Emily Payne Art

Emily Payne

I use gouache paint, ink, rag paper, pins and wire to produce two- and three dimensional work.! The Basin, Hover and Shadow series explore themes of dimensionality, motion and dynamics in space that originate in my experimentation with materials at hand.! In the Basin series, I incise lines on rag paper with an x-acto knife.! I then paint layer upon layer of gouache and water washes that adhere to this carved surface and also pool and drip down the paper.! Smaller works on paper, hung in collections using pins, float in the air and exist in and between two-and three-dimensionality.!My wire sculptures also float and even sway, suspended in space. Using direct sunlight, I paint their fleeting shadows on paper. ! The elements - water, air and light – set the materials in motion as they animate the works in physical space.

Emily Payne grew up in Mill Valley, California and in Amherst, Massachusetts. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College and her M.F.A. in Printmaking and Book Arts from San Francisco State University in 1999. !She currently lives and works in Berkeley, California.

epayne@emilypayne.net www.emilypayneart.com

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Basin # 20 detail 2009, 30” x 88”, gouache on paperBasin # 18 (left), 2009, 42” x 37”, gouache on paper

Basin # 3, 2007, 32” x 21”, gouache, paper, pinsFloat # 4 (right), 2007, 32” x 28”, gouache, paper, pins

Pin Circle # 1, #2, #3, 2009, 9.5” x 9.5”, paper, pins, gouachePin Wheel # 1 (right), 2009, 19” x 13”, paper, pins, gouache

The Persuaders, 2005, 48” x 48”, book covers and spines, glue

Unbound, 2002, dimensions vary, books, glue

Tablets, 2009, dimensions vary, books, Tablets, 2009, dimensions vary, books, glue

Arch of Triumph, 2005, 64” x 28”, book covers and spines, glue

Wheel, 2009, 12” x 13” x 1”, wire, paper, glueHover, 2009 (right), 35” x 42”, gouache on paper w/wire sphere

Hover Installation, 2009, 15’x 5’ x 8’, wire rihgt: Basin # 16, 2008, 41” x 46”, gouache on paperSculpture Trio, 2006, 32” x 28” x 18”, wire

Haven Installation and detail, 2009, dimensions vary, clay, waxed linen

LIST OF EXHIBITIONS

2009 SFMOMA ARTIST’S GALLERY, San Francisco, CA “New Works”: solo exhibition of sculptures and paintings

CECILE MOOCHNEK GALLERY, Berkeley, CA“Seamarks”: two-person show of new “Basin” paintings

ERICA TANOV, Berkeley, CA“Hover”: a site-specific solo sculpture installation

ART AT THE CHEESE FACTORY, Petaluma, CA“Haven”: an outdoor installation

GALLERY ROUTE ONE, Point Reyes Station, CAJuried group exhibition

2008 SANCHEZ ART CENTER, Pacifica, CAJuried group exhibition

MARIN MOCA, Novato, CAJuried group exhibition

ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CAJuried group exhibition

CECILE MOOCHNEK GALLERY, Berkeley, CA“In the Light of May”: spring group show

2007 CECILE MOOCHNEK GALLERY, Berkeley, CA“Lightness of Being”: two-person show

2006 EARLVILLE OPERA HOUSE GALLERY, Earlville, NY“The Shadow series”: solo exhibition

2005 CECILE MOOCHNEK GALLERY, Berkeley, CA“Sojourns”: two-person show

2004 CECILE MOOCHNEK GALLERY, Berkeley, CATwo-person sculpture and painting show

2002 DAVIS ART CENTER, Davis, CA“plaster, paper, graphite”: solo exhibition

THE MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY, Santa Cruz, CA“Refuse/ Reuse/ Redux”: group exhibition

2001 CECILE MOOCHNEK GALLERY, Berkeley, CA“Lesson of Things”: solo exhibition

2001-09 CECILE MOOCHNEK GALLERY, Berkeley, CA“Gift of Art” Annual Group Exhibition

2000 WASHINGTON SQUARE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA“The Word”: three-person sculpture exhibit

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS AND AWARDS

2009 Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Palo Alto, CA Permanent wire sculpture installation

Lafayette Library and Learning CenterSmall Works Purchase Program

2007-09 Berkeley Public Education Fund GrantJefferson School, Berkeley, CA

2008 Alameda County Arts CommissionArt purchase program

2005 Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, San Clara, CAPermanent sculpture installation

1999 Graduate Student Award for Distinguished AchievementSan Francisco State University

1998 Cadogan/Murphy Fellowship San Francisco Foundation

1998 Stillwell AwardAwarded to second year graduate student in ArtSan Francisco State University

1997 Public Art commission with sculptor Ruth AsawaSan Francisco State University