Kate Shepherd (born 1961) is an American artist based in New York City.

She studied briefly at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, New York in 1982, before dropping out to pursue individual artistic work.

During this time, Shepherd earned a living painting portraits and making drawings for The New Yorker.

She later attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1990 and obtained an M.F.A.

[2] Shepherd has had solo exhibitions at the Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.;[4] and Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon[5]