Artist Profile

Elyn Zimmerman, a New York-based sculptor and photographer, received both her BFA and MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles.  Recognizable for her use of stone, Zimmerman’s sculptures often include water features such as reflecting pools and fountains.  Some of the large-scale public commissions she has accomplished include the World Trade Center Memorial commemorating the 1993 bombing in New York City; the sculpture garden in the Birmingham Museum of Art; Scholar's Rock at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton; the plaza design at the National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C.; First Market Plaza in San Francisco; and Nkuanyiko Wa Marifiki (Assembly of Friends) for the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  Zimmerman is the recipient of numerous awards including three Artist Fellowship Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Japan-US Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship, and a New Talent Award from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  The artist’s works are in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Whitney Museum of American Art; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Zimmerman is a commissioner on the Fine Arts Commission in Washington, D.C.