ERNEST SHAW JR.
b. 1969 Baltimore, MD
eshawart.com
eshaw@eshawart.com
724 Lyndhurst Street Baltimore, Md 21229
Publications
Crawford, Margo Natalie. “Black Post-Blackness, The Black Arts Movement and Twenty- First Century Aesthetics.” University of Illinois Press, November 2017.
https://www.mpt.org/programs/baker-artist-awards/
https://www.facebook.com/artbma/videos/362197571818875
https://youtu.be/9zG1OgsRLfE
https://youtu.be/ZsQoMvJIeNY
https://youtu.be/xx3xeWx2F9M
https://theundefeated.com/features/testify-by-ernest-shaw/
https://stories.artbma.org/?s=ernest+shaw
https://youtu.be/cDW3NGdDmQM The Arc, Beyond 4 Walls
https://www.elpais.com.co/cali/mural-arts-2018-se-realiza-esta-semana-en-cali-vea-aqui-los- eventos-programados.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/giant-murals-highlight-atlantas-civil-rights-journey/
http://www.wbaltv.com/article/muralist-highlights-city-life-african-american-history/
Education
2005 MFA, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
2001 BFA, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
Experience
2022- Adjunct Professor, Towson State University
2017- Adjunct Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art
2012-2017 Coppin State University, Baltimore, MD
2005- Adjunct Professor, Baltimore City Community College, Baltimore, MD 2002- Baltimore City Public Schools System
Residencies
2021 MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2021 Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2022 Studios @ Key West, FL
2022 VCCA, Amherst, VA
Awards
2022 Mary Sawyers Imboden Prize/Baker Artist Recipient 2021 Baker Artist Award
2019-2021 Senior Artist in Residence, Motor House, Baltimore, MD
2017 RUBY Artist Award, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Solo Exhibitions
2021 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
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
Legacy 2, Baltimore 2021
Sankofa 2, Baltimore 2021
Unity, Baltimore 2021
Wall of Pride, Baltimore 2020
Legacy, Baltimore, MD 2019
Rites, Atlanta, GA 2019
Yemaya 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