Uglow's first solo show was in 1961 at the Beaux Arts Gallery, but his slow and methodical working method did not lead to a large number of solo shows. In 1969 he exhibited drawings at the Gardener Centre at Sussex University, in 1974 at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London and then periodically at the Browse & Darby Gallery in London. He also took part in numerous group shows, including exhibitions of the London Group and the annual John Moores Prize exhibitions in Liverpool. In 1981 he took part in the exhibition "Eight Figurative Painters" at the University of Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, and in 1984 in "The Hard Won Image" at the Tate Gallery, London. In 1992 he featured in the exhibition "British Figurative Painting of the 20th Century" at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and in 2000 in the exhibition "Encounters" at the National Gallery in London. In 2002 a posthumous retrospective was organised by the Arts Council for England, entitled "Spotlight on Euan Uglow," which toured around Britain. In 2003 there was a retrospective "Euan Uglow: Controlled Passion, Fifty Years of Painting" at the Abbot Hall Gallery, in Kendal.