Curriculum Vitae
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 (Upcoming) The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee WI
2024 Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers FL
2018 “Remnant” Proxy Gallery, Culver City CA
2017 "The Cleft and Shimmering Hour" Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2014 "A Tenuous Framework" Caestecker Art Gallery, Ripon College, Ripon, WI
2013 "The Vanishing Point" Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2012 "States of Matter" Curated by Culture Reference, The York, Los Angeles CA
2012 "An Inventory of Absence" SPACES Gallery, Cleveland OH
2012 “False Burden” The Black Frame Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2011 “Inside/Outside” Lynden Sculpture Garden, River Hills WI (catalogue)
2010 “End of the Line” James Watrous Gallery – Wisconsin Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison WI
2009 “Descendant” Wright Museum of Art, Beloit WI
2008 “Escapisms” Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton NB Canada
2007 “Broken Down” The Soap Factory, Minneapolis MN
2006 “New Work/Emerging Artists” INOVA Gallery – University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS + PERFORMANCES
2024 “The Milwaukee Show” Milwaukee Film Festival, Milwaukee WI
2020 “Ossuary” Layton Gallery - Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI
2019 “Milwaukee Influencers” Varwest Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2018 "Dwellings" Rockford Art Museum, Rockford IL
2018 "The Nohl Fellowship: Fifteen Years" The Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee WI
2018 Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
2017 "Contemporary Wood Lighting" The Center for Furniture and Craftsmanship, Rockport ME
2017 "The John Riepenhoff Experience presents Shana McCaw and Brent Budsberg's Sub-Suburban featuring GraceMarie Keaton at Kyle Seis' 'Chamber'" The Suburban, Milwaukee WI
2016 "Wisconsin Triennial" Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison WI
2016 "Temporary Resurfacing" Historic Mitchell Street, Milwaukee WI
2016 "Living Rooms" John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI
2015 Nohl Fellows Exhibition, INOVA Gallery - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI (catalogue)
2015 "American Fantasy Classics Reunion" Useable Space, Milwaukee WI
2014 "Voices X" Warehouse Gallery, Dubuque IA
2014 "Cargo Space" Inova Gallery, Milwaukee WI and A+D Gallery, Chicago IL
2014 "Museum of Rooms" Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee WI
2013 "Wisconsin Triennial" Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison WI
2013 "On the Road: Detroit" Art Book Review, Detroit Community Library, Detroit MI
2012 "MKE<->LAX" Layton Gallery - Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design,
Milwaukee WI
2012 "Continuum" University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
2012 “Book Show @ Portrait Society” Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2012 “The Tool at Hand” Curated by the Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI
2011 MAM After Dark (Anniversary Edition) Nohl Fellows Exhibition/Screening - Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI
2011 “Out of the Suitcase IV” Layton Gallery – Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee WI
2009 Nohl Fellows Exhibition, INOVA Gallery – University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI (catalogue)
2009 “Night Work” Armoury Gallery, Milwaukee WI
2009 "Current Tendencies: Ten Artists from Wisconsin" Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2008 "Beloit and Vicinity" Wright Museum of Art, Beloit WI
2008 "Leading Edge" NML Gallery - Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee WI
2006 “Performance Art Showcase: Fly” Vogel Hall – The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee WI
COLLECTIONS
Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel, Milwaukee WI
Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee WI
Nevada Museum of Art - Center for Art + Environment, Reno NV
RESIDENCIES
2016 ExAir - Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan WI
2012 Goldwell Open Air Museum, Death Valley,
Beatty NV
2012 MKE<->LAX, Los Angeles CA
2011 Center for Land Use Interpretation,
Los Angeles CA, Residency Site: Wendover UT
2010 MKE<->LAX, Los Angeles CA
RECENT AWARDS + GRANTS
2018 Fellowship.art Artist Accelerator Program Award
2015 Creative Capital "On Our Radar"
2015 Aesthetica Art Prize Longlist
2014 Mary L Nohl Fellowship for Individual Artists
(Established Artists category)
2014 Best in Show, Voices X Exhibition
2014 Caestecker Exhibition Award, Ripon College
2012 Research + Development Grant, SPACES Gallery
2010 Mary L Nohl Suitcase Export Fund
(for travel to Los Angeles CA)
2008 Mary L Nohl Fellowship for Individual Artists
(Established Artists category)
2008 First Prize, “Beloit and Vicinity” exhibition,
Wright Museum of Art
2008 Mary L Nohl Suitcase Export Fund
(for travel to Moncton NB, Canada)
2006 Mary L Nohl Suitcase Export Fund
(for travel to Calgary AB, Canada)
LECTURES/PANELS
2019 “Object as Image” Society of Phtographic Educators Conference, Saint Kate Arts Hotel, Milwaukee WI
2015 "History as a Plastic Medium" Artists Now! Series, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
2013 "Why Art Can(not) be Taught" Discovery World, Milwaukee WI (panel discussion)
2013 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI
2010 "Housework: Peeling Back the (Tiny) Layers," MKE<->LAX, Woodbury Hollywood Exhibitions, Los Angeles CA
2009 “Smallification: Undermining Preciousness” University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI
2008 “McCaw/Budsberg Collaborations: In Practice” Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
McCaw, Shana and Brent Budsberg, “States of Matter,”
first printing – Milwaukee (self-published), June 2011,
second printing – Lulu Publishing, July 2011