1984

Paintings, Don Yates Gallery, New York, NY
Portrait Show, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
BunniesWhite Columns, New York, NY
Tray Show, Red Studio, New York, NY

1985

Masks and Disguises, Park Avenue Atrium, New York, NY
Outline, Cut-Out, Silhouette Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY
Benefit Exhibition, Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada
Creative Time Benefit Auction, Christie's, New York, NY
Masters of Mischief, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York NY

1986

Modes of Content, Fervor Gallery, New York NY
View from Outside, Galveston Artists Guild, Galveston, TX
Portraiture: The Art of the State, Helen Day Arts Center, Stowe, VT
Portraiture: The Art of the State, Pavilion Office Building, Montpelier, VT
Portraiture: The Art of the State, Church Street Center, Burlington, VT

1987

The Mind's I: Part 3, Asian Arts Institute, New York, NY
J. Rosenthal Fine Art, J. Rosenthal Fine Art, Chicago IL
Charles Parness Paintings and Pastels, G.W. Einstein Company, New York NY
Self Portraits, G.W. Einstein Company, New York NY
Self-Portraits: The Message, The Material Shick Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY
Self-Portraits: The Message, The Material Hofstra Museum at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Artists in Their Own Image, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
Animal Life, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY
Appearances, Sorkin Gallery, 150 Franklyn Street, New York, NY

1988

Contemporary Nudes, One Penn Plaza, New York, NY1988
Poisson D'Avril, Ten Worlds Gallery, New York NY
Charles Parness Painting and Pastels, Alan Brown Gallery, Hartsdale, NY

1989

Charles Parness Paintings, Visual Arts Gallery at SUNY Purchase, Purchase NY
Art and the Law, West Publishing Co., St. Paul, MN
Positive ID, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
The Food Show, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, NY

1990

Fantastic Voyages, Staller Center for the Arts at SUNY Stonybrook, New York, NY
The 80's: A Post-Pop Generation // The 80s: An Alternate Vision, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
E Pluribus Unum, G.W. Einstein Company, New York NY
Oil Paintings by Charles Parness, Educational Testing Service's Chauncey Gallery, Lawrence, NJ
Windows: 28 Paintings462 Broadway, New York, NY
Paintings and Pastels, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Paintings and Pastels, G.W. Einstein Company, New York NY

1991

Paintings and Pastels, The Gallery at State Theatre Center for the Arts, Easton, PA
Masks: Victim Services Benefit, Dyansen Gallery, New York, NY
New Work, G.W. Einstein Company, New York, NY
The Nature of Mankind, Krasdale Gallery, White Plains, NY
The Eternal Male: Ares and Pluto, Sherry French Art Gallery, New York, NY

1992

Director's Choice, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

1993

Men Working, G.W. Einstein Company, New York, NY
Survival in the Technological World, Blanden Art Gallery, Fort Dodge, IA
The Mask in Twentieth Century Art, Sewall Art Gallery at Rice University, Houston, TX
Self Portrait: The Changing Self, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Solo Exhibition and Residency, Association for the Arts, Chattanooga, TN
Celebration, G.W. Einstein Company, New York, NY

1994

Recent Paintings, G.W. Einstein Company, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
American Realism and Figurative PaintingsCline Gallery of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

1995

Watercolor Show, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
Flora Fauna and Firearms, G.W. Einstein Company, New York, NY
Charles Parness Paintings, Vermont Wax Words and Museum Store, Manchester, VT
Solo Exhibition, Rockport Art Museum, Rockport, IL

1996

Paintings & Works on Paper, Marian G. Mugar Art Gallery at Colby-Sawyer College, Colby, NH
Solo Exhibition, Hebrew Home for the Aged Museum Gallery, Riverdale, NY
Selected American Drawings, Noyes Museum, Oceanview, NJ

1997

Projects Room, G.W. Einstein Company, New York, NY
Charles Parness, Rahr West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
Making Music, One Champion Plaza, Stamford, CT

1998

The Fanelli Show O.K., Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Self-Revelation: Artistic Confrontation, Krasdale Gallery, White Plains, NY

1999

Central Park, MB Modern, New York, NY

2000

Together Working, Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra Museum at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Charles Parness, Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY

2001

Charles Parness, Weil Gallery at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX
Hidden Identity, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Self-Made Man, DC Moore Gallery, New York NY

2002

Artists choose Artists, Lake George Arts Project Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, NY
77th Annual Invitational National Academy of Design Museum, 1083 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

2003

43rd Annual Invitational, Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX

2004

Charles Parness, Lew Allen Contemporary, 129 West Palace Ave Santa Fe, New Mexico
the anxious image, The Painting Center, 52 Greene St New York, NY
Face to Face, David Findlay Jr Fine Art, 41 East 57th Street, New York, NY

2005

National Biennial Watercolor Invitational Parkland Art Gallery, 2400 West Bradley Avenue Champaign, Illinois

2006

Artful Jesters, The Painting Center, 52 Greene St New York, NY
Artful Jesters, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, 10 Vernon Street, Brattleboro VT

2007

Fluid Fields, The Painting Center, 52 Greene St New York, NY

2008

I Am What I Am What I Am, Korn Gallery at Dorothy Young Center for the Arts, Drew University, Madison, NH

2010

I Am What I Am, SUNY Adirondack Visual Arts Gallery, Glen Falls, NY
Hunt & Chase Salomon Contemporary, East Hampton, NY

2015

I yi I, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL