{{Short description|British sculptor (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Betty Campbell statue - full view.jpg|thumb|right|Shepherd's Statue of Betty Campbell, in Cardiff]] '''Eve Shepherd''' MRSS<ref>{{cite web |title=Eve Shepherd MRSS |url=https://sculptors.org.uk/artists/eve-shepherd |website=sculptors.org.uk |publisher=Royal Society of Sculptors |access-date=1 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> (born 1976)<ref name="biog">{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.eveshepherd.com/profile/biography/ |publisher=Eve Shepherd |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> is a British sculptor.
==Early life and education== Shepherd was born in Sheffield in 1976. She started work, aged 17, as an apprentice to sculptor Anthony Bennett, and then joined the production resource company The Scenic Route,<ref>{{cite web |title=Who we are |url=https://thescenicroute.com/about/ |publisher=The Scenic Route |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> with whom she worked from 1992 to 1997, latterly heading their sculpture department.<ref name="cv">{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=https://www.eveshepherd.com/profile/c-v/ |publisher=Eve Shepherd |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> She studied sculpture at Chelsea College of Art and Design in 2001–2002.<ref name=cv />
==Career== In 2008, Shepherd was commissioned to create a sculpture of Stephen Hawking for a garden at University of Cambridge,<ref name="underwood">{{cite news |last1=Underwood |first1=Samuel |title=Brighton sculptor cast for statue of Hawking |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/3733716.brighton-sculptor-cast-for-statue-of-hawking/ |access-date=1 March 2022 |work=The Argus |date=7 October 2008 |language=en}}</ref> but the project was not completed because of the death of its intended funder.<ref name="codaworx">{{cite web |last1=Shepherd |first1=Eve |title=Stephen Hawking - CODAworx |url=https://www.codaworx.com/projects/stephen-hawking-cambridge-university/ |website=www.codaworx.com |access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref>
Her bronze<ref name="hitt">{{Cite web |last=Hitt |first=Carolyn |date=2021-10-02 |title=Betty Campbell's magnificent monument really is a new dawn for Wales |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/news-opinion/betty-campbell-statue-monumental-women-21741276 |access-date=5 March 2022|website=WalesOnline |language=en}}</ref> statue of Welsh activist and head teacher Betty Campbell stands in Central Square in Cardiff and was unveiled in 2021. It is said to be "the first statue of a named, real woman in Wales".<ref name=bbc2019>{{Cite news|date=14 June 2019 |title=Betty Campbell statue sculptor chosen|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-48610689|access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref><ref name=bbc2021>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58721710|title=Betty Campbell: Statue of Welsh black heroine unveiled|date=21 September 2021|access-date=1 March 2022|website=BBC News|language=en}}</ref><ref name=morris>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Stephen |title=Wales honours Betty Campbell, country’s first black headteacher |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/29/wales-honours-betty-campbell-first-black-headteacher |work=The Guardian |date=29 September 2021 |location=London|access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref> The statue, which she won a competition to create, was described as "stunning", "triumphant" and "intimate in detail" in ''Wales Online'' in 2021.<ref name="hitt" />
In 2021, she won the competition to create a sculpture of Emily Williamson, founder of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, to be erected in Fletcher Moss Botanical Garden, Didsbury, Manchester, near Williamson's former home.<ref name="emily">{{cite web |title=Eve Shepherd |url=https://www.emilywilliamsonstatue.com/eve-shepherd |website=emilywilliamsonstatue.com |access-date=1 March 2022 |language=en |date=2021}}</ref> Her sculpture has been described as "striking and truly captivating".<ref name=britton>{{Cite news |last=Britton |first=Paul |date=16 November 2021 |title=Winning design selected for statue in Didsbury of RSPB founder Emily Williamson |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/winning-design-emily-williamson-statue-22177780 |access-date=5 March 2022 |work=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}</ref>
She was elected a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 1996 and of the Society of Portrait Sculptors in 2002.<ref name="sps">{{cite web |title=Eve Shepherd MRSS |url=https://www.portrait-sculpture.org/eva-shepherd-mrbs |website= |publisher=Society of Portrait Sculptors |access-date=5 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=cv />
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== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{official website|https://www.eveshepherd.com/}}
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