Sterling Shaw, Artist
"If you could say it in words, there would be no need to paint" - Edward Hopper


"Philadelphia Painters" curated by Matthew Farina at The Painting Center, July 8



Born: Philadelphia, PA

Education: Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts.

Articles: Art Geographic
Broad Street Review

Awards: Utrecht Art Supplies National Juried Employee Competition, Grand Prize 2009
The Betsy Meyer Memorial Prize 2006
William Emlen Cresson Memorial Travel Scholarship 2004
The Hobson Pitman prize 2004

Exhibitions:

"Philadelphia Painters" Group Show at The Painting Center, New York NY, July 2010

Smile Gallery Group Show, Philadelphia, June 2010

"In Search of Missing Masters: The Lewis Tanner Moore Collection Of African American Art" Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, 2008

"Communication" Solo Show, BlinkArt Gallery, Philadelphia, September 2008

Delaware Center For Contemporary Art "Philadelphia Collects"
Works On Paper, June-September 2008

Rosenfeld Gallery New Talent Show, Philadelphia, July 2007

BlinkArt Gallery, Philadelphia, June 2007

Smile Gallery, Philadelphia, May 2007

The Main Line Art Center Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition,
“Landscape Revisited” 2006

The American College Presents “Out of The Academy,” 2006

La Colectiva Noches De Arte, Philadelphia, October 2005

Artists House Gallery Emerging Artists Exhibition, Philadelphia, 2005

Arts League, Long Island, NY “Best Of The Best” 2004

Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts Annual Student Exhibition 2003/04/05


Work included in various private collections.