Writing

Alix Anne Shaw is an American poet, sculptor, filmmaker, and multimedia visual artist known for work that blends lyrical language with experimental visual forms. She is the author of three acclaimed poetry collections: Undertow (2007), which won the Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Prize; Dido in Winter (2014); and Rough Ground (2018). Her poetry and criticism have appeared in literary journals including Harvard Review, Fence, Denver Quarterly, and New American Writing.

In addition to her literary career, Shaw is an accomplished visual artist whose work spans sculpture, neon, video, weaving, installation, and public art. Her exhibitions have appeared at venues including the Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago, Kriti Gallery in India, and the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art in South Korea. Her artistic practice often explores public space, memory, technology, feminism, and the emotional dislocation of modern life.

Shaw earned degrees from Yale University, George Mason University, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she completed MFAs in both writing and sculpture. Based in Milwaukee and Chicago, she has also taught poetry workshops and community writing programs for over two decades.