10/29/2026
Peyton Bailey’s As A Living Sacrifice, Bless These Bruised Knees stood out for its evocative title and painterly and powerful artistic expression, inviting us all to take a deeper reading of sacrifice, resilience and the complexities of our collective human experience. Congratulations on being recognized with the Curator's Choice Award for VELVET.
“The figures are tormented, plagued by anxiety at the potential of their eternal damnation. They commit small acts of rebellion, and experience spiritual awakening. My work is an act of defiance, a howl, grief, and a counter narrative, exploring accessibility to the divine and community amongst the exiled.”
Peyton Michelle Bailey is a painter from Athens, Georgia. She holds an MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. During her time at the SMFA, she received the Montague Travel Grant and the Dean’s Research Fund. She earned her BFA in Drawing and Painting from the University of Georgia. Peyton has recently shown work in the Fay Chandler Emerging Art Exhibition at Boston City Hall, the 2025 MFA Thesis Show at Tufts University Art Gallery, as well as at Halsey McKay Gallery in Graham Collins’ show Worker’s Playtime.
See Bailey’s powerful work in VELVET, on view at Juniper Rag Contemporary.