David Shepherd
SELECTED BIOGRAPHY
1944: Born Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
1955-61: Up Holland Grammar School, Nr Wigan, Lancs,
UK
1961-65: Wigan School of Art
1962: Established first studio, Tower Hill, Up Holland
1963:Cader Idris, Dolgellau, Research Programme - Location
Placements
1963: Location Placements, Paris Mountain, Anglesey,
North Wales
1964:Location Studies, Rivington Pyke, Lancashire
1965: Location work, Ashurst Beacon, Lancashire
1966: Research and Location work, Pilkington Glass,
St. Helens, Lancashire
1965-66: University of London Goldsmiths’ College
1966-67: Part-time Lecturer at Rugby School of Art
1966: Visiting Lecturer at Leicester School of Art
1966-71: Part-time Lecturer and subsequently Lecturer
at Leamington Spa School of Art
1968-69: Visiting Lecturer, Newport College of Art, South
Wales, UK
1969: Visiting Lecturer at Cardiff College of Art, South
Wales, UK
1969: Location Work, Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, North Wales
1970: Location Work, Benlech Bay, Anglesey, North Wales
1971: Formed Central Mailing Company with Colin Hitchmough
1971: Lecturer [now Senior Lecturer] in Fine Art at the
University of Wales Institute
Cardiff.
Subject Leader in Sculpture on the BA [ Hons ] Fine Art Course in the School
of Art and Design
Admissions and Recruitment Tutor.
Working within the Core Group on the MA Fine Art Course.
1972-80: Member of 56 Group Wales
1972-80: Member of the Association of Artists and Designers
in Wales
1972-80: Secretary of the Cardiff Branch of the AADW
1981: Location Work - Wentloog Flats and environs , Cardiff
area
1981-85: Location Work - Cardiff and Newport Docks
1983: Study Visit to Russia. Moscow and Leningrad. Interchange
with the Lenin Academy of Art named after Surikov
1985: Research Visit to Munich, West Germany
1986-87: Visiting Lecturer Birmingham College of Art
Research
1987: Research Visit to Berlin, West Germany
1988: Research Visit to Bavaria for “ Die Schlosser
Ludwig II “ - Herrenchiemsee, Hohenschangau and Neuschanstiein
1997: Appointed as a Director of the Artists Project
1997: Research Visit to Snug Horbor, Staten Island, New
York
1998: Member of the Ffotogallery, Cardiff
1998: Visited Botswana, Location Work - Gallery Installations
and Research Programme
2000: Research Visit to New House Cultural Center, Snug
Harbor, Staten Island, New York, USA
2001: Visited Sweden, Gallery Installations, Research
Programme and Location Work at Falun Copper Mine
2003: Visited Zaragoza in Northern Spain - Research and
Installation Programme
2003: Started first stage of Drifter Researches - working
in Bristol and Cardiff
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1963: LITHOGRAPHS, ETCHINGS, AND DRAWINGS. The Studio, Wigan,
Lancashire, UK
1964: EXHIBITION 64, Town Hall, Skelmersdale, Lancashire
1966: COLOUR AND SPACE, University of London Goldsmiths’ College
1966-67: MIDLAND GROUP, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham
1969-71: DAVID SHEPHERD PAINTINGS, Chapel Gallery
York
1969: WE THREE, Chapel Gallery, York * [6]
1969: THREE PAINTERS, Royal Society of Artists Gallery,
Birmingham
1970: DAVID SHEPHERD/BRIAN FRENCH, Midland Group Gallery,
Nottingham
1971: ART-SPECTRUM CENTRAL, Arts Council of Great
Britain, Leicester, Coventry and Lincoln City Art Galleries
1971: THE GREATEST SHOW ON GRASS, Mid-Warwickshire
College of Further Education,
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
1971: EXPERIMENT 2, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham
1971: CENTRAL MAILING COMPANY INC. Chapel Gallery, York
1972: JOHN MOORES LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION 8, Walker Art Gallery,
Liverpool
1972: INSTALLATION/PHOTOGRAPHS, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
1972: 56 GROUP WALES, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Newport,
South Wales
1973: 56 GROUP WALES, Ludswigshafen, West Germany
1974: 7 CARDIFF SCULPTORS, Newport Museum and Art
Gallery, Newport, South Wales * [7]
1975: CONSTRUCTION 4, University Gallery, Leeds
1976: 20TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION 1956-1976, 56 GROUP
WALES, National Museum of Wales and Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
1976: THE RANGE OF SCULPTURE NOW, University of Wales
Institute, Cardiff, Faculty of Art, Design and Engineering
1977: INSTALLATION, Bristol City Art Gallery
1977: DAVID SHEPHERD/BRIAN THOMAS, Newport Museum
and Art Gallery, Newport
1978: 56 GROUP WALES, University College, Cardiff
1978: OPEN STUDIO, Sculpture/ Installation, AADW.
Co-op Building. Cardiff
1978: FRAGILE STONES MAKE ART, Royal Eisteddfod of
Wales/National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
1978-79: CELFYDDYD AR Y GWEILL/ART INTHE MAKING, a Welsh
Arts Council touring exhibition of work from fifteen members of the 56
Group Wales
1981: CARDIFF ARTISTS, University of Wales Institute Cardiff,
Faculty of Art, Design and Engineering
1981: INSTALLATION/ PHOTOGRAPHS, Galerie Der Stadt, Stuttgart
1988: LARGER THAN LIFE, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
1989: RESOURCES, The Old Library Gallery, Cardiff
1991: DIS-INTEGRATIONS, Installation, Howard Gardens Gallery,
Cardiff * [8]
1994: SITE-ATIONS, Artists Project, 5 Sites at Cogan’s
Spur, Cardiff, Docks SITE-ATIONS, Film Documentary of 5 Sites, Cardiff
Docks
1994: GREY SUIT, Video Magazine, Vol 1V
1995: AFTER THE FIRE, Specific Site Work atCogan’s Spur,
Cardiff Docks
1996: SITE-ATIONS 11, Artists Project, International
Media Event, Vaughan’s Laundry,Cardiff
1996: ART IN TIME, PHOTOGRAPHS, Howard Gardens Gallery,
Cardiff
1997: BORDERS, Artists Project, Zagreb / Split / Cardiff,
Installation at Scott Harbour, Cardiff Docks
1998: ARTISTS IN ARMS. St Davids Hall, Cardiff
1998: CARDIFF ART IN TIME, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff
1998: SAXOPHONE, a series of temporary Time Based Installations.
Phuthadikobo Museum, Mochudi, Botswana
1998: ADAM’S APPLE, a series of temporary Time Based/
Photographic Installations, Mochudi Village, Botswana
1998: RAKE, a progressive series of Placements, Molefi
Senior Secondary School, Mochudi, Botswana
1998: AGGREGATZUSTAND [ SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION ] , Installation
[ Artist Project ]
Autumn 1998. An Internet Image Transference Programme linking Mochudi in Botswana
to Berlin in Germany. Sited in a former Electrical Transformer station in Kreuzberg
1999: CLEAN SLATE, Artists Project, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff
2000: UNG YOUNG JUNG, AVESTA ART 2000, Kultur Avesta,
11 Garnla Jarnbrukshyttan
Koppardalen, Avesta, Sweden
2001: SANDWICH, a series of Incidental Installations around
Cardiff
2001: CAMBIO CONSTANTE ll, ARTE EN ORBITA -International Artists
Project in Zaragoza, Northern Spain
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1967: SERIAL IMAGES, Mid-Warwickshire College of Further
Education Gallery, Leamington Spa
1968: PAINTINGS, Compendium Gallery, Birmingham
1969: PAINTINGS / PRINTS, Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham
1969: AT THE BLUECOAT, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
1969: THIRLEMERE PLOT, Site Specific/Location, Wigan,
LANCASHIRE
1969: EIGHT INSTALLATIONS / PLACEMENTS, Site Specific
Work , Benllech Bay & Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, North Wales
1970: SOMETHINGS, [ with Jon Bird ], Museum of Modern
Art, Oxford
1970: AT THE LIBRARY, Warwick University, Coventry
1971: VAN GOGH HAD BEEN DEAD FOR 10 YEARS.....................Serpentine
Gallery, London, [Sculpture sponsored by COVENTRY MOTOR and SUNDRIES
CO. LTD ] Two Installations / Transparencies/ Photographs
1974: DAVID SHEPHERD - TWO INSTALLATIONS, Ikon Gallery,
Birmingham * [1]
1977: GROUND LEVEL, University College, Cardiff
1977: DAVID SHEPHERD SCULPTURE, Ibis Gallery, Leamington
Spa, Warwickshire
1979: FIRE IN THE HOLE, PLACEMENTS at NEWPORT SALVAGE
COMPANY, Newport, South Wales
1981: “BLUE DOG DAYS” DAVID SHEPHERD SCULPTURE, Oriel
Gallery, Cardiff * [2] [3]
1982: SILAGE PIT, Site Specific Work , Wentloog Flats,
Cardiff/ Newport
1984: PROJECTION, Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff
1985: INSTALLATION, Newport Salvage Company, Newport,
South Wales
1985: PICK-UP, Viriamu Jones Gallery, University College,
Cardiff
1986: BUCKET, Installation, Cefn Saeson Comprehensive
School, Neath, South Wales
1987: RECLAIM/RELOCATION, Site Specific work, Newport
Salvage Company, Newport, South Wales
1989: RESOURCES, [ SOLO VERSION] Glyn Vivian Gallery,
Swansea, South Wales, UK
1993: INSTALLATION PLACEMENT PROGRAMME, Allotments,
Pengham Moor, Cardiff
1995: LAMP, “Walking and Marking” Cogan’s Spur, Cardiff
Docks
1998: ASBESTOS HOUSE, Temporary Time Based Installation,
Mochudi, Botswana
2003: “DRIFTER”, at Station, an artist lead exhibiting
space, Bristol, UK
SELECTED LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
1968: SILKSCREEN PRINTMAKING USING HAND-MADE EQUIPMENT for
use in Secondary Schools, Summer Workshop, Leamington Spa School of Art
1969: SILK SCREEN PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP, Construction
and Deployment of self made equipment, Leamington Spa School of Art
1973: CONTEMPORARY ART SOCIETY WALES, Lecture at Chapter
Arts Centre
2000: DARLANAS MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, Lecture in
Falun, Sweden
2003: WORKING BUILDINGS SHED SUMMIT Welcombe Barton
Devon 25TH July -- 27th July 2003 sheds@thebristolartlibrary.co.uk
RESIDENCES, RESEARCH & LOCATIONAL OPERATIONS
1974: CHAINED LIBRARY at Hereford Cathedral Research Visit
1984: RESEARCH PROGRAMME, St Fagans Museum, St Fagans,
South Wales
1986: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AND TUTOR, Cefn Saeson Comprehensive
School, Neath, South Wales
1988: CENTRE FOR ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGY, Machynlleth,
Powys
1989: IRON BRIDGE - COALBROOKEDALE, Research Programme
and Site Specific Installations
1981: BIG PIT Research visit
1992: PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME with PAUL BREWER
1994: CONFERENCE, Organized and ran Conference exploring
changes in
Admissions procedures re ADAR / UCAS
1997: PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME at St Fagans Museum,
St Fagans
1998: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Phuthadikobo, Mochudi, Botswana
1998: VISITING ARTIST and TUTOR, Molefi Senior Secondary School,
Mochudi, Botswana
2000: FALUN COPPER MINE, Research and Photographic Documentation,
Dalarna, Sweden
2001: THE STREETS OF ZARRAGOZA Locational Research Programme
Zaragoza Spain
2003: PAINT THE TOWN RED Locational work Pengham Moore
Cardiff
2003: REDCLIFFE CAVES Bristol Docks re “DRIFTER” STATION
2003: DIALOGUE Worked in conjuntion with Exhibiting
Artists Bristol City & Docks
2003: LAKE MONO Lee Vining California Became a member
of Mono Lake Committee relating to researches for “Drifter”
2004: CHAINED LIBRARY at Hereford Cathedral Visit to
set up Installation programme
AWARDS AND SPONSORS
1966: PILKINGTON GLASS ST Helens Lancashire
1968: ARTS COUNCIL of GREAT BRITAIN
1969: ARTS COUNCIL of GREAT BRITAIN
1971: ARTS COUNCIL of GREAT BRITAIN
1971: COVENTRY MOTOR SUNDRIES SUPPLIES Coventry
1971: LONDON BRICK COMPANY
1971: LONDON FIRE BRIGADE
1974: RECKITT AND COLEMAN LTD
1974: NEWPORT SALVAGE COMPANY LTD
1975: WELSH ARTS COUNCIL MAJOR BURSARY
1977: RECKITT AND COLEMAN LTD
1977: WELSH ARTS COUNCIL ARTIST AWARD
1981: WELSH GLASS CARDIFF
1981: WELSH ARTS COUNCIL AWARD
1985: MSC SKILL CENTRE Newport
1985: MSC SKILL CENTRE Cardiff
1985: PORT ENGINEERS DEPARTMENT Cardiff & Barry
1985: UNIVERSITY OF WALES Cardiff
1985: CITY SALVAGE Cardiff
1988: FW MORGAN TIMBER IMPORTERS LTD Cardiff
1991: NEWPORT SALVAGE COMPANY LTD Newport South Wales
1992: PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AWARD South Glamorgan Institute
of Higher Education
1997: NEW YORK RESEARCH FUNDING TRAVEL University
of Wales Institute Cardiff
1998: WELSH ARTS COUNCIL TRAVEL AWARD MOCHUDI PROJECT
Botswana
1998: MOCHUDI PROJECT RESEARCH FUNDING Botswana UNIVERSITY
OF WALES 1998: INSTITUTE CARDIFF Botswana Project
1998: BRITISH COUNCIL for Botswana
1998: MOCHUDI HARDWARE MOCHUDI Botswana
1999: UNIVERSITY OF WALES INSTITUTE CARDIFF Funding
for AGGREGATZUSTAND Berlin Germany
2000: HOLLIDAY PIGMENTS Kingston Upon Hull
2000: UNIVERSITY of WALES INSTITUTE CARDIFF Research
Funding for Avesta
2000: BRITISH COUNCIL for Avesta
2001: UNIVERSITY of WALES INSTITUTE CARDIFF Research
Funding for Zaragosa
2001: ARTE IN ORBITA funding for Zaragosa
2003: FALU RODFARG
2003: UNIVERSITY of WALES INSTITUTE CARDIFF
2003: THE SHED SHOP
2003: SUPPORT from ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND SOUTH WEST
2003: SUPPORT from Kathie Coblentz The Clint Eastwood
Discussion Board
