EDUCATION
2012 MFA, New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2009 BFA, Ceramics Major, NSCAD University, Halifax, Canada
2008 Crafts and Design Diploma, Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 If It Holds It Grows, Hostler Burrows, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Moving in Circles, Craft Ontario, Toronto, Canada
2017 The Weight of Things, Gallery 371, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Canada 2015 Tools For No Purpose, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington, DC
Zimra Beiner, New Work, Sykes Gallery, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
2014 Sitting Still, Harrisburg Area Community College Art Space, Lancaster, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
More Clay!: The Power of Repetition, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton,
MA Inaugural Exhibition, Glenbow at the JR Shaw Centre for Arts and Culture, Calgary, Canada
2025
Excellence in Clay: 25 Years of the Winifred Shantz Award, The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Canada
More Clay!: The Power of Repetition, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
2024
Bill and Jack and Other Friends, Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred, NY
Design TO, Project Space, Organized by Jennifer Poirier, Toronto, Canada
Fahrenheit, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
2023
Between Things: Alberta Ceramics, Alberta Gallery of Art, Edmonton, Canada
The Aesthetics of Everyday Objects: The Cup, Curated by Jenny Hata Blumenfield ATLA, Los Angeles, CA
2022
More Clay: The Power of Repetition, AU Museum, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Curated by Rebecca Cross, Washington, DC
2021
Blues, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Hillsboro, VA Two Models, Tiny Pedestal Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH
2020
Good Earth: The Pots and Passion of Walter Ostrom, The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
Halifax, Canada
The Mushroom at the End of the World, by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, u’s Gallery, Black Diamond, Canada
2019
Cultivate Instigate, The Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB and The Alberta Craft Council, Calgary, Canada
Nurikabe, Tetsuo’s Garage, organized by Anne Eastman and Tam Ochiai, Nikko, Japan Reliant Objects, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Canada
The Form Will Find Its Way: Contemporary Ceramic Sculptural Abstraction, Katharine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Thing to Wear, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2018
A Better Understanding, with Martina Lantin, Yuill Family Gallery, Medicine Hat, Canada Clay Today, The Hole, New York, NY Form Demands Place, with Martina Lantin, Panza Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Reliant Objects, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Winnifred Shantz Award Winners, The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Canada 2017
Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, juried by Josh DeWeese, Helena, MT Method Accumulation: Studies in Materiality and Existence, curated by Andrew Casto, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, Portland, OR
We Are Neighbors, Private Studios, Jingdezhen, China
2016
A Round About, Present Company, New York, NY
Goggle Works’ 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, juried by Lydia Panas, Goggle Works, Reading, PA
Homebodies, pop-up exhibition curated by Alex Ferrante, Lancaster, PA
Sindikit Project #3, Zimra Beiner and Carolyn Case, Sindikit, Baltimore, MD
Small Victories, School 33 Art Center, Curator: Jose Ruiz, Baltimore, MD
2015
Constructed, curated by Peter Johnson, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, LaGrande, OR
Fabricated Fictions, with Nathan Prouty, Curator: James Barker, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
Millersville Faculty Exhibition, The Ware Center, Lancaster, PA
Nceca Biennial Exhibition, Jurors: Anders Ruhwald, Linda Christianson, Jo-Ann Conklin, David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, Providence, RI
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Aisthesis, Clay National IX, juried by Del Harrow, Sanam Emami, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
Best of 2014, juried by Namita Gupta Wiggers, Nicole Nathan, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Beyond the Brickyard, Juror: Tony Marsh, The Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT Materialize, Craft Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Nceca Emerging Artists Exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
RBC Emerging Artists Exhibition, nominated by Dianne Charbonneau, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Award Winners, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Canada
12 Trees: 30 Under 30 Ceramic Auction, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Canada
57th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, juried by Jerry Saltz, Strohl Art Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
2013
Artomatic, The Arts Commission, Toledo, OH
Emerging Sculptors Exhibition, Sculpture X, Broad Street Gallery, CCAD, Columbus, OH Faculty Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, BGSU, Bowling Green, OH
Hot Mud, juried by Rachel Gotlieb, Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, Canada
Inspired! Young Ohio Artists, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Medalta Cup Show, Medalta, Medicine Hat, Canada
Serve It Up, Victor Keen Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
2012
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fosdick Nelson Gallery, Alfred, NY
Overture, LeSo Gallery, Toledo, OH
Small Favors Invitational, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Zimra Beiner, Wellsville Creative Arts Center, Wellsville, NY
2010
Mayor’s Office Invitational Exhibition, Halifax, Canada
2009
Below Bridges, BFA Exhibition, Anna LeonOwens Gallery, Halifax, Canada
Distill Cup Show, Distill Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Fifteen, Ontario Craft Council, Toronto, Canada
Forte, Crafts and Design Group Exhibition, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023–24 Director, School of Craft and Emerging Media, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, AB
2016–24 Assistant Professor, Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada
2014–16 Ceramics Instructor, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
2012–14 Ceramics Instructor, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
2011–12 Teaching Assistant to Wayne Higby, Matt Kelleher, Giselle Hicks, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
