Typical Marks
About
- Apprenticeships & Residencies
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1972
Apprenticeship, Alvingham Pottery, Lincolnshire, England
1974, 1975Bacqui Stone Quarry, Lacoste, France
1977Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
1983Omaha Brickworks, Alternative Worksites, Omaha, Nebraska
1987Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
1987International Symposium of Ceramics, Alcobaça, Portugal
1988Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, Portugal
1989, 1991Arts/Industry Residency Program, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1991, 1990Sant’Anna Tile Factory, Lisbon, Portugal
2000Invited Guest Artist, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
2004Invited Artist, Symposium, World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Yeoju, Korea
- Primary Work Experience
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1980
Studio artist, Brooklyn, New York
1981-1982Studio Manager, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
2007-2009Adjunct Professor, Hunter College, New York, New York
1992New York University, New York, New York
1993Centro de Arte e Communicação Visual (ARCO), Lisbon, Portugal
1995, 1996Adjunct Professor, City College of New York, New York, New York
2003Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont
2009Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
Other
- Public Collections
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Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Brooklyn Museum, New York, New York
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawai’i
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada
Nacional Museu do Azulejo, Lisbon, Portugal
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Icheon, Korea
Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana
- Bibliography
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Clark, Garth. A Century of American Ceramics in the United States: 1878-1978. New York, New York: Dutton, 1979.
Del Vecchio, Mark. Postmodern Ceramics. London, England: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
Denker, Ellen Paul. “Arnold Zimmerman,” review, American Craft (February/March 2005).
Koplos, Janet. “Arnold Zimmerman at John Elder,” review, Art in America (October 1999).
Perreault, John. “Big Apple Clay, Arnold Zimmerman,” American Ceramics 14 no.2 (2004).
Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics: From Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms—1607 to the Present. New York, NY: Abrams, 1988.
Perry, Barbara. American Ceramics: The Collection of the Everson Museum. New York, NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989.
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Arnie Zimmerman, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/arnie-zimmerman
Objects
Collections
Everson Museum of Art Collection
United States
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Everson Museum of Art Collection
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Everson Museum of Art Collection
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Everson Museum of Art Collection
United States

