Education
2026 B.F.A. Photography; Minor, Native American Studies (Pending), Rogers State University, Claremore, OK (expected May 2026)
2023 A.A. Liberal Arts, Tulsa Community College, Tulsa, OK
2006 Certificate of Completion, Hallmark Institute of Photography, Turners Falls, MA
2005 University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK (Studio photography courses)
Teaching Experience
2024 Mentor, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK (Photography II, Fall 2024)
Exhibitions
2010 Solo Exhibition, The Kenai Fjords, Seward, AK, Dunderdon, New York, NY
2009 Solo Exhibition, OKLA: Oklahoman Landscapes, Life Café, Brooklyn, NY
Bibliography
Cherry, Jonathan. “Kris Payne.” Mull It Over (blog), February 27, 2014. https://mullitover.cc/post/78043221019.
Editor. “Kris Payne.” For Reasons Unknown (blog), January 20, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111004042030/http://forreasonsunknown.org/post/2850569400.
Turner, Greg. “Quick Questions with Kris Payne.” Snapshot (blog), October 4, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111004002540/http://steampoweredmedia.com/brief/2009/06/snapshot-quick-questions-with-kris-payne/.
Publications as Author
The Inside Passage, 2013.
Disposable Coney, 2011.
Guest Speaker
2024 A Career in Photography, guest lecture, Photography I, Rogers State University, Claremore, OK, October 17
2024 How to Approach and Talk to a Record Label, moderator and panelist, Folk Alliance International, Kansas City, MO, February 23
2008 Alumni Roundtable, panelist, Hallmark Institute of Photography, Turners Falls, MA, November 20
2007 Alumni Roundtable, panelist, Hallmark Institute of Photography, Turners Falls, MA, November 21
Residencies
2010 Artist in Residence, La Familia Gallery, Talkeetna, AK (September 1 - September 30)
Commercial Credits
Black Mesa Records, KUTX, Tulsa People, Tulsa World, SF Gate, San Francisco Chronicle, Billboard, WMOT, NPR, The New York Times, Slug, The Oklahoman, American Songwriter, Americana UK, Magnet Magazine, V13, and more.