One Person/Small Group Shows in the United States:

  • Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota in Duluth
  • Great Lakes Watercolors, Neville Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin: 1998
  • Fraser Gallery, Washington, D.C.: 1999
  • Lizzard’s Gallery, Duluth, MN, 2001
  • Chico Art Center, Chico, CA, 2004
  • American Legacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2004
  • Guild and Greyschkul Gallery, New York City, 2005
  • Francesca Anderson Gallery Cities of the World, Lexington, MA 2005
  • American Legacy Gallery Jazz and Blues, Kansas City, MO 2006
  • American Legacy Gallery Three-Person Exhibition, Kansas City, MO 2007
  • San Marino Gallery, Pasadena, CA, 2008
  • Mesa Art Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA 2008
  • Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Hacienda Heights, CA, 2008
  • Frame Corner Gallery, Duluth, MN 2008
  • Waterborne National Exhibition of Watercolor, Katherine E Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, 2008
  • Hayden hayes Gallery, “Masters Exhibition”, Broadmore Hotel, Colorado Springs, CO 2009
  • National Biennial Watercolor Invitational, Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL 2009
  • American Legacy Gallery, Kansas City, MO “Works on Paper”, 2009
  • Coleman Fine Art Gallery, Charleston SC, “Wet Paint Plein Aire”, 2010
  • Scottsdale Fine Art Gallery, “Urban Realism”, Scottsdale, AZ 2010
  • San Marino Gallery one person show, Pasadena, CA “A Day In the Life of A City” 2011
  • Taiwan International Watercolor Exhibition at the Robeson Gallery, Penn State U, 2011
  • American Legacy Gallery “City Scenes – Our Town and Other Places”, Kansas City MO, 2012
  • The Stremmel Gallery, “In Urban Light” one person exhibition, Reno NV, 2012
  • “Los Angeles Art Experience”, Majestic Halls in Downtown LA, San Marino Gallery, October 2013
  • “Marking Time: Looking Back at Minnesota Artists in the Juried Exhibition”, Invited Artist August, 2013
  • Duluth Art Institute, “Water Works”, Duluth MN, 2013
  • Settlers West Galleries, “The Great American West”, Tucson, AZ Nov. 2013
  • “The Rhythms of the City”, the Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV, September and October 2014
  • “City Light”, the Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV, October and November, 2015
  • “Artistry Awash”, the Bloomington Center for the Arts, Bloomington, MN August 2016
  • “City Life”, one person exhibition, the Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV, 2017
  • “Three Modern Masters:  Tom Schaller, John Salminen, Dean Mitchell”, ArtCenter Manatee, February 2020
  • American Watercolor Society 2020 Traveling Exhibition:   Le Mars Art center in LeMars Iowa; Mid Plains Community College in McCook NE; Longview Museum of Fine Arts in Longview, TX; Eastern Shore Art Center in Fairhope, AL; Tullahoma Fine Arts Center in Tullahoma, TN; and Piedmont Arts in Martinsville, VA, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • “Urban Light” one person exhibition, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV 2022

International Invited Artist Exhibitions:

  • The First International Exhibition of Contemporary International Watermedia Masters, Nanjing, China 2007
  • Master Watercolor Exhibition – The Reason for Watercolor, invited artist, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou China winter 2010
  • Peace on Art, invited artist, National Convention Center, Beijing China, 2010.
  • The Second International Exhibition of Contemporary International Watermedia masters, Nanjing, China, 2010
  • Great Beauty – Third Lushan International Art Festival, Shanghai and Lushan, China 2010
  • Asian-Pacific International Design Forum, Beijing, China 2010
  • The Inaugural Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolour Biennial Exhibition 2010
  • Hundred Years of Brilliance – Third Contemporary
  • 2011 Taiwan International Watercolor Exhibition, invited artist, Chung-Shan National Art Gallery, Taiwan 2011
  • International Invitational Exhibition, China Wetland Museum, Hangzhou, China October 2011
  • Australian Watercolour Institute Anniversary Exhibition, Sydney Australia, Invited Artist 2011
  • Second Shanghai Zhoujiajiao International Watercolour Biennial Exhibition, invited artist, 2012
  • The Third International Exhibition of Contemporary Watermedia Masters, Nanjing, China, 2012
  • Tradition and Transformation: Taiwan-Australia Watercolour Exhibition, Taichung Taiwan and Sydney Australia, 2012
  • China Tianjin Museum Exhibition Tianjin, China 2013
  • Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower Exhibition, Shanghai China 2013
  • Shanghai Youth Palace Exhibition, Shanghai China 2013
  • “Flowing Melody”, Nanning Museum of Art, one of ten invited international artists, 2013
  • “Across the Water: China-Australia, Modern Masters of Watercolour”, Shanghai China and Sydney, Australia, 2014, Quanhua Watercolor Art Gallery, Zhoujiajiao China, 2014
    • “Across the Water: China-Australia, Modern Masters of Watercolour”, Shenzhen Museum of Fine Arts, China 2014
    • “Across the Water: China-Australia, Modern Masters of Watercolour”, Juniper Hall, Paddington, Sydney Australia 2015
  • World Watermedia Exposition and Plein Air Event, Thailand, Ratchadamnoen Contemporary Art Center, Bangkok Thailand, June 2014
  • Shenzhen International Watercolour Biennial, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen China, 2014
    • Yinchuan Art Museum, Yinchuan China, 2014
    • Shanxi Province Art Museum, Xi’an City China 2014
    •  Ningbo Museum of Art, Zhejiang Province China 2014
    • Heilongjiang Province Art Museum, Haerbin City China 2014
    • Chongqing Art Museum, Chongqing China 2014
    • Hainan Province Museum, Haikou City, China, 2014
  • Eau en Couleurs/National Watercolor Biennial, Belgium, 2014
    • Eau en Couleurs/National Watercolor Biennial traveling exhibition, San Pedro CA, 2014
  • Singapore Watercolor Society 45th Annual Exhibition, ARTrium Museum, Singapore, 2014
  • First Qingdao International Watercolor Salon, Qingdao Modern Art Museum, Qingdao China, 2016
  • Universal Love Through Art: Concepts and Watercolour, International Painting Biennial, International Watercolor Society, Cappadocia Turkey 2014
  • Ambilight, the First Zhongshan International Masters’ Watercolor Invitational Exhibition, Zhongshan China 2014
  • Exposition Internacional de Acuarela Ciudad de Mexico 1st International Watercolor Exhibition, Mexico City  2015
  • Fabriano in Aquarello, Fabriano Italy, 2015
  • Endless Cheerful Melody – Third International Watercolor Masters Works Invitational Exhibition, Nanning China, 2015
  • Shenzhen International Watercolour Biennial, Shenzhen Art Museum, Shenzhen China, 2015-2016
    • Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou City, China, 2016
    • Guangxi Art Museum, Nanning City, 2016
    • Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan City, 2016
    • Jinxing Art Museum, Nanjing City, April 2016
    • Qingdao Art Museum, Qingdao City, September  2016
    • Fuzhou Art Museum, Fuzhou City, September 2016
  • Fabriano in Acquerella, Fabriano Italy, 2016, 2017
  • Second Qingdao International Watercolor Salon, Qingdao China, 2016
  • Pearls of Peace, International Watercolor Exhibition, Pakistan, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • IWS Canada,  Van Couvre Canada, 2016
  • Watercolour International III, Thessaloniki Greece 2016, 2022
  • HuaHin BluPort Watercolor Art Biennale Thailand 2016
  • IWS Taiwan, Taipei 2016
  • The Friends of Chen Xidan:  Watercolour Exhibition, Invitational Exhibition Shenzhen and Shanghai October 2016
  • Qingdao-Jimi Small Group Invitational Exhibition October 2016
  • Following Masters Shanghai First Invitational Exhibition of International Watercolor Masters  Shanghai Hong Museum China October 2016
  • International Watercolor Society, Taipei Taiwan, 2017
  • Flowing Watercolor Taoyuan International Watercolor Exhibition, Taiwan  October 2017
  • Xidan Chen Retrospective, China Art Museum, September 2017
  • MingArt International Watercolor Exhibition, Ming Gallery of Art, Suzhou China October 2017
  • Following Masters Shanghai Second Invitational Exhibition of International Watercolor Masters, Shanghai China 2017
  • DAWEI Invitational Exhibition of International Watercolor Masters, Qilu Art Museum, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China October 2017
  • Shanghai Johhan Invitational Exhibition of International Watercolor Art,  Shanghai Library Exhibition Hall November 2017
  • International Watercolor Masters Exhibition in Weston Park, England 2018
  • International Master Watercolor Exhibition Jimo City – Qingdao, China 2018
  • Fifth Silk Road International Exhibition, Xi An, China 2018
  • Following Masters Third Exhibition and Drawing Camp of International Watercolor Masters, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Zhuji China 2018
  • Zhujiajiao Gallery and Museum Exhibition, Zhujiajiao China 2018
  • International Watercolor Society India Biennale, New Delhi India 2018
  • Second Pearls of Peace Through Watercolor Exhibition, Pakistan 2018
  • Following Masters Fourth Exhibition and Drawing Camp of International Watercolor Masters, Shanghai, China 2019
  • International Masters of Watercolor Association First Biennale, Shanghai, 2019
  • Third Pearls of Peace Exhibition, Pakistan 2019
  • LiJiang Heritage City International Exhibition, Lijiang China 2019
  • Universal Watercolor Maestro Biennale, Oniental Beauty Valley 2019
  • Pearls of Peace International Pakistan Invitational 2020
  • Japan International Watercolor Institute, Invited Artist 2020
  • Watercolor International 5 in Thessaloniki, Greece 2021, 2022
  • Beihei China Art Exhibition, 2021
  • Tirana International Watercolor Festival,  Tirana Albania 2022
  • Royal Villa Di Monza Aquarello Exhibition, Monza Italy 2022

Selected Juried Exhibitions in the United States, 1995 – 2024:

  • Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011
  • Adirondacks National Exhibition Traveling Show, 2005
  • Allied Artists of America National Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York: 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
  • American Artists Professional League, New York: 1997
  • American Watercolor Society, New York: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 as judge, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • American Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit: 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Arizona Watercolor Society: 2003
  • Art Renewal Centers International ARC Salon: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
  • Audubon Artists, New York: 1997, 2002, 2003
  • Best in Watercolor Realists, Francesca Anderson Fine Arts Gallery, MA, 1999
  • California Watercolor Association, Walnut Creek: 2004, 2005, 2013, 2020, 2021
  • Contemporary Fine Art Exhibit, Vaxjo, Sweden, 1996
  • Eastern Washington Watercolor Society, 2002
  • Georgetown International Fine Arts Competition, Washington, D.C.: 1998
  • Georgia Watercolor Society, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2018
  • Hilbert Museum of California Art, NWS “One Hundred Year Strong” Centennial Celebration Exhibition
  • Hilton Head Art League, National Juried Exhibition, Hilton Head, SC, 2002, 2007, 2008
  • Kentucky WS, 25th National Exhibition, Aqueous USA, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2011
  • Louisiana WS Annual International Exhibitions, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010
  • Memphis Germantown Art League Annual National Juried Exhibition, Memphis TN, 2007, 2008
  • Midwest Watercolor Society: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 – continued as TWSA
  • Midwest Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition: 1998
  • Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition 1988-2022
  • Mississippi Watercolor Society Grand National Watercolor Exhibition, 2002, 2004, 2005
  • Missouri Watercolor Society Annual Open Exhibitions, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011
  • Montana Watercolor Society 20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, 2002
  • National Academy 173rd Annual Exhibition, New York: 1998
  • National Arts Club Open Exhibition, New York: 1998
  • National Watercolor Society International Exhibition: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, (2014, juror), 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
  • National Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibition: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
  • National Watercolor Society Members Exhibition, California: 1999, 2008, 2013, 2022, 2023
  • National Watercolor Society/Philadelphia Watercolor Society Side By Side Exhibition, 2002, 2004, 2008
  • National Watercolor Society/Hilbert Museum “The First 100 Years” 2020
  • New England Watercolor Society, North American Open Exhibition, Boston, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004
  • Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Exhibition, New York, 2006
  • North East Watercolor Society Annual International Exhibition: 2002, 2003
  • North West Watercolor Society, Waterworks 2002, 2004
  • Northern National Juried Art Exhibition, 2006
  • Oklahoma National Watercolor Exhibition, Oklahoma City, 2002, 2003, 2007
  • Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Juried Exhibition, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2020
  • Philadelphia Watercolor Society: 2003, 2005
  • Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Aqueous Open 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
  • Plano Art Association, Plano, Texas: 2004
  • Red River Watercolor Society 9th, 11th, and 14th Annual Art Exhibitions, 2002, 2004, 2005 , 2007, 2022
  • Rhode Island Watercolor Society 9th Annual Watermedia Competition, 2002, 2005
  • Richeson 75 Portrait and Figure Exhibition, Wisconsin, 2007
  • Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012
  • Salmagundi Club 25th Non-Members Juried Exhibition, New York, 2002
  • San Diego Watercolor Society, San Diego, California, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013. 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
  • Signature American Watermedia Exhibition, Fallbrook, California. 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Taos Watercolor Society, Taos, New Mexico, 2005, 2008
  • Texas Watercolor Society, 2004, 2008, 2010
  • Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Elmhurst, Illinois, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Visual Arts Center of New Jersey International Juried Show, New Jersey 2008
  • Watercolor Art Society of Houston International Exhibitions, 2002 and 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, 2023
  • Watercolor USA National Exhibition, Springfield, Missouri: 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2018, 2019
  • Watercolor West Exhibitions, Riverside, California: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2021, 2024
  • West Texas Watercolor Exhibition, Lubbock, Texas
  • Western Colorado Watercolor Society, Grand Junction, CO 2004, 2006
  • Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 37th Annual Exhibition, Las Vegas NV, 2012, 2023