Artist Statement :
Life is a Dream and Art makes it become Reality. Art is a Vehicle for Human evolution, it acts as a gate between what was and what will be, bringing the ancestral fears and conquests to the minds of the digital age. My paintings are the interconnected pieces of a poem, woven with the fabric of our human experience. They tell the tale of who we are. I believe a deep intuitive understanding results . Our dreams come through.We have to live a in a chaotic world when we all thrive in harmony. My painting shows that Harmony pre-exists within Chaos itself ."
Jeff Roland's Artist Statement


Jeff Roland – Artist CV

Solo Exhibitions
2012 - Jeff Roland 'Retour aux Sources'
-Anciennes Verrieres St Pierre et Paul, Saint Avold
2011 - ‘Jeff Roland à La Maison Rabelais’
- Metz, France

- ‘The Many Universes of Jeff Roland’
University of Nancy, France

2010 - Art Cohousing Girasole - Rome, Italy

2009 - Al Vecchio Ponte Bracciano - Rome, Italy

La Cours des Grands - Metz, France


Group Exhibitions

2012 ‘Circus Terminal’: An Ongoing International
Touring Exhibition & Collaborative Project

- Mandalay Hill Resort - Mandalay, Myanmar
- Chateau Corbin - Liverdun, France
- Impaktes Visuals Gallery - Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
- The Tabernacle - Notting Hill, London, UK


2011 - Galerie de Nesle, Paris, France   

The Outsider Festival, Adelaide, Australia

‘What to Dip’ - Chiang Mai University Art Centre, Thailand

‘Neo Surrealism’, Luminarte Gallery - Dallas, Texas, USA

"Art - an open window to the world" MOYA Museum, Vienna  

Chateau Corbin - Liverdun, France

Uncooked Culture Open Studio at Bows Arts
Hackney, London, UK

‘The New French Postcard’, Outsider Art Gallery
Frenchtown, NJ, USA

Villa Magdalena - Nice, France

Centre Culturel de Metz Queuleu - Metz, France


2010 - ‘Blowin in the Wind Festival’, Galeri Vox
Halden, Norway

Galerie L’Art a Part Espace Nadine Servant’
Ollioules, France

‘Les Metamorphosées’, Musée de la Halle St Pierre
Paris, France

Galeria Hesperia, Pomezia, Roma - Italy

The Museum of Everything : Exhibition 2
Tate Modern - London, UK

Salon d’art Contemporain - Cannes, France

‘Art in Mind’, Brick Lane Gallery - London, UK

2009 - ‘Entre 4 Yeux’
Centre des Arts Pablo Picasso - Blenod les Pam, France

‘Rencontres Atypiques’
Chateau Corbin - Liverdun, France


Collections

Private collections - France, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Norway,
USA, Canada & UK


Museum Collections - The Museum of Everything, London, UK
- The Davis Museum, Barcelona, Spain
- Museum of Young Art, Vienna, Austria
- Outsider Festival Museum, Adelaide, Australia

Curation

Ongoing programming curator, specializing in Outsider Art for the annual artistic season in Liverdun, France.

2012 - ‘Circus Terminal’ – Chateau Corbin, Liverdun, France

2011 - Jeff Roland & Mu - France

2010 - Nabarus & Sarah Patroni - France/Italy
Julia Sisi & Dan Casado – Spain

2009 - J. Chanoir & T. Benjabria – France
J. Reno, Lana Guerra & Jerzy Ruszczynski – USA/Poland
Jeff Roland, Rebeka Rodosek & B. Mayencourt –
France/Slovenia/Belgium
Atek, J. P. Charles & Oliv’ - France



Workshops/Performances/Commissions

2012 - Collaborative Live painting with UK artist Paul Czainski
at ‘The Tabernacle’, Notting Hill, London, UK

- Ongoing Children’s Workshop in Visual Arts - Eulmont, France

2011 - Live Painting at the ‘Universite de Nancy’ library

2010 - Collaborative Live Painting with Spanish artist Julia Sisi
at the ‘Chateau Corbin’, Liverdun, France

Commissioned by Jack Daniels as one of seven artists to
celebrate the DFS group’s 50th anniversary. The artwork was
then exhibited at Auckland Airport, New Zealand

Workshop with Italian painters - Rome, Italy

2009 - Children’s Workshop in painting basics - Liverdun, France


Publications/Press

2011 - Interviewed by Michael K. Corbin for Artbookguy.com

The Museum of Everything: Exhibition 2 Catalogue

The Visionary Art Yearbook 2010 – 2011, Blurb Books

2010 - Interviewed by ‘Halden Arbeiderblad’, Norwegian editorial
& Radio Prime Halden

Articles in L’Est Republicain, French editorial

Interviewed by Maia Sylba for ‘Musetouch’ Visual Art Magazine
Aug, Issue 1

Featured in ‘The Royal College of Psychiatrists’
London Division Newsletter – Jun, Issue 13

Featured in Artissue 10. Online Artbook – artissue.org

Featured ‘Artist of the Month’, World Network Website – June Ed


Featured article in ‘La Semaine des Spectacles PACA’ – April Ed

‘La Bible de l’art Singulier’, 2010–2011 Edition
Le Livre d’art

2009 - Articles in L’Est Republicain, French editorial


Discussions/Lectures

2012 - Invited guest speaker: ‘Art School or Self Taught –
The Impact of Labels on Artists in the 21st Century’. London, UK … Read More