1908 National Academy of Design New York NY Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition March 14 – April 18
1908 Rhode Island School of Design Providence RI Paintings by Emil Carlsen William C Loring Robert H Nisbet and Miss Katherine B Stetson May 6 – October 17
1908 Buffalo Fine Arts Academy Albright Art Gallery Buffalo NY Third Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists April 30 – August 30
1908 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago IL Twenty-First Annual Exhibition of Oil Painters and Sculpture by American Artists October 20 – November 29
1908 Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh PA 12th Annual International Exhibition May – June Shown Surf 1908 or 1907? won bronze medal & third prize ($500)
1908 Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington DC Second Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Painting unknown date  Shown  Still Life and Symphony in Copper and Brass (no 42) 1882″
1908 Cincinnati Museum Cincinnati OH Fifteenth Annual Exhibition of American Art May 23 – July 20
1908 Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh PA The Twelfth Celebration of Founder’s Day April 20
1908 Bauer-Folsom Galleries New York NY Paintings by Emil Carlsen and Sculpture by Clara Hill March 6 – April 10 Shown Surf [foaming surf against a rocky coast] c1907 The Wind in the East [dark laden sky] c1907 [sunlit] Wood Interior [probably Still Life with Garlic c1905] c1907″
1908 California School of Design San Francisco CA Nine Person Group Show unknown date
1908 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia PA One Hundred Third Annual Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts February 4 – March 24
1908 Saint Botolph Club Boston MA Paintings by Emil Carlsen January 6-24