The practice of American artist Jim Shaw (b. 1952, Midland, Michigan) spans a wide range of artistic media and visual imagery. Since the 1970s, Shaw has mined the detritus of American culture, finding inspiration for his artworks in comic books, pulp novels, rock albums, protest posters, thrift store paintings – his ever-growing collection of found artworks has been the subject of its own exhibition on several occasions – and advertisements. At the same time, Shaw has consistently turned to his own life and, in particular, his unconscious, as a source of artistic creativity. Providing a blend of the personal, the commonplace and the uncanny, Shaw’s works frequently place in dialogue images of friends and family members with world events, pop culture and alternate realities. Often unfolding in long-term, narrative cycles, the works contains systems of cross-references and repetitions, which rework similar symbols and motifs, allowing a story-like thread to be perceived. 

Praz-Delavallade

Los Angeles

Busan Biennial

Busan

Midland

New York City

Art New York

Paris

London

Gagosian

Simon Lee Gallery

Berlin

König Galerie

Milan

MASSIMODECARLO

Richard Telles

Kohn Gallery

Köln

Galerie Daniel Buchholz

Rosamund Felsen Gallery

Hong Kong

Blum & Poe

Athens

Bernier/Eliades

Cabinet

Venice

Berggruen Arts & Culture

Vancouver

Vancouver Art Gallery

Musée Régional D'Art Contemporain Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée

Brooklyn

Brooklyn Museum

Caen

Frac Normandie Caen

Rotterdam

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Melbourne

National Gallery of Victoria

Voltaire - Centre d'Art Ephémère d'Emerige

Frankfurt am Main

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt

Marseille

Friche Belle De Mai

Brussels

Fondation Thalie

Baden-Baden

Staatliche Kunsthalle

Bentonville

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Frac Sud - Cité de l'art contemporain

Vitry-sur-Seine

Musée D'Art Contemporain Du Val-De-Marne

Dijon

Frac Bourgogne

San Antonio

San Antonio Museum Of Art

Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Lace)

Marciano Art Foundation

Detroit

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

Monaco

Nouveau Musée National De Monaco

Salt Lake City

Utah Museum of Contemporary Art

Witte De With Center For Contemporary Art

Bordeaux

Capc Musée D'Art Contemporain De Bordeaux

Lacma

Frankfurter Kunstverein

Centre Pompidou

ICA London

Santa Monica

Santa Monica Museum of Art

Philadelphia

Ica Philadelphia

Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Lamag

Hammer Museum

Bregenz

Kunsthaus Bregenz

San Diego

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Copenhagen

Kunsthal Charlottenborg

South London Gallery

Cincinnati

Contemporary Arts Center

Laguna Beach

Laguna Art Museum

Moca

Nice

Villa Arson

Long Beach

Long Beach Museum of Art

Institute of Contemporary art, Los Angeles

Fondation Louis Vuitton

Fondation Francès

Pinault Collection

Berkeley

Berkeley Art Museum

Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum At Michigan State University

Genève

Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève 

Mexico City

Museo Jumex

Frac Poitou Charentes Site d’Angoulême

Frac Nouvelle-Aquitaine MÉCA

Musée D'Art Moderne De Paris

MoMA

Biel

 Kunsthaus Biel

Antwerpen

Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen – MuHKA

Graz

HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark

Zuecca Projects Venice

Luzern

Kunstmuseum Luzern

Grenoble

Cnac Grenoble (Le Magasin)

Musée D'Art Moderne Et Contemporain - Mamco

Luxembourg

Casino Luxembourg - Forum D'Art Contemporain

Jim Shaw

O-ist student painting

Mr. Hotdog

What is the Law? Not to Spill Blood