Arnold Zimmerman

Untitled carved stoneware sculpture by Arnie Zimmerman at the Honolulu Museum of Art

Arnold Zimmerman (born 1954), also known as Arnie Zimmerman, is an American ceramic artist.

Background and education

Zimmerman was born December 13, 1954 in Poughkeepsie, New York. He received a BFA degree from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1977 and an MFA degree from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 1979.[1]

Career

He rose to prominence with large-scale carved vessels that resemble totem poles. About 1996, he started focusing on salt-fired porcelain figurines which he modeled, rather than carved. The latter are primarily tableaus of many figures engaging in sex or violence. In 2005, he received a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award.[1]

Zimmerman works in Brooklyn, New York,[2] where he also lives.

The Brooklyn Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art,[3] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nacional Museu do Azulejo in Portugal,[1] and the Runnymede Sculpture Farm in Woodside, California are among the public collections holding work by Zimmerman.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "The RISD Museum of Art Presents Inner City: An Installation by Ceramic Sculptor Arnie Zimmerman and Architect Tiago Montepegado" Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. Press release (September 2009). Retrieved January 26, 2012
  2. ↑ Edward Rubin, "Chace Center in Rhode Island Features the Clay Wizardry of Arnie Zimmerman" Artes Magazine (February 3, 2010)
  3. ↑ Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House Self-guided Tour, Sculpture Garden, 2014, p. 17

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