Ron Rocco   Freizeit series #36, Color Digital Photograph (edition of 15), 11.5" x 38" http://www.fine-art.com/ron_rocco SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS 2004 Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, N.Y. Structures of Detention Hudson Guild, N.Y., N.Y. Frei Zeit 2002 Galerie Völcker & 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. 1983 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, N.Y., N.Y. Zaroff's Tale SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES 2004 Scope /New York Galerie Völcker & Freunde, N.Y., N.Y Frei Zeit 2001 Gallery 138, New York, New York. The Museum of Unspoken Desire Collaborative Concepts, Beacon, New York. Inaugural Invitational ABC NO RIO, Fire Patrol #5 Gallery and The Hudson Guild, New York, New York. The Politics of Racism 2000 Islip Art Museum/Anthony Giordano Gallery, Islip, New York. Urban Nature Galerie Völcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany. The Berlin Diary 1999 Campo & Campo, Antwerp, Belgium. Twenty-six American Artists. Galerie Völcker & Freunde, Berlin, Germany. Carriage Return /Junge Künstler zum Thema Computer, Kommunilation und Dynamik. 1998 Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York Communicating Vessels 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 1996 Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Luminous Bodies 1992 Galerie Schoen, Nalepa, Berlin, Germany. Aktuelle Strüngen 1991 Fundão DemôRocha, Fortalesca, Brazil. Exposicion Internacional de Culturas Efemeras 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 1987 P.S.1 /Institute for Art and Urban Resources, N.Y., N.Y. Special Projects The Banff Center, Alberta, Canada Installation for the Visualization of Sound 1985 The Asia Society, N.Y., N.Y. Buddha Meets Einstein at the Great Wall APPOINTMENTS, COMMISSIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 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’s LIRR Rail station at Long Beach, N.Y. 1996-01 Appointed Board of Director for ASCI/Art and Science Collaborations. N.Y., N.Y. 1993 The Berlin Project, acquired by The Berlinische Galerie in Berlin Germany as part of the permanent collection. International Studio Program at KUNST & COMPLEX. Rotterdam, Netherlands. Artist-in-Residence 1991-92 International Studio Program at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany. Guest Artist 1990 Sculpture selected for purchase as part of the Washington State Art Commission’s Art in Public Schools Program. Seattle, WA. The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, N.Y. commissions the installation: The Horizon is Nothing More than the Limit of Our Sight for the exhibition Working in Brooklyn. 1977-90 Guest Lecturer, S.U.N.Y. Albany, N.Y.; Harvard University Cambridge, Ma.; Columbia University, N.Y., N.Y.; Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y. 1989 The Waterline Project, commissioned by Foundation ArtGarden with funds from The Netherlands America Foundation Amsterdam, Netherlands 1982-01 Resident Video Artist, The Experimental T.V. Center, Owego, N.Y. 1987 Artist in Residence, The Banff Center, Alberta, Canada. 1977 First Festival Ithaca, Ithaca, New York commissions Altair with funding from The National Endowment for the Arts. 1977-79 Founder/Director, The Ithaca Artists Cooperative, Ithaca, New York. SELECTED COLLECTIONS Sandra Amann and Michael Pashby, New York, New York; Lisa Levart and Myles Aronowitz, Nyack, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barquist, Los Angeles, California; The Berlinische Galerie Berlin, Germany; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Mr. William Basta, Greenwich, Connecticut; Mr. Charles Beachley, Paris, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Berlinger, Katonah, New York ; Mr. David Bower, Chicago, Illinois; Ms. Leslie Bussis, New York, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Clark, Greenwich,Connecticut; Dr. Joseph Dalessandro DDS, Nyack, New York; The Family and Children's Service Center, Ithaca, New York; Ms. Sorrel Fisher, Washington, D.C.; Gallery Danielli, Toronto, Canada; Ms. Susan Hapgood, New York, New York; Dara and Evan Kingsley, Brooklyn, New York; Mr. Masa Matsuzaki, Tokyo, Japan; Mr. Timothy Mehne, Houston, Texas; New Jersey Transit Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Station at West Avenue Jersey City, N.J.; Ms. Lauren Noia, San Diego, California; Ms. Holly Pope, Boston, Massachusetts; Mr. Jan Quaegebeure, New York, N.Y.; Mr. Harvey Redding, New York, New York; Ms. Barbara Rosenthal, Bennington, Vermont; The Washington State Arts Council/Art in Public Places, Seattle, Washington. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 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 EDUCATION 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 HONORS AND AWARDS 2003 New York Foundation for the Arts, Award in Printmaking. 2002 Nominated for the Joan Mitchell Foundation award. 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 for 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 for 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.
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