* Edmonton, CA
Lives and works in Berlin & Edmonton.
Programs
2021
Berlin Program for Artists, Berlin, DE
Education
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
What Time Has Left, Wschód, Warsaw, PL
Wschód for Liste Art Fair Basel (w. Anders Dickson), Basel, CH
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
2014
Staging Economy w/ Logan Sturrock, Sunset Terrace, Vancouver, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Infinity of Unidentified Objects, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH, Zürich (forthcoming)
The Transparent Man, New Scenario, DE (forthcoming)
2021
BPA// Exhibition 2021, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
Casa Uovo, Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, DE
The Forage, Æ, Berlin, DE
Vigil, Friend of a friend -Wschód & Emanuel Layr, Warsaw, PL
2020
This is Fair, NADA w/ Wschód, www.thisisfair.org
Condo London, Union Pacific w. 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
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 - KKH, Stockholm, SE
Where Taped Seams Collapse, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, SE
2013
A Presentation of FAQs, Ashley, Berlin, DE
Retail Merchandise Unit, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver, CA
Press / Bibliography
2022
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, BPA// Exhibition 2021 - Catalogue, BPA// & KW Institute for Contemporary Art
2020
Elizabeth Renzetti, Why Canadian Artists are Flourishing in Berlin, The Globe and Mail
2018
Vivien Trommer, Ashley Berlin by Vivien Trommer - Highlights, Kuba Paris
Alexandra Symons Sutcliffe, Letters from Berlin, Art Monthly Magazine, Issue 421
Monopol Magazine, Special Issue - Berlin Art Week 2018
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
Tiffin Breen, Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw, Blue Moon Magazine, Issue 2
2014
Dustin Brons, A Collaborative Enterprise, Bartelby Review, Issue 15
Talks / Teaching
2021
Splinters - BPA//Talks 6, KW Institute of Art, Berlin, DE
2019
Erasmus Plus Student Traineeship - École européenne supérieure de l’image, Angoulême, France, Berlin, DE
Residencies & Workshops
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 & James Trainor), 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
Grants & Awards
2022
Neustart Kultur - Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, DE
2021
Research and Creation - Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, CA
Recherchestipendium Bildende Kunst, Berlin, DE
Ars Viva - Shortlist, Berlin, DE
2020
Neustart Kultur - Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, DE
Berlin Program for Artists, Berlin, DE
2018
Production grant, Canadian Embassy in Germany, Berlin, DE
Mobility Funding, Nordic Culture Point, Helsinki, FI
2016
Stig Hedbergs Stipendiefond, Stockholm, SE
Eva & Hugo Bergmans Fond, Stockholm, SE