Claudia Chan Shaw

Sydney born creative Claudia Chan Shaw has a diverse career as an installation and photo artist, curator, fashion designer, broadcaster and author. With a BA in Visual Communication Design from Sydney College of the Arts, Claudia is a photo artist fascinated by the transitory nature of the ephemeral urban environment and its pathway to memory, nostalgia and beauty.

As the inaugural curator of the Sydney Chinese New Year Festival (2016 -2018) and curator of Lunar New Year celebrations at World Square (2019 – 2021), Claudia designed large scale public installations including the Tai Chi Bunnies, Three (not so) Little Pigs, The Ratrobats, Robot Rats, and Warrior Ox. Her artwork has featured in the Head On Photo Festival, GLOW Festival at HOTA, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, and Sydney Lunar Festival.

Claudia Chan Shaw is co-designer and director for the internationally acclaimed Australian fashion label, Vivian Chan Shaw. The designs are represented in the permanent collection of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

Claudia’s previous series exhibited at Art Atrium, Obscuriosity, draws on a personal cabinet of curiosities – childhood memories and the intrigue of the obscure. Her earlier series, Poster Boy, was presented in 2012 at Art Atrium and was part of the 2016 Head On Photo Festival. Group shows include Integration Exchange at the China Cultural Centre in 2017, and Transcendence at Art Atrium in 2018.

Claudia has curated a number of fashion exhibitions including Vivian Chan Shaw – 40 Years, A Retrospective at Tamworth Regional Gallery (2016) and the Whitehouse Institute of Design Australia (2013); and fashion artist Alfredo Bouret Retrospective (2005).