He is represented by Janet Kurnatowski Gallery in New York and John Davis Gallery in Hudson. La Rocco has exhibited in Europe and America. He has been a visiting professor at Rutgers in New Brunswick and at Purchase College, and has lectured and been a visiting critic at Rutgers, Montclair, Hunter, and PS1. He currently teaches in the fine art department of Pratt Institute. Most recently, he participated as a panelist at "Younger than Pontius Pilate" at The National Academy Museum. He has been the recipient of a Marie Walsh Sharpe residency (2005-6) and the S.J. Wallace Truman Fund Award for Painting from The National Academy of Design Museum. La Rocco is a contributing writer and editor at large for The Brooklyn Rail.