SALT+SHAW
Making limited edition and artefact books since 2002
In the collections of:
The British Library, London; Tate Britain Library, London; National Art Library, V&A Museum, London; Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton; Glasgow School of Art; University of the West of England, Bristol; The Wellcome Trust, London; York University; London College of Communication; Chelsea College of Art and Design, London; Coventry University; Teesside University; University of Arts, Bournemouth; Manchester Metropolitan University; Neil Crawford, London; Books On Books and private collectors in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia
Solo exhibitions:
'Taking A Journey' - University of the West of England, 2024
'Taking A Journey' - Winchester School of Art and University of Southampton, 2023
‘Travelogue’ - Bookartbookshop, London, 2015
‘On Location’ - University of the West of England, 2010
Group exhibitions:
‘Ghosts In The Machine’ World Book Night 2022 - Bower Ashton Library, University of the West of England, Bristol and Hong Kong Design Institute Library (LRC)
‘Room 103: A Tribute To George Orwell’ – Oriel Q Gallery, Narberth, Wales, 2022
‘Winter Collection’ – Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester, 2019
‘Room 103: A Tribute To George Orwell’ - Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester, 2018
‘Fashion and Sustainability’ – Winchester School of Art, 2018
‘Redesigning The Medieval Book’- Bower Ashton Library, University of the West of England, Bristol, 2018
‘Bound To Bristol’ - University of the West of England, Bristol, 2018
‘Material Matters’ - Manchester Metropolitan University, 2014
‘Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh’ - Academy of Makers, Sheffield, 2014
‘Sense of Place in Artists’ Books’ - Architecture and Landscape Library, University of Minnesota, USA, 2012
‘Regenerator II’ – University of the West of England, Bristol, 2010
‘Small’ - Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh, 2010
‘The Art of The Book: Journals Then and Now’ – Gallery 210, University of Missouri, USA; University of the West of England, Bristol and Winchester School of Art, 2010
‘Place, Memory and Identity’ – Gracefield Art Gallery, Dumfries and touring Dumfries and Galloway, 2009 – 2010
‘Inkubator 2’ – Durham Light Infantry Museum and Durham Art Gallery, 2009
‘Small, Smaller, Smallest’ – Bristol Central Library, 2009
‘Sitting Room, Another Room’ – Almeda, California, 2008; Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, 2007
‘Arcadia Id Est’ – Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland, Australia; Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, USA; National Print Museum of Ireland and Washington University Libraries, St. Louis, USA, 2007
‘Bibliomania’ – Holden Gallery, Manchester, 2007
‘Inkubator’ – Edinburgh Printmakers, 2007
‘Regenerator Altered Books Project’ - Off Centre Gallery, Bristol, 2007
‘Sitting Room’ - The Enschede Academy of Visual Arts, Netherlands; Artist’s Book
Exhibition Area, University of the West of England, Bristol; Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge; Permanent Gallery, Brighton and Winchester Art Gallery, 2007
‘Sitting Room’ - Alsager Arts Centre, Cheshire; Manchester Craft & Design Centre and touring UK, 2006
‘Arcadia Id Est’ - University of the West of England, Bristol; TRACE Gallery, Weymouth, 2005 and touring worldwide until 2008
Recent artists’ book fairs:
Pages, University of Leeds, 2023
BABE (Bristol Artists Book Event), 2022
Small Publishers’ Fair, London, 2018 and 2019
International Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair, Tetley, Leeds 2017 and 2018
Previously: BABE, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol; Glasgow International Artists’ Book Fair; Manchester Metropolitan University Artists’ Book Fair; Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair, University of Leeds; By Leaves We Live, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh; BALTIC Artists’ Book Fair, Newcastle upon Tyne; Pagemakers, Cirencester; Small Publishers’ Fair, London.
Talks, workshops and bespoke books include:
'Ravine' - talk and book launch, BABE 2022
‘Collaboration and Dissent – How We Make Books Together’ talk, Scottish Poetry Library, Edinburgh and Pagemakers Artists’ Book Fair, Cirencester
‘Word, Image, Object’ talk and writing workshop, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield
Workshops - book structures and bindings, prose and poetry writing, painting, drawing, printing and mixed media workshops, projects and courses.
‘The Book of Matt Black’ – commissioned by Writing Yorkshire, Sheffield
‘Blank Books' - 4 x A2, 250 page books, private commission
Book bindings for promotion of new book cloth, for Ratchford's, Stockport
Written by us:
'SALT+SHAW: Taking A Journey' - Book Arts Newsletter No.159 March - mid-April 2024
'SALT+SHAW On Location' - The Blue Notebook, Vol.18 No. 1 Autumn - Winter 2023
'SALT+SHAW: 21 Years of Collaboration' - Book Arts Newsletter, No.155 September - October 2023 (cover artists)
Written about us:
'Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Steingruber's Architectural Alphabet' - R. Bolick, The Blue Notebook, 2022
‘Books On Books Collection - SALT+SHAW’ – R. Bolick, Books On Book, 2019
‘Artists’ Books #28 SALT+SHAW’ – Sarah Bodman, Artists’ Newsletter, 2018
‘Book Making Book Art – Architecture’ – R. Bolick, Books On Books, 2018
‘Balancing Act: The Inextricably Bound Book Works of SALT+SHAW’ – Linda Newington, The Artist’s Book Year Book, Impact Press, 2012-2013
‘Artefact Books: Towards a Multi-field, Analytical Framework for Literary Research’ – Jen Smith, Ph.D dissertation, 2011
‘A Brief History of Artefact Books: Paul Salt’s York’ - Jen Smith, conference paper for ‘Thinking About Things’ University College Dublin, 2009
