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PAYTON BROWN

 

paytonbrownart@yahoo.com | paytonbrownart.wixsite.com/paint | 304.707.4515

 

 

EDUCATION

 

2024        West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

                 Master of Fine Arts – Painting

                 To be completed 2024

 

2021         West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA

                 Summa Cum Laude

                 Bachelor of Fine Arts – Art Education and Painting

                                                        Minor in Art History

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

2021        Food Justice in Appalachia Exhibition, WVU Libraries, Morgantown, WV, USA

                WVU Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, Paul and Laura Mesaros Galleries at WVU Creative Arts Center, Morgantown, WV, USA

 

2020        WVU Juried Student Exhibition, Laura Mesaros Gallery at WVU Creative Arts Center, Morgantown, WV, USA

 

2019        WVU Juried Student Exhibition, Laura Mesaros Gallery at WVU Creative Arts Center, Morgantown, WV, USA

 

2018        WVU Juried Student Exhibition, Laura Mesaros Gallery at WVU Creative Arts Center, Morgantown, WV, USA

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Brown, Payton. Mandalas: A Coloring Book: 30 hand-drawn designs by Payton Brown. Self-published, Amazon, 2021.

Brown, Payton. Flowers of the 50 States: A Coloring Book of Hand-Drawn Designs. Self-published, Barnes & Noble, 2021.

Calliope: WVU Literary Journal, vol. 32. 2020. pp. 24, 65, 78.

Calliope: WVU Literary Journal, vol. 33. 2021. pp. 15, 82, cover.

Nesler, Alyssa. I Love You Big. Self-published, Amazon, 2020.

Giobbia, Terese, et al. Fashion Fundamentals. Davis Publications, 2020. p. 82.

2019 Juried Student Exhibition. WVU College of Creative Arts. Fall 2019. [Brochure].

2018 Juried Student Exhibition. WVU College of Creative Arts. Fall 2018. [Brochure].

 

 

AWARDS/HONORS

 

2021         Recipient of WVU School of Art & Design Student Marshal Award

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2020         Recipient of Jean Cushwa College Internship, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, MD

                 Selected as Logo/Branding Designer for Cowen, WV

                 Selected as Logo/Branding Designer for Sudden Strike Rod & Bait Shop

                 WVU Creative Arts Scholarship

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2019         Morgan County, WV Bicentennial Logo Designer

                 WVU Creative Arts Scholarship

 

2018         WVU Global Positioning Studies Award (Painting in NYC Course)

                 WVU Creative Arts Scholarship

 

2017         Morgan Arts Council Volunteer of the Year

                 WVU Creative Arts Scholarship

 

 

OTHER PROJECTS/EXPERIENCE

 

2021

 

Panelist for 2021 WVU College of Creative Arts National Association for College Admission

Counseling (NACAC) Webinar

Tee-Shirt Logo Designer for Domain at Town Centre Apartment Complex

 

2020

 

Sold Prints of Original Drawings to Raise $2,000 for Australian Wildfires (Donated 100% of

Profits)

Sold Prints of Original Paintings for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Tee-Shirt Logo Designer for “Team Ben,” young boy in Morgantown, WV, battling cancer

Donated Original Artworks to be Sold in Annual Hospice of the Panhandle Auction

Commissioned Artist

WVU Student Chapter of WVAEA/NAEA

Recipient of Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund Scholarship through WVU Alumni

Association, Nominated by School of Art & Design

Designed Virtual Art Lessons for Underserved Children through the Washington County

Museum of Fine Arts

Logo/Branding Designer for Parthian Battery Solutions

Calligrapher for Clear Spring High School Graduation Certificates

Guest Speaker at Berkeley Springs High School Studio Art Classes

Member of WVU Art History Club

Designer and Painter for Country Roads Nutrition, Morgantown, WV

Designer and Muralist for Bridge Nutrition, Bridgeport, WV

 

2019

 

Donated Original Artworks to be Sold in Annual Hospice of the Panhandle Auction

Counselor at WVU Visual Arts Summer Academy

Volunteer Assistant in Art Classes at Stepping Stones (Recreation Center for Individuals with

Special Needs in Morgantown, WV)

Mural/Parking Meter Painting in Berkeley Springs, WV

Attended National Art Education Association (NAEA) Conference – Boston, MA

Commissioned Artist

WVU Student Chapter of WVAEA/NAEA

Recipient of Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund Scholarship through WVU Alumni

Association, Nominated by School of Art & Design

Calligrapher for Clear Spring High School Graduation Certificates

 

2018

 

Donated Original Artworks to be Sold in Annual Hospice of the Panhandle Auction

Mural/Parking Meter Painting in Berkeley Springs, WV

Tee-Shirt Logo Designer for Berkeley Springs, WV’s Apple Butter Festival

Painting in NYC – WVU GPS Course

Instructor – Private Art Lessons

Commissioned Artist

WVU Student Chapter of WVAEA/NAEA

Calligrapher for Clear Spring High School Graduation Certificates

Logo Designer for Morgan’s on Main, Berkeley Springs, WV

Logo Designer for the Care Pack Ministry

 

2017

 

Donated Original Artworks to be Sold in Annual Hospice of the Panhandle Auction

Instructor – Private Art Lessons

Commissioned Artist

WVU Student Chapter of WVAEA/NAEA

Office Logo Painting for New America Financial, Martinsburg, WV

Calligrapher for Clear Spring High School Graduation Certificates

Berkeley Springs High School Renovated Gym Floor and Hallway Mural Designer, Painter

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