My work "Out of Balance" will be shown at the event of
TEMPO | artist collective
Saturday, April 26, 2025 · starts at 17.00 h.
Impreint Space
601 Green Lanes (entrance via staircase on Beresford Rd), London, UK
International artist collective showcasing works by 70 artists from around the world. A video of all the artworks will be projected during the event and will remain available as a permanent online display.
I set up a page on ko-fi.com/johannesgerard. The site includes a gallery, a shop with some of my work, and a support/ donation page.
I would like to use my Ko-Fi page to generate some extra income for future art projects or artworks that require additional investment. This could be renting a studio for a video project, purchasing technical equipment, or paying assistants or models. Sometimes it also involves transport or travel costs. Anything helps, and it's always good to have an extra budget.
http://ko-fi.com/johannesgerard
Not Just about water. Wiro Mag: Aqua
My contribution to this publication includes two of my photographic works and some thoughts on the subject of water
Wiro Mag: Aqua brings together the work of thirty-one artists from around the world, underpinned by the theme of water.
“When it comes to elements that bring humans together, can any contend water? Everything we understand depends on this precious resource in some way. Hydration, food, hygiene, materials, transport, and enrichment would all collapse without it. Water is a hub for all aspects of life, and connot be understated. .The publication curates the work of creatives who evaluate and engage with water on a granular level. Highlighting their concerns, feelings, memories, aspirations, and more in relation to this huge topic.”
Lyndon Watkinson, editor and publisher
My various portfolios contain numerous works from different disciplines that are directly and indirectly related to water/aqua. For this project, however, I decided to approach the topic from a slightly different perspective. The first work, "Open/Close – Drought," deals metaphorically with water scarcity and drought. "Don't take it for granted." The second proposal, "Help me... Raindrops!", deals with the opposite through too much water. Raindrops... too much water. Secondly, a few harmless raindrops at the beginning can be a harbinger of catastrophic flooding or a devastating period of continuous rain.
"Wiro Mag:Aqua” is the sixth iteration of a publication series published and produced by SU4IP. (Sheffield, UK).
Wiro-bound/digitally printed/A5/72 pages
On the opening day of DESERTERS, April 3, 2025, I delivered a live performance and artist talk titled "A State of Bared" at the Oriel y Bont Gallery on the South of Wales University at Treforest, Pontypridd Campus, Wales, to explore the key themes of DESERTS in terms of how a life changing sickness is a commonality that connects many artists' otherwise disparate practices across decades, genres and lifetimes*. Furthermore, I wanted to provide answers to what DESERTERS asks : "What is the relationship between illness and creation? 'Good health' has obvious merit—but what about the value of 'ill health'?" As I have had a personal career in the field of illness and disability alongside my artistic work, the two curators, Bella Kerr and Caroline Humphreys, asked if the artist talk and live performance could focus specifically on my art in relation to my personal mental health and hearing problems.
The artist talk, in particular, was mentally one of the most demanding I've ever given, so it was somewhat different from typical artist talks. Although it took a long time to prepare, throughout the process and even during the talk itself, I began to look at my art and the disciplines I work in with different eyes. To date, there isn't a single piece of my artwork that directly addresses or focuses on my personal disabilities and illnesses. For most of my life, I tried to hide my health issues, but it was only in the last two years that I became more open about my so-called "deficits." However, as I was selecting images of my work for the talk, I suddenly realized that many of my works metaphorically and covertly reflect my current health issues. These are related to my sometimes severe mental health issues, my hearing problems, and finally, a cancer diagnosis and treatment many years ago, from which I have since recovered.
I have also thought about how the audience would react to the performance, and especially to my talk, which was a revelation for me. However, I felt I had to speak honestly about my often dark and intense inner conflicts, my hallucinations, and the voices I hear; otherwise, the talk and performance would be pointless. But the reaction of the audience and the other exhibiting artists, each of whom had their own severe illness or disability, touched me very deeply in the end.
I, often hesitate to call myself an artist, nor do I feel a deep connection to the art world because I often maintain a distance from it. While I doubt that art can be therapy to save the world or society, or a panacea, it can be a means to overcome personal problems, avoid tunnel visions, and try to move on. In my case, it was and is also a medium for connecting with and coping with my social and everyday environment. However, I can only speak from my personal perspective, as every person and every health problem is different. Art, whether visual art, dance, theater, or music, can open a person's perspective. Important: You don't have to be an artist or feel compelled to create a masterpiece like Picasso or Michelangelo. Just do it, and it will open new horizons. Finally, based on my personal experience, I would like to offer only one piece of advice, especially regarding mental health issues and personal disorders: If you are suffering from them, seek help and therapy. Do not hesitate or wait.
My b/w photography work “The Wall” on display at
Third edition of Photo|Frome - ‘inEquality’
05/04 – 27/04/2025, open daily 10:00 – 16:00 h
The festival takes place at various locations throughout the town of Frome. My photo is on display at the Station Gallery, Station Approach, Frome, BA11 1RE, UK
D E S E R T E R S - an exhibition and website examining the relationship between illness and making
Beside my video work “the HEALING” which is part of the exhibition I will give a live performance and an artist talk with the title ”A State Of Bared” on the opening day at 12 midday
D E S E R T E R S
03/04/2025 – 26/09/2025 opens Thursday 3rd April, 11am - 3pm
Monday to Friday from 10am – 5pm.
Oriel y Bont, Ty Crawshay Building at the Treforest, Pontypridd Campus, CF37 1DL, Wales, UK
Life changing sickness is a commonality that connects many artists' otherwise disparate practices across decades, genres and lifetimes*.Deserters asks, ‘What is the relationship between illness and making? ‘Good health’ has obvious merit – but what about the value of ‘ill health’?’
Society draws a line between the healthy and the sick; mind and body; good and bad. Artists often occupy the fault line between these definitions and while illness, a common theme in art and literature, can be seen as a symbol of alienation, it can also be the key to ‘desertion’ into a creative space.
This exhibition brings together the work of 12 artists Jenny Alderton, Delphi Campbell, Hal Camplin, Laura Dutton, Johannes Gérard, Dave Gowers, Steph Mastoris, Charlotte Morgan, Jack Moyse, Nel, Tracie Peisley and Katya Robin, to reveal themes and modes that can be broadly described as: abstraction, repetition and pattern making; nature and healing; lying down while the world stands up; the body – whole and in parts; words and printed text. In addition to the main funded project, the website will also feature work by other artists who are showing their work online.
Supported by Zoë Gingell, curator of Oriel Y Bont, Caroline Humphreys and Bella Kerr are co-curating Deserters, alongside Amanda Roderick, who is also creating its online presence.Supported by the Art Council of Wales / University of South Wales / Stroom, The Hague, Netherlands
Entrance is free and there is an excellent café in the same building.The Gallery is fully accessible to wheelchair users.
Same but Different – Equinox to Equinox is a short duration performance festival took place on
Sunday 23 March 2025 from13:00 to 14:00 at the Hof in Dordrecht.
On March 23, 2025 I was one of the performance artists participating in Equinox to Equinox2025 at the Hof square in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. The festival took place between 12 and 1 p.m. and lasted exactly one hour. Everything was based on improvisation, trial and error, and experimentation. During this hour, I did several short performances. The first was a performance in which I created a small site-specific installation with simultaneous movements related to the installation. In the second performance, I moved between the house fronts in the square, sometimes carrying small objects from one place to another. In the third, I used the high windows of one of the buildings, turning my back towards the audience and the square. Facing and touching the window, using my hands and upper body I conducted my performance
Everyone was welcome to participate in openness and solidarity, embracing diversity and acknowledging each other’s individual circumstances, difficulties and conflicts. There is no fixed programme with consecutive performances but everything takes place simultaneously, collaborations can arise spontaneously.
Same but Different – Equinox to Equinox isan international event for public action for freedom for all people. Every year on the Equinox (in March and September), the duration of day and night is roughly equal around the world. In the spirit of cosmic equality, the event is a global connection for people performing together in public space.This sharing of time and space brings us closer together, as a temporary (global) community to encourage, through performance art, non-violent expressions for locally specific conditions.
Participants: Topp & Dubio, Annie Abrahams, Engel P-Luck, Frans van Lent, Marita Bullmann, Eduardo Amato, Yelena Myshko, Aida Kristina Dedeic, Yvo van der Vat, Kathrin Wolkowicz, Johannes Christopher Gérard, Geerten Ten Bosch, Joseph Deuss, Ienke Kastelein, Ellen Rodenberg, Maarten Schepers. Curator / Organization Frans van Lent
Link to one hour video showing whole event
https://222lodge.nl/index.php/2025/03/25/equinox-march-2025/
