Artist Profile: Beth Shaw
Overview
Beth Shaw is a New York-based visual artist, author, and journalist whose work explores the hidden poetics of urban decay. Through her Found Constructions series, Shaw photographs overlooked textures—chipped paint, rust, signage remnants—and reassembles them into curated digital grids that transform chaos into visual rhythm. Her work bridges documentary observation and painterly abstraction, challenging viewers to see beauty in the everyday.
Drawing from a background in journalism and financial advocacy, Shaw’s artistic practice is rooted in deep attentiveness and curiosity. Her compositions, often captured on an iPhone, are unaltered but precisely arranged to reveal surprising geometries and emotional undertones within the city’s raw surfaces.
Featured Artwork
Bushwick Gallery
Artwork Title: Found Construction #22: Biochem Jamboree
Year of Creation: 2020
Medium: Digital art (photographic grid)
Dimensions: 54 in x 54 in
Location: New York City, NY, USA