Keith Rocka (née Knittel)
Born in Smithtown, New York, 1974
Lives in Los Angeles, California
1996 BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
2007
“Forever Home,” Little Cakes Little Gallery, New York, NY
“Birds, Bicycles, and Chairs,” Vena-Mondt, Sebastopol, CA
2006
“Sea Otter Performance,” BOA, Montreal, QC
“Sea Otter Performance,” Il Corral, Los Angeles, CA
“New Drawings By Keith,” Lucas, Los Angeles, CA
"Faerie Vision," Ver Unica, San Francisco, CA
“Sea Otter Performance,” DATAAGE @ Quon's Grand Star, Los Angeles, CA
“Petite 101,” Junie Moon Gallery , Tokyo, Japan
“Love Heart,” Junie Moon Gallery , Tokyo, Japan
"Faerie Vision," Shinola Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2005
“Sea Otter Performance,” DATAAGE @ Quon's Grand Star, Los Angeles, CA
“Keep a Breast,” Stay Gold Gallery, New York, NY, and The Lab 101 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Mothership,” ArtScape, Baltimore, MD
“Picture Window Public Art Project,” Baltimore, MD
2004
“Toy Show,” MF Gallery, New York, NY
“Variety Fair: Blythe Original Dress Exhibition,” Junie Moon Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“dynamo-ville mini pops,” Junie Moon Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Shazam: Contemporary Artists and the Influence of Comics,” Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
“What’s Your 20?,” Impero Media Gallery, San Diego, CA
2003
“Haunted Dollhouse,” Copro Nason Gallery, Culver City, CA
“Weird Feelings,” Millicent Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Opening Exhibition” Millicent Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
“Dynamo-ville Riot,” Hanna, Tokyo Japan, and LaForet, Tokyo, Japan
“Dynamo-ville Forest,” Bijoux, Tokyo, Japan
2001
“Greetings From,” Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
Installation at Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA
Installation at K-Bond, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Installation at Hanna, Tokyo, Japan
“Dynamo-ville Street Performance,” Tokyo, Japan
1999
“Pod Parade,” Alife, New York, NY
"The Cuddlesquid and Cornoil Show," MNN TV, New York, NY
"The Cuddlesquid and Cornoil Show," dynamo-ville Space, New York, NY
1998
“Dynamo-ville Showroom Installation Space,” New York, NY
Installation at Alife, New York, NY
1997
“Pod Performance,” CBGB’s Gallery, New York, NY
1996
“Pooterville,” Maryland Institue College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Selected Bibliography
2007
Feature, Herbivore.com, August
2006
Interview, thefanzine.com, March
2005
Feature, Beans, October (Japan)
2004
Feature, Elle Girl, May
2003
Interview, daojonz.com, December
Interview, evilmonito.com, July
Feature article, Flux, June/July (U.K)
Feature article, Harper’s Bazaar, February (Japan)
2002
Feature article, The Baltimore City Paper, December
Feature, WWD, August 26, (Japan)
Feature article, Beautiful Decay, Issue B, July
2001
Feature article, Giant Robot, April
Feature article, Hanatsubaki, April (Japan)
Feature, Mutts, March (Japan)
Feature article, Nylon, February
2000
Feature, So-en, December (Japan)
Feature article, La Presse, March 9th, (Canada)
1999
Feature article, Time Out New York, June 3 – 10th
Feature article, The New York Times, May 30th
Also appeared in:
Gli (Japan), ar (Japan), Luci (Japan), Jille (Japan), Teen, Tokyo Walker (Japan), Spring (Japan), The National Post (Canada), Making Plus (Japan)
2006
Hung, Shu and Magliaro, Joseph, “By Hand: The Use of Craft In Contemporary Art,” Princeton Architectural Press
2006
Klanten, Robert, Bourquin, Nicolas, and Geiger, Thorsten, “Tres Logos,” Die Gestalten Verlag
2005
“Illustration A’La Mode,” CWC International
2005
Garan, Gina and Wong, Junko, “Blythe Style,” Chronicle Books
2004
“Illustration File,” CWC International
2001
Feature article and photo story, View on Colour, March
Appearances
2002
Artwork featured on Japanese talk show, Tokyo, Japan
“Zed,” CBC Television, Canada
2001
Guest lecturer and critic at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD