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.

[1] Sheppard is also a member of the hip-hop duo Dec 99th, alongside Yasiin Bey.

He adopted the canvas as his main medium, producing works characterized by layered textures and vivid colors to convey intricate emotional landscapes.

[6] His art combines figurative and abstract elements to address themes such as cultural heritage, memory, and self-actualization.

[7][8] Selected solo exhibitions 2024: Modality – Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong [9] 2024: Jubilee – UTA Artist Space, New York, NY [10] 2023: Crucible, Massimo De Carlo, Museum of Villa Torlonia (Rome), Rome, Italy [11] 2023: Portal Study, Massimo De Carlo, Frieze Los Angeles, CA [12] 2022: Tremendous, Massimo De Carlo, London [13] 2022: Walking Together, Massimo De Carlo Pièce Unique, Paris [14] 2021: Dark Bodies Bright Crest, Maruani Mercier, Brussels Belgium [15] 2021: Positions of Power, UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, CA [16] 2020: Heroines of Innocence – Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA [17] Selected group exhibitions 2024: Effetto Notte: Day for Night,New American Realism, National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome, Italy [18] 2022: La Vie en Rose, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Chicago, IL [19] 2022: Interscope Reimagined, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA [20] 2021: Where to begin…, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery, Paris, FR 2020: MoAD Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA [21] 2020: Black Voices Black Microcosm – CF Hill Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden [22] 2020: LACMA Group Exhibition – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA