ARTIST STATEMENT
A painting will, or will not be made. For all the romance involved in creation, there is a pragmatic objectivity at work in the studio… Whatever profundity one hopes for is found in the labor undertaken & endured.
I believe my work is the integration of 2 disparate painting traditions- the coarse, painterly approach of New York & the profoundly technical innovation of Southern California. Having maintained studios on both coasts for nearly 2 decades, the color of Southern California has bled into the stark architectonics of NYC & violent incident has been softened (I would hope) by a rigorously material lucidity.
Your adventures follow you into the studio.
What happens next is up to you…
My paintings are imbued by my travels, literature, various martial pursuits, time in the ocean, a day with my Daughter & at times, the various color relationships of my Wife’s auburn hair, backlit by the sun.
Each individual piece begins with a rigorously knifed body of paint. Once a sufficiently robust ground is achieved, an initial “drawing” element is applied, demarcating a potential formal composition. Generally, the work will then be set aside for a time. Eventually, aqueous layers of paint are applied & once dry, sanded into, revealing a history of motion & interaction.
From there, the process begins anew.
The creation of a painting is the telling of a tale.
A painting will, or will not be made. For all the romance involved in creation, there is a pragmatic objectivity at work in the studio… Whatever profundity one hopes for is found in the labor undertaken & endured.
I believe my work is the integration of 2 disparate painting traditions- the coarse, painterly approach of New York & the profoundly technical innovation of Southern California. Having maintained studios on both coasts for nearly 2 decades, the color of Southern California has bled into the stark architectonics of NYC & violent incident has been softened (I would hope) by a rigorously material lucidity.
Your adventures follow you into the studio.
What happens next is up to you…
My paintings are imbued by my travels, literature, various martial pursuits, time in the ocean, a day with my Daughter & at times, the various color relationships of my Wife’s auburn hair, backlit by the sun.
Each individual piece begins with a rigorously knifed body of paint. Once a sufficiently robust ground is achieved, an initial “drawing” element is applied, demarcating a potential formal composition. Generally, the work will then be set aside for a time. Eventually, aqueous layers of paint are applied & once dry, sanded into, revealing a history of motion & interaction.
From there, the process begins anew.
The creation of a painting is the telling of a tale.
BIOGRAPHY
Mark Zimmermann, an American artist and writer, was born to a military family in Munich, Germany, in 1967 and grew up in Hawaii and the southern United States. Since 1998, he has exhibited his paintings in 23 solo shows and numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe & Australia.
In discussing his work, the editor and writer, Larry Qualls noted, “…a majestic landscape narrative… they illuminate the nature of painting itself. In a sense what these paintings do is bring a synthesis of the conceptual and the realistic; it is as if there is the conflux of two grand traditions: the purely abstract and the purely objective.”
In 2000, Zimmermann became the first American artist to exhibit in a commercial gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2009, he was commissioned to create of suite of monumental paintings for the VIP Lounge of the Palazzo Tower Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2010, he was photographed by Andres Serrano, in a project documenting New York artists. Most recently, Zimmermann has been the subject of 3 short films by Los Angeles filmmaker, Eric Minh Swenson and London based filmmaker, Lawrence Berry.
As a writer, he has widely published poetry and short fiction, as well as essays and critical works on painting, photography, sculpture, architecture, theatre, and film throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. His writing has been translated into six languages. He lives and works in New York City, Fishkill, New York and Encino, California.
Mark Zimmermann, an American artist and writer, was born to a military family in Munich, Germany, in 1967 and grew up in Hawaii and the southern United States. Since 1998, he has exhibited his paintings in 23 solo shows and numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe & Australia.
In discussing his work, the editor and writer, Larry Qualls noted, “…a majestic landscape narrative… they illuminate the nature of painting itself. In a sense what these paintings do is bring a synthesis of the conceptual and the realistic; it is as if there is the conflux of two grand traditions: the purely abstract and the purely objective.”
In 2000, Zimmermann became the first American artist to exhibit in a commercial gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2009, he was commissioned to create of suite of monumental paintings for the VIP Lounge of the Palazzo Tower Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2010, he was photographed by Andres Serrano, in a project documenting New York artists. Most recently, Zimmermann has been the subject of 3 short films by Los Angeles filmmaker, Eric Minh Swenson and London based filmmaker, Lawrence Berry.
As a writer, he has widely published poetry and short fiction, as well as essays and critical works on painting, photography, sculpture, architecture, theatre, and film throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. His writing has been translated into six languages. He lives and works in New York City, Fishkill, New York and Encino, California.
RESUME
b. 1967. Lives & works in NYC, NY, Fishkill, NY & Encino, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Much That Undoubtedly Came to Pass…, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Meditations, Kasper Contemporary, East Quogue, NY
2020 Infinitum, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2018 Meditations, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2016 Achilles & Other Paintings, Lyons Wier & Farley, NYC, NY
2015 Atlas Trilogy & Other Paintings, Narthex Gallery @ St. Peter’s Church, NYC, NY
2014 Tea Ceremony & Other Paintings, Gallery 66, Cold Spring, NY
2012 Elias Arts, NYC, NY
2011 Paia Contemporary, Paia, Maui, HI
2011 210 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 The Candy Factory Performance & Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2009 The Palazzo Tower Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
2005 Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
2005 The Zodiac Project, POST, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Deep River, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2001 Hotel Presalpina, Chexbres, Switzerland
2001 Deep River, Galerie Viking, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 Deep River Paintings, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2000 Galerie Melon, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 Galerie Expressions-Lagrouni, Geneva, Switzerland
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 In Tandem: James Austin Murray & Mark Zimmermann, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Art Market Hamptons, (Kasper Contemporary), East Hampton, NY
2021 Gallery Selects, 2021, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Grey/Gray (Matter), Divisible Projects, Dayton, OH
2020 Hamptons Virtual Art Fair (Lyons Wier Gallery), Southhampton, NY
2020 Chrysalistasis, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2019 A Short Survey of Contemporary Abstraction, Bergen PAC, Edgewood, NJ
2019 New York Centric, The Art Students League of New York, NYC, NY
2018 RNOP: New Work For a New System, Smith & Co., Cincinnati, OH
2018 Autumnal Group Exhibition, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2018 Black Box, Saarlandisches Kunsterhaus, Saarbrucken, Germany
2018 Fiction, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Black Box, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Metz, France
2018 Fears Collapse Inside, Corridor, Dayton, OH
2018 The Greatest Show on Earth: Sideshow Nation VI, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Black Box, Kunstlerhaus Saar, Saarbrucken, Germany
2017 Black Box, La “S” Grand Atelier, Vielsalm, Belgium
2017 fiction, Class Room, Coventry, United Kingdom
2017 Luminance, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2017 fiction, Raygun Projects, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
2017 fiction, Apothecary, Chattanooga, TN
2017 fiction, Volunteer State College, Nashville, TN
2017 fiction, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2017 fiction, CANIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
2017 Sideshow Nation V: Thru The Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Art Miami (Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC), Miami, FLA
2016 fiction, Angelika Studios, London, United Kingdom
2016 fiction, Boecker Contemporary, Heidelberg, Germany
2016 fiction, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
2016 Converging Landscapes, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2016 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair (Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC) Palm Springs, CA
2016 Forethought, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2016 Sideshow Nation IV: Thru The Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Back to Mine: v2, DIVISIBLE, Dayton, OH
2015 Unlimited Potential, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2015 Terrace Invitational, Terrace Studios & Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2015 Postcards From the Edge, Luhring Augustine Gallery, NYC, NY
2015 Inaugural: Ressle/Chun, The Viewing Room @ Waterfall Mansion, NYC, NY
2015 Art Show Bedford (Inness Hancock Fine Art), Bedford, NY
2015 Sideshow Nation III: Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Back to Mine: v1, DIVISIBLE, Dayton, OH
2014 Sideshow Nation II: At the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 The 9th Annual Terrace Open, The Terrace Studios & Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2014 Divisible: please, actually, introspective, DIVISIBLE, Dayton, OH
2014 fiction, The Inlet, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2014 fiction, The Neon Heater Gallery, Fairley, OH
2013 The Artists of 122 Washington Avenue, The Candy Factory, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Perceptions of Gesture, China Brilliance Gallery, NYC, NY
2011 Holiday Exhibition, Paia Contemporary, Paia, Maui, HI
2011 Holiday Haze, China Brilliance Gallery, NYC, NY
2011 The Dobson Collection, Danvillian Gallery, Danville, VA
2011 Summer Exhibition, Paia Contemporary, Paia, Maui, HI
2011 Heart Gallery 10th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Oink, 210 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 The Winter Salon (Bjorn Ressle Art Projects), Elga Wimmer Gallery, NYC, NY
2010 Summer Salon, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Bridgehampton, NY
2010 San Francisco Fine Art Fair (Andi Campognone Projects), San Francisco, CA
2010 Red Dot Art Fair (Andi Campognone Projects), NYC, NY
2009 The New Irrascibles, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA
2008 The Winter Salon: Works on Paper, Bjorn Ressle Gallery, NYC, NY
2007 Out of Line, University Art Gallery, USC-Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
2007 Strata, Lemmons Contemporary, NYC, NY
2007 Pink, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2006 Off the Wall, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2006 Out of Line, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
2005 A Common Thread, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2005 Out of Line, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2005 Abstract Los Angeles, Visual Arts Center, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
2005 Monothon, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2004 Luster, Gensler Design Center, San Francisco, CA
2004 10th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Abstract Los Angeles, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2004 Dialogue Abstract: Recent Paintings & Drawings, SPACE, NYC, NY
2004 Continental Divide, Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, NY
2003 9th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Postcards From the Edge, Galerie Lelong, NYC, NY
2003 The Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2003 No Chaser: Straight Ahead Abstract Painting, POST, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Theories: Abstract New York, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Theories: Abstract New York, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2002 8th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002 15, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2001 7th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001 Conspiracy II: New Paintings, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2000 Significant Pursuits: Paint & Geometry, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Union Exhibition, Galerie Shipka 6, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 Conspiracy, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2000 Sisyphus Rising, Limelight Gallery, NYC, NY
2000 Paint Club, Markham-Murray Gallery, NYC, NY
1999 Perimeters, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
1999 New York Undiscovered, Markham-Murray Gallery, NYC, NY
1998 New York Art Exchange (Abraham Lubelski Gallery), NYC, NY
LECTURES/VISITING ARTIST
2019 Carey Institute For Global Good, Rennselaerville, NY (Kipaipai Artist Development)
2018 Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, Hawai’i (Kipaipai Artist Development)
2015 The Narthex Gallery @ St. Peter’s Church, NYC, NY
2014 Gallery 66, Cold Spring, NY
2005 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
2000 The China Club, NYC, NY
2000 Galerie Viking, Sofia, Bulgaria
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Zinn, Tamar. “Why I Draw: Artists & Their Sketchbooks”, TamarZinn.blogspot.com, NYC, NY. May 28, 2020
Nys Dambrot, Shayna. “A Slow & Mad New Language”, Essay for Meditations: Selected Paintings 2018-’19, October 2019
Halasz, Piri. “Unadorned Abstraction: New York Centric at the Art Students League”, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, NYC, NY, April 13, 2019
Corwin, William. “New York Centric”, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, NY, May 2019
Halasz, Piri. “Big Top Event at Which Sideshow Shines: Sideshow Nation V”, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, NYC, NY February 15, 2017
Murray, James Austin. “Interview with Mark Zimmermann”, Art Orbiter, NYC, NY November 13, 2015
Gould, Rachel. “Decoding the Abstract: Unlimited Potential”, The Culture Trip, NYC, NY July 20, 2015
Shiroda, Mika. “A Master of Luck & Incident” (Translated from the Japanese), Gotham Bleau, NYC, NY November,15, 2012
Mccullar, Josh. “New York Artists Open Gallery in Danville”, VA Modern, Danville, VA, September, 8, 2011
Bin, Layla. “Art in View”, The Maui News, Lahaina, Maui, HI. March 3,2011
Jenison, David. “The New Irascibles, Andi Campognone Projects.” The Inland Empire Weekly, Vol. 4, #32, November 18,2009
Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week”, Los Angeles, CA, LA Weekly, January 15, 2005
Gleason, Mat. “Bergamont & Beyond”, Los Angeles, CA, An Editor’s Life Unedited, January 20, 2005
Gilbert, Deborah. “Planet Thailand, Etc.” NYC, NY: Greenline, March 14, 2004
Costa, Robert. “Abstraction Redux.” NYC, NY: Exhibition text, Dialogue Abstract: Recent Paintings, March 11, 2004
Baker, Robert C. “The Premature Burial: Mark Zimmermann & the Death of Painting.” Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, PAJ: A Journal of Performance & Art, Volume 25, #1 (PAJ 73), January 23, 2003
Nicholova, Inna. “Mark Zimmermann Provokes Our Capital with Deep River.” Sofia, Bulgaria: Dnevnik, August 30, 2001
Mikhailova, Antonia. “Galerie Viking Presents American Mark Zimmermann.” Sofia, Bulgaria: Hubova Zhena, Sept. 3, 2001
Carter, Holland. “For Hikers Seeking Art, Brooklyn is a Left Bank.” NYC, NY: The New York Times, December 15, 2000
Ivanova, Zlatka. “Zimmermann Unplugged.” Sofia, Bulgaria: Podium, Volume 17, August/September 2000
Bernard, Pascal. “Ententes.” Geneva, Switzerland: Tribune de Geneve, May 29, 2000
Nelson, Samantha. “PIcks.” Brooklyn, NY: Waterfront Week, Volume 8/9, April 22, 1998
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Parisian Sands Resort Hotel, Macau, China
The Hilton Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Palazzo Tower Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Norwegian Cruise Line
The Four Seasons Hotel, Washington D.C.
The Fairview, Seattle, WA
DC Homewood Suites, Washington D.C.
The JW Marriott Essex House Hotel, NYC, NY
The JW Marriott Nashville, TN
The Mclean Hilton, Washington D.C.
The Marriott Convention Center, Shaumberg, IL
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Much That Undoubtedly Came to Pass…, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Meditations, Kasper Contemporary, East Quogue, NY
2020 Infinitum, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2018 Meditations, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2016 Achilles & Other Paintings, Lyons Wier & Farley, NYC, NY
2015 Atlas Trilogy & Other Paintings, Narthex Gallery @ St. Peter’s Church, NYC, NY
2014 Tea Ceremony & Other Paintings, Gallery 66, Cold Spring, NY
2012 Elias Arts, NYC, NY
2011 Paia Contemporary, Paia, Maui, HI
2011 210 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 The Candy Factory Performance & Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2009 The Palazzo Tower Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
2005 Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
2005 The Zodiac Project, POST, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Deep River, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2001 Hotel Presalpina, Chexbres, Switzerland
2001 Deep River, Galerie Viking, Sofia, Bulgaria
2001 Deep River Paintings, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2000 Galerie Melon, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 Galerie Expressions-Lagrouni, Geneva, Switzerland
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 In Tandem: James Austin Murray & Mark Zimmermann, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Art Market Hamptons, (Kasper Contemporary), East Hampton, NY
2021 Gallery Selects, 2021, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Grey/Gray (Matter), Divisible Projects, Dayton, OH
2020 Hamptons Virtual Art Fair (Lyons Wier Gallery), Southhampton, NY
2020 Chrysalistasis, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2019 A Short Survey of Contemporary Abstraction, Bergen PAC, Edgewood, NJ
2019 New York Centric, The Art Students League of New York, NYC, NY
2018 RNOP: New Work For a New System, Smith & Co., Cincinnati, OH
2018 Autumnal Group Exhibition, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2018 Black Box, Saarlandisches Kunsterhaus, Saarbrucken, Germany
2018 Fiction, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Black Box, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Metz, France
2018 Fears Collapse Inside, Corridor, Dayton, OH
2018 The Greatest Show on Earth: Sideshow Nation VI, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Black Box, Kunstlerhaus Saar, Saarbrucken, Germany
2017 Black Box, La “S” Grand Atelier, Vielsalm, Belgium
2017 fiction, Class Room, Coventry, United Kingdom
2017 Luminance, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2017 fiction, Raygun Projects, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
2017 fiction, Apothecary, Chattanooga, TN
2017 fiction, Volunteer State College, Nashville, TN
2017 fiction, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2017 fiction, CANIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
2017 Sideshow Nation V: Thru The Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Art Miami (Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC), Miami, FLA
2016 fiction, Angelika Studios, London, United Kingdom
2016 fiction, Boecker Contemporary, Heidelberg, Germany
2016 fiction, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
2016 Converging Landscapes, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2016 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair (Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC) Palm Springs, CA
2016 Forethought, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2016 Sideshow Nation IV: Thru The Rabbit Hole, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Back to Mine: v2, DIVISIBLE, Dayton, OH
2015 Unlimited Potential, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
2015 Terrace Invitational, Terrace Studios & Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2015 Postcards From the Edge, Luhring Augustine Gallery, NYC, NY
2015 Inaugural: Ressle/Chun, The Viewing Room @ Waterfall Mansion, NYC, NY
2015 Art Show Bedford (Inness Hancock Fine Art), Bedford, NY
2015 Sideshow Nation III: Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Back to Mine: v1, DIVISIBLE, Dayton, OH
2014 Sideshow Nation II: At the Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 The 9th Annual Terrace Open, The Terrace Studios & Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2014 Divisible: please, actually, introspective, DIVISIBLE, Dayton, OH
2014 fiction, The Inlet, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2014 fiction, The Neon Heater Gallery, Fairley, OH
2013 The Artists of 122 Washington Avenue, The Candy Factory, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Perceptions of Gesture, China Brilliance Gallery, NYC, NY
2011 Holiday Exhibition, Paia Contemporary, Paia, Maui, HI
2011 Holiday Haze, China Brilliance Gallery, NYC, NY
2011 The Dobson Collection, Danvillian Gallery, Danville, VA
2011 Summer Exhibition, Paia Contemporary, Paia, Maui, HI
2011 Heart Gallery 10th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2011 Oink, 210 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 The Winter Salon (Bjorn Ressle Art Projects), Elga Wimmer Gallery, NYC, NY
2010 Summer Salon, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Bridgehampton, NY
2010 San Francisco Fine Art Fair (Andi Campognone Projects), San Francisco, CA
2010 Red Dot Art Fair (Andi Campognone Projects), NYC, NY
2009 The New Irrascibles, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA
2008 The Winter Salon: Works on Paper, Bjorn Ressle Gallery, NYC, NY
2007 Out of Line, University Art Gallery, USC-Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
2007 Strata, Lemmons Contemporary, NYC, NY
2007 Pink, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2006 Off the Wall, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2006 Out of Line, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA
2005 A Common Thread, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2005 Out of Line, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2005 Abstract Los Angeles, Visual Arts Center, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
2005 Monothon, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2004 Luster, Gensler Design Center, San Francisco, CA
2004 10th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Abstract Los Angeles, Soho Myriad, Atlanta, GA
2004 Dialogue Abstract: Recent Paintings & Drawings, SPACE, NYC, NY
2004 Continental Divide, Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, NY
2003 9th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Postcards From the Edge, Galerie Lelong, NYC, NY
2003 The Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2003 No Chaser: Straight Ahead Abstract Painting, POST, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Theories: Abstract New York, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 Theories: Abstract New York, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2002 8th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2002 15, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2001 7th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001 Conspiracy II: New Paintings, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2000 Significant Pursuits: Paint & Geometry, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Union Exhibition, Galerie Shipka 6, Sofia, Bulgaria
2000 Conspiracy, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2000 Sisyphus Rising, Limelight Gallery, NYC, NY
2000 Paint Club, Markham-Murray Gallery, NYC, NY
1999 Perimeters, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
1999 New York Undiscovered, Markham-Murray Gallery, NYC, NY
1998 New York Art Exchange (Abraham Lubelski Gallery), NYC, NY
LECTURES/VISITING ARTIST
2019 Carey Institute For Global Good, Rennselaerville, NY (Kipaipai Artist Development)
2018 Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, Hawai’i (Kipaipai Artist Development)
2015 The Narthex Gallery @ St. Peter’s Church, NYC, NY
2014 Gallery 66, Cold Spring, NY
2005 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
2000 The China Club, NYC, NY
2000 Galerie Viking, Sofia, Bulgaria
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Zinn, Tamar. “Why I Draw: Artists & Their Sketchbooks”, TamarZinn.blogspot.com, NYC, NY. May 28, 2020
Nys Dambrot, Shayna. “A Slow & Mad New Language”, Essay for Meditations: Selected Paintings 2018-’19, October 2019
Halasz, Piri. “Unadorned Abstraction: New York Centric at the Art Students League”, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, NYC, NY, April 13, 2019
Corwin, William. “New York Centric”, The Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, NY, May 2019
Halasz, Piri. “Big Top Event at Which Sideshow Shines: Sideshow Nation V”, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, NYC, NY February 15, 2017
Murray, James Austin. “Interview with Mark Zimmermann”, Art Orbiter, NYC, NY November 13, 2015
Gould, Rachel. “Decoding the Abstract: Unlimited Potential”, The Culture Trip, NYC, NY July 20, 2015
Shiroda, Mika. “A Master of Luck & Incident” (Translated from the Japanese), Gotham Bleau, NYC, NY November,15, 2012
Mccullar, Josh. “New York Artists Open Gallery in Danville”, VA Modern, Danville, VA, September, 8, 2011
Bin, Layla. “Art in View”, The Maui News, Lahaina, Maui, HI. March 3,2011
Jenison, David. “The New Irascibles, Andi Campognone Projects.” The Inland Empire Weekly, Vol. 4, #32, November 18,2009
Frank, Peter. “Pick of the Week”, Los Angeles, CA, LA Weekly, January 15, 2005
Gleason, Mat. “Bergamont & Beyond”, Los Angeles, CA, An Editor’s Life Unedited, January 20, 2005
Gilbert, Deborah. “Planet Thailand, Etc.” NYC, NY: Greenline, March 14, 2004
Costa, Robert. “Abstraction Redux.” NYC, NY: Exhibition text, Dialogue Abstract: Recent Paintings, March 11, 2004
Baker, Robert C. “The Premature Burial: Mark Zimmermann & the Death of Painting.” Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, PAJ: A Journal of Performance & Art, Volume 25, #1 (PAJ 73), January 23, 2003
Nicholova, Inna. “Mark Zimmermann Provokes Our Capital with Deep River.” Sofia, Bulgaria: Dnevnik, August 30, 2001
Mikhailova, Antonia. “Galerie Viking Presents American Mark Zimmermann.” Sofia, Bulgaria: Hubova Zhena, Sept. 3, 2001
Carter, Holland. “For Hikers Seeking Art, Brooklyn is a Left Bank.” NYC, NY: The New York Times, December 15, 2000
Ivanova, Zlatka. “Zimmermann Unplugged.” Sofia, Bulgaria: Podium, Volume 17, August/September 2000
Bernard, Pascal. “Ententes.” Geneva, Switzerland: Tribune de Geneve, May 29, 2000
Nelson, Samantha. “PIcks.” Brooklyn, NY: Waterfront Week, Volume 8/9, April 22, 1998
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Parisian Sands Resort Hotel, Macau, China
The Hilton Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The Palazzo Tower Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
Norwegian Cruise Line
The Four Seasons Hotel, Washington D.C.
The Fairview, Seattle, WA
DC Homewood Suites, Washington D.C.
The JW Marriott Essex House Hotel, NYC, NY
The JW Marriott Nashville, TN
The Mclean Hilton, Washington D.C.
The Marriott Convention Center, Shaumberg, IL