[4] The group operated a gallery space in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where exhibitions such as 1981's The People's Choice (Arroz con Mango) took place.
[5] Group Material participated in the 1985 Whitney Biennial with their show Americana, which included appliances and pop music alongside historical artworks.
Notably, from September 1988 through January 1989, Group Material organized a series of four installations with accompanying "town meetings" at the Dia Art Foundation in New York, NY.
Each of the town meetings consisted of a presentation of information on that particular installation followed by an open forum where visitors participated in discussions of relevant questions posed by Group Material.
[6] The group used advertising space in a number of their works and exhibitions, including placing artworks as ads in newspapers, on billboards and buses, and on subway platforms.