ALISON CROCETTA
Education
• MFA · Tyler School of Art, Temple University · Philadelphia, PA
• Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture · Skowhegan, ME
• BFA with emphasis in Sculpture · NYSCC at Alfred University · Alfred, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions, Film Screenings & Performances
2020
• Bear in Mind (The Bill of Rights) · The Box at the Wexner Center for the Arts · Columbus, Ohio. Streaming July – December · Curated by Jennifer Lange, Film/Video Studio Curator.
2018
• A Circus of One · Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) · Cincinnati, Ohio. Curated by Steven Matijcio. A survey exhibition that also included the premiere of new performance projects entitled Resonator and A Circus of One (Act II) in collaboration with composer and musician Zac Little of the band Saintseneca.
2014
• On Poppies · a commissioned two-channel video installation in the Panopticon Gallery as part of the Outcasting: Fourth Wall Film Festival, Cardiff, United Kingdom · October 29–November 1 · Curated by Michael Cousin.
2013
• Rain or Shine · The Agora Collective · Berlin, Germany · Durational performance / installation in collaboration with choreographer Yurie Umamoto as part of the Month of Performance Art Berlin · May 29
2012
• Gather in concert with Janus Trio as part of an evening-long performance · Atlas Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. · April
2011
• A Circus of One · premier at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)· Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) · Troy, New York · November 5
• Framed Events · Lamar Dodd School of Art · The University of Georgia · Athens, GA · September
• Clear / Fill / Reveal in the Bijou Theater · Artisphere, Arlington, Virginia · Curated by Ryan Holladay · September
• Moving Images · Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio · multiple installations · June.
• Gather / Shed / Lift with the Janus Trio in concert · Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio · April
2010
• Purchase Contemporary Ensemble, Purchase College, Purchase, New York, Lift in concert · December
• Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, New York · Screening of Lift as a prelude to Janus concert · February
2009
• National Flute Convention, New York, New York · Lift with Janus in concert, August
• Monkeytown, Brooklyn, New York, Gather / Shed / Lift with Janus in concert · June
• Aspen Music Festival and School, Gather / Shed / Lift with Janus in concert · February
2008
• Gather / Shed / Lift film trilogy in collaboration with composer Barbara White · Debut at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey · Films performed in concert by Janus · October
2005
• Lift, Debut at Tsai Performance Center at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Film commission and collaboration with composer Barbara White and Boston Música Viva · October
2004
• Clear / Fill / Reveal · CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York · Installation of Super 8 mm Films
2001
• Beyond No · The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts · Installation and performance
1998
• Maintenance · CSPS Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa · Installation / performance with poetry by Elisa Graff
1996
• The Map is Not the Territory · Forum for Contemporary Art · St. Louis, Missouri · Installations and performances
1994
• Exercise in Perception, Capacity, and Projection · Denison University Gallery · Granville, Ohio · Installation and performance
1993
• Visible Breath, An Exercise in Suspended Respiration · Brookside Gardens, Maryland · Impermanent Outdoor Sculpture
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
• Disappearing · OSU’s Department of Art Faculty Exhibition · Urban Arts Space · Columbus, Ohio
• A Circus of One · my contribution to The Show · Beeler Gallery at Columbus College of Art & Design · Columbus, Ohio
2024
• An Exercise in Grounding · a socially engaged performance as part of the Challenging the Boundaries of Bodies conference · Curitiba, Brazil, June 8th
2022
• Gone, Gone, Gone Beyond, Gone Beyond Even the Beyond · OSU’s Department of Art Faculty Exhibition · Urban Arts Space · Columbus, Ohio
2021
• Learning How to Sing (Songs of Love and Resistance) · MIP4, an international performance art festival through CEIA in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• Open Channel, my contribution to Shift: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally · Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery · Columbus, Ohio. Curated my Maria Seda-Reeder
2019
• Transference: OSU’s Department of Art Faculty Exhibition · Urban Arts Space · Columbus, Ohio
• Lament · Durational performance as part of the Itinerant Performance Art Festival at the Grace Exhibition Space · New York, New York. Curated by Hector Canonge
2017
• On and On · Durational performance in collaboration with visual artist Peter Reese as part of Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival · Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery · Chicago, Illinois. Curated by Joseph Ravens
• Through Gritted Teeth · Durational performance as part of Performance and Subversion at the Queens Museum · Queens, New York. Curated by Hector Canonge
2016
• Through Gritted Teeth · Durational performance · Thirty-One West · Newark, Ohio
• Ode to Sal · Durational performance and related objects · Wish You Were Here, the OSU Department of Art Faculty Exhibition · Urban Arts Space · Columbus, Ohio
2015
• Curitiba International Biennial · Songs for My Sisters · Durational performance · Curitiba, Brazil, August 21 · Curated by Fernando Ribeiro
• After the Moment: Reflections on Robert Mapplethorpe · Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) · Cincinnati, Ohio
2014
• Simplicity · Durational performance, · The Nordic Artists' Centre Dale | Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale · Dale, Norway · August
• Load & Effort · Durational performance in collaboration with visual artist Peter Reese as part of Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival · Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery · Chicago, Illinois · June 12 · Curated by Joseph Ravens
• Somewhere · part of Ten Tiny Performances · The Garden Theater · Columbus, Ohio · January 24–25th · Curated by Paige Phillips
• Hephaestus Challenged: 7 Women Sculptors · The Galleries at Cleveland State University · Cleveland, Ohio · Curated by Robert Thurmer
2013
• SURRENDER (New York) · Durational performance in collaboration with visual artist Charlotte Schulz as part of Skowhegan PERFORMS · Socrates Sculpture Park · Queens, New York · September 28
• Made in Mourning: Contemporary Memorial and Reliquary · The Sculpture Center · Cleveland, Ohio · Curated by Nicholas Fenell
2012
• Outcasting: Fourth Wall Festival, Cardiff, United Kingdom · A Circus of One was screened in this Film and New Media festival · October
• United States: Artist’s Projects · The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut · Curated by Richard Klein and Mónica Ramírez-Montagut
• 2012 Hanji Project / New York: Hanji Metamorphoses, The Highline Loft, New York, New York · Curated by Yu Yeon Kim
2011
• Failure: Aspect-EZ Video Screening and DVD Publication · MIT List Center for Visual Arts, Boston, Massachusetts · April
2010
• The Mythical State of Jefferson, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon · curated by Michael Crane
• Rehearse, Rewind, Repeat: Photography, Video and Performance · Siegfried Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio · Curated by Kelli Connell
2009
• Wild Things · Annmarie Garden: Sculpture Park & Art Center, Solomons, Maryland
2005
• Inside / Out: Sculpture at Evergreen · The Evergreen House and Estate · Baltimore, Maryland · Curated by Julie Courtney · Impermanent Outdoor Sited Sculpture
• Meditating America · CoCA (Center of Contemporary Art) · Seattle, Washington · curated by Ernesto Pujol · Super 8 mm Film
2003
• AIM 23 · The Bronx Museum of the Arts · Bronx, New York · Super 8 mm Films
1999–2000
• Atmospheric Conditions · Spaces · Cleveland, Ohio · Installation and Performance
• Swing-O-Matic, part of Beginning a New Century, Emerging Artists in Western New York · Burchfield-Penney Art Center · Buffalo, New York · Installation
Grants, Awards & Artist Residencies
2020
• Summer Fellowship · Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Boston, Massachusetts (This program was cancelled due to COVID-19.)
2017
• Arts and Humanities Completion Grant · In Support of the A Circus of One exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center (CAC) · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2016
• Summer Fellowship · Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Boston, Massachusetts
2015
• Individual Excellence Award · Interdisciplinary / Performance Art · The Ohio Arts Council · Ohio
2014
• On Poppies · A commissioned two-channel video installation as part of the Outcasting: Fourth Wall Film Festival, Cardiff, United Kingdom · Curated by Michael Cousin
• Artist-In-Residence · The Nordic Artists' Centre Dale | Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale · Dale, Norway (June and July)
• Arts and Humanities International Travel Grant · In Support of Research in Norway · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2013
• Collaborative Artist Residency with choreographer Yurie Umamoto as part of the Month of Performance Art Berlin · The Agora Collective · Berlin, Germany
• Arts and Humanities International Travel Grant · In Support of Research in Berlin, Germany · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Arts and Humanities Research Enhancement Grant · In Support of A Circus of One (Act II) and related exhibition · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2012
• Arts and Humanities Grant-In-Aid · In Support of Manuscript Preparation for the A Circus of One (Act II) · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Arts and Humanities Grant-In-Aid · In Support of Production Costs associated with A Circus of One (Act II) · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Fiscal Sponsorship · A Circus of One (Act II) · New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, New York
2011
• Franklin Furnace Fund 2011-12 · A Performance Art Grant in Support of A Circus of One (Act II) · New York, New York
• Fiscal Sponsorship · A Circus of One (Act II) · New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, New York
• Arts and Humanities Grant-In-Aid · In Support of Gather / Shed / Lift Concert at The Columbus Museum of Art · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Arts and Humanities Grant-In-Aid · In Support of Manuscript Preparation for the Moving Images exhibition at The Weston Art Gallery · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2010
• EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission 2010–2011· EMPAC: Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Supported by the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts · in support of A Circus of One · Troy, New York
• Fiscal Sponsorship · A Circus of One · New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, New York
• Arts and Humanities Grant-In-Aid · in support of A CIRCUS OF ONE film production · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2008–2009
• GTA Program Enhancement Seed Grant · The University Center for the Advancement of Teaching · OSU, Columbus, Ohio
2006–2007
• Wexner Center for the Arts · Art and Technology · Artist in Residence · Columbus, Ohio
• GTA Program Enhancement Seed Grant · The University Center for the Advancement of Teaching OSU, Columbus, Ohio
• Seed Grant · College of the Arts and Humanities · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Level II Faculty Grant · College of the Arts · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2005–2006
• Level I Faculty Grant · College of the Arts · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Asian Cultural Council · Individual Artist Grant for Travel in Japan · New York, New York (declined by artist)
2002–2003
• Harvestworks · Funded Artist Residency in film, sound, and video · New York, New York
• AIM 23 Fellowship · The Bronx Museum of the Arts · Bronx, New York
2000
• Bunting Fellowship · Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Boston, Massachusetts
1999
• Summer Research Grant · Alfred University · Alfred, New York
1995
• NEA Fellowship Award in Sculpture · Mid America Arts Alliance · St. Louis, Missouri
1992
• Skowhegan School of Art · Scholarship · Skowhegan, Maine
Selected Reviews
2019
The Columbus Dispatch · Visual Arts Review / Ohio State University Faculty Members Display Diversity of Ideas in Cutting-edge Forms · by Nancy Gilson, October 16, 2019
2018
CityBeat: Two New Shows at Contemporary Arts Center Look at Identity from Different Angles · by Leyla Shokoohe, July 9, 2018
2012
The New York Times: Out of Many Themes, One Topic · by Susan Hodara, September 21, 2012
2011
CityBeat: Moving Pictures · by Matt Morris, June 25– July 5, 2011
2006
Baltimore City Paper: Garden State · by J. Bowers, July 5, 2011
The Baltimore Examiner: Ever Fresh Evergreen Art · by Marie Gullard, June 10, 2006
The Towson Times: Art on the Side· by Mike Giuliano, May 28, 2006
The Baltimore Sun: Outsider Art · by Glenn McNatt, July 5, 2006
2005
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Artists Muse on America with Mostly Positive Results · by Regina Hackett, November 11, 2005
The Boston Globe: Música Viva Goes Back to the Future · by David Weininger, October 10, 2005
2003
The Village Voice: Statements and Strategies...· by Karen Rosenberg, August 27, 2003
2001
The Boston Globe: Beyond No Moves Beyond Trauma and Toward Recovery · by Cate McQuaid, March 2, 2001, pg. D12
2000
Cleveland Scene: It’s All in Your Head · by Charles Yannopoulos, March 23, 2000, pg. 49
1997
The Plain Dealer: Elevating the Everyday · by Dan Tranberg, March 25, 1997, Art Section
1996
The Riverfront Times: RFT Annual Report · by Eddie Silva, January, pg. 33
New Art Examiner · by Debra Parr, December · January, pg. 44
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Mysterious Territory · by Robert W. Duffy, September
The Riverfront Times: Terra Incognito · by Eddie Silva, September 25, 1996, pg. 43
Exhibition Catalogs, Brochures, Published Interviews & Statements
2020
Q&A: Alison Crocetta on Bear in Mind (The Bill of Rights) with Jennifer Lange, Film/Video Studio Curator, Wexner Center for the Arts and ASL Interpreter, Charlene McCarthy · Columbus, Ohio
2018
A Circus of One · Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) · Cincinnati, Ohio · Brochure Essay by Steven Matijcio
Point of View (POV) in Epicenter · Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) Magazine · Cincinnati, Ohio · Spring / Summer edition.
2015
Bienal Internacional de Curitiba - Luz do Mundo (Curitiba International Biennial - World Light) exhibition catalog from the Curitiba International Biennial in Curitiba, Brazil.
Culture Colony Quarterly (CCQ) · An Intellectual Ball of Twine – Alison Crocetta Talks Poppies, Performance and Film · Cardiff, Wales · January 2015
2014
Hephaestus Challenged: 7 Women Sculptors · The Galleries at Cleveland State University · Cleveland, Ohio · Catalogue essay by curator Robert Thurmer
2012
United States: Artist’s Projects · The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield, Connecticut · Brochure Essays by Exhibitions Director, Richard Klein & Rachel Teagle, PhD
2012 Hanji Project / New York: Hanji Metamorphoses · New York, New York · Catalog Essay by Independent Curator, Yu Yeon Kim
2011
Moving Images · Weston Art Gallery · Cincinnati, Ohio · Brochure Essay by Nell Andrew, PhD
2006
Inside / Out: Sculpture at Evergreen · The Evergreen House and Estate · Baltimore, Maryland · Catalog Essay by Julie Courtney
2003
AIM 23 · The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York · Catalog Essay by Lydia Yee, Senior Curator, and Amy Rosenblum Martin, Curatorial Associate
2000
Beginning a New Century: Emerging Artists in Western New York · Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York · Catalog Essay by Sarah Kellner, former Executive Director, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas
1998
St. Louis: The City Series · Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa · Catalog Essay by Donald B. Doe, PhD and Leslie Wright, PhD
Selected Artist Talks
2021
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery · Columbus, Ohio
2018
Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) · Cincinnati, Ohio
2016
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Lunchtime Seminar: Losing Touch with Objects · Boston, Massachusetts
Denison University · Studio Art Program · Granville, Ohio
2015
Curitiba International Biennial · Artist Talk and Panel Discussion · Curitiba, Brazil
2014
Outcasting: Fourth Wall Film Festival · Cardiff, United Kingdom
Miami University · Department of Art · Oxford, Ohio
The College of Wooster · Department of Art · Wooster, Ohio
2012
University of Idaho at Moscow · Moscow, Idaho
2011
Lamar Dodd School of Art, invited lecture with support from the Wilson Center for the Humanities & Arts at the University of Georgia · Athens, Georgia
Columbus Museum of Art, in conjunction with the Art of Concern symposium entitled High Anxiety · Columbus, Ohio
2006
Princeton University, Woolworth Center of Musical Studies · Princeton, New Jersey
2003
Harvestworks · Soho, New York
2002
Montserrat College of Art · Beverly, Massachusetts
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, Michigan
Princeton University, Woolworth Center of Musical Studies · Princeton, New Jersey
2000
Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Boston, Massachusetts
Colgate University · Hamilton, New York
Presented Papers, Conference Participation & Panel Discussions
2026
Leaps of Faith: When the Practice is the Journey · Sacred Journeys 13th Global Conference · Quebec City, Canada. (forthcoming in July)
2025
No Separation, a paper delivered within the Creative Voices and Pilgrimage panel discussion, moderated by Professor David Hair, at the Changing Meanings of Pilgrimage: Contested Definitions, Competing Perspectives conference · Institute for Piligrmage Studies within the School of Education · William & Mary University, Williamsburg, Virginia.
2024
The Sounding Body panel discussion within the Challenging the Boundaries of Bodies conference · Curitiba, Brazil · lectures by Alison Crocetta and Marco Paulo Rolla with panel discussion moderated by Professor Amabilis De Jesus, PhD.
2023
Beyond Traditional Therapies · 2023 Ohio Brain Injury Summit · Columbus, Ohio · lecture with a discussion moderated by Kedar Hiremath, Associate Director of the Chronic Brain Injury Program at OSU.
2021
Ohio Valley and Midstates Chapters of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) · A virtual panel discussion about artists conducting research in libraries and archives with participating artists, Alison Crocetta (Ohio State) and Tim Nickodemus (SAIC). This discussion was moderated by Art & Design Librarian and Assistant Professor, Courtney Hunt (Ohio State) and Information Literacy Librarian, Mackenzie Salisbury (SAIC).
2014
Performative Ethnography & Site Specificity · Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival · Chicago, Illinois · panel discussion moderated by Ramón H. Rivera-Servera.
2013
The Agora Collective · Berlin, Germany · A round table discussion about the intersection between dance / choreography and performance art in conjunction with the Month of Performance Art Berlin.
2012
ATOA (Artists Talk on Art) · New York, New York · Panel Discussion on the topic of “Ritual” · Moderated by Rie Hachiyanagi
2011
EMPAC · Troy, New York · Project Introduction and Panel Discussion for the premier of A Circus of One and the DanceMovies film commissions · Moderated by Helene Lesterlin
2010
From Stillness to Action to Moving Image as part of the Sculpture and the Televisual panel · SECAC & MACAA Joint Conference entitled, Curiouser: Where Cerebellum Meets Antibellum · Hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, Virginia · October.
THINK TANK 5 · Integrative Teaching International (ITI) · Facilitator for the Cultural, Conceptual and Historical Frameworks working group · University of Georgia · Athens, Georgia · June.
2001
Talking About Text and Image, Roundtable at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Cambridge, Massachusetts · With Yvonne Rainer, Visiting Lecturer on Visual and Environmental Studies and Bunting Fellows: art historian Martha Buskirk, filmmaker Charlene Gilbert, and visual artist Ann Messner.
Employment
2020–June 2021
Director · The Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise · The Ohio State University · Columbus, Ohio
2012–Present
Associate Professor in Sculpture Area, Co-chair of Graduate Studies (SP 2018) and Director of Foundations Studies (2005-2015) · Department of Art · The Ohio State University · Columbus, Ohio
2005–2011
Assistant Professor in Sculpture Area and Director of Foundations Studies · Department of Art · The Ohio State University · Columbus, Ohio
2004
Artist-in-Residence (Installation / Performance) · Fine Arts Department · Ringling School of Art and Design · Sarasota, Florida
2001–2003
Associate Chair · Foundation Department · Parsons School of Design · The New School · New York, New York
2000–2001
Bunting Fellow · Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Boston, Massachusetts
1998–2001
Assistant Professor (tenure track) · School of Art and Design · NYSCC at Alfred University · Alfred, New York
1997–1998
Education Director · COCA (The Center of Creative Arts) · St. Louis, Missouri
1994–1997
Visiting Artist / Lecturer · Sculpture Department · Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts · Washington University · St. Louis, Missouri
1992
Freshman Foundation Faculty · Sculpture Techniques · Tyler School of Art · Temple University · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Continuing Education and Credentials
2024
Sound Healing, Level I with instruction and certification from Susan DeLor Baas, via Soma Energetics technique.
2018–24
Reiki Master, Level II and Level I with instruction and certification from Reiki Master, Susan DeLor Baas · Columbus, Ohio.
2021
Inner MBA · New York University · New York, NY, A nine-month program in mindful leadership strategies with certificate of completion from New York University’s Mindful NYU in concert with Sounds True, LinkedIn, and Wisdom 2.0.
2014
Certified Yoga Instructor (200 Hour Level) · Samyoga Institute · Columbus, Ohio
Education
• MFA · Tyler School of Art, Temple University · Philadelphia, PA
• Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture · Skowhegan, ME
• BFA with emphasis in Sculpture · NYSCC at Alfred University · Alfred, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions, Film Screenings & Performances
2020
• Bear in Mind (The Bill of Rights) · The Box at the Wexner Center for the Arts · Columbus, Ohio. Streaming July – December · Curated by Jennifer Lange, Film/Video Studio Curator.
2018
• A Circus of One · Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) · Cincinnati, Ohio. Curated by Steven Matijcio. A survey exhibition that also included the premiere of new performance projects entitled Resonator and A Circus of One (Act II) in collaboration with composer and musician Zac Little of the band Saintseneca.
2014
• On Poppies · a commissioned two-channel video installation in the Panopticon Gallery as part of the Outcasting: Fourth Wall Film Festival, Cardiff, United Kingdom · October 29–November 1 · Curated by Michael Cousin.
2013
• Rain or Shine · The Agora Collective · Berlin, Germany · Durational performance / installation in collaboration with choreographer Yurie Umamoto as part of the Month of Performance Art Berlin · May 29
2012
• Gather in concert with Janus Trio as part of an evening-long performance · Atlas Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. · April
2011
• A Circus of One · premier at the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC)· Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) · Troy, New York · November 5
• Framed Events · Lamar Dodd School of Art · The University of Georgia · Athens, GA · September
• Clear / Fill / Reveal in the Bijou Theater · Artisphere, Arlington, Virginia · Curated by Ryan Holladay · September
• Moving Images · Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio · multiple installations · June.
• Gather / Shed / Lift with the Janus Trio in concert · Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio · April
2010
• Purchase Contemporary Ensemble, Purchase College, Purchase, New York, Lift in concert · December
• Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, New York · Screening of Lift as a prelude to Janus concert · February
2009
• National Flute Convention, New York, New York · Lift with Janus in concert, August
• Monkeytown, Brooklyn, New York, Gather / Shed / Lift with Janus in concert · June
• Aspen Music Festival and School, Gather / Shed / Lift with Janus in concert · February
2008
• Gather / Shed / Lift film trilogy in collaboration with composer Barbara White · Debut at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey · Films performed in concert by Janus · October
2005
• Lift, Debut at Tsai Performance Center at Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
• Film commission and collaboration with composer Barbara White and Boston Música Viva · October
2004
• Clear / Fill / Reveal · CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York · Installation of Super 8 mm Films
2001
• Beyond No · The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts · Installation and performance
1998
• Maintenance · CSPS Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa · Installation / performance with poetry by Elisa Graff
1996
• The Map is Not the Territory · Forum for Contemporary Art · St. Louis, Missouri · Installations and performances
1994
• Exercise in Perception, Capacity, and Projection · Denison University Gallery · Granville, Ohio · Installation and performance
1993
• Visible Breath, An Exercise in Suspended Respiration · Brookside Gardens, Maryland · Impermanent Outdoor Sculpture
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
• Disappearing · OSU’s Department of Art Faculty Exhibition · Urban Arts Space · Columbus, Ohio
• A Circus of One · my contribution to The Show · Beeler Gallery at Columbus College of Art & Design · Columbus, Ohio
2024
• An Exercise in Grounding · a socially engaged performance as part of the Challenging the Boundaries of Bodies conference · Curitiba, Brazil, June 8th
2022
• Gone, Gone, Gone Beyond, Gone Beyond Even the Beyond · OSU’s Department of Art Faculty Exhibition · Urban Arts Space · Columbus, Ohio
2021
• Learning How to Sing (Songs of Love and Resistance) · MIP4, an international performance art festival through CEIA in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• Open Channel, my contribution to Shift: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally · Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery · Columbus, Ohio. Curated my Maria Seda-Reeder
2019
• Transference: OSU’s Department of Art Faculty Exhibition · Urban Arts Space · Columbus, Ohio
• Lament · Durational performance as part of the Itinerant Performance Art Festival at the Grace Exhibition Space · New York, New York. Curated by Hector Canonge
2017
• On and On · Durational performance in collaboration with visual artist Peter Reese as part of Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival · Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery · Chicago, Illinois. Curated by Joseph Ravens
• Through Gritted Teeth · Durational performance as part of Performance and Subversion at the Queens Museum · Queens, New York. Curated by Hector Canonge
2016
• Through Gritted Teeth · Durational performance · Thirty-One West · Newark, Ohio
• Ode to Sal · Durational performance and related objects · Wish You Were Here, the OSU Department of Art Faculty Exhibition · Urban Arts Space · Columbus, Ohio
2015
• Curitiba International Biennial · Songs for My Sisters · Durational performance · Curitiba, Brazil, August 21 · Curated by Fernando Ribeiro
• After the Moment: Reflections on Robert Mapplethorpe · Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) · Cincinnati, Ohio
2014
• Simplicity · Durational performance, · The Nordic Artists' Centre Dale | Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale · Dale, Norway · August
• Load & Effort · Durational performance in collaboration with visual artist Peter Reese as part of Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival · Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery · Chicago, Illinois · June 12 · Curated by Joseph Ravens
• Somewhere · part of Ten Tiny Performances · The Garden Theater · Columbus, Ohio · January 24–25th · Curated by Paige Phillips
• Hephaestus Challenged: 7 Women Sculptors · The Galleries at Cleveland State University · Cleveland, Ohio · Curated by Robert Thurmer
2013
• SURRENDER (New York) · Durational performance in collaboration with visual artist Charlotte Schulz as part of Skowhegan PERFORMS · Socrates Sculpture Park · Queens, New York · September 28
• Made in Mourning: Contemporary Memorial and Reliquary · The Sculpture Center · Cleveland, Ohio · Curated by Nicholas Fenell
2012
• Outcasting: Fourth Wall Festival, Cardiff, United Kingdom · A Circus of One was screened in this Film and New Media festival · October
• United States: Artist’s Projects · The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut · Curated by Richard Klein and Mónica Ramírez-Montagut
• 2012 Hanji Project / New York: Hanji Metamorphoses, The Highline Loft, New York, New York · Curated by Yu Yeon Kim
2011
• Failure: Aspect-EZ Video Screening and DVD Publication · MIT List Center for Visual Arts, Boston, Massachusetts · April
2010
• The Mythical State of Jefferson, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon · curated by Michael Crane
• Rehearse, Rewind, Repeat: Photography, Video and Performance · Siegfried Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio · Curated by Kelli Connell
2009
• Wild Things · Annmarie Garden: Sculpture Park & Art Center, Solomons, Maryland
2005
• Inside / Out: Sculpture at Evergreen · The Evergreen House and Estate · Baltimore, Maryland · Curated by Julie Courtney · Impermanent Outdoor Sited Sculpture
• Meditating America · CoCA (Center of Contemporary Art) · Seattle, Washington · curated by Ernesto Pujol · Super 8 mm Film
2003
• AIM 23 · The Bronx Museum of the Arts · Bronx, New York · Super 8 mm Films
1999–2000
• Atmospheric Conditions · Spaces · Cleveland, Ohio · Installation and Performance
• Swing-O-Matic, part of Beginning a New Century, Emerging Artists in Western New York · Burchfield-Penney Art Center · Buffalo, New York · Installation
Grants, Awards & Artist Residencies
2020
• Summer Fellowship · Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Boston, Massachusetts (This program was cancelled due to COVID-19.)
2017
• Arts and Humanities Completion Grant · In Support of the A Circus of One exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center (CAC) · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2016
• Summer Fellowship · Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Boston, Massachusetts
2015
• Individual Excellence Award · Interdisciplinary / Performance Art · The Ohio Arts Council · Ohio
2014
• On Poppies · A commissioned two-channel video installation as part of the Outcasting: Fourth Wall Film Festival, Cardiff, United Kingdom · Curated by Michael Cousin
• Artist-In-Residence · The Nordic Artists' Centre Dale | Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale · Dale, Norway (June and July)
• Arts and Humanities International Travel Grant · In Support of Research in Norway · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2013
• Collaborative Artist Residency with choreographer Yurie Umamoto as part of the Month of Performance Art Berlin · The Agora Collective · Berlin, Germany
• Arts and Humanities International Travel Grant · In Support of Research in Berlin, Germany · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Arts and Humanities Research Enhancement Grant · In Support of A Circus of One (Act II) and related exhibition · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2012
• Arts and Humanities Grant-In-Aid · In Support of Manuscript Preparation for the A Circus of One (Act II) · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Arts and Humanities Grant-In-Aid · In Support of Production Costs associated with A Circus of One (Act II) · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Fiscal Sponsorship · A Circus of One (Act II) · New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, New York
2011
• Franklin Furnace Fund 2011-12 · A Performance Art Grant in Support of A Circus of One (Act II) · New York, New York
• Fiscal Sponsorship · A Circus of One (Act II) · New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, New York
• Arts and Humanities Grant-In-Aid · In Support of Gather / Shed / Lift Concert at The Columbus Museum of Art · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Arts and Humanities Grant-In-Aid · In Support of Manuscript Preparation for the Moving Images exhibition at The Weston Art Gallery · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2010
• EMPAC DANCE MOViES Commission 2010–2011· EMPAC: Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / Supported by the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts · in support of A Circus of One · Troy, New York
• Fiscal Sponsorship · A Circus of One · New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, New York
• Arts and Humanities Grant-In-Aid · in support of A CIRCUS OF ONE film production · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2008–2009
• GTA Program Enhancement Seed Grant · The University Center for the Advancement of Teaching · OSU, Columbus, Ohio
2006–2007
• Wexner Center for the Arts · Art and Technology · Artist in Residence · Columbus, Ohio
• GTA Program Enhancement Seed Grant · The University Center for the Advancement of Teaching OSU, Columbus, Ohio
• Seed Grant · College of the Arts and Humanities · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Level II Faculty Grant · College of the Arts · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
2005–2006
• Level I Faculty Grant · College of the Arts · OSU · Columbus, Ohio
• Asian Cultural Council · Individual Artist Grant for Travel in Japan · New York, New York (declined by artist)
2002–2003
• Harvestworks · Funded Artist Residency in film, sound, and video · New York, New York
• AIM 23 Fellowship · The Bronx Museum of the Arts · Bronx, New York
2000
• Bunting Fellowship · Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Boston, Massachusetts
1999
• Summer Research Grant · Alfred University · Alfred, New York
1995
• NEA Fellowship Award in Sculpture · Mid America Arts Alliance · St. Louis, Missouri
1992
• Skowhegan School of Art · Scholarship · Skowhegan, Maine
Selected Reviews
2019
The Columbus Dispatch · Visual Arts Review / Ohio State University Faculty Members Display Diversity of Ideas in Cutting-edge Forms · by Nancy Gilson, October 16, 2019
2018
CityBeat: Two New Shows at Contemporary Arts Center Look at Identity from Different Angles · by Leyla Shokoohe, July 9, 2018
2012
The New York Times: Out of Many Themes, One Topic · by Susan Hodara, September 21, 2012
2011
CityBeat: Moving Pictures · by Matt Morris, June 25– July 5, 2011
2006
Baltimore City Paper: Garden State · by J. Bowers, July 5, 2011
The Baltimore Examiner: Ever Fresh Evergreen Art · by Marie Gullard, June 10, 2006
The Towson Times: Art on the Side· by Mike Giuliano, May 28, 2006
The Baltimore Sun: Outsider Art · by Glenn McNatt, July 5, 2006
2005
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Artists Muse on America with Mostly Positive Results · by Regina Hackett, November 11, 2005
The Boston Globe: Música Viva Goes Back to the Future · by David Weininger, October 10, 2005
2003
The Village Voice: Statements and Strategies...· by Karen Rosenberg, August 27, 2003
2001
The Boston Globe: Beyond No Moves Beyond Trauma and Toward Recovery · by Cate McQuaid, March 2, 2001, pg. D12
2000
Cleveland Scene: It’s All in Your Head · by Charles Yannopoulos, March 23, 2000, pg. 49
1997
The Plain Dealer: Elevating the Everyday · by Dan Tranberg, March 25, 1997, Art Section
1996
The Riverfront Times: RFT Annual Report · by Eddie Silva, January, pg. 33
New Art Examiner · by Debra Parr, December · January, pg. 44
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Mysterious Territory · by Robert W. Duffy, September
The Riverfront Times: Terra Incognito · by Eddie Silva, September 25, 1996, pg. 43
Exhibition Catalogs, Brochures, Published Interviews & Statements
2020
Q&A: Alison Crocetta on Bear in Mind (The Bill of Rights) with Jennifer Lange, Film/Video Studio Curator, Wexner Center for the Arts and ASL Interpreter, Charlene McCarthy · Columbus, Ohio
2018
A Circus of One · Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) · Cincinnati, Ohio · Brochure Essay by Steven Matijcio
Point of View (POV) in Epicenter · Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) Magazine · Cincinnati, Ohio · Spring / Summer edition.
2015
Bienal Internacional de Curitiba - Luz do Mundo (Curitiba International Biennial - World Light) exhibition catalog from the Curitiba International Biennial in Curitiba, Brazil.
Culture Colony Quarterly (CCQ) · An Intellectual Ball of Twine – Alison Crocetta Talks Poppies, Performance and Film · Cardiff, Wales · January 2015
2014
Hephaestus Challenged: 7 Women Sculptors · The Galleries at Cleveland State University · Cleveland, Ohio · Catalogue essay by curator Robert Thurmer
2012
United States: Artist’s Projects · The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum · Ridgefield, Connecticut · Brochure Essays by Exhibitions Director, Richard Klein & Rachel Teagle, PhD
2012 Hanji Project / New York: Hanji Metamorphoses · New York, New York · Catalog Essay by Independent Curator, Yu Yeon Kim
2011
Moving Images · Weston Art Gallery · Cincinnati, Ohio · Brochure Essay by Nell Andrew, PhD
2006
Inside / Out: Sculpture at Evergreen · The Evergreen House and Estate · Baltimore, Maryland · Catalog Essay by Julie Courtney
2003
AIM 23 · The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York · Catalog Essay by Lydia Yee, Senior Curator, and Amy Rosenblum Martin, Curatorial Associate
2000
Beginning a New Century: Emerging Artists in Western New York · Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York · Catalog Essay by Sarah Kellner, former Executive Director, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas
1998
St. Louis: The City Series · Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa · Catalog Essay by Donald B. Doe, PhD and Leslie Wright, PhD
Selected Artist Talks
2021
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery · Columbus, Ohio
2018
Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) · Cincinnati, Ohio
2016
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Lunchtime Seminar: Losing Touch with Objects · Boston, Massachusetts
Denison University · Studio Art Program · Granville, Ohio
2015
Curitiba International Biennial · Artist Talk and Panel Discussion · Curitiba, Brazil
2014
Outcasting: Fourth Wall Film Festival · Cardiff, United Kingdom
Miami University · Department of Art · Oxford, Ohio
The College of Wooster · Department of Art · Wooster, Ohio
2012
University of Idaho at Moscow · Moscow, Idaho
2011
Lamar Dodd School of Art, invited lecture with support from the Wilson Center for the Humanities & Arts at the University of Georgia · Athens, Georgia
Columbus Museum of Art, in conjunction with the Art of Concern symposium entitled High Anxiety · Columbus, Ohio
2006
Princeton University, Woolworth Center of Musical Studies · Princeton, New Jersey
2003
Harvestworks · Soho, New York
2002
Montserrat College of Art · Beverly, Massachusetts
Kalamazoo College · Kalamazoo, Michigan
Princeton University, Woolworth Center of Musical Studies · Princeton, New Jersey
2000
Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Boston, Massachusetts
Colgate University · Hamilton, New York
Presented Papers, Conference Participation & Panel Discussions
2026
Leaps of Faith: When the Practice is the Journey · Sacred Journeys 13th Global Conference · Quebec City, Canada. (forthcoming in July)
2025
No Separation, a paper delivered within the Creative Voices and Pilgrimage panel discussion, moderated by Professor David Hair, at the Changing Meanings of Pilgrimage: Contested Definitions, Competing Perspectives conference · Institute for Piligrmage Studies within the School of Education · William & Mary University, Williamsburg, Virginia.
2024
The Sounding Body panel discussion within the Challenging the Boundaries of Bodies conference · Curitiba, Brazil · lectures by Alison Crocetta and Marco Paulo Rolla with panel discussion moderated by Professor Amabilis De Jesus, PhD.
2023
Beyond Traditional Therapies · 2023 Ohio Brain Injury Summit · Columbus, Ohio · lecture with a discussion moderated by Kedar Hiremath, Associate Director of the Chronic Brain Injury Program at OSU.
2021
Ohio Valley and Midstates Chapters of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) · A virtual panel discussion about artists conducting research in libraries and archives with participating artists, Alison Crocetta (Ohio State) and Tim Nickodemus (SAIC). This discussion was moderated by Art & Design Librarian and Assistant Professor, Courtney Hunt (Ohio State) and Information Literacy Librarian, Mackenzie Salisbury (SAIC).
2014
Performative Ethnography & Site Specificity · Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival · Chicago, Illinois · panel discussion moderated by Ramón H. Rivera-Servera.
2013
The Agora Collective · Berlin, Germany · A round table discussion about the intersection between dance / choreography and performance art in conjunction with the Month of Performance Art Berlin.
2012
ATOA (Artists Talk on Art) · New York, New York · Panel Discussion on the topic of “Ritual” · Moderated by Rie Hachiyanagi
2011
EMPAC · Troy, New York · Project Introduction and Panel Discussion for the premier of A Circus of One and the DanceMovies film commissions · Moderated by Helene Lesterlin
2010
From Stillness to Action to Moving Image as part of the Sculpture and the Televisual panel · SECAC & MACAA Joint Conference entitled, Curiouser: Where Cerebellum Meets Antibellum · Hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, Virginia · October.
THINK TANK 5 · Integrative Teaching International (ITI) · Facilitator for the Cultural, Conceptual and Historical Frameworks working group · University of Georgia · Athens, Georgia · June.
2001
Talking About Text and Image, Roundtable at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Cambridge, Massachusetts · With Yvonne Rainer, Visiting Lecturer on Visual and Environmental Studies and Bunting Fellows: art historian Martha Buskirk, filmmaker Charlene Gilbert, and visual artist Ann Messner.
Employment
2020–June 2021
Director · The Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Center for Integrated Arts and Enterprise · The Ohio State University · Columbus, Ohio
2012–Present
Associate Professor in Sculpture Area, Co-chair of Graduate Studies (SP 2018) and Director of Foundations Studies (2005-2015) · Department of Art · The Ohio State University · Columbus, Ohio
2005–2011
Assistant Professor in Sculpture Area and Director of Foundations Studies · Department of Art · The Ohio State University · Columbus, Ohio
2004
Artist-in-Residence (Installation / Performance) · Fine Arts Department · Ringling School of Art and Design · Sarasota, Florida
2001–2003
Associate Chair · Foundation Department · Parsons School of Design · The New School · New York, New York
2000–2001
Bunting Fellow · Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study · Harvard University · Boston, Massachusetts
1998–2001
Assistant Professor (tenure track) · School of Art and Design · NYSCC at Alfred University · Alfred, New York
1997–1998
Education Director · COCA (The Center of Creative Arts) · St. Louis, Missouri
1994–1997
Visiting Artist / Lecturer · Sculpture Department · Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts · Washington University · St. Louis, Missouri
1992
Freshman Foundation Faculty · Sculpture Techniques · Tyler School of Art · Temple University · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Continuing Education and Credentials
2024
Sound Healing, Level I with instruction and certification from Susan DeLor Baas, via Soma Energetics technique.
2018–24
Reiki Master, Level II and Level I with instruction and certification from Reiki Master, Susan DeLor Baas · Columbus, Ohio.
2021
Inner MBA · New York University · New York, NY, A nine-month program in mindful leadership strategies with certificate of completion from New York University’s Mindful NYU in concert with Sounds True, LinkedIn, and Wisdom 2.0.
2014
Certified Yoga Instructor (200 Hour Level) · Samyoga Institute · Columbus, Ohio
