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Conrad Shawcross

Imbued with an appearance of scientific rationality, Conrad Shawcross’ sculptures explore subjects that lie on the borders of geometry and philosophy, physics, and metaphysics. Inspired by different technologies, the artist's structures may retain in appearance the authority of machines – yet, they remain enigmatic, filled with paradox and wonder. Some have an absurdist melancholy feel, while others tend to the sublime, substituting the purely functional for the phenomenological experience. Ultimately, Shawcross’s art questions what we take for granted and encourages us to see beyond the physical. 


Shawcross was born in 1977 in London, where he currently lives and works. Major exhibitions and commissions for 2020 include Escalations, a solo exhibition at  Chateau La Coste,  Provence, France, where the artist’s monumental new commission Schism (Château La Coste) will be on view; Pioneering Places, a major public artwork for Ramsgate Royal Harbour, UK; and an exhibition to mark the 800th anniversary of Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, UK.


 


 

Born 1977
Hometown London, England
Lives and Works London, England
Education
2001 MFA, Slade School of Art, University College, London
1999 BA, Fine Art, Honours, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University
1996 Foundation, Chelsea School of Art, London
Permanent Collection

His work is held in permanent collections including: Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea; British Council, UK; The Hiscox Collection, UK; MUDAM Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; Museum of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; MONA Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania; Norman Foster Foundation, Madrid, Spain; The Ovitz Family Collection, California, USA; RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, USA; The David Ross Collection, UK; The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK; Tate, UK; Vervoordt Collection, Antwerp, Belgium; Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK; The Extraordinary Collection, Coutts, UK; Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China.