BERLIN:
Sorauer Str. 13, 10997 Berlin, Germany
t: (030) 618-2326 c: 0176-67.09.24.91
NEW YORK:
373 Sackett Street, 1 Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231
t/f: (718) 577-1405 c: 917-403-8504
2003
New York Foundation for the Arts,
Award in Printmaking.
1998
CBK Centrum Bildende Kunst, Rotterdam and The Netherlands Consul
to North America,
with Arnold Schalks for Communicating Vessels.
1989
The Netherland-America Foundation, under the Patronage of Her Royal
Highness Princess Margriet
The Waterline Project.
The Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts.
Art Matters Foundation.
New York Foundation for the Arts,
Award in Sculpture.
1985
New York State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Program,
Sponsored Projects.
1984
National Endowment for the Arts, Interdisciplinary Arts Program,
with the Mel Wong Dance Co.
1982
New York State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Program,
Sponsored Projects.
1977-79
National Endowment for the Arts, Expansion Arts Program
Festival Ithaca Projects.
1977
The Creative and Performing Arts Council of Cornell University,
Award in Sculpture.
1976
The Sculpture Award of the Ithaca Art Association.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2004
Brooklyn Public Library /Business and Law Branch, Brooklyn, New York.
Structures of Detention
2002
Galerie Volcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany.
Sackgasse /Dead End
1999
University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts.
Collected Visions
1993
Warehouse Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Private Parts
1991
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
The Berlin Project.
Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany.
The Berlin Project.
1989
Foundation Artgarden, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Sculpture: The Waterline Project.
1987
P.S.1 /Museum of Modern Art, Long.Island.City., N.Y.
Sculpture: Special Projects.
1983
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, N.Y., N.Y.
Performance: Zaroff's Tale.
1979
Gallery Danielli, Toronto, Canada.
Ron Rocco: New Sculpture.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca , New York
Meketra Installation
1976
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, N.Y.
Sculpture
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
2006
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, N.J.
Among the Trees
Kunst & Complex, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
25 years
Viktoriapark Breweri, Berlin, Germany.
Crossings
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazanovia, NY
StarBlind
2004
Rockland Center for the Arts, W.Nyack, New York.
Digital and Beyond
Scope /New York, New York, New York.
Galerie Völcker & Freunde
2001
Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, New York.
Inaugural Invitational
ABC NO RIO and The Hudson Guild, New York, New York.
The Politics of Racism
Block Artspace Kansas City, Missouri.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles
2000
Islip Art Museum/Anthony Giordano Gallery, Islip, New York.
Urban Nature
Galerie Völcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany.
The Berlin Diary
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco and POST Gallery,
Los Angeles, California.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles
1999
Campo & Campo, Antwerp, Belgium.
Twenty-six American Artists.
Galerie Völcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany.
Carriage Return /Junge Künstler zum Thema
Computer, Kommunilation und Dynamik.
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles
1998
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York
Communicating Vessels
Weatherspoon Art Gallery Greensboro,
North Carolina.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles
Kunstlerhaus Vienna, Austria.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, and Bard College Rheinbeck, New York.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles
1997
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York. Pierogi 2000
Flatfiles at Current Undercurrent:
Working in Brooklyn
The Herbert and Vera List Center at M.I.T. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
PORT/Navigating Digital Culture
Gasworks-London, and Cornerhouse-Manchester, England.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles
1996
Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Luminous Bodies
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York.
25 years of Visual Arts at Purchase
Sylvia White Gallery, New York, New York.
Reality Check: Cultural Questions and Political Commentaries
1995
ISEA95 Montreal, International Exhibition of Electronic Art.
Andro-media
1992
Galerie Schoen+Nalepa, Berlin, Germany.
Aktuelle Strömungen
1991
Fundaçao Demócrito Rocha, Fortalesca, Brazil.
Exposiçao Internacional de Escúlturas Efêmeras
1990
The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, N.Y.
The Technological Muse.
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, N.Y. Installation:
The Horizon is Nothing More than the Limit of Our Sight.
1989
The University Art Gallery, S.U.N.Y. at Albany, N.Y.
NYFA Fellows: Sculpture.
1987
Brooklyn Art and Cultural Assoc., Brooklyn, N.Y.
A Warning to My Friends.
P.S.1 /Institute for Art and Urban Resources, N.Y., N.Y.
Sculpture: Special Projects.
The Banff Center, Alberta, Canada
Installation for the Visualization of Sound.
1986
CAD/CAM International Exhibition of Computer Artforms, Kortijk, Belgium.
Time Studies for Modern Dance.
Cathedral of St.John the Divine, N.Y., N.Y.
The Visualization of Sound: Light Sphere with The Harmonic Choir.
1985
The Asia Society, N.Y., N.Y.
Buddha Meets Einstein at the Great Wall.
The Video Image Invitational, Foundation Georgio Ronchi, Capri, Italy.
Time Studies for Modern Dance.
The Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, N.Y.
The Artist and the Computer.
1983
United Nations, N.Y., N.Y. Performance:
A String Form for Binding Nations.
Center for Advanced Visual Study at The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Ma.
Installation: Andromedia 1.
1981
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Mini-ParapPerform-Actions: Zaroff’s Tale
Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, New York.
A Week of Performance Art: Laser Sculpture Dance
The Fifth Floor Studio, New York, New York.
Laser Sculpture Dance
1979
The Showing Room, New York, New York,
Performance Sculpture Installation: Raw Data for the I.V.
IV Biennale Internazionale Dantesca, Ravenna, Italy.
Small Sculpture
The First Festival Ithaca, Ithaca, New York.
The Altair Installation
1978
Middendorf /Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Selected Sculptures
1975
Roy R. Neuberger Museum, Purchase, New York.
Installation: Untitled One
1983
Center for Advanced Visual Study at The Massachusetts Institute of
Technology,
Cambridge, Ma. Master of Science in Visual Studies Candidate.
1976
State University of New York, College at Purchase, N.Y. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree.
1972
Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y. Bachelor of Science Candidate
1997
Art work selected for commission as part of the New Jersey Transit
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station at West Avenue Jersey City, N.J.
1996
Selected for sculpture commission as part of the New York Metropolitan
Transit Authority
LIRR Rail station at Long Beach, N.Y.
1996-01
Appointed Board of Director
ASCI/Art and Science Collaborations. N.Y., N.Y.
1993
Artist-in-Residence
International Studio Program at KUNST & COMPLEX. Rotterdam,
Netherlands.
1991
Guest Artist
International Studio Program at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin,
Germany.
The Berlin Project aquired for the Photography Collection of the Berlinische Galerie - Berlin, Germany
1990
Sculpture selected for purchase as part of the Washington State Art
Commission
Art in Public Schools Program. Seattle, WA.
1990-77
Guest Lecturer,
S.U.N.Y. Albany, N.Y.; Harvard University Cambridge, Ma.;
Columbia University, N.Y., N.Y.; Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y.
1987
Resident Artist,
The Banff Center, Alberta, Canada.
1982-01
Resident Video Artist,
The Experimental T.V. Center, Owego, N.Y.
1979-77
Founder/Director,
The Ithaca Artists Cooperative, Ithaca, New York.
The New York Times Arts & Entertainment April 22, 2001
Inaugural Invitational at Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, New
York
Warehouse Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ron Rocco Private Parts - Rotterdam 1993
Leonardo Magazine, Vol.26 #4 1993
New Horizons: Notes on a Video Installation
Fundaçao Demócrito Rocha, Fortalesca, Brazil 1991.
Exposiçao Internacional de Escúlturas Efêmeras
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Ron Rocco The Berlin Project 1991
Plus, Minus, Zero Brussel, Belgium Dec. 1991
Le Projet Berlin
Berliner Morgenpost, Dec.17, 1991
Kunst-Splitter: Amerika Haus
Brandenburg Kurier, Dec.13, 1991
Neue Ausstellung: Ron Rocco / The Berlin Project
The New York Times, Friday, Dec.28, 1990
Exhibition in Katonah: The Machine as Muse
The Danbury New Times, Vol.8/Issue 46 Nov.17, 1990
Art and Technology
The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York 1990
The Technological Muse
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York October 1990
Working in Brooklyn / Installations
The Phoenix, Brooklyn, New York August 9, 1990
Art Made in Brooklyn
New York Newsday, Tuesday, Aug.7, 1990
Installations with Twists of their Own
Greenline, Brooklyn, New York May 1990
"Celebration" - Artists Exhibit in Local Lofts
The Netherland-America Foundation, New York, New York
Annual Report 1989
Newark Star Ledger, April 26, 1987
Art: Morris Exhibit Interfaces Art and Modern Science
The Arizona Republic, Dimitri Drobatschewsky Nov.22, 1986
East meets West
Beaux Arts Magazine, No.26 Juil/Aout 1985
Video a Capri
The New York Times, Monday April 4, 1985
Art from All Corners: Buddah Meets Einstein
The Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Annual Report 1983
The New York Times, Tuesday, Sept.6, 1983
Suspense Story
The New York Times, May 26, 1981
Ron Rocco/Laser Sculpture Dance
High Performance Magazine, Issue 17-18/Vol.5 #1 Summer 1982
Ron Rocco/Laser Sculpture Dance 1981
Edizioni del Centro Dantesco, Ravenna, Italy Ottobre 1979
L’Inferno di Dante e dell ‘Uomo Moderno
The Times Gazette, Ithaca, New York March 11, 1978.
Inside Art: New Ithaca Gallery Shows Two Sculptors
The Times Gazette, Ithaca, New York April 14, 1977.
Art Ron Rocco: Physically Sound
web site: http://www.fine-art.com/ron_rocco