John von Bergen

[1] In both John von Bergen's drawings and sculptural work is a recognizable interest in exploring, where the utilization of unusual materials blend in flowing transition from the apparent towards the invention of idiosyncratic worlds.

As writer Jonathan Lethem has noted about von Bergen's sculptural work: "... they seem to create a problem of interpreting process.

You can’t say: ‘Well, this depicts this interruption or this conflict.’ In fact, it’s always a little stranger than that… or a lot stranger than that.” [3] Von Bergen's work has been shown at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, the Pera Museum in Istanbul, Smack Mellon in Brooklyn, New York, Kjubh Kunstverein in Cologne, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen, Halle 14 in Leipzig, Autocenter in Berlin, and the former Galerie Schmela in Düsseldorf.

[1] In January 2014, von Bergen presented the exhibition "Prey Voidant" at the Alexander Levy Gallery in Berlin.

[5] He is currently involved in implementing a permanent installation commissioned by Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung for a new extension of The Bundestag in Berlin.