CYDNEY M. PAYTON 2009–present Independent Curator & Writer San Francisco, California 2001–2008 Director & Chief Curator Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Colorado 1992–2000 Director & Chief Curator Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado 1984–1992 Founder & Director Cydney Payton Gallery, Denver, Colorado Payton Rule Gallery, Denver, Colorado SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2013 Unbuilt San Francisco: The View from Futures Past (co-curator Benjamin Grant) featuring architects: John Bolles, Ernest Born, Mario Ciampi, Vernon DeMars, Lawrence Halprin, Legorreta & Legorreta, Daniel Libeskind, William Merchant, Willis Polk, Kenzo Tange, and Cathy Simon. California Historical Society and SPUR, San Francisco 2012 Temporary Structures (co-curator Glen Helfand) featuring Pawel Althamer, Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt, David Gissen, Amy H. Ho, David Ireland, Paul Kos, Roy McMakin, Christian Nagler & Azin Seraj, Ben Peterson, Michael Robinson, Jonathan Runico, Mungo Thomson, Together We Can Defeat Capitalism. San Francisco Institute of Arts (SFAI), San Francisco 2011 On Apology (co-curator) featuring Erick Beltran, Mark Boulos, Keren Cytter, Omer Fast, Shaun Gladwell, Ragnar Kjartansson, Amalia Pica, Slavs and Tatars, Dawn Weleski, Artur Zmijewski. Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco The Thing Is To See: Selected Photo-Souvenirs of Daniel Buren 1968-1975, online at thethingistosee.com, Steven Leiber Archives, San Francisco Piggly Wiggly: Self-Serving Stores All Over the World, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco 2010 Yu-Cheng Chou: Because 64 Crayons Made in the USA. Superfrog Gallery, New People, San Francisco 1 CYDNEY M. PAYTON 2009 Heather & Eric Chan Schatz. The Family of Natasha Congdon Large Works Gallery, MCA DENVER Rex Ray. The Kent & Vicky Logan Promenade Space, MCA DENVER Anthony Goicolea: Related. Laura & David Merage Foundation Photography Gallery, MCA DENVER The Legend of Bud Shark and his Indelible Ink featuring John Buck, Enrique Chagoya, Bernard Cohen, Red Grooms, Don Ed Hardy, Jane Hammond, Robert Kushner, Hung Lui, Hollis Sigler, and Betty Woodman. The Joseph Cresenti Family Paper Works Gallery, MCA DENVER Yang Fudong: City Light. Lu & Chris Law New Media Gallery, MCA DENVER 2008 Adam Helms. The Joseph Cresenti Family Paper Works Gallery, MCA DENVER Jane Hammond: New Photographs. Laura & David Merage Foundation Photography Gallery, MCA DENVER Jonas Burgert. The Kent & Vicky Logan Promenade Space, MCA DENVER Damien Hirst: St. Sebastian. The Family of Natasha Congdon Large Works Gallery, MCA DENVER Yu-Cheng Chou. Lu & Chris Law New Media Gallery, MCA DENVER Jasper de Beijer. The Joseph Cresenti Family Paper Works Gallery, MCA DENVER David Adjaye: Making Public Buildings. Co-Organizer: Whitechapel Gallery, London. MCA DENVER. Traveled to Studio Museum Harlem and Artspace, San Antonio Trevor Appleson: Mexico City Photographs. Laura & David Merage Foundation Photography Gallery, MCA DENVER Susanne Kühn: Recent Paintings. The Family of Natasha Congdon Large Works Gallery, MCA DENVER Brad Kahlhamer: Rapid City. The Kent & Vicky Logan Promenade Space, MCA DENVER Omer Fast. Lu & Chris Law New Media Gallery, MCA DENVER 2 CYDNEY M. PAYTON 2007 Star Power: Museum as Body Electric featuring David Altmejd, Carlos Amorales, Candice Breitz, Rangi Kipa, Wangechi Mutu, Chris Ofili, and Collier Schorr. MCA DENVER Erwin Redl: FADE, Denver. MCA DENVER (temporary |contemporary) Creative Acts That Matter (Part III): The Peace Project by Roberto Behar & Rosario Marquardt/R&R Studios. MCA DENVER (temporary |contemporary) Decades of Influence: Extended Remix featuring Rokko Aoyama, Lawrence Argent, Carolyn Braaksma, Robert Brinker, Don Coen, Suchil Coffman-Guerra, John DeAndrea, Kim Dickey, Mary Ehrin, Atomic Elroy, Paul Gillis, Jim Green, Patti Hallock, Ana María Hernando, Homare Ikeda, Matthew Larson, Chris Lavery, R. Edward Lowe, Paola Ochoa, Jason Patz, Bruce Price, Steven Read, Carl Reed, Clark Richert, Barbara Shark, Stacey Steers, Carley Warren, Ivan Wilson, and Leafe Zales. MCA DENVER 2006 Decades of Influence: Colorado Art 1985 to Present featuring Robert Adams, Mark Amerika, Lawrence Argent, Jack Balas & Wes Hempel, James Balog, Stephen Batura, Roland Bernier, Stan Brakhage, Carolyn Braaksma, Phil Bender, Scott Chamberlin, Dale Chisman, Albert Chong, Joseph Clower, Martha Daniels, John DeAndrea, Kim Dickey, Rebecca DiDomenico, Richard Devore, Tracey Felix, Sushe Felix, Chuck Forsman, Carlos Frésquez, John Fudge, Linda Girvin, Nick Havholm, John Hallin, CharlesHayes, Linda Herritt, Homare Ikeda, Pamela Joseph, Jim Johnson, Wesley Kennedy, Rodger Lang, Terry Maker, Robert Mangold, John McEnroe, Heidi McFall, James & Nan McKinnell, Myron Melnick, Susan Meyer, Kay Miller, Kevin O’Connell, Paola Ochoa, Eric Paddock, Burt Payne 3, Bruce Price, Jeanne Quinn, Clark Richert, Carl Reed, Daneil & Maruca Salazar, Frank Sampson, Mark Sink, Phil Solomon, Jeffrey Starr, Stacey Steers, James Surls, Gary Sweeney, Barbara Takenaga, Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Rebecca Vaughan, Carley Warren, Susan Wick, Betty Woodman, Francesca Woodman, George Woodman, and David Zimmer. MCA DENVER Truss Thrust: the Artifice of Space featuring Peter Weltz in a collaboration with William Forsythe, Pipolotti Rist, Sergio Prego, The Blue Noses, and Michelle Ellsworth. Live performance by Locust Dance/Music/Video Company. MCA DENVER See Into Liquid featuring Chiho Aoshima, Whitney Bedford, Tony Capellán, Vija Celmins, Rebecca DiDomenico, Ellen Gallagher, Amy Globus, Don Ed Hardy, Roni Horn, Robert Longo, Richard Misrach, Jacco Olivier, Catherine Opie, and Massimo Vitali. MCA DENVER 3 CYDNEY M. PAYTON 2005 PILLish: Harsh Realities and Gorgeous Destinations featuring Barton Lidice Benes, Richard Billingham, Glenn Brown, Albert Chong, Larry Clark, David Critchley & Dr. Liz Lee, Elisabeth Diller & Ricardo Scofidio, Barnaby Furnas, Tom Fruin, Nan Goldin Damien Hirst, Carsten Höller, Mr., Takashi Murakami, Roxy Paine, Thomas Ruff, and Fred Tomaselli. MCA DENVER Will Boys Be Boys? Questioning Adolescent Masculinity in Contemporary Art featuring Slater Bradley, Larry Clark, Greg Fiering and Matt Luem, Lilah Freedland, Tim Gardner, Luis Gispert, Anthony Goicolea, Janine Gordon, Ryan Humphrey, Nikki S. Lee, Julia Loktev, Maria Marshall, Ryan McGinness, Chloe Piene, Jeff Reed, Tom Sachs, Dean Sameshima, Collier Schorr, and Type A (Adam Ames and Andrew Bordwin). Nationally traveled exhibition organized by ICI. Guest curator: Shamim M. Momin. MCA DENVER 2004 Over One Billion Served: Conceptual Photography from the People’s Republic of China featuring Zhao Bandi, Zhang Dali, Zhu Fadong, Liu Jin, Wang Jinsong, Sheng Qi, Wang Qingsong, Liu Wei, Wu Xiaojun, Wu Xiaojun, Bai Yiluo, and Liang Yue. Co-Curator: Julie Seagraves. MCA DENVER Paola Ochoa: True Love. MCA DENVER 2003 POPjack: Warhol to Murakami featuring Matthew Abbott, Jim Dine, Keith Haring, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Hideaki Kawashima, Masahiko Kuwahara, Roy Lichtenstein, Mr., Vik Muniz, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Tam Ochiai, Tom Sachs, Aya Takano, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselman, and Brenda Zlamany. MCA DENVER The Work of Robert Crumb, MCA DENVER Elegy: Contemporary Ruins featuring Shimon Attie, Robert Dawson Christopher James, Richard Misrach, Patrick Nagatani, Catherine Opie, and Ron Pollard. Co- Curator: Katharine Smith Warren. MCA DENVER Blood: Lines & Connections featuring Adel Abdessemed, Sama Alshaibi and Joe Farbrook, Art for Humanity (various artists), Heman Chong, David D’Agostino, Boryana Dragoeva, Zhang Huan, Lea and Pekka Kantonen, Oleg Mavromati, Zhu Ming, Sabah Naim, Marcos Ramirez, Tarja Pitkanën-Walter, and Victor Sydorenko. MCA DENVER 2002 Archipelago: an Intimate Immensity featuring Suzanne Anker, Lillian Ball, John Bowman, Chuck Cave, Kim Dickey, Rebecca DiDomenico, Jim Dingilian, Drew Dominick, Ellen Driscoll, Mary Ehrin, Madeleine Hatz, Linda Herritt, Elana Herzog, Lisa Hoke, Stacy Levy, Terry Maker, Howard McCalebb, Burt Payne 3, 4 CYDNEY M. PAYTON Kate Petley, PLOT, Elizabeth Olbert, Helen O’Leary, Katie Holten, Julie Poitras Santos, Bruce Price, Chandler Romeo, Ann Shostrom, Peter Soriano, Sarah Schwartz, Yuken Teruya, Kim Turos, John Torreano, Sarah Vanderlip, and Jaeha Yoo. Co-Curator: Ann Shostrom. MCA DENVER 5 Abstract featuring Dale Chimsan, Robert Mangold, Clark Richert, Beverly Rosen, and Al Wynne, MCA DENVER 2001 The Sensational Line featuring Franz Ackerman, Jeremy Blake, Nina Bovasso, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Michelle Fierro, Chris Finely, Elliott Green, John Hogan, Monica & Daniel Lorenzi, Jason Jagel, Chris Johanson, Martin Kensels, Manuel Ocampo, Monique Prieto, Stephanie Pryor, and Jacqueline Tough. MCA DENVER Ten Shades of Green, Co-organized by the Architectural League of New York, co- Curator: Peter Buchanan featuring Andrew Lee for Hackland & Dore; Fernau & Hartman, Foster & Partners, Herzog & De Meuron, Michael Hopkins, Jourda & Perraudin, Rick Joy, Brain McKay-Lyons, Lake/Flato, Neutelings Riedijk, Renzo Pain Building Workshop, Webler & Geisler. MCA DENVER 2000 The Living End featuring Fiona Banner, Luca Buvoli, Liz Cazabon, Diana Cooper, Nancy Davidson, Rochelle Feinstein, Dianna Frid, Linda Herritt, Kimowan McClain, The Murthy Sisters, Michelle Segre, Arlene Shechet, and Alyson Shotz. Co-Curator: Ingrid Schaffner. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMOCA), Colorado Elbows & Tea Leaves: Front Range Women in the Visual Arts featuring Michelle Amota, Linda Herritt, Virginia Maitland,