The son of a German actress and an American opera director, Roland Darjes grew up in a world of art. He visited schools with focus on art in Germany and the United States before studying communication arts and interactive media in Hamburg, Germany. Based on his interest for new media in the arts he works in sculpture and installations.

After living in Europe, the United States and Argentina, his fascination for other cultures and languages brought Roland many years ago to China, where he since has blended the overwhelming inspiration of Shanghai’s city lights into his art.

Shanghai is a good place to experiment with different materials to produce new forms of artworks, Roland says. During his time in China he has been working with Led, neon light, all kinds of prints, cut outs and many glass and reflecting materials.

In recent years Roland is creating a lot of mirror sculptures which can be seen around China and in the German art village Worpswede.

Exhibitions

2023   “Fireflies in the Heart,” Lake Meijie Art Season, Changzhou, China
2023   “Ueberwindungen,” Galerie altes Rathaus Worpswede, Germany
2023   “Light of Evolution,” Luyue Art Space, Chongqing, China
2022   Harvest Art Festival, Chengdu, China
2021   Community Arts Festival, Tan Art Community, Xian, China
2021   Group Exhibition, Changjiang Art Museum, Taiyuan, China
2020   “Su Reflections,” Suzhou, Guanming Jing Art Center, Kunming, China
2020   Guanming Jing Art Center, Kunming, China
2019   Young Gallery Weekend Barcelona, Pantocrator Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2019   Art Marbella Fair, Marbella, Spain
2019   Nova Era International Public Art Exhibition, Shanghai, China
2019   “ArtVerwandtschaften,” Galerie altes Rathaus Worpswede, Germany
2018   “Worpsweder Spiegelungen,” 800 Years Art Village Worpswede, Germany
2018   “Orange Bloom Art Festival,” Ningbo, China
2017   “To be like water?” WhyWhyArt at Suzhou Bay WE Avenue, Suzhou, China
2017   Group Exhibition, Zhoupu Museum, Shanghai, China
2017   “erutuF,” WhyWhyArt at Chic Oasis, Nanjing, China
2016   “Babelme,” Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai, China
2016   Group Exhibition, Zhoupu Museum, Shanghai, China
2015   Weimar Art Festival, Weimar, Germany
2015   “Community Hospital” – Yuyuan Lu Art, Shanghai, China
2014   Hong Kong Artwalk, Studio Rouge, Hong Kong, China
2014   Weimar Art Festival, Weimar, Germany
2014   Swab Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain
2013   “Drawing and what,” Ifa Gallery, Shanghai, China
2013   Opening of Studio in Shanghai’s Art District M50, Shanghai, China
2012   “The Gardener,” Solo Exhibition, Ifa Gallery, Shanghai, China
2012   “The left leg of a cat,” Art Gwangju Fair, Gwangju, Korea
2012   Shanghai International Photographic Festival, Shanghai, China
2012   “My Country,” Ifa Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011   “The Birth of a Myth - Art in a state of Alertness,” Yongkanglu Art Space, Shanghai, China
2011   “The Hell. The Heaven. On the way. In between,” Ifa Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011   “Papercut Shanghai – Hamburg,” Exhibition of the Partner cities, Shanghai, China
2010   “Psychic Apparatus,” island6 Arts Center, Shanghai, China