Jon Burgerman
Bio
Jon Burgerman is a UK born, NYC based artist instigating improvisation and play through drawing and spectacle. He is a purveyor of doodles and is often credited and referenced as the leading figure in the popular 'Doodle' art style.
His work is placed between fine art, urban art and pop-culture, using humour to reference and question his contemporary milieu. His is a pervasive and instantly recognisable aesthetic that exists across a multitude of forms including canvases, large scale murals (indoor and outside), sculpture, toys, apparel, design, print and people (as tattoos and temporary drawings).
Jon's work has been featured in many newspapers, magazines, books and blogs around the world. Some of these include:
Al Jezerra America, BBC, The New York Times, The Guardian newspaper, Coolhunting, BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, The Daily Mail, New York Daily, Flavourwire, Gothamist, Metro UK, News.com.au, PSFK, The Telegraph Australia, Trendhunter, Yahoo.com, Dazed and Confused, Be Street magazine, The Financial Times, Wooster Collective, Vandalog, Reedit, Bored Panda, Art-Magazin, Juxtapoz, AI-AP, Eye, Creative Review, Design Week, Edge, The Star Malaysia, JoongAng Daily newspaper (Korea), Slam Hype, Format magazine.
Session
How I'm trying to ruin my career / life and re-invigorate my career / life all at the same time, whilst not trying to worry (too much) about the consequences.
This talk will be a whistle stop tour of Jon's influences, infatuations, experimentations and revelations.
Jon will entertain and embarrass, divulge and dissect, reflect and revolt over the last ten years of his successful career and explain why he's doing all he can to make sure the next ten years will be different.
It's a talk about work and life. You only have one life and you'll probably end up working for most of it, which is kind of tragic.
