{{short description|French artist and curator (born 1969)}} {{For|those of a name pronounced the same|Jeff Rowland (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox artist | name = Jeff Roland | image = | birth_name = Jean-François Roland | birth_date = {{birth date|1969|06|16}} | birth_place = Longeville-lès-Metz, Moselle, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|08|14|1969|06|16|df=yes}} | death_place = | field = Painting, drawing, curation | training = Self-taught | movement = neo-outsider | works = ''The Watchers'' (2008)<br />''Threshold'' (2010) }}
'''Jeff Roland''' (born 16 June 1969 in Longeville-lès-Metz, Moselle, France; died 14 August 2024<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/C-qSd7lM1lj/</ref>) was a French artist and curator, known for his characteristic bold, colourful pieces fusing aspects of the raw style with contemporary literary and visual references. He was part of a group of artists known as neo-outsiders,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neo-outsiders.com/page2.html |title=What is Neo-Outsider Art |access-date=21 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100906222001/http://www.neo-outsiders.com/page2.html |archive-date=6 September 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.neo-outsiders.com/page10_7.html |title=The A-Z of Neo-Outsiders: Bruce New, Jasna Nikolic, T-Marie Nolan |access-date=21 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323004731/http://www.neo-outsiders.com/page10_7.html |archive-date=23 March 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> a term coined by Dr. Melissa Westbrook, as a result of her research into the developments of outsider art in the 21st century, and the impact of the internet and social networks on contemporary art.
His work is part of the London Museum of Everything<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musevery.com/exhibition1/exhibition2.html|title=The Museum of Everything|website=Musevery.com|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref> permanent collection, and the Barcelona Davis Museum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.davismuseum.com/index.php?%2Fpermanent-collection%2F |title=Permanent collection : The Davis Lisboa Mini-Museum of Contemporary Art |website=www.davismuseum.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909071042/http://www.davismuseum.com/index.php?%2Fpermanent-collection%2F |archive-date=9 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> collection. He has exhibited in several countries in Europe and was recently invited to show his work at the University of Nancy<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ticri.inpl-nancy.fr/wicri-lor.fr/index.php?title=Exposition_de_la_BUL_-_The_many_universes_of_Jeff_Roland |title=Exposition de la BUL - the many universes of Jeff Roland - Wicri Lorraine |access-date=21 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831044657/http://ticri.inpl-nancy.fr/wicri-lor.fr/index.php?title=Exposition_de_la_BUL_-_The_many_universes_of_Jeff_Roland |archive-date=31 August 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> in France. Roland also curated for the city of Liverdun, and organized shows at Chateau Corbin, specializing in outsider art.
==Examples of work== <gallery> File:We have the means to make you believe in Magic.jpg|''We have the means to make you believe in Magic'' (2011) File:Ripples of Time.jpg|''Ripples of Time'' (2011) </gallery>
==Group exhibitions== 2020, ''Make Street Art Not War'', Gallery WAWI, Paris.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.jeffroland.org/ Official website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Roland, Jeff}} Category:French contemporary artists Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:French outsider artists