Email: stephzimmerman2@gmail(dot)com
Instagram: @steph.zim
Twitter: @stephzimmerman3
EDUCATION
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts
M.F.A. candidate, degree expected spring 2022
Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
B.F.A. in digital imaging and photography, minor in writing (May 2013)
Santa Reparata International School of Art
Study abroad program in Florence, Italy (Spring 2011)
SELECT EXHIBITIONS/PERFORMANCES
* solo or two-person exhibitions
2021
Cohorts, MFA Exhibition Online, University of Montana
*Not Now But Now, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2020
Legacy, 342 George St, New Brunswick, NJ
2019
No Refunds, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
The Search, Flood Plain Gallery, St. Louis, MO
First Date, Granite City Arts District, Granite City, IL
First Date, Open House, Kansas City, KS
2018
* Support System, Node.0, St. Louis, MO
Exhibition #18, Granite City Arts District, Granite City, IL
2017
Land Reutilization Authority (performance), Paul Artspace, Florissant, MO
Lot 49, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
Off Modern: In What Time Do We Live?, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
2016
* Telegraph, The Millitzer Studio & Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Lot 49, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
2015
Quiet Enjoyment, 4456 Shaw, St. Louis, MO
Something Happened, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
2014
So It Begins, Please Hold Magazine
Beyond Violet with the Emperor Scorpion, St. Louis, MO
2013
Marraskuu Warm-Up, Haukijärvi, Finland
Open House, Firehouse Studios, Johnson, VT
This Must Be The Place, 3531 California Ave., St. Louis, MO
BFA Photography, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012
Ghost Particle, 2712 Cherokee St., St. Louis, MO
Recontextualized, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
2011
Good Vibrations, 3407 California Ave., St. Louis, MO
Work in Process, Steinberg Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Santa Reparata International School of Art Exhibition, SRISA, Florence, Italy
Washington University Core Student Exhibition, Bixby Hall, St. Louis, MO
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
Robert Watts Memorial Scholarship, 2021
Mason Gross School of the Arts Art & Design General Scholarship, 2019-2021
Artist-in-residence, Atlantic Center for the Arts, 2020
Regional Arts Commission Artist Support Grant, 2018
Creative Stimulus Award, Critical Mass for the Visual Arts, 2018
Finalist, Public Works Project, Critical Mass for the Visual Arts, 2018
Artist-in-residence, Paul Artspace, Florissant, Missouri, 2017
Finalist, Great Rivers Biennial, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, 2015
Artist-in-residence, Arteles Creative Center, Finland, 2013
Sculpture Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, 2013
Magna cum laude, Washington University in St. Louis, 2009-2013
Liberman Scholarship, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, 2009-2013
Dean’s List, Washington University in St. Louis, 2009-2013
Freshman Core Award, Washington University in St. Louis, 2010
Design of the Year Finalist in Magazine Design, National Scholastic Press Association, 2009
PRESS
Fitzgerald, Ryan. “Exploring the world of sound with Steph Zimmerman,” HEC Media. April 2019.
Kohlburn, Joe. “5 Questions-Steph Zimmerman,” Critical Mass for the Visual Arts' 5 Questions Podcast. January 2019.
McKinley, Meredith. “Announcing the 2018 Creative Stimulus Awardees- Edo Rosenblith, Yvonne Osei, and Steph Zimmerman,” Critical Mass for the Visual Arts. October 2018.
McKinley, Meredith. “Critical Mass for the Visual Arts Announces Public Works Project Finalists,” Critical Mass for the Visual Arts. May 2018.
Paul Artspace, "2017 Year in Review," exhibition catalogue, St. Louis, MO. December 2018.
Kohlburn, Joe. “Telegraph: Steph Zimmerman and Tuan Nguyen.” The Millitzer. 23 March 2016.
Residential Area Real Art (RARA), February 2013.
KUUMBA.tv, October 2012.
Arteles catalogue, November 2013.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer, 4D Fundamentals, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, 2019-2020
Lecturer, Media 1-A, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, 2020-2021