Payton Kaeding
b. 2000 
payton.kaeding@gmail.com
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Payton Kaeding  lives and works in Chicago, IL, where she is currently pursuing her MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She previously obtained her Post-Baccalaureate certificate from SAIC and received her bachelor’s degree in Art History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 


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EDUCATION
 School of the Art Institute of Chicago







University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MFA, Painting and Drawing,
Expected 2026

Post-Baccalaureate, Painting and Drawing, 2024


BA in Art History and Public Relations, 2023

AWARDS2025-2026


2024-2026 Helen Frankenthaler Award for Painting and Drawing 

SAIC Presidential and Recognition Merit Scholarships, Visionary Scholars Award 
TWO PERSON SHOWS2025
 Higgs Ocean, Higgs Meadow, Gure, Chicago, IL
GROUP SHOWS
2024


2025 They Are Always Somewhere, Hermit, Taipei, TW

20 artists: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, hardboiled, Chicago, IL

SKILLS
Scamming (intermediate)
Spacial awareness (expert)




Images are not extensive! Last updated 10.30.25
Paintings


Shark, 2025
Oil on panel 
72 x 36 in. 




Still life, 2025
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in. (Diptych)




Still Life #2, 2025
Oil on panel 
55 x 36 in. 




Hobo from the Polar Express, 2025
Oil on canvas
36 x 24 in.




Self Portrait #3, 2025
Oil on mirror
Don’t kill me, don’t know size, head is about the size of my own head, if that helps,





Installation views of Higgs Ocean, Higgs Meadow at Gure, Chicago, IL, 2025


Green Window, 2025
Oil on canvas
48 x 36  in. 



Installation view of Higgs Ocean, Higgs Meadow at Gure, Chicago, IL, 2025


Lady meets hobo from Polar Express, 2025
Oil on canvas
60 x 24 in. 



Eastertide, 2025
Oil and ballpoint pen on paper in artist’s frame
Medium small, think miniature legal pad



Subway Diptych, 2025
Oil and ballpoint pen on paper in artist’s frame
Very small, can hold it in the palms of two hands?