2006 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Porland, Oregon.
Davidson Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2004 "Works on paper”, The Last Supper Club, Seattle, WA
“The Abstract Work”, The James Crespinel Studios, Seattle, WA
“From the Estate”, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland OR
2000 “It was about painting”, The Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
(Ree Brown, Gordon Delgaty and Mike Hickey,co-curators)
“Jay Steensma: Outside Looking In”, Kurt Litdke Galleries, Seattle, WA
1997 “Jay Steensma: A Retrospective”, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA, (Matthew Kangas, curator).
“I’m sorry girls, I just don’t want to water it down”, Mazey Hickey Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 “Jay Steensma (1941-1994): Retrospective: Paintings and works on paper”. Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
1995 “The Lamentations of Jay Steensma”, Mazey Hickey Gallery, Seattle Washington.
“Memorial Exhibition”, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, (Chris Bruce and Wesley Wehr, co curators).
1994 Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Galleria Dos Damas, San Diego, CA
MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
1993 Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
David Leonardis Gallery, Chicago, IL
“12 Mountain Paintings”, Lucky Pierre’s Palace of Fine Art, Seattle, WA
1992 MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR
1991 Mia Gallery, Seattle, WA
Pulliam/Nugent Gallery Portland, OR
1990 Pulliam/Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 Mazey Hickey, Gallery, Seattle, WA
MIA Gallery, Seattle, WA
Pulliam/Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 Mazey Hickey Gallery, Seattle, WA
1987 Mazey Hickey Gallery, Seattle, WA
1985 Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, WA
1984 Washington Hall Performance Series Gallery, Seattle, WA, (Michael Dugan,curator).
1983 The Boisere, Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1976 Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA