Exhibition History
NOTE: This exhibition history represents our current state of research and should be considered an incomplete archive. We are continuing to examine historical records and archival materials relating to RoB Gallery Amsterdam and RoB Gallery New York. The chronology will evolve as further documentation is located, catalogued, and confirmed.
2026
UPCOMING:
ToFF x RoB present: ICONS OF DESIRE | 2026 | Galerie de Schans | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tom of Finland, Nigel Kent, Bastille, Bill Ward, Erwin Olaf, Austin of Texas, Carlos Enfedaque, Carlos Marló, Carta Monir, Donald C. Shorter Jr., Enrique Agudo, Fausto, Francesco Brunetti, Giovanni de Francesco, Johnny Abbate, Konstantinos Menelaou, Łukasz Leja, M Black, Mees Elias van Zanten, Michael Espinoza, Oat Montien, Orpheus, Pietro Spirito, Rinaldo Hopf, Suart Sandford, Sweatmother, Yinon Avior Philipsohn and Yves de Brabander
1999
Xavier Gicquel | 1999 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1996
Pascal Bibollet, Turkish Wrestlers and Other Men | 1994 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1994
Eddy Varekamp | 1994-1995 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Christian Alégny, Work on Paper | 1994 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Nigel Kent, RECENT WORK | 1994 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Nigel Kent | 1994 | RoB Gallery at Leather Party COC | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1993
Video Explosion Catalog | 1993 | RoB Gallery | San Francisco, United States of America
1988
Bastille, | 1988 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1987
Tom of Finland | 1987 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1985
Tom of Finland | 1985 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mixed Show | 1985 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Nigel Kent and others
Bill Ward, HEAVY MEN | 1985 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Zitoun Khaled, FOTOS | 1985 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1984
Nigel Kent, NIEUW | 1984 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Ted Foley | 1984 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mixed Show, A'Dam foto '84 | 1984 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Zitoun Khaled, Philip Beard, Chris Wrobleski, Michael Eisenblätter
1983
Tom of Finland | 1983 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Michael Anderson | 1983 | RoB Gallery at Club Jaecques | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1982
Nigel Kent, AD-INFINITUM | 1982 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tom of Finland | 1982 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mixed Show, BI-CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION | 1982 | RoB Gallery | New York City, United States of America
Nigel Kent, MOTIVES | 1982 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Chris Wroblesky, Tattooism | 1982 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
André Lassen & Sibylle Ruppert, BIZAR REALISME | 1982 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Philip core | 1982 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1981
Mixed Show | 1981 | RoB Gallery | New York City, United States of America
Tom of Finland | 1981 | RoB Gallery | New York City, United States of America
Nigel Kent, FOCUS '81 | 1980 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tom of Finland | 1981 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Nigel Kent, VIEWS OF KENT | 1981 | RoB Gallery | New York City, United States of America
1980
Tom of Finland |1980 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mixed Show | 1980 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Nigel Kent, FOCUS | 1980 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Keso Dekker | 1980 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Mixed Show | 1980 | RoB Gallery | New York City, United States of America
Nigel Kent, DEAR MASTER | 1980 | RoB Gallery | New York City, United States of America
Mixed Show | 1980 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1979
Christmas Show | 1979 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tom of Finland, Tom of Holland, Alex, Ronald v. Oyen
Zomer Expo | 1979 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tom of Finland, Bill Ward, Nigel Kent, Olaf Odegaard, Orsen
Nigel Kent, STEEN IMPRESSIES | 1979 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1978
Mixed Show, with RoB Gallery, SEKSUALITEIT | 1978 | Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Nigel Kent & Hans van Manen
Tom of Finland |1978 | RoB Gallery | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Scources
This list has been carefully reconstructed based on Exhibition Poster from RoB Gallery Archive, Tom of Finland Exhibitions, Nigel Kent Exhibitions and the books 'RoB Gallery Catalog 1979 - Men in erotic art' published by RoB Gallery for Male Erotic Art, Amsterdam & New York.
Do you notice a mistake? Please contact us with the email button in the footer of this website.
Exhibition Posters
Click the image to enlarge
Note: The exhibition posters are copyright protected © 1978-1996 RoB Gallery for Male Erotic Art
RoB Gallery - MEN IN EROTIC ART (1979)
Courtesy of Senate House Library, University of London.
(Senate House Library – reference 013099)
This catalog was seized in 1984 during the raids known as Operation Tiger (United Kingdom), amid the emerging AIDS crisis, and is now held in the collection of the Senate House Library of the University of London. Click here for more information
MEN IN EROTIC ART © RoB Gallery 1979 – All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Contact: izaak@RoB.eu / www.RoB.eu
Artists represented by RoB Gallery
As published in 'Men in Erotic Art' 1979
Nigel Kent / James D.
Drawings, Screen prints, Sculptures
Olaf Odegaard
Drawings
Piet Jan Blauw
Etching, Sculptures
Marcel Joosen
Sculptures (Brass, Ceramic)
Jan Paul Vroom
Drawings, Screen prints
Orsen
Lithographs, Drawings (Gouache, Ink)
Jim Holmes / Jacob Lowland
Poems
Tom of Finland
Drawings, Lino-cuts, Watercolours
Mark
Paintings (Gouache)
Keso Dekker
Paintings
Rex Lay
Drawings, Paintings
Hans van Manen
Photographs
Jan Ogi
Drawings, Paintings, Watercolours
Peter Pelz
Drawings, Murals, Paintings
Sibylle Ruppert
Collages, Drawings
Igael Tumarkin
Paintings, Lithographs, Sculptures, Stage Design
Bill Ward
Drawings (Pencil, Ink)
A Legacy of Queer Visual Culture
The artists represented in the RoB Gallery collection played a significant role in the emergence of queer visual culture during a period when LGBTQ+ artistic expression was often censored or excluded from mainstream institutions. Their work documents changing attitudes toward identity, sexuality, community, and freedom while contributing to the broader history of contemporary art.