PAYTON BROWN
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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