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Johannes Gérard
Dual Nationality German & Dutch
Email: [email protected]
www.johannesgerard.com
& www.johannesgerard-soulangh.blogspot.com
Phone.: +49-30-53217959 Mobile.: +49-151-53524314
Wilhelminenhofstrasse 83-85 Building 83, 12459 Berlin, Germany
Curriculum Vitae
Born 1959 in Cologne, Germany. After finishing art school in 1981, worked until 2008 as a painter and sculptor. Since 2008 works mainly in the disciplines of
artistic photography, photo & video installation, indoor & outdoor installations and printmaking. As well worked as an art teacher between 1981 and 2010 in
Dublin, Taipei and The Hague . Since 2010 gives workshops , lectures and artist talks during art projects and art festivals. Since 1977 lived and worked in
Ireland, Spain, Argentina, Australia, Taiwan The Netherlands, India and China. In 2014 return to Taiwan for several months. Followed by two long work
Currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Education : 1975 – 1977 School of Print and Design, Cologne, Germany, Diploma in Print Making and Graphic Design. 1977- 1981 Dun Laoghaire School
of Art and Design (today IADT), Dublin, Ireland, MFA in Sculpture and Printmaking
Holding Artist Talks / Lectures / Workshops 2014 – 2010
2014 Solangh Culture Park, Jia-Li District, Tainan City, Taiwan - 2013 Sarajevo Winter Festival , Sarajevo, BH 2012 Chinese Art Academy, Hangzhou,
PRC China // Art/Terre, Comines, Belgien // IMMAF, France Institute & New Zero Art Space, Yangon, Myanmar // 2011 Stoff 2011, Kunsthuset, Stockholm,
Sweden // D. C Patel School of Architecture & Interior Design , Vidyanagar, Indien // S.T.I.V. College, Dep. Of Architecture, Vasna, Indien // Chhaap ,
Vadodara , Indien // Galerie Zimmer 16, Berlin, Germany // 2010 Takt, Kunstprojektraum, Berlin, Germany
Experience / Teaching (Children 4 – 13 years) Short term workshops not included
1981-1982 Sallynogging Elemtary School, Dublin, Ireland, - 1991-1995 Taipei Community Centre, Taipei, Taiwan - 1999-2007 Neverland, Stichting Triodus,
The Hague, The Netherlands - 2008-2010 Jenaplan School, The Hague, The Netherlands
Selection one man shows 2014-2006
2014 Silent Crossing Boundaries, Soulangh culture Park, Tainan, Taiwan 2013 Fliessende Welten, Mittelpunkt Berlin-Köpenick Bibliotek // Mumbai Taxi,
Galerie 1892, Berlin, Germany // 2011 taktberlin, Berlin, Germany / Galerie Zimmer 16, Berlin, Germany / Chhaap (in conjunction with Ice on the Rock),
Vadodara, India - // 2010 Galerie Lotard, Eindhoven, Netherland - // 2008 Galerie Il Forno, Udenhout, Netherlands- // 2007 A vijver in Taipei, Museum Jan
Heesterhuis, Schijndel, Netherlands - // 2006 Galerie Lotard, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Selection groupshows 2014-2010
2014 Gegen alten Geist und neue Kriege, Rosa Luxemburg Konferenz , Urania, Berlin / Sixt Int. Biennale for the Artist’s Book, Library Aexandrina,
Alexandria, Egypt, / Mensch und Arbeit, Museum im Wehrturm, Cologne, Germany, / Paper Biennal, Kochi, Japan, / 2nd Int. Print Triennal, Ulsus, Belgrado,
Serbia / Venezia Mon Amore , Galerie 1892, Berlin, Germany / Kraft, Galerie QQtt, Hilden, Germany / Film Festival Berlin-Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany./
2014 Guangzhou Int. Exlibris & Mini Print Biennal, Guangzhou, China / Christian Morgenstern Gedenkausstellung, Galerie im Bismarckturm, Werder,
Germany / Kunst am Spreeknie, Berlin, Germany
2013 Sarajevo Winter Festival 2013 Touch of Art, Sarajevo, Herzegovina-Bosnia / Land Art Project. Maastricht, Netherland / 5 th Docu-mentary Festival,
Lodz, Poland / und was machen wir morgen, Galerie am Kocher, Kunstverein Hohenlohe, Künzelsau, Germanyv / 4th Sheffields International Art Book
Prize, Banks Art Center, Shefflied, UK / Portas Abiertas, Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal / Medienfestival plattform:[no budget] 2013, Tübingen,
Germany / Memory: Mail Art Exhibition Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada / Urban Views (Fotogruppe Galerie 1892), Stadhuis Kaprijke, Belgium /
Mensch und Natur, Licher Fotopreis, Lich, Germany / Salon Video, Matters of Method, Iasi, Romania / Die Büchse der Pandora 100 Jahre Franz Kafka Das
Urteil , Oberwelt, Stuttgart, Germany / Object Abuse, Spinach, London, UK / Kunst für Bildung, Auction, Berlin, Germany /
2012 art/terre, Comines, Belgium / Grosstadtblicke, Galerie 1892, Berlin, Germany / Weissenseer Blumenfest, Art Festival, Berlin, Germany / Vom Kiez
nach Übersee, Galerie 1892,Berlin, Germany / Contemporary Art Sucks, Galerie Designcenter de Winkelhaak, Antwerp, Belgium / Freedom ? Privacy, art
labtory & gallery Decamanus, Krk, Croatia / Art Festival 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin, Germany // IMMAF, France Institute & New ZeroArt Space, Yangon,
Myanmar / InShadow Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2011 Miniature Graphics, Bibliotecta Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt / Troyart, Museu Brasiliero da Escultura , Sao Paulo, Brazil / Stoff 2012, Kunsthuset,
Stockholm, Sweden / Miniature Graphics, Bibliotecta Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt / Troyart, Museu Brasiliero da Escultura , Sao Paulo, Brazil / Stoff
Fringe Festival, Stockholm, Sweden / 3rd Intern. SheffliedArtist Book Prize, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield , UK / 1st Print Triennale, Ulusu, Belgrade, Serbia /
Grafiek Biennale, St. Niklaas, Belgium / 14.Triennale of small Graphic Forms, Municipal Gallery, Lodz, Poland / Leistungschau, Kunsthalle am Hamburger
Platz, Berlin, Germany / Wunderkammer, Galerie Lage3zu20, Berlin, Germany / p-ART-y, Börse, Dresden, Germany /
2010 Kunstroute Zijpe 2010, North-Holland, Netherlands / Den Armen eine Stimme geben. St. Leopolds Friedenpreis, Kloster Neuburg, Austria / 2nd.
International Print Exhibition, Penang State Museum & Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia / Huilen in Den Haag, Gemeentearchief, Den Haag / 1 Bazonnale
Thema Lust, Viehhofhallen, Weimar, Germany / View from the Window, Municipal Gallery, Weilheim, Germany / El Paisaje contemporáneo en el Museo de
La Rioja, Museo Torreón de Haro, Álava, Spain / Um Libro sobre la Morte, Museu Brasiliero da Escultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil / kadeKUNST op locatie, Fries
Grafisch Museum, Joure, Netherlands
Residencies : 2014 Soulangh Cultural Park, Tainan, Taiwan // 2013, Land Art Project Maastricht, Maastricht, TheNetherlands 2012 IMMAF, Yangon,
Myanmar, // Sunhoo Creative’s in Residency , Hangzhou, PRC China // Art-Terre, Land Art Event , Comines, Belgium 2011 Artist in Residence, Chhaap,
Vadodara, India // 2010 Artist in Residence, taktberlin , Berlin, Germany // 1994 Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
Awards/Grants : Between 1985 until today received various awards and grants . For example Premio UGT, Madrid , Spain (1985), Taipei Fine Arts Show ,
Taiwan(1994) , Award Exile, Essen, Germany (1998), Graphic Award by Taipei County Government, Taiwan (2010) and Kunstpark(t) Art Award , Berlin,
Germany (2011). Between 1999 until today I received various grants by Stroom, The Hague, The Netherlands and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
kingdom of Netherland
Important projects 2014-2010
Silent Crossing Boundaries 25.08.2014 – 31.10.2014 I A cross culture collaboration project Soulangh Culture Park (Culture Bureau, Tainan City
Government), Tainan, Taiwan
Land Art Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherland. 09.05-21.05.2013 I Project not only focused on making objects, but also in working together with other artist
and active interchange with the public. I made one object on my own object Unknown Symbols II and one object together with the Dutch artist Hans Vernooij
Oeuvre 9022 The X-Factor
Sarajevo Winterfestival XXIX, BH, A Touch of Art , 07.02-21.03.2013 I Project included the photo installation I am a man you don´t want to meet.
Presented in a one man show, including artist talks.
IMMAF, Yangon, Myanmar 20.11.2012 – 26.12.2012 This event was organized by New Zero Art Space and the French Institute in Myanmar. It was at the
same a time a festival focusing on new media, performance and video, a symposium and exhibition. I presented two photo installations from my portfolio
Shadow Woman and for the first time two video installations. I gave several artist talks during the event.
Creatives in Residence, Sunhoo Industrial Design Park, Hangzhou, China 01.09.2012 – 30.09.2012 A residency including Symposium, artist talks,
presentations and exhibition. Beside creating working the residence also strong emphasize on a interchange between the residence artists and the local
artists , art students and public. I gave several art talks and lectures during the residence and at the Hangzhou Art Academy. I create several in and outdoor
big scale installations and a photoseries with the title Silent talking chairs
art – terre, Comines, Belgium 28.05.2012 – 03.06.2012 Land art event and project. I create the brick installation Oeuvre 9013, Triangle- State of Affairs.
During the creation the location was open to the public. I gave lectures first to schools classes and later to the public.It focused very much on a interchange
with schools and public, then rather between the involved artists themselfs
Stoff Fringe Festival, Kunsthuset, Stockholm , Sweden, 22.08.2011 – 28.08.2011 I This is more a yearly event focusing on the theatre and performance
but also to smaller extent on video and photography work. I presented work from my Portfolio no.6 Shadow Woman. I gave two workshops and one lecture
during the festival.
Residency at Chhaap Print Workshop, Vadodara, India 03.01.2011 – 05.02.2011 During my stay I gave print workshops and lectures about my work and
artist career at two colleges at D. C Patel School of Architecture & Interior Design , Vidyanagar (Gurajat) and the S.T.I.V. College, Dep. Of Architecture,