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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.
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Sarkin’s Art Available Now
19 April 2011 11:20 AM | 2 CommentsArt 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 CommentsShadows 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 CommentsSarkin 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 CommentsTerminARTors 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 CommentsDiscovery 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 CommentsOriginal 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 CommentsOne 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 CommentsABC 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 CommentThis 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 CommentsJon 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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Vanity Fair Archive
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Vanity Fair: Writers Reading
Posted on May 2, 2011 | No CommentsAmy 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… -
From the “You’re,” not “Your” Blog
Posted on January 24, 2011 | No Commentsfrom http://yourenotyour.blogspot.com/2011/01/jon-sarkin-make-art.html 1.12.2011 JON SARKIN: make the art Inspired by GMG… Jon Sarkin… is one of the most interesting people I have ever encountered. And it just so happens -
Vanity Fair: Guster enlists artist Jon Sarkin for Easy Wonderful Album Cover
Posted on September 14, 2010 | No CommentsGuster Enlists Artist Jon Sarkin for Easy Wonderful Album Cover by Dana Mathews… September 14, 2010, 11:30 AM It’s been four years since we last heard from Boston feel-good rockers Guster, -
An Oscar Story In The Making: The Life Story Tom Cruise Just Had To Have
Posted on March 10, 2000 | No CommentsAn Oscar Story In The Making: The Life Story Tom Cruise Just Had To Have Peter Sheridan, New York Post LOS ANGELES — When Jon Sarkin walks down that red…




