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Jeff Zimmerman

Jeff Zimmerman is a contemporary sculptor whose primary medium is glass. He often makes use of the vessel form, creating pieces with mirrored, sometimes colorful surfaces and billowy forms that suggest movement.

Zimmerman grew up at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado, where he lived with his mother, a painter, and his stepfather, a sculptor. He enrolled at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1988 planning to major in anthropology, but a glassblowing class inspired him to change course. He switched to the BFA program at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Tennessee, spending hise summers working as an apprentice at Pilchuck Glass School, in Washington State, where he observed the studio practices of Lino Tagliapietra and Pino Signoretto . After completing his studies, he worked as a master glassblower at CIRVA, the International Center of Research on Glass and Visual Arts, in Marseille, France.

In 1994, Zimmerman became part of the B Team, an avant-garde glassblowing collaborative founded by Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman of R & Company gallery, which now represents Zimmerman’s work. The group conducted glassblowing-related performances at colleges and universities and exhibited its work at the New Museum for Contemporary Art in New York.

Zimmerman’s first solo exhibition was the 1999 “Anthropology Museum of the Future,” at UrbanGlass’s Robert Lehman Gallery. He has gained wide acclaim for his series of “Crumpled” vessels, which resemble deflated jars with reflective surfaces that gradually fade into opaque hues. The effect is surreal and dazzling. Using the most enchanting property of glass — its malleability at high temperatures — the sculptor breathes new life into an ancient form, the container.

Zimmerman’s work has been exhibited in New York at Sean Kelly Gallery, the Museum of Arts and Design and the Brooklyn Museum; and in Paris at Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery It can also be found in the permanent collections of the Boghossian Foundation, in Belgium, and in the Corning Museum of Glass, in New York.

Jeff Zimmerman Morphos Art Glass sculptures R & Company NY c.2002
By Jeff Zimmerman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Jeff Zimmerman Morphos Art Glass sculptures R & Company NY c.2002 additional work measures: 19.5 h x 11.25 dia inches. Incised signature and date to lower edge of one work 'J. Zimme...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Jeff Zimmerman

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Art Glass

Jeff Zimmerman for Tiffany & Co. Glass Vase
By Jeff Zimmerman
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Zimmerman (American, b. 1968) for Tiffany & Company purple glass vase with gold leaf decoration encircling the body, incised signature to underside. 12.75" height x 4.5" diamete...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Jeff Zimmerman

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Glass

Jeff Zimmerman Pair of Glass Vessels.
By Jeff Zimmerman
Located in Kansas City, MO
Early Jeff Zimmerman handblown glass vessels. Tall Vessel Dimensions Height: 19 in. Width: 11 in. Depth: 9.5 in. Shorter Vessel Dimensions Height: 17.5 in. Width: 8.5 in...
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1990s American Modern Jeff Zimmerman

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Blown Glass

"Crumpled" Sculptural Vessel by Jeff Zimmerman
By Jeff Zimmerman
Located in New York, NY
"Crumpled" sculptural vessel. Mirrored silver and purple glass with faceted crystal applications. Designed and made by Jeff Zimmerman, USA, 2021.
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2010s American Jeff Zimmerman

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Glass

"Crumpled" Sculptural Vessel by Jeff Zimmerman
By Jeff Zimmerman
Located in New York, NY
"Crumpled" sculptural vessel. Mirrored silver and purple glass with faceted crystal applications. Designed and made by Jeff Zimmerman, USA, 2021.
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2010s American Jeff Zimmerman

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Glass

Three-Tiered Stacked Bubble Sculpture by Jeff Zimmerman
By Jeff Zimmerman
Located in New York, NY
Three-tiered stacked bubble sculpture. Mirrored silver and turquoise applied glass crystals. Etched circles on mirrored tiers, signed on bottom with f...
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2010s American Jeff Zimmerman

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Glass

"Crystal" Illuminated Sculptural Pendant by Jeff Zimmerman
By Jeff Zimmerman
Located in New York, NY
"Crystal" illuminated sculptural pendant in hand-blown glass. Designed and made by Jeff Zimmerman, USA, 2020.
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2010s American Jeff Zimmerman

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Glass

"Crystal" Illuminated Sculptural Pendant by Jeff Zimmerman
By Jeff Zimmerman
Located in New York, NY
"Crystal" illuminated sculptural pendant in hand-blown glass. Designed and made by Jeff Zimmerman, USA, 2020.
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2010s American Jeff Zimmerman

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Glass

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