b. Edmonton, Treaty 6, Canada
works between Berlin & Edmonton
2021 BPA// Berlin program for artists, Berlin
2016 MFA, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2015 MFA (guest), Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam
2013 BFA, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver
Solo & two person exhibitions
2024 ECHO, Cologne (forthcoming)
2023 Towards, Toronto (forthcoming)
The Artist's Eye, in conjunction with Liz Magor's The Rise and The Fall,
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Swinging Door, Galleri Mimer, Norberg
Towards for NADA (with Ted Gahl), New York City
2022 Neither Parts, nor Spares, BPA// Raum, Berlin
2021 What Time has Left, Wschód, Warsaw
Wschód for Liste (with Anders Dickson), Basel
2020 Memory Loss - Drakken II, Coyote, Stockholm
2018 Can There Be Forgiveness?, Ashley, Berlin
Pledge, SOX, Berlin
F-150, Polansky Gallery, Prague
Benevolent Nerves, Galerija 427, Riga
2017 Vinegar Stone & The Language of Flowers, Towards, Toronto
2016 Undilutable Slang Truth, Galleri Mejan - Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2015 Internal Climates (with Emma LaMorte), Sunset Terrace, Vancouver
2014 Staging Economy (with Logan Sturrock), Sunset Terrace, Vancouver
Group exhibitions
2024 Wschód, New York City (forthcoming)
2023 Obsession II, Wschód, Warsaw
Warsaw Spring, Wschód, Warsaw
2022 Set Phosphenes, Studio for Artistic Research, Düsseldorf
2021 BPA// Exhibition 2021, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Casa Uovo, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin
The Forage, Æ, Berlin
Vigil, Wschód with Emanuel Layr, Warsaw
2020 Condo London, Union Pacific hosting Wschód & Et al., London
This is Fair, Wschód for NADA
2019 But Doctor, I am Pagliacci, The Loon, Toronto
Uttran II, Uttran Lake, Ronninge, Stockholm
Schrein der Freundschaft, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam e.V., Potsdam
2018 Clerks' Quarters (feat. Angharad Williams & EOM),
Pogo Bar, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Clerks' Quarters II - Lite REO (feat. Acting Press), Ashley, Berlin
Don't Come In, Winterfeldtstrasse 31, Berlin
At the End of the Game You Will Be Forgotten, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York City
In Commerce Court, Main Street, Toronto
Jugend ist Trunkenheit Ohne Wein, Bikini Space, Basel
That Man An, Yamet Silmaz, Amsterdam
2017 Let’s see, where were we? In the pit of despair, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
Gabinete De Moda, Gabinete, Lisbon
Kamias Triennial, Kamias Special Projects, Kamias City
Grounds for Magical Thinking, J Hammond Projects, London
Period Pieces (A Sunset Terrace Retrospective), Projet Pangée, Montreal
2016 The Apartment - Peach, W139, Amsterdam
Dinner Room Terravore, Oslo10, Basel
The First Story Ever Told, Krets, Malmö
Navigating. Items for a place without historical centre, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Life ist Life. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Berlin, Garret Grimoire, Berlin
Collect Yourself, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2015 Veins of Gypsum Mortar (curated with Viktor Briestensky), Ashley, Berlin
Performance Proletarians, Andquestionmark, Stockholm
2013 A Presentation of FAQs, Other Projects, Berlin
Retail Merchandise Unit (with Iselin Toubro & Emma LaMorte),
Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver
Press
2022 Mitch Speed, Ghosts in Plain Sight, BPA// Raum
Krzysztof Kościuczuk, Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw’s Impossible Objects, Frieze Issue 225
Camila McHugh, Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw at Wschód - Critics' Picks, Artforum
Kate Brown, Time is the Ultimate Abrasive, Mousse Magazine Issue 78
2021 Mitch Speed, Soft Vertigo, BPA// Exhibition Catalogue, KW Institute for Contemporary Art
2020 Elizabeth Renzetti, The city gives you the time to find inspiration: Why Canadian
artists are flourishing in Berlin, The Globe and Mail
2018 Vivien Trommer, Highlight 8-12 Ashley Berlin, Kuba Paris
Alexandra Symons Sutcliffe, Letters from Berlin, Art Monthly Magazine, Issue 421
Monopol Magazine, Special Issue - Berlin Art Week
2017 Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw’s ‘vinegar stone and the language of flowers’ feels the need
to not need anything more at Towards Gallery, AQNB
2016 Katia Miroff, Livets hårda skola, Nordisk Kunstkritikk
2015 Veins of Gypsum Mortar, AQNB
Tiffin Breen, Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw, Blue Moon Magazine, Issue 2
2014 Dustin Brons, A Collaborative Enterprise, Bartelby Review, Issue 15
Lectures, teaching & mentorships
2023 city limits, Lecture at Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste,
Frankfurt am Main
Moderator, Artist talk by Tom Burr hosted by The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
2022 Guest-mentor, BPA// Berlin program for artists, Berlin
2021 splinters, Lecture hosted by KW Institute for Contemporary Art for BPA// Talks, Berlin
2019 Student mentorship, École européenne supérieure de l’image (Angoulême, France)
for Erasmus Plus, Berlin
Residencies & workshops
2021. BPA// Berlin program for artists, Berlin
2016 Summer Symposium, Sikås Art Center, Sikås
2015 Nomadic Duchamp (with Hinrich Sachs & Lisi Raskin), The Tyler School, Philadelphia
The Institute of Investigative Living (with Andrea Zittel & James Trainor),
A-Z West, Joshua Tree
2013 The Future Is Coming Every Day (with Elizabeth Zvonar), Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto
Awards & stipends
2023 Project funding, Goethe-Institute Ireland
Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds
Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts
2022 Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2021 Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts
Recherchestipendium Bildende Kunst, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur
Shortlist nominee, Ars Viva Prize
Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds
2020 BPA// Berlin Program for Artists
2018 Project funding, Embassy of Canada
Project funding, Nordic Culture Point
2016 Stig Hedbergs Stipendiefond
Eva & Hugo Bergmans Minnesfond