ERNEST SHAW JR.
b. 1969 Baltimore, MD
eshawart.com
eshaw@eshawart.com
724 Lyndhurst Street, Baltimore, MD 21229
Publications
https://share.google/lRn0cMip1NlTQl3Ma
https://vimeo.com/1051981076/2045419e4e?share=copy
https://youtu.be/aRXqdnGa_-0?si=6pHkws7ls1NdhQY6
https://www.pbs.org/video/the-dig-ernest-shaw-jgi2iy/
https://youtu.be/keZbbkuPJOk?si=HaaJmICusP6X4DyV
https://youtu.be/Kmimvy8tskE?si=ckB0USnH7iCthy_y
https://share.google/bIeJkJN9aKmGRk8M1
https://theundefeated.com/features/testify-by-ernest-shaw/
Crawford, Margo Natalie. “Black Post-Blackness, The Black Arts Movement and Twenty-First Century Aesthetics.” University of Illinois Press, November 2017.
Education
PhD in Philosophy/Art Theory, Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, Expected Graduation Date 2028
2005 MFA, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
2001 BFA, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
Experience
2024- Present Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University
2022- Adjunct Professor, Towson State University
2017- Present Adjunct Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art
2012-2017 Adjunct Professor, Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD
2005- Adjunct Professor, Baltimore City Community College, Baltimore, MD
2002-2024 Baltimore City Public Schools System
Residencies
2021 MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2021 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2022 Studios at Key West
2022 VCCA, Amherst, VA
2023 VCCA, Moulin a’ Nef, Auvillar, France.
2024 Golden Foundation Residency, New Berlin, NY
2025 IDSVA, Mexico City, Mexico
2025 IDSVA, Rome/Sienna/Arrezo, Italy
2025 IDSVA, Berlin, Germany
2026 IDSVA, Madrid, Spain
2026 IDSVA, Marrakech, Morocco
Awards
2024 Mayoral Portrait Commission/ Mayor Brandon Scott
2022 Mary Sawyers Imboden Prize / Baker Artist Recipient 2021 Baker Artist Award
2019-2021 Senior Artist in Residence, Motor House, Baltimore, MD
2022 RUBY Artist Award, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Homecoming, James E. Lewis Museum, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
2022 The Continuous Line, Top of the World, Baltimore, MD
2019 Testify, Motor House Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2015 Black Magic, New Beginnings Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2013 The Black Aesthetic, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Group Exhibitions
2025 Baltimore to Boston, Laisun Keane Gallery, Boston, MA
2023 The Culture, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2022 Baltimore Addressed, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD 2022 Abstracting Realities, Band of Vices, Los Angeles, CA.
2021 Visible Man, Bowling Green State University, OH
2020 Grey Matters, Cade Gallery, Anne Arundel County, MD 2019 We Are One, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2016 Indigo Magic, Douglass-Isaac Myers Museum, Baltimore, MD 2013 Baltimore By Many Perspectives, D Center Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2013 Reloading the Canon, James E. Lewis Museum, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
Murals
2025 I-83 Baltimore, MD
2024 CareFirst Mondawmin, Baltimore,
2024 Edward/Hawes/Collette, Los Angeles,
2024 Thelonious, Los Angeles,
2024 Africans In America 2, Baltimore
2023 Sankofa 3, Baltimore
2022 Legacy 2, Baltimore
2021 Sankofa 2, Baltimore
2021 Unity, Baltimore
2021 Wall of Pride, Baltimore
2020 Legacy, Baltimore, MD
2019 Rites, Atlanta, GA
2019 Yemayá 2, Cali, Colombia
2018 Yemaja, Atlanta, GA
2018 Senufo, Newark, NJ
2018 Learning, Baltimore, MD
2017 Know Thy Self, Kingston, NY
2015 Sankofa, Baltimore, MD
2015 Sacrifice, Baltimore, MD
2015 Trinity, Baltimore, MD
2014 Haze, Rochester, NY
2014 Afro American, Baltimore, NY
2001 Legacy, Baltimore, MD
2000 Summer Time, Baltimore. MD 1999