Jan Shaw
| 1939 |
Born in Sydney, Australia
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| 1974 |
Attended Avoca School
of Fine Arts, Randwick |
| 1974 |
Became a member of
the Society of Sculptors |
| 1980-1983 |
Taught sculpture for
the Society of Sculptors |
| 1980-1987 |
Taught sculpture for
‘Art and Australia Week’ at all Saints College, Bathurst Produced
works in sandstone, bronze, wood, epoxy and fibreglass |
| 1987-1988 |
Sculptor in residence
Gallery 460, Gosford |
| 1989-1990 |
Sculptor in residence,
Nanarup, Albany, WA |
| 1991 |
Sculptor in residence,
Nanarup, Albany, WA |
| 2000-now |
Sculptor in residence Macquarie
University |
| 1982 |
Wyong Festival of Art,
Wyong - 2nd prize |
| 1984 |
Wyong Festival of Art,
Wyong - 2nd prize |
| 1985 |
Wyong Festival of Art,
Wyong - 1st prize |
| 1986 |
Wyong Festival of Art,
Wyong - 1st prize |
| 1990 | Wyong Festival of Art, Wyong - 1st prize |
| 2005 |
Sculptors
Society Darling Park Exhibition - Highly
Commended |
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| My work is in many private,
institutional and corporate collections in Australia and overseas,
including: the Hilton collection, Hilton Hotel; Macquarie University
Sculpture Park; Gosford City Council, Gosford; Morris West Collection. |
 Jan Shaw sandstone in the Morris West Collection |
| 1986 |
Mould and maquette maker
for Marea Gazzard’s sculpture ‘Mingarri’ Parliament House, Canberra |
| 1987 |
Gosford City Council ‘Hide
and Seek’, Kibble Park, Gosford Gallery 460 Gosford Bi-centennial Project Sculpture Park 1988 ‘Cose Encounters’, 9.5 ton Gosford sandstone, Gallery 460, Gosford |
| 1988-1989 |
Western Australian 12
ton donnybrook stone ‘Nanarup Dreaming’, Albany, WA 40 sculptures for Extravaganza Esplanade Gallery, Albany, Western Australia 3 ton ‘Earthly Star Watcher’ for Jennings Retirement Services, Sydney |
| 1990 |
Sculptures for Taronga
Zoo’s Snow Leopard Exhibit, Taronga Zoo, Sydney |
| 1993 |
‘Mother and Child’, centrepiece
for the Mother and Child Memorial, Macquarie Park Cemetery, Sydney |
 Hide and Seek sandstone Kibble Park, Gosford |
 Earthly Star Watcher donnybrook sandstone |
 Mother and Child sandstone Macquarie Cemetery |
| 1977-2000 |
Annual Sculpture Society
Exhibitions, Sculpture Centre, Sydney |
| 1980 |
Studio 78, Balmain, Sydney Harper’s Art Gallery, Seaforth, Sydney Artists Choice Queen Street Gallery, Woollahra, Sydney Odyssey House Exhibition, Sydney |
| 1981 |
Apmira Art Exhibition,
Paddington, Sydney |
| 1982 |
Irving Sculpture Gallery,
Glebe, Sydney - ‘Outdoor and Table Sculpture" Wayne Hunter Taylor Gallery, Woolloomooloo, Sydney Irving Sculpture Gallery, Glebe, Sydney - ‘Abstract Australian Sculpture since 1970: a continuing tradition’, A representation of Australian Women Sculptors ‘Small is beautiful’, Gallery 460, Gosford St. Josephs College, Hunters Hill, Sydney |
| 1983 |
Irving Sculpture Gallery,
Glebe, Sydney - ‘Selected works from the Sculptors Society members’ Centre Art Space, Chatswood, Sydney |
| 1984 |
Hilton Hotel Gallery, Sydney
- ‘Women in Art’ All Saints Exhibition, Bathurst |
| 1985 |
Woollahra Gallery, Woollahra,
Sydney Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne Gallery 460, Gosford Gosford Festival of the Waters, Gosford |
| 1985-1986 |
Gosford City Art Show, Gosford |
| 1986 |
Bathurst All Saints Exhibition,
Bathurst Gosford Festival of the Waters, Gosford |
| 1987 |
Hilton Hotel Gallery, Sydney Sculptors Society Exhibition, Holdsworth Gallery, Paddington, Sydney |
| 1988 |
Gallery New Art ‘Spirit
of the Time’ national touring exhibition |
| 1988-1990 |
Mosman Gallery, Mosman,
Sydney |
| 1991 |
‘Rites of Spring’
Exhibition, Manning Regional Gallery, Taree Flora Festival, Gosford Sydney Opera House Symposium with Zimbabwe sculptor Nicholas Mukomberanwa |
| 1991-1992 |
Gosford City Art Show, Gosford |
| 1992 |
Flora Festival, Gosford Macquarie University Silver Jubilee Sculpture Park, Macquarie University, Sydney (permanent exhibition) Sculptors Society Exhibition |
| 1995 |
Upstairs Gallery ‘ARDT’
Leichhardt, Sydney |
| 1996 |
‘Connections’, Greenwood
Plaza, North Sydney |
| 1996-2000 |
Arty Ms Sydney Exhibition,
Balmain, Sydney |
| 1996-2003 |
Parliament House Exhibition,
Sydney |
| 1997 |
Sculpture at St Ives Exhibition,
St Ives, Sydney |
| 1997 |
Fairmont Resort Leura, N.S.W. |
| 1998 |
‘Raw Nerve’ Exhibition,
Erskineville, Sydney Artrysts Small Artworks Exhibition |
| 1999-2006 |
Darling Park Exhibition |
| 2000 |
‘Mum Shirl: the sacred trust
of memory’ Exhibition, Sydney |
| 2000-2001 |
Australia Square Exhibition, Sydney |
| 2001-2004 |
Waverley College Art Show |
| 2002 |
"Southern Elements" Exhibition,
Berry, N.S.W. |
| 2005 |
Mura Clay Gallery (Feb - Mar) |
| 2005 |
Junk Love, Reverse Garbage (May) |
| 1990 |
Max Germaine. Artists
and Galleries of Australia. Craftsman House, Roseville |
| 1991 |
Max Germaine. A Dictionary
of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Roseville |
| 1991 |
Video Lizard Video Production
‘Jan Shaw - sculptor’ |
| 1996 |
Elizabeth Ashburn. Lesbian
Art: An Encounter with Power. Craftsman House, Roseville
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