RESUME

Richard Zimmerman
b. 1981 Ocean Beach, NJ
Lives and works in Tulsa, OK

Education
2018 M.F.A. Studio Art
School of Art, Architecture, and Planning
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2005 B.F.A. Painting
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2003 B.A. Honours Exchange
Central St. Martins, London, UK
2002 Drawing and Painting Intensives
NY Studio School, New York, NY

Selected Exhibitions:
2024
Spring Break Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Art Show, Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK
2023
Sinks, Closets, Fixtures, Flows, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
Open Season 7, Standard Showroom, Ithaca, NY
Terrain Biennial 2023, Project Location: Tulsa, OK
byob, Enter Enter, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cell Phone Library, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2021
What Ends Up in a Book, Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
2020
Drone and the Apocalypse, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, OK
2019 We Buy Gold, Flagler Mall, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
Work Flow, Cameron Project Space, Tulsa, OK
2018
Big Snack, Signal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pet Sounds, Bibliowicz Gallery, Cornell University, NY
Gross Domestic Product, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2017
Touch Move, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA
Your Guess, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, NY
Fall, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, NY
Odd Year, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY
Trouble, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, NY
Fall, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, NY 
2016
After Karaoke, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, NY
After Laughter, WERK, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Winterfest, Artshare, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Preemptive Strike, Curated by Douglas Ferrari, Arts Guild Rahway, NJ
2009
Fall Collection, Curated by Jennifer Sullivan, NY Art Book Fair, PS1
Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY
Black Pop Surrealism, Shore Institute for Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Rare Pleasures, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2008
A La Carte, Signed and Numbered, Salt Lake City, UT
Miserable Miracle, Slowtrain, Salt Lake City, UT
News from Nowhere, Sam Weller’s, Salt Lake City, UT
2007
Ignite, Trenton Museum of Art. Trenton, NJ 2007
House Show, 691 Park Place. Brooklyn, NY 2007
Float, Curated by Rose Marcus. La Mobil. San Juan, Puerto Rico
2006
Ignite, Curated by Matt Lucash. Artworks Gallery. Trenton, NJ
Normal Space, Flux Factory. Queens, NY
Staff Show, Museum of Modern Art. New York, NY
Canibalize, Rider Projects. Scope Art Fair. New York, NY
2005
Postcards From the Edge, Robert Miller Gallery, New York,NY
Meditating America, Curated by Ernesto Pujol. Center on Contemporary Art
(CoCA), Seattle, WA
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
2004
Horseshoe Cove, Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY
Star Tropics, Group Exhibition- East Hall Gallery. Brooklyn, NY 
Group Exhibition, Schaefler Gallery. Brooklyn, NY 

Awards/Visiting Artist/ Lectures:
2022 NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
2020 University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
2019 Real Time and Space, Oakland, CA
2018 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2017 Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA
2007 Trenton Museum of Art, Trenton, NJ
2006 Fordham University, New York, NY
Residencies/Awards/Fellowships:
2022 Zero Foothills Farm Residency, Durham, CT
2019 Real Time and Space Residency, Oakland, CA
2019 Tulsa Artist Fellowship
2018 Nomination, Dedalus Foundation MFA Fellowship Sculpture Nominee
2018 Cornell Council for the Arts Exhibition Grant
2018 John Hartell Graduate Award
2017 Cornell Council for the Arts Individual Grant
2017 Cornell Council for the Arts Exhibition Grant
2005 Emerging Artist Grant. Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
2003 ACI Annual Scholarship. American Concrete Institute.
2002 Full Tuition-Merit-based Scholarship- New York Studio School
2001 Presidential Merit Scholarship. Pratt Institute

Bibliography:
Brennan, Michael, “Provocative Conversations at Platform”, Two Coats
of Paint, March 31, 2024
d’Avignon, Angella, “Trippy Highlights From LA’s Spring/Break
Art Show, Hyperallergic, February 29, 2024
Puente,Gitzel, “Instead of Targeted Ads, These Tulsa Billboards Art
Bringing Art to Public Spaces”, NBC News KJRH Tulsa Channel 2,
Tulsa, OK, December 10, 2019
Gray, Jezy, “No Logo: Tulsa Artist Fellows Dismantle the Culture of
Consumption”, The Tulsa Voice, Tulsa, OK, November 20, 2019
Hotchkiss, Sarah, “At Royal Nonesuch, an Artist Talk Gets Lively with
Chess and Animation”, KQED Arts, September 14, 2017
Ferrari, Douglas, “Preemptive Strike”, Arts Guild New Jersey,
2013
Sidney Loe, Hikmet, “News From Nowhere”, Utah Artists
Journal, May 2008
Hackett, Regina, “Artists muse on America with mostly positive
results”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 11, 2005
Pujol, Ernesto, “Meditating America”, CoCA Seattle, November
2005