Caroline Zimmermann attended the Laguna College of Art and Design, then received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the California State University, Fullerton. In 1994 she received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from California College of the Arts, Oakland, California.

Caroline resides in Laguna Beach, California and has exhibited in the historic Laguna Beach Festival of Arts, an annual juried show, for more than 20 years. She is also an accomplished surfer and has travelled the world in search of waves, painting surf spots and seascapes along the way. Her art and surf travel was featured in a 1995 issue of the Surfer's Journal, and her painting of Jeffreys Bay South Africa graced the magazine's cover. Zimmermann has written five books on painting for Walter Foster Publishing, and in 2009 released an oil painting kit and book for aspiring artists. She has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Space magazine, Laguna Beach Magazine and on the Fine Living Network. She also maintains a studio in Tuscany just outside of Florence and travels extensively throughout Italy and France in search of antique frames for her work. Caroline is married to film director John Charles Jopson.

Caroline's work is held in numerous private collections across North America and Europe, and is exhibited in fine art galleries in London, Florence, Laguna Beach, Park City and Sonoma.

Zimmermann's paintings were seen in the 2007 Italian film "I Bevitori di Assenzio" and her work is to be featured widely in the upcoming motion picture The Absinthe Drinkers, a drama set in the Impressionist era.

In 1997, at the age of 32, Caroline Zimmermann was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was an aggressive, invasive cancer. As a result, her treatment consisted of a partial radical mastectomy and 4 courses of chemotherapy, two of which she received in the San Rossore clinic in Pisa, Italy. She has contributed her artwork and collaborated in numerous cancer fund raising events, including the 1999 UCSD Luau and Longboard Invitational. Since the completion of her chemotherapy in July of 1997, she has remained cancer free.

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