The Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass – a European competition for modern glass – just announced the winners for 2014, and WGS alum Jeff Zimmer was awarded 2nd Place in this prestigious award!
At Germany’s Veste Coburg and the European Museum of Modern Glass in nearby Rödental, 170 works of art by 150 international artists from 26 nations.
Jeff Zimmer works his glass imagery at the Washington Glass School during a 2011 visit.
The international panel of judges consisted of Sven Hauschke, Veste Coburg Art Collections, Milan Hlaveš, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Susanne Jøker-Johnsen, Bornholm, Peter Layton, London, Jutta-Annette Page, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo/Ohio, Anne Vanlatum, Musée-Atelier départemental du Verre, Sars-Poteries and as a non-voting member Klaus Weschenfelder, Veste Coburg Art Collections, selected from the participating artists 11 prize winners.
Jeff Zimmer, “The Disconnect Between Action and Consequence (Drone I) 2013, Layered hand enameled glass, LED
Jeff’s socially conscious glass works have tremendous depth – due to the physical layering of glass plates. Jeff makes masterly use of the transparency of the medium and imbues his works with a sense of discomfort and ambiguity.
Big Congratulations Jeff!!