Maeve Wallace is a fine art photographer practicing in the greater Chicago area. In May 2022 she received her BFA and a minor in Women and Gender Studies and received her Master of Art with an emphasis in photography at NIU in May 2024. She is currently gaining industry experience as a digital designer, and photographer for Central States Marketing in Peoria. She plans to eventually continue her education and become a professor. Wallace has been included in various exhibitions including the Ars Nova Exhibition at the Jack Olsen Gallery and NIU Graduate Alum exhibition. She has also been involved in the planning and installation of two NIU Burmese Art Collection exhibitions while simultaneously curating a Burmese marionette educational exhibit. While Wallace enjoys museum studies her mission, and transitively, the mission of her artistic work and teachings is to find peace and community. She hopes to create a path towards individual and societal rest through resistance.