Artist: Austin Sheppard | Location: St. Paul’s, NC
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Artist: Austin Sheppard | Location: St. Paul’s, NC
St. Paul’s, NC
Austin Sheppard’s mixed media sculptures and drawings are self-reflective and phenomenological in the sense that he begins from his personal experiences as an individual. But through the vehicle of the human figure,he also explores the shared human condition by expressing emotional experiences like anxiety, anguish, endurance and resilience. Austin earned his BA in Studio Art from University of North Carolina, Pembroke in 2007 and his MFA in Sculpture from East Carolina University in 2010.?In 2018, he exhibited a new body of work at the Florence County Museum in Florence, South Carolina.?Previously, he's been an Artist-in-Residence at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Franconia Sculpture Park, and Salem Art Works and has participated in International Sculpture Symposia in the UK, Germany, Finland, Costa Rica and Latvia. Austin is currently a faculty member at Coker University and lives in Duart, North Carolina.
Artist Website
Http://austinsheppard.com