Education

B.A. Fine Art (Hons) Glasgow School of Art, Department of Environmental Art: 1997 - 2001
International Exchange Student to The School of the Art Institute, Chicago: August 1999 - May 2000
Slade Summer School 1998
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi's Masterclass, Edinburgh, July 1996

Multi-Media

Part-time courses at Glasgow College of Printing and Technology. (2000 - 2002)

Exhibitions (Selected)

2003 - Welsh National Eisteddfod. Video "Immersion"
2003 - Dundee Print Studio "Journeys" - Discovery Point Gallery. Digital Print
2003 - Islington People - Digital Art Exhibition, London
2002 - Artworks in Mental health - British touring exhibition. Digital print
2001 - Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Selected student exhibition. Video performance
1994 - Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1993 - Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
1990 - Input-Output. Open Exhibition, Smith Art Gallery, Stirling. Painting (mixed media)

Group Exhibitions (Invited)

2004 - Of Sea and Stars, Mission gallery, Swansea. (DVD projection - "Immersion" and "Seahorses")
2004 - Crowsteps 2004, Blairlogie. Video "The Matriarch"
2004 - Changing Room Gallery, Stirling: Work in Progress exhibition. Interactive digital photography and video project with members of the public.
2004 - Video projection "The Matriarch" on to building, Glasgow (Glasgow School of Art project, part of RAW Art Week)
2003 - Alumni Auction, Glasgow School of Art and Bonhams.
2003 - The Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2003 - Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Exhibition in aid of Amnesty International
2003 - Duff House, near Banff. Exhibition in aid of Amnesty International
2003 - Smith Gallery, Stirling (January - March)
2002 - Strathcarron Winter Art Festival, Stirling in aid of Strathcarron Hospice
2002 - Art on the Rocks, Stirling Castle, in aid of Artlink Central
2001 - Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Stirling. Christmas Exhibition
2001 - Annual Student Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy. Edinburgh
2000 - Video of Millennium celebrations at Stirling Castle for the Stirling Millennium Exhibition at the Smith Gallery

Group Exhibitions

2004 - Transmission Gallery. Members Annual Exhibition. Video: "Dreams and Conflicts"
2003 - Transmission Gallery. Annual exhibition of members work.
2002 - Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre Christmas Print Show. (members work)
2002 - Transmission Gallery, Glasgow. Annual Exhibition of members work, Also 2001, 1998, 1997
1993 - Group exhibition WASPS Studio, Stirling

Solo Exhibitions

1996 - On-line Art, Cyberia Cafe, Edinburgh during the 1996 Edinburgh International Festival. ( Digital prints with web based project)
1996 - On-Line Art, The Smith Gallery Cafe, Stirling

Public Art Projects

Police Box "YOU HAVE BEEN SPOTTED" for the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow: 1997
Words fly... Electronic text for Borders Bookshop, Glasgow: 1999
Our Stories. Our Hands. - Photographic/sound installation for the Center for Older Adults, Chicago: 2000

Public Collections

Video performance - Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. Work in private collections in Stirling, Glasgow, Edinburgh.

Open Cinema

Regular contributor to monthly screenings at Cafe Flicker, Glasgow - Short Videos include: Just Walking, The Journey, The Hidden People, Winter Morning in Chicago, Requiem for the Seahorse, Red Moon, The Wood Lot, VisitChicago.com Celebration, On the Beach, Immersion

Public Events

My video Seahorse Serenade was shown at SIBOS 2004, the world's biggest financial conference in Atlanta, America during October 2004.

Employment

Worked on newspapers in London, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Edinburgh before joining the Glasgow Herald as a Feature Writer. I took voluntary redundancy in 1997 to go to Glasgow School of Art in order to fulfil a lifelong ambition to be an artist.

Catalogues

Society of Scottish Artists, 2003 (Edinburgh)
Of Sea and Stars, 2004 (Swansea)

Artist Residency

Royston Road Project, Glasgow Jan - March 2005 to make an inter-generational video

C.V. online here and at - www.s-s-a.org (The Society of Scottish Artists)
Contact Telephone: (01786) 832 287
Contact Mobile: (0797) 180 677
E-MAIL: annshaw@mac.com

Artist Statement:

"I work with people. Often the work is simply recording daily events in the life of people who are on the fringes of society either through age, or for economic reasons. Again, I take ordinary events and using digital technology transform them into something extraaordinary, which allows us to see the world differently.

My work is often celebratory, site specific, and a direct response to the environment."

Elected a professional member of The Society of Scottish Artists: 2003

Lives in Bridge-of-Allan, Scotland.

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