House of Credit Cards #24
Shawn Shepherd
Bio
Multidisciplinary artist Shawn Shepherd has taken part in various facets of the Victoria, BC, Canada, art scene for thirty years, as an art collector, art dealer, curator, art teacher, graphic designer, small book publisher, and art jurist. His paintings, sculptures and prints have been informed by art history, human identity, and the discards of commercial culture. Shepherd is a colourist with an emphasis on the object as he borrows materials and subject matter from various aspects of the urban environment around him to realize the concepts that inform his work. Shepherd’s latest work examines the juncture of art and the economy.
Curriculum Vitae
2019 MFA Visual Arts, University of Victoria
2017 Certificate, Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation, University of Victoria
2022 HOUSE OF CREDIT CARDS, This Gallery, Vancouver
2020 COST OF LIVING, Rockslide Gallery, Victoria
2019 HIGH-RISE: THE VALUE OF VISUAL ART AS A COMMODITY, (MFA Thesis Exhibition) University of Victoria
2018 CIRCUS CURRENCY, Audain Gallery, University of Victoria
2018 CRYPTOSMEAR, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria
2015 BEACH PARTY, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria
2014 CROSSOVER SUITE, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria
2013 BALLS IN NOWHERE BAY, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria
2009 BIG GARDEN CITY, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay
2008 MESSENGER OF DEATH, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria
2007 MINI-PALIMPSEST, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria
2006 COMMUNICATION TRANSLATION, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo
2004 PARTS, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria
2002 THE SPECIAL EXHIBITION, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (Massey Room), Victoria
1999 FAST PASTE, Community Arts Council, Victoria
1997 RIPE, Community Arts Council, Victoria
2022 SMALL WORKS, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria
2022 PREVIEW, This Gallery, Vancouver
2019 ISLANDS ON AN ISLAND, Gallery 115, University of Ottawa, ON
2018 BRAINSTORM, Art Gallery Of Greater Victoria
2017 SLACKER, Audain Gallery, University of Victoria
2016 HUGH HANSON DAVIDSON: A LIFE IN THE ARTS, Kamloops Art Gallery
2016 EDITIONS, Open Studio, Toronto
2016 KINGSTON PRIZE, Galerie d’art Desjardins, Drummondville, QC
2015 KINGSTON PRIZE, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB -Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, ON
2014 100 PRINTS, Open Studio, Toronto
2014 20th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River
2012 WELCOME BACK YE ANNUNAKI, Open Space, Victoria
2010 TELLING STORIES, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River
2008 RESIDENCY EXHIBITION, Open Space, Victoria
2005 SHAPESHIFTER HOTSPOT. NOW., Open Space, Victoria
2005 CYCLOPS DREAMS, Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver
2004 CAMO WORLD, roving project with Mary Patterson, Open Space, Victoria
2001 EYE CANDY, Art Gallery Of Greater Victoria, Victoria
2000 TO REMAIN AT A DISTANCE, Open Space, Victoria
1999 ARTWORK – BC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, Victoria
1996 OPENING UP OPEN SPACE, Open Space, Victoria
University of Texas
Kamloops Art Gallery
Campbell River Art Gallery
Comox Valley Art Gallery
University of Victoria
TD Canada Trust
Oak Bay Marine Group
Oak Bay High School
De Hoog & Kierulf Architects
Donna MacMillan
D.H. Moore Architect Inc.
Deborah Page Projects.
2019 Audrey St.Denys & M.E. Johnson Award, University Of Victoria 2019 Graduate Award, University of Victoria
2019 Graduate Award, University of Victoria
2018 Graduate Scholarship Grant, BC Arts Council
2018 Graduate Award, University of Victoria
2017 Graduate Award, University of Victoria
2017 My Great Neighbourhood Grant, City of Victoria
2016 Create Community Colour Mural Program, United Way & City of Victoria
2012 Professional Contemporary Art Dealers Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2020 Nov/Dec, “Behind The Story”, Boulevard Magazine, Victoria, BC, Okanagan, BC.
2015 Aug 9, Local Artists Share National Stage (image), by Robert Amos, Times Colonist
2014 June 12, Artist Celebrates Anonymity Of Downtown Living, by Amy Smart, Times Colonist
2013 May/June, Yam’s Gallery Picks, John Threlfall, Yam Magazine
2012 May 27, Artist Takes Ideas To The Limit, by Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria
2011 June 13, The ‘Pablo Puckasso’ of Victoria, by Tom Hawthorn, Globe & Mail
2010 January 4, Shopping Cart Art, by Rhonda May, City Food Magazine , Vancouver
2008 Issue #50, feature artist pages 17-21, subTerrain Magazine, Vancouver
2006 October 26, “Advertising Becomes Art”, Nanaimo News Bulletin, Nanaimo
2005 Winter #229 pg.6, by Christin Geall, Museums Roundup, BC Museums Association
2003 January 16, “Mary, Mary”, by Adrienne Mercer, Monday Magazine, Victoria
2000 July 23, “How much am I bid?, by Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria
1999 January 10, ”Of life and still life”, by Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victori