When a space is designed around the way someone works, it can open up entirely new possibilities.

We had the joy of designing a new studio for artist Emily Shepard, whose expanded workspace has supported a shift toward larger-scale work and new creative exploration.

Emily Shepard, and her words say it best:

“I’d love to show you the new work I’ve been able to make in my beautiful studio! I’ve gone much larger, it’s been an absolute joy!”

Her latest exhibition, IN FLUX, is now on view at Mercury 20 Gallery through July 25.

Join Emily for the closing reception and artist talk on July 25 from 3–5 PM.

Catch the closing reception and artist talk on July 25, 3–5pm.

Artist Bio:
Emily Shepard was born in Boston, Massachusetts and attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where she majored in history, and began her fine art studies. She pursued work in printmaking at Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Massachusetts College of Art, and after moving to Colorado, studied drawing at CU Boulder and book arts at Naropa University. Later, she relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend the California College of the Arts, where she received an MFA with Distinction in work that integrated printmaking, book arts and sculpture. Shepard was honored with the Barclay Simpson Award, and has shown her work locally and nationally in juried exhibitions, including the Crocker-Kingsley exhibition in Sacramento and on Artsy with Jen Tough Gallery. She is a member of the artist-run gallery, Mercury 20 in Oakland, CA. Her work is included in private and corporate collections.

Shepard swims year round in the San Francisco Bay without a wetsuit, which focuses her senses, challenges her will and informs her art. She shares her artistic space with her six time Grammy winning husband.