JimPallas

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.
What the critics say.

HONORS

SELECTED HONORS & EXHIBITIONS
 
• Hitch Hiking Pioneers in the Valley of the Heart's Delight, San Jose, CA. 2006
  
• Polk Art and Technology Award, Birmingham, Michigan, 2001.
• 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, OntarioScience 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
  
• BrochuriPutinherecus  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 liguids. Mt. Carmel Mercy Hospital Kidney Center, Detroit,1990
• "BananaFeelyEye", incorprates 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 Instituteof 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/HandleyProductions, 1981
• "BananaFeelyEye",K Productions, 1992, 3 minutes
• "Three Hearts", K Productions, 1991,3 minutes
• "Interview: Metro Arts Review", ElaineKirshman, 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

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