George Shaw is an artist residing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating with honors from Massachusetts College of Art in 1983 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting in 1983. George’s aesthetic interests also extend to his studies of classical architecture and restoration, and he recently attended the Boston Architectural College, receiving a Certificate of Historic Preservation. He feels that within the classical idea in architecture one can establish proportion unity and order to untamed reality, which is mirrored in his paintings and sculptures.
SELECTED GALLERY/MUSEUM AFFILIATIONS
2018 Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
Provincetown, MA
2014 Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2012-Present Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2011-Present NewEngland Sculptors Association (NESA), Boston, MA
2009-Present Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2007 - 2010 Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com
1982-1983 C.A.G.E. Gallery, Boston, MA
1983-1985 Stavarides Gallery, Boston, MA
SELECTED ONE and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
"
2019 "Constellations" (with Marjorie Kaye), Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2018 "Miranda" (with Dominick Takis), Atlantic Works Gallery, E. Boston, MA
2018 "Distance", Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2017 "Passages", Western New England University Gallery, Springfield, MA
2016 "The Poetics of Space (with Marjorie Kaye), Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2016 "Journey", Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2016 Galatea Fine Art, "Home Again", Boston, MA
2015 "Inner Investigations/Universal Truths" (with Marjorie Kaye, Atlantic Works
Gallery, East Boston, MA
2014 Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2013 Faneuil Library, “Passages”, Brighton, MA
2012 Galatea Fine Art, "Portals", Boston, MA
2011 Galatea Fine Art, "the sentinel" Boston, MA
2010 George Shaw: Photography, Southborough Art Center,
Southborough, MA
2009 George Shaw: Elements, MATV Gallery, Malden, MA
2008 George Shaw’s Bridges, Caladan Gallery,
2007 George Shaw, Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com
1985 Stavarides Gallery, Boston, MA
1983 C.A.G.E. Gallery, Boston, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Members' Open Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum.
Provincetown, MA
2019 "Friends With...", Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2018 "The Revolution Will Not Be...", Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
(Exhibitor and Curator)
2018 Members' Juried Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
Provincetown, MA
2018 Members' Open Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
Provincetown, MA
2018 "Boston Biennial V", The Biennial Project, Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2017 "Home", Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA
2017 SURFACE, The Gallery at Spencer Lofts, Chelsea, MA
(curator and exhibiting artist)
2017 the REPLACEMENTS, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2017 Yellow, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2016 Retrieval of the Beautiful, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2016 Insider/Outsider Nation, Resnikoff Gallery,
Roxbury Community College, Roxbury, MA
2016 Violence Transformed, Harriet Tubman Gallery,
United South End Settlements, Boston, MA
2016 Violence Transformed, Art Speaks Truth to Power,
Cambridge, College, Cambridge, MA
2015 The New England Collective VI, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
(juror: Mim Brooks Fawcett, Executive Director, Attleboro Arts
Museum, Attleboro, MA)
2015 Doppelganger, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2015 Massachusetts Artists 2015, Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
(Juror: Joanna Fink, Director, Alpha Gallery, Boston MA)
2015 Rouge, Judith Klein Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2015 Pyromania, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2014 Port Call, Harbor Arts, East Boston, MA
2014 Members’ Exhibition, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2014 Along the Way, Cherry and Webb Art Gallery, Fall River, MA
2014 Violence Transformed 10”X10” Project, Copley Place, Boston, MA
2014 The New England Collective V, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
(Juror: Edmund Barry Gaither, Director, National Center of
Afro-American Artists and Liaison to the MFA, Boston)
2014 The Photographic Process, Atlantic Works Gallery, E. Boston, MA
2013 Small(er) Works and Other Offerings, Galatea Fine Art,
Boston, MA
2013 With a Little Help From Our Friends, Atlantic Works Gallery,
E. Boston, MA
2013 The Art Venice Biennale 2013, The Biennial Project, E. Boston, MA
2013 New England Collective IV, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
(Kaveh Mojtabai, Brian Goslow, ArtScope Magazine, jurors)
2013 Layers: Forced Unity, Hidden Subjects, IS (Installation Space),
Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA
(Allison Smith, Curator)
2013 Massachusetts Artists 2013, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
(Dina Deitsche, DeCordova Museum, Juror)
2013 New Members' Exhibition, Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2013 The Song Remains the Same, Group Members' Exhibition,
Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2012 Boston Biennial, The Biennial Project, Spencer Lofts Gallery,
Chelsea, MA
2012 Small(er) Works and Other Offerings, Members' Group
Exhibition, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2012 Capturing Time, Spacewomb Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2012 Cover the Wall, Spacewomb Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2012 With a Little Help from Our Friends, Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2012 Hyper-Real, Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com
2012 Creative Couples, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2012 Inaugural Windsor-Whitney On-Line Biennial, The Biennial
Project, East Boston, MA
2012 Annual Members' Exhibition (in conjunction with NESA),
Brush gallery, Lowell, MA
2011 Bridgewater State College NESA Exhibition, Bridgewater, MA
2011 With a Little Help from Our Friends, Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2011 Art Chain Letter Project, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2011 Boston On-Line Bienniel, The Biennial Project, Boston, MA
2011 Transportation Building Exhibition, NESA, Boston, MA
2011 New England Collective II, 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition,
Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA - Juror: Joanne Mattera
2010 Exuberance, Allston-Brighton Heritage Center, Brighton, MA
2010 Small(er) Works, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2010 ArtHouse 2010, Benefit for Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA
2010 Summer Members’ Exhibition, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2009 Small(er) Works, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2009 Inaugural Members’ Exhibition, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2009 ArtHouse 2009, Benefit for Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA
2009 Chelsea Art Walk, Chelsea, MA
2009 SOWA Art Walk, Boston, MA
2009 Dreaming in Pursuit of Memory, Caladan Gallery,
2009 Bold/Subtle, Upstream People Gallery,
2009 Exposed, ALL Gallery, Lowell, MA
2008 Passages of Death, Visions Gallery, Medway, MA
2008 ArtHouse 2008, Benefit for Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA
2008 Eternal Structure, Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com
2008 Landscapes 2008, Post Road Art Center, Marlborough, MA
2008 Collective Views, United Front, Revere, MA
2008 Group Exhibition, Visions Gallery, Medway, MA
2008 10th Annual International All-Media Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, www.upstreampeoplegallery.com,
*Special Recognition Awards*
2008 Glimpses in Time, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008 Mystery in the Natural World, Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com
2007 Transforming Matter, Caladan Gallery,
2007 100 Under 100, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
2007 Honoring Memory, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
2007 Art270, Groundworks Lawrence Benefit Auction, Lawrence, MA
1984 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS
2016 Atlantic Works blog, "George Shaw Painting House", June13, 2015
(by Christine Palamidessi)
http://atlanticworks.org/gallery/george-shaw-painting-house/
2014 ArtScope Magazine, “Singularity”, May/June 2014
(by Brian Goslow, Editor-in-Chief)
2008 BRIDGES: The Photography of George Shaw by Marjorie Kaye
Mind Portal Press, Cambridge, MA
2008 Glimpses in Time Exhibition Catalogue
Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
EDUCATION
2008 Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
Certificate in Historical Restoration
1983 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, with Distinction
George Shaw is an artist residing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, graduating with honors from Massachusetts College of Art in 1983 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting in 1983. George’s aesthetic interests also extend to his studies of classical architecture and restoration, and he recently attended the Boston Architectural College, receiving a Certificate of Historic Preservation. He feels that within the classical idea in architecture one can establish proportion unity and order to untamed reality, which is mirrored in his paintings and sculptures.
SELECTED GALLERY/MUSEUM AFFILIATIONS
2018 Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
Provincetown, MA
2014 Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2012-Present Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2011-Present NewEngland Sculptors Association (NESA), Boston, MA
2009-Present Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2007 - 2010 Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com
1982-1983 C.A.G.E. Gallery, Boston, MA
1983-1985 Stavarides Gallery, Boston, MA
SELECTED ONE and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
"
2019 "Constellations" (with Marjorie Kaye), Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2018 "Miranda" (with Dominick Takis), Atlantic Works Gallery, E. Boston, MA
2018 "Distance", Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2017 "Passages", Western New England University Gallery, Springfield, MA
2016 "The Poetics of Space (with Marjorie Kaye), Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2016 "Journey", Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2016 Galatea Fine Art, "Home Again", Boston, MA
2015 "Inner Investigations/Universal Truths" (with Marjorie Kaye, Atlantic Works
Gallery, East Boston, MA
2014 Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2013 Faneuil Library, “Passages”, Brighton, MA
2012 Galatea Fine Art, "Portals", Boston, MA
2011 Galatea Fine Art, "the sentinel" Boston, MA
2010 George Shaw: Photography, Southborough Art Center,
Southborough, MA
2009 George Shaw: Elements, MATV Gallery, Malden, MA
2008 George Shaw’s Bridges, Caladan Gallery,
2007 George Shaw, Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com
1985 Stavarides Gallery, Boston, MA
1983 C.A.G.E. Gallery, Boston, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Members' Open Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum.
Provincetown, MA
2019 "Friends With...", Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2018 "The Revolution Will Not Be...", Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
(Exhibitor and Curator)
2018 Members' Juried Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
Provincetown, MA
2018 Members' Open Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum,
Provincetown, MA
2018 "Boston Biennial V", The Biennial Project, Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2017 "Home", Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont, MA
2017 SURFACE, The Gallery at Spencer Lofts, Chelsea, MA
(curator and exhibiting artist)
2017 the REPLACEMENTS, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2017 Yellow, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2016 Retrieval of the Beautiful, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2016 Insider/Outsider Nation, Resnikoff Gallery,
Roxbury Community College, Roxbury, MA
2016 Violence Transformed, Harriet Tubman Gallery,
United South End Settlements, Boston, MA
2016 Violence Transformed, Art Speaks Truth to Power,
Cambridge, College, Cambridge, MA
2015 The New England Collective VI, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
(juror: Mim Brooks Fawcett, Executive Director, Attleboro Arts
Museum, Attleboro, MA)
2015 Doppelganger, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2015 Massachusetts Artists 2015, Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
(Juror: Joanna Fink, Director, Alpha Gallery, Boston MA)
2015 Rouge, Judith Klein Gallery, New Bedford, MA
2015 Pyromania, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2014 Port Call, Harbor Arts, East Boston, MA
2014 Members’ Exhibition, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2014 Along the Way, Cherry and Webb Art Gallery, Fall River, MA
2014 Violence Transformed 10”X10” Project, Copley Place, Boston, MA
2014 The New England Collective V, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
(Juror: Edmund Barry Gaither, Director, National Center of
Afro-American Artists and Liaison to the MFA, Boston)
2014 The Photographic Process, Atlantic Works Gallery, E. Boston, MA
2013 Small(er) Works and Other Offerings, Galatea Fine Art,
Boston, MA
2013 With a Little Help From Our Friends, Atlantic Works Gallery,
E. Boston, MA
2013 The Art Venice Biennale 2013, The Biennial Project, E. Boston, MA
2013 New England Collective IV, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
(Kaveh Mojtabai, Brian Goslow, ArtScope Magazine, jurors)
2013 Layers: Forced Unity, Hidden Subjects, IS (Installation Space),
Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA
(Allison Smith, Curator)
2013 Massachusetts Artists 2013, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
(Dina Deitsche, DeCordova Museum, Juror)
2013 New Members' Exhibition, Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2013 The Song Remains the Same, Group Members' Exhibition,
Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2012 Boston Biennial, The Biennial Project, Spencer Lofts Gallery,
Chelsea, MA
2012 Small(er) Works and Other Offerings, Members' Group
Exhibition, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2012 Capturing Time, Spacewomb Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2012 Cover the Wall, Spacewomb Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2012 With a Little Help from Our Friends, Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2012 Hyper-Real, Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com
2012 Creative Couples, Atlantic Works Gallery, East Boston, MA
2012 Inaugural Windsor-Whitney On-Line Biennial, The Biennial
Project, East Boston, MA
2012 Annual Members' Exhibition (in conjunction with NESA),
Brush gallery, Lowell, MA
2011 Bridgewater State College NESA Exhibition, Bridgewater, MA
2011 With a Little Help from Our Friends, Atlantic Works Gallery,
East Boston, MA
2011 Art Chain Letter Project, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2011 Boston On-Line Bienniel, The Biennial Project, Boston, MA
2011 Transportation Building Exhibition, NESA, Boston, MA
2011 New England Collective II, 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition,
Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA - Juror: Joanne Mattera
2010 Exuberance, Allston-Brighton Heritage Center, Brighton, MA
2010 Small(er) Works, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2010 ArtHouse 2010, Benefit for Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA
2010 Summer Members’ Exhibition, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2009 Small(er) Works, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2009 Inaugural Members’ Exhibition, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA
2009 ArtHouse 2009, Benefit for Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA
2009 Chelsea Art Walk, Chelsea, MA
2009 SOWA Art Walk, Boston, MA
2009 Dreaming in Pursuit of Memory, Caladan Gallery,
2009 Bold/Subtle, Upstream People Gallery,
2009 Exposed, ALL Gallery, Lowell, MA
2008 Passages of Death, Visions Gallery, Medway, MA
2008 ArtHouse 2008, Benefit for Brattle Theater, Cambridge, MA
2008 Eternal Structure, Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com
2008 Landscapes 2008, Post Road Art Center, Marlborough, MA
2008 Collective Views, United Front, Revere, MA
2008 Group Exhibition, Visions Gallery, Medway, MA
2008 10th Annual International All-Media Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery, www.upstreampeoplegallery.com,
*Special Recognition Awards*
2008 Glimpses in Time, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008 Mystery in the Natural World, Caladan Gallery, www.caladangallery.com
2007 Transforming Matter, Caladan Gallery,
2007 100 Under 100, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
2007 Honoring Memory, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
2007 Art270, Groundworks Lawrence Benefit Auction, Lawrence, MA
1984 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS
2016 Atlantic Works blog, "George Shaw Painting House", June13, 2015
(by Christine Palamidessi)
http://atlanticworks.org/gallery/george-shaw-painting-house/
2014 ArtScope Magazine, “Singularity”, May/June 2014
(by Brian Goslow, Editor-in-Chief)
2008 BRIDGES: The Photography of George Shaw by Marjorie Kaye
Mind Portal Press, Cambridge, MA
2008 Glimpses in Time Exhibition Catalogue
Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
EDUCATION
2008 Boston Architectural College, Boston, MA
Certificate in Historical Restoration
1983 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, with Distinction