Jon Burgerman is an English-born artist from the UK currently living in Williamsburg, New
York.
Life and work Burgerman studied art foundation in Bournville,
Birmingham, England.
He graduated in Fine Art from Nottingham Trent University in 2001.
Jon Burgerman has risen to be one of the prominent artists in the recent boom of practitioners
who traverse the disciplines of contemporary art, design, illustration and entrepreneurism.
Burgerman exhibits internationally.
He gives lectures, public performances and occasionally pop concerts with his band Anxieteam.
In 2008 he appeared as a guest on the popular BBC TV show Blue Peter and in 2009 was part
of the original The Underbelly Project, which saw selected artists exhibit in a secret incomplete
100-year-old subway station deep underneath the streets of New York City.
The year 2008 also saw the publication by IdN of a 300-page monograph of Jon's work,
Pens Are My Friends, that came with an accompanying DVD of films, animations and talks, whilst
Kidrobot released the 14 piece mini figure vinyl toy collection The Heroes of Burgertown.
In 2013 Jon co-produced and provided the artwork for documentary film The Great Hip Hop Hoax,
which premiered at SXSW film festival, Austin, Texas.
He has received a Cannes Lions Advertising award, two D&AD Silver award nominations and
has collaborated with brands that include: Pepsi, CocaCola, Nike, Sony, Sky, Kidrobot,
Puma, Nintendo, MTV, Levis, 55DSL, Miss Sixty, Little Big Planet, AOL, Size?
and Rip Curl.
He also designed a special sick bag for Virgin Atlantic flights.
Examples of Burgerman's work are in the public collections of London's Victoria and Albert
Museum and Science Museum.
Notable exhibitions Opronica Festival, animation screening, British
Film Institute, London, 2007 'I AM 8-Bit', group show at Gallery 1988 in
LA, USA, 2007 The Helping Hounds of Hell‘, skateboard
group show at Neurotitan, Berlin, 2008 'Duhprishus', solo show, ROJO®artspace Milano,
Italy, 2008 Solo exhibition at Litou Space, Chaoyang District,
Beijing, 2008 'Anserine Apparitions', solo show at Heliumcowboy
gallery, Hamburg, 2008 'Anxiety Room', joint show with Jim Avignon
at Factory Fresh, Brooklyn, New York, 2009 'Lossy Data Lab' installation and performance
at SCOPE New York art fair 2009, Lincoln Center, New York, 2009
'Urban Art Superstars', group show, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regine, Naples,
2009 'House of Cards', group auction for Shelter,
Haunch of Venison, London, 2009 'Economies of Scale', solo show, Deshan Art
Space, Beijing, China, 2009 'Back to Black', group show, Madre Museum,
Naples, Italy, 2010 'Brain Drain' Solo show at The Gallery, Winchester
Discovery Centre, UK, 2010 'Brain Drained', Solo exhibition at Milk Gallery,
Istanbul, Turkey, 2010 'Wild Fantasies', group show at Stolenspace
Gallery, London, 2010 Victoria & Albert Museum London Street Art
in Print exhibition, group show, touring across the UK from Autumn 2010 until 2012
Papering Over The Cracks, Castle Museum, Nottingham, 2011
'Tired of Being Wired', AF Gallery, Cologne, 2011
OFFF Festival, live performance and workshop, CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona
2011 Phatasmagoria, group show at Forman's Smokehouse
Gallery, London, UK, 2012 'Fast Food', solo show, Galerie Issue, Paris,
France, 2012 Joint exhibition with Jim Avignon, Jörg Heitsch
Galerie, Munich 2012 Stuck-Up, group show featuring sticker art,
323East Gallery, Detroit 2012 Secret Walls, live painting and performance
at SXSW Festival, Austin Texas, 2012 'Salad Makes Winners', solo exhibition and
performance, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto 2012
'The Hungry Games', Solo show and live performance, Pawn Works Gallery, Chicago, July 2012
On!, group show CAC Museum, Cincinnati, March 2013
'Hot girls and Hotdogs', solo show and live performance, 17 Frost, Brooklyn, New York,
June 2013 'It's Great To Create' exhibition tour, Art
Gorillaz Bangkok, Vinyl on Vinyl Manila, Summer 2013
References
External links Jon Burgerman's website
The Jon Burgerman online store Jon Burgerman's Tumblr Girls project
Jon Burgerman on Twitter Jon Burgerman on Facebook
Jon Burgerman on YouTube Jon Burgerman on Instagram
Jon Burgerman's Tumblr account Biro-web by Jon Burgerman
Jon Burgerman's band 'Anxieteam' website Doodlesplatter: A fan made Jon Burgerman Blogography
Agent Début Art Jon Burgerman page Digital Arts online interview