Roland Record
b. 1975∙ CE artist since 2008
Photo by Evguenia Shtill
Roland Record prefers graphite or ink to make his unique drawings. He begins his drawings by blocking off the surface in an open, fragmented grid which, through the gradual accumulation of detail, becomes an all-over expansive intersection of pattern and occasional figures, hearts, or flowers. The effect, when completed, is that of a map depicting purely graphical terrain, or the cross-section of an impossible building showing its skeleton of wood, wiring, hearts beating within and faces beaming out.
When asked details of where he was born and currently lives, Record points to the drawing he is working on and smiles before answering each question, “Right here,” which is a perfectly artistic response.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2019
We The City: Architecture and the City Exhibition, American Institute of Architects, San Francisco, CA
2018
"From" All Over the Place, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA
Nine Hearts Exploring, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017
Secret City Exhibition, AIASF and Center for Architecture + Design Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
Tabula Rasa, Creativity Explored , San Francisco, CA
2012
I have never really taken the time to look, Accident and Artifact, San Francisco, CA
2011
SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Black and White and Read All Over, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2010
Ritual/Habitual, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2009
"Science" Fiction, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2004
Spirits and Saints, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
You Are Here, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Functionable, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2003
Lit, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
