Chandler Gallery is very pleased to present an exhibition of mixed media work by Berkeley-based artist Emily Payne, on view from January 16th through February 27th, 2027, at the gallery's new location at 1111 Geary Boulevard in San Francisco. An opening reception will be held as part of San Francisco Art Week on Saturday, January 16th from 5 to 7pm.
Emily Payne received her M.F.A. in Book Arts and Printmaking from San Francisco State University and her B.A. in Literature and Women's Studies from Oberlin College. She lives and works in Berkeley, California. Her work has been exhibited at the Seager Gray Gallery in Mill Valley, the SFMOMA Artist Gallery in San Francisco, and the Kala Art Institute in Berkeley. Payne's public art pieces are on permanent display at several locations, including Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Stanford Medical Center in Emeryville, Kaiser Hospital in Redwood City, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation in Palo Alto, the public libraries in Hayward and Lafayette, Square HQ in San Francisco, and Guild Row in Chicago. Most recently, her work was placed in the residence of the Ambassador to Kuwait through the U.S. Department of State’s Arts in the Embassies Program, where it will be exhibited in Kuwait City through 2023. Payne has participated in two artist residencies—one at the Vermont Studio Center and another at the SIM residency in Reykjavik, Iceland—both of which she found invaluable in developing new ideas. The starting points for her recent bodies of work, including Tending and the Burst series, emerged from the experience of being set loose in an unfamiliar place, discovering new surroundings, and following where her instincts led.
