Rudy Shepherd

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Check out my new website: rudyshepherd.com

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Sean Bell, shot and killed by three plain clothes police officers on the morning of his wedding day, 2008
9 x 12 inches
watercolor on paper

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Zacarias Moussaoui, convicted of conspiring to kill Americans as part of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, 2008
9 x 12 inches
watercolor on paper

2008-05-16T07:12:00.002-05:00

Josef Fritzl, locked daughter in basement for 24 years fathering 7 children with her against her will, 2008
9 x 12 inches
watercolor on paper

2008-05-15T19:22:00.002-05:00

Khiel Coppin, killed by cops after claiming to have a gun and threatening them with a knife, 2008
12 x 16 inches
acrylic on panel

2008-05-15T19:15:00.005-05:00

Brigitte Harris, killed stepfather after being sexually abused since the age of 4, 2008
12 x 16 inches
acrylic on panel

2008-05-14T15:35:00.007-05:00

In the May 2008 Issue of Art in America

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Postcard from Wales, 2008
acrylic on panel
6 x 9 inches

2008-02-10T17:50:00.001-05:00

The Banality of Evil: installation view
Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY, Jan. 4–Feb. 2, 2008
each painting 16 x 12 inches
acrylic on panel

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The Banality of Evil: installation view
Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY, Jan. 4–Feb. 2, 2008
Jena 6
each painting 16 x 12 inches
acrylic on panel

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The Banality of Evil: installation view
Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY, Jan. 4–Feb. 2, 2008
Black Rock Negative Energy Absorber, Phase II Prototype, 2008
paper-mache, expanding foam, spray paint

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Black Rock Negative Energy Absorber, Phase II Prototype, 2008
Amethyst, mica, glitter, plaster, extruded foam, expanding foam

2008-01-29T15:54:00.001-05:00

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Black Rock Negative Energy Absorber, Phase II Prototype, 2008
Amethyst, mica, glitter, paper-mache, extruded foam, expanding foam

2008-01-08T15:08:00.001-05:00

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Faxed Drawing Installation done in collaboration with
Frank Olive for Crossword, Analix Forever Gallery
Geneva, Switzerland, November 16-January 12, 2008

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Black Rock Negative Energy Absorber in Winter, 2007

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Laundrymat Project, 2006–
As part of the Laundrymat Project I set up this very simple vendor's cart outside
of my local laundrymat on 145th Street in Harlem, NY. While there I was making
drawings and encouraging my neighbors to make and exchanges drawings with me.
The boy shown on the left traded his drawing with me for a drawing I made of Angela Davis.

2007-04-08T17:15:00.000-05:00

Black Rock Negative Energy Absorber
Socrates Sculpture Park
Long Island City, NY
September 10–March 4, 2007

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The Magetti
An exhibition done in collaboration with Frank Olive
included 400+ drawings, sculpture and video
Mixed Greens Gallery
Summer 2006

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Ursa Major Contemplating the Meaning of the Universe #7, 2005
Lambda Prints
40 x 40 inches

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Ursa Major Contemplating the Meaning of the Universe #3, 2005
Lambda Print
40 x 40 inches

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Ursa Major Contemplating the Meaning of the Universe #8, 2005
Lambda Print
40 x 40 inches

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Cloud Cave, 2005
Hydrocal, Wood and chicken wire
9 x 16 x 9 feet

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The Black Bourgeoisie, 2004
Exhibition at Mixed Greens Gallery of 108 drawings
all ink on paper
9 x 12 inches

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Jua Kali Field Station, 2003
Public project on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA, designed by Parrish deBardelaben, age 13
Wood and fabric
12 x 10 x 12 feet

2007-03-27T16:54:00.000-05:00

Black Box (Frantz Fanon vs. Martin Heidegger vs. The Invisible Man), 2002
Installation view at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Lightproof and soundproof inside
Wood, drywall, soundproofing material
12 x 8 x 8 feet

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Lemonade Project, 2003
Performance outside the Queens Museum of Art, NY
Lemonade stand and fresh squeezed lemonade

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Lemonade Project, 2002
Performance at Artfrenzy, Rockaway Island, NY
Lemonade stand and fresh squeezed lemonade

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Untitled (self), 2001/2003
6 Life-sized Self-portrait
Lambda Prints mounted on plexiglass
each 36 x 84 inches

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Untitled (self, coat), 2001/2003
Life-sized Self-portrait
Lambda Print mounted on plexiglass
36 x 84 inches

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Untitled (self, dead), 2001/2003
Life-sized Self-portrait
Lambda Print mounted on plexiglass
36 x 84 inches

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Untitled (self, suit), 2001/2003
Life-size self-portrait
Lambda Print mounted on plexiglass
36 x 84 inches

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Untitled (switch), 2001/2003
2 color photographs
16 x 20 each

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Untitled (house), 2001
Color photograph
16 x 20 inches

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Housing Project (2001/2003)
Lambda Print
16x 20 inches

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Housing Project (2001/2003)
Lambda Print
16x 20 inches

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Housing Project (2001/2003)
Lambda Print
16x 20 inches

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Escape and Escape, 2000
Found wood
In the woods of Skowhegan, Maine
10 x 10 x 10 feet

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Performance Stills, 2000
Skowhegan, Maine

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Untitled (to Ida B. Wells) 2000
4742 feet of rope equivalent to the
number of people lynched between 1882-1968
Installed in the woods of Skowhegan, Maine

2007-02-28T16:31:00.010-05:00

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

1999–2001 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Masters of Fine Arts/ Sculpture

2000 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

1993–1998 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
Bachelor of Science/Biology and Studio Art

1997 School For Field Studies, Nairobi, Kenya
Center For Wildlife Management

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 The Banality of Evil, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
January 4-Feb. 2, 2008

2006 The Magetti, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
July 20–Aug. 19, 2006

2005 Cloud Cave and the Creature Within, Mixed Greens Gallery
New York, NY, Sept. 7–Oct. 8, 2005

2004 Black Bourgeoisie, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
Oct. 15–Nov. 20, 2004

2003 Affirmative Actions, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5–Oct. 12, 2003

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Upcoming 2009 Two Person Exhibition with Valeska Populoh, Paperwork Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2008 Lay Your Burden Down, Chert Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Nov. 1-Dec. 20

2008 The Object Direct, Heskin Contemporary, New York, NY
Nov. 20-Jan. 3

2008 New York, New Work: The Object Direct in Recent Art, Mississippi State University Department of Art Gallery McComas Hall, Mississippi State, Mississippi
August 25 - September 25, 2008

2008 Cool: Summer Invitational Exhibition, George Adams Gallery
New York, NY, July 10-August 15, 2008

2008 Face Forward, LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University
New York, NY, February 18-March 10, 2008

2008 Arrested Development, Little Theatre & Sister Rosaire Gallery, Moreau Center for the Arts, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
January 25–February 22, 2008

2008 Crosswords, Analix Forever Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
November 16-January 12, 2008

2007 Embracing Winter, Warehouse Gallery, Syracuse, NY,
February 15–March 31, 2007

2007 Grizzly Proof, The Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
March 9–April 12, 2007

2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park
Long Island City, NY, Sept. 10–Dec. 3, 2006

2006 Cady Noland Approximately: Sculptures & Editions, 1984 to 1999
Triple Candie Gallery, New York, NY, Apr. 20–May 21, 2006

2005 Do You Like Stuff?, Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art
New York, NY Sept. 13–Oct. 22, 2005

2005 Gods and Monsters, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
May 27–July 2, 2005

2005 African Queens, The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY
Jan. 26–Mar. 27, 2005

2005 Wouldn’t It Be Nice, Triple Candie Gallery, New York, NY
Jan. 9–Feb. 13, 2005

2004 Ice Cream Social, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
Aug. 1–30, 2004

2004 Currents: African American Video Art Today, Cheekwood Museum of Art
Nashville, TN, Oct. 1–Feb. 27, 2004 Including: Jefferson Pinder, Jonathan Calm
Rodney McMillian, Gary Simmons and Ina Archer

2004 Becoming Father, Becoming Infant, Bronx Museum of Art
New York, NY, July 23–October 3, 2004 Including: Guy Ben-ner
Tom Downs, Nam June Paik, Bert Rodriguez and Dennis Oppenheim

2004 Veni Vidi Video II, The Studio Museum in Harlem
New York, NY, April 28–July 4, 2004

2004 6th Annual Video Marathon, Art in General, New York, NY
January 17, 2004

2002 Listening to New Voices: P.S.1 National and International Studio Program Exhibition P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
May 19–June 16, 2002

2001 Skowhegan Alumni Exhibition and Auction, Knoedler Gallery
New York, NY, Sept. 24–28, 2001

2001 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

2001 Group Show, Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

2000 Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
Traveling to the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Ridgefield, CT 2002

2000 Black Creativity, The Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, Illinois

1999 Triad Artist’s Exhibition, Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

PERFORMANCES

When Life Gives You Lemons performed at:
Affordable Art Fair, Sponsored by Mixed Greens Gallery, Pier 92
New York, NY, October 27–31, 2003

Artfrenzy, Organized by the Queens Council on the Arts, Queens, NY
June 8, 2002

Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, July 21, 2002

During the Opening Celebration of the Queens International Exhibition
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY, September 22, 2002

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Art in America, Art Now, Brian Boucher, May 2008

South Bend Tribune, Glory Days, Andrew S. Hughes, February 19, 2008

Village Voice, Yurts and Stalagmites, Jerry Saltz, October 11, 2006

Artforum.com, EAFO6L 2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition
Naomi Fry, October 2006

Contemporary Magazine, Special Issue on Drawing, Profiles, Cameron Irving, Issue 83

Contemporary Magazine, Viva La Marriage, Cameron Irving,Issue 81

Flash Art, Extraordinary Rendition, Aaron Moulton, July – September 2006

Village Voice, Invasion of the Art Snatchers, Jerry Saltz, May 17–23, 2006

The New York Times, Art in Review, Ken Johnson, Friday, May 12, 2006

The Brooklyn Rail, Do You Like Stuff?, September 2005

The New Yorker, Tracking Suburbia/ Do You Like Stuff?, October 24, 2005

The New York Times, Art in Review, Ken Johnson, Friday, October 14, 2005

New York Post, Art to start with, Samuel T. Clover, Saturday, October 30, 2004

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Three new exhibits open eyes at Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Kurt Shaw, Sunday, October 5, 2003

Pulp, Audience Participation, Alice Winn, September 25–October 2, 2003

Pittsburgh City Paper, Current Events, Sharmila Venkatasubban, September 3–10, 2003

Village Voice, Voice Choices-Art, Kim Levin, June 12–18, 2002

The New York Times (online edition). “Can Not-So-Ordinary Artists Make Ordinary

Snapshots? Well, Not Really”, Sarah Boxer, March 8, 2002.

The Washington Post, “1,300 Snapshots, One Surreal Show”
Michael O’Sullivan, Friday, Nov. 17, 2000.

Winston-Salem Journal, “Slim Pickings, but Interesting” , Tom Patterson August 29, 1999

Old Gold and Black, “Sculpting works of art”, Emily Brewer , Dec. 5, 1996

PUBLICATIONS

Face Forward: Portraiture in Contemporary Art. New York: VisualFieldPress, 2008

Skank Bloc Bologna 1, Tart Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2008

Viva La Marriage, Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art, New York, NY, 2006

2001-2002 P.S.1 National and International Studio Program Catalog
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

Dept., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 2001, Essay by Mary Jane Jacob

Snapshot, CD-Rom, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD, 2000

AWARDS

2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY

2002/2003 Artist In Residence, Visual + Harlem, Jacob Lawrence Institute for the Visual Arts
New York, NY

2001/2002 Artist In Residence, P.S.1 National/International Studio Program, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

2001 Edward L. Ryerson Fellowship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1999–2001 Trustee’s Scholarship (Full Academic Scholarship)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2000 Matching Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture