1981
Elizabeth Murray: New Paintings, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, May 2–30, 1981.
1982
Elizabeth Murray: Recent Paintings and Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Venice, California, September 8–October 9, 1982.
Recent Pastels and Prints by Elizabeth Murray, American Artist, Hillyer Gallery, Art Department, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, April 3–16, 1982.
1983
Elizabeth Murray Recent Paintings & Drawings, Portland Center For the Visual Arts, Oregon, October 21–November 27, 1983. (Catalogue)
Elizabeth Murray: Paintings, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, April 2–30, 1983.
1984
Elizabeth Murray: Lithographs 1980–1984, Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York, October 20–November 17, 1984.
Elizabeth Murray: Paintings, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, October 2–27, 1984.
Currents: Elizabeth Murray, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, April 10–May 6, 1984. (Catalogue)
Elizabeth Murray Paintings and Drawings, Knight Gallery/Spirit Square Arts Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 27–March 25, 1984. (Catalogue)
1985
Elizabeth Murray: Lithographs 1980–1984, University Art Museum, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, October 26–December 15, 1985.
Elizabeth Murray Selected Work: Prints, Drawings, Paintings, Richard Eugene Fuller Art Gallery, Beaver College, Glenside, Pennsylvania, November 14–December 5, 1985.
1986
Elizabeth Murray: Drawings 1980–1986, Carnegie Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 25–December 13, 1986. (Catalogue)
1987
Elizabeth Murray, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, April 25–May 23, 1987.
Elizabeth Murray Drawings (Centric 26), University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, March 10–April 5, 1987. Traveled to: University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, Matrix/Berkeley, April 15–June 14, 1987. (Catalogue)
Elizabeth Murray: Paintings and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art, March 1–April 19, 1987. Traveled to: Albert and Vera List Visual Arts Center, MIT, Cambridge and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, May 8–June 28, 1987; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, July 28–September 20, 1987; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, November 10, 1987–January 3, 1988; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, January 31–March 27, 1988; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 21–June 26, 1988. (Catalogue)
1988
Elizabeth Murray Paintings and Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, December 13, 1988–January 14, 1989.
Elizabeth Murray, New Work, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, September 14–November 13, 1988. (Catalogue)
Elizabeth Murray Drawings, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, May 4–June 4, 1988.
1989
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, January 5–29, 1989. Traveled to: Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, March 9–April 1, 1989; and Mayor Rowan Gallery, London, November 21–December 22, 1989.