오스트리아 출생인 게발드 로켄쇼브(Gerwald Rockenschaub)는 1980년대 초반 전위적인 추상의 형식적 어법에 주력한 젊은 작가 그룹인 네오 지오(Neo-Geo Conceptualism) 운동과 깊이 연관되어 있다. 이 네오 지오 운동은 소비주의의 상징인 팝아트와 함께 개념미술의 미학이 짙게 배 있지만, 로켄쇼브의 작업은 이러한 스타일 중 하나로 분류되기 어렵다. 애니메이션과 알루미늄박 그림, 오브제, 장소 특정적인 설치 작업에서 작가는 모더니즘의 개념과 지위를 급진적으로 축소하고 집중하는 행위를 통해 미니멀리즘의 축소된 기호와 동등하게 언급한다. 그는 바우하우스의 미학적인 체계와 바실리 칸딘스키(Wassily Kandinsky)의 추상 세계, 팝아트의 미적 개념에 영향을 받았으며, 특히 일상생활에서의 추상적인 코드와 패턴에 초점을 맞춘다. 그의 작품은 주변 환경과 상호작용하여 완전한 미니멀리즘을 분열시키는 반면, 플렉시 유리 표면을 사용하여 보는 이의 모습을 작품에 투영한다.
나무와 아크릴 유리로 제작된 작품<Intarsia>는 이탈리아 르네상스 시기에 번성했던 장식 기법을 기반으로 한다. 이 기법은 다양한 색과 형태의 얇은 나무판을 평평한 표면에 설치하여 패턴을 만든 것이다. <Reliefs>는 양각의 아크릴 유리 요소를 MDF 합판 표면에 적용함으로써 전통적 대리석 부조를 간결한 형태로 변형한 작품으로, 역사적인 기술을 현대적으로 의역한 것이라고 볼 수 있다. 그러나 작가가 고전적인 기술에서 영감을 얻었음에도 불구하고, 그의 작품은 현대적인 기술을 적용하여 더욱 진보적인 생산 개념을 바탕으로 한다. 그는 컴퓨터 그래픽을 공식적인 언어로 사용한 최초의 작가 중 한 명이기도 하다.
베를린을 기반으로 활동 중인 로켄쇼브는 1990년대 국제적으로 존경받는 DJ로 활동했으며 현재도 전자 음악을 작곡 중이다. 1993년 제45회 베니스 비엔날레(Venice Biennale)의 오스트리아 국가관 전시 작가로 안드레아 프레이저(Andrea Fraser)와 크리스찬 필립 뮐러(Christian Philipp Müller)와 선정되었다. 2007년 카셀 도쿠멘타 12에 참여하여 섬유로 제작한 기념비적인 방 설치 작품을 선보였다. 주요 개인전으로 괴츠 컬렉션(Sammlung Goetz, Munich, 2017)과 성 갈렌 미술관(Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2016), 베를린 신미술협회(Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 2016), 진델핑겐 샤우베어크 (SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, 2014), 볼프스부르크 미술관(Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, 2011), 베른 쿤스트할레(Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, 2008)에서의 전시가 있으며, 2004년 빈 현대미술관(Museum Moderner Kunst (mumok), Vienna)에서 주요 회고전이 열렸다. 또한 벨베데레 미술관(Belvedere Museum, Vienna)과 브루클린 미술관(Brooklyn Museum, New York), 다임러 현대미술관(Daimler Contemporary, Berlin), 토리노 현대미술관(Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Turin), 제네랄리 재단(Generali Foundation, Vienna), 하우스 컨스턱티브(Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich), 성 갈랜 미술관, 빈 현대미술관, 리아우니히 미술(Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus), 플라켄베르크 컬렉션(Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg), 괴츠 컬렉션, 샤우베어크, 스튜트가르트 시립미술관, ZKM(Karlsruhe)에서 그의 작품을 소장하고 있다.
2023
Gerwald Rockenschaub, reappropriation (allure / construct), Schlossmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
2022
Gerwald Rockenschaub, circuit cruise / feasible memory/regulator, Belvedere 21, Vienna, Austria
2021
sentimental braindance / allure selec +, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
2020
astrobot(n)ic / philanthropic / this/that interlude (vision), Krobath Wien, Vienna, Austria
2019
ROMANTIC / ECLECTIC, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK
2018
Romantic/Eclectic, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Geometric Playground (Flamboyant Edit), Galerie Eva Presenhuber, New York, NY, USA
2017
Re-Entry (Third Ear Edit), Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
2016
751C064/045, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
SURF, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Gerwald Rockenschaub, Les Valseuses, Berlin, Germany
Blueberry Fields (orphaned selec + 1), Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2015
Bend it, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Gerwald Rockenschaub, Kunstpavillon White Noise, Bad Gastein, Austria
2014
Dear Heartbeat, The Schaufler Foundation, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
use it, break it, fix it, try it, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
2013
Doing the same again, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2012
Natural Selection, Museum gegenstandsfreie Kunst, Otterndorf, Austria
Close-up GUSTAV KLIMT ~ GERWALD ROCKENSCHAUB, Plattform, Secession, Vienna, Austria
Embrace Romance / Remodeled, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Redial, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Pretty Pretty Please, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
2011
If I had the chance I´d probably do the same, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Multidial, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Lady Linda, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
2010
You never know what will happen next, Die Sammlung 1900 -2010, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
Gone is back again, Galerie soucasného umení, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic
Gerwald Rockenschaub, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
2009
Promise vs. Reality, Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
Simple Philosophy, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
find / keep, Villa du Parc, Annemasse, France
Six Animations 2002, ZKMax, Munich, Germany
2008
Acrylic Glass Objects, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
What Are You Looking For?, Y8 Sivananda Yoga Center, Hamburg, Germany
SWING, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Just Now, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Fassadengestaltung der temporären Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin, Germany
DIVA, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
2007
My Machines, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
New Season Beauty, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
New Season Beauty 3, Galleria Roberto Gustini, Rom, Italy
Humanoid must not escape, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Wien, Austria
White Flag, Galeroe Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
2006
Embrace Romace!, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Current Obsession, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, Switzerland
Beyond Black, Base/Progetti per l'Arte, Florenz, Italy
2005
I wish I was..., Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
2275m3, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Gerwald Rockenschaub, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2004
Six New Foil Paintigs, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
4296m2, Mumok, Museum der Moderne Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
the gallery at night, Sketch, London, UK
Project for agape 149, Berlin, Germany
Permanent installation, Versicherungskammer Bayern, Munich, Germany
2003
Gerwald Rockenschaub, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Galerie Chouraki Brahms, Berlin, Germany
Österreichisches Kulturforum, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2002
no red tape, Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
What shall we do when the sun comes out?, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
six animations, Sony Style Store, Berlin, Germany
Laser Animation, Laser Art Container, Vienna, Austria
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Germany
No Red Type, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
2001
Ding Dong, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Rough Harmonizer, Galerie Chouakri Brahms, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
2000
Variations on Classic, BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Après-demain, Planet 22 (boîte), Geneva, Switzerland
Urban Soul Research, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Sentimentale, GAM Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
Das Café, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
1999
funky minimal, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Le Consortium, Centre d' art contemporain, Dijon, France
Gerwald Rockenschaub, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
Projektraum/Kunstraum, Innsbruck, Austria
1998
Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Chicago Project Room, Chicago, IL, USA
1997
Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
1996
Wanna Play?, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Das Labor, The New York Kunsthalle, New York, NY, USA
1995
Oberösterreichische Landesgalerie, Museum Francisco-Carolinum, Linz, Austria
Diverse Einbauten, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gallen, Switzerland
1994
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
Secession, Vienna, Austria
Trabant, Vienna, Austria
Temporary project, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
Temporary project, Kunsthof Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1993
45. Biennale di Venezia, Austrian Pavilion (with Andrea Fraser and Christian Philipp Müller), Venice, Italy
Galerie Metropol, Vienna, Austria
Temporary project, Bundeskanzleramt, Vienna, Austria
1992
Galerie Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
Gilbert Brownstone Gallery, Paris, France
Villa Arson, Nice, France
Elizabeth Koury Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1991
Galerie Metropol, Vienna, Austria
Kunsthalle Innsbruck II, Innsbruck, Austria
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gallen, Switzerland
EA-Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Museum in Progress, Vienna, Austria
1990
Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
1989
Introspective, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Interima Art, London, UK
Galerie & Edition Artelier, Steirischer Herbst Graz, Graz, Austria
1988
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Luis Campana, Stuttgart, Germany
Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France
Plexiglas, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gallen, Switzerland
1987
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
Galerie 121, Antwerpen, Belgium
1986
Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
1985
Augensex, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Tanja Grunert, Cologne, Germany
1984
Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Munro, Hamburg, Germany
2022
Broken Music Vol. 2: 70 Years of Records and Sound Works by Artists, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Faking the Real, Kunsthalle Graz, Graz, Austria
The Drawing Centre Show, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
2021
The 80s. Anything Goes, Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria
Same Same But Different – Art from Germany and Austria, Galerie Crone, Vienna, Austria & Berlin, Germany
Colección Helga de Alvear, Museo de arte contemporáneo Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Spain
Erotic Roundup, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Who's Afraid of Red…, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
2020
30 Years in Paris, Thaddeaus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France
Wände / Walls, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Hauptausstellung "o. T.", Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus, Austria
Festival! – A project by Esther Schipper and Mehdi Chouakri, Angela Bulloch / Gerwald Rockenschaub, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Local Talent, Sprüth Magers, Berlin, Germany
2019
Sound on the 4th Floor, compiled and arranged by Gerwald Rockenschaub, cur. Renate Wiehager, Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart, Germany
2017
Abstract painting now!, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Mit Dank und Knicks, Galerie Susanne Kuli, Zürich, Switzerland
Karin Sander: ZEIGEN. gfzk, Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
COLORI. Emotion of color in art, GAM Galleria Civica dirt Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin; Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
2016
ABSTRACT LOOP AUSTRIA, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
Dis-play Re-Play, Austrian Cultural Forum, New York, NY, USA
Abstrakt – Spatial, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Quiz 2, MUDAM, Luxembourg-Kirchberg, Luxembourg
Expanded Fields, Nymphius Projekte, Berlin, Germany
Malerei im Wandel: Die Sammlung Ploner, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria
2015
Transparency, Georg Kargl Fine Arts & Box, Vienna, Austria
Wirkliches Leben? Ein Panorama der Sammlungen, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
Artists and Poets, Secession, Vienna, Austria
When Now is Minimal. Die unbekannte Seite der Sammlung Goetz, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Texte in der Kunst, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
2014
Decorum Carpets & tapestries by artists, Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
QUIZ, Galerie Poirel, Nancy, France
1999 - 2014. 15 years anniversary exhibition, PS projectspace, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013
When Now is Minimal. Die unbekannte Seite der Sammlung Goetz, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany; Museion, Bozen, Italy; Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany
Commodious Thoughts from Outer Space, Galerie Krobath, Vienna, Austria
KUNTERBUNT. Klasse Kunst zum Thema Farbe, Landesgalerie, Oberösterreichisches
Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
COLUMNA 02 Make SHIFT(s), Chasse-sur-Rhône, Saint-Romain-en-Gal, France
Im neuen Glanz!, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
10 JAHRE LENTOS. Die Sammlungsausstellung zum Jubiläum, LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
Linie 31, Galerie Susanna Kulli, Zurich, Switzerland
ROTesque, The Schaufler Foundation, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
Decorum. Tapis et tapisseries d‘artiates, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
2012
The Poster Show, Carlier Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Collaborations & Interventions, CCA Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Utopie Gesamtkunstwerk, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Gold, Unteres Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Aufbruch. Malerei und realer Raum, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Punkt. System. Vom Pointillismus zum Pixel, Wilhelm Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2011
Carte Blanche a John Armleder. All of the above, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Beziehungsarbeit. Kunst und Institution, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
Au pied du mur, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Sur un piédestal, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, France
Berliner Zimmer, Galerie Krobath, Berlin, Germany
2010
private view, Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Play it again!, Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France
The Berlin Box, CCA Antratx, Mallorca, Spain
Fine Line, Georg Kargl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria
Bilder über Bilder, Mumok, Museum Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Multichrome, Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
You never know what will happen next... Die Sammlung 1900-2010, Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz, Austria
Aus der Sammlung: Surface - Oberfläche als Prinzip, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria
Wings. The Wing in Contemporary Art, Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Amsterdam – Berlin, De Service Garage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Koksen ist 80er. Kunst der achtziger Jahre, Nymphius Projekte, Berlin, Germany
Videorama. Kunstclips aus Österreich, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
Zero bis unendlich. Glanzstücke der Sammlung Schaufler, Schauwerk, Sindelfingen, Germany
maximal pleasure, Souterrain, Berlin, Germany
Absolute Beginnings, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Videorama. Kunstclips aus Österreich, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
Sampler #1, Galleria Alessandro de March, Milan, Italy
2009
15 Jahre Sammlung. Gegen den Strich, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Feedbackstage, Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
Don’t follow me I’m lost too, Substitut, Berlin, Germany
Fifty Fifty. Kunst im Dialog mit den 50er Jahren, Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria
Private View, Städtische Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Wiener Musterzimmer, Orangerie, Unteres Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Spacioux, Lambretto Art Project, Milano, Italy
1979 – 2009: 30 ans d’art contemporain à Meymac, Abbaye Saint André, Meymac, France
Schenkung Thaddaeus Ropac, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
just what it is... 100 Jahre Kunst der Moderne aus privaten Sammlungen in Baden-Württemberg, ZKM Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Zeigen. An Audio Tour through Berlin by Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2008
Armleder/ Miller/ Rockenschaub, Stadtische Galerie, Ravensburg, Germany
Abtrakt/abstract, MMKK, Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
Leftovers, Mariano Pichler Collection, Micamoca Berlin, Germany
La meme chose Mais Autrement, Villa du Parc, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Annemasse, France
Supernatural, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Schenkungen an das Belvedere von Thaddaeus Ropac, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
2007
Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany
Klang im Bild, Opelvillen Rüsselheim, Germany
Pas de soucis…, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
Introvert, Extrovert, makes no difference, Galerie Catherine Issert, Saint-Paul, France
Japan und der Westen. Die erfüllte Leere, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2006
ANSTOSS BERLIN, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
CLASSICAL – MODERN, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
abstract art now. floating forms, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Andreas Stalzer. 20 Jahre Werkstatt und Edition, Galerie Wolfgang Exner, Vienna, Austria
Prospettive frammentate. Arte nel cuore dell´Europa, Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Opera Austria, Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Biennale Cuvée, Weltauswahl der Gegenwartskunst, O.K Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria
Surfaces Polyphoniques, CRAC, Centre Régional dArt Contemporain de Sète, Sète, France
Nous n'irons pas à Liepzig!, Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France
Painted Objects, CCNOA, Brussels, Belgium
Gerold Miller, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Heimo Zobernig, Galerie von Ploeg, Amsterdam, The Netherland
Eldorado, Galerie Une, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Black/ White & Chewing Gum, Korbath Wimmer, Vienna, Austria
This is not for you, Diskurse der Skulptur, ThyssenBornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Gerald Miller/ Anselm Reyle/ Gerwald Rockenschaub, S.O.P. Sydney, Australia; Konsortium Düsseldorf, Germany
23, Sydney Non Objective, Sydney, Australia
2005
The Last Christmas, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Riverside Wall, Berlin, Germany
Zeigen, Audiotour by Karin Sander through the Collection of Helga de Alvear, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Postmediale Kondition, Neue Galerie Graz, Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Art and Society, International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery Prague, Czech Republic
Space Invaders: A discussion about painting, space and its hybrids, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland
Die gute Form, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Farbe und Faktor, Reflexionen über Formprinzipien der Russischen Avatgarde, Mumok, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Now's the time, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
Aktuelle Kunst im Parlament, Parlament, Vienna, Austria
Good Timing, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
Nach Rokytnik die Sammlung der EVN, Mumok, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Minimal Pop, Galerie les filles du calvaire, Paris, France
2004
Club Transmediale, Maria am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
20 Jahre 20 Years, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Where are you standing? Aus der Schenkung Paul Maenz Gerd de Vries, Kupferstichkabinett, Kulturforum, Berlin, Germany
Vision einer Sammlung, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
Welt ohne Gegenstände, Glue, Berlin, Germany
From Above, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
Im Bild, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
Handlungsanweisungen (Public space project), Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Made in Berlin, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Minimal Pop, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Vienna Coffee Table, Galerie Bernhard Knaus, Mannheim, Germany
Live, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Magasin, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
Specific Objects, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Wien-Berlin: Tendenzen zeitgenössischer Kunst, Galerie im Parlament, Berlin, Germany
2003
Temporal Values. Von Minimal zu Video, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Silver Convention, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
Gerold Miller/Gerwald Rockenschaub, Kunsthalle Vierseithof, Luckenwalde, Germany
Never Mind Your Step, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
framed. John Armleder - Olivier Mosset - Gerwald Rockenschaub, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gall, Switzerland
Go Johnny Go!, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
+ ou -, Galerie de Multiples, Paris, France
Spotlight 02, Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
Perpetual Bliss, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris, France
Skulptur 03, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac and Max-Gandolph-Bibliothek, Salzburg, Austria
Sammlung DaimlerChrysler. Fotografie, Video, Mixed Media, Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
The DaimlerChrysler Collection, ZKM, Museum für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Minimalism and After II, Sammlung DaimlerChrysler, Berlin, Germany
re:view/Collection, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
Space Vehicles, Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX, USA
Re-Production 2, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
2002
Time Space Motion, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac and Max-Gandolph-Bibliothek, Salzburg, Austria
EN/OF, Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2 step, CCNOA and Robert Preece Projects, Brussels, Belgium
open studio, Atelier Augarten, Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst der Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Wallworks, Trabant, Vienna, Austria
Austrian Contemporary Art, Architecture and Design Exhibition, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2001
hunger nach bildern?, Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
Connivence (Complicity), Musée d'art Contemporain, Biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
Art/Music: rock, pop, techno, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Vertigo, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany; Magazin 4, Bregenz, Austria
Geometrie und Gestus, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Televisions. Kunst sieht fern, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Salons de musique, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Srasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Gefesselt – entfesselt. Österreichische Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Galerie Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland
Sammlung DaimlerChrysler. Neuerwerbungen/New Acquisitions, Daimler Chrysler, Berlin, Germany
2000
Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Farben/Lust und Form/Gedanken. Abstrakte Wege in Österreich 1900-2000, Universität für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
V'Blow up, Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Demand with sculptures by Gerwald Rockenschaub, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Living in two parts, Chicago Project Room, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Milch vom ultrablauen Strom, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Air Air, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
There is something you should know. Die EVN Sammlung im Belvedere, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Editionen, Galerie Edition Stalzer, Vienna, Austria
air en forme, Musée des arts décoratifs de la ville de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
What If. Art at the verge of architecture and design, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
The world is not enough, Galerie Medhi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
come in and find out 4, Podewil Center for Contemporary Arts, Berlin, Germany
1999
Wege aus dem Bild, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
GS3: Face to Face, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Aufnahmen. Fotografische Recherchen in der Stadt, Österreichische Galerie, Atelier Augarten, Vienna, Austria
Prepared, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
Aspekte - Positionen, 50 Jahre mitteleuropäische Kunst 1949-1999, Mumok, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Der Künstler als Kurator: Günter Umberg, mit ausgewählten Werken von Andy Warhol, Yves Klein, Gerwald Rockenschaub u.a., Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Du Camouflage au Free Style 1. Une exposition dans une autre proposée par toasting agency, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Kraftwerk Berlin, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
An apple a day, Galerie Medhi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
1998
Auffrischender Wind aus wechselnden Richtungen, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Seamless, Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Odyssey, Greene Naftali, New York, NY, USA
Das Jahrhundert der künstlerischen Freiheit, Secession, Vienna, Austria
Submit, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria
Crossings, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Fotografie als Handlung, 4. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany
Lifestyle, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
Review, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria
The Erotic Sublime, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Sharawadgi, Felsenvilla, Baden, Austria
The End Is The Beginning, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria
Fast Forward/Archives, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
1997
Little Explorers, W139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
504, Zentrum für Kunst, Medien und Design, Braunschweig, Germany
GS1, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Strange Encounters, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria
Little Explorers, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria
4 Tage im Mittelpunkt Zeitgenössische Kunst, Trabant, Vienna, Austria
Kunst der Gegenwart, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Kunst...Arbeit, Sammlung Südwest LB, Stuttgart, Germany
Musterwohnen, Behrensstrasse 28, Berlin, Germany
Kunst, Videos, Mumok, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Kunst, Energie in Ottenstein 75 Jahre EVN, Schloss Ottenstein, Ottenstein, Germany
1996
Manifesta 1, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Junge Szene 96, Secession, Vienna, Austria
Compartmens, Copenhagen, Denmark
29' - 0"/East - das Labor, The New York Kunsthalle at Kunstraum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Fast Nichts - Almost Invisible, Ehemaliges Umspannwerk Singen, Singen, Germany
Are You Talking To Me, Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jenseits von Kunst, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Oasis, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria
The Great Divide, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna, Austria
Jenseits von Kunst, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Sammlung Essl. Malerei in Österreich 1945-1995, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
Trois collections d'artistes, Musée des Beaux Arts, La Chaux-de Fonds, Switzerland
a/drift, Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies, New York, NY, USA
1995
En passant, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
En passant, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
On Board, Venice, Italy
Colour and Paint, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
White Cube/Black Box, EA-Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Skip Grabner, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Arye Wachsmuth, Trabant, Vienna, Austria
Teppiche in neuen Räumen, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gall, Switzerland
1994
Backstage, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
La forma del quotidian. Garutti, Kopf, Lavier, Rockenschaub, Villa delle Rose, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Die Moderne oder die Überwindung eines Begriffs, Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, Austria
Kicking Boxes Billiard, Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Jetztzeit, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Teppiche, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gall, Switzerland
Jetztzeit, Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jüdisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Prospect/Retrospect. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Luzern, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
Exhibition, Mumok, Museum Morderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Lokalzeit. Wiener Material im Spiegel des Unbehagens, Raum Strohal, Vienna, Austria
1993
Ecart, Galerie Susanna Kullli, St. Gall, Switzerland
Spiel ohne Grenzen, Museum für moderne Kunst, Budapest, Hungary
Making Art, Kunstverein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria
KontextKunst, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
Backstage, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
La peinture et le corps, Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France
Spiegelsprung, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, Austria
Geo d'Arta, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria
Trabant, Vienna, Austria
1992
Di Plastica, Galeria Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Identität: Differenz, Tribüne Trigon 1940-1990, Steirischer Herbst, Graz, Austria
Das offene Bild. Aspekte der Moderne in Europa nach 1945, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany
Les mystères de l'auberge espagnole, Villa Arson, Nice, France
1991
Bildlicht. Malerei zwischen Material und Immaterialität, Mumok, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Topographie I, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria
Arbeiten mit Glas, Galerie Stalzer, Vienna, Austria
1990
Raum annehmen III. Das Zeichnen, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria
Wien auf der Suche nach Eden. Wien 1959-1990, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Vienne aujourd'hui, Musée de Toulon, Toulon, France
Un art de la distinction, Abbaye Saint André, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Meymac, France
Marcus Geiger, Brigitte Kowanz, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Galerie Ulrike Zumtobel, Vienna, Austria
Helmut Federle, Olivier Mosset, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Adrian Schiess, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gall, Switzerland
1989
Melancolia, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna, Austria
Österreichischer Kunstsalon, Kulturhaus Graz, Graz, Austria
International Biennale of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Land in Sicht. Österreichische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Österreichisches und ungarisches Kultusministerium, Budapest, Hungary
Mentalitäten und Konstruktionen in Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Kunst der letzten 10 Jahre, Mumok, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
1988
Schlaf der Vernunft, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
In Situ, Secession, Vienna, Austria
Freizone Dorotheergasse, Vienna, Austria
Brennpunkt Wien, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
John M. Armleder, Helmut Federle, Joel Fisher, Marco Gastini, Gerhard Merz, Olivier Mosset, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Henri Spaeti, Giuseppe Spagnulo, Bernard Tagwerker, Günther Wizemann, Galerie Susanna Kulli, St. Gall, Switzerland
1987
The Image in Singular, Galerie Amer, Vienna, Austria
Aktuelle Kunst aus Österreich, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Im Rahmen der Zeichnung - Im Lauf der Zeichnung, Secession, Vienna, Austria
1986
Origins, Origniality + Beyond, The 6th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Geometria Nova, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Signs of Painting, Metro Pictures, New York, NY, USA
Abstraits, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Tableaux abstraits, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Abstraction 86, 121 Art Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
John Armleder, Helmut Federle, Franz Graf, Imi Knoebel, Gerhard Merz, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
1985
Alles und noch viel mehr, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Iterativismus, Galerie Zwirner, Cologne, Germany
Weltpunkt Wien. Un regard sur Vienne: 1985, Pavillon Josephine, Strasbourg, France
1984
Arte Austriaca 1962-1984, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Zeichen, Fluten, Signale, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Arbeiten auf Papier. Siegfried Anzinger, Franz Blaas, Erwin Bohatsch, Clemens Kaletsch, Peter Kogler, Brigitte Kowanz/Franz Graf, Alois Mosbacher, Heinrich Pichler, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Hubert Schmalix, Ernst Tragwöger, Martin Walde, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Woher sind wir wieso gekommen?, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
1983
Junge Künstler aus Österreich, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
Junge Künstler aus Österreich, Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria
Woher sind wir wieso gekommen?, Klapperhof, Cologne, Germany
Wiener Festwochen, Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
Hans Kupelwieser, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Manfred Schu, Erwin Wurm, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria
1982
Dort ist ein Fels, des hohe steile Klippe furchtbar hinabschaut in die jähe Tiefe, Galerie Peter Pakesch, Graz, Austria
1981
Forum Stadtpark with Herbert Brandl, Graz, Austria
Clubgalerie with Herbert Brandl, Secession, Vienna, Austria
Austria
Albertina, Vienna
Belvedere, Vienna
Generali Foundation, Vienna
MUMOK, Vienna
Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus
France
Fonds Régionaux d'art Contemporain
Germany
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin
Sammlung Goetz, Munich
Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
ZKM Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Italy
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino, Turin
Switzerland
Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen
USA
Brooklyn Museum, NY