Kamaria Shepherd, M.F.A.
Professor + Visual Artist + Writer
Houston, Texas, USA
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
2026–2028 Alternative Teacher Certification Program, Rice University, Houston, TX — Art (Early
Childhood–Grade 12), in progress
2025 M.F.A. in Image Text, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2018 M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2015 B.F.A. in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI — Literary Arts Concentration;
European Honors Program; Honors in Painting
TEACHING AND INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025–Present Adjunct Instructor of Studio Art & Art History, Houston City College, Houston, TX
2022 Printmaking Instructor, Exceptional Children’s Foundation, South LA Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2021–2022 Teaching Artist / Curriculum Writer, Altadena Arts, Aveson School of Leaders, Altadena, CA
2019–2022 Printmaking Instructor, Exceptional Children’s Foundation, San Pedro Art Center, San Pedro, CA
2017–2018 UCLA Teaching Assistant, Advanced Printmaking, Los Angeles, CA
2017 UCLA Teaching Assistant, Beginning Drawing, Los Angeles, CA
2016 UCLA Teaching Assistant, Beginning Painting, Los Angeles, CA
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 Visiting Researcher, Un-Writing Nature II, The Center for Arts, Design, and Social Research (CAD+SR),
Spoleto, Italy
2022 Juror in Poetry, Vermont Studio Center Writing Program, Johnson, VT
2021 Commissioned Installation Artist, Possible Productions, The L Word GQ, Showtime, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS
2026 Whitford/Winkler Family Endowed Scholarship
2026 Artist Publishing Grant and Cohort at Louis Place
2024 Cornell Council of the Arts (CCA) Grant
2023–2025 Cornell AAP Partial Tuition Scholarship
2022 Lecky Foundation Scholarships, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
2022 Writers on the Rise Honorarium, Rona Jaffe Foundation, Vermont Studio Center
2021 Jay Macpherson Literary Arts Endowment; Fiona Mee Foundation Endowment
2020 UCLA Toby Fund Prize
2018 John Baldessari Family Foundation Scholarship
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, TALKS, AND READINGS
2026 Southeast Faculty Show, WEDGE gallery space, HCC Eastside, Houston, Texas
2026 Book Reading Event, Life of a So-called Texas PreacHer, HCC Spring Branch, Houston, Texas
2026 Guest Appearance, Up 2 the Minute, Houston City College Television, Houston, Texas
2026 Pretty. PreacHer. Hypocrite?, Houston City College Spring Branch Campus Art Gallery, Houston, Texas
2025 Collective Study, Microscope Gallery, New York, NY
2025 Reading, ALL A PART, Argos Warehouse, Ithaca, NY
2025 Iya, Arthur Rose Museum, Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC
2025 Reading, allapart x Dear Giulia, After 8 Books, Paris, France
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2024 Bert Long, Jr. Gallery Spring Survey Exhibition, Houston Museum of African American Culture,
Houston, TX
2024 Artist Talk & Panel, Bert Long, Jr. Gallery Spring Survey Exhibition, Houston Museum of African
American Culture, Houston, TX
2021 She Learned Herself Awake (Solo), Bermudez Projects, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE SCHOLARSHIP
2025 Life of a So-Called Texas Preacher. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
2025 Shepherd, Kamaria. Selected contributions in The Last Man, edited by Meg Onli, Image Text Ithaca
Press.
2024 Shepherd, Kamaria. “Salmon in the Sky Excerpt.” Issue 3: Self as Multiple, Allapart, Image Text Ithaca,
Cornell University.
2024 Shepherd, Kamaria. “Siddy Grls.” Issue 3: On Translation, Allapart, Image Text Ithaca, Cornell
University.
2023 Shepherd, Kamaria. “Homophonous.” Issue 1: Rest, Allapart, Image Text Ithaca, Cornell University.
2021 Shepherd, Kamaria. “Mega Magenta’s Tortured Throne.” SKEW 03: digital hub, Level Ground.
2018 Shepherd, Kamaria. Record of Creative Work. University of California, Los Angeles.
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
2023 Winter Writers Residency, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta, Canada
2022 Un-Writing Nature II, The Center for Arts, Design, and Social Research, Spoleto, Italy
2022 Printmaking Artist Residency, Frans Masereel Centrum, Kasterlee, Belgium
2018 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Poetry, Johnson, VT