Tim was born in Netherlands and grew up on the border of Germany and the Netherlands. During the 1980s, he and his brother used to travel to East Berlin, exploring the city and photographing the old and unembellished East Berlin. Then he travelled throughout Mediterranean area of Europe. He also spent time in the USA under President George W. Bush, photographing America in the post-911 period. And then he discovered the Kunsthaus Tacheles (1990-2012) in Berlin-Mitte. Tacheles (literally 'straight talk' in German) quickly became Berlin's cultural center after the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) and continued to thrive over the terms of four city mayors. It was here that he discovered his love for artistic life, for DADAISM, and reinvented and further developed the collage technique. Through his art, he incorporates the stark differences between the broken and beautiful, essence and appearance. Since then, he has been copying and collaging colossal cityscapes, painting new beings and connecting them and their inhabitants with Berlin's cultural way of life, as well as with political and humorous images and statements.

 

His major projects (webshop link):

Tacheles - Klassenfeind Gallery - Kulturbotschaft - Blühende Landschaften

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More Info about Tim's work: www.tim-roeloffs.de/