Jonathan Shaw lives and works in Birmingham, UK. He is a practising Artist, Photographer and Associate Head of Media & Communication, at the School of Art & Design, Coventry University.

Over the years, he has developed a fascination with the representation of time and movement in, and through, photography. His work can be seen as part of a long tradition of experimentation whereby the camera becomes both an instrument of scientific record and a tool for aesthetic exploration. Like that of his predecessors, Étienne-Jules Marey and Eadweard Muybridge, Shaw’s practice draws on a wide range of knowledge and skills. In addition to displaying the creativity and application of an artist, Shaw makes use of science, technology and engineering, frequently designing, building and customising camera equipment to more fully explore representations of space, time and movement.

In 2003 Time|Motion published by Dewi Lewis placed Jonathan’s work alongside the photographic pioneers Eadweard Muybridge and Harold Edgerton. Then in 2004 he was nominated for prestigious Paul Hamlyn Award. (re)collect a monograph on his work, was published by Pavilion in 2006.

Jonathan’s work can be found in the collections of Arts Council of England, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Birmingham Central Library Photographic Archive, as well as various private collections.

Commissioned work includes pieces for Volkswagen UK, the Manhattan Loft Corporation, and Nigel Coates’ book Guide to Ecstacity published by Laurence King Publishing. His work has been shown nationally and internationally including; New Art Gallery, Walsall, Art Center of Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Pavilion Populaire, France, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Penny School Gallery as part of the Muybridge Centenary celebrations in Kingston upon Thames, Lanchester Gallery (Coventry), F-Stop Media (Bath) and at the Howard Gardens Gallery as part of the the International Festival of Contemporary Time Based Arts, Cardiff.

He studied photography, graphic design and computer graphics at the University of the West of England between 1990 and 1996 and then completed a Masters degree at the Birmingham City University in 1997.