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Working in a variety of media merging pop cultural sources with psychological charges, unadulterated dreams, rock and roll, horror film, theology, and autobiography, Jim Shaw has exhibited widely in the US and internationally since the late 1980s. Among his projects are My Mirage (1985-1990) which follows the experiences of a fictional boy named Billy as he grows up during the 1960s and 70s; Dream Drawings and Dream Objects, (1991-present) featuring recreated imagery and art objects from the artist’s dreams; and works defining the evolution, dogmas and rites of his fictitious religion “Oism” (2000 to present). He was included in such major exhibitions as the 1991 and 2002 Whitney Biennials, Helter Skelter: L.A. Art in the 1990s, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1992); the 2004 SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, New Mexico; the 2002 Biennale of Sydney; and Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, New Museum, NY, curated by Jeff Koons. He has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Casino Luxembourg; MAGASIN Center of Contemporary Art, Grenoble, France; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Frankfurt Kunstverein; CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux; and St. Louis Museum of Art.
