 In 1965 and 1967 Surrey's solo shows at Galerie Martin sold out and, by 1970, he was represented by Galerie Gilles Corbeil.Solo exhibitions of his work were also held at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal in 1971 and at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris in 1972.His work was included in the group exhibitions "Canadian Painting of the Thirties" at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 1967, "Panorama of Painting in Quebec