Whitney Joanne Payne Humphreys
Artist CV
Education
MFA in Studio Art with emphases in Print Media and Sculptural Installation - SF Art Institute, 2020
MA in History and Theory of Contemporary Art - San Francisco Art Institute, 2020
BFA in Studio Arts with emphases in Sculpture and Print Media - University of CA, Santa Cruz, 2014
Education Abroad Program with focus in French Art History - UC Center Paris, 2012
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Online Public Art & Art History Courses, San Francisco, CA - Spring 2021
Currently leading a series of public art courses in a variety of media, designing curriculum, managing the program, and delivering regular virtual lectures and tutorials
Academic Tutor, SFAI Academic Resource Center (ARC), San Francisco, CA - 2017 - 2020
Core member of the ARC tutor team, working one-on-one as peer mentor for both undergraduate and graduate SFAI students assisting them in class work, administrative support, and artist statements
Teaching Assistant, SFAI Print Department, San Francisco, CA - 2018 - 2020
Teaching Assistant for undergraduate, high school dual enrollment and non-credit courses. Acted as peer mentor and secondary teacher for introductory methods and lead lectures in media history
Instructor, Beginning Painting Classes, Palace Arts, Santa Cruz, CA, 2015 - 2017
Taught a series of introductory acrylic painting courses, leading weekly sessions for groups with students of all ages and abilities
Instructor, NTAC Painting Events, Santa Cruz, CA, 2016 - 2017
Lead follow-along painting lessons for groups of beginners of all ages, hired for private events for local organizations and communities with the Nostalgic Tones Artist Collective
Teacher, Private Art Classes, Santa Cruz, CA, 2016 - 2017
Lead one-on-one courses for adult learners pursuing their creativity late in life. Taught courses in introduction to drawing techniques
Instructor, Weekend Workshop Program, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA - 2016
Member of SCAL instructional team, leading series of workshops for adult learners and Artist League members in the subjects of print methods and stencil making
Teaching Assistant, UCSC Art Department, Santa Cruz, CA - 2014
Teacher’s Assistant for introductory printmaking courses for undergraduate students. Acted as peer mentor and secondary teacher for print methods for class projects
Work Experience
Senior Crisis Manager, Graduate Student Government, SFAI, San Francisco, CA - 2020
Oversaw all aspects of correspondence, budgeting, and administrative systems of graduate student government Crisis Response Task Force throughout institution closure process and global pandemic.
Administrative Support, SFAI Exhibitions Office, San Francisco, CA - 2017 - 2018
Student worker in Walter and McBean Galleries office, performing administrative duties involving scheduling, organization, and cataloguing, as well as the management of promotional materials.
Lead Project Manager, NT Artist Collective, Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA - 2014 - 2017
Coordinated and managed all aspects of collaborative projects and events from proposal stage through completion including large-scale murals, recurring artist showcases, art fairs, and workshops.
Assistant Exhibitions Curator, The Delmarette, Santa Cruz - 2015 - 2017
Responsible for designing, installing, and de-installing bimonthly art exhibitions showcasing emerging local artists, as well as the management of promotional materials and opening event coordination.
Creative Director, Steve Pleich City Council campaign, Santa Cruz, CA - 2016
Artistic Director working closely with the campaign manager and events coordinators as the creative leader for marketing and events, creating all graphic design elements, designing and managing website.
Assistant Office Manager, Santa Cruz, CA - 2014 - 2018
Responsible for scheduling, client correspondence, organization, cataloguing, the development and management of filing systems to facilitate the execution of sales, customer service, and installations for offices including the Santa Cruz Art League, Catto’s Custom Graphics, and Istyly Custom Graphics.
Professional Muralist and Sign Painter, Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA - 2015-Present
Worked locally as a member of the Nostalgic Tones Artist Collective and currently with the SF Poster Syndicate, designing and executing custom signs, single wall and full interior collaborative murals.
Directorship & Membership
Board of Directors, Graduate Student Trustee, SFAI, San Francisco, CA - 2019 - 2020
Board member representing the student interests in institutional decision making affecting graduate cohort, acting as liaison between the BOD and the Legion of Graduate Students
LAB MFA Jurors Panel, Locust Projects, Miami, FL, April 2020
Selected for team of artists and curators reviewing applications to residency for emerging artists completing large-scale sculptural installations
San Francisco Poster Syndicate, San Francisco, CA - 2018 - Present
Printmaker and Muralist as a part of artist and activist collective, executing collaborative projects around the Bay Area, such as political murals and live screen printing events
Legion of Graduate Students Co-Director, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA 2018
One of two co-directors tasked with coordinating meetings and events, managing budgets, and acting as liaison in correspondence between all other SFAI governing bodies
Board of Directors, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA - 2015 - 2017
Board member representing young, local artists, working closely with other members and administrators of non-profit association in organizational decision making, event planning, and exhibition curation
Co-Founder, Nostalgic Tones Artist Collective, Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA 2014 - 17
Lead Project Manager, Event Organizer, and Exhibitions Curator, Website Creator and Curator, and one of two founding members of community artist collective
Residency & Gallery Representation
Awards
Exhibitions & Publications
Group Show Participation --- 2014-2020
Solo Exhibition --- 2014 – 2020
Arts Festival Showcases and Print Sale Participation --- 2012 — 2019
Publication
MFA in Studio Art with emphases in Print Media and Sculptural Installation - SF Art Institute, 2020
MA in History and Theory of Contemporary Art - San Francisco Art Institute, 2020
BFA in Studio Arts with emphases in Sculpture and Print Media - University of CA, Santa Cruz, 2014
Education Abroad Program with focus in French Art History - UC Center Paris, 2012
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Online Public Art & Art History Courses, San Francisco, CA - Spring 2021
Currently leading a series of public art courses in a variety of media, designing curriculum, managing the program, and delivering regular virtual lectures and tutorials
Academic Tutor, SFAI Academic Resource Center (ARC), San Francisco, CA - 2017 - 2020
Core member of the ARC tutor team, working one-on-one as peer mentor for both undergraduate and graduate SFAI students assisting them in class work, administrative support, and artist statements
Teaching Assistant, SFAI Print Department, San Francisco, CA - 2018 - 2020
Teaching Assistant for undergraduate, high school dual enrollment and non-credit courses. Acted as peer mentor and secondary teacher for introductory methods and lead lectures in media history
- Screen Printing 1: History and Practice of Serigraphy, Fall 2019
- Relief Printmaking 1: History and Practice of Print, Spring 2019 & Fall 2018
- Pre-College Youth Program, Screen Printing, Summer 2018
- China Academy Student Exchange Program, Monotype Printmaking, Summer 2018
- Screen Printing 1: History and Practice of Serigraphy, Spring 2018
- Letterpress and Book Arts, Spring 2018
Instructor, Beginning Painting Classes, Palace Arts, Santa Cruz, CA, 2015 - 2017
Taught a series of introductory acrylic painting courses, leading weekly sessions for groups with students of all ages and abilities
Instructor, NTAC Painting Events, Santa Cruz, CA, 2016 - 2017
Lead follow-along painting lessons for groups of beginners of all ages, hired for private events for local organizations and communities with the Nostalgic Tones Artist Collective
Teacher, Private Art Classes, Santa Cruz, CA, 2016 - 2017
Lead one-on-one courses for adult learners pursuing their creativity late in life. Taught courses in introduction to drawing techniques
Instructor, Weekend Workshop Program, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA - 2016
Member of SCAL instructional team, leading series of workshops for adult learners and Artist League members in the subjects of print methods and stencil making
Teaching Assistant, UCSC Art Department, Santa Cruz, CA - 2014
Teacher’s Assistant for introductory printmaking courses for undergraduate students. Acted as peer mentor and secondary teacher for print methods for class projects
- Screen Printing, Summer 2014
- Introduction to Printmaking, Spring 2014
Work Experience
Senior Crisis Manager, Graduate Student Government, SFAI, San Francisco, CA - 2020
Oversaw all aspects of correspondence, budgeting, and administrative systems of graduate student government Crisis Response Task Force throughout institution closure process and global pandemic.
Administrative Support, SFAI Exhibitions Office, San Francisco, CA - 2017 - 2018
Student worker in Walter and McBean Galleries office, performing administrative duties involving scheduling, organization, and cataloguing, as well as the management of promotional materials.
Lead Project Manager, NT Artist Collective, Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA - 2014 - 2017
Coordinated and managed all aspects of collaborative projects and events from proposal stage through completion including large-scale murals, recurring artist showcases, art fairs, and workshops.
Assistant Exhibitions Curator, The Delmarette, Santa Cruz - 2015 - 2017
Responsible for designing, installing, and de-installing bimonthly art exhibitions showcasing emerging local artists, as well as the management of promotional materials and opening event coordination.
Creative Director, Steve Pleich City Council campaign, Santa Cruz, CA - 2016
Artistic Director working closely with the campaign manager and events coordinators as the creative leader for marketing and events, creating all graphic design elements, designing and managing website.
Assistant Office Manager, Santa Cruz, CA - 2014 - 2018
Responsible for scheduling, client correspondence, organization, cataloguing, the development and management of filing systems to facilitate the execution of sales, customer service, and installations for offices including the Santa Cruz Art League, Catto’s Custom Graphics, and Istyly Custom Graphics.
Professional Muralist and Sign Painter, Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA - 2015-Present
Worked locally as a member of the Nostalgic Tones Artist Collective and currently with the SF Poster Syndicate, designing and executing custom signs, single wall and full interior collaborative murals.
Directorship & Membership
Board of Directors, Graduate Student Trustee, SFAI, San Francisco, CA - 2019 - 2020
Board member representing the student interests in institutional decision making affecting graduate cohort, acting as liaison between the BOD and the Legion of Graduate Students
LAB MFA Jurors Panel, Locust Projects, Miami, FL, April 2020
Selected for team of artists and curators reviewing applications to residency for emerging artists completing large-scale sculptural installations
San Francisco Poster Syndicate, San Francisco, CA - 2018 - Present
Printmaker and Muralist as a part of artist and activist collective, executing collaborative projects around the Bay Area, such as political murals and live screen printing events
Legion of Graduate Students Co-Director, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA 2018
One of two co-directors tasked with coordinating meetings and events, managing budgets, and acting as liaison in correspondence between all other SFAI governing bodies
Board of Directors, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA - 2015 - 2017
Board member representing young, local artists, working closely with other members and administrators of non-profit association in organizational decision making, event planning, and exhibition curation
Co-Founder, Nostalgic Tones Artist Collective, Santa Cruz and San Francisco, CA 2014 - 17
Lead Project Manager, Event Organizer, and Exhibitions Curator, Website Creator and Curator, and one of two founding members of community artist collective
Residency & Gallery Representation
- Artist in Residence, Kala Institute, Berkeley, CA - July 2020
- Represented Artist, Art Attack Gallery, San Francisco, 2019 -Present
- Artist in Residence, LAB MFA, Locust Projects, Miami, FL - July 2019
- Resident Demo Artist, Palace Arts, Santa Cruz, CA - 2013-16
- Resident Artist, ArtMill, near Horazdovice, Czech Republic - July 2014
Awards
- Master of Arts Thesis Achievement Award, San Francisco Art Institute 2020
- Bronze Roller Printmaking Award, San Francisco Art Institute 2020
- H. Wiener Metal Sculpture Award, San Francisco Art Institute 2019
- 2nd Place Juror’s Choice Award, Panoply of Prints, Santa Cruz Art League, 2017
Exhibitions & Publications
Group Show Participation --- 2014-2020
- Stand Up Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN, October 2020
- Intimacies, Schafer Gallery, San Francisco, May, 2020*
- Another (Swell) Show, Art Attach Gallery, San Francisco, November 2019
- Lucid Labyrinth, Schafer Gallery, San Francisco, September, 2019
- Bay Area Printmakers, Compound Gallery, Berkeley, June 2019
- Bay Area MFA Show 2, Doug Adams Gallery, Center for Art and Religion, GTU, Berkeley June 2019
- Vernissage//MFA Exhibition, SFAI Fort Mason Campus, San Francisco, May 2019 and 2020*
- Memory Under Construction, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, April 2019
- Avatars II, Nave Gallery, Somerville, Massachusetts, March-April 2019
- Worlds Apart, Schafer Gallery, San Francisco, March 2019
- Open Studios, SFAI Fort Mason Front Gallery, San Francisco, November 2018
- Avatars, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, October 2018
- MAXIMAL, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, September 2018
- Serenade & Nocturne, Swell Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, Ca, August 2018
- The Past Didn't Go Anywhere, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, June 2018
- Wise Wound, Swell Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, Ca, March 2018
- Open Book Show #2 & #3, Diego Rivera Gallery &1890 Bryant Studios, San Francisco, March 2018
- First Impressions Print Exhibition/Exchange with SFAI & Osaka University of Art, Feb.-Jul., 2018
- Panoply of Prints, Santa Cruz Art League, March 2017
- Nostalgic Tones Group Show, Kind Peoples Collective First Friday Features, July 2016
- Broken Halos, The Felix Kulpa Gallery, February 2015
- Art Bazaar Monthly Collaborative Art Events, Casa De Kennedy, November 2014
- Fire and Ice, Eduardo Carillo Gallery, April 2014
Solo Exhibition --- 2014 – 2020
- Command Center, LAB MFA Showcase, Locust Projects, Miami, July 2019
- Phase Queens, Miss Mae’s House of Beauty, Santa Cruz CA, September-November 2016
- She Reigns, Pergolesi, Santa Cruz CA, August 2016
- Creatress: Earth Mother Prints, The Delmarette, Santa Cruz CA, June 2016
- Just ladies Celebrating Ladies, Palace Arts, Santa Cruz CA, April 2015
- Solo Exhibition at The Tree House Wellness Center, Santa Cruz CA, February 2015
- First Friday Feature at Subrosa, Santa Cruz CA, November 2014
Arts Festival Showcases and Print Sale Participation --- 2012 — 2019
- Concentrate Art Sale & SFAI Open Studios, Fort Mason Campus, San Francisco, 2017- 2019
- Summer of Body Love Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, August, 2017
- Show and Tell interactive Art Market, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, August, 2017
- Art and Soul Festival, Oakland, August 2016
- Hop N’ Barley Beer and Art Festival, June 2016
- UCSC Annual Spring Print Sale, June 2012-2017
- Handmade Holiday Print Sale, Tree House, December, 2015-2016
- East Bay Print Sale, Max’s Garage Press, Berkeley, December, 2016-2017
- April Fool’s No Joke Print Sale, Tree house, April, 2016
Publication
- Internet Archive Artist Showcase, 2021
- Root Division MFA Now catalog, 2019
- (im)material.com Artist Showcase, 2018
- Paper Darts Art and Lit Magazine Artists Showcase, 2017
- Cowell Fine Press Quarterly, 2014
- Inkblot OCHSA Art and Lit Magazine, 2010