1958–1961 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts–1958 Bachelor of Arts, Art History and Sculpture, Mount Holyoke College, Mount Holyoke, MA–1965 Master of Fine Art, Columbia University, New York
| 2010 | upcoming: Reading Dante III, Yvon Lambert, New York |
| 2008 | Wilkinson Gallery, London |
| The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (performance) |
| 2007 | Timelines: Transparencies in a Dark Room,
Spain,
(Performance at Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona), Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, travels to Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva (performance) |
| The Hand Reverts to its Own Movement, Spazio San Francesco, Fondazione Antoni Ratti,, Como (performance) |
| The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, My New Theater VI and other works, Yvon Lambert, New York |
| Joan Jonas: My Theater, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento |
| 12th Biennial of the Moving Image,, Centre pour l’image contemporaine, St-Gervais |
| 2006 | Scenes from the Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, 2004/2006 II, Rosamund Felsen Galley, Santa Monica |
| Scenes from the Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, 2004/2006, I, Yvon Lambert, Paris |
| Reflexion – A Variation on Mirror Pieces 1 and 2, 1968 – 2004, Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna |
| The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, Dia:Beacon, Beacon, New York (performance) |
| Crossed Waves, Castello di Rivoli, Turin (performance) |
| Crossed Waves, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid (performance) |
| 2005 | Joan Jonas: Survey 1968 - 2005, Le Plateau and Jeu de Paume/ Hotel de Sully, Paris |
| Part 1: Lines in the Sand, Part II: Recent Drawings, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo |
| Moving in Place 1976 - 2000, Yvon Lambert, New York |
| My New Theater V, Yvon Lambert, Paris |
| The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, Dia:Beacon, New York (performance) |
| 2004 | Lines in the Sand, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Mirror Works 1969-2004, Wilkinson Gallery, London |
| Lines in the Sand; The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton |
| Lines in the Sand; The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, Renaissance Society,
University of Chicago, Chicago |
| Lines in the Sand, The Kitchen, New York (performance) |
| Lines in the Sand, Tate Modern, London (performance) |
| 2003 | Retrospective: Five Works, Queens, Museum of Art, Queens, New York |
| Video Retrospective, Museum Carillo Gil, Mexico City |
| Lines in the Sand, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| Lines in the Sand, Center for the Arts, Mexico City |
| Lines in the Sand, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (performance) |
| Crossed Waves, The Moore Space, Miami, Florida (performance) |
| Crossed Waves, Queens Museum, New York (performance) |
| 2002 | Lines in the Sand, Documenta 11, Kassel (performance) |
| Cineme Verite, TRANS>area, New York (performance) |
| 2001 | Performance, Video, Installation 1968 - 2000, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin |
| Circular Revision, Video Performance in conjunction with Joan Jonas: Performance Video,, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
| 2000 | In the Shadow a Shadow, Moving with No Pattern, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, California |
| Performance, Video, Installation 1968 - 2000 (Retrospective), Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
| Drawings, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| Film and Video Work, 1968 - 76, DIA Center for the Arts, New York |
| This Earth is a Flower, International Artists' Museum, Bydgoszcz |
| 1999 | Moving with No Pattern, My New Theatre III, In the Shadow a Shadow and drawings, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York |
| In the Shadow A Shadow, for Were You There?, Hertogenbosch Festival, Netherlands (performace) |
| 1998 | Songdelay and New Work, My New Theater II, Big Mirror, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York |
| Tangle, Performance Festival, Los Angeles (performance) |
| If I Could Remember, It Would Be Simple Things, Witte de With, Rotterdam (performance) |
| The Turn of the Screw for The Object of Time, Rheinstahlhalle, Stuttgart (performance) |
| 1997 | Props: Works 1994 - 1997, My New Theatre I, drawings and photographs, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York |
| Narcissus and Echo, collaboration with Paul Miller / DJ Spooky, Amsterdam (performance) |
| Joan Jonas, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart |
| 1996 | Mask, Decoy and Other Beasts and Woman in the Well, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica |
| 1994 | Works 1968-1994 (Retrospective), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
| From Beyond the Pale, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin |
| Revolted by the thought of known places Sweeney Astray (in conjunction with Joan Jonas:
Works 1968 - 1994, Stedelijk Festival, Museum, Westergasfabrik, Amsterdam (performance) |
| 1993 | Variations on a Scene, Podvil Berlin, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (performance) |
| Variations on a Scene, Centre d'art contemporian de Vassiviere-en-Limousin, Lac de Vassiviere (performance) |
| 1992 | Revolted by the thought of known places…, Kunst Werke, Berlin |
| Revolted by the thought of known places…, Museum, Lodz (video installation) |
| 1990 | Vanishing Point, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montréal |
| Variations on a Scene, Wave Hill, Bronx, New York (performance) |
| 1988 | Brooklyn Bridge, Festival Electronique, Rennes (performance) |
| 1987 | Volcano Saga, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (performance) |
| Volcano Saga, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (performance) |
| Volcano Saga, Museum,
Winnipeg, Canada, Performing Garage, Contemporary Art, New York (performance) |
| 1986 | Volcano Saga, Schouwburg, Maastricht (performance) |
| Volcano Saga, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (performance) |
| 1985 | Volcano Saga, De Appel, Amsterdam (performance) |
| 1984 | He Saw her Burning, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin (performance) |
| 1983 | He Saw Her Burning, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe (performance) |
| He Saw Her Burning, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal (performance) |
| He Saw Her Burning, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (performance) |
| He Saw Her Burning, La Zattera di Babele, Genzzano (performance) |
| 1982 | Upside Down and Backwards, Documenta 7, Kassel |
| PS1 Contemporary Arts Center, Long Island City, Queens, New York |
| '60/'80: Attitudes/Concepts/Images, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
| Upside Down and Backwards, 4th Biennial of Sydney, Sydney (performance) |
| Woman on Fire, Kino Arsenal, Berlin (performance) |
| Upside Down and Backwards, in conjunction with 60/'80 Attitudes, Concepts, Images, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (performance) |
| Double Lunar Dogs Germany, Documenta 7, Kassel (performance) |
| Double Lunar Dogs, Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis (performance) |
| Double Lunar Dogs, La Zattera di Babele, Genzanno (performance) |
| He Saw Her Burning, Berliner Kunstlerprogramm, DAAD West, Berlin (performance) |
| He Saw Her Burning, Progetto Genzanno, Italy (performance) |
| 1981 | Other Realities Installations for Performance, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston |
| Double Lunar Dogs, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston (performance) |
| Double Lunar Dogs, Il Gergo Inquieto, Teatro Falcone, Genoa (performance) |
| Double Lunar Dogs, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (performance) |
| Double Lunar Dogs, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (performance) |
| Double Lunar Dogs, The Performing Garage, New York (performance) |
| 1980 | Music, Sound, Language Theater-John Cage, Tom Marioni, Robert Barry,
Joan Jonas: Etchings from Crown, Point Press, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
