Born in Edmonton, CA
Lives / works between Berlin and Vancouver
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
2021 Galeria Wschód, Warsaw, PL (forthcominng)
Liste w/ Anders Dickson, Basel, CH (forthcoming)
2020 Memory Loss - Drakken II, Coyote, Stockholm, SE
2018 Can There Be Forgiveness?, Ashley, Berlin, DE
Pledge, Sox Galeri, Berlin, DE
F-150, Polansky Gallery, Prague, CZ
Clerks' Quarters (w. Angharad Williams & E.O.M.), Bobs Pogobar - KW, Berlin, DE
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 (w. Emma LaMorte), Sunset Terrace, Vancouver, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Infinity of Unidentified Objects, The Hansens' House in Szumin, Warsaw, PL (forthcoming)
The Forage, Æ, Berlin, DE (forthcoming)
Berlin Program for Artists, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE (forthcoming)
The Transparent Man, New Scenario, DE (forthcoming)
Casa Uovo, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, DE
Vigil, Friend of a friend, Galeria Wschód & Emanuel Layr, Warsaw, PL
2020 This is Fair, NADA w/ Galeria Wschód,
Condo London, Union Pacific w. Galeria Wschód & Et al., London, UK
2019 But Doctor, I am Pagliacci, The Loon, Toronto, CA
Uttran II, Utran Lake, Ronninge, Stockholm, SE
Schrein der Freundschaft, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam, DE
2018 Clerks' Quarters II - Lite REO (w. Acting Press), Ashley, Berlin, DE
Don't Come In, Winterfeldtstrasse 31, Berlin, DE
At the End of the Game You Will Be Forgotten, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York City, US
In Commerce Court, Main Street, Toronto, CA
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
Door, 240 Karl-Marx Straße, Berlin, DE
Gabinete De Moda, Gabinete, Lisbon, PG
Kamias Triennial, Kamias Special Projects, Kamias City, PH
Grounds for Magical Thinking, J Hammond Projects, London, UK
Period Pieces (A Sunset Terrace Retrospective), Projet Pangée, Montreal, CA
2016 Peach, W139, Amsterdam, NL
Dinner Room Terravore, Oslo10, Basel, CH
The First Story Ever Told, Krets, Malmö, SE
Navigating. Items for a place without historical centre, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
Life ist Life Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Berlin, Garret Grimoire, Berlin, DE
Collect Yourself, Sergelgatan 8-10, Stockholm, SE
2015 Veins of Gypsum Mortar, Ashley, Berlin, DE
Performance Proletarians/Hit the North, Andquestionmark, Stockholm, SE
Shipping, Galleria FAFA, Helsinki, FI
2014 Breathing Fresh Air, Mellanrummet, Stockholm, SE
Staging Economy (w. Logan Sturrock), Sunset Terrace, Vancouver, CA
2013 A Presentation of FAQs, Ashley, Berlin, DE
Retail Merchandise Unit, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, CA
Residencies & Workshops
2021 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
The Institute of Investigative Living w. Andrea Zittel, A-Z West, Joshua Tree, US
Performance Proletarians w. Benjamin Valenza, Konstfack University, Stockholm, SE
2013 The Future Is Coming Every Day w. Elizabeth Zvonar, Artscape Gibraltor Point, Toronto, CA
Awards & Stipends
2021 Ars Viva - Shortlist, Berlin, DE
2021 Neustart Kultur - Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, DE
2020 Berlin Program for Artists, Berlin, DE
2018 Embassy of Canada, Berlin, DE
Nordic Culture Point, Helsinki, FI
2016 Stig Hedbergs Stipendiefond, Stockholm, SE
Eva & Hugo Bergmans Fond, Stockholm, SE
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
2018 Highlights 8/12, Vivienne Trommer, Kuba Paris
Letters from Berlin, Alexandra Symons Sutcliffe, Art Monthly Magazine
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
Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw, Tiffin Breen, Blue Moon Magazine, Issue 2
2014 A Collaborative Enterprise, Dustin Brons, Bartelby Review, Issue 15