Jon Burgerman is an English artist living in New York, US. [1]
Jon Burgerman studied art foundation in Bournville, Birmingham, England. [2] He graduated in fine art from Nottingham Trent University [3] in 2001. [4]
In 2008, he appeared as a guest on the BBC TV show: Blue Peter [5] and in 2008 he was part of the original The Underbelly Project, which saw artists exhibit in an incomplete 100-year-old subway station deep underneath the streets of New York City. [6]
The year 2008 also saw the publication by IDN of a 300-page monograph of Burgerman's work, Pens Are My Friends, [7] whilst Kidrobot released the 14 piece mini figure vinyl toy collection "The Heroes of Burgertown". [8]
Examples of Jon Burgerman's work are in the public collections of London's Victoria and Albert Museum and Science Museum. [3]
Penguin Random House published Burgerman's first picture book SPLAT! in 2017. [9] Chronicle Books published It's Great to Create in 2017 [10] and Oxford University Press published Rhyme Crime in the UK. [11] Laurence King Publishing published two of his books, Daily Doodle [12] and his coloring book Burgerworld. [13]
The New York Times featured Burgerman in the Fashion & Style section of August 1, 2017 [14] highlighting his Instagram stories and book It's Great to Create. In September 2017, filmmaker Bas Berkhout documented Burgerman's studio and family history in a short film called The Story of Jon Burgerman. [15]
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