bio

Mark Zimmermann was born to a military family in Munich, Germany, in 1967 and grew up in Hawaii and the southeastern United States. Since 1998, he has exhibited his paintings in eight solo shows and numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. In 2000, he became the first American artist to open in a commercial gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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. A tennis professional for nearly two decades, he has done custom racquet work for some of the world's top players and continues to teach and coach junior competitors. He lives and works in New York City and the San Fernando Valley of California.

Mark Zimmermann
b. February 2, 1967
(Munich, Germany)

Solo Exhibitions

2005: Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
POST, Los Angeles, CA

2002: L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY

2001: Hotel Prealpina, Chexbres, Switzerland
Galerie Viking, Sofia, Bulgaria
L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY

2000: Galerie Melon, Sofia, Bulgaria
Galerie Expressions-Lagrouni, Geneva, Switzerland

1999: Wayne Dobson Curatorial Projects, Brooklyn, NY

1998: Daily 2.3.5, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2007: Out of Line, University Art Gallery, California State University-Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
Strata, Lemmons Contemporary, New York, NY

2006: Off the Wall, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Out of Line, Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA

2005:A Common Thread, SoHo Myriad Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Out of Line, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
Abstract Los Angeles, Visual Arts Center, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
Monothon 11, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Benefit Exhibition, California Well School, Claremont, CA

2004: Luster, Gensler Design Center, San Francisco, CA
10th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Abstract Los Angeles, Soho Myriad Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1st Annual Women's Health Benefit Exhibition, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Dialogue Abstract: Recent Paintings and Drawings, SPACE, New York, NY
Continental Divide: LA/NYC, Planet Thailand, Brooklyn, NY

2003: 9th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Postcards from the Edge, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
The Price Is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
No Chaser: Straight Ahead Abstract Painting, POST, Los Angeles, CA
The Wayne Dobson Collection, UFO Technologies, Brooklyn, NY
Theories: Abstract New York, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL
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
15, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
FDNY Art Benefit, New York Fire Museum, New York, NY
Conspiracy II: New Paintings, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY

2001: 7th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
To Benefit the Children, Satellite Project Space, Long Island City, NY
Conspiracy, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY

2000: Significant Pursuits: Paint and Geometry, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Paint Club, Lovey Plex, New York, NY
FDNY Art Benefit, New York Fire Museum, New York, NY
Union Exhibition, Galerie Shipka 6, Sofia, Bulgaria
Common Language, Markham-Murray Gallery, New York, NY
Sisyphus Rising, Limelight Gallery, New York, NY
Paint Club, Markham-Murray Gallery, New York, NY

1999: Perimeters, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
New York Undiscovered, Markham-Murray Gallery, New York, NY
FDNY Art Benefit, New York Fire Museum, New York, NY
American Scripture, L.I.C.K. Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY

1998: New York Art Exchange (Abraham Lubelski Gallery), 2 Broadway, New York, NY
Daily 13, Daily 2.3.5 Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Bibliography

Kugelman, Kerry. "Luster, Los Angeles Abstraction." San Francisco, CA: ArtCircles, Volume 3,
Winter 2005.

Frank, Peter. "Pick of the Week." Los Angeles, CA: LA Weekly, January 2005.

Gleason, Mat. "Bergamot and Beyond." Los Angeles, CA: An Editor's Life Unedited,
January 9, 2005.

Gilbert, Deborah. "Planet Thailand, Etc." Brooklyn, NY: Greenline, March 2004.

Costa, Robert. "Abstraction Redux." New York, NY: Exhibition Text, Dialogue Abstract:
Recent Paintings and Drawings, , March 2004.

Baker, Robert C. "The Premature Burial: Mark Zimmermann and the Death of Painting."
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Volume 25, Number 1 (PAJ 73), January 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, September 3, 2001.

Carter, Holland. "For Hikers Seeking Art, Brooklyn Is a Left Bank." New York, 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.