Education
2003 BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting - The Glasgow School of Art
Selected Exhibitions & Performances
2011 The Dumb Waiter - SWG3, Glasgow
2011 The Chalet Prize - The Chalet, Glasgow
2011 White Lines - Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh
2010 Magic Towards Your Face - The Glasgow School of Art
2010 Alloa Arts and Enterprise Showcase - Make Room, Alloa
2010 Just Say Cheese - The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow
2009 A Journey Around My Room - Gramofon, Glasgow
2009 Far Removed - SWG3, Glasgow
2008 Unravel - CCA, Glasgow
2008 Let Me Show You Some Things - CCA, Glasgow
2007 Utopia - CCA, Glasgow
2006 The Members Show - Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
2005 Run - GMAC, Glasgow
2004 Tragedy - The Arches, Glasgow
2004 ARTitecture - Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Residencies & Awards
2009 Technician - Can Serrat International Art Centre, Barcelona
2008 Stipend - Can Serrat International Art Centre, Barcelona
2008 Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust Grant
2007 Scottish Enterprise Business Grant
2007 The Covington - Orange County, California
Press & Publications
2010 This is Central Station.com - Glasgow
2009 The Big Issue - Steven Corr
2009 The Herald - Keith Bruce
2004 ARTitecture - Collins Gallery, Glasgow
2003 The Scotsman - Duncan Macmillan
Articles
15/1/09 The Big Issue
“Keeping it in-house”
Far Removed
★★★★
By Steven Corr
“When you think of an ideal location to house new work from two of Glasgow School of Art’s most exciting graduates, a warehouse on the outskirts of the city doesn’t immediately spring to mind.
The studio on Eastvale Place (SWG3), home of Will Holt and Jonny Shaw’s new exhibition Far Removed, replaces the hustle and bustle of city life with a post-industrial site. On entering the exhibition space, Shaw’s large sculptural piece, a floor-to-ceiling construction, dominates. It appears to be a confusion of different woods, but with a wall of red PVC - striking a contrast between perfection and imperfection. Far Removed brings different strands of Holt and Shaw’s work to form their narrative.
Shaw has taken inspiration from the distorted architectural work of Gaudi, while Holt fuses his background in fine art with later work in theatre design, evident in his video piece of two actors running lines out of sync - reflecting the script as a starting point for creative thought.
After the success of this exhibition, Holt and Shaw are planning to work together in the future. What it contains and where it will be housed is equally exciting.”
12/1/09 The Herald
“Looking behind the scenes of real life”
Far Removed
By Keith Bruce
“Two graduates of Glasgow School of Art are reuniting to stage a joint show in what could be the city’s rawest venue.”
24/6/03 The Scotsman
“Artistic inspiration to the highest degree”
The Glasgow School of Art Degree Show
By Duncan MacMillan
“There are one or two outstanding painters this year. Though you might have called his work sculpture, Jonny Shaw is nominally a painter. He is certainly an individual who i expect we will be hearing more about. What he has produced, among various holes in the wall and other odd interventions, is a remarkable and rather beautiful construction that looks like an immensely tall loudspeaker.”
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