In 1954 he had his first individual exhibition in Morelia. Over his career, he had individual exhibitions in Mexico in venues such as the Museo de Arte Moderno, the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, the Glantz Gallery, Galería Misrachi and the prestigious Galería de Arte Mexicano. With the last venue, he became of its regular artists at a young age, starting in 1966. In 1979, he presented a series of 40 paintings at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City, to favorable criticism. Donis participated in collective exhibitions in Mexico, the United States, Canada, Cuba, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, China, Russia, the Czech Republic and Japan. These included the Confrontación 66 exhibition, and one of the representing artists from Mexico at the Expo 67 in Montreal.