CLAUDIA CHAN SHAW
Sydney, Australia
Sydney College of the Arts BA Visual Communications Design 1985
Sydney born creative Claudia Chan Shaw has a multi-faceted career as an installation artist, photo artist, curator, fashion designer, broadcaster and author.
2022
Lunar Lanterns – Sydney Lunar Festival. Rat Lantern installation – 2 Rats on display in George Street Sydney. Hero design for Year of the Rat. Commissioned by the City of Sydney.
The Banner Gallery – Sydney Lunar Festival. Six Year of the Tiger banner designs exhibited on George Street Sydney.
Year of the Tiger – Group Exhibition. Audrey Fine Art, Ultimo
Summer Sojourn – Group Exhibition, Art Atrium, Botany
2021
Lunar Lanterns – Sydney Lunar Festival. Rat Lantern installation – 2 Rats on display in George Street Sydney. Hero design for Year of the Rat. Commissioned by the City of Sydney.
The Warrior Ox – Installation. 3m tall Warrior Ox. Lunar New Year at World Square, Sydney
Curator – Lunar New Year, World Square Sydney
Summer Sojourn – Group Exhibition, Art Atrium, Botany
2020
Lunar Lanterns – Sydney Lunar Festival. Rat Lantern installation – 8m tall installation featuring nine, 2.8m tall golden robot Rats. Hero design for Year of the Rat. Commissioned by the City of Sydney.
The Ratrobats – Installation. Eight, 2.4m tall acrobat Rats. Lunar New Year at World Square, Sydney
Tai Chi Bunnies Rabbit Lantern installation – six, 2.5 metre high Rabbits performing Tai Chi, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
Curator – Lunar New Year, World Square Sydney
2019
Glow Festival HOTA – Home of the Arts Gold Coast, Queensland. Tai Chi Bunnies Rabbit Lantern installation – six, 2.5 metre tall Rabbits performing Tai Chi.
The Three (not so) Little Pigs – Installation. Three, 2.5m tall Pigs. Lunar New Year at World Square, Sydney
Lunar Lanterns – Sydney Lunar Festival. Tai Chi Bunnies Rabbit Lantern installation – six, 2.5 metre tall Rabbits performing Tai Chi. Commissioned by the City of Sydney.
Summer Sojourn – Group Exhibition, Art Atrium, Botany
Curator – Lunar New Year, World Square Sydney
2018
Obscuriosity – Solo Exhibition, Art Atrium, Bondi Junction
Transcendence – Group Exhibition, Live in Art, Surry Hills
Lunar Lanterns – Sydney Chinese New Year Festival. Tai Chi Bunnies Rabbit Lantern installation – eight, 2.5m tall Rabbits performing Tai Chi. Commissioned by the City of Sydney.
Guide Dogs Art Installation – Group Exhibition. Deco Dog, mixed media sculpture. Customs House, Sydney
Curator – Sydney Chinese New Year Festival, City of Sydney
2017
Integration Exchange – Group Exhibition. China Cultural Centre, Sydney
Summer Sojourn – Group Exhibition. Art Atrium, Bondi Junction
Lunar Lanterns – Sydney Chinese New Year Festival. Tai Chi Bunnies Rabbit Lantern installation – reimagined for 2017 as eight, 2.5m tall Rabbits performing Tai Chi. Commissioned by the City of Sydney.
Poster Boy – Solo Exhibition. Art Atrium, Jones Bay Wharf Pyrmont
Curator – Sydney Chinese New Year Festival, City of Sydney
2016
Lunar Lanterns – Sydney Chinese New Year Festival. Tai Chi Bunnies Rabbit Lantern installation – fourteen, 2.5m tall high Rabbits performing Tai Chi. Commissioned by the City of Sydney.
Poster Boy – Solo Exhibition. Selected for Head on Photo Festival 2016, Art Atrium Bondi Junction
Summer Sojourn – Group Exhibition, Art Atrium, Bondi Junction
Curator – Sydney Chinese New Year Festival, City of Sydney
Curator – Twenty Twenty Group Exhibition, The Old Wool Store, Kensington Contemporary, Chippendale
Curator – Vivian Chan Shaw, 40 Years – A Retrospective, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth
2013
Curator – Vivian Chan Shaw, 40 Years – A Retrospective, Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia, Darlinghurst
2012
Poster Boy – Solo Exhibition, NG Art Gallery Chippendale
2005
Curator – Alfredo Bouret Retrospective, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney
2004
How much is that doggie? Group Exhibition. Guide Dogs Art Installation, Sydney. Mixed media sculpture
2002
Cow Parade. Group Exhibition. Queen’s Cownsel. Queen Victoria Building, Sydney. Mixed media sculpture
Curator – Vivian Chan Shaw, 30 Years – A Retrospective, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney