Born in Evanston, Illinois, Connie Zehr received a BFA in sculpture at Ohio State University in 1960. She has created on-site ephemeral installations in museums and galleries nationally and internationally including: The Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, NY); The Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL); Pasadena Art Museum (Pasadena, CA); Taipei Fine Art Museum (Taipei, Taiwan); Salvatori Ala Galeria (Milan, Italy); Wadsworth Atheneum (Hartford, CT); Newspace Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Exhibit A Gallery (Corning, NY); State of the Art Gallery (Ithaca, NY); Delaware Contemporary (Wilmington, DE) and numerous university galleries.
She is included in Smithsonian Archives of American Art, “Sunshine Muse,” by Peter Plagens; “Originals,” by Eleanor Munro; and “L.A. Rising,” by Lynn Kienholz. Connie is an Emeritus Professor of Art at Claremont Graduate University where she taught in the art department from 1982-2009 and was Chairperson from 2001-2008. She now resides in Horseheads, New York, near the Corning Museum of Glass. Their studio program has provided an opportunity to add flame worked glass objects to her sand installations.
Connie Zehr passed away on April 4, 2025 at her home in Horseheads, NY. She was actively making art until the end.
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