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Personal Profile

Mathias Roloff

About

Mathias Roloff is a young, Berlin-based painter and representative of “Magic Realism.” Grown in Eastern Germany, his work is influenced by the collapse of the Wall of Berlin, the meltdown of socialism in Europe, the subsequent rise of capitalism, and overweening consumption flooding the society. Mathias Roloff has participated in single and group exhibitions in Berlin, Germany, Italy, the USA, and Brazil. His works are found, amongst others, in the Berlin State Library, the German National Library in Frankfurt, and private collections in Germany, Italy, and the USA.

2005 – 2006 honored “Meisterschueler” at “UDK-Berlin”
2000 – 2005 Studies of Fine Arts at “UDK-Berlin”, prof. Volker Stelzmann

 

Awards & Nominations

2017

  • Appointment to the Cultural Advisory Board of the Lichtenberg District Office of Berlin

2009

  • Nominated for the "Otto-Ditscher Prize" for Book Illustration

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2019

  • "What if...?" Castle Hohenschoenhausen, Berlin
  • "Out of Time" (with Michael Jastram), Christine Knauber Gallery, Berlin

2018

  • Kunstverein Arneburg, Arneburg
  • "The Bridge" (with Katrin Neubert) Kleinmachnow Kunstverein e.V., Kleinmachnow

2017

  • "Purgatory", Kesselhaus Museum, Berlin
  • "State of Uncertainty", (with Robert Stieghorst) rk Gallery, Berlin

2015

  • "Everything has to be Up in the Air", Kulturbundgalerie Treptow, Berlin

2012

  • "Interdependence, Gallery 100, Berlin
  • "In the Beginning was the Word", Aquaforte Gallery, Berlin

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2020

  • "State of Emergency" Book Guild Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main
  • "17 Artists – 1 Exhibition", Feinart Gallery, Berlin
  • "Faboulous", rk Gallery, Berlin

2019

  • "Delicatessen", Christine Knauber Gallery, Berlin
  • Kunstverein Usedom, Usedom
  • "Comic Invasion Berlin", Museum of Communication, Berlin
  • "Gestures | Yesterday, Today, The Day after Tomorrow" Museum of Communication Berlin & Frankfurt/Main

2018

  • Kunstverein Usedom, Usedom
  • "Saloon #2", Christine Knauber Gallery, Berlin
  • "The Bestiary" Venezia Viva Gallery, Venice
  • "Gestures | Yesterday, Today, The Day after Tomorrow" Industry Museum Chemnitz, Chemnitz

2017

  • "Metropolis", Municipal Library, Mulhouse, France; Saloon Sansovino della Biblioteca Marciana, Venice
  • "Berlin at the Ocean", Westphal Gallery Berlin, Berlin
  • "Salomé", Westphal Gallery Berlin, Berlin
  • "Saloon #1", Christine Knauber Gallery, Berlin

2016

  • "Look Back - Forward", Westphal Gallery Berlin, Berlin
  • " From Garden, Forest, and Meadow", Westphal Gallery Berlin, Berlin
  • "Metropolis", Museo Casa da Xilogravura + Biblioteca Mario de Andrade, Sao Paulo; Museo do Trabalho, Porto Allegre
  • Black See Gallery, Bremen; Constellation Studios, Nebraska
  • "Symmetries", Kunstverein Halle
  • "Tutti Frutti", Venezia Viva Gallery, Venice

2015

  • "Premiere", Christine Knauber Gallery, Berlin
  • "Metropolis", Artists House Bethanien, Berlin, Biblioteca dell´ Albergo delle Povere in Palermo; Kunstverein Halle
  • Arts Center Milbertshofen, Munich; American University Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center Washington, DC

Latest News

30 October 2020 | Interview

Thousands of Deaths, the Cultural Revolution, & the Art of Tian Taiquan

A few weeks ago, I brought up to a good friend of mine that I am lacking a good photographer in the portfolio for my Art Gallery. Mundane and sophisticated as she is, she immediately showed me some artworks of her friend Tian Taiquan. I was blown away, got in touch with him, and boom, here we are. Well, frankly speaking, it was not as easy as it may sound….
26 August 2020 | Interview

How the Collapse of the Wall Influenced the Art of Mathias Roloff

It looks like social media is an excellent place to discover new artists. So it happened with Mathias Roloff as well. Those colorful, surreal appearing landscape paintings sparkling with magical elements caught my attention. Long story short, I got in touch with him and met him in his studio. This is what we talked about: Velártez: Mathias, for starters, let me ask a few simple questions: When and where were…
31 July 2020 | Interview

Interview with Romeo Melikyan

While browsing through Instagram, I casually stumbled upon Romeo Melikyan, a young, expressionist painter, living and working in Armenia. The dark nature of his works, even though sparkling with color, hit my eye with lasting interest. Since he is living and working in Armenia, he agreed on talking with me through a webcam. I got to know Romeo as a very polite, educated, and humble artist, regardless of his remarkable…
28 February 2020 | Interview

Interview with Shantia Zaker Ameli

I wish I could tell you a cool story about how I casually stumbled upon Shantia’s works, was amazed, and asked him to work with me. But it was nothing like that. First of all, Shantia is already a well-known artist in Iran and the Middle-East. So plenty of people knew about him far before me. And secondly, a dear friend of mine is currently studying with him at the…
21 February 2020 | Interview

Interview with Vasil Berela

While enjoying last year’s walkabout of the Weißensee Academy of Art in Berlin, I casually stumbled upon the studio of Vasil Berela. From all the works exposed, he was undoubtedly one of a kind. Don’t get me wrong; there were many beautiful works of many artists exhibiting. But somehow, Vasil’s studio with his exhibits, I did not forget. Reason enough to talk plainly with him about his by anarchy lived…

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