JORDAN SHAW

Jordan Shaw is a Toronto-based artist who merges art with technology to explore the complex interplay between digital systems, emerging technologies, and the natural world.

 

His education at Carleton University, Algonquin College, and an MFA from OCAD University shapes his practice, which emphasizes interaction, perspective, and data through mediums such as sculpture, electronics, light, robotics, AI, and other materials.

 

Shaw's work aims to spark curiosity and reflection, deepening our understanding of relationships, communities, and surroundings through innovative, interactive approaches. By utilizing these diverse mediums, he delves into the nuances of experience across urban, natural, and digital environments. His interest in generative AI, anamorphic perspective, digital and analog interactivity, light and robotics enriches his projects, inviting viewer engagement, fostering interaction, and sparking discussion.

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Shaw has exhibited nationally and internationally, including Nuit Blanche (Canada), MAPP_MTL (Canada), igNIGHT (Canada), Ars Electronica (Austria), Lumiere (Canada), Plexus Project (USA), IDKF (Germany), and Squeaky Wheel (USA). Notable solo exhibitions include “Various Works” at the Toronto Machine Learning Summit (2022, Canada), “Canadian Abstracts” during Vector Festival (2019, Canada), and “Refactored Landscapes” at Hashtag Gallery (2019, Canada).