- Marlborough Fine Art, London. Joe Tilson at 90
- Alan Cristea Gallery, London. Joe Tilson at 90
- Academician's Room, Royal Academy of Arts, London. Joe Tilson RA
- 2016 Marlborough Fine Art, London. Tilson: The Stones of Venice, Marlborough Fine Art, London
- 2016 Alan Cristea Gallery, London. Tilson, Words and Images: The Notebooks
- 2013 Marlborough Fine Art, London. Joe Tilson : A Survey
- 2012–13 University of Ljubljana
- 2012 Bugno Art Gallery, Venice
- 2009 Alan Cristea Gallery, London
- 2008 Bugno Art Gallery, Venice
- 2007 Waddington Galleries, London
- 2006 Palazzo Doria, Loano (retrospective)
- Menhir Arte Contemporanea, La Spezia
- 2004 Beaux Arts Gallery, London
- 2002 Royal Academy of Arts, London (retrospective)
- Alan Cristea Gallery, London (prints)
- Beaux Arts Gallery, London
- 2001 Castelbasso, Abruzzo (retrospective)
- Giò Marconi Gallery, Milan (retrospective)
- 1999–2000 Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, touring to Galleria Comunale d'Arte, Cesena and Pinacoteca Civica, Follonica
- 1999 Peter Guyther Gallery, London
- Theo Waddington, Boca Raton, Florida
- Castello Doria, Porto Venere
- 1998 Theo Waddington Fine Art, London
- Marino alla Scala, Milan
- 1997 Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana (prints retrospective)
- 1996 Annandale Galleries, Sydney
- Mestna Gallery, Ljubljana
- 1995 Westend Galerie, Frankfurt
- Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
- Theo Waddington Fine Art, London
- Alan Cristea Gallery, London
- 1994 Pinacoteca, Macerata
- Galleria Rotta, Genova
- 1993 Multimedia, Brescia
- Gio Marconi, Milan
- Cooperativa Ceramica d'Imola
- Heter A Hunermann Galerie GmbH, Düsseldorf
- 1992 Extra Moemia, Todi
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- Waddington Galleries, London
- 1991 Plymouth City Museum
- Tour Fromage, Aosta
- Galerie Inge Baecker, Cologne
- 1990 Centro Culturale Fontanella Borghese, Rome
- Fortezza Medicea, Cortona
- 1984 Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (retrospective)
- 1979 Vancouver Art Gallery (prints retrospective)
- 1978 Tate Gallery, London (prints)
- 1976 Marlborough Fine Art, Marlborough Graphics, London
- 1971 Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (retrospective) touring to Belgium and Italy
- Waddington Galleries, London
- 1970 Marlborough New London Gallery, London
- 1968 Galleria Ferrari, Verona
- Galleria de'Foscherari, Bologna
- Galerie Brusberg, Hanover
- 1967 Galleria del Naviglio, Milan
- Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Rome
- 1966 Marlborough New London Gallery, London
- 1965 Kunstamt Renickendorf, Berlin
- Stadt Museum, Recklinghausen
- Kunstverein, Braunschweig
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
- 1964 Marlborough New London Gallery, London
- British Pavilion, XXXII Venice Biennale
- Modern Galerija, Zagreb
- 1963 Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
- Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- University Art Gallery, Nottingham
- 1962 Marlborough New London Gallery
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