Lilah Shepherd
I am compelled to create a world of my own. A world of shapes and the human experience. Exploring the things that makes us unique and propel our desire for community and connection. My work explores these ideas in form and composition.
Lilah Shepherd received her BFA from the University of Texas at Tyler. Her and her husband Jamin, a fellow ceramic artist moved to Iowa City, Iowa in 2020 from Portland, Oregon to attend the University of Iowa for their MFA degrees. They have lived a nomadic existence across the States and France. Lilah is a multidisciplinary artist working with screen printing, textiles, clay, oil painting and drawing. Her work has been exhibited in fourteen states and Canada. Her work physically explores color relationships, geometric shapes and patterning, relationships between forms and space while investigating human relationships, identity, ancestry, peace, comfort, and play.
