1971 born in Connecticut, United States

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

1996 BFA Degree with Honors, School of Visual Arts, New York
1992 Art Students League, New York

Grants

2011 Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, (NRW / Germany)
2010 Fountainhead Residency, Miami
2009 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York

Solo Exhibitions

2012 "Post-Hyper", Galeria Pilar, São Paulo
2010 “Burn Out”, Kjubh Kunstverein, Cologne
2010 “Whip Lash”, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York
2009 “SOOTO hungry”, Galerie Lena Brüning, Berlin
2007 “THE ITCH”, Galerie Lena Brüning, Berlin
2006 “SUBLIMATOR”, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
2005 “UFO-UMIS”, Galerie Lena Bruening, Berlin

Group Exhibitions

2013 "The Pleasure House Is About To Burn Down", Jaap Sleper, Utrecht
2013 "Piccola Germania", Cinque Garzoni, Venice
2013 "My Fear Is Your Desire", Schau Fenster, Berlin
2012 "Uncanny Home", Corridor, Reykjavik
2012 “Miniature by Serendipity”, Bar Babette, Berlin
2011 “a painting show”, Autocenter, Berlin
2011 “Shifting The Everyday”, Galerie Levy, Berlin
2011 “Fuzzy Dark Spot”, Raum Für Zweckfreiheit, Berlin
2010 “Unter Oberflächen”, Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig
2010 “Lost In Summer”, White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg
2010 “Amsterdam-Berlin”, De Service Garage, Amsterdam
2010 “The Ear Of Giacometti”, Galerie Levy, Hamburg (catalog)
2010 “Grand Hotel Panhans”, Hamburg
2010 “Satellites”, Freies Museum, Berlin
2009 “Octet”, Pera Museum, Istanbul (catalog)
2009 “Cinque Garzoni”, Venice
2009 “Über Zeichnung”, Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin
2008 “Kunst und Wirtschaft”, Genius Hellerau, Dresden (catalog)
2007 “Aktive Konstellationen”, The Brno House of Art, Brno
2007 “Tombola“, Kjubh Kunstverein, Cologne
2007 “Works on Paper“, Galerie Lena Brüning, Berlin
2007 “Niveaualarm“, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck (catalog)
2006 “All American”, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, Berlin
2006 “Minimal Illusion”, Villa Merkel, Esslingen
2006 “Abstract art now', Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (catalog)
2005 “Schon vergeben”, Art Cologne
2005 “Imaginäre Realitäten”, Art Agents, Hamburg
2005 “Passion des Sammelns”, Halle 14, Leipzig
2005 “Pathetischer Betrug”, Art Frankfurt (catalog)
2004 “Ein tag, ein raum, ein bild”, Sebastian Fath Contemporary, Mannheim
2004 “So genau wollt ichs gar nicht wissen”, Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin

Bibliography

2011 Samuel Jablon, "John von Bergen", BOMBLOG, Apr 11
2011 Arsalan Mohammad, "Berlin Gallery Weekend", Artinfo, May 3
2011 Jessyca Hutchens, "John von Bergen", Berlin Art Link, Apr
2010 Marina Cashdan, "Smack Mellon", Modern Painters, May
2010 John Haber, "A tree blows in Brooklyn", Haberarts
2010 Kees Keijer, "Amsterdam-Berlin", Het Parool, Apr 24, p. 31
2009 Simone Reber, "Drachenflug", Tagesspiegel, Nov 14
2009 Andrea Rook, "Konsumenten aller Länder, vereinigt euch!",
DNN, Mar 21st/22nd, p. 11
2008 Kimberly Bradley, “The Battle for Berlin", Manhattan Magazine, Nov/Dec, p.90
2007 Thea Herold, “Die Wand wirft Falten”, Tagespiegel, Oct 6, p.30
2006 Swantje Karich, “Art Cologne”, FAZ, Nov 4, p.51
2006 Helga Meister, “SUBLIMATOR”, Westdeutsche Zeitung, Sep 20
2006 Katja Winckler, “New Home For Art”, Deutschland Magazine, Apr/May, p.32
2004 Christina Wendenburg, “So genau wollt ichs gar nicht wissen”, TIP Berlin, Apr 8, p.68

Links

www.bombsite.com/issues/1000/articles/5002
www.berlinartlink.com/2011/04/14/john-von-bergen/
www.galeriapilar.com/programacao/pt/artista/21
www.jvonb.com