1925 Königsberg
- lebt und arbeitet in Jühnsdorf

Johannes Geccelli was born in Königsberg in 1925. From 1947 to 1951 Geccelli studied at the Academy of Arts in Dusseldorf. The artist was a guest lecturer at the university of fine arts in Hamburg since 1964. Johannes Geccelli became a guest professor at the Hunter College in New York City in 1980. Nowadays, the artist lives in Jansdorf, Brandenburg.