Valerie zimany biography
Professor Valerie Zimany is Chair of the Department of Art and joined Clemson's faculty Prior to Clemson, she taught Ceramics and Foundations at Lawrence.
Valerie Zimany is Chair of the Department of Art at Clemson University..
In my current work, I visually examine complex relationships between the East and West, nature and technology, and intimate and public worlds through the lens of my American background and extended education in Japan.
Borrowed and appropriated images from the histories of art, nature, and society transform my surfaces, and I develop forms that suggest symbolic intersections between these different cultures. Distantly familiar archetypes from ’s electronics and design, traditional textile patterns, vintage enameled china, and manga or graffiti overlap to create seemingly improbable combinations.
By clashing colors, patterns, and imagery I force relationships or question compatibility, and parallel a feeling of wandering out of place at just the right time.
Currently an Assistant Professor of Art, Ceramics, at Clemson University, Clemson, SC, Valerie Zimany received her BFA from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
After completing her MFA studies at Kanazawa College of A