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Solo Exhibitions (selected)

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Rockne Krebs: Drawings for Sculpture You Can Walk Through, curated by Stephen Goddard.  Rockne Krebs: Drawings for Sculpture You Can Walk Through featured an important group of works by Rockne Krebs from the collection of the Spencer Museum of Art, consisting of nineteen original concept drawings and other works
on paper, as well as Antarctic Flower, a Plexiglas sculpture from 1970, gifts to the Spencer Museum of Art from Philip M. Smith.  A video edited from vintage video footage accompanied the exhibition.


"Walking into the light sculptures was one of the things in the
breakout show at the Corcoran that got me interested
in Rockne's work.
To this day, he, James Turrell, Dan Flavin and a few others remain in a class of their own."

Philip M. Smith,
September 6, 2013
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Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, DC. Sculpture Rockne Krebs.

Byron Gallery, New York, NY. Sculpture Rockne Krebs.
  
Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, DC. Sculpture Minus Object, the first ever 3-D laser beam installation. Curated  by Walter Hopps and Renato Danese.
 
University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Sculpture Minus Object and Plexiglas sculptures.

Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, DC. Rockne Krebs. Plexiglas sculptures.

Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by James Sterrit.

Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, DC. Rooftop Light Sculpture by Rockne Krebs.
 
Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, DC. Energy Structures. 
 
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Prairie Flower, outdoor sculpture installation.

​Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Rockne Krebs, Day Passage and Night Passage. Curated by James N. Wood, catalogue and essay by James N. Wood.

Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, DC.  Photon Structures. Laser piece, Sky Bridge, spectral pieces, Plexiglas sculptures, drawings and a film by Ed Kelly.

Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA. Sun Flowers. Exhibit included spectral pieces, Plexiglas sculptures, and drawings.

Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, DC. 365 Drawings and Home on the Range.
  
National Academy of Science, Washington, DC. Drawings and Plexiglas sculptures. Curated by Lee Kimchie.  
  
University of Maryland, College Park, MD. The Study: Home on the Range Part IV.

Pyramid Galleries Ltd., Washington, DC. For Sale: Home on the Range, Part V.

James Yu Gallery, New York, NY. For Sale: Home on the Range, Part V.  A Christmas Piece and Laser Environment.

Custom House, New York, NY. The Equestrian in Manhattan, Home on the Range VI, camera-obscura piece. Curated by Anita O’Neill, commissioned by Creative Time, Inc.

Arnold Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Drawings and Studies for Works at Omni International. Drawing and sculpture studies for Atlantis and Canis Major.

The Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX. Light on Fort Worth.

Fraser’s Stable, Washington, DC. Home on the Range.

Middendorf/Lane Gallery, Washington, DC. Rockne Krebs: The Spectral Horse.

The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH. Drawings by Rockne Krebs, drawing
exhibit in conjunction with Krebs’ laser sculpture.  
 
Baxter Art Gallery of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. Rockne Krebs, A Retrospective of Drawings, 1965-1982, the installation sculpture piece, Crystal Oasis of the Winter Solstice, and The  Green Hypotenuse,  7-mile-long  laser beam from Mt. Wilson to Caltech. Curated by Jay Belloli. Touring exhibition.
 
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Rockne Krebs, A Retrospective of Drawings,
1965-1982
, and the installation sculpture piece, Crystal Oasis of the Winter Solstice
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Diane Brown Gallery, New York, NY. Rockne Krebs Drawings and Crystal Oasis Solar Pieces.
 
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK. Anonymous, laser exhibition.

Gallery K, Washington, DC. Rockne Krebs, Drawings and Sculptures.

Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Rockne Krebs: Drawings
for Sculpture You Can Walk Through, August 31, 2013 - January 5, 2014
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Curated by 
Stephen Goddard.  Rockne Krebs: Drawings for Sculpture You Can Walk Through featured
an important group of works by Rockne Krebs from the collection of the Spencer Museum
of Art, consisting of nineteen original concept drawings and other works on paper, as well as Antarctic Flower, a Plexiglas sculpture from 1970, gifts to the Spencer Museum of Art from Philip M. Smith.  A video edited from vintage video footage accompanied the exhibition.


Hemphill, Washington, DC. Rockne Krebs: The Smoke Drawings.
 

Artist Writings  1997 - 2000
The Laserman, Writings and Letters to Myself, writing and research on art and lasers, copyright filed on manuscript.

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Photo © LeRoy Woodson. Photographed for the exhibition catalogue Rockne Krebs, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1971. Krebs in his studio working on a plexiglas sculpture, 1970.

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