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
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
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
2021
Inner MBA · New York University
A nine-month immersion 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.
2018-19
Certified Level I and Level II Reiki Practitioner with instruction from Reiki Master, Susan DeLor Baas · Columbus, Ohio
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
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
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
2021
Inner MBA · New York University
A nine-month immersion 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.
2018-19
Certified Level I and Level II Reiki Practitioner with instruction from Reiki Master, Susan DeLor Baas · Columbus, Ohio
2014
Certified Yoga Instructor (200 Hour Level) · Samyoga Institute · Columbus, Ohio
