Protest Violet #121

Born 1961, New York, New York
Lives and works in New York, New York

M.F.A., School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, 1992
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1990
Master’s Certificate, New York Academy of Art, New York, New York, 1986

Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York, new York, 1982
B.A., Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1982
Atelier Lucio Loubet, Paris, France, 1979; 1983; 1987; 1989
    

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018   “Self Made”, Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

2017   “Bagels and Locks” 56 Henry, New York, New York

          “Battlezone”, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

          “Works on Paper, new Monotypes”, Pace Prints, New York, New York

2015   “Kate Shepherd: Lineaments”, Charlotte and

           Philip Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University,

           Winston-Salem, North Carolina

           
”Chunks”, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas

2014    Fwd: The Telephone Game, Galerie Lelong,

           New York, New York

           Estampes, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France

2012    Kate Shepherd: Past Tense Conditional, Bartha

           Contemporary, London, United Kingdom

           Kate Shepherd: News from Biathlon, Anthony

           Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, California
2011    And Debris, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
2010    Intersections: Relation to and yet not (homage to Mondrian)

           by Kate Shepherd, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
2009    Amiga de un Amigo, Galeria Elvira Gonzalez, Madrid, Spain
           Paper Works, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston,

           Texas
           Sculpture Painting, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
2008    Stack Shack, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton,

           New York
           Schroeder Practices, Dieu Donné Papermill Inc., New York,

           New York
           In In The Spring, Anthony Meier Fine Art, San Francisco,

           California
2007    No Title Here, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
           Tenniseum, Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
2006    Wire and Thread, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
2005    Puzzles, Cards, and Blocks, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston,

           Massachusetts
2004    Blue and Another Color, Anthony Meier Fine Art, San Francisco,

           California
           Wall, Floor, Rocky Crag, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
2003    Ce lieu, par exemple, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
2002    G Fine Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
           Radiant Room, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
           Like Colors, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
           Light Shard, Spanish Grille, Galerie Lelong, New York,

           New York
2000    Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon
           Hebel 121, Basel, Switzerland
           Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles,

           California
1999    Anthony Meier Fine Art, San Francisco, California
           Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998    Site Specific Wall Paintings, GAGA Gallery, New York, New York     
1997    Boesky & Callery Fine Arts, New York, New York
1996    Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
           Project Room, Boesky & Callery Fine Arts, New York, New York
1995    Patrick Callery Fine Art, New York, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018   “Ground Reversal”, Bill Brady Gallery, Miami, Florida

          “On Reflection”, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, New York, Curated by Brdget Donlon

          “Kate Shepherd/Daniel Gottin, a collaborative installation”, Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland

2017   “ONLY Small Paintings”, Fortnight Institute, New York, New York

          “Edge” Phillip Stein Gallery, St. Louis, MO

2016   “Drawing”, Minus Space, Brooklyn, New York

2015   “Drawing”, Kerry Schuss, New York, New York

          “Pure Pulp: Contemporary Artists Working in Paper at Dieu Donné”, The Ruth and Elmer

          Wellin Museums of Art, Clinton, New York

          “Papier/Paper V, Zeichnung (Drawing), Clement & Schneider, Bern, Germany

          “Cornering the Round: Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Robert Ryman and Kate Shepherd,

          Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

          “The Good Earth”, Kerry Schuss, New York, New York

          “Intersections @5”, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

          “Oysters with Lemon”, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, New York

          “Color Fields”, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA

          “Pica: Celebrating 20 Years Reflecting On The First Decade”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery,

          Portland, Oregon

          “Expanded Field. Four New York Painters: James Howell, Winston Roeth, Kate Shepherd,

          Joan Waltemath”, Bartha Contemporary Ltd, London, United Kingdom Color Fields, Art and

          Design, Boston, MA

2014    Red, Yellow, Blue, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston,

           Texas

           Celebrating theSpectrum: Highlights from the

           Anderson Collection, de Young Museum, San

           Francisco, California

           Knowing Space, School of Visual Arts, New York

           New York

           Drawings & Works on Paper, Galerie Lelong, New

           York, New York

           W U N D E R K A M M E R, Bartha Contemporary

           Ltd., London, United Kingdom

           Reductive Minimalism, University of Michigan

           Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan

           Structured Color, McKenzie Fine Art, New York,

           New York

           Editions ’14, Lower East Side Printshop, New York,

           New York

           Real Estate, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, New York

           Coloring, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center,

           Atlanta, Georgia

2013    Visiting an Imaginary Art Collector, Kleines

           Museum-Kultur auf der Peunt, Weissendstadt,

           Germany

           Ether Scrims, Dark Rooms and Calculative Planes,

           Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, New York

           Learning to See: Josef Albers and the Interactrion of Color,

           Scottsdale Museum of Work, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery,

           New York, New York

           Painting in Place, Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Los Angeles,

           California

           EDGE, ORDER, RUPTURE, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York

           Lines and Shapes: Geometric Abstraction From the Art Bank

           Collection, Art Bank Gallery, Washington, DC

2012    Blues: John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, Frank Egloff, Robert

           Mangold, Kay Rosen, Kate Shepherd & Suara Welitoff,

           Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

           Stretching Painting, Galerie Lelong, New York,

           New York

           Transparent, Lannan Foundation Gallery, New York,

           New York
           Limning, Show Room, New York, New York
           East West Shift to the Middle Part 2, Bill Brady Gallery,

           Kansas City, Missouri
2011    Eye to Eye: Joseph Marioni at the Phillips, The Phillips

           Collection, Washington, D.C.
           No Known None, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston,

           Massachusetts
           Anni Albers + Kate Shepherd, Barbara Krakow Gallery,

           Boston, Massachusetts
           Play Pink, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland
           Why Patterns? Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam, The

           Netherlands
2010    Love in Vein: Editions Fawbush projects and artists

           2005-2010, Gering & Lopez Gallery, New
           York, New York    
           Tide Pool, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, New York
           Thirty Years of Collecting: A Recent Gift to the Museum,

           Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
           Held Up By Columns, Renwick Gallery, New York, New York
           The Fifth Genre: Considering the Contemporary Still Life,

           Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
2009    Evading Customs, Brown Gallery, London, England
           Mark-Making: Dots, Lines and Curves, Lora Reynolds Gallery,

           Austin, Texas
           Blue, James Graham & Sons, New York, New York
           Women in Print, Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York, New York
2008    A Year in Drawing, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
2007    Shadow, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
           Horizon, EFA Gallery, EFA Studio Center, New York, New York
           New Editions, Pace Prints, New York, New York
           Orthodoxes hétérodoxes: choisir sa ligne, Hôtel de Sponeck,

           L’Allan, Scene Nationale de Montbéliard, Montbéliard, France;

           Concurrent exhibition at Maison des Arts et des Loisirs,

           Sochaux, France
2006    About Light, Galerie Lelong, New York
           Espacio Interior / Inner Space, Sala Alcala 31 de la Comunidad

           de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
           Take Off, Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland
           Available (A Still Life Show), Monya Rowe, New York,

           New York
           Twice Drawn, Tang Teaching Museum and Gallery,

           Saratoga Springs, New York
2005    Spectrum, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
           Wordplay, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, New York
           Minimalist Art Now, Elvehjem Museum, Madison,

           Wisconsin [now the Chazen Museum of Art]
2004    InVisible Silence, David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center,

           Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
           Art…chitecture, Evo Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2003    Streifzüge, Galerie Lelong, Zürich, Switzerland
           Divergent, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
           Ballpoint Inkling, KS Art, New York, New York
2002    Clarity of Vision: Minimalist Prints and Drawings, Milwaukee

           Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2001    Work: Shaker Design and Recent Art, Tang Teaching Museum

           and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs,

           New York
2000    Drawing Spaces, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
           Sculpture by Four, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles,

           California
           Inman Gallery, Houston, Texas
1999    Painting Invitational, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York
           Parallel Lines: Mix and Match, Karen McCready Fine Art,

           New York, New York
1998    Time Dilates, Dave Muller’s Three Day Weekend, Tomar

           Studios, New York, New York
           Food, Marcel Sitcoske Gallery, San Francisco, California                 
           Videos by Artists Who Don’t Make Videos, Edinburgh

           College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
           The Everyday Sublime, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston,

           Massachusetts        
           Trace, Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College,

           Annandale-on-Hudson, New York  
1997    Animal Tales: Contemporary Bestiary and Animal Painting,

           Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford,

           Connecticut
           Tracery, Betsy Senior Gallery, New York, New York
           Oceans and Galaxies, Karen McCready Fine Art, New York,

           New York
1996    Basilico Fine Arts, New York, New York
           Anima Mundi, Graham Modern, New York, New York
1995    Imaginary Beings, Exit Art, New York
           Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1994    Organization of Independent Artists, New York, New York
           Site Seeing, Bardamu Gallery, New York, New York

AWARDS

2008    Jill Marino Fellowship, Publishing Residency, Lower East Side

           Printshop, New York, New York
2005    Lab Grant Program Residency, Dieu Donné Paper Mill,

           New York, New York
1999    Lannan Foundation, Artist Residency, Santa Fe, New

           Mexico
1998    MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
1997    Chinati Foundation, Print Studio Residency, Marfa, Texas
1995    Chinati Foundation, Artist Residency, Marfa, Texas
1994    MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
1993    MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
1992    Paula Rhodes Award, School of Visual Arts, New York,

           New York

MONOGRAPHS
Violet, essay by Colby Chamberlain, 2016

Lineaments, Wake Forest University, 2015

Red Prints, essay by Bill Arning, 2014
Kate Shepherd, New York: Galerie Lelong, 2007
Repères #123, Paris: Galerie Lelong, 2003
Kate Shepherd, Santa Fe: Lannan Foundation, 1999

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

Anderson Collection, San Francisco, California

Artothèque d’Amiens, Amiens, France
Artothèque d’Hennebont, Hennebont, France

Axa, Brussels, Belgium

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Citigroup Art Collection, Long Island City, New York
Cleveland Clinic Art Program, Cleveland, Ohio
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan

Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, New York
General Dynamics, Falls Church, Virginia
Gruntal & Co., LLC, New York, New York
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
JP Morgan, New York, New York
Lannan Foundation, Marfa, Texas
List Visual Arts Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

New York Public Library, New York, New York
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, Ohio
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Tenniseum, Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
Wellington Management, Boston, Massachusetts