Born in Banbury, England (1957)
Educated at Victoria College, Jersey
Fine Art Degree at Coventry College of Art
Post Graduate Diploma in the Conservation of Easel Paintings at Gateshead Technical College

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004 West. Recent work focused on Jersey's western outreaches. La Caumine a Marie Best, St Ouen's Bay. (in collaboration with the National Trust for Jersey)
2003 Full circle (from above). Thick impasto oil paintings of Jersey coast from the air. Jersey Arts Centre.
2002 Auf Abenteuer mit Aquarellfarben (Adventures with Watercolour). German landscape, still-life & Indian themes. Graphic Kabinett, Blaubeuren,Germany.
2002 Small spaces between thoughts. Indian themed series exploring the influence of meditation on recent work. Gallerie 88,Calcutta, India.
2000 Return to India. Recent work done in or inspired by India. Jersey Arts Centre.
1996 Trust Properties. Watercolours featured in the 1997 National Trust for Jersey Calendar. Barracks, Greve de Lecq, Jersey.
1995 Local Colour. Recent work, part of Jersey's first International Arts Festival. Jersey Arts Centre.

Selected Group Exhibitions / Events
2003, 2004 Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours. Work selected for annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London.
2001 Watercolour Challenge. Appeared on Channel 4 television series.
2001 Exhibition of Watercolour Challenge paintings. Mall Gallery, London.
2001 Full Circle. Coastal paintings by Ian Rolls & jewellery by German designer Sibylle Hell. Garrik Gallery, Jersey.
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003 Singer & Friedlander / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition. Work selected for exhibition at the Mall Gallery, London; travelled to Manchester, Leeds & Birmingham.
2000 Mix. Recent work by 8 contemporary artists living in Jersey, curated by Ian Rolls. Jersey Arts Centre.

Selected Commissions
2000 Jersey Mobile Library. States Library commissioned designs by Ian Rolls to feature on the new vehicle.
2000 Jersey 2000. Illustration of poem by Jeremy Reed to celebrate the new millennium. Commission and funding for limited edition of prints by Jersey Arts Trust.
1998 Martello Towers. Four paintings of towers featured on Jersey Telecoms phone cards.
1994 Central Market. Watercolour commissioned by the Jersey Arts Trust to feature on the cover of the Jersey Telecoms telephone directory.
1993 Opera House. Watercolour chosen by Jersey Philatelic Bureau to feature on 23p stamp in Europa '93 Contemporary Art Stamp Issue.

Selected Publications
2004 March edition of Artists & Illustrators Magazine. Article titled 'Create expression and energy with impasto techniques'.
2003 September edition Artists & Illustrators Magazine. Article titled 'Portraits of an Island' profiles the work of Ian Rolls.

Prizes
1992 Still life with blue bottle. First Prize J.J. Fox International, Channel Islands Painting Competition
1990 Geraniums. Second Prize J.J. Fox International, Channel Islands Painting Competition.