1971

• “L'ombra e il suo doppio“ (“The Shadow and its Double”), La Salita Gallery, Rome, Italy

1973

• “Autoritratto” (“Self—portrait”), with Gianfranco Notargiacomo, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy

1977

• Exhibition at the Gian Enzo Sperone Gallery, Rome, Italy
• 10th Paris Biennale”, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

1978

• “Intorno a sé“ (“Around Oneself”), Giuliana De Crescenzo Gallery, Rome, Italy

1979

• “XV Biennale, Museu de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

1980

• “Die Enthauptete Hand, 100 Zeichnungen aus Italien” (“The mutilated Hand, 100 Drawings from Italy”), Chia — Clemente — Cucchi — Paladino, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany; touring to Wolfsburg and Groningen, Germany

1981

• Group Exhibition at the Templon Gallery, Paris, France
• “Sandro Chia“, Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery, New York, USA
• “Sandro Chia“, Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zürich, Switerland

1982

• Exhibition at The James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
• “De la catastrophe“ (“About Catastrophy”), Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switerland

1983

• “Tema Celeste“ (“Heavenly Theme”), group exhibition, Museo Civico d'Arte Contemporanea, Gibellina, Trapani, Italy

1984

• “Sandro Chia Peintures 1976—1983“ (“Sandro Chia 1976 — 1983 Paintings”), Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
• Exhibition with the Kunstverein für Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany

1985

• Exhibition at the Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
• Exhibition at the Michael Haas Gallery, Berlin, Germany
• “Six in Bronze“, 1954 Gallery, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

1986

• Exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
• Group exhibition at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, UK

1987

• Exhibition at the Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Group Exhibition at the Ascan Crone Gallery, Hamburg, Germany

1989

• “Italian Art“, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

1990

• “Sperone Westwater Group Exhibition“, ARCO '90 Art Fair, Madrid, Spain

1991

• “Sandro Chia. Dipinti e titoli recenti“, (“Sandro Chia. Recent Paintings and Titles”), Medici Riccardi Palace, Florence, Italy
• Salzburg Festival, exhibition with Arnulf Rainer and Roy Lichtenstein, Salzburg, Germany

1992

• “Works on Paper“, Galerie Hilger, Vienna, Austria
• “Transavanguardia： Chia, Clemente, Cucchi, De Maria, Paladino： Works 1977—90”, Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy

1993

• Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, France
• “Chia, Clemente, Paladino, Salvo： Works on Paper“, Delta Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1994

• “Sandro Chia： Small Bronze Sculptures“, Grand Salon, New York, USA

1995

• “Sandro Chia“, Académie de France, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
• “Die Muse?“ (“The Muse?”), Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Salzburg, Austria and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, France

1996

• “Sandro Chia： New Paintings“, Sidney, Australia

1997

• “Sandro Chia： opere scelte 1975—1996“ (“Sandro Chia： 1975 — 1996 selected Works”), Magazzini del Sale Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy
• “Sandro Chia： opere scelte 1975—1996“ (“Sandro Chia： 1975 — 1996 selected Works”), M.O.M.A., Boca Raton, Florida, USA
• Group Exhibition at the Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, France

1998

• Pepperdine University, Weismann Foundation, Malibu, California, USA

2000

• “Sandro Chia tra Muse e Mosaico” (“Sandro Chia between Muses and Mosaic”), Museo d’Arte della Città — Loggetta Lombardesca,, Ravenna, Italy

2001

• “Sandro Chia“, Enrico Navarra Gallery, Paris, France

2002

• “Transavanguardia” (“Trans—avantgarde”), Group Exhibition, Rivoli Castle, Rivoli, Torino, Italy

2003

• “Divano a Mare” (“Seaside Couch”), Spazio Bisazza, Milan, Italy

2004

• “Sandro Chia”, Contini Art Gallery, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Belluno, Italy

2005

• “D'oro e d'argento“ (“Out of Gold and Silver”), Sant’Agostino Cloister and Church,
• Pietrasanta, Lucca, Italy
• “Les Inventeurs de la Transavanguardia“ (“The Inventors of Trans—avantgarde”), Villeneuve Castle, Vence, France

2006

• Group Exhibition at Gary Nader Fine Art, Miami, Florida, USA

2008

• “Talking Paintings“, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands
• “Saints and Sinners“, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA
• “Italics. Arte italiana fra tradizione e rivoluzione, 1968—2008“ (“Italics. Italian Art between Tradition and Revolution, 1968 — 2008“), curated by Francesco Bonami, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy

2009

• “I Guerrieri“ (“The Warriors”), Scuola dei Mercanti, Campo Madonna dell' Orto, Venice, Italy

2010

• “Della Pittura, popolare e nobilissima Arte“ (“About Painting, Popular and very Noble Art”), GNAM, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
• “The 80's Revisited — Sammlung Bishofberger“, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany

2012

• “Andare Oltre” (“Going beyond”), Galleria d’Arte Maggiore, Bologna, Italy
• “Sandro Chia”, Galleria Art & Co, Milano
• “Enigma“, Giampiero Biasutti Gallery, Turin, Italy

2013

• “Storie trascese di teatro latente” (“Transcended Stories of Latent Theatre”), Municipal Gallery of Contemportary Art, Arezzo, Italy
• “Works on paper“, Steven Harvey Art Projects, New York, USA

2014

• “Sandro Chia： Dipinti e Disegni” (“Sandro Chia： Paintings and Drawings”, Hillsboro Fine Art Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2015

• “Sandro Chia“, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
• “Sandro Chia： l’Opera Grafica”, (“Sandro Chia： Graphic Work”), curated by Enzo di Martino, Villa Manin, Padua, Italy
• “Sandro Chia： Fantasy & Myths”, The Museum of Art— DeLand, DeLand, Florida, USA
• “Sandro Chia. I guerrieri di Xi’an” (“Sandro Chia： The Xi’an Warriors”), curated by Daria Jorioz and Enzo Di Martino, Saint Bénin Centre, Aosta, Italy
• “Meraviglia“ (“Marvel”), Sandro Chia and Enzo Cucchi, Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin, Ireland

2016

• “Il Viandante” (“The Wayfarer”), CIAC Italian Centre for Contemporary Art, curated by Italo Tomassoni, Foligno, Perugia, Italy
• “Sandro Chia”, Klaus Steinmetz Contemporary Art, San José, Costa Rica
• “I think I therefore paint”, Jerome Zodo Art Gallery, London, UK

2017

• “Apparizioni” (“Apparitions”), Alessandro Bagnai Gallery, Foiano della Chiana, Arezzo, Italy
• “Sandro Chia”, Marc Straus Gallery, New York, USA

2018

• “Sandro Chia”, retrospective exhibition, Casa Rusca Museum, Locarno, Switzerland

2019

• “Tante Stelle” (“Many Stars”, group exhibition), Alessandro Bagnai Gallery, Foiano della Chiana, Arezzo, Italy
• “Viaggio in Italia” (“Journey in Italy”), Alessandro Bagnai Gallery, Foiano della Chiana, Arezzo, Italy
• “Sandro Chia. L’esercito dell’imperatore” (“Sandro Chia. The Emeror’s Army”), Area\B Gallery, Milan, Italy

2020

• “Sandro Chia — La realtà immaginata” (“Sandro Chia — The Imagined Reality”), Galleria VV8 Artecontemporanea, Reggio Emilia, Italy
• “Sandro Chia. Venti dipinti raccontano La malora di Beppe Fenoglio” (“Twenty Paintings illustrate Beppe Fenoglio’s La Malora”), Club Unesco of Alba, Neive (Cuneo), Italy