Sculptor and teacher, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, full name Stephen Timothy Shaw. He studied the foundation course at Manchester Polytechnic, 1984–5, with a distinction award; then obtained a first-class honours degree in fine art at Falmouth School of Art, 1985–9. Shaw was an associate of the Newlyn Society of Artists. Mixed shows included Otter Gallery, Belfast, 1985–7; Arts Centre, Falmouth, 1986; and One Oxford Street Gallery, Belfast, 1997. Had a solo show at Albemarle Gallery, 1992, later ones including Duncan Campbell Contemporary Art, 1997, with bullfighting the subject. Metaphysical questions were a key theme in Shaw’s work. Shaw organised art workshops for the mentally handicapped in Belfast and Falmouth, 1988–91; worked on building and sculpture restoration projects around the south of England, 1989–90; received a Prince’s Trust award to set up a studio in 1990; was visiting tutor at Falmouth College of Art, 1994–7; and gained a Delfina Studios Trust Award for Spain, 1996. In 1998, with the artist Ashley Hold, Shaw set up an open studios scheme in the Falmouth/Penryn area. By 2001, the South West Open Studios brochure listed 200 artists and 20 galleries and spread across 136 venues. Lived in Mabe, Penryn, Cornwall.