
Terrence Payne is a midwestern American artist residing in Minneapolis Minnesota. He has exhibited his work at galleries, universities and museums throughout the midwest and his work can be found in private, museum and corporate collections around the globe. Terrence’s artwork has received critical acclaim and recognition from Beautiful Decay, Juxtapoz, Dwell Magazine, Bust Magazine, It’s nice That, The Jealous Curator, Boooooom, and The Minneapolis Star Tribune to name a few. In the spring of 2002 Terrence founded what has become the longest running artists collective in Minneapolis called Rosalux Gallery. He has served as the leader of Rosalux since the beginning, helping many Minnesota artists realize their artistic ambitions and further their studio careers through their relationship with the gallery.
The main theme found in my artwork is community. I am interested in how people use their relationships with one another to build on their own identity as well as to influence the behaviors of those around them. I use the aggravated playfulness of my large-scale oil pastel drawings to create archetypal portraits of specific individuals which when put together in groups portray segments of communities and their relationships with one another. I accomplishes this by using an accessible visual language along with refined organic forms, text, patterns and costuming to lure the viewer in and create a relationship with my work based on shared experience. I typically use a single pattern to unify a body of work and identify the overall theme of that community and then let the figures, objects and narratives define the individuals within that community. The humorous and empathetic allegories resulting from my creations may leave more questions than answers to these initial queries, but will surely offer entertaining comforts for my audience nonetheless.
Awards
Sage Award for Outstanding Design 2013 for production of Matching Drapes
Selected Exhibitions
Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN annually 2002-2020
Kindness, Burnett Gallery, Minneapolis MN 2015, 2016
Absurdities Crept In, Grayduck Gallery, Austin, TX 2012
Flourish, MAEP Galleries, Minneapolis Institue Of Art, Minneapolis, MN 2010
NEST, Alcoa House, Minneapolis, MN October 2008
Patterns Of Behavior, Umber Studios, Minneapolis, MN March 2008
Benedicta Arts Center, College of Saint Benedict, St Joseph, MN March 2005
Draw, SOO Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN November 2004
Minot State University, Minot, ND March 2003
Urban Studio on Webster, Chicago, IL January 2002
Flatlands Gallery, Minneapolis, MN May 2001
Gage Gallery, Augsburg College Minneapolis, MN February 2001
Hughes Center For The Arts, University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND September 1999
MC Gallery, Minneapolis, MN May 1999
Minnetonka Center For The Arts, Wayazata, MN March 1999
ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL June 1998
Articles & Links
The Jealous Curator, Art For Your Ear Podcast, Episodes: 71,132,154,164
This Old House Magazine, March 2014
Le'Toille Magazine, October 2013
Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 13, 2013
Escape Into Life, October 2012
Bust Magazine, August 2012
PBS Newshour blog, March 20012
The Jealous Curator, June 2012
Carne Magazine, May 2012
Juxtapoz Magazine Blog, November 2011
Paper Darts Magazine, volume 3, March 2011
MPR news, state of the arts, November 5, 2010
Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 4, 2010
Brown Paper Bag, April 2011
City Pages: 100 Creatives, Novemebr 2010
Art Hound, October 2010
Minnesota Monthly, October 2006, 2007, 2010
Twin Cities Luxury and Fashion Magazine April 2009
Apartment Therapy, October 2008
Rake Magazine fall arts quarterly 2006