Sandra Payne (artist)

Sandra Payne
Born	1951 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	July 3, 2021 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Burial place	Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Education	Washington University University of South Florida Long Island University
Occupation(s)	Visual artist, librarian
Known for	Collagist, sculptor, conceptual artist

Sandra Payne (1951 – 2021) was an American visual artist.[1] She is best known as a collagist, sculptor, conceptual artist, and had also worked as a librarian.[2][3] Payne primarily had lived in New York City and St. Louis.

Biography

Sandra Payne was born in 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri, into a black family.[3][4][5] She attended Washington University in St. Louis (BFA degree); University of South Florida (MFA degree); and Long Island University (MLIS degree).[6][7] In the 1970s, she was awarded study at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.[6] For 30 years she worked as a librarian for the New York Public Library in New York City.[3][8] She never married or had children.[9]

In 1986, Payne had a solo exhibition at the "Just Above Midtown" gallery where she displayed sexual and nude drawings, this was the last exhibition before the black avant-garde gallery closed.[10][11]

She died on July 3, 2021.[12] Her artwork can be found in the museum collection at the Museum of Modern Art.[13]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 1986, "Sandra Payne", solo exhibition, Just Above Midtown/Downtown Gallery, New York City, New York[14][10]
• 1998, "Sandra Payne", solo exhibition, Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York City, New York[14]
• 2001, "Sandra Payne", solo exhibition, Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York City, New York[14]
• 2022, " A World of Shine", solo retrospective, projects+gallery, St. Louis, Missouri[3][15]

Group exhibitions

• 1973, "Black Photographers", group exhibition, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois[14]
• 1981, "The Shaped Field: Eccentric Formats", group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York[13]
• 1981, "Cynthia Hawkins & Sandra Payne", two person exhibition, Just Above Midtown, New York City, New York[16]
• 1981, "The Shaped Field: Eccentric Formats", group exhibition, MoMA PS1, Queens, New York City, New York[14]
• 1983, "Consumer Beware", group exhibition, group exhibition, Women's Interart Center, New York City, New York[14]
• 1986, "Progressions: A Cultural Legacy", group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art (and/or MoMA PS1), New York City, New York; sponsored by Women's Caucus for Art "as a tribute to black women pioneers in the visual arts and their many talented descendants"[13][14]
• 1986, "Transitions: The Afro-American Artist", group exhibition, Bergen County Museum of Art and Science (now Bergen Museum of Art & Science), Paramus, New Jersey[14]
• 1991, "Race and Culture", group exhibition, 494 Gallery and City College of New York, New York City, New York[14]
• 2001, "All That Glitters", group exhibition, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York City, New York[14]
• 2022–2023, "Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces", group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York[13]

See also

• Lester Julian Merriweather, another collagist

References

1. Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists. Midmarch Arts Press. 1995. ISBN 978-1-877675-07-2.
2. "Art Guide". The New York Times. 2001-10-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
3. Haddad, Natalie; G’Sell, Eileen (2022-10-18). "Sandra Payne's Bling Manifesto". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
4. Heresies. Heresies Collective, Incorporated. 1981.
5. Woman's Art Journal. Vol. 3. Woman's Art. 1982. p. 20.
6. "Sandra Payne". projects+gallery. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
7. Smith, Henrietta M. (2009-06-29). The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009. American Library Association. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-8389-3584-2.
8. "Sandra Payne". Daily News. 2004-04-25. p. 147. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
9. Hartocollis, Anemona (2003-12-24). "Public Lives; Beyoncé's Blaring, So You Won't Hear a Shhh!". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
10. Kester, Grant H. (1998). Art, Activism, and Oppositionality: Essays from Afterimage. Duke University Press. p. 273. ISBN 978-0-8223-2095-1.
11. O'Grady, Lorraine (2020-09-21). Writing in Space, 1973–2019. Duke University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-4780-1265-8.
12. "Sandra Payne Obituary (2021) - New York, NY". Legacy.com. The New York Times. July 11, 2021. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
13. "Sandra Payne". The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Retrieved 2023-06-26.
14. "Payne, Sandra. (b. St. Louis, MO, 1951; active New York, NY, 2007)". African American Visual Artists Database (AAVAD). Archived from the original on March 4, 2021.
15. "projects+gallery's new exhibition shows us how to cover our walls in art". StlMag.com. 2022-05-09. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
16. The International Review of African American Art. Museum of African American Art. 1993. p. 54.