“Same but Different –​​Equinox to Equinox”

After the March 2025 edition, I will perform again at “Same but Different – ​​Equinox to Equinox” – a short performance festival

 

60 Seconds Radio

Two of my recent sound pieces “Conceive” and “You get” were selected and broadcast by 60 Seconds Radio, Montreal, Canada for the 11 Edition 2025

Where radio art can last only one minute: Radio art, collage, soundscape, radio theatre, sonic prose and poetry, sound art, creative documentary, mutant radio, sonic captures: anything is possible as long as it's 60 seconds long.  Many thanks to CHOQ.ca and to the radio partners! Here, radio can only last a minute. Boris Chassagne, director 60 Seconds Radio

https://60secondesradio.com/

 

‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’

‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’

(Freedom to roam, overcoming barriers, confronting  crossings

12^th-21^st September 2025

Opening event 12^th September 7pm-10pm

Wed – Sat.: 10-13 & 17-19 / Sun.: 10-12

Arthall, 8, Triq Agius de Soldanis, Victoria, Gozo, Malta

Three photographic works of mine are on display

Curator and Visual Artist, Diana Ali in collaboration with Arthall, is pleased to present the exhibition ‘Hide me, Steal Me, Be Nice to Me’, an exhibition of contemporary artwork investigating confrontational crossings, overcoming barriers & freedom of movement.

This exibition was also on display last year, August 2024 in Madeira, Portugal

We are facing many barriers globally where our identities are being bruised, rejected, and turned away. This leaves a tension for bodies, thoughts, and circumstances to be accepted and co-exist. Artists have been invited to contest and question what it means to face barriers. Often our artworks have been declined from being shown and exhibited. This exhibition gives an opportunity for the art to migrate. There may not be a utopia, but there are ways of overcoming barriers.Imagine the artwork being personified. What would it say if it had freedom of movement, no immigration law, finding asylum and a sense of belonging without being displaced? A fantastic array of international artists come together in one space to question, confront and seek sanctuary through their artwork.

In 2024, a majority of the work was detained by the Portuguese customs on the way to be exhibited in Madeira. The artwork did not have a freedom to roam. In 2025, the art hopes to confront crossings and overcome barriers by having the opportunity to be exhibited at Arthall, Malta.

FLASCHENPOST (POST IN A BOTTLE)

FLASCHENPOST (POST IN A BOTTLE)
Mail Art Exhibition
September 8, 2025 – November 21, 2025
Entrance Windscheidstraße 51, 04179 Leipzig, Germany

The exhibition features a small original linocut by me entitled "Katze in der Stadt/Cat in the City."

 

tRaum

My two video works, "Dream Plant 2" and "The Healing," will be shown in the exhibition "tRaum"

“tRaum”

Exhibition: September 8 – November 1, 2025

exhibition at Opening: September 6, 2025, 6 p.m.

Project Space Galerie M

Marzahner Promenade 46, 12679 Berlin, Germany

The exhibition "tRaum" is dedicated to the artistic exploration of the tension between standardized reality and inner imagination. The German title and theme of the exhibition deliberately play with the ambiguity of "dream" as a desired image and "space" as a place of retreat, freedom, and development. In times of increasing regulation by education systems, labor markets, and societal expectations, longings arise for alternatives, for scope for personal development, for utopias – for "tRaum." The exhibition explores how creative and fantastical works can emerge in precisely these in-between spaces – where leisure, imagination, and culture intersect. The physical concept of space is also addressed: space is not only a measurable quantity, but also a subjective experience. Where reality and perception intertwine, the question arises: When is something real—and when is it a dream?

 

SOUND + ENVIRONMENT SYMPOSIUM

(Papers, Artworks, Workshops) from September 4-6, 2025, at Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK 

The Sound + Environment Research Group at Newcastle University is pleased to host a broad range of international scholars and practitioners for their inaugural symposium. The theme of the symposium aligns with the aims of the Sound + Environment Research Group, set-up to bring together researchers working across arts and sciences to explore the ways that sound can deepen our understanding of environments and the communities inhabiting them. For example, recent developments in the field of ecoacoustics are proving fruitful in assessing ecosystem change. Sound and listening are also increasingly used to monitor built structures and to inform urban and rural landscape design. We can use sound for scientific and artistic exploration, to inform and expand our knowledge of environments and our relationships to the world around us. Sound can inform a range of innovative interventions and solutions to problems. Through exploring scientific and artistic approaches together, we engage with sound and listening to create complementary ways of investigating, understanding, and taking action.

Organising Committee: Rob Mackay, Usue Ruiz Arana, Tatiana Alvares-Sanches, David de la Haye, Lawrence Davies, Martin Eccles, Martin Heslop & Will Dawson

"Sonidos de la ciudad y en mi cabeza."

My contribution and participation in the symposium consists of my sound art piece "Sonidos de la ciudad y en mi cabeza."My piece will be performed on September 4, 2025, in the Culture Lab Ballroom complex of the university.

"Sonidos de la ciudad y en mi cabeza" is an urban sound artwork. It combines the diverse sounds of the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, with the noises I experienced daily in my head, partly due to mental health issues and partly due to tinnitus. The everyday sounds of the city and my very own sounds, which arise in my head, form a strange and diverse sound atmosphere and soundscape as I walked through the streets and urban space of this city. Speaking for myself, or rather, listening to it, every city or urban space, and I know many of them, has certain distinct sound elements.

Link 

https://on.soundcloud.com/VCyG1eANNuUU5zmP7

 

"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.

 

"THE INDIFFERENT WORLD"

My audiovisual work “w.6” was presented physical and virtual at

"THE INDIFFERENT WORLD"

1st. International Video Art + Music Art Biennial

June/July 2025

IAVPOA (Intern. Association Visual, Performing, and Other Arts). &

Šiuolaikinio meno ir mokslo centras - ŠMMC

(Center of Contemporary Art and Science).

Sandėlių g.7 , 45223 Kaunas, Lithuania

 

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.