Short Bio
Woody Shepherd was born March 17, 1980 in Greensboro, NC, though lived most of his childhood outside Birmingham, Alabama. He obtained a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (2003), with an emphasis in painting and drawing, and a MFA from Yale University (2005) in painting and printmaking. Since 2005, Shepherd has lived in Logan, Utah, where he is an assistant professor of painting and drawing at Utah State University. Shepherd's studio is based in Logan, where he continues to work on his paintings.Education
2005Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT M.F.APainting and Printmaking Gloucester Landscape Award, 200 Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award, 2005 Teaching Assistant under Norman Paris and Katherine Kuharic Studied under Peter Halley, Mel Bochner, Catherine Murphy, Robert Reed, Rochelle Feinstein, Cecily Brown, Clint Jukkula, Dore Ashton, Carroll Dunham, Kurt Kauper, Jane Kaplowitz, Samuel Messer, Elizabeth Peyton, Monica Majoli, Deborah Kas, and Richard Lytle
2003Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing Honors Society, 2002 Gordon-Pierce Award for Best Male Painter, Class of 2003 Studied under Alfred Decredico, Brice Hobbs, Ted Weller, Martie Holmer, Alan Michelson, Frank Jackson, William Miller, David Frazer, Richard Merkin, Bobbie Oliver, Al Wunderlich, Donna Bruton, Dike Blair, and Mary Jones
Academic Appointments
05-07Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2007Visiting artist lecture and critique, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2005Teaching Assistant to Katherine Kuharic in drawing,Yale University, New Haven, CT
2004Teaching Assistant to Norm Paris printmaking,Yale University, New Haven, CT
Exhibitions
2007Painted Perceptions of Cache Valley Canyons, Solo Exhibition at the Nora Eccles Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2007Trizec Properties, Bank of America Plaza/Headquarters, Charlottte, NC
2007Art Interchange with Sunhwa Korea Arts School, Utah State University
2007Los Angeles Art Show, Barker Hanger, Santa Monica Airport, CA
2007Holiday Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
2006Art of the 20th Century, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2006"40 years: A dealers Collection," Henoch Gallery, New York, NY
2006Group Show, Henoch Gallery, New York, NY
2006USArtists artfair, Philadelphia PA
2006Art Chicago artfair, Chicago, IL
2006300 Plates Benefit, Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2005Senior Thesis Show, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2005Group Show, Henoch Gallery, New York, NY
2004Fall Exhibition, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2004Group Show, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2004Energen Corporation Exhibition, Birmingham, AL
2003First Year Graduate Exhibition, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2003Senior Exhibition, Woods Gerry, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003Senior Invitational, Woods Gerry, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Selected Collections
2007"Chris Dunker Collection", Logan, UT
2006"40 Years: A Dealers Collection," New York, NY
2005"Peter Halley Collection," New York, NY
2003"Cincinnatti Historic Ford Factory Collection," Cincinnatti, OH
Honors and Awards
2006Received $12,500 New Faculty Research Grant
2005Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award, Yale University
2004Painting featured on 2004 Collectors' Edition Cup, Royal Cup Coffee Co.
2004Gloucester Landscape Award and Residency, Yale University School of Art
2003Gordon-Pierce Award for Best Male Painter Class of 2003, Rhode Island School of Design
2003Honors Society, Rhode Island School of Design
1998Wheaton College Book Award for fine Arts
Selected Bibliography
2007Painted Perceptions of Cache Valley Canyons, Woody Shepherd
20072007 Art Interchange, exchange exhibition of Sunhwa Arts High School and College of Fine Arts, Utah State University
2007Point Suite, Art book project, AI Productions (Pending)
2007Artist of Utah Magazine, "Nora Eccles Museum of Art" February issue
2007NEHMA Newsletter, "Woody Shepherd- Painted Perceptions of CacheValley Canyons" Winter Newsletter
2007Deseretnews.com, "Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art," Sunday, January 21st
2007Salt Lake Tribune, "Cache County Paintings" January 20th issue
2007Cache Magazine, "New exhibit is off beaten track" Logan Herold Journal, January issue
2007Art in America, advertisement through Henoch Gallery, January issue
2007The Village Voice, New York City Guide; Henoch Gallery
2006Visual Design Fundamentals: A Digital Approach by Alan Hashimoto with Mike Clayton
200640 Years: A Dealers Collection, George Henoch Shechtman
2006Galleryguide.org, advertised through Henoch Gallery
2006Art in America, advertisement through Henoch Gallery, November issue
2006American Art Collector, advertisement through Henoch Gallery, September issue
2004Portico Magazine, featured work, October issue