Zimra Beiner
Faculty
Craft + Emerging Media
Assistant Professor, Ceramics
Resting Stand
Glazed Earthenware, MDF and Steel,
2016
Born in Toronto, Canada, Zimra Beiner has taught and exhibited his work throughout the United States and Canada. While he considers himself primarily an object maker, his work has increasingly embraced scale, composition, and the relationship between objects and space within a framework of the still life.
Education:
MFA, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University
BFA, Ceramics Major, NSCAD University
Crafts and Design Diploma, Sheridan College
Selected Professional Activity:
Exhibitions
A Round About, Present Company, New York, NY
Fabricated Fictions, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
Tools For No Purpose, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
NCECA Biennial Exhibition, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
RBC Emerging Artists Exhibition, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON
57th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Juror: Jerry Saltz, Strohl Art Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
Selected Publications:
Zimra Beiner – Trial and Error, Article by Anja Sommers, New Ceramics (Feb. 2015 Issue)
Zimra Beiner – Tools For No Purpose, Exhibition Review by Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post (March 20, 2015)
Selected Awards:
Gardiner Museum RBC Emerging Artist Nominee
NCECA Emerging Artist Award
Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist Award