing the Century, 100 Years of Art & Fashion, Hayward Gallery, London |
| 1997 | Sous le manteau, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris |
| The Grand Design, The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, |
| In Every Moment Everywhere, Porin Taidemuseo, Finnland |
| C’est ici que nous vivons (2), FRAC Rhones-Alpes, Frankreich |
| Photographie d’une Collection 3/97, de la Caise des Depots et Consignations, Paris |
| 1996 | Les Contes de Fees se terminent bien, FRAC Haute-Normandie, Chateau du Val Freneuse, Sotteville-sous-le-Val |
| Radikale Images, 2nd Austrian Triennale for Photography, Neue Galerie, Graz |
| Everybody’s Talking, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Helmond |
| 1995 | Mapping Knowledge, The Minories Gallery, Colchester |
| Ars 95 Helsinki, Helsinki |
| I don’t actually have to go, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam |
| Imprint 93, City Racing, London |
| Temples, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
| Ideal Standard Summertime, Lisson Gallery, London |
| La Transparence Dans L’Art Du XXe Siecle, Museum des Beaux-Arts Malraux, Le Havre |
| The Edge of Town, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Conn., |
| Paste-Up, Past & Present, Kent Gallery, New York |
| 1994 | Outsiders, Camerawork, London |
| Visione Britannica, Valentina Moncada, Rom |
| Sarah Staton Super Store Boutique, Laure Genillard Gallery, London |
| Conceptual Living, Rhizome, Amsterdam |
| Looking at Words: Reading Pictures, Elms Lester Painting Rooms, London |
| Lesezimmer II, Künstlerhaus, Stuttgart |
| 1993 | Sixties Art Scene in London, Barbican Art Gallery, London |
| Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Lisson Gallery, London |
| Public and Private, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh |
| The Ideal Place, HCAK, Den Haag |
| 1992 | Wasteland, Photographic Biennale, Rotterdam |
| Real Stories, Museet fur Photokunst, Odense |
| Instructions and Diagrams, Victoria Miro Gallery, London |
| 1991 | Oikos, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris |
| Excavating the Present, Kettles Yard Gallery, Cambridge |
| Past Continuous, Artsite Trust, Bath Festival, Bath |
| Shocks to the System, ACGB Touring Exhibition, South Bank Centre, London |
| 1990 | Art Creating Society, Exhibition to accompany Symposium at the MOMA, New York |
| 1989 | Invisible City, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds |
| Tekens Van Verzet, Beeld Museum Fodor, Amsterdam |
| 1988 | British Modernist Painting, Birch & Conran Fine Art, London |
| Beyond the City, The Metropolis, Triennale di Milano, Milan |
| What is good appears, and what appears is good, Galerie Tanja Grunert, Cologne |
| New Urban Landscape, World Financial Centre, Battery Park, New York |
| 100 Years of British Art, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds |
| New Reform Retrospective 1970 - 79, Cultural Centre, Alst, Begium |
| Rüdgier Schöttle Gallerie, Munich |
| 1987 | Art and Craft made and designed in the Twentieth Century, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 1986 | The Art of Peace Biennale, Kunstverein, Hamburg |
| Androgyn, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin |
| Eye Level, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1985 | Watch Your Step, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester |
| The British Art Show, National Art Gallery, London |
| Summer in the City, Ikon Gallery, Wellinton, New Zealand |
| Human Interest, Cornerhouse Gallery, Birmingham |
| The British Show, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Manchester (then travelling exhibition Australia) |
| 1984 | Strip Language, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London |
| 1983 | Place, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London |
| New Art and the Tate Gallery, Tate Gallery, London |
| The Sculpture Show, Hayward Gallery, London |
| 1982 | Contemporary Choice, Contemporary Art Society Exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, London |
| Noi altri wir anderen, Städtisches Museum, Regensburg |
| Past - Present - Future, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart |
| Enweiterte Fotografie, Wiener Secession, Vienna |
| London - New York, Lisson Gallery, London |
| Aperto 82, Venice Biennale, Venice |
| 1981 | Kunst und Politik, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe |
| Die Kehrseite der Wunschbilder, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn |
| Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
| 1980 | Artist and Camera, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield |
| 1979 | In Certain Art Anglais, ARC 2, Museum of Modern Art, Paris |
| Anglo-Belgium Exhibition, JP2 Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels |
| Languages, Third Eye Centre, Arts Council of Great Britain, Glasgow |
| La Parola et le Imagine, Commune di Milano, Milan |
| 1977 | Gallery Artists, Lisson Gallery, London and Fine Arts Building, New York |
| Social Criticism and Art Practice, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco |
| 10th Biennale of Paris, Paris |
| 1976 | Artist’s Bookworks, Arts Council of Great Britain Touring Exhibition, |
| Art as Thought Process, British Council Touring Exhibition, |
| Twentieth Century Artist’s Photographs, Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
| 1975 | Structures and Codes, Royal College of Art Gallery, London |
| Artists’ Bookworks, British Council Touring Exhibition for Germany, |
| Body and Soul, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
| 1974 | Art as Thought Process, Serpentine Gallery, London |
| 1973 | Interact, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh |
| 1972 | Survey of the Avant-Guarde, Gallery House, London |
| Cognition Control, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham |
| Cognition Control, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford |
| 1971 | Electric Theatre, ICA Gallery, London |
| Invention of Problems, Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester |
| 1970 | Kinetic Art, Hayward Gallery, London |
| 1969 | Five Light Artists, Greenwich Theatre Art Gallery, London |
| British Movements, Onnasch Galerie, Berlin |
| 1968 | Public Eye, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg |
| Preview London, Camden Arts Centre, London |
| 1967 | K 4, Brighton Festival, Brighton |
| Light and Movement, Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry |
| 1966 | Kunst Licht Kunst, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
