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Kate Shepherd
b. 1961

Kate Shepherd b. 1961

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  • Known for her richly colored paintings built with layers of monochromatic enamel, Kate Shepherd’s decades-long exploration of perspectival space investigates...
    Modern Dance Building with catenary (pure custom purple), 2015

    Known for her richly colored paintings built with layers of monochromatic enamel, Kate Shepherd’s decades-long exploration of perspectival space investigates the relationship of paintings to their environments; the various reflective surfaces establishing a spatial discourse across the panel, the viewer, and the gallery space. Panels in materials like wood and aluminum that connote the architecture for which the paint is meant form the basis of the paintings. This method results in a gleaming, reflective surface, which allows the viewers to see their own reflections and also guards the intimate image from view. Using methods such as hand painting thin linear constructions and interrupting the surface by sanding the glossy enamel, Shepherd incorporates geometric forms in her work that imply dimensional space on the two-dimensional surface. Being situationally reactive to light and movement, the paintings take on sculptural characteristics in their constant change. The artist’s oeuvre also encompasses works on paper, which examine her constantly evolving exploration of color.

  • “Colors are signs existing before words,
    like sound and music.” 
    —Kate Shepherd
  • Shepherd has exhibited at museums and galleries across the United States and Europe since 1994. Her most recent museum solo...

    Argyle Aerial View, Four Reds, 2007

    Shepherd has exhibited at museums and galleries across the United States and Europe since 1994. Her most recent museum solo exhibitions include Kate Shepherd: Lineaments, Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, North Carolina, and Intersections: Relation to and yet not (homage to Mondrian) by Kate Shepherd, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Shepherd’s work is featured in numerous museum collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York; Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland; Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan; Denver Art Museum, Colorado; Des Moines Art Center, Iowa; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas; Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona; and Seattle Art Museum, Washington.

    The artist lives and works in New York City, where she was born in 1961.

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  • WORKS
    • Opens, 2023

      Opens, 2023

    • #92, 2022

      #92, 2022

    • #74, 2022

      #74, 2022

    • Eve #66, 2022

      Eve #66, 2022

    • Placeholder, 2022

      Placeholder, 2022

    • Inner, 2020

      Inner, 2020

    • Eavesdropper, 2019

      Eavesdropper, 2019

    • Panton, 2013

      Panton, 2013

    • Leotard Blue Bubble Figure, 2011

      Leotard Blue Bubble Figure, 2011

  • Select Exhibitions

    • Kate Shepherd: ABC and sometimes Y
      Exhibitions

      Kate Shepherd: ABC and sometimes Y

      12 December 2024 - 8 February 2025 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
    • Kate Shepherd: Clocked, Print Center New York
      Exhibitions

      Kate Shepherd: Clocked

      Print Center New York 12 September - 2 November 2024 Museum & Public Exhibitions
    • Kate Shepherd: Surveillance
      Exhibitions

      Kate Shepherd: Surveillance

      12 March - 6 August 2020 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
    • Kate Shepherd: And Debris
      Exhibitions

      Kate Shepherd: And Debris

      24 March - 30 April 2011 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
    • Kate Shepherd: Fwd: The Telephone Game
      Exhibitions

      Kate Shepherd: Fwd: The Telephone Game

      12 September - 18 October 2014 Galerie Lelong Exhibitions
    • Kate Shepherd: Intersections: Relation to and yet not (homage to Mondrian), The Phillips Collection
      Exhibitions

      Kate Shepherd: Intersections: Relation to and yet not (homage to Mondrian)

      The Phillips Collection 10 June - 5 September 2010 Museum & Public Exhibitions
  • NEWS & EVENTS

    • Galerie Lelong: Dialogues, Kate Shepherd with Isabelle Dervaux
      Events

      Galerie Lelong: Dialogues

      Kate Shepherd with Isabelle Dervaux 25 January 2025
    • Galerie Lelong: Dialogues, Printmaking with Kate Shepherd and Luther Davis
      Events

      Galerie Lelong: Dialogues

      Printmaking with Kate Shepherd and Luther Davis 29 July 2021
    • Conversation #2, Kate Shepherd x Mary Sabbatino
      Events

      Conversation #2

      Kate Shepherd x Mary Sabbatino 29 July 2020
      On Tuesday, July 29, 2020, the artist Kate Shepherd and Mary Sabbatino discussed selected works from the past two decades as well as the artist's show entitled Surveillance . The...
  • PRESS

    • The Brooklyn Rail, ArtSeen: Kate Shepherd: ABC and sometimes Y
      Press

      The Brooklyn Rail

      ArtSeen: Kate Shepherd: ABC and sometimes Y January 15, 2025
    • The Brooklyn Rail, Artseen: Kate Shepherd: Surveillance
      Press

      The Brooklyn Rail

      Artseen: Kate Shepherd: Surveillance May 1, 2020
    • ArtForum, Reviews: Kate Shepherd at Galerie Lelong & Co.
      Press

      ArtForum

      Reviews: Kate Shepherd at Galerie Lelong & Co. December 27, 2014
    • ARTnews, Reviews: Kate Shepherd: And Debris
      Press

      ARTnews

      Reviews: Kate Shepherd: And Debris September 27, 2011
  • PUBLICATIONS

    • Kate Shepherd: Lineaments, Paul Bright, Peter J. Russo
      Publications

      Kate Shepherd: Lineaments

      Paul Bright, Peter J. Russo
      Published by Charlotte and Philip Hanes Art Gallery and Galerie Lelong ISBN: 9780692604182
    • Fwd: The Telephone Game, Kate Shepherd
      Publications

      Fwd: The Telephone Game

      Kate Shepherd
      Published by the artist ISBN: 9781312505599
    • Kate Shepherd: Red, Bill Arning and Kate Shepherd
      Publications

      Kate Shepherd: Red

      Bill Arning and Kate Shepherd
      Published by the artist ISBN: 9780615677590
    • Kate Shepherd, Susan Harris, Deborah Solomon
      Publications

      Kate Shepherd

      Susan Harris, Deborah Solomon
      Published by Galerie Lelong ISBN: 9781604610239
    • Kate Shepherd: Ce lieu, par exemple, Barry Schwabsky
      Publications

      Kate Shepherd: Ce lieu, par exemple

      Barry Schwabsky
      Published by Galerie Lelong ISBN: 2868820611
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