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BORN: New Orleans, LA, 1948

EDUCATION

1975

M.F.A., Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA


1973

B.A., Xavier University, New Orleans, LA
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004

Heriard-Cimino Gallery, New Sculpture
New Orleans, LA

University Museum, University of Louisiana in Lafayette
Lafayette, LA

2002

Masur Museum of Art
Monroe, LA

2001

Heriard-Cimino Gallery, , Martin Payton: Recent Sculpture
New Orleans, LA

Amistad Research Center and Ashe Cultural Center, Martin Payton: 20 Years of Sculpture
New Orleans, LA

1999

Heriard-Cimino Gallery, Bambara Suite
New Orleans, LA

LSU Sculpture Park, Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

1998

Contemporary Art Center
New Orleans, LA

1997

Heriard-Cimino Gallery
New Orleans, LA

1996

Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

1993

Sylvia Schmidt Gallery
New Orleans, LA

1989

Simms Fine Art
New Orleans, LA

Gallery 628, Martin Payton, Yvonne Tucker, Ken Falana
Tallahassee, FL

City Hall, Tallahassee, FL

Pensacola Junior College, Warrington Gallery, Painted Steel
Pensacola, FL

1988

Simms Fine Art
New Orleans, LA

LeMoyne Art Foundation, Inc, New Stars A 'Rising .
Tallahassee, FL,

1978

Nexus Gallery
New Orleans, LA

1976

Bakersfield College
Bakersfield, CA


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006

Heriard-Cimino Gallery, December Exhibition Featuring Louisiana Artists
New Orleans, LA

2004

Carroll Gallery, Newcomb Art Department, Tulane University, Sculptors on Paper
New Orleans, LA

Alexandria Museum of Art, Southern Journeys
Alexandria, LA

LSU Sculpture Park, Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

2003

African American Museum of Art, American Vision: African American Sculptors 19th Century - 21st Century”
Dallas, TX

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Inaugural Exhibition
New Orleans, LA

2000

Contemporary Arts Center, Calder and Beyond
New Orleans, LA

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, The Michael Brown and Linda Green Collection
New Orleans, LA



1999

Heriard-Cimino Gallery, September Preview ‘99
New Orleans, LA

Contemporary Arts Center, Inspirations
New Orleans, LA

1998

Heriard-Cimino Gallery, Heriard Cimino Presents Gallery Artists, Group Exhibition
New Orleans, LA

William King Regional Arts Center, Blurring the Lines
Abingdon, VA

Camp Street Gallery, Sheraton Hotel
New Orleans, LA

Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Louisiana State University School of Art
Baton Rouge, LA

1997

A Different Image: African American Art in Louisiana Collections
Baton Rouge, LA

Contemporary Arts Center, 20th Anniversary Exhibition
New Orleans, LA

Horne-Marshal Gallery
Meridian, MS

Meridian Community College
Meridian, MS

1996

National Civil Rights Museum, African Influences/Contemporary Artists
Memphis, TN

National Urban League Art Expo
New Orleans, LA

1995

Southern University Faculty Exhibition
Baton Rouge, LA

1994

Florida State University Gallery, Illusion/Allusion: Contemporary Sculpture
Tallahassee, FL

1993

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
New Orleans, LA

1992

Baton Rouge Gallery
Baton Rouge, LA

Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, Martin Payton and Company
New Orleans, LA

1990
Spelman College, Rockefeller Fine Arts Building, Size & Substance, Small Works in Sculpture
Atlanta, GA

Florida State University Gallery and Museum, The Florida National Competition 1990
Tallahassee, FL


1989

Arthur Roger Gallery (cosponsored by the Contemporary Arts Center and the New Orleans Museum of Art), Artists’ Ornaments, Art Against AIDS
New Orleans, LA

Spelman College, Healy Building, Research into Southern Comfort
Atlanta Georgia

The Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Louisiana Competition, 1989
Donald Kuspit, Juror
Baton Rouge, LA

1988

Contemporary Arts Center, Louisiana Abstraction, Peter Frank, Curator
New Orleans, LA

1987

Florida State University Gallery, Center for Professional Development, Tallahassee, FL

Florida A & M University, FAMU 1887-1987: Centennial Exhibition,
Tallahassee, FL

1986

Art Place/Canal Place 1986, Juried by Henry Geldzahler, Catalog
New Orleans, LA

1985

Contemporary Arts Center, Louisiana Now
New Orleans, LA

Gallerie Simonne Stern, Artists’ Choice
New Orleans, LA

1984
Louisiana World Exposition, Artworks ‘84
New Orleans, LA

1983

New Orleans Urban League Exhibit
New Orleans, LA


1982

Sculpture in the Urban Environment, French Market Corporation
New Orleans, LA

1981

Canal Place Group Installation
New Orleans, LA

Sculpture Center, 11 New Orleans Sculptors in New York, Marilyn Brown, Catalog
New York, NY

1980

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
New Orleans, LA

Contemporary Arts Center, First Louisiana Sculpture Biennial
New Orleans, LA

New Museum, Fashion Moda
New York, NY

Museum School, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 9 Louisiana Sculptors
Houston, TX

1979

Gallerie DeVille, UMU NNA ETO
New Orleans, LA

1978

Loyola University, Survey: Black Artists in New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

1977

Presentation of the Public Broadcasting System, A Heritage Sustained
New Orleans, LA

Nexus Gallery, A New Orleans Legacy
New Orleans, LA

University of New Orleans, New Orleans’ Universities- Art Faculty Exhibit
New Orleans, LA

1976

Barnsdall Park Gallery
Los Angeles, CA

1975

Otis Art Institute, Six Black Artist at Otis
Los Angeles, CA

Otis Art Institute, Payton/Abuan
Los Angeles, CA


EXPERIENCE

1990 - Present

Associate Professor, Art Department
Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA

1987 - 1990

Assistant Professor, Art Department
Florida A & M, Tallahassee, FL

1986

Department of Education
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Artist in Residence, New Orleans Public Schools
New Orleans, LA

1984

Artist in Residence, Jefferson Parish Schools
Metairie/Gretna, LA

1983

Graphic Artist, Afro-American Pavilion
Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans, LA


1982

Visual Arts Instructor, New Orleans Public Schools
New Orleans, LA

1976 - 1981

Assistant Professor, Art Department
Xavier University, New Orleans LA


COMMISSIONS/AWARDS

2002

Silver Circle Artist
Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA

2001-2002

DeSaix Circle Commission
Awarded “Percent for Art” Public Sculpture Commission
Collaboration with John Scott
Arts Council
New Orleans, LA

1998

Purchase Award
William King Regional Arts Center
Sculpture Competition
Abingdon, VA

1995

Martin Luther King School
Commissioned by the Arts Council of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA

1990

Honorable Mention: Florida National Competition
Tallahassee, FL

1989

Architectural Collaboration on the Redevelopment and Redesign of the Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA
(Payton created a “covering” for a two-story spiral ramp)

Runnymede Sculpture Garden
Woodside, California

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2004

Gulf Coast Community College
Juror, Student Exhibition
Panama City, FL

2003

University of Western Michigan
Juror, Student Exhibition
Kalamazoo, MI

LECTURES

1999

LSU School of Art
Baton Rouge, LA

1998

Louisiana Arts and Science Center
Baton Rouge, LA

Masur Museum of Art
Monroe, LA

Art Speak 2, Contemporary Arts Center
New Orleans, LA

1997

Dillard University
New Orleans, LA


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Suite, Barbara. The Shape of Time, Gambit Weekly, October 19, 1999
Coker, Gylbert. Martin Payton, Art Papers, May/June 1998, Volume 22 Issue 3
Tennis, Joe. ‘Blurring the Lines’ Comes into Focus, Bristol Herald Courier, June 8, 1997
Price, Anne. SU Faculty Show is Vibrant Exhibit, Magazine, Baton Rouge, La, October 6, 1996
Bookhardt, Eric D. Contemporary Art in the Southeast, Atlanta Art Papers, March/April 1990
Bachmann, Stephen R. Shamans, Perfect Balances, New Orleans Art Review, January/February 1990
Diduch, Donna. Art Exhibit Focuses on African-American Imagery, Florida Flambeau, October 6, 1989
Vetrocq, Marcia. New Acquisitions: Sculptures by Clyde Connell, Jesus Bautista Moroles and Martin Payton, Arts Quarterly, January-March 1989
Ya Salaam, Kalamu. African-American Artists: Their Work - Their Words, The New Orleans Tribune, March 1989
Green, Roger. Artists Have a Hand in CAC Renovation, The Times-Picayune, March 22, 1989
Green, Roger. Addressing Heritage through Sculpture, The Times-Picayune, Lagniappe, December 8, 1989
Bookhardt, Eric. Martin Payton: Sculpture, Atlanta Art Papers, November/December 1988
Ya Salaam, Kalamu. Martin Payton: Creating Industrial Neo Afro-American Art, The New Orleans Tribune, August 1988
Bookhardt, Eric. Some Musical Visions, Wavelength, July 1988.
Green, Roger. Catalonia to Crescent City: Freewheeling Works of Art, The Times- Picayune, June 5, 1988
Rive, David. Martin Payton, The New Orleans Art Review, May/June 1988
Rubenstein, Betty. Le Moyne Spotlights Three Striking Artists, Tallahassee Democrat, April 15, 1988
Morrison, Benjamin. Ch. 12 ‘Perspectives’: Three for the show, The Times-Picayune, April 25, 1982
Green, Roger. Vision: The World of Art, The Times-Picayune, November 9, 1980