EMILY PAYNE
emily@emilypayne.net | (510) 332-0702
b. San Francisco, CA
EDUCATION
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, M.F.A. Printmaking and Book Arts, 1999
OBERLIN COLLEGE, OHIO, B.A. Honors in English and Women’s Studies, 1988
PUBLIC ART (PURCHASES / COMMISSIONS)
Fleet; site-specific mixed media wall drawing, ERICA TANOV DESIGN STUDIO | SHOWROOM, 2024
Flush and Pentimento; US AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT RESIDENCE, ART IN THE EMBASSIES PROGRAM, US DEPT. OF STATE 2021-23
Burst: site-specific mixed media installation, GUILD ROW, Chicago 2020
Pinwheel prints, CHARLES SCHWAB, U.S. offices 2020
Tumble, HAYWARD PUBLIC LIBRARY, Hayward 2018
Five Days: An Art Installation, SF AQUATIC PARK SENIOR CENTER/REIMAGINE CONFERENCE 2018
Tumbleweed Installation, STANFORD MEDICAL CENTER, Emeryville 2016
Where in the World, SQUARE HQ, San Francisco 2016
Tumble Diptych, ONE HENRY STREET APARTMENTS, San Francisco 2016
Where in the World Triptych, INFORMING CHANGE, Berkeley 2015
Brush, EICHLER SUMMIT BUILDING, San Francisco 2015
Pinwheel Series, KAISER HOSPITAL, Redwood City 2014
Swim Triptych, KAISER HOSPITAL, Oakland 2014
Seed, JUNIPER NETWORKS, Sunnyvale 2013
The Year of a Rebel, SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, San Francisco 2012
East West Installation, GALLERY 555, City Center, Oakland 2011
Hover, GORDON AND BETTY MOORE FOUNDATION, Palo Alto 2010
Acres of Diamonds, LAFAYETTE LIBRARY & LEARNING CENTER, Lafayette 2009
Basin, ALAMEDA COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION, Oakland 2008
Untitled (book cover collage), KAISER MEDICAL CENTER, San Clara 2005
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Marrow, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2024
Generation, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2022
Burst, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2020
New Work, STICKS FRAMING AND GALLERY, Berkeley 2019
Pentimento, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2018
Heave Heft | Weave Weft, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2017
Solo Exhibition, ERICA TANOV, Los Angeles 2017
Solo Exhibition, ERICA TANOV, Berkeley 2017
Full Circle, DONNA SEAGER GALLERY, San Rafael 2011
Solo Exhibition, ERICA TANOV, Berkeley 2012
Unbound, SFMOMA ARTISTS GALLERY, San Francisco 2009
Hover, ERICA TANOV, Berkeley 2009
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
The Art of the Book, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2024
Material Matters, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2024
The Art of the Book, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2023
Material Matters, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2023
From the Center: Maps, Wefts, Shifts, Hoops, LAUNCHPAD GALLERY, Cardbondale 2023
Material Matters, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2022
FourSquared, ARC GALLERY, San Francisco 2022
Drawing the Line, STICKS GALLERY, Berkeley 2022
U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait’s Art in Embassies Exhibit, DEN GALLERY, Kuwait 2021
The Art of the Book, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2021
Print Room Collection, KALA ART INSTITUTE, Berkeley 2021
Material Matters, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2021
The Art of the Book, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2020
Material Matters, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2020
Objects, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2019
Fresh Marks, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2019
The Art of the Book, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2019
Material Matters, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2019
The Art of the Book, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2018
Material Matters, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2018
Art Market San Francisco, (Represented by KALA) 2018
The Art of the Book, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2017
Powder and Smoke, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2017
Art Market San Francisco, (Represented by SEAGER GRAY GALLERY and KALA) 2017
By The Book, KALLER FINE ARTS, Washington DC 2017
Codex Book Fair, (Represented by SEAGER GRAY GALLERY), Berkeley 2017
Art Market San Francisco, (Represented by SEAGER GRAY GALLERY and KALA) 2015
The Art of the Book, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2015
Codex Book Fair, (Represented by SEAGER GRAY GALLERY), Berkeley 2015
Women Work, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2014
The Art of the Book, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2014
Materials Matters, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2013
Art Miami, (Represented by SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Miami 2013
Art Market San Francisco, (Represented by SEAGER GRAY GALLERY and KALA) 2013
Lure, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco
On View, KALA ART INSTITUTE, Berkeley 2013
Codex Book Fair, (Represented by SEAGER GRAY GALLERY), Berkeley 2013
The Art of the Book, SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Mill Valley 2012
Art Market San Francisco, (Represented by SEAGER GRAY GALLERY and KALA) 2012
On View, KALA ART INSTITUTE, Berkeley 2012
The Art of the Book, DONNA SEAGER GALLERY, San Rafael 2011
Codex Book Fair, (Represented by DONNA SEAGER GALLERY), Berkeley 2011
Art Miami, (Represented by SEAGER GRAY GALLERY, Miami 2011
Reconstructions, CONRAD WILDE GALLERY, Tucson, 2011
Habitat, BANK OF COMMERCE, Lafayette 2011
Aqua Art Miami, (Represented by DONNA SEAGER GALLERY), Miami 2010
Line Up, ARTSPACE, Santa Rosa 2010
Groundswell, KALA ART INSTITUTE, Berkeley 2010
239, ART AT THE CHEESE FACTORY, Petaluma 2010
Unbound, BEDFORD GALLERY, Walnut Creek 2010
Seamarks, CECILE MOOCHNEK GALLERY, Berkeley 2009
Haven, ART AT THE CHEESE FACTORY, Petaluma 2009
Group Exhibition, GALLERY ROUTE ONE, Point Reyes Station 2009
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS
KALA ART INSTITUTE ARTIST RESIDENCY, Berkeley, CA 2025
KALA ART INSTITUTE HONOREE, Berkeley, CA 2024
IN CAHOOTS ARTIST RESIDENCY, Petaluma, CA 2024
WESTERN HILLS GARDEN ARTIST RESIDENCY, Occidental, CA 2023
VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Johnson, Vermont 2019
SIM RESIDENCY, Reykjavík, Iceland 2018
GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT, SFSU 1999
CADOGAN/MURPHY FELLOWSHIP, San Francisco Foundation 1998
STILLWELL AWARD, SFSU 1998