Andrew Zimmerman

Andrew Zimmerman (b. 1968 New Brunswick, NJ) studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA 1991), and Industrial Design at the California College of the Arts (BFA 2000). In 1990 he was the recipient of a Skowhegan Fellowship Award from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME. In 2000 he was nominated for the IDSA National Merit Award. Public collections of his works include the Fidelity Investment Corporation, Boston, MA, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY and Alliance Bernstein LLP, New York, NY. Exhibition venues include the Drawing Center, New York, NY, The RISD Biennial, (curated by Robert Storr) Exit Art, New York, NY, and Galleria Guido Carbone, Torino, Italy.

Andrew Zimmerman’s body of work investigates pattern, repetition and color. He is interested in exploring and exploiting the contrasts between matte and glossy surfaces, organic and geometric shapes, saturated- and non-colors, under- and over-painting, and ultimately, painting and object. Each painting begins with a system in mind. Zimmerman takes the guesswork out of the process by dividing the painting into equal units, modular segments that eventually get filled with acrylic color. This method fragments the painting in a way that suggests pattern and rhythm, and also allows him to focus on small portions of the painting at a time. He favors opaque color and sharp edges, as seen in sign painting or architectural details.

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