A two-time recipient of the Visual Arts Fellowship from the Wyoming Arts Council, he actively exhibits across the nation. His recent exhibitions include LIKE AND SHARE IF YOU AGREE!!!, a solo show at the South Bend Museum of Art, DRAWN at Manifest Creative Research Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Drawing Discourse at the University of North Carolina Asheville. Shadwell was awarded a solo exhibition at the APEX Space at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon in 2016, and his work is included in their permanent collection. For his research sabbatical from 2021 – 2022, he accepted the Manifest Artist Residency Award, and spent the year making new work at their gallery and collaborating on educational opportunities at their Drawing Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Shadwell was recently honored with the Stone & Deguire Contemporary Art Award from his alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis. Current and upcoming 2023 solo exhibition venues include Artworks Contemporary Art Center in Loveland, Colorado, STRATA Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Firehouse Art Center in Longmont, Colorado, and the Kentler International Drawing Space in Brooklyn, New York.