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J e f f   Z i m m e r
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CURRICULUM VITAE (click to download PDF)

Jeff originally trained in theatre in Washington, DC, before moving to Edinburgh, Scotland to obtain his Masters in glass painting.  He won the 2019 British Glass Biennale and Second Prize in the 2014 Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass, Europe’s largest prize for artists working with glass.  He was the 2014 Stephen Procter Fellow at the Australian National University and has done residences at The Creative Glass Center of America (Wheaton), North Lands Creative Glass (UK) and Bullseye Projects (Portland).  His work is in the permanent collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the European Museum for Modern Glass in Germany; the Portheimka Museum (Prague), the Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark and the Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany.

He continues to teach in Edinburgh, and has lead masterclasses and workshops at Pilchuck (US), North Lands Creative Glass (UK), Bild-Werk Frauenau (DE), Berlin Glas (DE) and others.
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Born: 1970, Minot, ND, USA.  Currently Resides in Edinburgh, UK.

Education

2005
1992
MDes Glass & Architectural Glass, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
BA, Theatre

Collections

Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
European Museum for Modern Glass/Veste Coburg, DE
Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Prague, CZ
​Museum of American Glass, Millville, NJ USA
Stadt Coburg, DE
Stourbridge Glass Museum, UK
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Denmark
Glasmuseum Frauenau, Germany
North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, UK

Exhibitions (Selected Group)

2022

2021
2019



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2018






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2017

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2016
Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass, Veste Coburg & European  Muzeum for Modern Glass, DE
Collaborations (with Anne Petters), Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK
CGS@25, Stourbridge Glass Museum, UK
Collecting & Connecting: Recent Acquisitions, Museum of American Glass, USA
European Glass Context, Bornhom Art Museum, DK
​Field Notes, Bullseye Projects - The Byre, Latheronwheel, UK
British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, UK
Transparency: An LGBTQ+ Glass Art Exhibition, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, US
Plain Sight, Pilchuck Exhibition Space, Seattle, WA, US
Alight, Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
IGLASS2018, Levant Gallery, Shanghai, CN
A New State of Matter: Contemporary Glass, Boise Art Museum, Boise, US
Open, Visual Arts Scotland & Society of Scottish Artists, (invited artist, as part of Craft Scotland Celebrates: Glass) Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
Zimmer/Simmons, North Lands Creative, Lybster, UK
Current, Tatha Gallery, Newport-on-Tay, UK
Collect (represented by Bullseye Projects), Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Loud and Clear (organised by the National Glass Centre), Harley Gallery, Woksop, UK
British Glass Biennale, Stourbridge, UK
Transparency: An LGBTQ+ Glass Art Exhibition, Liberty Museum, Philadelphia, US
Embracing Narrative: Artwork of the Washington Glass School & Virginia Glass Guild, Portsmouth Art & Cultural Center, Portsmouth, US
​Bild-Werk @ 30, Galerie am Museum, Frauenau, DE
Fly, Visual Arts Scotland at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
​British Glass, Etienne Gallery
, Oisterwijk, NL
Neues Glas - Junges Glas, Galerie Handwerk der Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern, Munich, DE
Black and White and Back Again, London Glassblowing, UK
Elemental, North Lands Gallery & Coburg House Gallery, UK
2015
Grand Opening, Dock Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
International Glass Symposium Exhibition, Glass Museum Novy Bor, CZ
Clarity, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK
     Curated by Julia Stephenson
43rd International Invitational Award Winners, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, US
43rd International Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, MI, US
2014
Absorb, Canberra Glassworks, Canberra, AU
     Curated by Olivia Meehan
Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass, Veste Coburg and the European Museum of Modern Glass, Coburg & Rosenau, DE
UK Glass, Het Glazenhuis, Lommel, BE
2013
Shattered: Contemporary Sculpture in Glass, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, USA
Light and Shadow, Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, Ebeltoft, DK
Royal Scottish Academy Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, UK
2012
European Applied Arts Prize, Exhibition Hall “Anciens Abattoirs”, Mons, BE
Cultural Exchange, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, UK
     Curated by: Mieke Groot
Lüstern Wohnen : Lichter – Leuchten – Lüster – Lampen, Eisch-Atelier - Galerie am Museum, Frauenau, DE      
2011
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia Convention Centre, Philadelphia, PA USA
Washington Glass School 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Longview Gallery, Washington, DC, USA   
     Curators: Tim Tate, Michael Janis, Erwin Timmers
British Studio Glass, European Museum of Modern Glass, Rosenau, Coburg, DE
     Curated by: Dr. Sven Hauschke
Trove, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth, UK
     Curators: Sandra Martin, Roger Dodsworth & Kari Moodie
Fête de Verre: Futur, Urban Glass, NYC, USA
     Curators:  Jane Adlin, Associate Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art; 
                       Katya Heller, Heller Gallery; 
                       David McFadden, Chief Curator and Vice President, Museum of Arts and Design; and 
                       Claire Oliver, Claire Oliver Gallery
2010
Essence, Glass Art Gallery, London, UK
     Curators: Stephen Pollock Hill, Barbara Beadman & Peter Layton
British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, UK
     Curators: Annabelle Campbell, Reino Leifkes, Sylva Petrova, Alan J. Poole & Colin Reid
Remarkable Glass, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, UK
     Curators: Sarah Edwards, Victoria Scholes, Alan J. Poole, Mieke Groot
Vitreous North, Timespan Museum and Arts Centre, Helmsdale, UK
2009
Migrate
     Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, UK
     St. Fergus Gallery, Wick, UK
     Iona Gallery, Kingussie, UK
     Broadfield House Glass Museum, West Midlands, UK
       Head of Curating Committee: Dan Klein
Visual Arts Scotland Exhibition, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh, UK
2008
British Glass Biennale, Ruskin Glass Centre, Stourbridge, UK
     Curators: Will Farmer, Jeremy Hunt, Deirdre Figueiredo, Kim Mawhinney & Angela Thwaites
Absorption, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Leith, UK
     Curator: Emilia Sosnowska

Publications/Reviews

2016
2014
2013
Journal of Craft Research, 'Luminous Ambiguity' by Jeff Zimmer, Vol 7, No 1 (Spring 2016)

Neues Glas/New Glass, 'Jeff Zimmer: A Profile,' by Duncan Macmillan, May 2014
New Glass Review 34
La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre, 'Jeff Zimmer: Variations sur le Paradoxe' by Pascale Nobécourt, September/October 2013
Glass Art Society Newsletter, 'Profile: Jeff Zimmer' by Karen Donnellan, December 2012 - January 2013
2011
American Craft (Blog)
Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet (Blog)
Washington Post, 'Washington Glass School: The First 10 Years' review by Michael O'Sullivan, 26 May 2011

Trove (exhibition catalogue)
2010
New Glass Review 31
British Glass Biennale (exhibition catalogue)
Remarkable Glass (exhibition catalogue)
Craft Arts International, no. 80 (Autumn), Reviews of '2010 British Glass Biennale' and 'Remarkable Glass'
2009
New Glass Review 30
Neues Glas/New Glass, Autumn
"Migrate" Review, Highland & Islands Arts, Georgina Coburn
GlasHaus Magazine, "Migrate" Review, Giles Sutherland
2008
British Glass Biennale (catalogue)
2006
Celeste Arts Prize (catalogue)
2003
Glass Quarterly no. 92 (Fall), "Sustaining Stained Glass," Judith Schaechter

Teaching

2017
2016



​2015

2006 - 2018

​2012 - 2013
2013


2014
2012

2011

2010 & 2009
2008-2010
2003-2004
Transparency, Imagery and Layers, American Glass Guild Conference Workshop, Oatka School of Glass, Batavia, NY, US
Multaka: Museum as Meeting Point, Pergamon Museum & Berlin Glas, Berlin, DE
Contemporary Glass Painting and Layering, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, US
Contemporary Glass Painting and Layering - Skills Class, North Lands Creative Glass, Lybster, UK
Painting on Glass, Berlin Glas, Berlin, DE
Substance and Spectacle,
Pilchuck Glass School, US
Immersive Worlds and the Enigma of Light, Bild-Werk, Frauenau, DE
Tutor, Office of Lifelong Learning, University of Edinburgh, (formerly Centre for Continuing Studies Edinburgh College of Art), Edinburgh, UK
Tutor, Glass Department, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh (Part-time Temporary)
Imagery on Flat Glass: Into Three Dimensions, Bild-Werk Frauenau, DE
Painting on Glass - Skills Class, North Lands Creative Glass, UK
Creating 3-D Images on Flat Glass, National Sculpture Factory, Cork, IE
Painting in the Space of Glass, with Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend (Assistant), Pilchuck Glass School, US
Painting in the Space of Glass, with Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend (Assistant), North Lands Creative Glass, UK
Interdisciplinary Glass, with Ursula Huth, Barbara Idzikowská & Scott Chaseling (Assistant), Bild-Werk Frauenau, DE
Contemporary Glass Painting and Layering, Bild-Werk Frauenau, DE
Painting on Glass, with Cappy Thompson (Assistant), North Lands Creative Glass, UK
Roll Ups, with Scott Chaseling (Assistant)m, Bild-Werk Frauenau, DE
Sessional Tutor for Glass Elective, School of Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
Teaching Assistant, Washington Glass School, Washington, DC, USA

Awards & Residencies

2021
2019
2017
2016
2015
2014

2010
2009
2006


2004
2003
Second Prize, European Glass Context
Winner, British Glass Biennale
Residency, Bullseye Resource Center, Portland, OR, US
Fellow, Creative Glass Centre of America/Wheaton Arts, US
Habatat Galleries
43rd International Invitational Exhibition Award
Second Prize, Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass, DE
Stephen Procter Fellowship, Australian National University, Canberra, AU
Arts Trust Scotland, Grant Recipient, UK
Scottish Arts Council, Professional Development Grant Recipient, UK
Gulbenkian Residency, North Lands Creative Glass, UK
Scottish Arts Council, Professional Development Grant Recipient, UK
Celeste Arts Prize (Shortlist), Goldsmiths University of London, UK
Overseas Student Scholarship, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
District of Columbia Commission on Arts and Humanities, Small Projects Program Grant

Relevant Professional Experience

2020 - Present
2015 - 2018
2018


2017
​2016
​2015
​2009 - Present
2006 - 2009
2006 - 2009
2003 - 2004
2002 - 2003
Co-Owner, Glass Lab Edinburgh
External Examiner, Glass Department, University of Wales Trinity St. David, Swansea, UK
Speaker, Glass Nexus Forum, North Lands Creative, Lybster, UK
Speaker, Craft Scotland Conference, Edinburgh, UK
Juror, Stanislav Libensky Award, Prague, CZ
Presenter, American Glass Guild Conference, Rochester, US
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​Juror, Glass Art Society, Saxe Emerging Artist Award/Lecture
Presenter/Featured Artist, International Glass Symposium, Nový Bor, CZ   2015
Sole Proprietor, Jeff Zimmer Glass
Studio Assistant, Edinburgh Stained Glass House, Edinburgh, UK
Artist in Residence, Glass Department, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK
Manager of Cultural Programs, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA
Outreach Coordinator, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, USA

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