| 2006 | Gwen John, Chosen by Frances Borden | Victoria Art Gallery | Bath |
| New Paintings | Beaux Arts | Bath | |
| 2005 | Face Value | Chelsea Art Gallery | Palo Alto, California |
| Summer Exhibition | Beaux Arts | Bath | |
| The Hunting Art Prizes | The Royal College of Art | London | |
| 2004 | The Beaux Arts Christmas Show | Beaux Arts | Bath |
| The Holburne Contemporary Portrait Prize | The Holburne Museum of Art | Bath | |
| Summer Exhibition | Beaux Arts | Bath | |
| The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Open Exhibition | Phoenix Arts Centre and Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Galleries | Exeter, Devon | |
| 2002 | The Discerning Eye | The Mall Galleries | London |
| 2001 | The South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Open Exhibition | Phoenix Arts Centre and Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Galleries | Exeter, Devon |
| Face to Face - Frances Borden and Syd Symons | The Slade Centre | Gillingham, Dorset | |
| Hunting Art Prizes | The Royal College of Art | London | |
| 2000 | The Stroud Open | Stroud House Gallery | Stroud. Gloucestershire |
| The Summer Exhibition | The Royal Academy of Art | London | |
| The BP Portrait Award | The National Portrait Gallery | London | |
| 1999 | The Hunting Art Prizes | The Royal College of Art and Victoria Art Gallery | London and Bath |
| 1998 | Self Portraits - 50 Faces of Contemporary Art | Six Chapel Row Contemporary Art | Bath |
| The BP Portrait Award | The National Portrait Gallery and Aberdeen Art Gallery | London and Aberdeen | |
| The Black Swan Open Art Competition | The Black Swan Guild | Frome, Somerset | |
| 1997 | 9th Mostyn Open | Oriel Mostyn | Llandudno, Wales |
| The Discerning Eye | The Mall Galleries | London | |
| An Exhibition of Contemporary British Art | The Lefevre Gallery | London | |
| The BP Portrait Award | The National Portrait Gallery, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Ulster Museum | London, Aberdeen and Belfast | |
| Let's Face It: Contemporary Portraits | The Black Swan Guild | Frome, Somerset | |
| Hunting Art Prizes | The Royal College of Art and Hunterian Museum | London and Glasgow | |
| 1996 | The BP Portrait Award | The National Portrait Gallery and Aberdeen Art Gallery | London and Aberdeen |
| BA (Hons) Degree Show | Chelsea College of Art & Design | London | |
| The NatWest 90s Prize for Art | The Royal Academy of Art | London | |
| 1995 | The Royal Institute of Oil Painters | The Mall Galleries | London |
| The NatWest 90s Prize for Art | The Music Room | London | |
| 1994 | The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours | The Mall Galleries | London |