EAF06: 2006 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition


Rudy Shepherd



Black Rock Negative Energy Absorber, 2006
Concrete, amethyst, mica
18 x 8 x 8’
Special Thanks: Mike Massetti, Ramiro Rodriguez, Carlos Torres of CM Premier Interiors

Based on the forms made by termites in Africa, Australia and South America, this sculptural device was created as a spiritual cleanser meant to absorb and then purify negative energy. Inspired by the artist’s desire to make a stable, peaceful, calm atmosphere, this sculpture is a monument to harmonious living.

Born 1975, Baltimore, MD
Lives and works in New York, NY

Education
2001 M.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2000 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1998 B.S. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
1997 Center For Wildlife Management School For Field Studies, Nairobi, Kenya

Selected solo exhibitions:
The Magetti, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY (2006)
Cloud Cave and the Creature Within, Mixed Greens Gallery New York, NY (2005)
Black Bourgeoisie, Mixed Greens, New York, NY (2004)

Selected Group exhibitions include:
Cady Noland Approximately: Sculptures & Editions, 1984 to 1999, Triple Candie, New York, NY (2006)
Do You Like Stuff?, Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art, New York, NY (2005)
Gods and Monsters, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL (2005)
African Queens, The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY (2005)
Wouldn’t It Be Nice, Triple Candie Gallery, New York, NY (2005)
Ice Cream Social, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY (2004)
Currents: African American Video Art Today, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN (2004)
Becoming Father, Becoming Infant, Bronx Museum of Art, New York, NY (2004)
Veni Vidi Video II, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (2004)
6th Annual Video Marathon, Art in General, New York, NY (2004)
Listening to New Voices: P.S.1 National and International Studio Program Exhibition, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (2002)
Skowhegan Alumni Exhibition and Auction, Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY (2001)
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD (2000)
Traveling to the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (2002)
Black Creativity, The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL (2000)
Triad Artist’s Exhibition, Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC (1999)

Awards include:
Artist In Residence, Visual + Harlem, Jacob Lawrence Institute for the Visual Arts, New York, NY (2002/2003)
Artist In Residence, P.S.1 National/International Studio Program, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (2001/2002)