1952
Participate in Eisen und Stahl [iron and steal] (Düsseldorf)

1955/ 57
Participate in Farbige Graphik [coloured graphic)] in Kestner-Gesellschaft (Hannover) and ten other (West)German museums

1958
Participate in Aufbruch zur modernen Kunst [uprising to modern art] (München)

1959
Participate in the exhibition of the National Olympic Committee Sport in der Kunst [sport in the arts] (München)
Participate in Maler sehen Stuttgart [painters look on Stuttgart] (Stuttgart)

1961
Solo exhibition in Fränkische Galerie (Nürnberg)

1962
Participate in Neue Deutsche Graphik [new German graphic] in thirty (West)German cities

1964
Participate in Bilder zu Bertolt Brecht [images to the work of Bertolt Brecht] (München, Berlin)

1968
Participate in Phantastische Kunst in Deutschland [phantastic art in Germany] (Hannover), Participate in Autum Arts Festival in Bromsgrave (England)

1970
Solo exhibition in Secession Wien

1971/ 72
Participate in Mit Dürer unterwegs [with Dürer on route] (Nürnberg, Brüssel, Lille, Marseille)

1973
Participate in Art of The Times (Bordeaux, Paris, New York etc.)

1974
Solo exhibition Das lithographische Werk [the lithographic œuvre] (Dürerhaus Nürnberg), Alleinausstellung
Das Skizzenbuch der niederländischen Reise [the Dutch sketch book] (Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Nürnberg)

1975
Solo exhibition Das Skizzenbuch der niederländischen Reise [the Dutch sketch book] (Rotterdam, Dordrecht)

1976
Single exhibiton in Staatliche Graphische Sammlung (München)

1977
Single exhibiton Das Skizzenbuch der niederländischen Reise [the Dutch sketch book] (Brüssel)

1978
Single exhibiton Bilder zu Dante: Die Göttliche Komödie [Images to Dante: the devine comedy] (Stuttgart)
Participate in Die bildende Kunst und das Tier [the arts and the animal] (Hannover)

1979
Participate in 1. Biennale der europäischen Druckergraphik (Heidelberg)

1980
Participate in Dürer von A bis Z [Dürer from A to Z] (Dürerhaus Nürnberg)

1981
Solo exhibition Bilder und Zeichnungen 1956-1981 [paintings and drawings] (Kunsthalle Nürnberg)

1982
Solo exhibition Bilder zur Kultur und Geschichte [paintings and drawings to cultur and history] (Stadtmuseum München)

1983
Solo exhibition in Goethe House (New York)

1986
Solo exhibition Denkmalerei [the "think painter" Michael Mathias Prechtl] in Münchner Stadtmuseum, solo exhibition in Wilhelm-Busch-Museum (Hannover) and in Kunsthalle Krakau

1987
Solo exhibition in Palais Bellevue (Kassel) and in Kieler Stadtmuseum, participate
in Effetto Arcimboldo (Venedig), participate in Zauber der Medusa [the magic of Medusa] (Wien)

1989
Solo exhibition in Gallery of Modern Art in Palermo, in Neapel, Rom and Triest Participate in the exhibition 1789/1989 - Zweihundert Jahre Französische Revolution [1789/1989 - two hundred years French revolution] in Staatliche Kunsthalle in (West)Berlin

1994
Solo exhibition of the paintings to Das Leben des Benvenuto Cellini [the life of Benvenuto Cellini] in Frankfurter Kunstgewerbemuseum

1996
Solo exhibition Michael Mathias Prechtl: Die illustrierten Bücher [Michael Mathias Prechtl: his book illustrations] in Germanische Nationalmuseum (Nürnberg)

1997
Solo exhibition of the paintings and drawings to E. T. A. Hoffmanns Kater Murr in Städtische Museum Bamberg, solo exhibition of the paintings to Thomas Mores Utopia in Duisburg

1999
Solo exhibition in Münchner Literaturhaus

2001
Solo exhibition Prechtls Welttheater [Prechtls world] in Deutsche Historische Museum (Berlin)