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Zimmer, Beverly

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American Contemporary

A converted 1700’s blacksmith-shop was the original workplace for artist, Beverly Zimmer. Although noted for her flamboyant performance art pieces, the isolated and quiet surroundings inspired the expressive equine and animal sculptures created there. Her impressive ability to render a unique blending of powerful movement, graced with delicate detail makes every sculpture a whirlwind of lyrical form.  Since 1991, collectors worldwide have enjoyed Beverly’s work in stoneware clay, bronze and silver, and gold. Custom commissions keep the artist busy full time.

From the beginning of her career, the sport horse industry has been Beverly Zimmer’s target. Her sculpture has been chosen to portray these athletic horses due to her understanding of their work. Yet, these powerful forms have the most sensitive feeling about them. Beverly believes that these soulful expressions in her work come from years of seeing horses in training, play, breeding, birthing, and death. Furthermore, the artist’s unmatched sensitivity in sculpting has been her signature in the equine art market.

Sculptor, Beverly Zimmer, graduated from the Tyler School of Art in 1990. During her enrollment, she challenged the boundaries of the academic sculpture criteria by working in more of a performance art genre. Her ambition in exploring the equine form in unconventional context was received enthusiastically. Projects included a pseudo birthing of a human from a horse, and mobile, skeleton simulations that were operated by the artist while harnessed inside of them. Following her graduation, she gave only a few more performances involving her life-size, puppet-like props before settling into a profession of custom sculpture.

Settling into her equestrian art niche, Beverly adapted to the demands for original sculpture in Stoneware and Bronze.  Her expertise quickly developed by sheer production, sometimes executing over a dozen sculptures a month.  Whether the final piece was in Stoneware clay or bronze, each bore the artist’s trademark expressive features.  In 2000, she was hired by a foundry in West Palm Beach to work as a sculptor for large works and monuments.  With her ability exploding, her commissions progressed to life size bronze work.  Again ,adapting to the demand, the artist found the life size work to be her specialty.

Since 1992, the artist has actively participated, and frequently won awards, in various juried art shows in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Florida, and New York.  She saves her Surreal and intensely graphic bronze sculptures for fine contemporary art galleries. Surreal pieces from the artist stem from personality interpretations, and feature gross metamorphosis between humans and animals.    Beverly’s Surreal work does not suffer from the lack of shock value.  This is emphasized by the artist’s persona.  With her chirpy personality masking a wealth of talent and a challenging intellect, the artist is as complex as her work.

In 1995, the artist’s business Forge Hill Sculpture, expanded into jewelry designing and custom bronze commissions.   Beverly’s sculptural quality in her jewelry designs is unparalleled.  She has done designs for four of the major equestrian jewelers in the country, and also maintains a worldwide clientele for her jewelry designs.  In the following years, catalog companies capitalized on Beverly’s popularity, showcasing reproductions of her wall art, jewelry, and home décor.