2006 "Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images." Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA, November 19, 2006 - March 4, 2007. Exhibition design.
"Ways of Seeing: John Baldessari Explores the Collection." The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Washington, DC, July 26, 2006 - July 26, 2007. Curatorial work.
"Five Habitats: Squatting at Langton." New Langton Arts. San Francisco, CA, August 1 - August 5, 2006. Guest curator.
2004 "Art Works for Hard Money." Gavin Brown's Enterprise at Passerby. New York, NY, June 29 - July 10, 2004. JB on selection committee, which also included Matthew Barney, Cecily Brown, Laura Owens, Elizabeth Peyton, Richard Prince, and Charline von Heyl.
"100 Artists See God." The Contemporary Jewish Museum. San Francisco, CA, March 4, - June 27, 2004. Traveled to Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, July 31 - October 3, 2004; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom, November 19, 2004 - January 9, 2005; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA, June 9 - September 4, 2005; Albright College Freedman Art Gallery, Reading, PA, September 29, 2005 - January 8, 2006; Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN, February 4 - April 16, 2006. Organized by Independent Curators International, New York, NY. Curated with Meg Cranston.
"Artists' Favourites: An Exhibition in Two Acts: Act I," Institute of Contemporary Arts. London, United Kingdom, June 5 - July 23, 2004. A group exhibit with artworks chosen by multiple curators, including JB.
2003"An Interest in Life," ApexArt. New York, NY, February 5 - March 8, 2003. Curated with Meg Cranston.
1994"Artist's Choice: John Baldessari," Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY, March 17 - May 10. Curatorial work in an exhibition which also included art by JB, e.g. Grass, Water Heater, Mouths, & etc. (for John Graham).
1993 "Not Painting: Some Views from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA, October 10, 1993 - January 9, 1994. Curated with Alma Ruiz.
1987 "2001 1/2," Loughelton Gallery. New York, NY, opening March 28, 1987.
1986 "TV Generations," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. Los Angeles, CA, February 21 - April 12, 1986. Curated with Bruce Yonemoto.
1980 "3rd Annual Downtown Artists Show: On and Off Broadway," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. Los Angeles, CA, April 1 - May 7, 1980.
1979 "Masters of Love," 80 Langton Street. San Francisco, CA, November 7 - 30, 1979.
1996-2007 University of California, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA. Professor of Art.
1970-1988 California Institute of the Arts. Valencia, CA. Professor of Art.
1967-1970 University of California, San Diego. San Diego, CA. Professor of Art.
Board of Trustees - Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA.
Board of Overseers - California Institute of the Arts. Valencia, CA.
Board of Trustees - Americans for the Arts. Washington, DC.
Board of Trustees - Anaphiel Foundation. Miami Beach, FL.
Jury for the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. New York, NY.
Jury for the Lucelia Artist Award, Smithsonian American Art Museum. Washington, DC.
Guest curator - Independent Curators Incorporated. New York, NY.
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Boston, MA.
Fellow of the Los Angeles Institute of the Humanities, University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA.
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA.