{{Short description|American visual artist|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox artist | name = Ferrari Sheppard | image = Ferrari Sheppard 2.jpg | imagesize = | alt = Ferrari Sheppard in 2012 | caption = Sheppard in 2012 | birth_name = Ferrari Elite Sheppard <!--only use if different from name--> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|03|03}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, US | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|df=y|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | education = | alma_mater = School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2006) | style = Figurative art<br />Abstract art | movement = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | module = }} '''Ferrari Elite Sheppard''' (born March 3, 1983)<ref name=Roma>{{cite web |url=https://www.museicapitolini.org/en/node/1013299 |title=Ferrari Elite Sheppard |website=Capitoline Museums |access-date=27 December 2025}}</ref> is an American artist. His artistic style is influenced by Willem de Kooning, Cy Twombly and Joan Mitchell, as well as Harlem Renaissance figures like Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://artillerymag.com/pick-of-the-week-ferrari-sheppard/ |title=Pick of the Week: Ferrari Sheppard |website=Artillery Magazine |date=7 October 2020 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> Sheppard is also a member of the hip-hop duo Dec 99th, alongside Yasiin Bey. The duo's album, December 99th, was released in 2016. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/70340-listen-to-yasiin-beys-mos-def-new-album-december-99th/ |title=Listen to Yasiin Bey's (Mos Def) New Album December 99th |website=Pitchfork |date=21 December 2016 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> Sheppard lives and works in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://maruanimercier.com/artists/77-ferrari-sheppard/ |title=Ferrari Sheppard |website=MARUANI MERCIER |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref>
== Early life == Sheppard was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1983.<ref name=Roma /> After his family returned to Chicago from New York City, Sheppard pursued his passion for the arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). <ref>{{cite web |url=https://brooklynrail.org/2020/10/artseen/Ferrari-Sheppard-Heroines-of-Innocence/ |title=Ferrari Sheppard: Heroines of Innocence |website=The Brooklyn Rail |date=October 2020 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref>
== Career == In 2016, Sheppard returned to painting, marking a significant change in his career. He adopted the canvas as his main medium, producing works characterized by layered textures and vivid colors to convey intricate emotional landscapes. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/image/story/2023-02-15/artist-ferrari-sheppard-talks-creativity-twitter-frieze-abstraction |title=Artist Ferrari Sheppard Talks Creativity, Twitter, and Abstraction |website=Los Angeles Times |date=15 February 2023 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> His art combines figurative and abstract elements to address themes such as cultural heritage, memory, and self-actualization. The artwork invites viewers to engage with narratives that are both introspective and broadly relatable. Sheppard is represented by Massimo De Carlo. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.frieze.com/gallery/massimodecarlo |title=Massimo De Carlo |website=Frieze |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://massimodecarlo.com/artists/ferrari-sheppard |title=Ferrari Sheppard |website=Massimo De Carlo |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref>
In May 2025, Sheppard was featured in Vogue Magazine's Met Gala Issue as part of its Superfine Suiting portfolio, which highlighted artists and cultural figures shaping contemporary aesthetics and identity. <ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Superfine Suiting |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/superfine-suiting-portfolio-may-2025 |website=Vogue |publisher=Condé Nast |date=May 2025 |access-date=April 18, 2025}}</ref>
== Exhibitions == * 2024: Modality – Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artfacts.net/exhibition/ferrari-sheppard:-modality/1222395 |title=Ferrari Sheppard: Modality |website=ArtFacts |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2024: Jubilee – UTA Artist Space, New York City<ref>{{cite web |url=https://highlinenine.org/nicholaskontaxis-1 |title=Ferrari Sheppard at High Line Nine |website=High Line Nine |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2023: Crucible, Massimo De Carlo, Museum of Villa Torlonia, Rome, Rome, Italy<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comune.roma.it/web/it/evento.page?contentId=EVE1102770 |title= Ferrari Sheppard at Villa Torlonia Museum |website=Comune di Roma |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2023: Portal Study, Massimo De Carlo, Frieze Los Angeles, California<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sightunseen.com/2023/02/all-the-best-art-and-design-we-saw-at-the-2023-frieze-week-in-los-angeles/ |title=All the Best Art and Design We Saw at the 2023 Frieze Week in Los Angeles |website=Sight Unseen |date=February 2023 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2022: Tremendous, Massimo De Carlo, London<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fadmagazine.com/2022/11/17/ferrari-sheppard-tremendous/ |title=Ferrari Sheppard: Tremendous |website=FAD Magazine |date=17 November 2022 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2022: Walking Together, Massimo De Carlo Pièce Unique, Paris<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artfacts.net/exhibition/ferrari-sheppard:-walking-together/1056937 |title=Ferrari Sheppard: Walking Together |website=ArtFacts |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2021: Dark Bodies Bright Crest, Maruani Mercier, Brussels Belgium<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artland.com/exhibitions/dark-bodies-bright-crest |title=Dark Bodies, Bright Crest |website=Artland |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2021: Positions of Power, UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, California<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flaunt.com/blog/ferrari-sheppard-uta |title=Ferrari Sheppard UTA |website=Flaunt |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2020: Heroines of Innocence – Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, California<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2021/01/07/artist-ferrari-sheppard-finds-solace-in-renditions-of-black-joy |title=Artist Ferrari Sheppard Finds Solace in Renditions of Black Joy |website=Cultured Magazine |date=7 January 2021 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref>
'''Group Exhibitions''' * 2024: Effetto Notte: Day for Night, New American Realism, National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome, Italy<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/neloliviawaga/2024/05/05/inside-day-for-night-new-american-realism-at-palazzo-barberini-in-rome/ |title=Inside 'Day For Night: New American Realism' at Palazzo Barberini in Rome |author=Nell Olivia Waga |website=Forbes |date=5 May 2024 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2022: La Vie en Rose, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Chicago, Illinois<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/ferrari-sheppard-mariane-ibrahim-gallery-representation-1234619156/ |title=Ferrari Sheppard Now Represented by Mariane Ibrahim Gallery |website=ARTnews |date=16 February 2022 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2022: Interscope Reimagined, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/interscope-records-lacma-2068081?amp=1 |title=Interscope Records Celebrates 30 Years With Star-Studded Exhibition at LACMA |website=Artnet News |date=4 February 2022 |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2021: Where to begin..., Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Paris, France * 2020: MoAD Benefit Auction, San Francisco, California<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.moadsf.org/projects/art-auction-2022 |title=Art Auction 2022 |website=Museum of the African Diaspora |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2020: Black Voices Black Microcosm – CF Hill Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artnet.com/galleries/cfhill/black-voices-black-microcosm |title=Black Voices: Black Microcosm |website=Artnet |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref> * 2020: LACMA Group Exhibition – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
'''Selected Collections''' * Aïshti Foundation, Lebanon<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aishti.com/Artfoundationpage |title=Aïshti Foundation |website=Aïshti |access-date=20 November 2024}}</ref>
== Discography ==
=== As Dec 99th with Yasiin Bey === * ''December 99th'' (2016)
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== External links == * [https://ferrarisheppard.com Official website]
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