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Nick Shepard’s work ranges from photography to installation and sculpture. Regardless of medium, he explores the construction and consumption of images, objects, and spaces. He is based in Sacramento, where he is an Associate Professor of Photography at Sacramento State University and an active member of Axis Gallery. Shepard’s work has appeared at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the Wassaic Project, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Holland Project, and Site: Brooklyn. His 2022 exhibition, "PUSH / PULL" at TGTG in Sacramento was celebrated as "poetry in architecture."He received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and his BA in Studio Art and Art History from Carleton College in Minnesota.

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Exhibitions

2024 Composite View, Wharepuke Art Gallery, Kerikiri, NZ, Solo show
2023 Content Aware, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Solo show
2022 PUSH / PULL, TGTG, Sacramento, CA, Solo show
2022 See/Saw featuring Amanda Cook and Cameron Getty, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Curator
2021 As Built, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Solo show
2021 Roof on Fire, The Holland Project, Group show
2021 PIP/SPE, PIP Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingayo, China, Group show
2020 (re)flection with Jake Seltzer, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Solo show
2020 Quaranzines online zine exhibition, quaranzines.cargo.site
2020 Float Magazine: The Road slideshow, JKC Gallery, juried selection, Trenton, NJ
2019 A Mechanized Pencil, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Solo show
2019 Arts & Letters Faculty Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA, juried selection
2019 SLICE, juried selection, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2019 National Juried Exhibition, juried selection Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
2019 Axis Exchange, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA, Group show
2018 Revision 1, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Solo show
2018 Contemporary Photography 2008-2018, juried selection, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2018 New Directions, juried selection, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2018 Revision 1, Artist Book, Featuring essay by Justina Martino
2017 Under Construction, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, Three-person show
2017 The Schwa Show, juried selection, Emerge Gallery, Pitt County Arts Council, Greensboro, NC, Best in Show
2017 #resist, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2017 Nick Shepard, Sandhügel, solo online exhibition, www.sandhugel.com
2016 Oregon Biennial: The Salon, Curated by Michelle Grabner, Disjecta, Portland, OR
2016 New Directions, Detroit Center for Creative Photography, solo online exhibition, Detroit, MI
2016 Contemporary Photography, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Finalist & Online Exhibition, bit.ly/PPAC-2016
2016 Life, Still, Flash Powder Projects, Online Exhibition, https://goo.gl/xD2Nxg
2015 De bekende wereld: Collection Two, Cameo Gallery, Solo show, Portland, OR
2015 Photography Now 2015, Center for Photography at Woodstock, juried selection, Woodstock, NY
2015 Fraction of a Second, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2015 We Shall See: Work from the Sacramento State Photo Faculty, Sacramento State U., Sacramento, CA
2015 Center for Photography at Woodstock Benefit Auction, Affirmation Arts, New York, NY
2015 Portraits 2015, juried selection, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2015 Marvelous Things, Online Annex Selection, juried selection, PhotoPlace, Middlebury, VT
2014 Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, juried selection, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2014 Review Santa Fe 100, juried selection, CENTER, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Landscape: Looking at Photography, juried selection, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR
2012 Summer Exhibition, juried selection, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY,
2012 The Portrait, juried selection, MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Focal Point, juried selection, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2011 Curate NYC, juried selection, Bill Hodges Gallery, New York City
2011 Chairman’s Honors, Charles Traub, Chair, School of Visual Arts, New York City
2011 Curate NYC, online exhibition curated by Kevin Stayton, http://bit.ly/uoQlel
2011 Le Dejeuner Sans L’Herbe, The Bogart Salon, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Summer Exhibition, juried selection, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2011 Thesis Exhibition, SVA MFA Photo, SVA Visual Arts Gallery, New York City
2010 Your Documents Please, New York, NY and Various International Sites, 2008–2010
2010 Music | Sound | Art, Cabane Studios, Phoenicia, NY
2010 Interactive Portraits, juried selection, Vermont Photo Space, Essex Junction, VT

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