Peg Shaw's work has always been an exploration in multi-media including: photography, video, sound; and mixed media such as paint, charcoal, dirt, leaves, thorns, petals, eggshells, hair, thread, wire, and glass. Her work has been shown nationally including solo exhibitions in Chicago and New York, and has won numerous awards in both photography and video, including the Illinois Arts Council and Arts Midwest/NEA Regional. She received the 40 North Arts Council 2018 Artist Award. She was chosen as a Photo Lucida Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist in 2016. She is an Associate Professor in Photography/Video at Parkland College, Champaign, IL. Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Shaw received her Master of Fine Arts in Photography from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Shaw lives in the woods in a timberframe home they built by hand. She is a drummer that only makes noise in her basement.
