MOST RECENT PROJECTS, EXHIBITIONS, FESTIVALS - 2025
No Weapon World
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.
“9053 or Hidden”.
Created for the Ode aan de Linge Festival, Heemtuin Geldermalsen, Netherlands, 6 July 2025
This year’s theme was "Sensory Landscape."
The title of the work refers to its location in the Heemtuin (home garden). It is a simple, minimalist land art installation located away from the garden's main paths. The work itself represents the philosophical ideas of simplicity, purity, and sobriety. The stones in this installation also symbolize mindfulness and the connection with our surroundings and ourselves.
More information:
https://www.johannesgerard.com/2025/07/07/ode-aan-linge-9053-or-hidden/
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 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
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, I show a selection of small works on paper and canvas at:
ManiVesta 2025 Locatie 24:
21/06 – 22/06/2025, 11-17 h
De Lutherse Schuilkerk,
Langendijk 72, Gorinchem, Netherlands
More information:
ManiVesta - Fotografie, Photography, bildende Kunst, Visual Arts, beeldende kunst
Copenhagen Photography Festival 2025
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.
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.
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
The contribution "Sometimes you're so alone that it just makes sense" is a critical self-reflection based on autobiographical elements. Autobiographical elements that reflect my inner self, my view of the world, and my social environment have become more prominent in my work since 2023.
“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, 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 ab 19:00 Uhr
Theater unterm Dach
Danziger Strasse 101, 10405 Berlin, Germany
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 from 07/05 - 01/06/2025. 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 festival radio.
#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.
“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
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.
ko-fi
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 page.
Not jut 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. .
Lyndon Watkinson, editor and publisher -- SU4IP. (Sheffield, UK)
https://www.johannesgerard-visualart.com/2025/04/not-just-about-water-wiromag-aqua.html
Artist Talk & Live Performance "A State Of Bared"
I wrote down some retrospective thoughts on my blog with some more background about my artist talk and live perfor- mance at DESERTERS exhibition at the Oriel Y Bont Gallery, South of Wales University at Treforest, Pontypridd Campus, Wales, UK
The talk and performance took place during the opening on 3rd of April 2025
Link:
https://www.johannesgerard-visualart.com/2025/04/retrospective-thoughts-artist-talk-at.html
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 (UK). My photo "The Wall" is on display at the Station Gallery, Station Approach, Frome, BA11 1RE, UK
Photo|Frome returns with the theme ‘inEquality’. Through photo- graphy from internationally acclaimed, national and regional artists, we reflect on stories of global and local justice and equ- ality. Photo|Frome is an independent festival of photography dedicated to showcasing and celebrating all levels of photogra- phic endeavour from local, national, and international photo- graphers.
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 - opening 03/04/2025, 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’?’
"Frequenz." (Frequency)
Two of my works, a photographic work “Frequencies in Lines” and the video work “Birch Alley”, will be presented at:
“Frequenz” (Frequency)
23/03/2025 – 13/04/2025 -opening 23/03/25, 14 h
QQArt, Forststrasse 73, 40721 Hilden, Germany
Since 2010, the QQArt gallery has hosted an annual, inter- nationally thematic exhibition – now a biennial – every two years. The selected themes focus on "art and technology," each featuring a word from physics. This year's exhibition theme is "Frequenz." (Frequency)
KITOKI video_dance exposition
Two works “View behind the Curtain” with Jana Schmück and “Dark Paths” with Tsai Hsin Ying are presented at
KITOKI video_dance exposition
23/02/2025 – 05/04/2025 opening 23/03/25 ,18-21h
auJUS /Avenue Jean Volders, 24 / Brussel 1060 / Belgium
open 16-20 h and by appointment / also online: kitoki.io
“Same but Different – Equinox to Equinox”
I will be performing at “Same but Different – Equinox to Equinox” – a short performance festival
Time: Sunday 23 March 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00
Location: Het Hof Square in Dordrecht, Netherlands
There is no fixed programme with consecutive performances but everything takes place simultaneously, collaborations can arise spontaneously.
Curator/ Organizer Frans van Lent
MATA HARI, - OUVERTURE CRI DE FEMMES 2025
13/03/2025 - 31/03/2025
Galerie Emergenc'Art,
Entrée de Valombreuse, Petit-Bourg, Guadalope
My video work “Dark Paths” with Tsai Hsin Ying is presented in this exibition. MATA HARI is a prism, a gateway. Entirely subversive, the aim here isn't to celebrate her history, but to question all the small, common and redundant stories within our own, without trusting in the universal. Women in struggle are everywhere. Curator: Stéphanie Melyon-Reinette
“Collage Music 31”
My sound and music piece “Agua y Grava” (Water and Gravel) is included in the album Collage Music 31” (edition IFAR4’33”/277), Label Institute For Alien Research, Bath, UK
Released on February 21th, 2025.
Compiled and arrange by Shaun Robert.
More information:
https://ifarmusiqueconcretecompilation.bandcamp.com/album/collage-music-31
“Agua y Grava” (Water and Gravel)
The work does not follow a particular style or category. The piece combines the sounds of water and waves flowing over gravel and rhythms of a piano, forming a piece of music
HAUS-A-REST Issue 58 Light & Dark,
One of my photography with title "Mystery Light" work is published in
HAUS-A-REST Issue 58 Light & Dark, February 2025
Editors Jenna Fox and Nicola Rodgers(Reading, UK)
A Zine by Artists for Artists, it’s for those who turn their raw, real-life experiences into stunning art and bold, captivating prose. . The February edition will explore the theme of Light and Dark—in all its nuances, contrasts, and in-between spaces.
"Mystery Light" The work contains and reflect autobiographical elements related to my struggle with mental disorders and problems.
Singletary Center Visual Music Festival;
Saturday February 8th , 10am – 5pm;
Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Kentucky;
405 Rose St, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA
My work "q9" is presented
The Singletary Center presents the inaugural Visual Music Fes-tival in the SCFA Recital Hall. A day of dynamic expressions of abstract art featuring a curated program of multimedia works from an international collection of contemporary artists. Expe-
rience the harmonies of light and sound as we explore what go- es on in the mind while listening to music! The films are made
entirely with abstract imagery, avoiding representation. That is: no cars, no people, no landscapes, no texts, etc. • The sound-tracks do not feature any words, lyrics in any language.
MOVEMENT AND LIGHT
My video work “nothing will stay as it was” will be screened on February 6, 2025 at
MOVEMENT AND LIGHT
with film and video contributions from 61 filmmakers
Film and video screenings on four different days
06. Feb.- 13.Feb. - 20. Feb.. - 27.Feb. 2025 always starting 18.00 h
GISELA-Freier Kunstraum-Lichtenberg,
Giselastraße 12, 10317 Berlin, Germany
Directions: S-Bhn. Nöldnerplatz /Bus 240 Open Tues.-Fri. 10am-4pm, Thurs. 10am-6pm, Sat. 2pm-5pm, Sun. and Mon. closed
“Transforming Here and Now”
presents a selec- tion of eight photographs from my socially and community-engaged art projects.
Transforming: Here and Now
31.01.2025 – 07.02.2025
Groundfloor, Faculty of Arts Building, University of Warwick, University Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL ,UK
The exhibition illustrates how individuals and communities as- sert their agency through environmental initiatives and creative expressions, from community-building environmental projects to reflections on urban, rural, and virtual spaces.
childhood interrupted
My work “hopscotch” is represented in the group exhibition
childhood interrupted
01.02.2025 - 01.03.2025
The House of Smalls
103 Henderson Row,Stockbridge, Edinburgh EH3 5BB, Scotland, UK
~ childhood (noun):
the condition of being a child; the period of life before puberty
~ interrupted (adjective):
broken, discontinued, or hindered
Curator Amy Oliver
LATITUDES 2025
The presentation of my video performance “meaning to be hidden” has been scheduled to be screened from Jan. 28 to Feb. 01, 2025 at LATITUDES 2025, at the Gallery of the Centro de la Cultura Plurinacional, CCP. Calle Rene Moreno #369, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia,
LATITUDES 2025 - 28.01.2025 – 01.02.2025
Centro de la Cultura Plurinacional (CCP), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Museo de la Ciudad Altillo Beni (MAB) and Alliance Francaise Santa Cruz (AFSCZ),
City of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia,
Director & Curator Hector Canonge.
Postcards from the Edge
My contribution to Visual AIDS “Dark Red Cloth” / a motif from the Alex & Anna portfolio
Postcards from the Edge – Benefice for Visual AIDS
24.01.- 26.01.2024
Berry Campbell Gallery 524 West 26th Street New York, NY 10001, USA
Founded in 1988. VISUAL AIDS is the only organization fully committed to raising Aids awareness and creating dialogue around HIV issues today, by producing and presenting since 1998 the annual visual art project -Postcards from the Edge-
http://postcards.visualaids.org./
The Anthropocene Foundry Los Angeles 2025
My video work “disorientated displacement” is part of:
The Anthropocene Foundry Los Angeles 2025
January 18th – March 1st. 2025
Torrance Art Museum,
3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA 90503, USA
The Anthropocene Foundry Los Angeles 2025 – is consisting of 6 video programs, for each week another program composed of 2 parts. The sources for curating/selecting - of thematic and technical nature alike - are standing under the motto of “Finiteness /Infinity”: Curator Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
3rd International Print Triennial in Cieszyn
My print work “to the sky” will be presented at
3rd International Print Triennial in Cieszyn
Theme: City Horizons
15.01.2025 – 07.02.2025 (Opening 15.01.2025 at 13.15 h)
University Gallery, 62 Ul. Bielska , Cieszyn, Poland
Solitude - 34Gallery.org
One of my works from the portfolio “Woman by the Sea” is part of the “34 Gallery” January event on the theme of “Solitude”. The “34 Gallery” is an international art initiative launched by the NGO SimukaAfrica.org in Norton, Zimbabwe, to promote mental health and overcome the related issues of mental disorders in Africa and globally. . “Solitude” will take place from January 3 to 31, 2025, mostly virtually, to reach as many different institions, experts and audiences as possible in different locations. www.34gallery.org &www.simukaafrica.org
Superpresent - Secrets and Mysteries
A Magazine of the Arts Volume 5, Number 1, -Winter 2025 issue is Secrets and Mysteries
ISSN 2767-5289 - Publisher Goupi Press, USA
Three of my photographic works “Mystery Light”, “A Time of Mystery and Secret” and “A Graves Mystery Light” are featured in the latest issue of the arts magazine Superpresent with the theme of “Secrets and Mysteries, Superpresent is a quarterly arts magazine. Superpresent is available online and in print copies for each issue. Superpresent publishes poetry, short stories, essays, visual artworks, experimental art, video art and sound art.
FILMROLLE
As a participant in the first FILMROLLE in 2022, my animation work PARALLEL UNIVERSES is shown again
Anonymous Drawings & Lines Fiction FILMROLLE 2024
November 16, 2024 – January 12, 2025
Kunstraum Kreuzberg | Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin, Germany
Anonymous Drawings – ANONYME ZEICHNER*INNEN – a project for original drawings, curated by Anke Becker and the FILMROLLE 2024 with 116 animations from all over the world by LINES FICTION – At the same time, there will also be a re-performance of the first FILMROLLE in 2022. FILMROLLE 2024 and 2022 are a project for drawings and artistic animations, curated by Bettina Munk
SMALL WORKS
“3347”, a small mixed media work on paper, is exhibited at
SMALL WORKS
At Fox Yard Studio
13/12/2024 – 03/01/2025 (opening Friday 13/12/2024, 6 pm)
6 Old Fox Yard, Stowmarket, IP14 1AB, UK
This exhibition included a diverse display including photo- raphy, painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media and digital works. It will invite viewers to reconsider how scale matters and shapes the way someone experiences art.
“3347”
From time to time I work with mixed media. These can be artist books, objects or paper collages. The small-format work entitled “3347” is one of the works that are created with painting, chalk pencils and paper collages on paper.