Richard Shaw | Also Known As: Richard Blake Shaw
Richard Shaw is known for his exacting trompe l?oeil sculptures. He created his own technique for applying transfer decals and over glazing.
Shaw started his career immersed in 1960s Bay Area popular culture. ...
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Richard Shaw is known for his exacting trompe l?oeil sculptures. He created his own technique for applying transfer decals and over glazing.
Shaw started his career immersed in 1960s Bay Area popular culture. He combines a Pop Art sensibility with found objects, hand built, thrown, and slip cast elements to create surreal and humorous sculptures that often make humorous social commentary.
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Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Anderson Collection, Palo Alto, California
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Cantor Museum, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Contemporary Arts Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
de Young Museum, San Francisco, California
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Ichon World Ceramic Center, Ichon, Korea
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Lowe Art Museum, University of Florida, Coral Gables, Florida
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Nora Eccles Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
Palm Beach Museum, Palm Beach, Florida
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
- Bibliography
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Reynolds, Jack. Robert Hudson and Richard Shaw: New Ceramic Sculpture. Andover, MA: Addison Gallery of American Art, 1998.
Shaw, Richard. Richard Shaw: Ceramic Sculpture. San Francisco, CA: Braunstein Gallery, 1981.
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Citation: Richard Shaw, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/richard-shaw
