(1964 - )
Born in Oxford, Sally Payen holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Arts (1990) and a practice-based PhD from the University of Brighton (2005). Recent solo exhibitions include ‘The Fence and the Shadow’, MAC Birmingham (2017); ‘The Chase and the Ambush’, Hereford Museum and Art Gallery (2013); and ‘Wolverhampton Riots - One Year On’, Wolverhampton Art Gallery (2012). She is co-founder and director of ‘Salt Road’, an arts organisation which commissions artists, and carries out activities to benefit the community, in particular to improve environmental, social, economic, and cultural wellbeing.