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Biographie

Mathias Roloff lebt und arbeitet
in Berlin und Hintersee (M-V).

2006

"Meisterschueler" at the University of the Arts Berlin

2002
assistent stage design at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
2000-02
study visits in Italy (Rome, Naples, Florence, Prato)
2000–05

studies at the University of the Arts Berlin, class Volker Stelzmann

1979
born in Berlin

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2024
POETRY OF THE FARAWAY, Gallery feinart berlin

2023
TUMBLING GIANTS, Chapel Rieth, Rieth/Luckow

2019
WHAT IF...?, Schloss Hohenschoenhausen, Berlin
OUT OF TIME, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin

2018
TIMELESS MOMENTS, Kunstverein Arneburg
Kunstverein Kleinmachnow

2017
FEGEFEUER, Museum Kesselhaus, Berlin
SCHWEBEZUSTAND, rk Gallery, Berlin

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

FAIRS

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

MONOGRAPHIEN

MATHIAS ROLOFF | POESIE DER FERNE
text: "Ueberlegungen zu einem sensiblen Raum." by Dr. Anne Simone Kiesiel
catalogue Berlin 2024

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
Belgium
Brazil
Chile
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
United Kingdom
USA


SOCIAL COMMITMENT

Member of the Cultural Advisory Board of the Lichtenberg district of Berlin
"#100 voices against child poverty" in Berlin-Lichtenberg
"Round Table 5", charity art auction to support and promote disadvantaged children and young people
Art auction in favour of the "Children of Chernobyl" campaign
"What if...?" edition in support of the "City Trees for Berlin" campaign of the State of Berlin

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)

2024
TERRAIN, Gallery Nostrum, Brussels

2023
WAVING FLAGS IN SPACE, Gallery Nostrum, Brussels
WINTER FAIRY TALES, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin
SCHOENE JUGEND, Die Kleine Galerie, Berlin
GESTURES | IN THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, Museum Koblenz
GRAPHICS., Gallery Feinart Berlin (together with Wolfgang Petrick + Ulrich Reimkasten)

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

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

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

2019
DELICATESSEN, Gallery Christine Knauber, Berlin
Usedomer Kunstverein
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
SALON NO. 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 AT THE SEA, Gallery Westphal Berlin, Berlin
SALOMÉ, Gallery Westphal Berlin, Berlin
SALON NO. 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.)
SYMMETRIES, 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), 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
A CLASS FOR ITS OWN, Infernoesque, Berlin
Gallery Carlshorst, Berlin

2009
ONE | TWO, Schillerpalais, Berlin
OTTO-DITSCHER-AWARD 2009 BOOK ILLUSTRATION, Schloss Kleinniedesheim

2008
KUNSTFEST IV, Galerie Borchert&Schelenz, Berlin
GEHAUEN & GESTOCHEN – works on paper, Gallery 30 Links, Berlin
THE CLASS VOLKER 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

Contact

Atelier
Mathias Roloff
STUDIOS ID
Genslerstr. 13
13055 Berlin

Germany

Galleries

Galerie feinart berlin
Niebuhrstr. 71
10629 Berlin
Germany

Gallery Nostrum
Rue Florimond Letroye 13
1300 Wavre
Belgium


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