MATHIAS ROLOFF
Mathias Roloff lives and works in Berlin and Hintersee (M-V).


since 2017
Member of the cultural advisory board of the district Berlin-Lichtenberg

2009
nomination Otto-Ditscher-Award for book illustration

2006
honoured "Meisterschueler" at the University of the Arts Berlin, prof. Volker Stelzmann

2002
assistent stage design at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin

since 2000
study visits in Italy (Rome, Naples, Florence, Prato)

2000–05
studies at the University of the Arts Berlin, prof. Volker Stelzmann

1979
born in Berlin



SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2019
WHAT IF...?, Schloss Hohenschoenhausen, Berlin
OUT OF TIME, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin (together with Michael Jastram)

2018
Kunstverein Arneburg
Die Brücke Kleinmachnow Kunstverein e.V., Kleinmachnow (together with Katrin Neubert)

2017
FEGEFEUER, Museum Kesselhaus, Berlin
SCHWEBEZUSTAND, rk Gallery, Berlin (together with Robert Stieghorst)

2015
ALLES MUSS IN DER LUFT STEHEN, Kulturbundgallery Treptow, Berlin

2012
INTERDEPENDENZEN, Gallery 100, Berlin
AM ANFANG WAR DAS WORT, Gallery Aquaforte, Berlin

2011
ZWISCHEN DAMM & DEICH, Literature Museum Theodor Storm, Heiligenstadt

2008
ZWEIKLANG, Gallery 100, Berlin (together with Robert Günther)


GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2023
GRAPHICS., Galerie Feinart Berlin (together with Wolfgang Petrick + Ulrich Reimkasten)

2022
1. International GCB-MiniPrint, Berlin
Kunstverein Usedom
SALON NO.4, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin
#INSTAGRAMZOW22, Kulturspeicher Gramzow, Gramzow
ZEIT FALTEN. UND WEITERGEHEN, feinart berlin gallery

2021
KUNST=MENSCH=KREATIVITÄT=FREIHEIT, Altes Lazarett, Berlin
ARTERHALTUNG, Die Brücke Kleinmachnow Kunstverein e.V., Kleinmachnow
SALON NO.3 refreshed, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin

2020
SALON NO.3, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin
3x3, Kunsthaus Bansin
AUSNAHMEZUSTAND, Buechergilde Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main
ART AGAINST CORONA, curated by Lily Fürstenow, Berlin
SILENCE, Kunstmatrix
17 Artists – 1 Show, feinart berlin gallery
FABELHAFT, rk Gallery, Berlin

2019
DELICATESSEN, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin
Kunstverein Usedom
COMIC INVASION BERLIN, Museum for Communication Berlin
GESTURES | IN THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE - Group exhibition, Museum for Communication Berlin + Frankfurt/Main (2019)(cat.)

2018
Kunstverein Usedom
SALON #2, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin
IL BESTIARIO, Gallery Venezia Viva, Venice; Gallery of the International Engravers Association, Rome (cat.)
GESTURES | IN THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, Industrial Museum Chemnitz, Chemnitz

2017
METROPOLIS, Biblioteque Municipale; Mulhouse, France; Sansovino hall of the National Marciana Library, Venice
BERLIN AM MEER, Gallery Westphal Berlin, Berlin
SALOMÉ, Gallery Westphal Berlin, Berlin
SALON #1, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin

2016
BLICK ZURÜCK - NACH VORN, Gallery Westphal Berlin, Berlin
AUS GARTEN, WALD UND WIESE, Gallery Westphal Berlin, Berlin
METROPOLIS, Museo Casa da Xilogravura +
Biblioteca Mario de Andrade, Sao Paulo; Museo do Trabalho, Porto Allegre; Gallery am Schwarzen Meer, Bremen;
Constellation Studios, Nebraska (cat.)
SYMMETRIEN, Kunstverein Halle
TUTTI FRUTTI, Gallery Venezia Viva, Venice (Kat.)

2015
PREMIERE, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin
METROPOLIS, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Biblioteca dell´ Albergo delle Povere in Palermo; Kunstverein Halle
Kulturhaus Milbertshofen, Munich; American University Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center Washington, DC (cat.)

2014
TRANSIT, Gallery 30 Links, Berlin
BREAD AND WINE, Gallery Westphal Berlin

2013
SELF-PORTRAITS (SELBST – BETRACHTUNGEN, BILDNISSE und PERSPEKTIVEN), Gallery RT&W, Berlin
ETCHING IN THE DIGITAL AGE, Gallery Aquaforte, Berlin

2012
SANS SOUCI – works on paper, Gallery 30 Links, Berlin (cat.)
MENSCHENBILDER, Cranach-Haus, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

2010
EINE KLASSE FÜR SICH, Infernoesque, Berlin
Gallery Carlshorst, Berlin

2009
EINS | ZWO, Schillerpalais, Berlin
OTTO-DITSCHER-PREIS 2009 BUCHILLUSTRATION, Schloss Kleinniedesheim

2008
KUNSTFEST IV, Galerie Borchert&Schelenz, Berlin
GEHAUEN & GESTOCHEN – works on paper, Gallery 30 Links, Berlin
DIE KLASSE STELZMANN, The Gallery, Frankfurt/M

2007
BILDERBOGEN | POSITIONS AND PERSPEKTIVES – 25 YEARS GALLERY BRUSBERG IN BERLIN

2004
BELLA FIGURA, Gallery Brusberg Berlin (cat.)

2003
DRUCK ART, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin


FAIRS

Art Basel
artbook.berlin
Art Karlsruhe
Comic Invasion Berlin
Frankfurt Book Fair
Unblock Berlin


MONOGRAPHS

MATHIAS ROLOFF | ALLES MUSS IN DER LUFT STEHEN
texts: "Phantasievolles Bildvertrauen" by Christoph Tannert und
"Innere Landschaften – Leidende Figuren" by Urszula Usakowska-Wolff
catalogue Berlin 2020

MATHIAS ROLOFF | SCHWEBEZUSTAND
text: "Schwebezustand" by Anne Simone Krüger
catalogue Berlin 2017

MATHIAS ROLOFF | WEINKONSTELLATIONEN
texts: "Weinkonstellationen" by Dr. Silva Ladewig und
"Zwischen Irritation und Ordnung" by Joachim Wenke
catalogue Berlin 2016


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum Lichtenberg (Berlin)
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
Central Library Berlin
Gerhart Hauptmann Museum (Erkner)
German National Library (Frankfurt/M, Leipzig)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library (Hannover)
Literature Museum Theodor Storm (Heiligenstadt)
German Literature Archive (Marbach)
German National Museum (Nuremberg)
Herzogin Anna Amalia Library (Weimar)
Herzog August Library (Wolfenbuettel)


PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Austria
Brazil
Chile
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
United Kingdom