Born 1987, Edmonton, CA
Lives and works in Berlin.
Education / Fellowships
2020 – 2022 Berlin Program for Artists, Berlin, DE
2016 Master of Fine Arts, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, SE
2015 Master of Fine Arts (guest), Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, NL
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, CA
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2020 Liste, Basel, CH (forthcoming)
2020 Galeria Wschód, Warsaw, PL (forthcoming)
2020 15 Orient, New York City, US (forthcoming)
2018 Can There Be Forgiveness?, Ashley, Berlin, DE
2018 Pledge, Sox Galeri, Berlin, DE
2018 F-150, Polansky Gallery, Prague, CZ
2018 Clerks' Quarters I, (feat. Angharad Williams & E.O.M.) Bobs Pogobar - KW, Berlin, DE
2018 Benevolent Nerves, Galerija 427, Riga, LV
2017 Vinegar Stone & The Language of Flowers, Towards, Toronto, CA
2016 Undilutable Slang Truth, Galleri Mejan Stockholm, SE
2015 Internal Climates, Sunset Terrace, Vancouver, CA (w. Emma LaMorte)
2014 Staging Economy, Sunset Terrace, Vancouver, CA (w. Logan Sturrock)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 The Transparent Man, New Scenario, DE (forthcoming)
2020 Condo London, Union Pacific w. Galeria Wschód & Et al., London, UK
2019 But Doctor, I am Pagliacci, The Loon, Toronto, CA
2019 Uttran II, Utran Lake, Ronninge, Stockholm, SE
2019 Schrein der Freundschaft, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam, DE
2018 Don't Come In, Winterfeldtstrasse 31, Berlin, DE
2018 At the End of the Game You Will Be Forgotten, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York City, US
2018 In Commerce Court, Main Street, Toronto, CA
2018 Jugend ist Trunkenheit Ohne Wein, Bikini Space, Basel, CH
2017 Let’s see, where were we? In the pit of despair, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Door, 240 Karl-Marx Straße, Berlin, DE
2017 Gabinete De Moda, Gabinete, Lisbon, PG
2017 Kamias Triennial, Kamias Special Projects, Kamias City, PH
2017 Grounds for Magical Thinking, J Hammond Projects, London, UK
2017 Period Pieces (A Sunset Terrace Retrospective), Projet Pangée, Montreal, CA
2016 Peach, W139, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Dinner Room Terravore, Oslo10, Basel, CH
2016 The First Story Ever Told, Krets, Malmö, SE
2016 Navigating. Items for a place without historical centre, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
2016 Life ist Life Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Berlin, Garret Grimoire, Berlin, DE
2016 Collect Yourself, Sergelgatan 8-10, Stockholm, SE
2015 Veins of Gypsum Mortar, Ashley, Berlin, DE
2015 Performance Proletarians/Hit the North, Andquestionmark, Stockholm, SE
2015 Shipping, Galleria FAFA, Helsinki, FI
2014 Frostbitten Where Taped Seams Collapse, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, SE
2014 Breathing Fresh Air, Mellanrummet, Stockholm, SE
2013 A Presentation of FAQs, Ashley, Berlin, DE
2013 Retail Merchandise Unit, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, CA
Residencies & Workshops
2020 Siliqoon Lab, Rome, IT (forthcoming)
2016 Summer Symposium, Sikås Art Center, Sikås, SE
2015 Nomadic Duchamp w. Hinrich Sachs & Lisi Raskin, The Tyler School, Philadelphia, US
2015 The Institute of Investigative Living w. Andrea Zittel, A-Z West, Joshua Tree, US
2015 Performance Proletarians w. Benjamin Valenza, Konstfack University, Stockholm, SE
2013 The Future Is Coming Every Day w. Elizabeth Zvonar, Artscape Gibraltor Point, Toronto, CA
Selected Press
2020 Why Canadian Artists are Flourishing in Berlin, Elizabeth Renzetti, The Globe and Mail
2019 Junge Kunstgalerien in Berlin, Maurin Dietrich, Vogue Deutschland, November Issue
2018 Highlights 8/12, Vivienne Trommer, Kuba Paris
2018 Letters from Berlin, Alexandra Symons Sutcliffe, Art Monthly Magazine, Issue No 421
2018 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 Livets hårda skola, Katia Miroff, Kunstkritikk
2015 Veins of Gypsum Mortar, AQNB
2015 Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw, Tiffin Breen, Blue Moon Magazine, Issue 2
2014 A Collaborative Enterprise, Dustin Brons, Bartelby Review, Issue 15
Awards & Grants
2018 Nordic Culture Point, Helsinki, FI
2016 Stig Hedbergs Stipendiefond, Stockholm, SE
2016 Eva & Hugo Bergmans Fond, Stockholm, SE
2015-16 AAA Stipendium, Stockholm, SE