# Jeff Roland

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{{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](/source/Longeville-l%C3%A8s-Metz), Moselle, France
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2024|08|14|1969|06|16|df=yes}}
| death_place   = 
| field         = Painting, drawing, [curation](/source/Curator)
| training      = Self-taught
| movement      = neo-outsider
| works         = ''The Watchers'' (2008)<br />''Threshold'' (2010)
}}

'''Jeff Roland''' (born 16 June 1969 in [Longeville-lès-Metz](/source/Longeville-l%C3%A8s-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](/source/outsider_art) in the 21st century, and the impact of the internet and [social networks](/source/social_networks) on [contemporary art](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Nancy-Universit%C3%A9)<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](/source/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

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