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by Jon Burgerman (Illustrator)
Everyone's body is different in some way-and that's OK! Whether your body is big, small, short or tall - Jon Burgerman shows us that it is something to celebrate and be proud of.
PRAISE FOR JON BURGERMAN TITLES:SPLAT!
"Burgerman's first children's book is a mess in a good way. . . . Set against bright, crayon-colored backdrops, Burgerman's cartoons, outlined in thick black lines, are as in-your-face as it gets . . . Good, not so clean fun that will delight." ―Publisher's Weekly How to Eat Pizza
"Totally daft but enormous fun: Burgerman, with his off the wall sense of humour, has dished up another winner to tickle your taste buds." ―Red Reading Hub
Author Biography
Jon Burgerman is an award winning purveyor of doodles.
His work has an instantly recognizable aesthetic that exists across a multitude of forms including canvases, large scale murals, sculpture, toys, apparel, design, print and people (as tattoos and temporary drawings).
His artworks are collected worldwide by several institutions including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Commercial collaborations include work with Disney, Sesame Street, Nike, Puma, Samsung, Pepsi, Coke, Levis, AOL, MTV and Rip Curl. Burgerman lectures about his practice at universities, festivals and events all over the world.
He encourages mistakes, 'quiet interventions', experiments and unexpected occurrences within his practice to allow for improvisation and new ways of making.
It's Burgerman's belief that through playful, creative acts, Art can act as an agent to change the world, by being the catalysis to allow people to change their worlds.
Jon currently lives in New York city.
