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Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest guideline, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. Kate shaw artist (talk) 02:11, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

Kate Shaw (artist) Kate Shaw is an Australian visual artist known for large-scale abstract paintings exploring landscape, ecology, and perception. Working primarily in acrylic pour and resin, her vibrant, fluid works have been exhibited internationally and are held in significant public and private collections across Australia and internationally. Education Shaw completed a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (Honours) in Painting at RMIT University, Melbourne in 1994, followed by a Diploma of Museum Studies at Deakin University in 1997. Practice Shaw's work is characterised by its luminous colour and fluid, organic forms, engaging with themes of geology, ecology, and the sublime. Her large-scale acrylic pour and resin paintings have been associated with psychedelia, landscape abstraction, and eco-criticism. Her work was included in An Ecotopian Lexicon (University of Minnesota Press, 2019), edited by Matthew Schneider-Mayerson and Brent Ryan Bellamy, and she is discussed in Screen Ecologies: Art, Media and the Environment in the Asia Pacific Region by Larissa Hjorth (MIT Press, 2016). Selected Solo Exhibitions Shaw has presented solo exhibitions at institutions and galleries across Australia and internationally, including:

Divine Matrix, Olsen Gallery, Sydney (2026) Shadowlands, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco (2022) Continuum, Mosman Art Gallery, New South Wales (2019) Continuum, Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney (2018) Solastalgia, The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong (2017) Radiant Orb, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco (2016) Blue Marble, Turner Galleries, Perth (2015) Eternal Surge, PointB, New York (2014) Luminous Worlds, Gippsland Art Gallery, Victoria (2014) Diamond Dust, Ryan Renshaw, Brisbane (2013) Nightingale, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney (2013) Wilderness of Mirrors, Sullivan+Strumpf Fine Art, Sydney (2011) Visitant, 24hrART Contemporary Artspace, Darwin (2008)

Selected Group Exhibitions Shaw's work has been included in group exhibitions at institutions including:

Good as Gold, Rockhampton Art Museum, Queensland (2025) On Earth, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane (2021) Black Mist Burnt Country (touring), SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, and venues nationally (2016) Surreal Sublime, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose (2019) Under the Subway, Museum of the Moving Image, New York (2019) New Psychedelia, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane (2011) Vertigo (Asialink touring), Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei; POSCO Museum of Art, Seoul; Institute of Technology, Bandung (2014) Spatial Dialogues: Keitai Mizu, Shibuya, Tokyo (2013) Sim Sal a Bim, SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland (2013)

Awards and Prizes Shaw has been a finalist in over thirty art prizes. Her most notable award appearances include:

Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales — Finalist (2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015) Tattersalls Club Prize — Winner (2018) Glover Prize — Finalist (2019) Hadley Art Prize — Finalist (2018) Paddington Art Prize — Finalist (2020, 2025) Sorrento Art Prize — Finalist (2025) Artists Wanted Year in Review (Painting), New York — Winner (2012) Prudential Eye Award — Nominated (2015) Australia Council for the Arts grants (2003, 2014) Dame Joan Sutherland Fund (2013)

Public Collections Shaw's work is held in public and institutional collections including:

Parliament House, Canberra Art Gallery of Western Australia Rockhampton Art Gallery Bendigo Art Gallery Macquarie University Collection Museum of Brisbane University of Queensland Museum John Curtin Gallery Freshfields, London Macquarie Group Collection Westpac Collection Royal Automobile Club of Victoria Murdoch University University of Western Australia City of Fremantle City of Melville City of Wanneroo

Residencies Shaw has undertaken residencies at:

SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland (2013) Point B Worklodge, New York (2012, 2013, 2014) Residency Unlimited and Flux Factory, New York (2010) Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne (2008) 24hrART Contemporary Art Space, Darwin (2008)

Selected Publications

Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew (ed.); An Ecotopian Lexicon, University of Minnesota Press, 2019 Hjorth, Larissa; Screen Ecologies: Art, Media and the Environment in the Asia Pacific Region, MIT Press, 2016 Jackson, Davina; Superlux: Smart Light Art, Design & Architecture for Cities and Buildings, Thames and Hudson, 2015 Moody, Sebastian; Colless, Edward; Pennings, Mark; New Psychedelia, UQ Art Museum, Brisbane, 2011 Beaumont, Julian; Fenner, Felicity; McDonald; The Macquarie Group Collection: The Land and Its Psyche, University of NSW, Sydney, 2013

Selected Press

Fitzgerald, Michael: "The Rainbow Connection", Harper's Bazaar, April 2013 Gibson, Prue: "Double Vision", Vogue Australia, April 2008 Crawford, Ashley: "Back to the Land", Financial Review, March 2012 Moody, Sebastian: "Psychedelia Now", Art and Australia, Vol 49, No 4, Winter 2012 Hsu, Hua: "The Search for New Words to Make Us Care about the Climate Crisis", The New Yorker, February 2020 "Landscape of the Wynne", Artscape, ABC TV, 2009 Jorgensen, Darren: "The New Capitalist Realism" (cover), Artlink, Issue 36, 2017

External Links

Official website

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