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A L I S O N     S H E P A R D

P O E T I C    R E A L I S M  

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EDUCATION

1999  

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Painting, Extensive work in Intaglio Printmaking, Minor in Philosophy, Honors Student

Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

2002  

Study Abroad, Intaglio Printmaking

Joan Miro Foundation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

2003  

Master of Fine Arts, Printmaking 

Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

2016

Study Abroad, Classical Atelier Drawing

Barcelona Academy of Art, Barcelona, ​Spain

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2016

BROMWELL'S GALLERY

By Endurance We Conquer

Art exploring the incredible voyage of the SS Endurance to Antarctica 1914-16 by Ernest Shackleton and his brave crew of 27 men

 

2014  

           

DUVENECK GALLERY, CARNEGIE ARTS CENTER, Covington, KY

Adam and Eve: A Portrait of Humanity

Part of the larger exhibition, Recognized, in the Carngie's five galleries 

 

 

2010  

         

BROMWELL'S GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH

Our Beauty Flows Like Water

Work inspired by the rich cultural legacy of Cincinnati's art and architecture, Cincinnati, OH

 

KUNKEN GALLERY, Cincinnati, OH

Solo exhibition featuring floral paintings

2003  

           

ENJOY THE ARTS GALLERY

Modes of Being

A series of 8 large mixed media drawings and book art

HIESTAND GALLERIES, MIAMI UNIVERSITY

Patterns in the Particular

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Oxford, OH

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

EISELE GALLERY, Mariemont, Ohio

Bird's Eye View

THE THINK SHOP GALLERY, Newport, Kentucky

Think Square 5

ARTCLECTIC GALLERY

Crazy Eights

 

ST. XAVIER CHURCH UNDERCROFT

Greater Cincinnati Catholic Art Exhibition

 

2021

 

CINCINNATI LEARNING COLLABORATIVE, Cincinnati, OH

Think Square 4

2020

CINCINNATI LEARNING COLLABORATIVE, Cincinnati, OH

Think Square 3

 

2019

WASH PARK ART, Cincinnati, OH

Virtuosity, exhibit celebrating the connection between classical music and visual art

THE BARN ART GALLERY, Mariemont, OH

Strength and Dignity, a two person show with Tracey Ellis-Haynes

2018

BG GALLERY, Santa Monica, California

Stranger Than Fiction, art inspired by incredible but true stories

2017

21C MUSEUM HOTEL, Cincinnati, OH

Elevated Art

Five paintings from By Endurance We Conquer exhibited in the hotel of 21C

 

Castle Gallery Rothesay, Bute, Scotland

Gallery representation with Evan Hildebrandt

2016

Eisele Fine Art,

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Gallery representation with Evan Hildebrandt

Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 

Gallery representation with Evan Hildebrandt

2015

SPECTRUM MIAMI, ADC/ Blink, Miami Florida, Shepard Hildebrandt collaborations

ART SAN DIEGO, ADC/Blink, San Diego, California, Shepard Hildebrandt collaborations, a Spectrum show

WASH PARK GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Meditation, Exhibition with Evan Hildebrandt

2014

GLOW GALLERY, Covington, Kentucky, Launch of the Glow Collective, 

Exhibition with Collin Rowland, Dan Augur, and Evan Hildebrandt

Representation at GALLERY 42, Mason, Ohio

Representation at BROMWELL'S, Cincinnati, Ohio

2013

CINCINNATI INTERNATIONAL FINE ARTS FAIR, Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio

booth of works with Evan Hildebrandt, juried by Mary Ran of Ran Gallery

2012

EVA G. FERRIS ART GALLERY, THOMAS MORE COLLEGE, Crestview Hills, Kentucky

When Love Conquers Fear

Collaboration of 9 large scale mixed media scrolls and two drawings with Chris Beiting, Lee Schatzman, and Carolyn Wagner.

ART DESIGN CONSULTANTS, Cincinnati, Ohio, Art Comes Alive , Juried group exhibition

GLOW GALLERY, Covington, Kentucky, Group exhibition with Collin Rowland, Evan Hildebrandt, Dan Augur

2011                                                                        

BROMWELL’S GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, The Eye of the Beholder, Exhibit of work that questions concepts of beauty, with Chris Kromer and Evan Hildebrandt

SIGRA GALLERY, Bellevue, Kentucky, Approaching Normal

Exhibit with Evan Hildebrandt, Chris Beiting, Lee Schatzman, Carolyn Wagner

EVA G. FERRIS ART GALLERY THOMAS MORE COLLEGE, Crestview Hills Kentucky

Faculty Show

REDTREE GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Red , Juried exhibition

2010

STUDIO SAN GUISEPPE GALLERY, COLLEGE OF MT. ST. JOSEPH, Cincinnati, Ohio, Faculty Exhibit

THE CARNEGIE CENTER FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, Covington, Kentucky

Group printmaking show

2009

SYNTHETICA GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Passage and Stay, Four person exhibition curated by Mason Paul

BROMWELL'S GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, In the Flesh, Group figurative exhibition juried by Marlene Steele.

BROMWELL'S GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Represent, Group show curated by Evan Hildebrandt and Tracy and Jeff McClorey

MIAMI UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, Oxford, Ohio, Department of Art 2009 Bicentennial Exhibition 

29 January - 21 June, Department of Art Faculty and their nominees of retired former faculty and alumni.

MUSIC HALL CINCINNATI OPERA 4th Floor Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio

Three month exhibit curated by Litsa Spanos, Art Design Consultants

 

2008

 

ART DESIGN CONSULTANTS, Cincinnati, Ohio, Exhibition with Evan Hildebrandt in the Pendleton Arts Center Gallery

RED TREE GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Emerge: Coming into View 

Exhibition with Stephen Smith and Evan Hildebrandt, curated by Wendy Smith

NICHOLAS GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Anatomy 101 ,Group figurative invitational

THOMAS MORE COLLEGE, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, A Sense of Place ,Group exhibit by the NKU Print Club

GALLERY ZAUM, Newport, Kentucky, Elect Ink III, Group exhibit by the NKU Print Club

STUDIO SAN GUISEPPE GALLERY, COLLEGE OF MT. ST. JOSEPH, Cincinnati, OH, Faculty Exhibit

JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Louisville, Kentucky, Familiar Faces 

Exhibition of Figurative work and Portraiture with Evan Hildebrandt, curated by Barry Motes

ARTONOMY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Art Now

ARTONOMY, Cincinnati, Ohio, The Art of Printmaking

Group exhibit by the NKU Print Club

2006-07

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI GALLERIES, Sycamore, Cincinnati, OH, Printed by Hand 

Invitational Printmaking Show

ART DESIGN CONSULTANTS, INC., Cincinnati, Ohio, Art Comes Alive 2007 , Juried exhibition

THE ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI, PEARLMAN GALLERY

For A Better World 2005: Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice

by Greater Cincinnati Artists, curated by Saad Ghosn

THE ART ACADEMY OF CINCINNATI, Chidlaw Gallery, S.O.S. Art, curated by Saad Ghosn

BEHRINGER-CRAWFORD MUSEUM, Covington Kentucky, Fresh Art 2006 

Invitational exhibition

CARNEGIE ARTS CENTER, Covington, Kentucky, Prints in Translation, Group exhibition by the NKU Print Club

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI GALLERIES, Sycamore, Cincinnati, Ohio, S.O.S. Retrospective, curated by Saad Ghosn

THOMAS MORE COLLEGE, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, The Darrell Brothers Figurative Invitational

2004-05

STUDIO SAN GUISEPPE GALLERY, COLLEGE OF MT. ST. JOSEPH, Cincinnati, Ohio, Faculty Exhibit

THE MOCKBEE, Cincinnati, Ohio

SOS ART, a sociopolitical, for peace and justice exhibition Book of Poems and Drawings on Peace and Justice.

Organized, published, and curated by Saad Ghosn. The book from this year includes 44 local poets and 44 local visual artists.

CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, Cincinnati, Ohio 

23 October 2004 – 13 March 2005, Freedom Works Project   

Collaboration with Tim Rollins + KOS, Thom Shaw, and the apprentices of Artworks. Curator, Tamara Harkavy.

HAGGERTY GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS, Irving, Texas, 18th National Print Invitation 

Professor Juergen Strunck, coordinator, juried by University of Dallas graduate students.

Traveling exhibition 2004-5.

THE MOCKBEE, Cincinnati, Ohio, SOS ART, Sociopolitical, for peace and justice exhibition, Curated by Saad Ghosn

GARFIELD TOWERS, Cincinnati, Ohio, Fringe Festival,Group exhibition, Juried by Hollis Hammonds

RUTGERS CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE PRINT AND PAPER, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Dimensions commemoration to the Southern Graphics Conference, Curator, Emily Wilson

2003

FITTON CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, Hamilton, Ohio, Feed the Body, Feed the Soul: Gifts from the Earth

 Jurors Betty Talbot, Director of the Ohio Craft Museum, and Ellen Price, Professor of Art, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

ENJOY THE ARTS/ START GALLERY, Cincinnati, Ohio, Under Pressure, I curated an exhibition of works by Miami’s graduate printmaking students

FITTON CENTER FOR CREATIVE ARTS, Hamilton, Ohio, 39th Annual Greater Hamilton Art Exhibit

Jurors, Stuart Fink, sculptor and lead artist in Ohio Arts Council’s Community Development,

and Cindy Tiedemann, gallery coordinator/ collection manager of Sinclair Community College

LOUSIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lagniappe V

Juror, Karen Kunc, professor of art at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PARKSIDE, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 16th Parkside Small Prints Exhibition

Juror, Wayne Kimball, nationally recognized lithographer, Professor of Art, Brigham Young University

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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum of Spiritual Art, Franklin, Ohio (painting on permanent display)

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio (painting and woodcut print, Freedom project)

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, Louisiana (intaglio print)

The American Print Alliance, Peachtree City, Georgia (intaglio print)

Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky (painting)

 

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REVIEWS

'Meditation' exhibit at Wash Park Art Gallery

Review by Jane Durrell of Aeqai Art Journal March 2015

Images for a Better World

Saad Ghosn, Aeqai Art Journal August 2014

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CATALOGUES

2012 For A Better World, a compilation of art and poetry dealing with issues of peace and justice, reduction linoleum print

“Soup Kitchen Savior/ Warrior of Truth” featured.

2005 18th NATIONAL PRINT INVITATION catalogue,

“Patterns in the Particular”, intaglio print

2004 SOS ART, a sociopolitical, for peace and justice exhibition catalogue

“What is Freedom?” painting Saad Ghosn organizer

2003 16th PARKSIDE SMALL PRINTS EXHIBITION catalogue

 

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

2022

Eisele Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

2017

Castle Gallery Rothesay, Bute, Scotland

2016

Eisele Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 

20014

Gallery 42, Mason, Ohio, USA

2009-2017

Bromwell's, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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