"Reflections of Humanity"

A selection of six motifs from my social and urban street photographs is part of the photo exhibition 

"Reflections of Humanity."
August 19, 2025 – September 2, 2025
Opening Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 4:00 PM.
Open daily from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Alliance Française Ibadan
7th Day Adventist Road (close to Magistrate Court), Iyaganku
Ibadan, Nigeria

Curator is the renowned Nigerian photographer Nseabasi Akpan

An exhibition of powerful visual storytelling that celebrates the essence, resilience, and shared humanity of people across the world.
For the first time work of mine is presented in Nigeria.  

 

ON SCREEN 2025: Human Echoes

Two video works of mine “Birch Alley” & “J.7” have been selected for ON SCREEN 2025: Human Echoes: Beyond the Digital Horizon,

The pieces has been curated into Seasons:

“Birch Alley” | Season 04: Synthetic Landscapes & Lost Utopias

“J.7” | Season 05: Residual Data: Future Hauntologies

Curator Jesus N Rivero,

ON SCREEN 2025: Video Art, Experimental Film & Algorithmic Visions, Vienna, Austria

Program: https://www.goes-art.com/onscreen-program

 

One Minute Film Festival of Champcella 2025

My video work “sharing” will be presented at the:

One Minute Film Festival of Champcella 2025

July 23 and 24, 2025.

Champcella (Hautes-Alpes) France)

An international festival for ultra-shorts (films of less than 1 minute): Documentaries, fiction, children's books, stop motion, cartoons.

The 2025 festival takes place at different venues with screenings, workshops, director talks, round tables and discussions.

Link Festival : www.1minutechampcella.com

 

ONBOARDS BIENNALE 25

One of my photographic works from the series "It Just Makes Sense" is featured on a billboard at :

ONBOARDS BIENNALE 25, an exhibition of contemporary art on billboards. From July 14 to 28, 2025, works by established and emerging artists will be presented throughout Antwerp, Belgium.

My billboard is located on the Vlamsekaai, across from number 40,

The Onboards Biennale proposes the theme RELATIONSHIPS to artists, inviting them to explore social, environmental, cultural, and conceptual bonds, transforming public billboards into spaces of exchange between artists, audiences, and the urban environment.

Public Participation. A QR code on each billboard will link visitors to additional content, including audio recordings about the artworks.

The biennale will outline walk and bike routes, and as a closure event organise  a final-day bike tour attended by a number of participating artists

A billboard as street furniture can facilitate art and disseminate ideas. In this project, a billboard becomes a meeting point of dialogue, culture, and education within the public space.

By bringing art into shared public spaces, the ONBOARDS BIENNALE aims to create a possibility of social interaction, provoke public dialogue and offer new social and cultural experiences, promoting communication, reflection, self-awareness and humanity.

https://onboards.be/

 

No Weapon World - festival exhibition

 A poster of mine will be on display in the festival exhibition No Weapon World

No Weapon World

11.07.2025 – 15.07.2025 (open Fri-Mon 12-18 h, plus additional evening events / Tue 12-17 h.

Vrij Paleis

Vrijpaleis 107, 1012 ZL Amsterdam, Netherlands

A poster art exhibition project for a world without weapons

In an era where the arms industry profoundly influences geopolitics and global security, Through the poster artexhibition, NoWeapon.world aspires to show a future where global security is based on cooperation, mutual respect, and the peaceful resolution of conflicts, rather than on force and fear.

Ode aan de Linge - 9053 or Hidden.

Ode aan de Linge “Sensory Landscape”, Heemtuin Geldermalsen, Netherlands

9053 or Hidden. 

The title of the work refers to its location. A simple, minimalist land art installation set away from the main paths of the garden. The work takes a philosophical approach to this year's Ode aan de Linge theme, "Sensory Landscape." Much in nature and our everyday lives often remains hidden or unnoticed. The chosen location reminds us to use our ability to search and discover. The work itself represents the philosophical ideas of simplicity, purity, and sobriety. But it also tells us something about how fragile everything around us is and how closely connected it is. Stones, particularly in Zen philosophy, are more than just a decorative element. They carry deep symbolic meanings, ranging from the search for balance and inner harmony to a reminder of the transience of life. The stones in this installation are a symbol of mindfulness and the connection with our surroundings and ourselves. Autobiographical elements also appear in this installation. They reference my past as a sculptor working with stone. There's also a connection to my psychological problems and the search for orderly elements. The choice of location metaphorically reflects my increasingly intense longing to turn away from this world and master life's path with serenity and courage.

 Material , stones, gravel, rope, branches, earth, metal bowls.

 

Ode aan de Linge Art Festival

 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

RetroQuito'25 program / MIVA Narrativas Expandidas Festival

RetroQuito'25 program / MIVA Narrativas Expandidas Festival

My video work "Qué quiere mostrarme la ciudad" (What does the city want to show me?) will be shown from 4^th to 25^th 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

https://2025.nmartproject.net/the-retrospective-quito-2025/

 

AURA MailART 2025

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.

AURA

MailART 2025

07/06/ 2025 – 29/06/2025

Kunstverein Duisburg

ARTloft

Weidenweg 10, 47059 Duisburg, Germany

 

ManiVesta

 I'm participating in the third edition of ManiVesta, themed "Gold", in the Dutch city of Gorinchem. The two-day art event has become a biennial highlight in the city, where art, cultural heritage, and society merge in a unique way. Exhibitions and performances will take place at 35 venues throughout the city, including museums, churches, galleries, shops, cafes, private homes, and public spaces. I'm exhibiting with Dutch artist Anna Marie Van Thiel de Vries at the Lutherse Schuilkerk (Location 24). I'm presenting a selection of small-format works on paper and canvas. This is somewhat unusual, as I haven't shown this type of work for many years, but have hidden it away.

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.

https://www.manivesta.nl/

Copenhagen Photography Festival 2025. - ‘Fremkaldelser – Towards the Light’

 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

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.

 

johannesgerard-artworks

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

A contribution of mine with text and one photographic work entitled "you get so alone at times it just makes sense" is published in the book "Towards the Other"- Arts, Ethics and the boundaries of the Self

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.

 

“Unruly Publishing”

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. 

 

Akustischer Abend - acoustic evening (artspring 2025)

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. 

www.artspring.berlin

 

#6 DinA (<)

Three small graphic works of mine ("stay or follow" / Following The Arrow" / Moving into the unknown) are exhibited in Leipzig, Germany

#6 DinA (<)

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 

 

TEMPO | artist collective - video documentation

Video documentation of the works of the group show presented at TEMPO

TEMPO

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.