1. Elyn Zimmerman was born on December 16,1945 and is an American sculptor known for her emphasis on large scale, site specific projects and environmental art.
13 Facts About Elyn Zimmerman
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Elyn Zimmerman's teachers included Robert Heineken, Robert Irwin, and Richard Diebenkorn.
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Elyn Zimmerman was most recently awarded the 2016 Isamu Noguchi Award alongside Tadao Ando.
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Elyn Zimmerman had been in the peace corps and traveled through India, Nepal and Central Asia.
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Between her undergraduate and graduate years Elyn Zimmerman worked in a diverse number of positions.
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Elyn Zimmerman was a part-time studio assistant for several artists until she was hired to work at Columbia Records in Hollywood as assistant to the head designer in the art department.
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Elyn Zimmerman left that job when an offer came from the Charles and Ray Eames office in Venice to be the assistant to the house photographer and to run their darkroom.
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Elyn Zimmerman was in NYC in 1976 to install a project at PS1 when they met for coffee, from that point on engaging in a long distance relationship.
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In 1977 Elyn Zimmerman moved to New York City where she and Varnedoe shared a loft in the newly named Tribeca neighborhood.
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Elyn Zimmerman was a professor of art history at NYU's Institute of Fine Art and she taught studio classes at SUNY Purchase.
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Elyn Zimmerman was awarded one of the first of these projects in 1979, for Fort Lincoln Park in Washington, DC.
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Elyn Zimmerman altered the work to fit its new location at American University, several miles north of the original site, renaming the piece Sudama.
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Elyn Zimmerman has exhibited for more than 40 years in Europe, Australia, Japan, and the United States.