Jim Pallas

He has exhibited extensively and received wide recognition and numerous awards. His work has been selected for international awards and exhibitions in France, Austria, Canada, Mexico, and Japan.
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HONORS

SELECTED HONORS & EXHIBITIONS
 
• Game Show NYC, Columbia University Teacher's College, NYC, 2011
• Hitch Hiking Pioneers in the Valley of the Heart's Delight, San Jose, CA. 2006
  
• Polk Art and Technology Award, Birmingham, Michigan, 2001.
• CyberArts: The Impact of Ylem:20 Years of Art Science and Technology, San Francisco, Ca. 2001
• Cybermonde, Cite des Arts et des Nouvelle Technologies, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1997.
• ARTEC '93, "Artistic Merit Prize", presented by H.I.H. Prince Tomohito Mikasa, Nagoya City Art and Science Museum,. Japan..
• Prix Ars Electronica, "Honorary Mention",Linz, Austria, 1992.
• Automates et Robots, Centre National Art et Technologie, Reims, France, 1992.
• Motor City Review, Zacateca, Mexico, l989.
• Computers and Art, Everson Museum, Syracuse, N.Y., 1987.  and   IBM Gallery of Science and Art, N.Y., 1988.  and   Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1988.
• "Canadian Worm Colony", The Artist as a Young Machine, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario,Canada 1984.
• Michigan Foundation for the Arts, Creative Artist Award, l980.
• Louis Redstone Award for a Creative Approach to Sculpture, 1965.
• The Best Awards are ones one gives oneself.

SELECT COMMISSIONED ARTWORKS

• Donation Sculptures for six zoos in the U. S. and Canada. 2008.
• Legacy of Faygel and Yishiah,  private commission, 2007
  
• Brochuri Putinherecus  and Cashi Stikuntongus,  Detroit Zoo, (1995 and 2000)
• Law , Library of a private law firm in Detroit,1993
• "Go With the Flow", features displays of immiscible liquids. Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital Kidney Center, Detroit,1990
• "BananaFeelyEye", incorporates remote control video. Lobby of Impression Five Science Museum, Lansing,Michigan. 1990
• "Man About a Dog", senses visitors to the men's lavatory. One23 Restaurant, Grosse Pointe, Michigan. 1989
• "Counting Caterpillars", Thirty-foot (10 meters) high 8 bit binary counter. Center for Science and Industry,Columbus, Ohio, 1986
• "Car-Phonevents", Automobile and Culture; Detroit Style, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 1985
• "Farmer Jack", Borman Corporation, Detroit, 1985
• "Senate Piece", Office of U.S.Senator Carl Levin, Washington D.C., 1981
• "Century of Light", Washington Boulevard,Detroit, 1980
• "Northcourt Tubedance",Detroit Institute of Arts, 1978

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)

• "Geek Silicon Valley" , Ashlee Vance, Globe Pequot Press, 2007. p. 69
  
• "Art of the Electronic Age", Frank Popper, Abrams, 1994. p. 106
• "Jim Pallas", Intercommunications,1994, Winter #7, p. 86
• "Nose Wazoo", Jim Pallas, 1991,Leonardo,v. 24, p. 83
• "Digital Visions: Computers and Art", Cynthia Goodman, Abrams Company, New York, NY, 1988, p. 144
• "The Blue Wazoo", David Ahl, Creative Computing Magazine, Newark, New Jersey, February 1978, cover article
• "The Artistic Vision of Jim Pallas", Diane Kirkpatrick, Ph.D., Detroit Institute of Arts catalogue essay, 1978

VIDEOS

• Selections on YouTube.
  
• "Jim Pallas: Electronic Sculptor",1982 EMMY winning film by Marx/Handley Productions, 1981
• "BananaFeelyEye",K Productions, 1992, 3 minutes
• "Three Hearts", K Productions, 1991,3 minutes
• "Interview: Metro Arts Review", Elaine Kirshman, KMS Productions, 1990, 54 minutes
• "Nose Wazoo", K Productions, 1990, 3 minutes
• "Profile: Good Afternoon, Detroit", Tom Locicero, Detroit, 1984, 5 minutes
• "Jim Pallas: An Interview", Dana Atchley ,Network TV, San Francisco,1979, 30 minutes

How I went "electric" Electricity is not a traditional medium in in the visual arts.  None of my university professors ever mentioned it.   The supposedly "hip" director of Detroit's infamous Willis Gallery in the Cass Corridor opined to me in 1973 that art and electricity don't belong together.   Other gallerists suggested I contact Radio Shack.  I'm often asked why and how, as an artist, did I go "electric". The links below illustrate my initial steps off the traditional artists' path and into the trackless wilderness of electronic art. This initial screen above is a more or less traditional artist's resume. but click on number 1. below to follow my path.  Notice that there are several links  to related subjects. dont follow those if you want a coherent story of how I got electric.  After visiting each link, back track to this page and click the next link to continue to follow the path.   When done, return to any page to investigate the links of digressions.  This website is a web of connections.  It is designed for wandering.  1. http://www.jpallas.com/BIO/Jpbioinf-rem.html 2.  http://www.jpallas.com/prekinetic/zap.html 3.  http://www.jpallas.com/prekinetic/lightv.html 4.  http://www.jpallas.com/prekinetic/wp.html 5.  http://www.jpallas.com/earlykinetic/jppfbl.html There are a lot of artworks between J.P.P.FB.L. (1973) and the Senate Piece (1980), but now you know my first steps on path I am exploring.

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