David Shaw

 

Born in 1965 in Rochester, NY. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

 

In 1987 he graduated from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY.                 

 

 

David Shaw’s artworks are ritually engaged with nature and develop a reflection on technology and on the relationship between human, nature and culture.

Sculptures made with branches, elemental stuff of the natural world that “dialogues” with holographic foil and glass, which, as abstract allegory, cross-breed nature and technology provoking the viewer to adapt to new and unfamiliar visual sensations.

 

Since 1987 Shaw is actives with solo and group shows in the United States and Europe, among wich PS1 MOMA, NY; Feature Inc, New York City; Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA; Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL; Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Galleria Astuni, Bologna, Italy;  Gallerie Analix, Geneva, Svizzera. 

Born in Rochester, NY  1965. Lives and work in Brooklyn, NY

 

Education:                

1987  B.A. cum laude and honors, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY.            

1987  School of Visual Arts (unmatriculated), New York, NY.

 

 

SOLO SHOW

 

           

2013

David Shaw, Feature Inc, New York City, NY

 

 

2010

Hangup, Feature Inc, New York City, NY

David Shaw, Feature Inc, New York City, NY

 

2009

David Shaw: Inuverse, Feature Inc, New York City, NY

 

2008 

Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL. 

           

2006         

David Shaw, Feature, New York, NY. 

 

               2005          

Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL. 

Galleria Astuni, Pietrasanta, Italy. 

              

2004    

Feature Inc, New York City, NY     

Feature Inc, New York City, NY

 

2003 

MduB, F, H, and g, Montreal, Quebec. 

Feature Inc, New York City, NY

 

1999 

Feature Inc, New York City, NY

           

1998 

Gallerie Analix, Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair, NY

 

 

1996 

Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY 

 

1994 

Ideal, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY 

Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy.

White Room, White Columns, New York, NY 

 

1993 

Gallerie Analix, Geneva, Switzerland.

Vehicles, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

 

1992 

Berland/Hall Gallery, New York, NY                    

Dooley LeCappellaine, New York, NY                   

fiction/nonfiction, New York, NY. 

 

1987 

Arbitrary Boundaries, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

 

 

 

SELECTED GROUP SHOW

           

2013

Swing State, Jane Kim Gallery, NY

 

2012

I’d like to walk on the moon - Galleria Enrico Astuni – Bologna, Bologna

 

2011

Material Deposits - Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

Museums, Galleries, Homes and other stories - Galleria Enrico Astuni – Bologna, Bologna

A Strange Alchemy - BRIC Rotunda Gallery, New York City, NY

 

2010

Bubble Raft - Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL

 

2009

Fluid Boundaries - Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal, QC

skulture - Feature Inc, New York City, NY

Beautiful/Decay: A to Z - Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

2008 

Object Salon, curated by Bob Nickas, Honey Space, NY, NY. 

 

2007                             

Arcadia, Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY. 

2005     

Five05, curated by Russell Calabrese, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY.

Color Theory, curated by Kenise Barnes, The Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY. 

The sun rises in the evening, Feature, New York, NY. 

 

2004 

The Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, curated by Bob Nickas/Steve LaFreniere

PS1 MOMA, Queens, NY 

 

2003 

Druid:  Wood As A Superconductor, curated by David Hunt, Space 101,

Brooklyn, NY

Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, curated by Scott Hug, galerie du jour agnes b., Paris. 

 

2002     

Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, curated by Scott Hug,

John Connelly Presents, New York, NY

Wish You Were Here, Revolution, Ferndale, MI

Ballpoint Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington

John Torreano, Nancy Shaver, David Shaw, Jim Iserman, curated by Hudson,

M du B, F, H and g, Montreal, Canada

Oxygen, curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, MD, White Box, New York, NY

 

2001 

Miss Univers, Art : Concept, Paris

David Shaw/Ben Sneed, Feature, Inc., New York, NY

aquamarine, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY

 

2000 

City Of Lights: Art Walk, curated by Simon Watson, Christofle Silver Inc., New York, NY

Photasm, curated by Peter Dudek, Hunter College, New York, NY. 

Grok Terance Mckenna Dead, Feature Inc., New York, NY

Lightness, curated by Amy Steigbigel, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

New York Projects, curated by Luke Dowd, Delfina, London

Hairy Forearm’s Self-Refferal, Feature Inc., New York, NY

Bubbles, Center for Contemporary Non-Objective Art, Brussels,

curated by Edith Doove, Belgium.

Open the Pod Bay Doors Hal. Feature Inc., New York, NY

2002, curated by Hudson, M du B, F, H and g, Montreal, Canada

Photasm, curated by Peter Dudek, Union College, Schenectady, NY

 

1999 

Would Have Had, curated by Hudson, Cabinet, London, UK

Aqua-Agua, Revolution, Ferndale, MI

           

1999 

Group exhibition, Feature Inc., New York, NY

 

1998 

Yoyogaga, Feature Inc., New York, NY

 

 

1997 

Beauty and the Beast, Unlimited, Athens, Greece

Dead-Fit Beauty, curated by Peter Dudek, Hunter College, NY

Entfernte Bekannte, curated by Roland Herzog, Binz39 Sihlquai, Zurich

Frankensteinian, curated by Stuart Horodner, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY

 

1996 

More Than Real, Royal Palace of Casserta, Naples, Italy

 

1995 

H2O, Yancy Richardson Gallery, New York, NY

Ambiant, Art: Concept, Nice, France

 

1994

Promising Suspects, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

Update, White Columns, New York, NY

Inventario 3,  Loft Art Club, Valdagno, Italy

R.A.S.:  Nothing to Report,  Gallerie Analix, Geneva, Switzerland. Curated by Gianni Romano

           

1994 

Paul Ramirez-Jonas and David Shaw, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

 

1993 

Pretty Visible,  curated by Gianni Romano,  Massimo Minini Gallery, Brescia, Italy

Let The Great Constellation Of Flickering Ashes Be Heard, Feature, New York, NY

 

1992 

Stand Ins  in the Four Walls’ Model, curated by Craig Kalpakjian,

P.S.1, Brooklyn, NY

Revolving Exhibition  Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, NY

In Praise Of Folly  John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Outside Possibilities  curated by Bill Arning, at the Rushmore Festival,

Woodbury, NY

 

1991 

Huma Bhabha, Tom Freidman, David Shaw, Sally Webster 

Feature, New York, NY

Unlearning  curated by Kenny Schachter, 142 Greene St., New York, NY

Value  Dooley LeCappellaine Gallery, New York,  NY

Bacher, Forg, Forrest, Gonzalez-Torres, Koons, Leung, Mitchell, Parsons,                  

Pistoletto, Richter, Shaw, Webster, Zobernig, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY

White Bird curated by Hudson, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

Open Bar  curated by Kenny Schachter, Flamingo East, New York, NY

 

1990 

Godhead  Feature, New York, NY

 

1989 

13 Artists  Broadway, Walker and White, New York, NY

 

 

Curated Exhibitions

 

2004 

Grass and Honey, including Huma Bhabha, Jennifer Coates, Susan Jennings,

Nancy Shaver, and Jennifer Sirey at Champion Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY.

 

 

 

Bibliography          

 

 

2007:             LeBlanc, Marc, “David Shaw,” Beautiful/Decay, Issue T

 

2006:              “There Ain’t No Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow,” curated by Lisa Kirk, Visual Arts Journal, Spring, 8, 10 (reproductions)

 

2004:             Heughes, Millree, “David Shaw,”  The Future Magazine,

                       www.thefuture-magazine.com/diy.html#link3

 

2001:              Schmitz, Edgar, “New York Projects, “ Kunstforum International, www.kunstforum.de/zeitmodelle/archiv/iv/index152.htm.

 

2000:             Coomer, Martin, “New York Projects,” Time Out London, p.52,

                                   August 23-30, 2000.

                       Ratnam, Niru S., “Gallery Controlled Diet,” The Face, p.133, N.43, August 2000.

                       McLaren, Duncan, “Pick Of The Galleries,”  The Independent On Sunday,

                                   August 2000

                       Wilsher, Mark, “New York Projects,” What’s On In London, August 16, 2000.         

                       Moffatt, Laura, “New York Projects,” Art Monthly, p.35-6, N.239,

                                   September, 2000.

                       Ebony, David, “David Shaw at Feature,” Art In America, p.129,

                                   June, 2000.

 

1999:             Ebony, David, “New York Top Ten:  David Shaw at Feature,” ARTNET,

                                   December, 1999.

 

1998:             Cotter, Holland, “Art in Review,” The New York Times, p. E43,                                                                       November 20, 1998.

                       Ebony, David, “Check-Out Time At Gramercy Hotel,” Art In America, p.23,

                                   July, 1998.

 

1997:             Greene, David A., “New York Fax,” Art issues., p. 33, Jan/Feb 1997.

 

1996:             Spalding, Kelly, “David Shaw,” artsMedia, December 1996.

                       Newhall, Edith, “David Shaw,” New York Magazine, Arts-Talent,

                                   November 18, 1996.

                       Mendelsohn, John, “David Shaw at Caren Golden Fine Art,” ARTNET,                                                           November, 1996.

                       Ebony, David, “David Shaw at Caren Golden,” ARTNET, 

                                   November, 1996.

                       Levin, Kim, “David Shaw,” The Village Voice, Voice Choice,

                                   November 5, 1996

 

1995:             Aletti, Vince, “H2O,” The Village Voice, Voice Choice, August 9, 1995.

                       Vine, Richard, “David Shaw,” Art in America, April 1995.

                       Smith, Roberta, “David Shaw,” New York Times, Art in Review,

                                   January 13, 1995.

                       Levin, Kim, “David Shaw,” The Village Voice, Voice Choice,

                                   January 10, 1995

 

1994:             Mollica, Franco, “Tom Freidman, David Shaw,” Tema Celeste, page 64,                                                        Autumn, 1994.

                       Perretta, Gabriele, “Tom Freidman, David Shaw,” Flash Art (Italian                                                              Edition), Summer 1994.

                       Romano, Gianni, “Vehicles to Somewhere,” Rein a signaler  exhibition                                                         catalogue, Gallerie Analix, Geneva, Switzerland, June 1994.

                       Trione, Vincenzo, “De Soto, Ulisside del Bello,” Il Matino, May 27, 1994.

 

1993:             Romano, Gianni, “David Shaw,” Zoom, n. 125,  page 9, Sept./Oct. 1993.

                       Angéle, Blaise, radio interview, station Couleur 3, Laussanne,                                                                        Switzerland, September 25, 1993.

                       Chauvy, Laurence, “Les Traces et les Vestiges de David Shaw,”                                                                     Journal de Genéve, September 22, 1993.

                       Romano, Gianni, “In and Out Liquid Architectures,” Temporale, n.31,                                                          pp.34-37, September 1993.

                       Romano, Gianni, “The Vision Thing,” Pretty Visible exhibition catalogue,                                          Massimo Minini Gallery, Brescia, Italy, May 1993.

 

1992:             Bernardi, David, “News Reviews,” FlashArt, page 149,                                                                        May /June 1992.

                       Faust, Gretchen, “New York in Review,” Arts Magazine,                                                                                  page 84, Vol.66 No.6, February 1992.

                       Levin, Kim, “Choices,” The Village Voice, page 69, January 14, 1992

                       “Dealers & Galleries,” The Art Newspaper, No.14, page 21,                                                                            January 1992.

 

1991:             McCracken, David, “Gallery Scene,” The Chicago Tribune,                                                                              section 7, page 54, August 30, 1991.

 

Exhibition Catalogues

           

            David Shaw, Galeria Astuni, 2005

Photasm, Hunter College of the City of New York, 2000

            More Than Real, PalazzoReale-Casserta, Italy, 1996

            Promising Suspects, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 1994

            Rien a Signaler, Gallerie Analix, Switzerland, 1994

            Pretty Visible, Gallerie Massimo Minini, Italy, 1993

2005 - Charles Moody / David Shaw    2011 - Museums, Galleries, Homes and other stories    2012 - Vorrei camminare sulla luna   

2005 - Charles Moody – David Shaw    2011 - Museums, Galleries, Homes and other stories