2011 M.F.A., Candidate, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2002 B.F.A., Painting and Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1994 B.A., Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Exhibitions
2011 Friday Night Lights & Sunday Afternoons, Summercamps' Project Project, El Sereno, CA
2011 Boom, Southern California MFA Group Exhibition, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Realm of Realism, curated by Shane Guffogg in conjunction with Art Platform, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Vex Again, The dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition, East Gallery, Claremont, CA
2011 Emergent 12, OBJCT Gallery, Claremont, CA
2010 The Strength of Delicacy, CGU Installation Gallery, Claremont, CA
2010 De-Mestication, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
2010 The Leak of Contemporary Artists II, The dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
2010 The Illusion of Separateness (Solo Show), Troubling Recognition, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2010 Earth, 2cc Gallery (Curated by Sam Bower, greenmuseum.org), Long Beach, CA
2010 Spaces in Between, CGU Transdisciplinary Conference Exhibition, Claremont, CA
2010 Claremont Graduate University Group Show, Claremont City Hall, Claremont, CA
2009 Making Out, Claremont Graduate University Atrium, Claremont, CA
2009 210 The Show, Exhibition and Sale, Project 210 Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2009 Exhibit A, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2009 Final Show, Spring Arts Collective Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Gathering, SLAC with Don Bachardy, Citibank Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Landscape at Risk, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, Arizona
2008 My Space, SCA Project Gallery, Pomona, CA
2007 Affair of the Art, Ryman Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Transformation, Submerged Art, Los Angeles, CA
2003 The Stray Show, Thomas Blackman Productions, Chicago, IL
2003 Floating to the Surface, Taking the Leap Exhibition, Emeryville, CA
2002 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Undergraduate Exhibition, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
Awards
2010-11 Claremont Graduate University Fellowship, Claremont, CA
2010 Albert B. Friedman Arts and Humanities Award Grant, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2000-02 The School of the Art institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship, Chicago, IL
Selected Professional Experience
2011 Teaching Asistant to Jon Leaver in Art History, University of Laverne, Lavern, CA
2010-11 Studio Assistant to Artist, Roland Reiss, Los Angeles, CA
2010-11 Visiting Artist Lecture Series Coordinator, CGU Art Department, Claremont, CA
2010 Animals and Religion Conference, Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Chapman University, Orange, CA
2009 Teaching Assistant to Susan Rankaitis, Mixed Media Studio, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
2009 Teaching Assistant to David Pagel, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
08-09 Teaching Assistant, Schools Program, The Armory Center for The Arts, Pasadena, CA
2007-08 Coordinator, Manzanita Street Community Garden, Silverlake, CA
Bibliography
Randi Hopkins, Associate Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, "Erin Payne," New American Paintings MFA Annual #94, April/May 2011
Payne, Erin, "The High Life". Objective Affection, CGU Journal, June 2010
Andres, Jan Michelle. "Entanglement". The CGU ZINE, April 9, 2010
