About Doodlesplatter
As the former editor of ToyCyte, I was writing about Jon Burgerman A LOT. A toy here, a T-shirt there, but certainly something every single week. I became very interested in the variety of “canvases” open to today’s artists, and I began to dig around. In an attempt to keep ToyCyte a balanced blog, I held back and ended up with a surplus of bookmarked bits. Eventually, I decided to start Doodlesplatter as a separate, dedicated Jon Burgerman blogography.
The Internet is permanent in many ways, yet ephemeral in others. Things sell out, pictures are removed, sites fade away, links get broken…There’s also a lot of art out there that’s not meant to last forever. Maybe it gets lost or worn out or removed or eaten up.
Doodlesplatter was born out of a desire to present a complete “artkive” of Jon’s work. With just a few clicks, you’ll see Jon illustrate that any surface can be a canvas. Whether you’re sick on a plane (airplane vomit bag) or stuck in the rain (umbrella collab with SIZE?), Jon’s doodles are there to cheer you. I find this very inspiring and happy-making. So I’m returning the favor: Jon Burgerman has a posse.
About Jon Burgerman
Jon Burgerman draws, paints, clicks and sleeps. The UK artist has built a strong reputation through his unique and colourful doodle-artworks of swooping, intertwining lines and hyper-emotional characters. Working across a variety of media that includes drawing, painting, print, animation, large scale murals and toy design, his art retains a hand-made, hand-drawn quality. A sense of self-deprecation, dry humour and modern-day anxiety imbues his work along with a humble enthusiasm for salads.
Burgerman has exhibited internationally since 2001 with his work in the permanent collections of The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Science Museum in London. He regularly gives lectures at British Universities and has presented his work at the prestigious Pictoplasma Character Design Conference (Berlin, 2006) where he also ran a ‘doodling’ workshop for the entire audience. He received a D&AD Silver award nomination for his work for Levis and has worked on many commercial projects for high profile organisations. He also designed a special sick bag for Virgin Atlantic flights.
Burgerman currently lives in Nottingham, in the East Midlands of the UK, which is famous for Robin Hood.
About Jeremy Brautman
As a lifelong neurotic, Jeremy finds terrific indescribable fulfillment in organizing (it’s own art form, really) the work of Jon Burgerman into tidy categories. When he isn’t making ARTkives, he’s writing about art toys, cataloging ephemeral art, hiking around the Bay Area and attempting to learn Japanese and tennis (but not at the same time).
About The Neon Hive
The Neon Hive is a creative agency. We have only one rule; to defy perception - in each capacity in which we trade. We are known for our considered and deliberate aesthetic. No inflated ego. No design for design’s sake. Our diversity in terms of clients, fascinations and the team defines our creative output. We like photography, surfing, neon all-in-ones and beer. We dream of living in La La Land. We think ”everything in moderation” (including moderation) - but this does not extend to our love of one of the UK’s super talented artists, Jon Burgerman… hell yeah!!!
Posse All-Stars
Thanks go out to Amir and Jeps for photos and scans and bunnies.
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