George Shaw:

George Shaw (b. 1966, Coventry) lives and works in Devon. Graduated from Royal College of Art, London (1998); and Sheffield Polytechnic (1992). Awards include the South Bank Sky Arts Awards (2017); and the Paris Studio Award, Cite International Des Arts (1997). Residencies include Residency at the National Gallery, London (2014-16). Select solo exhibitions include The Lost of England, MARUANI MERCIER, Brussels (2017); My Back to Nature, National Gallery, London (2016); Neither My Arse Nor My Elbow, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2013); The Sly and Unseen Day, South London Gallery, London (2013); The Sly and Unseen Day and Payne's Grey, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2011); I Woz Ere, The Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry (2011); Looking for Baz, Shaz, Gaz and Daz, VOID, Derry (2010); Poets Day, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg (2007); and Centre d ‘Art Contemporain, Geneva (2006). Select group exhibitions include House Work, Victoria Miro Mayfair, London (2017); British Arts Council Collection touring, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Kita (2015); REALITY, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, Norwich (2014); Out of Britain, National Museum of Bucharest, Bucharest (2013); Nothing Like Something Happens Anywhere, Chapter Gallery, Cardiff (2011); British Art Show 7, Nottingham and touring (2010).

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