Shawn Shepherd Curriculum Vitae

SHAWN SHEPHERD CURRICULUM VITAE

Shawn Shepherd was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Photography, skateboarding and fresh air propelled Shawn to move to Victoria, BC in 1990. He is primarily self-taught with an informal education sourced from local artists, books and travels to art museums in France, Italy, Mexico, USA and Canada. Shawn is a multimedia artist whose work investigates aspects of popular culture such as human identity and information trends. Shawn currently works and resides in Victoria.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 RETINAL NEXUS, Polychrome Fine Arts, Victoria

2009 BIG GARDEN CITY, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay

2008 MESSENGER OF DEATH, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria

2008 URBAN / GARDEN, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

2007 MINI-PALIMPSEST, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria

2006 INTERNATIONAL, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria

2006 FACADES, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria

2005 COPS AND CARS, Cat Box Gallery, Nanaimo

2005 COMMUNICATION TRANSLATION, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria

2004 PARTS, Ministry Of Casual Living, Victoria

2004 IMPERMANENCE, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria

2003 MARY PORTFOLIO, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria

2002 RENEWAL, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria

2002 THE SPECIAL EXHIBITION, Massey Room - Art Gallery Of Greater Victoria, Victoria

2001 SUIT JACKET BLOWOUT, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Vctoria

2000 PRINTS CHARMING, Martin Batchelor Gallery, Victoria

1999 FAST PASTE, Community Arts Council, Victoria

1999 FISHMONGER, Community Arts Council, Victoria

1997 RIPE, Community Arts Council, Victoria

1997 SUMMER FRUITS, Open Art Gallery, Vancouver

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010 RPM, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria

2010 ROTATOR, Polychrome Fine Arts, Victoria

2010 TELLING STORIES, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC

2009 reGIFTED, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria

2009 HOBNOB, Polychrome Fine Arts, Victoria

2009 RPM, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria

2009 MATERIAL BOUNDARIES, Deborah Page Projects & Spazio Interiors, Austin, Texas

2008 GIFTED, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria

2008 RESIDENCY EXHIBITION, Open Space, Victoria

2008 GROUP SHOW, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

2008 RPM, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria

2007 GROUP SHOW, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

2007 RPM, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria

2006 COMMUNICATION TRANSLATION / Evading Reality, with Lyle Schulz, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo

2006 RPM, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria

2005 SHAPESHIFTER HOTSPOT.NOW., Open Space, Victoria

2005 GIFTED, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria

2005 CYCLOPS DREAMS, Access Artist Run Centre, Vancouver

2005 GROUP SHOW, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

2005 NEW WORLD EXHIBITION, with Derfer, Fan Tan Studios, Victoria

2004 CAMO WORLD, with Mary Patterson, Open Space (Roving Project), Victoria

2004 GROUP SHOW, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

2003 GROUP SHOW, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

2002 GROUP SHOW, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

2001 GROUP SHOW, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

2001 EYE CANDY, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria

2000 GROUP SHOW, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

2000 TO REMAIN AT A DISTANCE, Open Space, Victoria

1999 GROUP SHOW, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

1998 GROUP SHOW, Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver

1998 COLLECTORS CHOICE, Winchester Galleries, Victoria

PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS AND GRAPHIC WORK

2010 May, Hot Properties, (image & mention) Boulevard Magazine, Victoria, BC

2010 February 17, "New faces, new year", (image) Campbell River Courier-Islander, Campbell River, BC

2010 January 4, SHOPPING CART ART, online review by Rhonda May, City Food Magazine , Vancouver

2009 BIG GARDEN CITY, online exhibition review by Mike Landry, Things of Desire, Toronto

2008 Issue #50, feature artist pgs.17-21, subTerrain Magazine, Vancouver

2008 Special art & food issue, image & review of SPECIAL COOKBOOK, City Food Magazine, Vancouver

2007 SPECIAL COOKBOOK by Mary Patterson (cover & Illustrations), Polychrome Fine Arts, Victoria

2006 COFFEE COPS by Charles Tidler (cover & Illustrations), Polychrome Fine Arts, Victoria

2006 January, exhibition review pg.32 by Christin Geall, Galleries West, Vancouver

2006 January, exhibition review pg.18 by Brian Grison, Focus, Victoria

2005 June, “Big is Big” exhibition review by Jason Kellar, Monday Magazine, Victoria

2005 SHAPESHIFTER HOTSPOT NOW (show catalogue), Open Space, Victoria

2005 RAPPACCINI’S DAUGHTER by Charles Tidler (book cover), Exstasis Editions

2005 Summer, article by Giles Stevenson pg.30 (illustrations), Humanist In Canada

2005 AMPLE SAMPLE (limited edition showbook ) Fan Tan Studios, Victoria

2005 Winter #229 pg.6 Christin Geall, Museums roundup BC Museums Association

2004 GOING TO NEW ORLEANS, Charles Tidler (book cover), Anvil Press, Vancouver

2004 February 12, exhibit review & image by Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria

2003 January 16, “Mary, Mary” review by Adrienne Mercer, Monday Magazine, Victoria

2003 Jan.2, “Etchings...about Mary” review by Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria

2003 PROOF by David Auburn (poster image), Belfrey Theatre, Victoria

2002 AWOL: Three ...Skam by Sean Dixon (painting reproduction) Coach House

2001 January 14, review and image, Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria

2001 RED MANGO by Charles Tidler (woodcut illustrations), Anvil Press, Vancouver

2000 May Volume 28 Issue 17, (cover) Monday Magazine, Victoria

2000 zine by Geoffrey Hewett & Anita Singh (poetry & art), Whiskey Lollipop #4

2000 July 23, “How much am I bid?” review, Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria

2000 January 9, exhibition review, Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria

1999 January 10,“Of life and still life” article, Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria

1999 January, “Hard of Herring” review by David Leach, Monday Magazine, Victoria

1997 July, Sooke Fine Arts review (image), Robert Amos, Times Colonist, Victoria

AFFILIATIONS

Open Space, Victoria, BC

Deborah Page Projects, Austin, Texas,USA

Artists Space, (listed in Irving Sandler artists file online) New York, NY, USA

Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver, BC

Ministry of Casual Living, (member) Victoria, BC

Polychrome Fine Arts, (vice president) Victoria, BC

AWARDS

2006 M-AWARD Victoria's Favourite Artist, Monday Magazine, Victoria

1997 Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic Award, Victoria

COLLECTIONS

Campbell River Art Gallery, BC

Comox Valley Art Gallery, BC

Maltwood Art Museum & Gallery, University of Victoria, BC

TD Canada Trust, BC

Oak Bay Marine Group, BC

Oak Bay High School, BC

Private collections, Canada, USA, England, Japan, China, Switzerland

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2009 Curator/Co-owner Polychrome Fine Arts Gallery, Victoria

2008 Artist studio visit & talk for Friends of the Campbell River Art Gallery

2006 Artist talk at the Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo

2005 Artist talk at Open Space, Victoria

2005 Jury member, BC Arts Council, Victoria

2002 Printmaking demonstration for the Victoria Secondary School art faculty, Victoria

2001 Artist talk for students of Oak Bay High School, Victoria

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