SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

 

2025

Nancy Gallery. Shanghai, China.
The Elegant Universe. Sculpture, drawings, video and prints.

2024

Hou Shan Art Gallery. Zhuhai, China.
Visions of a City with architect, Wu Ziqin.

2023

ICAI / Institute for Cultural Activism International, Delhi, N.Y.
Outdoor sculpture installation: The Spring of Hope Garden

2021

XuYuHuanBian Art Space, Zhuhai, China.
Exhibition of sculpture and video: When the Music is Over

2017

TEDx Zhuhai, Zhuhai, China.
Presentation: Introducing My Muse

2010

CTS /Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Shake Up! installation

2004

Hudson Guild, New York, N.Y.
Freizeit

Brooklyn Public Library /Business and Law Branch, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Structures of Detention

2002

Galerie Volcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany.
Sackgasse /Dead End

1999

University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA
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, New York, N.Y.
Performance: Zaroff's Tale.

1979

Gallery Danielli, Toronto, Canada.
Ron Rocco: New Sculpture.

Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, N.Y.
Meketra Installation

1976

Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, N.Y.
Sculpture
 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

2022

Hou Shan Art Gallery. Zhuhai, China.
Seht euch an! Look at each other! Organized by the German Cultural Affairs Department of the German Consulate in China.

2019

Sumarc Design Center. Zhuhai, China
Presentation: In coordination with Chateau d' Ax / Italia.

2019

Made in Zhuhai. Zhuhai, China
Exhibition: Featuring work from my recent Shoe Factory project.

2018

Art City. Zhuhai, China
NeoCon Light Camo Structure, the Shame and the Sorrow of May 14, 2018

2018

YSpace. Shenzhen, China
Presentation: Working in Design in China within the Co-working concept.

2009

Scope Art Fair /CTS Gallery. Miami, Florida
POW Series, Autograph

TINA B. - The Prague Contemporary Art Festival. Prague, Czech Republic
Bloody State

Slick Paris Art Fair /CTS Gallery. Paris, France
POW Series

BOFFO - Object Affection Exhibition. Brooklyn, N.Y.
Bail Out installation

Scope Art Fair /CTS Gallery. Basel, Switzerland
Bloody State

2008

IPCNY /International Print Center, New York, N.Y.
Under the Umbrella of Homeland Security

ArtForum 2008 Berlin, Germany. Pierogi Gallery:
Miami Postures

Supermarkt 2.0, Berlin, Germany.
Shipwrecked

Berliner Liste 2008, Berlin, Germany. Wolfram Volcker Fine Art:
American Flag Camouflage

2007

Supermarkt 2.0, Berlin, Germany.
Amerika

Berliner Liste 2007, Berlin, Germany. Galerie Volcker & Freunde:
Bloody State

Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany.
Pierogi Flatfiles

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, N.Y.
StarBlind

2004

Rockland Center for the Arts, W.Nyack, N.Y.
Digital and Beyond

Scope /New York, New York, N.Y.
Galerie Völcker & Freunde

2001

Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, N.Y.
Inaugural Invitational

ABC NO RIO and The Hudson Guild, New York, N.Y.
The Politics of Racism

Block Artspace Kansas City, Missouri.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles

2000

Islip Art Museum/Anthony Giordano Gallery, Islip, N.Y.
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, N.Y.
Communicating Vessels
Weatherspoon Art Gallery Greensboro, North Carolina.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles

Kunstlerhaus Vienna, Austria.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles

Vassar College Poughkeepsie, and Bard College Rheinbeck, N.Y.
Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles

1997

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, N.Y. 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, N.Y.
Luminous Bodies

Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, N.Y..
25 years of Visual Arts at Purchase

Sylvia White Gallery, New York, N.Y.
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, New York, 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, New York, N.Y.
The Visualization of Sound: Light Sphere with The Harmonic Choir.

1985

The Asia Society, New York, 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, New York, 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, N.Y.
Mini-ParapPerform-Actions: Zaroff s Tale

Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, N.Y.
A Week of Performance Art: Laser Sculpture Dance

The Fifth Floor Studio, New York, N.Y.
Laser Sculpture Dance

1979

The Showing Room, New York, N.Y.
Performance Sculpture Installation: Raw Data for the I.V.

IV Biennale Internazionale Dantesca, Ravenna, Italy.
Small Sculpture

The First Festival Ithaca, Ithaca, N.Y.
The Altair Installation

1978

Middendorf /Lane Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Selected Sculptures

1975

Roy R. Neuberger Museum, Purchase, N.Y.
Installation: Untitled One
 

EDUCATION

2015

University of St. Joseph, Macau
Master in Design, Spatial Design and Applied Arts with honors Summa cum Laude

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
 

APPOINTMENTS AND COMMISSIONS

2025

Guest Presenter
Hubei Institute of Fine Arts. Wuhan, China

2024

Appointed Member Board of Directors
ICAI/Institute for Cultural Activism International. Delhi, N.Y.

2024

Guest Faculty
Wuhan Institute of Design and Science. Wuhan, China

2016

L.A.S archistudio, Zhuhai, China
Interior Design for the Chengchuan Art Gallery, Zhuhai

2015

L.A.S archistudio, Zhuhai, China
Interior Design of the G Flowers showroom, Zhuhai

2014

L.A.S archistudio, Zhuhai, China
Exterior Design for the Contemporary Music Institute of Zhuhai and Golden Jazz Club

2006-2009

German Cultural VISA recipient and Artist-in-Residence
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien. Berlin, Germany

2001

Guest Curator
Hudson Guild Gallery. New York, N.Y.

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.

1996-2001

Appointed Member Board of Directors
ASCI/Art and Science Collaborations. New York, 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.

1991

'The Berlin Project' aquired for the Photography Collection
Berlinische Galerie - Berlin, Germany

1990

Artwork Commissioned for 'Working in Brooklyn / Installations'
Brooklyn Museum of Art. Brooklyn, N.Y.

1990

Sculpture selected for purchase as part of the Washington State Art Commission
Art in Public Schools Program. Seattle, WA.

1990-2009

Founder /Director
Bernadette Salvage Fine Art Gallery. Brooklyn, N.Y. and Berlin, Germany

1989

Artwork Commissioned 'The Waterline Project'
Foundation ArtGarden, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1987

Guest Faculty
The Banff Center, Alberta, Canada.

1983

Guest Presenter for the 'Conference on Communication Technology and Traditional Cultures'
United Nations, New York, N.Y.

1982-2010

Resident Video Artist,
The Experimental T.V. Center, Owego, N.Y.

1977-1990

Guest Lecturer,
S.U.N.Y. Albany, N.Y.; Harvard University Cambridge, Ma.;
Columbia University, New York, N.Y.; Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y.

1977

Artwork Commissioned 'Altair' installation
Festival Ithaca, Ithaca, N.Y.

1977-1979

Founder/Director,
The Ithaca Artists Cooperative and White Apple Gallery, Ithaca, N.Y.
 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Zhuhai Magazine, Issue 367, Zhuhai, China May 2017.
Space, a review of the Chengchung Art Gallery at Beishan village

Zhuhai Magazine, Issue 343, Zhuhai, China December 2015.
Deep Attachment to Mountain, an interview with Ron Rocco

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, N.Y. 1990
The Technological Muse

The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y. October 1990
Working in Brooklyn / Installations

The Phoenix, Brooklyn, N.Y. August 9, 1990
Art Made in Brooklyn

New York Newsday, Tuesday, Aug.7, 1990
Installations with Twists of their Own

Greenline, Brooklyn, N.Y. May 1990
"Celebration" - Artists Exhibit in Local Lofts

The Netherland-America Foundation, New York, N.Y.
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, N.Y.
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, N.Y. March 11, 1978.
Inside Art: New Ithaca Gallery Shows Two Sculptors

The Times Gazette, Ithaca, N.Y. April 14, 1977.
Art Ron Rocco: Physically Sound
 

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