Colson had solo exhibitions at Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles in 2015 and 2014.[4] In a Los Angeles Times review of former show, Leah Ollman called Colson a "wizard at trompe l’oeil illusion" and "canny subversion," describing his sculpture in wood, resin, paint and urethane, Stacks (2015), as "an absurdist ode to paper";[2] Catherine Wagley of LA Weekly described his near-life-size wood sculpture of an overflowing garage, Roll Up (2014), as "arresting," "familiar and believable … with flourishes that are just slightly off."[5] In 2010, 2009, 2004 and 2002, he had solo exhibitions at Ace Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA.[6] Prior to those exhibitions, Colson had three shows at Griffin Contemporary in Venice, California and four shows at Angles Gallery in Santa Monica, CA, among others.
Colson's work has been represented in numerous group exhibitions including those at the Pasadena Museum of California Art in 2017,[7] Los Angeles Municipal Gallery (2013), Frederick R. Weisman Collection, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California (2011), Sammlung Rosenkranz, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany (2002), Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, New York (2000), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1999), The Drawing Center, New York and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California (1999), Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia (1990), Otis Art Institute/Parson School of Design, Los Angeles, California (1990), Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, California (2020)[8].[9][10]
Laguna Art Museum artist bio. Accessed Oct 23, 2015. "Jeff Colson". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 18 April 2017. ArtSlant Los Angeles. Accessed, Oct 22, 2015. Otis/Parsons Gallery. Material Consequence: Sculpture Installations : Nicola Rosalie Atkinson-Griffith, Jeff Colson, Jacci Den Hartog, Peter Levinson, Patrick Nickell. Los Angeles: Otis/Parsons Gallery, 1990. Print.
Material Consequence: Sculpture Installations : Nicola Rosalie Atkinson-Griffith, Jeff Colson, Jacci Den Hartog, Peter Levinson, Patrick Nickell. Los Angeles: Otis/Parsons Gallery, 1990. Accessed, Oct 21, 2015. "Jeff Colson". The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Retrieved 2017-04-02.