His important solo exhibitions during his lifetime include: Francis Newton Souza Rare Works: 1965-2001 (2001), Galerie 88, Kolkata; Solo show (1999), Copeland Fine Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Solo show (1998) Bose Pacia Modern, New York; Solo show (1997) Julian Hartnolls Gallery, London.

His important posthumous exhibitions include: Ram Kumar and the Bombay Progressives: The Form and the Figure Part II (2013), Aicon Gallery, New York; Migrations (2012), Tate Britain, London; F.N.Souza: Landsacpes, Heads and Nudes (2012), Grosvenor Gallery, London; The Body Unbound (2011-12), Rubin Museum of Art, New York; Picasso Souza (2011-12), Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Ida Kar: Portraits of F N Souza (2011), British Council, New Delhi, Grosvenor Vadehra, London, Pundole Art Gallery, Mumbai, Sunaparanta Goa Centre, Panjim; Manifestations VI (2011), Delhi Art Gallery, New Delhi; F.N.Souza (2008), presented by Saffronart and Grosvenor Gallery, London, at Saffronart, New York; Multiple Modernities: India, 1905-2005 (2008), Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA; Bacon, Freud, Souza and Mehta (2007), Grosvenor Vadehra, New Delhi; F. N. Souza: Religion and Erotica (2005-06), Tate Britain, London; F.N Souza: A Definitive Retrospective (2003), Gallery Artsindia, New York.

He passed away in 2002.