BIO:
FROM THERE SHE TRAVELED TO BOSTON TO WORK FOR A DESIGN FIRM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY BEGAN TO BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSATISIFIED WITH THE LACK OF ART IN THE ARCHITECTURE WORLD, AND WOULD OFTEN VENTURE OFF TO DO HER OWN THING. ENTERING IN FASHION SHOWS, ILLUSTRATING FOR COMIC BOOKS, AND GETTING LOST IN HER OWN PAINTINGS.
AFTER MUCH ADO SHE DECIDED TO TREK OFF TO JAPAN TO LEARN THE ART OF SIMPLICITY AND SUBTLENESS. JAPAN BECAME HER HOME AWAY FROM HOME, HER KISMENT, AND THE FOCUS OF MUCH OF HER WORK AND TECHNIQUE.
UPON RETURNING FROM JAPAN SHE WAS OFFERED A JOB TO WORK FOR FAMED ARCHITECT FRANK GEHRY, AND EVEN THOUGH THE ARTIST IN HER SCREAMED AT THE ARCHITECT SELF, SHE FIGURED WHY NOT GIVE IT ANOTHER GO.
LET'S SAY IT ALL STARTED WITH THE MOON.
ESSI ZIMM WAS BORN AT 1:44 PM.
A NIGHT CHILD. A CUSP.
SHE WAS RAISED BY A STRONG WILLED EUROPEAN MOTHER AND AN ENGINEERING FATHER WHO BUILT BULLETS FOR HIS CANNON IN THEIR BASEMENT. DURING HER YOUTH SHE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HER TIME RESIDING IN THE LOCAL BOOKSTORE; WHERE HER HIPPY MENTOR BOSS, CHESIRE CATS, UFO HUNTERS, PSYCHICS, AND MAD MEN, MADE IT THEIR QUEST TO AUGMENT HER MIND ON A DAILY BASIS. TO SAY THE LEAST, HER YOUTH WAS ANYTHING BUT NORMAL.
WHEN SHE WAS FIVE SHE SWORE SHE WAS TO BE AN ARTIST. WHEN SHE TURNED FIFTEEN SHE READ THE FOUNTAINHEAD AND DECIDED SHE WAS DESTINED TO BE AN ARCHITECT. SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH HOWARD ROARK.
MASTER ARTIST, MASTER BUILDER.
ONCE IN COLLEGE SHE MADE IT HER GOAL TO BE THE BEST AT HER CRAFT AND WAS AWARDED EXCELSUS LAUREATE OF HER MASTERS PROGRAM.
THERE SHE STRUGGLED TO LEARN THE ART OF THE FOLDED PAPER AND REALIZED SHE PROBABLY WAS NEVER GOING TO LEARN THAT ART, SO SHE INSTEAD TOOK THAT PAPER AND BEGAN TO MAKE IT HER CANVAS.
AND THE ARTIST WAS LET LOOSE.
STILL INCORPORATING A LOT OF THE ARCHITECTURE ELEMENTS IN THE WAY SHE CREATES (E.G. THE HAMMER AS A BRUSH), SHE MAINLY SEEKS TO INCORPORATE HER ILLUSTRATIVE TECHNIQUE WITH HER ABSTRACT PAINTED PIECES. MUCH OF HER WORK CENTERS AROUND A DIALOGUE. NOT ONE TO SETTLE INTO ANY TREND, SHE FINDS SOLACE IN TELLING A STORY INSTEAD.
