Elyn Zimmerman

Elyn Zimmerman
Elyn Zimmerman
Born (1945-12-16) December 16, 1945 (age 78)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Known forPublic Commissions, sculpture, photography
Websitehttp://www.elynzimmerman.com

Elyn Zimmerman (born December 16, 1945) is an American sculptor known for her emphasis on large scale, site specific projects and environmental art.[1] Along with these works, Zimmerman has exhibited drawings and photographs since graduating with an MFA in painting and photography at University of California, Los Angeles in 1972. Her teachers included Robert Heineken, Robert Irwin, and Richard Diebenkorn.

In the mid 1970s Zimmerman created a number of temporary, site-specific installations for museum and gallery exhibitions. Some of these projects were presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Hudson River Museum, NY; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; and the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC.

Zimmerman's permanent sculpture works, beginning in the 1980s, range from studio pieces and private commissions, to large scale projects for civic, university and corporate sites.

She was most recently awarded the 2016 Isamu Noguchi Award alongside Tadao Ando.[2]

  1. ^ Beardsley, John. Earthworks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in the Landscape. New York: Abbeville Press, 1989.[page needed]
  2. ^ "Tadao Ando and Elyn Zimmerman Win the 2016 Isamu Noguchi Award". ARTnews. Retrieved 2017-01-19.