Zimra Beiner
Photograph by Colin Conces
In Winter 2015, Zimra Beiner first showed work in The Sculpture Center’s Euclid Avenue Gallery in Fabricated Fictions, a two-person shown with Nathan Prouty. Beiner’s expressive, raw portrayal of domesticity through ceramic sculpture presented a contrast with Prouty’s whimsical, meticulously crafted creations in one of our most exciting ceramics shows to date. Since then, Beiner has shown work around the US, and as far as Jingdezhen, China. He recently received a Winnifred Shantz Award for his work in ceramics. What follows is a sampling of his recent achievements:
Featured exhibitions
Clay Today, The Hole, New York City, NY, 2018
Reliant Objects, Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR, 2018
Method Accumulation: Studies in Materiality and Existence, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, Portland, OR, 2017
The Weight of Things (solo exhibition), Gallery 371, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB, 2017
Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, Juror: Josh DeWeese, Helena, MT, 2017
We Are Neighbors, Private Studios, Jingdezhen, China, 2017
A Round About, Present Company, New York, NY, 2016
Small Victories, School 33 Art Center, Curator: Jose Ruiz, Baltimore, MD, 2016
Goggle Works’ 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Lydia Panas, Reading, PA, 2016
Featured awards and residencies
Winnifred Shantz Award for Ceramics 2018
Canada Council for the Arts – Visual Arts Project Grant, 2017
Featured publications
New York Times, Studio Magazine, New Ceramics, The Washington Post, CFile Online, Ceramics Monthly
More information and Beiner and his work can be found on his website at http://zimrabeiner.com
