1950s
Exhibitions
  • Individual Exhibition. Gallery Velázquez. México, D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition. Lobby Theatre "Player's" México, D.F.
  • Participation at the Exhibition "Nuevos Valores". Salón de la Plástica Mexicana. INBA. México, D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition. Gallery Velázquez. México. D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition. Lobby Theatre "París" México, D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition. Gallery "Antonio Sousa" México, D.F.
1960s
Exhibitions
  • Participation at the Second Biennale Interamericana de México. Palacio de Bellas Artes. México, D.F.
  • Participation at the Second Annual Exposition of San Miguel de Allende. Instituto Allende. Guanajuato. México.
  • Individual Exhibition. Gallery "Neoclásicos". México.
  • Participation at the Exposition "Pintura Mexicana Contemporánea". Gallery "Antonio Sousa". This exposition was also presented at the Instituto Contemporáneo de Lima, Perú; in Río de Janeiro, Brasil; in Santiago de Chile and in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Participation at the Third Annual Exposition of San Miguel de Allende. Instituto Mexicano Norte americano de Relaciones Culturales. México, D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition. Instituto Mexicano Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales, México, D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition. Plastic Arts Section of the Panamerican Union, O.E.A., Washington DC , USA                                   
  • Participation at the First Festival Pictórico de Acapulco, Guerrero. México.
  • Collective Exhibition. Gallery "Mer Kup", México, D.F.
  • Participation in the Third Biennale de París. "Musee d’Art Moderne", París, Francia.
  • Collective Exhibition. Grupo "La Mancha". México, D.F.
  • Participation at the Second Festival Pictorico de Acapulco, Guerrero. I.N.B.A.: México.
  • Participation in the Exposition  "El Dibujo Mexicano de 1947 a nuestros días". I.N.B.A. México, D.F.
  • Participation in the Exposition “Shakespeare and the Artists of México”. Gallery "Mendelssohn". México.
  • Winner of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Award. New York. U.S.A.
  • Participation at the "Prix International de Peinture". Malmaison (Seine & Oise), Francia.
  • Individual Exhibition of Drawings . "Weyhe Gallery". New York, U.S.A.
  • Exhibition of Engravings at the  A.A.A. (American Association of  Artists Gallery). New York, U.S.A.
  • Individual Exhibition. Instituto de Intérpretes y Traductores. México, D.F. 
  • Individual Exhibition. Gallery "Misrachi". México, D.F 
  •  Individual Exhibition. Gallery "Heitler". México, D.F.
  • Participation in the Exposition "Siete Valores". Gallery "Juárez". México, D.F.
  • Collective Exhibition. ITAM, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. México, D.F.
  • Collective Exhibition. Gallery "Sagitario". México, D.F.
  • Collective Exhibition. "David Gallery". Los Angeles, U.S.A.
  • Individual Exhibition and conference. Club 20-30. México, D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition. Gallery Arte "Plástica de México". México, D.F.
1970s
Exhibitions
  • Exposition of Portraits. Gallery "Coyoacán". México, D.F.
  • Retrospective  Exhibition. Gallery "Aleph". México, D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition. Universidad Autónoma de Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico.
  • Individual Exhibition. Gallery "Escudero". México, D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition. Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Rooms 4 and 5 (27 Jan-14 March). México, D.F.
  • Collective Exhibition. Movimiento Pictórico Contemporáneo Jockey Club. México. D.F.
  • Collective Exhibition. Instituto Cultural Hispano Mexicano. México, D.F.
  • Collective Exhibition. Delegación Benito Juárez. México, D.F.
  • Audiovisual Exposition . Sala "Chopin". The theatre group "Ogro" performed an audiovisual and musical show inspired in the book of  José Manuel Schmill "The 30 days of April”,  México, D.F.
1980s
Exhibitions
  • Individual Exhibition. Sindicato de Trabajadores del ISSSTE "El Mundo de Schmill"
  • Collective Exhibition, Gallery "Lanay", Mexico D.F.
  • Collective Exhibition. Gallery Misrachi "El Desnudo Femenino". Mexico DF, Mexico
  • Permanent Exhibition of José Manuel Schmill. Promúsica. Conjunto Aristos. 
  • Exposition The Art of Schmill. Tesorería del D.F. México.
  • Individual Exhibition. Casa de Cultura La Piramide Del. Benito Juárez. México, D.F.
1990s
Exhibitions
  • Individual Exhibition , Procuraduría General de la República. México, D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition, Instituto Mexicano de Cultura. San Antonio, Texas.
  • Individual Exhibition, Centro Cultural de Tijuana. Tijuana, B.C.
  • Individual Exhibition, Secretaría de Comercio y Fomento Industrial, México, D.F.
  • Individual Exhibition “Retrospectiva de Jose Manuel Schmill”, Secretaria de Gobernación, México D.F.
2000s
Exhibitions
  • Individual Exhibition, Museo de la Estampa, Instituto Mexiquense de Cultura, Toluca, Mexico.
  • Individual Exhibition “Paisajes de Mexico”, Museo Jose Maria Velasco, Toluca, Mexico.
  • Collective Exhibition, “Terminus”, Zurich, Suiza.
  • Collective Exhibition, “5 Year Anniversary”, Gallery Last Rites, New York, USA.
  • Collective Exhibition, Gallery Tangent, Detroit, USA
  • Individual Exhibition, Gallery Museum HR Giger, Gruyeres, Switzerland.
  • Individual Exhibition, A Tribute to JM Schmill – Festival Cervantino, Guanajuato, México.
  • Individual Exhibition, San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival,  San Sebastián, Spain.
  • Individual Exhibition, Atelier Art-Ig, Solingen, Germany
  • Individual Exhibition, “Sanctuary”, St. John’s Cathedral”, Los Angeles, USA.
  • Individual Exhibition.  Gallery Copro, Los Angeles, USA.