Curriculum Vitae
Born Cleveland, Ohio. Resides in Columbus, Ohio.
Education
M.F.A.,Milton Avery Graduate School for the Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2000
B.F.A., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 1993
Recent Work
2020 Last American Summer, Wexner Center for the Arts, Film/Video program, & THE BOX
Columbus, OH
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2008 Image of the City, Ingenuity Fest #4, Cleveland, OH (installation 4-day festival)
2007 Run Back Home, Ingenuity Fest #3, Cleveland, OH (installation 4-day festival)
2006 These Things Still Travel Along Wires, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
2005 As Wishing Still Helped, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2004 How Nature Works, Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (with Richard Harned)
2003 Xan Palay Willard Wankelman Gallery, Bowling Green State University, OH
2002 The Image of the City, Acme Art, Columbus, OH
2001 Xan Palay, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2000 Xan Palay, Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, The Ohio State University at Marion, Marion, OH
1998 Romantic Geometry, A.R.C. Gallery, Raw Space, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 An Introduction to Inequalities, Sound Art Limo curated by Holly Crawford, Contemporary Art Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Ideas Into Objects, Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Man and Beast, Meyers School for the Arts, University of Akron, OH
2003 Kingston Sculpture Biennial 5, Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY
2002 48 Hrs, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH
1998 Ohio Perspectives, O.A.C. Gallery, Riffe Center, Columbus, OH; traveled to Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH
1997 William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1997 Intelligent Life, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
1997 Neon to the Tenth, ArtSpace, Lima, OH
1995 25th Bradley Print National, Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
1994 Pilchuck Glass School Auction Exhibition, Seattle, WA
1994 Light Works, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA
1993 Designed to Wear, The Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
Public Collections and Installations
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Rooftop Spaces (installed in 2000) Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Dublin Arts Center Public Art Commission , Dublin, OH (unrealized)
Honors and Awards
Finalist: Harrison Park/City of Columbus, Public commission, Columbus, OH
Finalist: Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay international sculpture Commission, Cape Farewell, Swansea Bay, Wales, 2015
Finalist: Manhole Cover design Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District,
Cleveland, OH, 2014
Featured Artist on 11/04/12 Sequoia Tees, Love Feast, Admiraliteitstraat 27, 1018 KP Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2012
Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship, 2005
Sugarman Foundation, Artist Fellowship, 2004
Art in Public Places commission (postponed), Dublin Arts Center, Dublin, OH, 2002
Ohio Arts Council, Artist’s Project Award, 2001
Yaddo, Louise Bourgeois Endowed Residency, 1997
Arts Midwest-NEA Regional, ArtWorks Fund (with Hastings College), 1995
Arts Midwest-NEA Regional, Individual Artist Fellowship, 1995
Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artist Fellowship, 1995
Selected Lectures, Panels and Residencies
Resident Artist (2x), Wexner Center for the Arts - Film/Video program, Columbus, OH 2009 -10 and 2018-20
Panelist, Ohio Arts Council, Special Projects Grant, 2010
Panelist, Cleveland Partnership for the Arts, Fellowship Award, 2009
Panelist, Ohio Arts Council, Arts Innovation Grant, 2007
Panelist, Culture Works, Montgomery County, OH 2006
Panelist, Ohio Arts Council, Arts Innovation Grant, 2006
Panelist, Ohio Arts Council, Arts Innovation Grant, 2005
Panelist, Ohio Arts Council, Artist’s Projects, 2002
Faculty, Advanced Sculpture, Ohio State University, 2002
Resident Artist Kohler Iron Foundry, Arts / Industry Program, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, 2000
Faculty, EZRA Studio, Installation Sculpture Workshop, Kanazu Forest of Creation, Kanazu, Japan 2000
Visiting Artist, Aichi University of Education, Aichi, Japan, 1998 and 2000
Visiting Artist, Tokyo Glass Art Institute, Tokyo Japan, 2000
Resident Artist, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1997
Artist in Residence, Sommer Atelier, Leipzig, Germany, 1995
Lecturer and Panelist, Glass Art Society 25th Conference, Asheville, NC, May, 1995
Resident Artist, Contemporary Artists Center, North Adams, MA, 1994
Bibliography
Joe Huston, Lisa Dush and Ethel Rakin, As Wishes Still Helped (catalog), Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, 2005
Melissa Starker, Columbus Alive (review), Columbus, OH, September 7, 20045
Jud Yalkut, “A&C Visuals,” Dayton City Paper, Dayton, OH, June 1-7, 2005
Barbara Tennenbaum, How Nature Works (catalog), Weston Gallery, 2004
Craig Wales, “A Marriage of Styles,” Cin Weekly, Cincinnati, OH, June 30, 2004
Judy Pfaff and David Levi Strauss, Kingston Sculpture Biennial 5 (catalog), Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY, 2003
Jonathan Athens, The Dublin News (review), Dublin, OH, September 25, 2002
Christopher Painter, The Other Paper (review), Columbus, OH, September, 2002
Christopher A. Yates, The Columbus Dispatch (review), Columbus, OH, March 24, 2002
Douglas Max Utter, Cleveland Free Times (review), Cleveland, OH, April 5, 2001
UNESCO - Klinikum Fulda, “Licht und Bewusstsein 2001” (calendar), Berlin, Germany, 2001
Amy Sparks, “Village On the Roof,” The Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland OH, April 11, 2000
E. Foster, “The Up and Comers,” Columbus Monthly Magazine, Columbus, OH, August, 1999
Jaqueline Hall, The Columbus Dispatch (review), Columbus, OH, November 22, 1998
Brian Lindamood, “Fragile Reflections,” Columbus Alive, Columbus, OH, October 15, 1998
Henry Halem, Ohio Perspectives: Reflections in Glass (catalog), The Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery and Akron Museum of Art, 1998
Stephen Litt, The Cleveland Plain Dealer (review), Cleveland, OH, October 2, 1997
Kay Koeninger, The Columbus Dispatch (review), Columbus, OH, September 21, 1997
Kay Koeninger, The Columbus Dispatch (review), Columbus, OH, August 4, 1996
Xan Palay and Richard Harned, “ In Context,” Glass, Number 58, Winter 1995
Other Experience
Featured Artist, Sequoia Tees, Netherlands. November 4, 2012
Sound from The Image of the City featured on “All Things Considered”, National Public Radio, June 6, 2006
Senior Producer/Director, Video, Mills James, Columbus, Ohio 2007-2017
Creative Director, Gardens, Scotts Miracle-Gro, Marysville, Ohio 2017-present