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Jim Shaw

American artist and musician (born 1952)
Person Human Q6198060

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
1952, August 8, 1952[8]
Place of birth
Midland
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Occupation
painter, draftsperson, musician, photographer, sculptor, graphic artist[10]
Educated at
University of Michigan, California Institute of the Arts[11][12]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[19]
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library[33][34]
Contributed to creative work
Infermental 8[20]
Copyright representative
reproduction right not represented by CISAC member[22]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[32]
Described by source
UbuWeb[18]
Family name
Shaw[16]
Given name
Jim[17]
Has works in the collection
Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Hessel Museum of Art[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Member of
Destroy All Monsters[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
NADD Wikidata project[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jim Shaw ja ジム・ショー ru Джим Шоу
🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
0000000107768600
VIAF cluster ID
8200490
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr97010030
GND ID
119555530
ARTIC artist ID
57813
AbART person ID
69292
Artist-info artist ID
31911
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13529861f
Boijmans artist ID
29687
DACS ID (2022)
089688
DACS ID (former)
e43073e3-3fec-e711-8b59-000c29e811b2
DDB person (GND) ID
119555530
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119555530
Discogs artist ID
1150028
Europeana entity
agent/base/163161
FAST ID
389298
Freebase ID
/m/0cbx64
GCD creator ID
38942
Grove Art Online ID
T096968
Guggenheim fellows ID
jim-shaw
IdRef ID
083686088
J9U entity ID
987007359686005171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119555530
Met Constituent ID
165629
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
7968
MusicBrainz artist ID
b1926397-c7e5-4ae0-bf5a-82e2a2f63b25
National Library of Latvia ID
000252084
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
410369675
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100500587
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
286120
Pinakothek artist ID
anxg3Z8xEq
Prabook ID
781964
RKDartists ID
207485
Rate Your Music artist ID
jim_shaw
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
104988
SFMOMA artist ID
Jim_Shaw
SNAC ARK ID
w6n01js1
Union List of Artist Names ID
500056898
Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID
3335
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwX6FHpf9DwvXMjQ3qCwC
Yale LUX ID
person/c9eef8b8-ade5-4ce0-b706-6d04eba4d30b
ZKM person ID
jim-shaw

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Summary

Jim Shaw was born on 1952[1] in Midland[2]. He has worked as a painter[3], draftsperson[4], musician[5], photographer[6], and sculptor[7].

FAQs

Where was Jim Shaw born?

Jim Shaw's place of birth was Midland[2].

What did Jim Shaw do for work?

Jim Shaw worked as a painter[3], draftsperson[4], musician[5], photographer[6], and sculptor[7].

Where did Jim Shaw go to school?

Jim Shaw was educated at University of Michigan[11] and California Institute of the Arts[12].

What awards did Jim Shaw receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[13].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . BnF authorities. oxfordartonline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . oxfordartonline.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . ubu.com. Retrieved . ubu.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . zkm.de. Retrieved . zkm.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . DACS register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . whitney.org. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . bard.emuseum.com. bard.emuseum.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . library.si.edu. library.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . library.nga.gov. library.nga.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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