{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Art Shows"],"cover":{"alt":"Roa Exhibition in Berlin - Photos","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-berlin-exhibition.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2011-07-10T16:51:07Z","description":"Famous Belgian urban artist Roa opened his first Berlin solo-exhibition yesterday at Skalizers Gallery. Again he created a fantastic show, including murals, installations, paintings and drawings presenting animals in his well-known style. Here are some first photos!","html":"\u003cp\u003eFamous for his large-scale depictions of animals on city walls around the world, Belgian urban artist \u003cstrong\u003eRoa\u003c/strong\u003e brings the creatures which inhabit the fringes of human society back to the metropolis. Recently Skalitzers Gallery opened its doors for \u003ca href=\"/roa-exhibition-in-berlin/\"\u003ehis first solo-exhibition in Berlin\u003c/a\u003e, including again brilliant paintings, sketches and drawings of animals in his unique style\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOf course I joined the opening ceremony, chatted with the man of the day, took some photos for those of you who can’t make it to visit the show and had some first insights into Roa’s first limited edition book \u003cem\u003eRoa: An Introduction To Animal Representation\u003c/em\u003e by Mammal Press (Photos of the book will follow - I just can say it’s simply great!). Other good news is, that he will add some new animal murals to Berlin’s streets in the next days, be curious!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like to know \u003ca href=\"/roa/\"\u003emore about Roa\u003c/a\u003e and his gusto for animals, check out the archive! For more photos from the exhibition, check out \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157627160860830/\"\u003emy Flickr\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1228\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1228\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1228\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting_hu_28886c97adce1ed1.avif 480w, /roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting_hu_de0075e75f17ec36.avif 960w, /roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting_hu_db57903a81299fbd.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting_hu_5e0cb39ec0cc3732.webp 480w, /roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting_hu_ef4a3770262defa3.webp 960w, /roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting_hu_754b7a097ed1a1fe.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting_hu_f0c11741f0be0cd3.jpg\" srcset=\"/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting_hu_1dd86b5b828b4cdb.jpg 480w, /roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting_hu_80c2dfffbd635057.jpg 960w, /roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting_hu_f0c11741f0be0cd3.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"961\" alt=\"roa painting\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003eroa painting\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; 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Recently Skalitzers Gallery opened its doors for [his first solo-exhibition in Berlin](/roa-exhibition-in-berlin/), including again brilliant paintings, sketches and drawings of animals in his unique style...\n\nOf course I joined the opening ceremony, chatted with the man of the day, took some photos for those of you who can’t make it to visit the show and had some first insights into Roa’s first limited edition book *Roa: An Introduction To Animal Representation* by Mammal Press (Photos of the book will follow - I just can say it’s simply great!). Other good news is, that he will add some new animal murals to Berlin’s streets in the next days, be curious!\n\nIf you like to know [more about Roa](/roa/) and his gusto for animals, check out the archive! For more photos from the exhibition, check out [my Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/streetart-berlin/sets/72157627160860830/)!\n\n![roa painting](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-painting.jpg\u003e)\n\nroa painting ![roa mural artwork](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-mural-artwork.jpg\u003e)\n\nroa mural artwork ![roa graffiti installation](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-graffiti-installation.jpg\u003e)\n\nroa graffiti installation ![roa exhibition berlin](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-exhibition-berlin.jpg\u003e)\n\nroa exhibition berlin ![roa exhibition](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-exhibition.jpg\u003e)\n\nroa exhibition ![roa berlin](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-berlin.jpg\u003e)\n\nroa berlin ![roa animal painting](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-animal-painting.jpg\u003e)\n\nroa animal painting ![roa animal drawings](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/roa-animal-drawings.jpg\u003e)\n\nroa animal drawings ","tags":["Art Installation","Mural Art","Roa","Animal Art","Urban Art Berlin","Art Photography"],"title":"Roa Exhibition in Berlin - Photos","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/roa-exhibition-berlin-photos/"}