CURATED: JON BURGERMAN

Brooklyn-based British artist Jon Burgerman has been feverishly creating for over 20 years. His instantly recognisable art has been exhibited all over the world from DIY exhibition spaces to museums to even the White House.

Expressing creativity and having fun are key to Burgerman’s practice. It's his belief that simple creative acts can allow people to change not only their world but the world around them.



Burgerman creates work in a wide variety of media from paint, aerosols, digital, and moving image. Online his gifs have been viewed over 8.5 bn times and he has a dedicated following across social media. 

His work has been exhibited internationally at exhibitions and fairs including the Tate Modern, SG art fair, Art Taipei, WOAW gallery, and the CAC Museum. 

Burgerman has collaborated with brands including Apple, Samsung, Pepsi, Lotte, Snapchat, Instagram, and Nike. He has made vinyl collectible toys, picture books, apparel, fabric collections, inflatables, homeware, sportswear, underwear, and many other things, including NFTs. Burgerman has had six sell-out collections on Nifty Gateway since April 2020 and continues to be a rising star in the burgeoning scene.

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Physical painting using aerosol and oil bar on canvas, digitised and brought to life. What happens when the voices in your head become your head? Do you try and tune them out or acquiesce and try and enjoy the ride? Music by todayidance. The NFT contains additional files as collector rewards.
Jon Burgerman’s practice focuses on creative play as a means of communication. He works intuitively, with shape, colour and expression, as if trying to solve a puzzle with no obvious solution. Eventually everything falls into place and fits in ways that are not always completely obvious to the artist himself but that, over time, give him an understanding of himself, his thoughts and his feelings. To make himself laugh and distract himself from outside pressures, his creations are amusing – especially those produced in lockdown in 2020. For Burgerman, art is an escape, not only from the outside world but also from his inner anxieties. The bright colours offer an alternative space for his inner existence, while his strange and playful characters offer both company and an opportunity to reflect.

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Internal Dialogue (Music: todayidance)

Physical painting with aerosol and oil paint on canvas, digitized and brought to life. Joy and trepidation in equal measure at a social gathering you are not sure you want to be at. But at least, there are cupcakes! (Could that be a metaphor?!) Music by todayidance. The NFT includes additional files as a collector's premium.
Jon Burgerman’s practice focuses on creative play as a means of communication. He works intuitively, with shape, colour and expression, as if trying to solve a puzzle with no obvious solution. Eventually everything falls into place and fits in ways that are not always completely obvious to the artist himself but that, over time, give him an understanding of himself, his thoughts and his feelings. To make himself laugh and distract himself from outside pressures, his creations are amusing – especially those produced in lockdown in 2020.
For Burgerman, art is an escape, not only from the outside world but also from his inner anxieties. The bright colours offer an alternative space for his inner existence, while his strange and playful characters offer both company and an opportunity to reflect.

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