Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Expanded Fields, School of Art, CVPA
Contact Information
Phone: 703-993-8898
Campus: Fairfax
Building: Art and Design Building, Room 2005
Mail Stop: 1C3
Personal Websites
Biography
John von Bergen was born in Connecticut. He earned his BFA Degree with Honors from School of Visual Arts in New York City. After relocating to Berlin, Germany in 2003 his work has been exhibited in various international museums, galleries and institutions, including Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Galerie Schmela in Düsseldorf, Pera Museum in Istanbul, and Smack Mellon in New York. Between 2017 - 2022 von Bergen had served as Director of Studio Arts for Bard College Berlin where he was also teaching studio arts courses, mainly with a focus on sculpture and Virtual Reality.
In 2022 von Bergen expanded his studio practice back to The United States. He has just recently finalized the art commission Wandlung (English: Transformation), a 50' high interior relief made of concrete, and produced for an expansion of The German Bundestag in Berlin.
Von Bergen's grants and awards include The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Kunstfonds NEUstart, and an inaugural OSUN Faculty Research Grant from Bard College's Center for Human Rights and The Arts.
Degree:
- BFA (Honors), School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY