RICHARD ZIMMERMAN
richardzim@gmail.com
Born in Ocean Beach, NJ
Lives and works in Tulsa, OK
Education:
2018 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; MFA
2004 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; BFA Painting
2003 Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2002 New York Studio School, New York, NY
Selected Exhibitions:
2023
Sinks, Closets, Fixtures, Flows, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
Terrain Biennial 2023, Project Location: Tulsa, OK
byob, Enter Enter, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cell Phone Library, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021
What Ends Up in a Book, Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
2020
Drone and the Apocalypse (collaboration with Elisa Harkins and Maggie Boyett), Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2019
We Buy Gold, Flagler Mall, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
Work Flow, Curated by Shane Darwent, Cameron Project Space, Tulsa, OK
2018
Big Snack, Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pet Sounds, Bibliowicz Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Trouble, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2017
Fall, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Touch Move, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA
Odd Year, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
2016
After Karoake, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
After Laughter, WERK, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Fluid Means, Art Lot, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Winterfest, Artshare, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Preemptive Strike, Curated by Douglas Ferrari, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ
2009
Fall Collection, Curated by Jennifer Sullivan, NY Art Book Fair, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY
Black Pop Surrealism, Shore Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Rare Pleasures, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2008
A La Carte, Signed and Numbered, Salt Lake City, UT
Miserable Miracle, Slowtrain, Salt Lake City, UT
News from Nowhere, Sam Weller’s, Salt Lake City, UT
2007
Ignite, Trenton Museum of Art. Trenton, NJ
Group Home, 691 Park Place. Brooklyn, NY.
2006
Float, Curated by Rose Marcus. La Mobil. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Ignite, Curated by Matt Lucash. Artworks Gallery. Trenton, NJ.
Normal Space, Flux Factory. Queens, NY.
Staff Show, Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY.
Canibalize, Rider Projects. Scope Art Fair. New York, NY.
2005
Postcards From the Edge, Robert Miller Gallery, New York,NY
Meditating America, Curated by Ernesto Pujol. Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA), Seattle, WA
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
2004
Horseshoe Cove, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY.
Star Tropics, Group Exhibition- East Hall Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibition, Schaefler Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
Awards/Residencies:
2022 Zero Foot Hills Farm, Durham, CT
2021 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2020 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2019 Real Time and Space Residency, Oakland, CA
2019 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2018 Nomination, Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship
2017-John Hartell Graduate Award. Cornell University
2018-Cornell Council for the Arts Grant
2005-Emerging Artist Grant. Center on Contemporary Art(CoCA) Seattle, WA
2003-ACI Annual Scholarship. American Concrete Institute.
2002-Full Tuition-Merit-based Scholarship- New York Studio School
2001-2004. Presidential Merit Scholarship. Pratt Institute.
Visiting Artist/ Lectures:
2019 Artist Talk, Real Time & Space, Oakland, CA
2018 Artist Talk, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2017 Panelist / Artist Talk, "Woodpushers" at Royal Nonesuch Gallery, (Oakland, CA)
2007 Artist Talk, Trenton Museum of Art, Trenton, NJ
2006 Artist Talk, Fordham University, New York, NY
Bibliography:
Sarah Hotchkiss, Touch Move, KQED Arts, Sept 14, 2017
Hikmet Sidney Loe, News From Nowhere, Utah Artists Journal, May, 2008
Regina Hackett, Artists muse on America with mostly positive results, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 11, 2005
Ernest Pujol, Meditating America, CoCA Seattle, November, 2005
Publications:
Knotty Pine, 2014
Preemptive Strike, 2013
Utah Codex, 2008