Born:
Herentals, Belgium, 1967
Education:
PTLLS Teaching Young Adults, York College, 2011
BA (Hons) Visual Communication Design: General Illustration, Middlesex University, 1999
Short Course Life Drawing, UAL Central St Martins, 1994
HND Fashion Design, Kent Institute of Art & Design, 1991
OND Art & Design, South Tyneside College, 1987
Work:
York, 2011-present:
Artist & Printmaker
Graphic Designer
London, 1999-2010:
Private Art Tutor, Life Drawing Tutor
Community Art Teacher for young carers & children with learning difficulties
Visiting Artist in Schools
Print & Design Technician, BBC, Television Centre
Practising Artist
Solo Shows:
City Screen Picture House, York, 2014
VJs Art Bar, York, 2013, 2012
Radlett Centre, Hertfordshire, 2011
BBC Television Centre, Shepherds Bush, London, 2003
The Waiting Rooms, Palmers Green, London, 2003
Group Shows:
Winter Open Studio, PICA Studios, York, December 2023, 2022, 2021
York Printmakers, York Cemetery Chapel, York, September 2023, 2021
York Printmakers, Blossom Street Gallery, York, 2023, 2017, 2016
Winter Show, Dockside Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 2019
North Art, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, 2022
PICA Studios, Harrogate Art Fair, Yorkshire, 2022
The Leaping Hare Gallery and Framers, Easingwold, 2022
York Printmakers, Pyramid Gallery, York, 2020 (online)
Strange Days, Pyramid Gallery, York, 2020 (online)
York Art Workers, Pyramid Gallery, York, 2020, 2018
Summer Show, Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk, 2019
Summer Show, Dockside Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 2019
Winter Exhibition, Pyramid Gallery, York, 2019
Print Fair, Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield, 2018
Open Day, PICA Studios, York, 2017
Charity Exhibition, Pyramid Gallery, York, 2017
York Printmakers, Osbornes@68, York, 2016
Wilberforce Trust Charity Auction, York St John University, 2014
Candid Arts, Islington, London, 2010
Paper Passions Gallery, Richmond, Surrey, 2000, 1999
Selected Submissions:
Art for Youth North, Topcliffe, October 2023, 2021
York Open Studios, PICA Studios York, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 (cancelled), 2019, 2018
Art for Youth London, Mall Galleries, London, 2022
Society of Women Artists Open Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 2022
Ferens Open Exhibition, Hull, 2022, 2021
Art&, York, 2021 (on-line), 2020 (cancelled), 2019, 2018, 2017
British Art Prize 2021, shortlisted
York River Art Market, Marygate, York, 2017, 2016
Summer Exhibition (shortlisted), Royal Academy, London, 2016
Pastel Society, Mall Galleries, London 1999, 1998
Book Jacket Commission:
Dr David Beer, Georg Simmel’s Concluding Thoughts, 2018
Clients include:
Harley Street Fertility Clinic, London, 2003
Manya Igel of Manya Igel Fine Arts, Knightsbridge, London, 2001, 1999
Publication:
Artists and Illustrators magazine, issue July 2021
York Art Workers Association at 25 Years, 2018
Press Coverage:
Charles Hutch Press, 25 April 2020 charleshutchpress.co.uk/tag/lesley-shaw/
York Press, 16 April 2018 www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/16160597.festival-reveals-tucked-away-world-york-artists/
Watford Observer, 30 June 2011 www.watfordobserver.co.uk/leisure/localexhibitions/9115279.all-dressed-up-with-baby-in-tow/
Memberships:
York Printmakers
York Art Workers Association