* amiskwacîwâskahikan / Edmonton, Canada
Based 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, Vancouver
Solo, two & three-person exhibitions
2023
Towards, Toronto (forthcoming)
Wschód, Warsaw (forthcoming)
2022
Neither Parts, nor Spares, BPA// Raum, Berlin
2021
What Time Has Left, Wschód, Warsaw
Wschód for Liste (w. Anders Dickson), Basel
2020
Memory Loss - Drakken II, Coyote, Stockholm
2019
But Doctor, I am Pagliacci (w. Zoe Barcza & Alexandra Metcalf), The Loon, Toronto
2018
Can There Be Forgiveness?, Ashley, Berlin
Pledge, Sox Galeri, Berlin
F-150, Polansky Gallery, Prague
Clerks' Quarters (w. Angharad Williams & E.O.M.), Bobs Pogobar - KW, Berlin
Benevolent Nerves, Galerija 427, Riga
2017
Vinegar Stone & The Language of Flowers, Towards, Toronto
2016
Undilutable Slang Truth, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm
2015
Internal Climates (w. Emma LaMorte), Sunset Terrace, Vancouver
2014
Staging Economy (w. Logan Sturrock), Sunset Terrace, Vancouver
Selected group exhibitions
2023
Echo, Cologne (forthcoming)
Infinity of Unidentified Objects, Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture at ETH, Zürich (forthcoming)
The Transparent Man, New Scenario (forthcoming)
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, Friend of a Friend - Wschód w. Emanuel Layr, Warsaw
2020
Condo London, Union Pacific w. Wschód & Et al., London
This is Fair, NADA, Online Exhibition
2019
Uttran II, Utran Lake, Ronninge, Stockholm
Schrein der Freundschaft, Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam e.V., Potsdam
2018
Clerks' Quarters II - Lite REO (w. 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
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
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 MFA Grad Show, Sergelgatan 8-10, Stockholm
2015
Veins of Gypsum Mortar (curated in collaboration w. Viktor Briestensky), Ashley, Berlin
Performance Proletarians/Hit the North, Andquestionmark, Stockholm
2014
Breathing Fresh Air (w. Emma LaMorte), Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
Where Taped Seams Collapse, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm
2013
A Presentation of FAQs, Other Projects, Berlin
Retail Merchandise Unit, Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver
Bibliography
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 w/ KW Institute for Contemporary Art
2020
Elizabeth Renzetti, 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 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
Lectures / mentorships
2022
Guest-mentor for BPA//Berlin program for artists, Berlin
2021
Splinters - BPA//Talks 6, KW Institute of Art, Berlin
2019
Erasmus Plus Student Traineeship via École européenne supérieure de l’image (Angoulême, France), Berlin
Residencies & workshops
2016
Summer Symposium, Sikås Art Center, Sikås
2015
Nomadic Duchamp (w. Hinrich Sachs & Lisi Raskin), The Tyler School, Philadelphia
The Institute of Investigative Living (w. Andrea Zittel & James Trainor), A-Z West, Joshua Tree
Performance Proletarians (w. Benjamin Valenza), Konstfack University, Stockholm
2013
The Future Is Coming Every Day (w. Elizabeth Zvonar), Artscape Gibraltor Point, Toronto
Grants & awards
2022
Neustart Kultur - Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2021
Research and Creation - Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa
Recherchestipendien Bildende Kunst, Berlin
Ars Viva - Shortlist, Berlin
2020
Neustart Kultur - Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2018
Production grant, Canadian Embassy in Germany, Berlin
Mobility Funding, Nordic Culture Point, Helsinki
2016
Stig Hedbergs Stipendiefond, Stockholm
Eva & Hugo Bergmans Fond, Stockholm