| 1942 | Born December 15 to Sonya and artist Mordechai Reichwarger (years later, after his arrival in Israel, Jan would change his surname to Rauchwerger). Place of birth: Bairam Ali, Turkmenistan, to which the family was evacuated from Kharkov, Ukraine, because of the war. |
| 1943 | After the Ukraine is liberated from German occupation, the family moves back, settling in the capital, Kiev. |
| 1954-61 | Studies in the Painting Department of the T.G.Shevchenko High School of Art, adjoining the Kiev Academy of Art. Becomes an admirer of El Greco and of the Impressionists |
| 1961-64 | Serves in the Soviet Army, first in Kiev and later in the Western Ukraine, near Lvov |
| 1964-68 | Studies in the Graphic Design Department of the Moscow Polygraphic Institute |
| 1965-73 | Becomes the pupil and discipie of Russian artist Vladimir Weisberg, beginning a dialogue that continues to this day (Weisberg died in 1985) |
| 1972 | His parents and brother immigrate to Israel, where his father dies after four months. |
| 1973 | On June 25 immigrates to Israel with his wife Ira, also an artist; their first home is in Safed. In the autumn, begins to teach drawing and watercolor at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv, a post that continues until 1978 |
| 1974 | Lives in Tel Aviv. Organizes an exhibition of works by his father, Mordechai Reichwarger, at the Zvi Noam Gallery of Leivik House, Tel Aviv. Makes his first trip abroad, to Paris |
| 1975 | An exhibition of Vladimir Weisberg's works from Rauchwerger's collection is mounted at the Israel Museum. Moves to Bat Yam; his first child, Miri (Miriam), is born. |
| 1977 | His son Motti (Mordechai) is born. |
| 1979 | First trip to New York. Moves to Jaffa |
| 1980 | First trip to Italy and Switzerland |
| 1980-82 | Teaches at the Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem |
| 1982-83 | Spends the year at the Cite des Arts, Paris |
| 1983-85 | Separates from Ira; moves to Tel Aviv |
| 1986-89 | Moves back to Jaffa and marries Galit Aloni. Their sons Daniel and Nadav are born. Becomes affiliated with the Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv |
| 1988-93 | Works in a studio at Sadnat Ha'Omanim (the Artists' Studio), Tel Aviv-Jaffa |
| 1990 | Spends approximately half a year in Italy |
| 1992-98 | Lives and works in Jaffa. Begins to create etchings at Kibbutz Cabri's print workshop |
| 1993 | First visit to Moscow after twenty years |
| 1998-2001 | Lives in New York; works in a studio in Long Island City |
| From 2002 | Lives and works in Jaffa |
Solo Exhibitions | |
| 1975 | Zvi Noam Art Gallery, Leivik House, Tel Aviv |
| 1976 | Zvi Noam Art Gallery, Leivik House, Tel Aviv |
| 1978 | Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv |
| 1979 | Delson-Richter Gallery, Jaffa |
| 1980 | Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv Culture Center, Rehovot |
| 1981 | Riebenfeld House, Jaffa |
| 1982 | Radius Gallery, Tel Aviv |
| 1983 | Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv Vorst Gallery, Amsterdam Cite des Arts, Paris |
| 1985 | Jan Rauchwerger: Recent Works, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv Beit Nehushtan, Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'acov |
| 1986 | Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv Kibbutz Lohamei Haghetaot Gallery Kibbutz Cabri Gallery Jan Rauchwerger: Tours in Rome (1969-86), Maimad Katan Gallery, Tel Aviv Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem |
| 1987 | Jan Rauchwerger: Works 1983-86, Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv (Catalogue) |
| 1988 | Galit Rauchwerger/Jan Rauchwerger: Photographs, Maimad Visual Art Gallery |
| 1989 | Jan Rauchwerger: In the Family — Art as Autobiography, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan (Catalogue) Orchards, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv Kibbutz Lohamei Haghetaot Gallery |
| 1990 | Jan Rauchwerger: Works on Paper, Museum of the Negev, Be'er Sheva (Catalogue) |
| 1991 | Nude, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv Schloss Britz, Berlin |
| 1992 | Yehudit Levin Selects, Artists' Studios, Tel Aviv Flowers, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv |
| 1993 | Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra Gallery Mizrachi against Rauchwerger, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv |
| 1994 | Jan Rauchwerger: Painting 1983-1993, The Moscow Palette Gallery, Moscow (Catalogue) Kibbutz Nachshon Gallery |
| 1995 | Drawings, Studio Gallery, Ra'anana Jan Rauchwerger: Landscapes of the North, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv (Catalogue) Jan Rauchwerger, Galerie Inge Herbert, Berlin |
| 1996 | Alisa, Talya, and Tanya from Novosibirsk, Haifa University Art Gallery, Haifa |
| 1997 | Four hours, period, Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv (Catalogue) |
| 1997-98 | Recent Paintings, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv |
| 1998 | Port: Jan Rauchwerger/Michael Kovner, Haifa Museum, The National Maritime Museum, Haifa (Catalogue) |
| 2001 | Jan Rauchwerger 1998-2000, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv (Catalogue) |
| 2002 | Jan Rauchwerger and Avner Katz, Back to Back, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv Jan Rauchwerger: Winter Travel, Goren Art Gallery, EmekYezreel College |
| 2002-3 | Jan Rauchwerger, Recent Works, 2000-2002, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv |
| 2004 | Shades of Feeling — Jan Rauchwerger: Works from 1979 to 2003, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Catalogue) Jan Rauchwerger: Works from 1979 to 2003, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Catalogue) |
| 2006 | Child's play, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel-Aviv (Catalogue) |
| 2008 | Jan Rauchwerger: A Portrait, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv (Catalogue) |
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