BIO

Susan Shaw - Digital Scenics

About

Susan Shaw

285 West 110th St
New York, NY 10026
646-382-5457
susanshaw.art@gmail.com
www.susanshaw.nyc
susanshawuniverse.tumblr

Awards and Honors

2015

Women’s Studio Workshop Residency

2013

Vermont Studio Center Residency

2012

Rome Art Program

2010

Wexner Center Art and Technology Residency

2009

Vermont Studio Center Residency

2008

Finalist, Annual Hayem Salomon Arts Awards Competition

2007

Vermont Studio Center Residency

1985

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

1981

CAPS New York State Artist Grant

Puffin Foundation Grantee for Videos on Broadway

Public Collections

  • The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
  • The International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY
  • The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Video

2011

Gizmo Kaleidoscope — Davis, Female Eye, and New Jersey film festivals

Sibylline Fracture — Sacramento and Cinema on the Bayou film festivals.

2010

Wexner Center Art and Technology Residency

Puffin Foundation grant for Videos on Broadway

Michael’s Snow — New York Independent Film Festival.

2009

AVA Gold Award for Michael’s Snow

The Mermaid Parade Coney Island Film Festival.

2008

AVA Gold Award for Video Production for The Mermaid Parade.

Digital Scenery

2026

Antonina, Bohemian National Hall, NYC

2026

Muttertier/Motheranimal, Goethe-Institut, NYC

2025

Say Gay Plays, Judson Memorial Church, NYC

2025

Voices from Ukraine, 53rd Street New York Public Library, NYC

Simulcast to Ukraine

2025

Endless View, Goethe-Institut, NYC

2010

The Golden Gate, Rose Studio, Lincoln Center, NYC

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Susan Shaw

born Jersey City, USA 1951

285 West 110th St, New York, NY 10026 646-382-5457

susanshaw.art@gmail.com www.susanshaw.nyc susanshawuniverse.tumblr

Awards and Honors

2015

Women’s Studio Workshop Residency

2013

Vermont Studio Center Residency

2012

Rome Art Program

2010

Wexner Center Art and Technology Residency

2009

Vermont Studio Center Residency

2008

Finalist, Annual Hayem Salomon Arts Awards Competition

2007

Vermont Studio Center Residency

1985

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

1981

CAPS New York State Artist Grant

Puffin Foundation Grantee for Videos on Broadway

Public Collections

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

The International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

VIDEO

2011

Gizmo Kaleidoscope — Davis, Female Eye, and New Jersey film festivals Sibylline Fracture — Sacramento and Cinema on the Bayou film festivals.

2010

Wexner Center Art and Technology Residency

Puffin Foundation grant for Videos on Broadway

Michael’s Snow — New York Independent Film Festival.

2009

AVA Gold Award for Michael’s Snow

The Mermaid Parade Coney Island Film Festival.

2008

AVA Gold Award for Video Production for The Mermaid Parade.

Digital Scenery

2026

Antonina, Bohemian National Hall, NYC

2026

Muttertier/Motheranimal, Goethe-Institut, NYC

2025

Say Gay Plays, Judson Memorial Church, NYC Rome Art Program

2025

Voices from Ukraine,53rd Street New York Public Library, NYC

Simulcast to Ukraine

2025

Endless View, Goethe-Institut, NYC

2010

The Golden Gate, Rose Studio, Lincoln Center, NYC

Selected Exhibitions

2016

“PULL”, Hudson Guild Gallery Curated by Jim Furlong, Director

2015

“Look Like What It Means”, Universiity of Hawaii at Hilo,

Curated by Phil Sanders

2014

“Downstate/Upstate I RBPMW Printmakers,” THE INK SHOP, Ithaca, NY

Curated by Devraj Dakoji

2012

“Shifting Crossroads,” The Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University

Curated by Jesse Gordon, Emily Ozga and Marie Sullivan

2011

Lower East Side Visitors Center “Inaugural Exhibition”, NYC

“Trashed,” Curated by Jeanne Brasile, Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall U.

2010

“Susan Shaw: Moving Violations” Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, Louisiana“ Curated by Brian Guidry

“FEED_BACK” Los Angeles Center For Digital Art

2009

The Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, NYC “Snippets Samplings Static”

Curated by Cora Cohen

Videos on Broadway, “Nightcar”, a video by Susan Shaw, NYC

2008

Hudson Guild Gallery, “The Four Seasons”

Curated by Jim Furlong, Director

2007

The Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY

“Out of the Studios” Curated by Walter O’Neill, Director

2006

Mills Pond House Gallery, STAC's Works on Paper

Curated by Colta Ives, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Soho20 Gallery, 12th Annual International Exhibition, New York, NY Curated by Lillian Tone, Museum of Modern Art

Phoenix Gallery, 2006 National Juried Exhibition, New York, NY

Curated by Tricia Yunjoo Paik, Museum of Modern Art

2005

The Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY “Selections”

1987

The Fogg Museum, Boston, MA

Espace Lyonnais d’Art Contemporain (ELAC), Lyon, France

International Center of Photography, New York, NY

Allrich Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1984

Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

1983

Castelli Graphics, New York, NY

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C

1982

International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY

1981

Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY

Castelli Graphics, New York, NY

1980

MOMA P.S. 1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, LIC, NY

Max Hutchinson Gallery, New York, NY

1977

International Center of Photography, New York, NY

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

1974

The De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Catalogs and publications

Visible Ink Anthology, Micro Stories by Susan Shaw, New York, 2017

RobertHirsch, Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Focal Press, 2007

The Museum of Modern Art Appointment Calendar, Colors, 1991

Bernard Brunon, Contemporary Photographic Portraiture, ELAC, Lyon, France 1987

Charles Stainback, Portrayals, International Center of Photography, NYC, 1987

Davis Pratt, New American Photography, The Fogg Museum, Boston, MA

Paula Marincola, Face to Face, Insitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

John Upton and Ron Emerson, Color as Form, George Eastman House, NY 1982

Gino Rodriguez, Beyond Photography II, The Alternative Museum, NYC, 1982

Daniel Stetson 22 Photographers, Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, NY 1981

Alanna Heiss, MOMA P.S. 1 and The Clocktower New York, NY 1980

Phil Davis, Magic Silver, Murray State University, KY 1976

Robert A. Yassin, Objects and Crafts, Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN 1975

Thomas Garver, New Photography in the Bay Area, De Young Museum, CA 1974

Articles and Reviews

Aperture, The Encompassing Eye: Photography as Drawing, Vol. 125, Fall 1991

Christine Tamblyn , ARTnews, February 1988

Andy Grundberg, Critics’ Choices, The New York Times, July 5, 1987

Vince Alleti , Face Off, The Village Voice, July 7, 1987

Erin Henessy, PDNews East, Photo District News, July 1987

Martha Lees, Still Life With P’s, Harvard Independent, Spring 1987

Kelly Wise, New Photo Talent on Display, The Boston Globe, March 6, 1987

Aperture, Fiction and Metaphor, Volume103, Spring 1986

Julia Scully, Modern Photography, October 1986

April Rapier, SPOT The Houston Center of Photography, Spring 1985

Patricia C. Johnson, The Houston Chronicle, January 1985

Edward Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 20, 1984

Catherine Calhoun, Picture Points, Modern Photography, December 1984

Andy Grundberg, About Face , Modern Photography, November 1983

Fred McDarrah, Voice Choices, The Village Voice, January 20 ,1982

Anthony Bannon, Afterimage, The Categorical Imperative, March 1982

Color Now, Modern Photography, July 1981

Andy Grundberg, The Soho News, May 21, 1980

Dan Meinwald, Afterimage, January 1978

Anthony Bannon, The Buffalo Evening News, January 29, 1978

Bill Jordan, Photograph Magazine, Vol. 1, No.1 1976

Larry Siegal, Photo Review, September 1976

David Turner, Popular Photography, December 1974

Margery Mann, The Whole Earth, Camera 35mm, October 1974

Joan Murray, New Photography, Art Week, 1974

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Artist Member, Dieu Donné Papermill, New York City

Artist Member, Center for Book Arts, New York City

Artist Member, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York City

Susan Lysbeth Shaw is a New York–based visual artist and scenic designer whose work bridges theater, installation, video, painting, and public space. Drawing on decades of experience as an exhibiting artist, she creates theatrical environments that combine visual storytelling, sculptural thinking, and a deep sensitivity to atmosphere.

Her scenic designs have been presented at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater, Judson Memorial Church, the New York Public Library, the Goethe Institut, Ukrainian ??????, Voyage Theater Company, and other cultural and performance venues. Working across traditional stages, site-specific projects, and politically engaged performance, Shaw develops environments that support narrative, invite audience engagement, and transform ordinary spaces into memorable worlds.

As a visual artist, Shaw's work has been exhibited at museums and galleries including MoMA PS1, the International Center of Photography, the Fogg Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Her work is represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography, the Israel Museum, and numerous public and private collections.

Shaw is the recipient of two New York State Artist Fellowships, a Women’s Studio Workshop residency, a Wexner Center Art & Technology residency, and grants and awards supporting her work in visual art, video, and performance.

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