Geordie Shepherd (BFA Concordia University 1991; MFA University of New Mexico 2004) is a visual artist whose practice engages ceramics, painting, and writing to explore humanistic narratives of the essence of self and of things both fictional and real.
Exhibiting across Canada, the United States, and Europe, Geordie has participated in the Narrative and Storytelling (1995) and Making Artistic Inquiry Visible (2008) residencies at the Banff Arts Centre, received the Brucebo Canadian-Scandinavian Foundation Award (1995), and was selected for the 9e Biennale de Céramique (2000). He has also worked as Administrative Director of Colart Collection (2005-2008) and as assistant to the artist Yehouda Chaki (2005-2006). Geordie currently teaches in the Visual Arts Department at the University of Western Ontario and serves on the board of Forest City Gallery.