biography of John (B.) PAYNE (1932)

Birth place: Pontotoc, MS

Profession: Painter, sculptor, graphic artist, educator

Studied: Beloit (WI) College (B.A., 1959); Univ. Wisconsin (M.S., 1961; M.F.A., 1969); Univ. Kansas, 1965-66

Exhibited: Atlanta Univ., 1959, 1963-64 (prize, graphics), 1965 (prize, watercolor), 1966 (sculpture); Beloit College, 1959 (also solo), 1968 (solo); Univ. Wisconsin, 1961 (solo), 1969; Langston Univ., 1961 (solo); Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee, 1961(award); Oklahoma AC, 1962; Bazza Gal., OK, 1962 (solo); Southern Univ., New Orleans, 1964 (solo), 1967; Baton Rouge Gal., 1967-71 (also solos); Louisiana State Univ., 1968 (solo); Stillman College, AL, 1970 (solo); Oklahoma City Univ. traveling show, 1962; Mulvane Arts Mus., Topeka, 1962; Masur Mus., Monroe, LA, 1964; Int. Exh. African Peoples Art, Los Angeles, 1968. Awards: Morse Found. Grants, 1958-59; Southern Fellowship Found. Grant, 1968.

Member: College AA Am.; Nat. Endowment for Humanities (dir., 1972)

Work: Beloit College; Beloit State Bank; Univ. Wisconsin; Union College; Loyola Univ.; Stillman College; Atlanta Univ.; Kansas Univ.; Louisiana Nat. Bank; Fidelity Nat. Bank; Southern Univ.; Baton Rouge Gal.; Louisiana State Univ.

Sources: Cederholm, Afro-American Artists.