“They call me the Shaman of Light” Scott Shapiro is a multidisciplinary artist using visual illumination, acoustic vibrations, olfactory awareness through the means of sculpture, dance, opera, theatre, music, street art, performances and installations.

Scott Shapiro was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis and his Master of Fine Arts Degree at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. A recipient of The Bolz Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship honoring Harvey Littleton. With the assistance of Chazen Museum of Art and Russell Panczenko was the first Graduate Student to exhibit his thesis at the Chazen Museum Of Art. This is now an award for a selected graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison art program. He was also awarded the Eugene F. Dana Scholarship in Art honoring Glenn Allen and the Chicago Bauhaus School.

My artistic career has allowed me to be creative and work with many other talented artists and visionaries in live performances like Luciano Pavarotti, Pink Floyd, Tito Puente, Prince, Julio Iglesias, Merv Griffin, David Hockney, James Brown and others. I have also exhibited my art in galleries, museums, expos, Art Basel, in NYC with Dale Chihuly, locally, nationally, internationally and cosmically. In 1994 I was the first artist to produce a cosmic artwork, that incorporated the moon, planets, galaxies, called “the sky’s no limit” that to this day is still traveling thru space.

“From these experiences and adventures, I’ve gained a hard won sensibility and a high-energy outlook combined with an obsession to process through research and exploration of materials.”

My future projects reflect the diversity of my interests and talents. I have been seeking alternative avenues of collaboration in my art making process. Working with individuals from Opera, Music, Theatre, Dance, Anthropology, Geology, Medical Sciences, and Human Ecology that have allowed me to experiment artistically and cross-pollinate art with science.

“Life as art. Art as experience”

“I am an architect and alchemist of the transformative future”