Accra Shepp

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Accra Shepp
Born1962 (age 6162)
NationalityAmerican
Education School of Visual Arts (BFA, MFA)
OccupationPhotographer
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Website accrashepp.com

Accra Shepp (born 1962) is an American photographer.

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Early life and education

Shepp's father is the saxophonist Archie Shepp. [1]

Shepp received BFA and MFA degrees from the School of Visual Arts, New York. [2] Additionally, Shepp has a Masters Degree from the Institute of Fine Arts in Art History and a B.A. in Art History and Studio Art from Princeton University. [3]

Art career

His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, [4] the Art Institute of Chicago [5] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. [6] Other permanent collections include the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Museum of the City of New York, among other institutions. [3]

Exhibitions

Shepp's work has been exhibited in a solo show at the Queens Museum. Work included in the exhibition documents the coastlines of New York City's boroughs including the city's forty islands. [3]

Honors and awards

Shepp has been awarded with two grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, a fellowship through Princeton University's Atelier program, a Senior Fulbright Fellowship to Indonesia, as well as several international residencies. [3]

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References

  1. Shepp, Accra (29 September 2020). "'The Story I'm Telling': An Interview with Archie Shepp | by Accra Shepp". The New York Review of Books.
  2. "Faculty Member Accra Shepp Photographs Healthcare Workers". School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Accra Shepp The Islands of New York: Photographs by Accra Shepp". Queens Museum. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. "Accra Shepp Tuesday June 23, 2020, Protester, Defund the Police Rally, City Hall". mfah.org.
  5. "Accra Shepp". The Art Institute of Chicago. 1962.
  6. "Accra Shepp | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.