DAVID SHAW "Beam"

November 22, 2015- January 17, 2016

Installation View

Artist

David Shaw

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Born in Rochester, New York, in 1965
Lives in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY; BA cum laude and honors 1987
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (unmatriculated) 1987

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015
Beam, 33 Orchard, New York
Dear Everything, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, New York
2014
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH
2013
Feature Inc., New York
2009
inuverse, Feature Inc., New York
2008
Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami
2006
Feature Inc., New York
2005
Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami (brochure),
Galeria Astuni, Pietrasanta, Italy (catalogue)
2004
Feature Inc., New York
2003
M du B, F, H & g, Montreal
Feature Inc., New York
1999
Feature Inc., New York
1996
Surfacing, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
1994
Ideal, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York
Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples, Italy
White Room, White Columns, New York
1993
Galerie Analix, Geneva, Switzerland
Vehicles, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
1992
Berland/Hall Gallery, New York
Dooley LeCappellaine, New York
fiction/nonfiction, New York
1987
Arbitrary Boundaries, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Swing State, Jane Kim, New York
2012
Punt, Feature Inc., New York
Thing, West Cornwall, CT; an outdoor sculpture show curated by Susan Jennings
I'd Like to Walk on the Moon, Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologna, Italy
2011
Museums, Galleries, Homes and Other Stories, Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bologne, Italy
Material Deposits, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
Off Modern, HL23, New York; curated by Sandra Antela-Suarez and Sara Meltzer
A Strange Alchemy, Rotunda Gallery, New York
2010
SALON: naturenoir, 110 West 14th Street, New York; one-night salon hosted by Gary Gissler
Bubble Raft, Dorsch Gallery, Miami
Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY; Telfair Museums, Jepson Center, Savannah, GA
Friends in High Places, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York
Skulture, Feature Inc., New York
2009
(untitled 2009), Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami
Beautiful/Decay: A to Z, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
Flash event, The Prospect Range, New York, Saturday, 21 March 2009
2008
Champion Fine Art @ Rental: Champion Zero, Rental Gallery, New York
Object Salon, Honey Space, New York; curated by Bob Nickas, Kathy Grayson, Pascal Spengemann, Brooke Geahan, and Thomas Beale
Shit, Feature Inc., New York
2005
five05, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York
Color Theory, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY (catalogue)
The sun rises in the evening., Feature Inc., New York
2004
Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY; organized by Bob Nickas and Steve Lafreniere
2003
Druid: Wood as a Superconductor, Space 101, Brooklyn, NY; curated by David Hunt
K48: Teenage Rebel – The Bedroom Show, Galerie du Jour Agnès B., Paris; curated by
Scott Hug
2002
K48-3: Teenage Rebel – The Bedroom Show, John Connelly Presents, New York; curated by Scott Hug
Wish You Were Here, Revolution, Ferndale, MI
John Torreano, Nancy Shaver, David Shaw, Jim Isermann, M du B, F, H, & g, Montreal; curated by Hudson
Ballpoint Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Oxygen, White Box, New York; curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, M.D.
2001
Miss Universe, Art:Concept, Paris
David Shaw, Ben Snead, Feature Inc., New York
Aquamarine, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
2000
City of Lights: Art Walk, Christofle Silver Inc., New York; curated by Simon Watson
Photasm, Hunter College Gallery, New York; Union College, Schenectady, NY; curated by Peter Dudek (catalogue)
New York Projects, Delfina, London; curated by Luke Dowd
Bubbles, Center for Contemporary Non-Objective Art, Brussels, Belgium; curated by Edith Doove
Grok Terence McKenna Dead, Feature Inc., New York
Lightness, Visual Arts Gallery, New York; curated by Amy Steigbigel
2002, M du B, F, H & g, Montreal; curated by Hudson
Open the pod bay doors Hal., Feature Inc., New York
Hairy Forearm's Self-Referral, Feature Inc., New York
1999
Feature Inc., New York
Would have had., Cabinet Gallery, London; curated by Hudson
Aqua-Agua, Revolution, Ferndale, MI
1998
Yoyogaga, Feature Inc., New York
1997
Beauty and the Beast, Unlimited, Athens
Dead-Fit Beauty, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, New York; curated by Peter Dudek
Entfernte Bekannte, Binz 39, Sihlquai, Zurich; curated by Roland Herzog
Frankensteinian, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York; curated by Stuart Horodner
1996
More Than Real, Royal Palace of Casserta, Naples, Italy (catalogue)
1995
H2O, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Ambiant, Art:Concept, Nice, France
1994
Promising Suspects, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (catalogue)
Update, White Columns, New York (catalogue)
Inventario 3, Loft Art Club, Valdagno, Italy
Rien à Signaler, Gallerie Analix, Geneva, Switzerland; curated by Gianni Romano (catalogue)
Paul Ramirez-Jonas and David Shaw, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993
Pretty Visible, Massimo Minini Gallery, Brescia, Italy; curated by Gianni Romano (catalogue)
Let the great constellation of flickering ashes be heard, Feature Inc., New York
1992
Stand Ins, Four Walls at P.S. 1 (Seven Rooms, Seven Shows), Institute for Contemporary Art, P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY; curated by Craig Kalpakjian
Revolving Exhibition, Blum Helman Warehouse, New York
In Praise of Folly, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Outside Possibilities, Rushmore Festival, Woodbury, NY; curated by Bill Arning
1991
Huma Bhabha, Tom Friedman, David Shaw and Sally Webster, Feature Inc., New York
Unlearning, 142 Greene Street, New York; curated by Kenny Schachter
Value, Dooley LeCappellaine, New York
Bacher, Forg, Forrest, Gonzales-Torres, Koons, Leung, Mitchell, Parsons, Pistoletto, Richter, Shaw, Webster, Zobernig, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
White Bird, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago; curated by Hudson
Open Bar, Flamingo East, New York; curated by Kenny Schachter
1990
Godhead, Feature Inc., New York
1989
13 Artists, Broadway, Walker and White, New York

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015
Griffin, Amy. "Artist David Shaw's 'Dear Everything' at Hudson Gallery," Times Union, 19 November
2013
Iversen, Kristin. "Inside the Studio of David Shaw," Brooklyn Magazine, 16 March 2015
Johnson, Ken. "David Shaw: Eat Out," Art in Review, The New York Times, 31 October 2013
"David Shaw at Feature Inc.," The Lookout, Art in America, 14 November
2012
Chae, Julie. "The Cultural Landscape Architects: Hudson of Feature Inc.," huffingtonpost.com, 14 September
Sutton, Benjamin. "Art Fair Meme Watch: Rainboe-Hued Reflective Sculpture at NADA Hudson, Artinfo.com, 20 July
2010
Provan, Alexander. "The Information Artist," nplusonemag.com, 26 May (reproduction)
Rubin, David S., ed. Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s, with essays by David S. Rubin, Robert C. Morgan and Daniel Pinchbeck, San Antonio Museum of Art in association with MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 30 – 31, 44, 98
Review of "Skulture," Goings On About Town, New Yorker, 25 January 2010, 12
2009
The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Catalogue Raisonne, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Sutton, Benjamin. "Lower East Psychedelic," The L Magazine, 13 May
"A to Z: A Beautiful/Decay Retrospective," Beautiful/Decay, Issue Z (reproduction)
Esplund, Lance. Review, Wall Street Journal, 16 May 2009, W11
2007
Ebony, David. Review, Art in America, May, 199–200
Hughes, Milree. Review, thefuture-magazine.com, DIY reviews
Leblanc, Marc. "David Shaw," Beautiful/Decay, issue T, 80-87
2006
"There Ain't No Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow," curated by Lisa Kirk, Visual Arts Journal, Spring, 8, 10 (reproductions)
2000
K48, Fall/Winter, 80 (reproduction)
Coomer, Martin. "New York Projects," Time Out London 23–30 August, 52
Ebony, David. Review, Art in America, June, 129
McLaren, Duncan. "Pick of the Galleries," The Independent On Sunday, 6 August"
Moffatt, Laura. "New York Projects," Art Monthly, no. 239, 35–36
Ratnam, Niru. "Gallery Controlled Diet," The Face, no. 43 (August), 133
Schmitz, Edgar. "New York Projects," Kunstforum International, December
Wilsher, Mark."New York Projects," What's On In London, 16 August
1999
Ebony, David. "David Ebony's Top Ten," artnet.com, 24 November
1998
Cotter, Holland. Review of "Yoyogaga," New York Times, 20 November, E43
Ebony, David. "Check-Out Time at Gramercy Hotel," Art in America, July, 23
1997
Greene, David A. "New York Fax," Art Issues January/February, 33
1996
Ebony, David. "David Ebony's New York Top Ten," Artnet.com, 20 November
Levin, Kim. Village Voice, Choices, 5 November
Mendelsohn, John. "David Shaw at Caren Golden Fine Arts," Artnet.com, 7 November
Newhall, Edith. "David Shaw," New York Magazine, 18 November
Spalding, Kelly. "David Shaw," artsMEDIA, December
1995
Aletti, Vince. "H2O," Village Voice, Choices, 9 August
Levin, Kim. Village Voice, Choices, 10 January
Smith, Roberta. Review, New York Times, 13 January
Vine, Richard. "David Shaw," Art in America, April
1994
Mollica, Franco. "Tom Friedman, David Shaw," Tema Celeste, Autumn, 64
Perretta, Gabriele. "Tom Friedman, David Shaw," Flash Art, Summer
Trione, Vincenzo. "De Soto, Ulisside del Bello," Il Mattino, 27 May
1993
Angéle, Blaise. Radio interview, Station Couleur 3, Lausanne, Switzerland, 25 September
Chauvy, Laurence. "Les Traces et les Vestiges de David Shaw," Journal de Genève,
22 September
Romano, Gianni. "David Shaw," Zoom, no. 125 (September/October), 9
Romano, Gianni. "In and Out Liquid Architectures," Temporale, no. 31, September, 34–37
1992
Dealers and Galleries, The Art Newspaper, no. 14 (January), 21
Bernardi, David. "News Reviews," Flash Art, May/June, 149
Faust, Gretchen. Review, Arts 66, no. 6 (February), 84
Levin, Kim. Village Voice, Choices, 14 January, 69
1991
McCracken, David. "Gallery Scene," Chicago Tribune, 30 August, 7:54

PROJECTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND REPRODUCTIONS OF ARTWORK
2014
"Upfront," Feature Inc., New York
2010
"Upfront," Feature Inc., New York
2009
"I Can Read in Red, I Can Read in Blue, I Can Read in Pickle Color Too," online exhibition curated by Douglas Melini, Minus Space, New York; http://www.minusspace.com/category/viewlist/
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2004
"Grass and Honey," Champion Fine Art, Brooklyn

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Jane Kim is pleased to present David Shaw's first exhibition at 33 Orchard, Beam, opening Sunday, November 22nd from 6 - 8 pm. The exhibition of new work includes a large-scale wood and glass sculpture, wood paintings with holographic laminate, and a single photograph.

In this exhibition, Shaw interweaves different elements reflecting man's complicated relationship to nature, our desire for control and the natural stages of entropy in pieces where the raw and symbolic, the cosmological and subatomic are visible all at once. Using mostly discarded, found wood, blown glass and a holographic laminate, metonymic symbols of building, structure and domestication are now emotional components with a modern twist, transmuted yet recognizable.

Leak, a reclaimed crossbeam from a barn sprawls on the gallery floor. This fallen figure, now a symbol of disintegrating domestication, acts as a nurse log to the branch growing out its side. A long teardrop of glass expresses pain as well as rebirth and renewal, while large glass bubbles buoy and anthropomorphize its latent potential. The Knot Paintings show a sophisticated level of communication being two and many dimensions at once. There are holographically laminated holes in the scorched, found plywood that radiantly suggests passages to other dimensions: quantum, cosmological and emotional. Finally, a photograph taken shortly after the death of a close friend is an acknowledgment of energy released. First Light is both an explosive symbol of daybreak, and simultaneously contains the terrifying beauty and rupture that occurs when one loses the love of another human being.

David Shaw was born in 1965 in Rochester, New York, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He received his BA in Fine Arts from Colgate University in 1987. In 1990, the artist joined Feature Inc., and showed there extensively until the passing of Hudson in 2014. He is a recipient of the Peter S. Reed Foundation Award (2015) and the Nancy Graves Foundation Award for Visual Artists (2008). His work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, NY and the Artphilein Foundation in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. His exhibition Dear Everything, is currently on view at Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, New York through December 6, 2015.

For further inquiries and images, please contact, Jane Kim at office@33orchard.com or +1 347 278 1500.