Sandra Payne

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 Washington University in St. Louis (BFA degree); University of South Florida (MFA degree); and Long Island University (MLIS degree). In the 1970s, she was awarded study at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. 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 avant-garde gallery closed.

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

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

1986, "Sandra Payne", solo exhibition, Just Above Midtown/Downtown Gallery, New York City, New York

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, "The Shaped Field: Eccentric Formats", group exhibition, MoMA PS1, Queens, New York City, New York 1983, "Consumer Beware", group exhibition, group exhibition, Women's Interart Center, 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 Women's Caucus for Art "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