Master of Fine Arts
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 2003

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN 2001

Professor, Design Foundation Program (Drawing)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar
August 2010- Present

Professor of Foundations Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia. September 2006 - 2010
Courses: Drawing I, Drawing II, Alternative Drawing Methods, Life Drawing I&II,
2D Design, Color Theory

Assistant Professor (Full-Time Sabbatical Replacement), Kishwaukee College, Malta,
Illinois. January 2006 – May 2006
Courses: Intermediate Painting, Beginning Painting, Intermediate Drawing, 2D Design

Adjunct Professor, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, Illinois. August 2005-
August 2006
Courses: Life Drawing I, Life Drawing II, Art Appreciation I

Visiting Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. January 2004-May 2006
Courses: Drawing I, Drawing II, 3D Design, 2D Design, Photoshop Intensive

Adjunct Professor, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois. 2004-December 2005
Courses: Computer Arts I, 2D Design, Drawing I, Drawing II, Drawing III, Visual Narrative: Storyboarding and Comic book Arts

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. January 2003- December 2003
Courses: 3D Design, Drawing I, 2-D Design, Photoshop Workshops

FATE Biennial Conference, Portland, OR, 2009
Presented: “From Adjunct to Full-time Employment: A Survival Guide”

Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA) Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 2008
Presented: “Measuring Abroad: Assessing Students Effectively On the Go”

7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, 2008
Presented: “Creative Thinking: Idea Development in the Classroom” and “From Adjunct to Full-time Employment: A Survival Guide”

Teaching Art, Graduate Student Workshop on College Teaching, SCAD, 2008
Presented: “Teaching Effectiveness”

Artist’s Roundtable Discussion, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008
Presented: “Creativity: Life and Art”

6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, 2008
Presented: “Design Thinking: Idea Development in the Classroom and Beyond” and
“Creativity: In the Classroom and Beyond”

MX International Design Conference 2007, Universidad Iberoamerica, Santa Fe,
Mexico City, Mexico, 2008
Presented: “Design Thinking: Idea Development in the Classroom” and “Creativity: In Your Sketchbook and Beyond”

FATE Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 2006

Teaching Art, Graduate Student Workshop on College Teaching, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Presented: “Teaching Drawing Effectively”

Solo Exhibitions:

2009
Ever Present & In Motion, ACA Gallery in Atlanta from Aug. 31st - Oct. 2nd, 2009 and the Pei Ling Chan Gallery in Savannah from Dec. 7th - Jan. 15th, 2010.

2008
New Paintings, Chroma Gallery, Savannah, GA
Chaos, Telfair Art Museum, Savannah, GA

2004
New Drawings, Solo Exhibition, Gallery 2306, Birmingham, AL
Beneath the Surface, Solo Exhibition, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN

2003
Surface and Space, Solo Exhibition, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery, Malta, IL
Exposed, Solo Exhibition, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, NIU, IL
Defense Mechanisms, Solo Exhibition, Borders Inc., DeKalb, IL
Works on Paper, Solo Exhibition, Neptune Hall Gallery, NIU, IL
New Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Glass Gallery, NIU, IL

Jesse Payne

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