Graduated from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 1996, and received Masters of Arts from Seton Hall University in 2001. Paddy Shaw had his first solo show in Ireland within a year of graduation the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Since 1997, he lives and works in the East Coast of USA. In May 2009, his first New York solo show The Butcher's Dog was hosted by Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts.