Background
Philip B. Zimmerman was born on January 24, 1951, in Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand.
Philip B. Zimmerman was born on January 24, 1951, in Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand.
Philip Zimmerman received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (1973). He received a Master of Fine Arts at VSW (of State University of New York), Rochester, in 1980.
For two years Philip Zimmermann taught photo-silk screen at Allofus Art Workshop in Rochester and in the VSW Summer Institute.
Philip Zimmermann uses photography and design to create visual narratives that unfold within the time and space of the book. His work often focuses on social and political concepts, using fragmented imagery or careful sequencing to present his ideas. He is interested in the idea of the book as multiple and as a specific medium of expression with unique visual and structural attributes. He publishes much of his work under the Spaceheater Editions imprint.
Currently, a professor in the College of Fine Art at the University of Arizona-Tucson, he taught at Purchase College for 24 years, before moving to Arizona in 2008.
Quotations: "In addition to being a great vehicle for communicating directly to an audience, artists' books have the wonderful advantage of being time-based like video, animation, and film. Static pictures on a wall seem an impoverished way of making an artistic statement after one works with sequence, rhythm, movement, translucency, and the narrative arc."