Growing up in Mobile, Alabama, original home of Mardi Gras, had artistic influences. Originally a seamstress, clothes and costume designer working with traditional fabrics, I made the transition to sculptor, creating clothing of metal and stone. Long term experiences in multiple mediums, such as concrete casting, welding, stone carving, painting, sewing, crocheting and macramé, contribute to understanding the use of disparate materials when creating my work.
At Auburn University, I majored in Clothing and Textiles, later becoming a graphic artist while developing a fine arts career. From 1997-2002, I studied stone carving with international master, Constantine Seferlis of the National Cathedral, Washington, DC. In 2003, I was inducted into the National Association of Women in the Arts (NAWA), for sculpture, in New York City.
I am a member of the Washington Sculptors Group, having served on the board for twelve years.
A book, ‘100 Artists of the Mid Atlantic’ by E. Ashley Rooney, published in 2011, features my metal shoes.

Selected Exhibitions:

2025: Popcorn Gallery, ACO Showcase Exhibition, Glen Echo, MD.
2024: ACO (Art Clinic Online) Live Interview, Highlighting 50 years of art career. Now seen on www.youtube.com/@ACOCommunity.
2023-2024: Marian Van Landingham Gallery, Torpedo Factory Arts Center, Alexandria, VA.
2021-2023: Torpedo Factory at Mosaic Gallery, Merrifield, VA.
2021 and 2022: My artful jewelry was selected to be in the James Renwick Alliance Craft Shows.
2019: Capital One Hall, Art Exhibition. Tysons, VA.
2018: Katzen Art Museum, American University, “LATITUDE: Washington Women’s Art Center,” Catalogue, Washington D.C.;
Blackrock Art Center, “RECOLLECTION,” Germantown, MD;
Eleven-Eleven Sculpture Space, Pennsylvania Ave., Zenith Gallery, “40th Anniversary,” Washington, D.C.
2016: Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, “CARTES BLANCHE,” Frederick, MD.
2015: Central Booking Gallery, “FUSION,” NYC, Catalogue.
LH Horton Jr. Gallery, “WOMEN IN ART~HERSTORIES,” San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA.

Strathmore Mansion Art Gallery, solo exhibition, “IF THE SHOE FITS,” North Bethesda, MD.
Eleven-Eleven Sculpture Space, “WOMEN OF ZENITH WHO HAVE REACHED THE ZENITH,” Washington, DC.
2014: Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, “WHAT NOT TO WEAR,” Washington, D.C.
Marlboro Gallery, Prince Georges Community College, “FIGURE NOW,” Largo, MD.
2013: Brooklyn Museum, First Annual Arts & Crafts Show, twelve sculptures featured, Brooklyn, NY.
Honfleur Gallery, “Sculpture Now 2019,” Washington Sculptors Group, Washington D.C.
2012: National Association of Women in the Arts Gallery, 5th Avenue, awarded solo exhibition. “UNZIPPED: Sculptured Fashions,” NYC.
2011: Goodwin House at Bailey’s Crossroads, solo exhibition, “METALING WITH FASHION,” Falls Church, VA.

Other national and international exhibitions that have included my works are: Olney Theatre Center, “UNMENTIONABLES,” as complement to Steve Martin’s Production of “The Underpants”, Olney, MD; The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA; the U.S. Botanic Garden, Washington, DC; Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, VA; Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ; Galeria Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ; Carroll Reese Museum, ETSU, Johnson City, TN; Huntsville Museum of Contemporary Art, Huntsville, AL; Vasteras Museum of Art, Vasteras, Sweden.
My work may be seen locally at Zenith Gallery, WDC.

Joyce Zipperer
www.zipperer-sculpture.com