Shapiro has been the subject of numerous one - artist exhibitions
throughout the United States and abroad including Joel Shapiro: Sculpture and Drawing at Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (1980) which traveled to and Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Joel Shapiro at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1982) with subsequent
venues in Dallas, Toronto and La Jolla; Joel Shapiro at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam with subsequent
venues in Düsseldorf and Baden - Baden (1985 — 1986); Joel Shapiro at Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst, Humlebæk, Denmark, which traveled to IVAM Centre Julio González, Valencia, Spain, Kunsthalle Zürich and Musée des Beaux - Arts, Calais (1990 — 1991); Joel Shapiro:
Outdoors at the Walker Arts Center / Minneapolis Sculpture Garden (1995 — 1996), which traveled to The Nelson - Atkins Museum of Art / Kansas City Sculpture Park; Joel Shapiro: Skulpturen 1993 — 1997 at the Haus der Kunst, Munich (1997), which traveled to the Barlach HALLE K, Hamburg; Joel Shapiro Sculpture 1974 — 1999 at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, and Joel Shapiro on the Roof at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gerald B. Cantor Rooftop Galleries, New York (2001).