
Jason
Rohlf
Bio
Jason Rohlf
BORN: CURRENTLY: 1970 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
EDUCATION: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
CURRENTLY: Resides in Brooklyn, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Garage gallery, SOFT SKILLS, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Diehl Gallery SPOOKY ACTION, Jackson, WY
2020 Gold / Scopophilia, UNRELIABLE NAVIGATOR , Montclair, NJ
2017 Tory Folliard Gallery, Kizmet , Milwaukee, WI
ReInstitute, Aeronauts & Oracles , Millerton, NY
Hoffman LaChance Gallery, Ancient Astronauts , St. Louis, MO
2015 Diehl Gallery, Views From Here , Jackson Hole, WY
Judy Saslow Gallery, Fortune Tellers , Chicago, Il
Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Recent Paintings , San Francisco, CA
2013 Tory Folliard Gallery, Navigational Aids , Milwaukee, WI
Masters Pelavin Gallery, Shop Rag Paintings , New York, NY
2011 Tory Folliard Gallery, Soundings , Milwaukee, WI
2010 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New Works , San Francisco, CA
2009 Campton Gallery, Recent Paintings , New York, NY
Tory Folliard Gallery, Errant Compass Paintings , Milwaukee, WI
Judy Saslow Gallery, Permeations , Chicago, IL
2008 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New Paintings , San Francisco, CA
2006 Trinity Gallery, New Paintings, Atlanta, Ga
Tory Folliard Gallery, Converse , Milwaukee, Wi
Judy Saslow Gallery, Positional , Chicago, IL
2005 Pentimenti Gallery, Palimpsests , Philadelphia, PA
2004 Judy A. Saslow Gallery, New Works, Chicago, IL
` Trinity Gallery, Contrastes , Atlanta, GA
2003 Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
TEN63, Jason Rohlf: Painting and Collage, Long Island City, NY
2002 Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Tory Folliard Gallery, Introducing Jason Rohlf , Milwaukee, WI
Carlo Alessi Gallery, Field Guides, New York, NY
2000 Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Pilots, Chicago, IL
1998 Michael H. Lord Gallery, New Work, Milwaukee, WI
1997 Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
Michael H. Lord Gallery, Introductions, Milwaukee, WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS :
2023 Equity Gallery, Summertime Rolls, New York, NY
2021 Mount Airy Contemporary, Cosmologies, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Materials for the Arts, RE:use 2020 , Long Island City, NY
Cambridge Artist Association, Soft Shoulder , Cambridge, MA
Tory Folliard Gallery, CHROMA , Milwaukee, WI
2019 Schoolhouse Gallery, Primal Realities , Provincetown, MA
Able Baker Contemporary, Shift , Portland, ME
Ortega Y Gasset Projects, Mirror Eye , Brooklyn, NY
Rick Wester Fine Art, Circles & Squares , New York NY
Diehl Gallery, Fete , Jackson Hole, WY
2018 Rick Wester Fine Art, Get Loose , New York, NY
Schoolhouse Gallery, Introductions , Provincetown, MA 2017
Diehl Gallery, Solar Eclipse, Jackson Hole, WY
Gallery Bergen, Vibrant , Bergen, NJ
2016 Pelham Art Center, Insomnia , Pelham, NY
Golden Artist Colors, Made in Paint , New Berlin, NY
2015 New York City Park, Paintings in Trees , NY
Proto Gallery, Megaladon , Hoboken, NJ
Tory Folliard Gallery, CHROMA , Milwaukee, WI
Judy Saslow Gallery, 3 Painters , Chicago, IL
2014 ventana244 Gallery, Triangles , Brooklyn, NY
Life on Mars Gallery, Never Mind the Bollocks , Brooklyn, NY
Fred Giampietro Gallery, Summer Invitational (shop rags), New Haven, CT
2013 Catalyst Projects, The Straight - Contemporary Geometric Abstraction, Washington DC
MIAD, Co/exist: New Sensibilities in Collage , Milwaukee, WI
McKenzie Fine Art, Reticulate , New York, New York
Brian Morris Gallery, Paper Mirror Torn, New York
Tory Folliard Gallery, COLOR , Milwaukee, WI
2011 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Two Painters, San Francisco, CA
Judy Saslow Gallery, Circular Motion , Chicago, IL
2010 Kathryn Markel Gallery, Invitational 4, New York, NY
2004 New Year New Work , Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Tory Folliard Gallery, Color Abstractions , Milwaukee, WI artpalmbeach, International Art Expo with Tory Folliard Gallery
2002 D’Lan Contemporary Artspace, Brisbane, Australia
Cheryl Hazan Arts, Summer, New York, NY
2001 Tory Folliard Gallery, Small Celebrations, Milwaukee, WI
Crossman Gallery, Abstract Art in the New Century, University of WI-Whitewater
Trinity Gallery, Abstract Expressionism , Atlanta, GA
2000 Milwaukee Art Museum, Factory Soiree , Milwaukee, WI
Trinity Gallery, Surface Paintings, Atlanta, GA-two person show
1999 Trinity Gallery, New Gallery Artists, Atlanta, GA
1998 Art Against AIDS , Wiess Hospital, Chicago, IL
Beauty Benefit , Milwaukee, WI
1997 Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL-three person show
Art for Aids Benefit , Milwaukee, WI
1996 Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL Michael H. Lord Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Art for Aids Benefit , Milwaukee, WI
1995 Silver Paper Gallery, Milwaukee, WI-two person show
Union Art Gallery, Collective Efforts, Milwaukee, WI
1993 Silver Paper Gallery, Milwaukee, WI-two person show
Residencies
2023 DNA Residency, Provincetown, MA
2020 Skidmore College, summer artist in residence, Saratoga Springs, NY
2015 Sam & Adel Golden Paint Foundation at Golden Artist Colors, New Berlin, NY
LECTURES
2014 Visiting artist Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
2001 Pratt Art Institute, Brooklyn, NY-Guest lecturer
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green,OH-Visiting Artist / Guest lecturer
PROJECTS
2024 Vitreous glass mosaic “Capable” at PSQ 174 Rego Park, Queens, NYC
2020 Editioned woodcut with Skidmore College’s printmaking dept.
2013 FolioLeaf screen print edition “Established”
2012 MTA Arts for Transit float glass public art installation for Mott Avenue Station
in Far Rockaway, Queens. Production with Franz Meyer of Munich.
2010 Created the “ Field Guides Print Project ” with Susan Oehme of Oehme Graphics
2001 Collaboration with designer David Carson for “The Book of Probes'”
of MarshallMcLuhan quotes.

Pieces
Number of items found:
22
Artist's Statement
My ongoing effort as an artist to collect and preserve my visual sensibilities.
With each piece being the field for continued exploration as countless layers of collage, mediums and acrylic paint coalesce to become a finished painting.
The one thing I can count on in defiance of my intent and regardless of how hopeful my expectations, each attempt will undergo many revisions as I participate in the creation of a piece. With the end result ideally being the cumulative effect of the whole and not just working toward the outermost layer. Like a recalled memory once obscure things, hidden elements from the pieces past will form an essential role on the surface; often as relief, while the most hard fought details will likely earn a swift opaque top coat as a result of each days fits and starts.
By conveying an urban palimpsest many of the most thoughtful moments occur as these conflicting efforts achieve harmony and then begin to recede resulting in the melding of competing ideas.
The end results will ideally continue to serve up a variety of visual reminders or clues telling of how important certain influences have been and over time where they led. Hopefully over many years this process will allow me to imagine the body of work as a stop action time line slowly revealing the newly favored elements only to see them diminish and evolve again as my changing guides and exposure leave its mark on my art making.