Jamin Charles Shepherd

jamin@jamincharlesshepherd.com

artbyjamn.com

 

b. 1982 lives and works in Iowa City, IA.

 

Education

 

2019 University of Texas at Tyler – Bachelor of Fine Arts, summa cum laude

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2019 Tender Parting: Weavings -- The Gallery at the Foundry, Tyler, TX

 

Juried Exhibitions

 

2020    NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition – in conjunction with NCECA 54th

Annual Conference (Jurors Virginia Scotchie and Salvador Jiménez-Flores),

artspace, Richmond, VA

 

2019    Game Changer – Workhub, held by ETX Creatives, Tyler, TX

UT Tyler Juried Student Exhibition – Meadows Gallery, Tyler, TX, juried by Kate Borcherding

Inconsistency – pop-up exhibition, held by ETX Creatives, Tyler, TX, juried by Gabe Langholtz

Flora/Fauna – The Gallery at the Foundry, Tyler, TX, juried by Micah Lewis

 

2018    NCECA National Juried Student Exhibition – in conjunction with NCECA 52nd

Annual Conference (Jurors Martina Lantin and Sam Harvey), Pittsburgh

Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Elephant in the Room– Gallery Main Street, Tyler, TX

UT Tyler Juried Student Exhibition – Meadows Gallery, Tyler, TX, juried by Sherry Owens

 

2017    UT Tyler Juried Student Exhibition – Meadows Gallery, Tyler, TX, juried by Barbara Frey

 

Curated and Invited Exhibitions

 

2019    Separate Parts – Skin Deep Studio, Longview, TX, curated by Nic Trent

See and Hear: Visual Art – The University of Texas, Tyler, UC Center gallery, invited by Kaia Magnusen

 

2018    CAMEO Emerging Artists Exhibition – UHCL Gallery, Houston, TX, invited by Merrie Wright

 

2017    See and Hear: New Music Inspired by Visual Art – UT Tyler, Tyler, TX, invited by Kaia Magnusen

Selected Student Works – FAC Gallery, The University of Texas, Tyler, invited by Michelle Taff

Longview Artwalk exhibitor – Silver Grizzly, Longview, TX, invited by Connor Walters

 

Exhibitions Curated

 

2020    Taradiddles – Maggie Pierce and Brady Collings, The Gallery at the Foundry, Tyler, TX

 

2019    Still January, an exhibition based on the short story by Jamin Shepherd – Kelly Waller, Maggie Pierce, and Kate Finch, The Gallery

at the Foundry, Tyler, TX

Connecting Methods – The ASG Art Collective (Joanna Gifford, Jessica Sanders, Lilah Shepherd, and Willow Lanchester), The

Gallery at the Foundry, Tyler, TX

Por Que – John Miranda solo, The Gallery at the Foundry, Tyler, TX

 

Awards

 

2020    Mudtools Merit Award -- NCECA National Juried Student Exhibition – in conjunction with NCECA 54th Annual Conference (Jurors

Virginia Scotchie and Salvador Jiménez-Flores), artspace, Richmond, VA

 

2019    Talent Scholarship for Art – UT Tyler

 

2018    Talent Scholarship for Art – UT Tyler

 

2017    Honorable Mention – UT Tyler Juried Student Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, UT Tyler, juried by Barbara Frey

Talent Scholarship for Art – UT Tyler

 

Experience

 

2019    Assistant Director/ Curator – The Gallery at the Foundry

Education and Installation Intern – Tyler Museum of Art

Playing with Paper Workshop creator/leader, Paper Collage – held in conjunction with ETX Creatives’ Summer Workshops series

Installation Assistant – various exhibitions and venues (includes installing works, lighting, labeling, de-installing, and involvement in

preparing promotional materials), ongoing

 

2018    Screen printer – Ridiculously Good Brands and Threads

 

2017    Workshop Leader, Ceramics - UT Tyler Art Department High School Day

 

2016    Studio Assistant, Printmaking - UT Tyler Art Department High School Day

 

Professional Organizations

 

2019    President – Studio Art and Art History Association, UT Tyler

Member – National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, since 2017

Member – College Art Association, since 2017

 

2018    Vice-President/Treasurer – Studio Art and Art History Association, UT Tyler

 

Publications

 

2020    Gon Gon, a collage and conceptual poetry zine – self-published

            2020 NCECA National Juried Student Exhibition, exhibition catalog

 

2019    Sincere Resolutions – collaboration with Lilah Shepherd, self-published

Cover Over Volume 2 – self-published

 

2018    Arctica – WINDOW online art and poetry journal, Issue 6, pg. 24-26 – patientsounds.com/window

Cover Over – self-published

           2018 NCECA National Juried Student Exhibition, exhibition catalog

 

2017    History Class Volume 2 – self-published

 

2016    History Class – self-published

Koalas – self-published

 

2015    Shapes! – self-published

The Big One – self-published