"If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint." Edward Hopper
Sterling Shaw is a product of Philadelphia’s public school system. He entered the Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts in the year 2000 receiving his certificate in 2004. His work has been exhibited at The Painting Center New York, The Woodmere Art Museum, Delaware Center For Contemporary Art, Rosenfeld Gallery, The Main Line Art Center, Seraphin Gallery, Artists House Gallery and Gross McCleaf Gallery. Select prizes include: Woodmere Endowment Fund Memorial Prize 2012, The Betsy Meyer Memorial Prize 2006, William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship 2004. His work belongs to various private and public collections, including the permanent collection of The Woodmere Art Museum, the Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection. He is currently working from a studio in South Philadelphia.
Select Exhibitions
2020 Trade Ya! PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2017 A More Perfect Union? Power, Sex, and Race in the Representation
Of Couples, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Figure, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Flesh, Ellipsis Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015 The More The Merrier, Small Works Curated by Bill Scott,
Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio, Philadelphia, PA
74th Woodmere Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
Privacy Made Public Curated by Alex Cohen, New Hope Arts,
New Hope, PA
As We See It: Selected Works from The Petrucci Foundation Collection,
African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Catching The Big Fish, Pterodactyl Philly, Philadelphia, PA
The Intimate Gaze, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
People & Places, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion,
Trenton, NJ
2013 Sampler: Small Works By 30 Artists Curated by Bill Scott,
Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Woodmere 71st Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
Spring Blooms, Philadelphia Artists Edge Collective Benefitting MANNA,
Philadelphia, PA
Fertile: Two Man Show Featuring Sterling Shaw and John Camacho,
Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2010 Small Works Invitational, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Alumni Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, PAFA Alumni Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Painters, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2008 In Search of Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection of
African American Art, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Communication, Featuring Sterling Shaw, BlinkArt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 New Talent, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Landscape Revisited, The Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition,
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Education
2020 MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
2004 Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
Select Exhibitions
2020 Trade Ya! PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2017 A More Perfect Union? Power, Sex, and Race in the Representation
Of Couples, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Figure, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Flesh, Ellipsis Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015 The More The Merrier, Small Works Curated by Bill Scott,
Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio, Philadelphia, PA
74th Woodmere Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
Privacy Made Public Curated by Alex Cohen, New Hope Arts,
New Hope, PA
As We See It: Selected Works from The Petrucci Foundation Collection,
African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Catching The Big Fish, Pterodactyl Philly, Philadelphia, PA
The Intimate Gaze, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
People & Places, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion,
Trenton, NJ
2013 Sampler: Small Works By 30 Artists Curated by Bill Scott,
Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Woodmere 71st Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
Spring Blooms, Philadelphia Artists Edge Collective Benefitting MANNA,
Philadelphia, PA
Fertile: Two Man Show Featuring Sterling Shaw and John Camacho,
Chris White Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2010 Small Works Invitational, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Alumni Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, PAFA Alumni Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Painters, The Painting Center, New York, NY
2008 In Search of Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection of
African American Art, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Communication, Featuring Sterling Shaw, BlinkArt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 New Talent, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Landscape Revisited, The Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition,
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
Education
2020 MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
2004 Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
