Kate Shepherd

Lower East Side Printshop is pleased to announce three new editions by renowned artist Kate Shepherd, masterfully created in intaglio with chine collé with LESP assistant printer Ian Ruppenthal. Shepherd was invited to the Printshop in late 2024 for a Winter Publishing Residency, which coincided with her celebrated solo exhibition Kate Shepherd: ABC and sometimes Y at Galerie Lelong in New York.

Her new editions, Sculpture assortment on fern green, Thin upright form on Banana, and Windows, two pea greens unite the precision of line etching with a deep exploration of geometry and distillation. As the artist has stated: I’m not making non-representational art, but rather suggestive art. You can see a space, a maquette, imagery that suggests a sculpture.

Known for her minimalistic approach and a keen interest in color, form, and the relationship between negative space and structure, Shepherd has consistently pushed boundaries in her paintings, sculptures, and prints. Her choice of colors is dictated by innate emotional reaction to each individual composition, thereby evoking a relationship between color and form. Referring to her thin, black lines as shy, Shepherd invites the viewer to have a closer and more intimate experience with her work.

This is the artist’s second Publishing Residency with Lower East Side Printshop.

Kate Shepherd (b. 1961, New York, NY) is an artist who lives and works in New York. Trained in both art and architecture, her oeuvre includes painting, sculpture, and site-specific land art. She is represented by Galerie Lelong, New York, Paris; Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco; Josh Pazda Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston; and Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston. Her work has been acquired by museums such as the Baltimore Museum of Art; Indianapolis Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Phillips Collection; and the Seattle Art Museum among others.