This year's Ode aan de Linge art festival will take place on Sunday, July 6th 2025. This year's theme is "Sensory Landscape." I will create and present a small land art installation for the festival.
Location: Heemtuin, entrance next to the marina, Achter 't Veer 7, Geldermalsen, Netherlands
My video work "Qué quiere mostrarme la ciudad" (What does the city want to show me?) will be shown from 4th to 25th July, 2025 as part of the RetroQuito'25 program (in collaboration with the New Museum of Networked Art) within the MIVA Narrativas Expandidas Festival, Quito, Ecuador. The video work is an artistic exploration of culture, space, and identity in Quito.
Thank you to the curator Wilfried Agricola De Cologne
From time to time, I participate in mail art projects. For example, at the Kunstverein Duisburg. This time, I used one of my photographic works for my postcard.
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MailART 2025
07/06/ 2025 – 29/06/2025
Kunstverein Duisburg
ARTloft
Weidenweg 10, 47059 Duisburg, Germany
ManiVesta 2025 Locatie 24:
21/06 – 22/06/2025, 11-17 h
De Lutherse Schuilkerk,
Langendijk 72, Gorinchem, Netherlands
As already mentioned, in this exhibition I present a selection of my works on paper and canvas, as well as my graphic works. Since my work is interdisciplinary and multimedia, the paintings and prints reflect only a small part of my entire oeuvre. The works on paper are a type of collage and mixed media using acrylic paint, chalk pencils, pigments, sometimes sand, and various papers from Nepal and Japan on sturdy Fabriano or Canson paper. Since this year's theme is gold, all works incorporate shades of gold.
One of my photographic work was selected for the open call exhibition “Vil du udstilles”.This is one of the exhibitions that will be held during the :
Copenhagen Photography Festival 2025.
‘Fremkaldelser – Towards the Light’
June 12–18, 11:00–20:00
Royal Danish Theatre – Gamle Scene
Kongens Nytorv 9, Copenhagen, Denmark
With the festival theme ‘Fremkaldelser – Towards the Light’, we focus on everything worth seeing. Memories and moments from peoples past and present are now invited to shine. We encourage everyone to submit a photo that means something special to them. Something hidden, or perhaps newly discovered. A photo that tells a story, captures an emotion, or reflects their sensitivity.
6th International ExLibris Competition Varna 2025
06/06–01/07/2025
Opening 06/06/2025 – 18.30 h
Monday - Friday: 10:00 -18:30 /mSaturday: 11:00 - 15:00
Largo Art Gallery, 8 Han Krum Str., 9000 Varna, Bulgaria
The exhibition also shows my Exlibris (bookplate) works. The organizer of the prestigious graphic forum is the Jordan Petkov Art Foundation in partnership with the Largo Gallery. The competition is implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and the Culture Fund of the Municipality of Varna.
https://johannesgerard-artworks.jimdosite.com/
On this new website, I present a selection of my paintings on canvas and paper, as well as my graphic works. Since I work in an interdisciplinary and multimedia manner as an artist, the paintings and prints reflect only a small part of my entire oeuvre. To provide a better, separate overview of all my works and avoid an overloaded presentation on a single website, I decided to create a separate website dedicated exclusively to these paintings and works on paper. Therefore, this website serves only as a brief summary and additional information about my paintings and works on paper.
Towards the Other
Arts, Ethics and the boundaries of the Self
editor Aldobranti
edizioni Fosco Fornio, Petersfield, Hampshire, UK, 2025
ISBN 978-1-9995847-7-1
Artist of the space between the self and the Other
The question of how the self encounters the other - how it recognizes, resits or transforms in relation to that strangeness-has become ever more pressing. What once may have seen an abstract or philosophical preoccupation now lies exposed across the structures of daily life, where political frontiers grow rigid and conversations falters across lines of differences. The shrinking space for disagreement ,for unfamiliarity, for difference itself, is symptomatic of a broader ethical contraction-a retreat into sameness. at stake is the refusal of encounter, and with it, the foreclosure of relation.
The contribution
The work “You Get So Alone At Times That It Just Makes Sense” is a self-portrait with autobiographical elements. Autobiographical elements that reflect my inner self and my view of the world and the social environment around me have been prominent in my work since 2023. However, my work reflects these elements in a metaphorical and symbolic style. The work contains more than one interpretation. First, how I see myself if I were sitting in front of myself. A stone, without emotions, without charisma, without giving anything back, immobile ... and yet this stone can be unpredictable, a projectile, a weapon against myself, others or the world. The second interpretation is how I see others or, better, how I am connected to the other in a broader sense. Regardless of social aspects and the connection with other people or dimensions that are spiritual or touch the soul. For many years I have been struggling with my mental and social disorders. In addition to this, there is hearing damage and tinnitus. Since childhood, I have found it difficult to establish or maintain social contacts or to communicate my thoughts and feelings well. Part of the other has become loneliness over time. For me, however, being alone is not always painful, but it can be complex and challenging. I may be in a phase of longing for company and change, but I also have to ask myself if the process of longing and belonging to a social environment has begun or if I end up deliberately avoiding any belonging and attachment to anyone.
A work by me "4xme/4xich" in a completely different technique (scanner/photocopy art) will be shown at
“Unruly Publishing”
M.F.F - The Museum of Photocopying / Museum für Fotokopie
16/05/2025 – 29/06/2025
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 48, 45468 Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany
The M.F.F. Museum of Photocopying is celebrating 40 years of “Unruly Publishing”. The exhibition tells and shows the motivation and stories of the people behind unruly forms of publishing, from copy & video art to zines and pirate radios. Part of the exhibition will show how artists, designers, photographers, and anyone interested in the subject have redefined the concept of the portrait in the context of scanner art.
Two of my sound art works “Voices in my Head” and “ornaments of empty times” will be presented and played at
Akustischer Abend - (artspring 2025)
[ˈapɡəˌfakt] – something is broken here"!
16.05.2025 (starting 19:00 h).
Theater unterm Dach
Danziger Strasse 101, 10405 Berlin, Germany
Akustischer Abend -acoustic evening is part of artspring festival
For the first time in the festival's history, artspring Berlin is placing a focus on sound art this year under the name artspring Klangkunst. Also known as sound art, this interdisciplinary art form, which uses sound and noise as its central material, will be the focus from 07/05 - 01/06/2025. Two curated exhibitions and an event program will be staged in cooperation with Pankow-based initiatives and practitioners of the genre and its border areas. A temporary radio studio will also be set up to report on and with art and artists, broadcast radio art, and accompany the events of artspring berlin. Let us hear what you connect acoustically with this year's theme "[ˈapɡəˌfakt] – something is broken here"! A curated selection of the contributions will be presented in the Theater unterm Dach on 16 May 2025 at the Akustischer Abend event format and/or played on the festival radio.
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Kunstfestival / Art Festival. This years theme is “Move”
01.05.2025 – 04.05.2025
Pöge-Haus
Hedwigstrasse 20, Leipzig, Germany
"Move!" This means movement, the opposite of standstill. It can also be associated with vibration, dance, endeavor, encounter, initiative, action, change of position, and a call to action.
“DIN A [<]“ reflects the limitation of the artworks’ format which should not exceed DIN A4 in dimension. The artworks from 38 European artists include graphic works, prints, photography, painting and small sculpture pieces. The art festival is accompanied by concerts and performances
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.
