Albert Gehret
01 / Position
Albert Gehret creates photo-based works from his own unstaged photographs, exploring perception, plausibility and the realities constructed by images.
02 / Wahrgenommenes
The eye connects faster than the mind can object.
Starting point
The photograph is a starting point, not an end point. The material comes from my own unstaged observations.
Shift
Repetition, compression and shifts in perspective create images that initially appear plausible and only gradually begin to resist.
Effect
The dissonance remains subtle. It opens a moment in which perception is not merely observed, but experienced as a process in its own right.
03 / Biographical outline
Biography
1973
born in Maisières, Belgium
1994—1996
Training in graphic design and work in b/w photo lab
since 2001
freelance visual and artistic practice
since 2001
teaching, currently at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences
since 2024
member of BBK Bonn Rhein-Sieg
04 / Selection
Exhibitions
2026
Schön Schräg (Wonderfully Off)
Galerie Smend, Mainzer Str. 31, 50678 Köln
2026
Salon d’Automne – Amplitude (en)
Salon d'Automne, Place de la concorde 75008 Paris
2026
Menschen. Bilder. Spuren. (People. Pictures. Traces.)
Kunstverein Bad Godesberg, Burgstraße 85, 53177 Bonn Bad Godesberg
2026
die Farbe das Dunkel (the Colour the Dark)
Alte Druckerei Sinzig, Mühlenbachstr. 40, 53489 Sinzig
2026
Drei Raum Dimensionen (Three Room Dimensions)
Rosenhöfe-Ehrenfeld, Venloer Str. 193, 50823 Köln-Ehrenfeld
2025
Galerie du Génie de la Bastille (Gallery Génie de la Bastille)
Galerie du Génie, 126, rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris
2025
Retrospektive Kunstraum Bad Honnef (Restrospective)
Kunstraum Bad Honnef, Rathausplatz 3, Bad Honnef
2013
Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Markt 46, 53721 Siegburg
2004
Photo District Gallery. New York (en)
Chelsea District Baboo Gallery, 37 W 20th St, New York, NY 10011
05 / Contact