Biography
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. She is currently pursuing a Master of Art with an emphasis in photography at NIU. While she concludes her MA, she plans to continue her education and travel across the country. Wallace has been included in various exhibitions including Ars Nova Exhibition at the Jack Olsen Gallery and Shape and Shadow at the Fargo Venues fall 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 is to find peace and community. She hopes to create a path towards individual and societal rest through resistance.
Artist CV
EDUCATION
2024 MA, Photography, Northern Illinois University
2022 BFA, Photography, Northern Illinois University
EXHIBITIONS
Group & Solo
2023 Shape & Shadow Fargo Venue’s Fall Exhibition
2023 Complexity of Perfection - Group Exhibition, Addington Gallery
2022 No Restrictions - Group Exhibition, Jack Olsen Gallery
2022 NIU’s First Year Graduate Show - Annette and Jerry Johns Gallery
2022 Off the Wall - Group Exhibition, Side Street Gallery
2022 NIU’s BFA Exhibition - Jack Olsen Gallery
2022 Awarded at Blick Art Materials “Ars Nova Exhibition - Jack Olsen Gallery
2021 NIU’s ArtD 469 Final Show - DeKalb, IL
2021 Awarded First Place in NIU’s STEAM Fest Juried Exhibition
2021 Faces of Belonging - Annette and Jerry Johns Gallery
2020 Stay Coffee + Gallery - On Instagram
2020 Best of Quarantine - Float Magazine
2020 Blick Art Materials Ars Nova Exhibition - Jack Olsen Gallery
2018 Awarded Best in Show at IHSAE Senior Art Exhibition
Produced & Installed
2023 Americans in Burma: The Art of Collecting - NIU Art Museum https://www.flickr.com/photos/niuartmuseum/
2022 Performing Southeast Asia: Performing Nat Pwe - James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum https://www.centerforburmastudies.com/performing-nat-pwe.html
Curated
2024 Who Pulls the Strings in Burma? - Jack Arends Hall
AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS
Awards
2022 Honorable mention at Blick Art Materials “Ars Nova Exhibition”
2021 Honors Excellence Award
2021 First Place at “NIU’s STEAM Fest Juried Exhibition
2018 Best in Show at IHSAE Senior Art Exhibition
Scholarships
2023 Helen Merritt Art Endowment
2023 Jack and Eleanor Olson Art Scholarship
2023 John X. Koznarek Memorial Scholarship Fund
2023 Jonathan Ryan Lee Studio Art Scholarship
2022 Austin Sawicki Memorial Scholarship Fund
2022 Cora Miner Art Scholarship Fund
2022 Helen Merritt Art Endowment
2022 Art Tuition Scholarship for Current Students
2021 NIU O’Malley-Pugh Endowment Fund for School of Art
2021 Honors Excellence Award
2020 Cora Miner Art Scholarship Fund
2020 NIU O’Malley-Pugh Endowment Fund for School of Art
2019 Art Tuition Grant for Returning Students
2018 Art Tuition Grant for Incoming Freshmen
PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCES
Dec 2022 – Present
Pro Meals | Designer
• Assisted in the Design of Pro Meals website
• Designed flyers and digital advertisements
• Created design standards (colors, fonts, font sizes, graphic appearance)
Aug 2022 – Present
Northern Illinois University Burmese Art Collection | Graduate Research Assistant
• Digitized the collection in a museum software called Past Perfect
• Accessioned new objects into the collection using Past Perfect
• Created identification cards, using Past Perfect, to aid in returning objects to correct location
• Photographed objects and worked on promotional materials for an exhibition
• Handled, cleaned, conserved, and created mounts for art objects in the collection
• Prepared objects for exhibition by cleaning and packaging them
• Installed and worked in a gallery to prepare for 4 exhibitions
• Assisted in the planning and organization of a symposium for approx. 70 people
• Assisted in managing an art collection
May 2018 – Present
DeKalb High School Marching Band | T-shirt Designer
• Consulted with client to assess their expectations for the design
• Designed a fan shirt and a student shirt each summer since 2018
• Created design standards (colors, fonts, font sizes, graphic appearance)
Summer 2023
Lisa Predko Photography | Intern
• Set up lighting equipment and made lighting diagrams for archives
• Researched into various props and photographic ideas for each specific photo shoot
• Assisted in the file organization of client information and photographs and learned the process of saving client information to hard drives and Dropboxes
Jan 2019 – May 2022
Northern Illinois University Creative Services | Production Assistant
• Assisted with and led the assembly and production of signs
• Worked with and maintained large printers and machinery
• Organized and maintained a clean workspace and office
• Assisted customers with their signage and large orders
• Delivered and assisted with the hanging/installation of signs
• Designed posters and banners for NIU
Summer 2021
Banner Up Signs | Production Assistant
• Assisted with and led the assembly and production of signs
• Worked with and maintained large printers and machinery
• Organized and maintained a clean workspace and office
• Tracked project deadlines
• Assisted in designing products for clients
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2023 Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL.
2018 DeKalb Highschool, DeKalb IL.
EXTRA CURRICULARS / COMMUNITY SERVICE
2019 – Present College of Visual & Performing Arts Student Advisory Committee | Member
2022 Guinness World Records Largest Paper Snowflake | Volunteer
2021 – 2022 Student Government Association | Senator for my college (CVPA)
2021 – 2022 Board of Elections Committee | Member
2021 – 2022 Public Affairs Committee | Secretary
2021 – 2022 Celebrating Culture Night Committee | Member
2021 Faces of Belonging (interview/photoshoot) | Volunteer
2021 Send Silence Packing (Suicide Awareness Presentation) | Volunteer
2021 Photographic Documentation of Theatrical Performance at NIU | Volunteer
2016 – 2020 Tails Humane Society | Volunteer
2019 Research Project (Students Knowledge of Consent at NIU) | Researcher
2018 – 2019 Research Rookie at NIU | Member