| 1975 | "Biennial Exhibition," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
| 1980 | Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (additional one person exhibition: 1984) |
| 1980 | "New New Mexico," Scottish Arts Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| 1981 | "Biennial Exhibition," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY |
| 1981 | Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY (additional one person exhibitions: 1982, 1984) |
| 1982 | "Richard Thompson: Cabin Fevers and Prairie Crazies," University Art Gallery, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1984 | "Richard Thompson: The Ancestors Dream," Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX |
| 1985 | "Fresh Paint: The Houston School," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX and P.S.1., Brooklyn, NY |
| 1985 | Harris Gallery, Houston, TX, (additional one-person exhibitions: 1987, 1990, 1994) |
| 1986 | William Campbell Contemporary Art, Ft. Worth, TX (additional one-person exhibitions: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2005) |
| 1987 | 50 Texas Artists, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA |
| 1988 | "Texas," Groninger Museum, the Netherlands |
| 1989 | "Richard Thompson: Paintings," Art Base Gallery, Singapore |
| 1990 | "NW x SW: Painted Fictions" Palm Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA |
| 1990 | "Richard Thompson: Implied Narratives," Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX |
| 1991 | "Richard Thompson: Four Forms," four large paintings commissioned for the Continental Plaza, Ft. Worth, TX |
| 1995 | "James Goode Contemporary Self Portrait Collection," National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC |
| 1995 | "Richard Thompson: Paintings," University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY |
| 1996 | "Richard Thompson: Pond Vessels/Vessel's Pond," Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX |
| 2001 | "Confluence," Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO and Pritchard Gallery, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID |
| 2000 | "Richard Thompson - A Survey of Paintings and Drawings 1990-99," University Art Gallery, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX |
| 2004 | "Richard Thompson: My Nature," Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred, NY |
| 2005 | "Richard Thompson: Selected works 2002-2004," Exhibit/208, Albuquerque, NM |
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