John Burgerman

I noticed John Burgerman's work when I was looking through the cards in the Whitworth Art Gallery gift shop. There was a birthday card that had the outline of a picture on the front of it. With the card there was crayons so you could colour in the front of the card. I thought this was a really creative idea so I researched more into the artist.

Burgerman makes vibrant, eye catching doodles of shapes and monster-like characters, all crammed on top of one another until they create a screaming mass of energy. His artworks are very unique and colourful. Using a variety of media such as drawing, painting, print, animation, large scale murals and toy designs, his art still retains a hand-made hand-drawn quality.

He encourages adults to give in to their inner child and colour in the doodles, recently adding colour in wallpaper to his list of products.

Live painting on walls and on people. The public are invited to help paint in the Jon Burgerman doodles on the walls and to also paint each other. Interactive art pieces that encourage the viewer to take part.