Kate Shepherd

Kate Shepherd is known for her richly colored paintings built with layers of monochromatic enamel. She has carried out decades-long explorations of perspectival space that 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. Shepherd incorporates geometric forms in her work that imply three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface. Being situationally reactive to light and movement, her 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. 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 “Kate Shepherd. Intersections: Relation to and yet not (homage to Mondrian)”, 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.