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 Saint 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. For 30 years she worked as a librarian for the New York Public Library in New York City. 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.