2017 Final Chapter, Affirmation Arts, NY
2015 New Arrivals: Photographs from the O'Neil Collection, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2014 Return Your Mind to it's Upright Position, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY
2011 Abstract Expressionist New York; Museum of Modern Art, NY
2009 After 9/11; Artisan Works, Rochester, NY
2008 “Minor Impact.” Group show, Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY.
2006 Nathan Lyons TRILOGY, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NY.
2005 After 9/11; Tremaine Gallery, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT.
2003 After 9/11; Light Work, Syracuse, NY. After 9/11; Centro Nacional de las Artes, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico, (9/18-10/26) After 9/11; ACTA International, Rome, Italy (11/26-12)
2002 Riding First Class on the Titanic; edited version, Crystal City Photography. After 9/11; portfolio with additional prints, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester, NY. After 9/11; portfolio, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY.
2000 Riding First Class on the Titanic; Addison Museum of Art, Andover, MA (traveled to International Center of Photography, New York, NY; George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX; Savannah College of Art, Savannah, GA.
1997 Riding First Class on the Titanic; Little Theater Gallery, Rochester, NY.
1991 Riding First Class on the Titanic; Atlanta Photo Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
1989 Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA.
1988 Photogroup, Miami, FL.
1987 Riding First Class on the Titanic; Albright-Knox Gallery and CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Riding First Class on the Titanic; Spectrum Gallery, Light Impressions, Rochester, NY. Recent Photographs; Film in the Cities, Minneapolis, MN.
1986 Riding First Class on the Titanic: A Work in Progress; Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY.
1983 Nathan Lyons and the Visual Studies Workshop; SICOF 10th International Exhibition, Milan, Italy.
1982 Verbal Landscape; (with Bart Parker), Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.
1977 Deja Vue Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (with Joan Lyons). Nathan Lyons: 100 Photographs from Notations in Passing; University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD.
1976 Nathan Lyons; Cronin Gallery, Houston, TX. Nathan Lyons; Ackerman Gallery of Photography, Northfield, MN.
1975 Notations in Passing; Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston, MA. Notations in Passing; Cronin Gallery, Houston, TX. Notations in Passing; Museum Art Gallery, Western Illinois University, Macon, IL. Nathan Lyons: Notations in Passing; Oakton Community College, Morton Grove, IL. Nathan Lyons: Notations in Passing; Upton Gallery, SUNY at Buffalo, NY. Notations in Passing; University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
1974 Nathan Lyons; Light Gallery, New York, NY. Notations in Passing; Spectrum Gallery, Light Impressions, Rochester, NY. Chapman College, Orange, CA (traveling exhibition).
1973 Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA (traveling exhibition).
1972 Recent photographs by Nathan Lyons; Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL. Notations in Passing, 1970; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (traveling exhibition).
1971 Notations in Passing, 1971; University of Colorado, Boulder, CO.
1969 Photographs: Nathan Lyons; Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston, MA. Alfred University, Alfred, NY. Image 69; University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
1968 Congregational Church (University of Iowa), Iowa City, IA.
1967 Nathan Lyons; Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ. Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL. Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
1965 Nathan Lyons: Photographs; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
1963 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
1962 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Invitational Photography Exhibition; Rhode Island Arts Festival, Providence, RI.
1961 Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston, MA.
1960 Nathan Lyons; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1959 Seven Days a Week; Boston University, Boston, MA. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
1958 Seven Days a Week; George Eastman House, Rochester, NY. Seven Days a Week; Glidden Gallery, Alfred University, Alfred.