eric shaw

Studio Dec 2019/Jan 2020

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I examine my surroundings 84x76 in. 🔎🔍 Pure Mode opens on April Fools day at 86 walker st in TriBeCa @theholenyc

We are pleased to announce Eric Shaw’s limited edition print in support of Choose Love. Available from May 14 for 5 days only and then never again. The amount sold determines the edition number. 🖼️ Eric Shaw Imagine, 2026 Archival Pigment Print 24 x 18 in Signed and numbered by the artist 🗓 14 May - 19 May ⏰ 6 PM BST - 6 PM BST (London) / 1PM EDT - 1PM EDT (NYC) 📪 International Shipping LINK IN BIO @chooselove — Eric Shaw (b. 1983, Connecticut) redefines the space between digital instinct and painterly precision. Based in Brooklyn, Shaw is a self-taught artist whose bold geometric abstractions pull directly from the visual noise of New York City — street signs, logos, advertisements — all stretched, skewed, and reimagined. What begins as a quick sketch on his phone evolves through copying, pasting, and shifting in digital space before being meticulously translated by hand into acrylic on canvas. His process is a paradox: improvisational yet exacting. Each composition becomes a layered dialogue between line, color, and shape — where the logic of digital tools meets the discipline of traditional painting. With punchy palettes, flat forms, and slick surfaces, Shaw’s work echoes Pop art lineage while pushing it forward into a distinctly millennial language. There’s a rhythm to it — fast, intuitive, almost restless — yet carefully constructed, as if every movement has been both discovered and decided. Bridging the gap between screen and surface, Shaw doesn’t just replicate digital imagery — he transforms it. What feels pixelated becomes tactile. What starts small expands into immersive fields of color and line, pulling the viewer into a dense, layered visual space. A reminder that painting isn’t replaced by technology — it evolves with it.

Eric Shaw @ericjshaw is a self-taught painter whose dynamic work epitomizes a fusion of graphic design aesthetics and painterly abstraction. He draws inspiration from the everyday visual clutter of New York City; street signs, logos, and advertisements - and distills these into layered, geometric abstractions He blends digital process with painterly intention, translating fingertip sketches into vivid, layered abstractions. His work begins on a smartphone, where shapes are drawn, duplicated, and distorted then reimagined on canvas through bold color, rhythm, and form. Influenced by the graphic overload of city life, each composition becomes a visual echo of our screen-saturated world. At once playful and precise, Shaw’s paintings explore the tension between technology and touch, surface and depth, spontaneity and control.

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