Sky Dai
Education
BFA in Fine Arts and Creative Writing, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
School of the Alternative, Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, NC
Solo / Duo Shows
2026 Upcoming: Solo Show, Pink Dog Creative, Asheville, NC
Upcoming: Espiral Azul/Blue Spiral, Solo Show, Artspace, Richmond, VA
2021 A Way Out/ Sad Lady Sad, ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
2020 Fragments of Reality, 934 Gallery, Columbus, OH
2019 Upheaval, Awakenings Gallery, Chicago, IL
It’s My Birthday, I Can Cry If I Want To, Acock Gallery, Columbus, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Opulent Mobility, Los Angelos Makery, Los Angelos, CA
Beyond the Surface, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Greenville, SC
2022 Merge: VSA Emerging Young Artists National Touring Exhibition:
Kennedy Center Hall of Nations, Washington, D.C.
The Kennedy Caucus Room, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C.
VAE Art Community Center, Raleigh, NC
SUNY: Adirondack Queensbury, NY
University of Toledo, Center for Visual Arts Gallery Toledo, OH
2021 Peace and Quiet Juried Exhibition, Oxford Community Arts Center, Oxford, OH
North x Northwest: Out of Isolation, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
Represent:Portraiture National Juried Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2020 5th Anniversary Retrospective, 934 Gallery, Columbus, OH
2019 Chroma, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, OH
2018 Southern Miss Ceramics National Juried Exhibition, New Orleans, LA
2017 This is Now, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus, OH
Red Hot Wicked, Studio C Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Permanent Collections
2022 The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.
2019 Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Awards and Honors
2025 New/Emerging Artist Award, River Arts District Association, Asheville, NC
2022 VSA’s Emerging Young Artists Award of Excellence, The John F. Kennedy Center, D.C.
2019 CCAD Purchase Prize, Columbus College of Art and Design
1st Place, Columbus College of Art and Design Annual Writing Contest: Prose
1st Place, Columbus College of Art and Design Annual Writing Contest: Poetry
2018 Lowell Tolstedt Painting Prize, Grant
1st Place, Columbus College of Art and Design, Poetry Contest
Experience
2024 Visiting Artist, Sketchbook Club, Foundation Studios, Asheville, NC
2021 Visual Art Panelist, OSU’s Spring Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
Visiting Artist, Columbus College of Art and Design’s Fine Arts Dept, Columbus, OH
2015-2020 Art Teacher, Columbus College of Art and Design, Saturday Morning Art Classes
2019 Faculty, School of the Alternative, Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, NC
2019 Studio Assistant, Danielle Julian Norton Studio, Columbus, Ohio
2016-2019 Gallery Assistant/Art Handler, Beeler Gallery, Columbus, OH
2015-2016 Internship, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH
Residencies
2026 Upcoming: North Carolina Emerging Artist in Residence, Artspace, Raleigh NC
Upcoming: Prairie Fellowship and Residency, Ragdale, Chicago, IL
2024 Artist in Residence, Mccomb Foundation Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2021 Conversations in Practice with Selina Trepp, Oxbow
2020 Artist in Residence, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh, PA
Publications
2023 Carolina Muse Literary & Art Magazine, Issue 3, Volume 3, October 2023, Print.
2021 The Working Artist, Issue 7. Print
2020 Persephone’s Daughters: Issue 7, Winter 2020
2019 “I am a Stranger,” Botticelli Magazine: Issue 13, Spring. Print.
Performances
2022 Earth Day Exra-Terrestrial Landing, Asheville, NC
2019 Lemons In Pink, improvisational movement performance, Columbus, OH
2018 Poetry in (Strange) Places, Black Mountain, NC
Goths on a Beach: Razzle Dazzle Da-Da Performance Group, Columbus, OH
2016 Breech: Bedroom Art Performance, Columbus, OH
Public Service Announcement: Razzle Dazzle, Columbus, OH