Mandy Payne

Works from her series studying the housing estate of Park Hill, Sheffield (UK) - showing its dilapidated state and Brutalist architecture before renovation - feature in private and public collections including that of the University of Salford, the Ruskin Collection (Sheffield Museums), The Priseman Seabrook Collection, and the Newlight Art Prize collection. She has won multiple awards and has received commissions including selection in 2017 for StudioBook - the artist professional development programme with Mark Devereaux Projects (MDP), Manchester - and was awarded Commission to Collect by MDP and the University of Salford Art Collection, to create a new painting considering the impacts of the Grenfell Tower incident upon Salford's housing developments. Recognition for her work includes selection for the John Moores Painting Prize (2014 & 16), the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (each year from 2014 to 2019), the Threadneedle Prize (2013) and the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize (2019).

In 2017 she was noted as an artist to watch in the Observer/Guardian Rising Stars list.

Payne often paints directly with aerosols on to concrete. Her compositions – bold arrangements of blank-faced geometric walls, empty windows and deserted walkways – similarly pull no pictorial punches.

Prior to 2012 she had a 25 year career as a Dentist in the NHS Community and Hospital Dental Services. In 2013 she gained a BA (Hons) Fine Art (First Class) degree at the University of Nottingham and in 2015 she was awarded a 2 year Fellowship to study stone lithography at Leicester Print Workshop under the tutelage of Serena Smith.

Mandy Payne (born 1964) is a member of the Contemporary British Painting group and is an artist with a primary interest in portraying the regeneration of inner city environments and the transitory nature of urban communities. Her themes include the contrasts between twentieth century inner-city social housing and modern gentrification.