ART FAIRS
2009 -scope Miami, presented by {CTS} creative thriftshop, Miami, Fl.

2009 -scope Basel, presented by {CTS} creative thriftshop, Basel, Switzerland

2008 ArtForum 2008, presented by Pierogi Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

2008 Berliner Liste 2008, presented by Wolfram Völcker Fine Art, Berlin, Germany.

2007 Berliner Liste 2007, presented by Galerie Völcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany

2004 -scope New York, presented by Galerie Völcker & Freunde, New York, NY

2004 –scope Miami, presented by Galerie Völcker & Freunde, Miami, FL

1995 ISEA95 Montreal, International Exhibition of Electronic Art, Montreal, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITS
2010 Shake Up! curator Lynn del Sol, {CTS} creative thriftshop, Brooklyn, NY.

2004 Freizeit, Hudson Guild, New York, NY

2004 Structures of Detention, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY

2002 Sackgasse/Dead End, Galerie Völcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany

1999 Collected Visions, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

1993 Private Parts, Warehouse Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1991 The Berlin Project, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.

1991 The Berlin Project, Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany

1989 The Waterline Project Foundation Artgarden, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1987 Sculpture: Special Projects, Museum of Modern Art /P.S.1, Long.Island.City, NY

1983 A Performance: Zaroff’s Tale, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITS
2009 Object Affection Exhibition, BOFFO, Brooklyn, NY.

2009 New Era as part of The Prague Contemporary Art Festival (TINA B), Vernon Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

2008 Under the Umbrella of Homeland Security, IPCNY/International Print Center, NY.

2008 Shipwrecked, Supermarkt 2.0, Berlin, Germany

2007 Amerika, Supermarkt 2.0, Berlin, Germany

2007 Pierogi Flatfiles, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany.

2006 Among the Trees, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ.

2006 25 years, Kunst & Complex, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2006 Crossings, Viktoriapark Breweri, Berlin, Germany

2006 StarBlind, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazanovia, NY.

2004 Digital and Beyond, Rockland Center for the Arts, Nyack, NY.

2001 The Museum of Unspoken Desire, Gallery 138, New York, NY.

2001 Inaugural Invitationalm, Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, NY.

2001 The Politics of Racism, ABC NO RIO, Fire Patrol #5 Gallery and The Hudson Guild, New York, NY.

2000 Urban Nature, Islip Art Museum/Anthony Giordano Gallery, Islip, NY.

2000 The Berlin Diary, Galerie Völcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany

2000 Pierogi Flatfiles, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco and POST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

1999 Twenty-six American Artists, Campo & Campo, Antwerp, Belgium

1999 Carriage Return /Junge Künstler zum Thema Computer, Kommunilation und Dynamik, Galerie Völcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany

1999 Pierogi Flatfiles, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA.

1998 Communicating Vessels, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY.

1998 Pierogi Flatfiles, Weatherspoon Art Gallery Greensboro, NC.

1998 Pierogi Flatfiles, Kunstlerhaus Vienna, Austria

1997 “Pierogi Flatfiles” at Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY.

1997 PORT/Navigating Digital Culture, The Herbert and Vera List Center at M.I.T. Cambridge, MA.

1997 Pierogi Flatfiles, Gasworks-London, and Cornerhouse-Manchester, England

1996 Luminous Bodies, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

1996 25 years of Visual Arts at Purchase, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY.

1996 Reality Check: Cultural Questions and Political Commentaries, Sylvia White Gallery, New York, NY.

1992 Aktuelle Strömungen, Galerie Schoen+Nalepa, Berlin, Germany

1991 Exposiçao Internacional de Escúlturas Efêmeras, Fundaçao Demócrito Rocha, Fortalesca, Brazil

1990 The Technological Muse, The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY.

1990 The Horizon is Nothing More than the Limit of Our Sight, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

1989 NYFA Fellowship: Sculpture, The University Art Gallery, S.U.New York. at Albany, NY.

1989 Artists use Artists: Sculpture, The New York Experimental Glass Workshop, New York, NY.

1987 A Warning to My Friends, Brooklyn Art and Cultural Assoc., Brooklyn, NY.

1987 Interface: Art and Technology, The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ.

1987 Special Projects, P.S.1 -MOMA/Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York, NY.

1987 Installation for the Visualization of Sound, The Banff Center, Alberta, Canada

1986 Time Studies for Modern Dance, CAD/CAM International Exhibition of Computer Artforms, Kortijk, Belgium

1986 The Visualization of Sound: Light Sphere with The Harmonic Choir, Cathedral of St.John the Divine, New York, NY.

1985 Buddha Meets Einstein at the Great Wall, The Asia Society, New York, NY.

1985 Time Studies for Modern Dance, The Video Image Invitational, Foundation Georgio Ronchi, Capri, Italy

1985 The Artist and the Computer, The Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY.

1985 Andromedia 2, Urban Light at Limelight, New York, NY.


BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010 Ron Rocco Shake Up!, by Trent Morse, WG News + Arts, issue No.19, March 2010
2006 Among the Trees, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey exhibition catalog, Summit, New Jersey, April

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2006 Among the Trees, Sunday Star Ledger March 26, 2006

2001 Inaugural Invitational, Collaborative Concepts exhibition catalog, Beacon, New York. June

2001 Inaugural Invitational at Collaborative Concepts, by D. Dominick Lombardi, Beacon, New York, New York Times, Arts & Entertainment April 22, 2001

1999 Twenty-Six American Artists, Campo & Campo exhibition catalog, September.

1998 Ahab's Wife, Ignored in Moby-Dick's, Tries Again, by Ken Johnson, The New York Times, Arts, August 28, 1998

1997 Topic #9 Remembering Port, by Robbin Murphy, Intelligent Agent, April/May 1997

1996 Art in Review, by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, Arts, October 4, 1996

1996 Luminous Bodies, The Rotunda Gallery exhibition catalog, September.

1993 Ron Rocco Private Parts - Rotterdam 1993, Warehouse Galerie Catalogue, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1993 New Horizons: Notes on a Video Installation, Leonardo Magazine, Vol.26 #4

1991 Exposiçao Internacional de Escúlturas Efêmeras, Fundaçao Demócrito Rocha, Fortalesca, Brazil

1991 Ron Rocco The Berlin Project 1991, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Catalogue, Berlin, Germany

1991 Le Projet Berlin, Plus, Minus, Zero Brussel, Belgium. December.

1991 Kunst-Splitter: Amerika Haus, Berliner Morgenpost, December 17th, 1991

1991 Neue Ausstellung: Ron Rocco / The Berlin Project, Brandenburg Kurier, Dec.13, 1991

1990 The Machine as Muse, The New York Times, Friday, Dec.28, 1990

1990 Art and Technology, The Danbury New Times, Vol.8/Issue 46 Nov.17, 1990

1990 The Technological Muse, The Katonah Museum of Art Catalogue, Katonah, New York.

1990 Working in Brooklyn / Installations, The Brooklyn Museum exhibition catalog, Brooklyn, New York. October

1990 Art Made in Brooklyn, The Phoenix, Brooklyn, New York. August 9, 1990

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

1990 "Celebration" - Artists Exhibit in Local Loft, Greenline, Brooklyn, New York. June

1989 Annual Report 1989, The Netherland-America Foundation, New York, New York.

1987 Art: Morris Exhibit Interfaces Art and Modern Science, Newark Star Ledger, April 26, 1987

1986 East meets West, The Arizona Republic, Dimitri Drobatschewsky Nov.22, 1986

1985 Video a Capri, Beaux Arts Magazine, August No.26

1985 Art from All Corners: Buddah Meets Einstein, The New York Times, Monday April 4, 1985

1983 Annual Report 1983, The Guggenheim Museum, New York. , New York.

1983-9 Suspense Story, The New York Times, Tuesday, Sept.6, 1983

1982 High Performance Magazine, Issue 17-18/Vol.5 #1

1981 Ron Rocco/Laser Sculpture Dance, The New York Times, May 26, 1981

1979 IV Biennale Internazionale del Bronzetto Dantesco, Edizioni del Centro Dantesco, Ravenna, Italy October

EDUCATION & AWARDS
1983 MSVS program (not completed) Center for Advanced Visual Study, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1976 B.F.A, State University of New York, College, Purchase, NY

1972 B.A. program (not completed) Fordham University, Bronx, NY

AWARDS
2006 Visiting Cultural Agent, International Studio Program, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.

2003 Award in Printmaking, New York Foundation for the Arts, NYC, NY

2002 Award Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation, NYC, NY

2000 Artist in Residence, International Studio Program, KunstFabrik. Berlin, Germany

2000 Commissioned Artwork, New Jersey Transit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Station, Jersey City, NJ

1998 CBK Centrum Bildende Kunst Award with Arnold Schalks for Communicating Vessels, The Netherlands Consul to North America, Rotterdam, NL

1996 Commissioned Sculpture, New York. Metropolitan Transit Authority’s LIRR Rail station at Long Beach, NY

1996 Appointee, Board of Directors, ASCI/Art and Science Collaborations. New York, NY (until present)

1993 Selected Works for permanent collection, The Berlin Project, The Berlinische Galerie. Berlin, Germany

1993 Artist in Residence, International Studio Program, KUNST & COMPLEX, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

1991-92 Guest Artist, International Studio Program, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.

1990 Commissioned Sculpture, Art in Public Schools Program, Washington State Art Commission. Seattle, WA.

1990 Commissioned for the installation: The Horizon is Nothing More than the Limit of Our Sight for the exhibition “Working in Brooklyn,” The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York