Jeremy Shaw
Jeremy Shaw’s work constitutes an ongoing exploration of altered states of mind and the cultural and scientific practices that aspire to map transcendental experience. Often positioned at the intersection of metaphysics and spirituality, Shaw’s films, installations, and sculptures explore phenomena that defy rational explanation—from the personal drive of mystical experiences to the promise of technological singularity—and the belief systems that evolve in their pursuit. His works construct worlds that combine the asserted rationality of scientific research with fiction, speculation, and disparate cultural and aesthetic references, creating what he calls “assisted vérité.” Mining the frameworks of philosophy, anthropology, and sociology, his multifaceted practice draws upon the languages of alternative cultures, documentary image-making, conceptual art, and music video to create alchemical works that exist somewhat out of time.
Biography
Jeremy Shaw (b. 1977, North Vancouver, Canada) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Solo exhibitions have been presented at Centre Pompidou (Paris), MoMA PS1 (New York), Kunstverein Hamburg, Schinkel Pavillon (Berlin), Secession (Vienna), MOCA Toronto, and the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, among others. Notable group exhibitions have been staged at Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin), ARoS Aarhus Art Museum (Denmark), the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (Lisbon), the Museum of Applied Arts (Vienna), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Shaw has been featured in international surveys such as the 57th Venice Biennale, the 16th Lyon Biennale, Manifesta 11 (Zurich), and the Taipei Biennial. Shaw’s works are held in public collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Tate Modern (London), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), among others.
Recent exhibitions
| 2026 | A Light That Never Goes Out, group exhibition, Fonderie Darling, Montréal, CA Remote Viewing, group exhibition, Museum of National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, TW Champs de fracture, group exhibition, Bradley Ertaskiran, Montréal, CA Obsession, group exhibition, Lille Métropole Musée d’art moderne, d’art contemporain et d’art brut, Lille, FR |
| 2025 | Towards Logarithmic Delay, group exhibition, Vienna Secession, Vienna, AT Whispers on the Horizon, group exhibition, Taipei Biennial, TW Melting Sands: Glass in Contemporary Art, group exhibition, Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf, DE |
| 2024 | Localize Affect, solo exhibition, Bradley Ertaskiran, Montréal, CA Phase Shifting Index, solo exhibition, Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva, Lahti, FI Maximum Horizon, group exhibition, Le Centre International d'Art et du Paysage de l'île de Vassivière, FR Phase Shifting Index, group exhibition, Museum in Motion, A Collection for the 21st Century, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE Night of Uncertainty, group exhibition, Max Goelitz, Munich, DE |