Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Dan Shaw-Town, Bio


DAN SHAW-TOWN
Bio


Untitled, 2009, Graphite on paper with painted pre-stretched canvas and dyed paper with spraypaint, 36.5 x 24 inches


Born 1983, UK. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, 2006-2008
BA Fine Art (Hons.) London Metropolitan University, 2003-2006
Diploma in Art and Design, Fine Art B-tec, Foundation Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2002-2003

SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS

2009
'Drawings', Gallery-C at Team Gallery, New York
'Spill the wine, get the salt', Christopher Crescent, London

2008
'PULP', RUN Gallery, Tudor Grove, London

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2009
'Unfair project', De Service Garage, Art Amsterdam 09 (forthcoming)
'Contested Ground', 176 Gallery London.

2008
‘ARC’ Public sculpture installation, Heathrow Airport Terminal 5.
'Laughtrack', Brussells Biennial, YUM 21.
'Boys and their toys', Gallery SC Zagreb, Croatia.
'Is the World Flat?', Arti et Amicitiae, Rokin 122, Amsterdam
'Fall in Theatre', Takecourage Gallery, London

2007
Gallerie Steinle at YEAR 07 Art projects, County Hall, London
Lobby, Hales Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
'Wish you were here', RUN gallery, London

2006
'Strange Times', the International Gallery, Liverpool Biennial
'Majestic', presented by Run Gallery, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

2005
I.d.e.a London collaborative project, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
From London with love, Gallery Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb
'Make your own Damn Art', with Bob & Roberta Smith, Stanley Picker Gallery

2004
'Campaigning, Shopping and Politics', Unit 2 Gallery, Whitechapel, London

PRIZES & AWARDS

BAA Expo initiative, public sculpture award, 2008
Roley prize for Fine Art. 1st place, 2006