Sandra Payne (1951 – 2021) was an American visual artist. She is best known as a collagist, sculptor, conceptual artist, and had also worked as a librarian. 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. She attended

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(BFA degree);

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(MFA degree); and Long Island University ( MLIS degree). In the 1970s, she was awarded study at the

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Independent Study Program. For 30 years she worked as a librarian for the New York Public Library in New York City. She never married or had children. 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

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gallery closed. She died on July 3, 2021. Her artwork can be found in the museum collection at the

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Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

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

Group exhibitions

* 1973, "Black Photographers", group exhibition, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois * 1981, "The Shaped Field: Eccentric Formats", group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York * 1981, "Cynthia Hawkins & Sandra Payne", two person exhibition, Just Above Midtown, New York City, New York * 1981, "The Shaped Field: Eccentric Formats", group exhibition,

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, Queens, New York City, New York * 1983, "Consumer Beware", group exhibition, group exhibition,

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, New York City, New York * 1986, "Progressions: A Cultural Legacy", group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art (and/or MoMA PS1), New York City, New York; sponsored by

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"as a tribute to black women pioneers in the visual arts and their many talented descendants" * 1986, "Transitions: The Afro-American Artist", group exhibition, Bergen County Museum of Art and Science (now Bergen Museum of Art & Science), Paramus, New Jersey * 1991, "Race and Culture", group exhibition, 494 Gallery and City College of New York, New York City, New York * 2001, "All That Glitters", group exhibition, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York City, New York * 2022–2023, "Just Above Midtown: Changing Spaces", group exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Payne, Sandra 1951 births 2021 deaths American collage artists African-American contemporary artists African-American sculptors African-American women artists Artists from St. Louis Artists from New York City New York Public Library people Long Island University alumni Washington University in St. Louis alumni University of South Florida alumni

Biography

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

See also

References