Tim Shaw RA was born in Belfast in 1964 and currently lives in Cornwall.
Shaw works across a range of different mediums, he produces both single entities and all encompassing, multi-sensory installations that utilise sight, sound and smell.
He has undertaken a number of public commissions including The Rites of Dionysos for the Eden Project, The Minotaur for The Royal Opera House and The Drummer in Truro City Centre. A more political side to his work became evident in a number of sculptures responding to issues such as terrorism and the war in Iraq such as Tank on Fire, awarded the selectors’ choice Threadneedle prize in 2008, and the installation Casting a Dark Democracy, which Jackie Wullschlager of Financial Times stated was ‘The most politically charged yet poetically resonant new work on show in London’.
Shaw has been supported by The Delfina Studio Trust, The British School of Athens and The Kenneth Armitage Foundation through residencies in Greece Spain and a Fellowship in London.
He has been elected as an Academician at the Royal Academy in 2013.
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EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
1985 – 89
Falmouth College of Art – BA Hons Fine Art, First Class
1984 – 85
Manchester Polytechnic – Art Foundation
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Awaken from the Dream of Reality, Millennium
Parliament, Falmouth (curated by Olivia Gray)
2012
Why Bother With the Truth When the Myth is More Important, Riflemaker, London
2011
The Origins of The Drummer, Millennium, St.Ives
2009
Riflemaker presents at The Kenneth Armitage Foundation, London
2008
Casting A Dark Democracy, Kenneth Armitage Foundation, London
Future History, Goldfish Fine Art, Cornwall
2006
No Title, Goldfish, Cornwall
2005
Truro Cathedral, Cornwall
1999
La Corrida: Dreams In Red, Falmouth Public Art Gallery, Cornwall
1997
La Corrida: Dreams In Red, Duncan Campbell Gallery, London
1992
Fragments from the Middle World, Albemarle Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Rituals are tellers of us, Newlyn Art Gallery
Suspended Sentences, Smokehouse, Newlyn Limbo, Cornwall Art Biennale
Dark Rooms, Old School Helston
Mixed Winter, Millennium
2012
Royal Academy Summer Show, London
Sculptors’ Drawings, Works on Paper, Pangolin Gallery London
PiH Contemporaries Auction, Bonhams London
Launch Exhibition, Threadneedle Space, London
Mixed Winter, Millennium
2011
The Exquisite Trove , Newlyn Art Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Sculpture Show , Mullan Gallery, Belfast
2010
F. E McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge, Northern Ireland
The House of Fairy Tales, Millennium, St. Ives
The Uniques Store, Riflemaker, London
2009
Volta, Art Basel, Riflemaker
In The Mix, Pangolin, London
2008
Threadneedle Prize, shortlisted (Selectors Prize), London
Mixed / No Theme, Goldfish, Cornwall
Icons, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate
2007
Move, Goldfish at Vyner Street, London
Politics Pays Back, Kowalsky Gallery @ DACS, London
Margins, Sherborne House Open 07, Sherborne, Dorset
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Art Now Cornwall, Goldfish, Cornwall
2006
Spontaneous Combustion, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall
2006
Visiting Picasso, Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall
2005
Royal Ulster Academy, Ulster Museum
Critic’s Choice, NSA, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
The Sculpture Show, Mullan Gallery, Belfast
2004
Drawing the Line, Newlyn Art Gallery
Bath Fringe Festival
Millfield Open Exhibition (first Prize)
2003
Truro Museum, Cornwall
Identity, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall
Millfield Open Exhibition
2001
Obsession, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall
2000
Art 2000, Gordon Hepworth Gallery, London
Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall
1997
Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (prize Winner)
1996
Casa Manilva, Spain
1993
Northampton Museum and Gallery
Images of Christ, St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
Artists of Promise, Bonhams Gallery, London
1992
The Working Process, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall
1990
Summer Show, Albemarle Gallery, London
1985
The Otter Gallery, Belfast
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
2012
The Green Man, Antony Estate, Torpoint , Cornwall
2009-11
The Drummer , Lemon Quay, Truro, Cornwall
2008
The Minotaur, The Royal Opera House, London
2000-4
Rites of Dionysus, The Eden Project, Cornwall
AWARDS / PRIZES
2013
Elected Member of the Royal Academy
Elected Honorary Fellow, Falmouth University Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Selectors’ Award: Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries
2006
Kenneth Armitage Sculpture Fellowship Award
2005
The Mullan Prize, Royal Ulster Academy Annual Exhibition
Prince of Wales Bursary Award, The British School at Athens
2003
First Prize, Millfield Open
1997
Prize Winner, Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
1996
Delfina Studio Trust Award, Residency at Casa Manilva, Spain
COLLECTIONS
Arts Council
Carew-Pole Garden Trust
David Roberts Foundation
Delfina Foundation
Eden Project
Boyle Civic Collection
Cornwall County Council
Kenneth Armitage Foundation
Falmouth Art Gallery Collection
British School at Athens
UCA Farnham Collection
SELECTED PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
2013
Awaken from the Dream of Reality, Millennium 2011
The Origins of The Drummer, Millennium, Catalogue
2009
The Threadneedle Prize at the Mall Galleries, Financial Times
The New Curiosity Shop, GQ , Sophie Lewis
Casting A Dark Democracy review, Dazed magazine online
Casting A Dark Democracy review, Art Forum, Gilda Williams
2008
Casting A Dark Democracy review, Financial Times, Jackie Wullschlager
Casting A Dark Democracy, Critic’s Choice, FT
Casting A Dark Democracy review, Time Out, Francis Gooding
Casting A Dark Democracy, Critic’s Choice, Time Out
Future History, Goldfish, Catalogue
The Genuine Article, Cornwall Today, Alex Wade
Penzance Turns Regeneration into a Fine Art, The Observer, Alex Wade
No Bull – the Covent Garden Monster, The Evening Standard, Georgina Littejohn
2007
Politics Pays Back review, The Spectator, Mark Glazebrook
Is this the New Brutalism?, The Times, Hester Westley
2007
New Face of Cornish Art, The Times, Laura Gascoigne
Sherborne House OPEN 07, Big Issue August
Brian Sewell & the Art of Insulting your Hosts, The Independent, Ian Herbert
Sunday Times Culture Magazine, Richard Brooks
Move, Goldfish at Vyner Street, Catalogue
2006
No Title, Goldfish, Catalogue
NSA Summer Show, Goldfish Fine Art, Catalogue
2004
Summer Exhibition, South West Academy, Catalogue
2003
Landscapes & Desire, Catherine Tuck, Sutton Publishing
Catching the Wave: Art and Artists in Cornwall, Tom Cross, Halsgrove
2002
Art: N.S.A., Newlyn Society of Artists, Catalogue
Eden: Tim Smit, Bantam Press
Broomhill Sculpture Gardens
2000
20 Years of Contemporary Art, Falmouth Art Gallery, Catalogue
1993
Images of Christ, Religious Iconography in 20th Century British Art, Catalogue
1992
Exhibition review, Spectator, Giles Auty
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