BIO/ARTIST STATEMENT



Jonathan M. Larkin
b. 1983
Attleboro, Massachusetts 





Engaging museums and archives, I combine contemporary methods of reproduction with historical techniques to transform old forms into new narratives. Reproduction, for me, does not diminish an object’s significance; rather, it is a meaningful cultural practice that deepens our ability to make sense of history and to understand the contemporary world as it is reshaped by technology and an abundance of information.  
 
I currently live and work in Worcester, Massachusetts.



JL@thejazzrobotstudios.org
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Education
Clark University, painting and sculpture MFA(candidate)

Art Students League of New York, painting and printmaking

School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, painting and sculpture

University of Arizona, horticulture

Arizona State University, anthropology B.A. 




Exhibitions/Performances/
Publications/
Presentations
2025


Gypsoteque #1: Through a Looking Glass
The Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, MA

The Jazz Robot
The Hotel Vernon
Worcester, MA

Photogrammetry
Clark University
Worcester, MA

Image Transfering
Shrewsbury Public Library
Shrewsbury, MA


2024

Unseen Works
Jean McDonough Arts Center Worcester, MA

Music for 32 Pianos
Jean McDonough Arts Center Worcester, MA

Medieval Khorasanian Bronze

Clark University
Worcester, MA

Painting Outside, Metal Casting
The Shrewsbury Library
Shrewsbury,  MA


2023

The Jazz Robot Duo
 
Electric Haze
Worcester, MA

Forward Motion
TJR
Worcester, MA

12 Poems About Birds, Bronze, and Other Things
TJR 
Worcester, MA


2022

The Jazz Robot: Blast Off!
Candy Records
Phoenix, AZ

The Jazz Robot: Improvisations for 5 Musicians and A Computer 
The Trunk Space 
Phoenix, AZ

Nice Cosmic Voyage 
The Lost Leaf
Phoenix, AZ

Duos
The Sprinkler Factory
Worcester, MA


2021

Trios

Sprinkler Factory
Worcester, MA

Forward Motion
TJR 
Worcester, MA

The Jazz Robot: Improvisations for 5 Musicians and A Computer
The Trunk Space 
Phoenix, AZ

Nice Cosmic Voyage
The Lost Leaf
Phoenix, AZ


2020


Music for People in Different Places
TJR Studio
Worcester, MA


2019

Plants and Prints
Larkin Plants
Laconia, NH

Aquaponics

Larkin Plants
Laconia, NH


2018

Le Jazz Robot
TJR Studios

The Jazz Robot: Live!
PFDS
Pittsburgh, PA


2017

Enflourage
The International Lilac Society
Boston, MA


2016

Solo Saxophone
Nubian United Benevolent International Association 
Boston, MA


2015

Paradise Garden
ISBCC
Boston, MA


2014

Suakin
TJR
Boston, MA


2013

Various Performances
city band
Atbarra, Sudan

What Is Jazz Music?
Larkin Institute
Atbarra, Sudan


2012

Sudanese National Anthem
Nile Valley University 
Atbarra, Sudan


2011

Hejhouj on the Beach
Winthrop Beach
Winthrop, MA



2010

Student Show
 
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts 
Boston, MA

Norwouz Celebration
Boston University College of Fine Arts
Boston, MA


2009

The Jazz Robot 
The Lily Pad
Cambridge, MA

The Human Mirror Project

Blue Mondays
Brooklyn, NY



2008

Phoenix New Times Best of Jazz
Phoenix, AZ

The Jazz Robot
residency at The Lost Leaf
Phoenix, AZ

Woodwind Quartet 
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Scottsdale, AZ







Professional Experience
Horticulturalist
Larkin Plants
2016-present


Gardener/Educator/Grant Writer
Nubian United Benevolent Association
2013-2016


Middle School Teacher(ELA and Social Studies)
Malek Academy

2012-2014


English Language Teacher
Nile Valley University Faculty of Medicine Atbara, Sudan
2012-2013 


Exhibit Interpreter
Boston Museum of Science 
2011


Rug Cataloging and Photographing Noor Oriental Rugs 
2010-2011


Horticulture Intern
Plimouth Patuxet Museums
2010

Horticulture Intern
Tucson Botanical Gardens
2009




SkillsMetal casting, mold making, painting, photography, 3D imaging, saxophone, bass (double and electric), piano, digital editing.













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