Stefan Roloff

Stefan Roloff is an independent artist and film maker, working in New York and Berlin. From 1974, he studied painting and video at the art academy (HdK) in Berlin, Germany. After spending one year in Mexico, he graduated in 1981 and moved to New York in 1982.

In 1984, he was invited to experiment on prototypes of digital video and imaging computers at the New York Institute of Technology. Here, he created "Face", his first Moving Painting which, produced by Peter Gabriel, was the predecessor of his video "Sledgehammer". During the following years, he continued to combine his paintings and videos in collaborations with musicians. (For example "Zaar" with Gabriel, "Dominic Christ" with Suicide and "Big Fire" as part of live- and studio collaborations with Jazz musician Andrew Cyrille.)
In 1989, he received a Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts for his digital work. His art- work and installations are shown world- wide in museums and galleries.

From 1989 to 1999, he worked on his first documentary film "Seeds". Traveling through remote areas of West Virginia, he followed the story of a 22- year old woman who committed suicide in 1981 in an isolation cell at the State Prison for Women. The film was combin...

Stefan Roloff, CVSelected Art CollectionsThomas Ammann Fine Art, Zrich; Rhode Island School of Design Museum; Middlebury College Museum, Middlebury, Vermont; New York Public Library, Print and Photo Collection; Polaroid Collection; Evan Janis Fine Art, New York; Peter Lewis, Cleveland, MITGrants and Awards2002Jerome Foundation, New York City Media Arts Grant1995Art Matters Grant1989 Fellowship, New York Foundation for the ArtsSelected One Person Shows2005Eins Plus Eins, SPI, Potsdam (www.einspluseins.info)2004 Altered States Kunsthalle Osnabrck, Germany2003So Into You Galerie Deschler, Berlin, Germany2001/ 2002 When 6 Is 9, DAI Saarbrcken, Tbingen, Nrnberg, Germany1999Galerie Deschler, Berlin, Germany1995"Pence Springs Resort", Thread Waxing Space, New York City1992 Our Daily Planet, Casa de Cultura Basauri, Bilbao, SpainStefan Roloff, 1982 1992 The Seed Hall, Tokyo, Japan1991"Niveles", Palau Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain1990"Metamorphosis", Casa de Cultura Laura Alvim, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil"Still Life and Metamorphosis", Evan Janis Fine Art, New York City"Photomorphosis", Montgomery College, Maryland, curated by Joshua Smith1989"Moving Painting", installation at Centre Pompidou, Paris1987Galerie Hannah Feldmann, Bern, Switz...