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“Showcasing the work of an outsider artist”

Posted on February 6, 2012 | No Comments
Maybe you’ve heard of Jon Sarkin. A former chiropractor, he had a brain hemorrhage back in the late 1980s, followed by a stroke that nearly killed him, and he came…
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BBC Radio Interview (audio)

Posted on August 29, 2011 | No Comments
Today on the programme we meet the chiropractor from the US who suffered a stroke and woke up a completely different character. He’s now a successful artist. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00jfts2#synopsis …
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Book Review: Amy Ellis Nutt’s Shadows Bright as Glass

Posted on August 3, 2011 | No Comments
Where does your memory live? Your personality? Your career? Your soul? These are questions usually relegated to late-night conversations in dorm rooms or talk radio, or else for academics well…
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Amy Ellis Nutt: “We Must Tell Stories”

Posted on August 3, 2011 | No Comments
The first time Amy Ellis Nutt came across John Sarkin’s art, it was hanging on the wall of a neurologist’s office. Amy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for Newark’s Star-Ledger…,
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Guardian.co.uk ‘The man who couldn’t stop drawing’

Posted on August 3, 2011 | No Comments
The Man who Couldn’t Stop Drawing Jon Sarkin was working as a chiropractor when a stroke changed him. Suddenly, he was self-absorbed, rude and fighting a compulsive desire to create…
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The Curious Case of an Accidental Artist

Posted on August 3, 2011 | No Comments
The curious case of an accidental artist… by Robbie Collin A rare side effect of a stroke is that it can lead to significant personality changes. Here, we meet a
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Sarkin in the New York Times

Posted on June 3, 2011 | No Comments
On a fall afternoon in 1988, Jon Sarkin, a 35-year-old Massachusetts chiropractor…, was happily playing the eighth hole on a local golf course when he felt something “twist” in
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Culture Lab: From Stroke Survivor to Compulsive Artist

Posted on May 3, 2011 | 1 Comment
JON SARKIN was a successful chiropractor and dedicated husband before a tiny blood vessel shifted in his brain. The vessel swelled, pressing on his acoustic nerve, causing extreme tinnitus and…
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Vanity Fair: Writers Reading

Posted on May 2, 2011 | No Comments
Amy Ellis Nutt Reads from “Shadows Bright as Glass” by: Lenora Jane Estes After a slight and inexplicable shift in his brain during a golf game in 1988, chiropractor Jon…
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Fresh Air from WHYY

Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Comments
Jon Sarkin: When Brain Injuries Transform Into Art Jon Sarkin was working as a chiropractor when he suffered a massive stroke. Afterwards, the 35-year-old became a volatile visual artist with…
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Jon Sarkin is a prolific, even compulsive, artist who creates elaborate drawings and paintings cluttered with words and images. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, ABC Primetime, This American Life, GQ, ArtNews, and galleries in New York, Los Angeles, and around the world. His lives and works in Gloucester Massachusetts.
Featured Stories
- Sarkin’s Art Available Now
  19 April 2011 11:20 AM | 2 Comments
  Art Dealer Ruth Ann Traylor, has setup a website dedicated to Sarkin’s work. Here you can view pieces available for purchase, and view facts and articles related to Sarkin. Check…
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- Sarkin’s Biography now available on Amazon
  18 April 2011 9:36 AM | No Comments
  Shadows Bright as Glass: The Remarkable Story of One Man’s Journey from Brain Trauma to Artistic Triumph [Hardcover] http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Bright-Glass-Remarkable-Artistic/dp/1439143102 …
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- Sarkin Paints Live at the MET with Guster (video)
  10 March 2011 8:14 AM | No Comments
  Sarkin painted a piece live onstage at the MET while Guster plays “Jesus On the Radio” from Guster’s new album featuring cover art by Sarkin–Easy Wonderful. …
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- TerminARTors
  19 January 2011 12:17 AM | No Comments
  TerminARTors features Sarkin as an artist on their website. Check out his biography and showcase, and art available for purchase. Check it out here …
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- Tormented By Genius – full video
  11 January 2011 8:01 AM | 4 Comments
  Discovery Science Channel Documentary Special about Jon Sarkin. Produced for Science Channel by Screaming Flea Productions, Inc. Aired 12/15/2010. …
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- My Strange Brain
  22 November 2009 12:07 AM | No Comments
  Original Link: My Strange Brain from Jon Sarkin on Vimeo. …
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- Accidental Artist 4 of 4: Sketchbook
  27 October 2009 2:35 PM | No Comments
  One of thousands of sketchbooks compulsively drawn by Sarkin. Feature video as a part of a feature article as written by Amy Nutt for the NJ Star Ledger. Videography by Andre Malok.
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- ABC Medical Mysteries
  20 October 2009 2:35 PM | No Comments
  ABC Primetime feature about Sarkin's extraordinary singlular ability to create art.
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- Pulitzer Finalist: The Accidental Artist
  10 April 2009 12:46 PM | 1 Comment
  This article on Jon Sarkin was a Pulitzer finalist. The link below will take you to a flash-interactive website. http://www.nj.com/starledger/sarkin/ The New Jersey Star-Ledger has published “The Accidental Artist…,”
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- The Artist Formerly Known As Dr. Sarkin
  04 April 2008 12:58 PM | No Comments
  Jon was featured as the third act (“The Artist Formerly Known As Dr. Sarkin”) in the August 11th edition of This American Life, entitled “Nobody’s Family Is Gonna Change.” Listen:…
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