Extended Family: Lakea Shepard

GBA’s Extended Family launches with sculptor and milliner Lakea Shepard. Hailing from Winston-Salem North Carolina, she currently is participating in a year-long artist residency at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Her intricate masks draw from traditional African techniques like weaving, ...

GBA’s Extended Family launches with sculptor and milliner Lakea Shepard. Hailing from Winston-Salem North Carolina, she currently is participating in a year-long artist residency at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Her intricate masks draw from traditional African techniques like weaving, beading, and basketry, resulting in mythical objects of protection that double as emblems of Blackness.

Tug at My Strings & Unravel Me

Tug at My Strings & Unravel Me$8,000.00

Sold

Acuity’s Child

Acuity’s Child$8,500.00

FairWail

FairWail$8,000.00

Sold

A Struggle’s Child

A Struggle’s Child$8,500.00

Reconstruction of Tradition’s Child

Reconstruction of Tradition’s Child$7,000.00

Clean

Drop Dead Handsome

Drop Dead Handsome$8,000.00

Fake Bitches Stick Together

Fake Bitches Stick Together$8,000.00

Deconstruction of Tradition’s Child

Deconstruction of Tradition’s ChildFrom $7,000.00

“$428 a Gram”

“$428 a Gram”$8,000.00