High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xan Palay (born Alexandra Palay on June 10, 1970) is an installation art sculptor based in Columbus, Ohio. Xan Palay was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She produces art in a number of media, including sculpture, sound, video, installation art, and fiber. Often her art is interactive or involve viewer participation. Palay has received Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and Arts Midwest. In 2000 she was awarded an Artists Project grant from the Ohio Arts Council. Palay has been a resident artist at the Contemporary Artist's Center in Massachusetts ( 94), at the Yaddo colony in New York (holding the Louise Bourgeois Endowed Residency ( 96), and at the Kohler Arts/Industry program in Wisconsin ( 00).