Biography
Mikayla Shuster received a BFA with an emphasis in photography at Northern Illinois University in May 2022. She likes to experiment with different forms of photography, not letting herself be confined to one thing. However, most of her work revolves around mental health and the beauty and challenges of life. She began taking photos at a young age and has been in love with photography ever since.​ Her work has been included in several online galleries including Lenscratch, Alternative Processes, Analog Forever Magazine, Femme Salée, and Stay Coffee Gallery. She has also been included in a few in-person group exhibitions such as Gallery 215 in Dekalb Illinois, Jack Olson Gallery in Dekalb Illinois, RedLine Contemporary Art Center in Denver Colorado, and East Window Gallery in Boulder Colorado. Her work has also been included in publications including Color Tag Magazine: Volume 3, East Window: Shame Radiant, Lose the Film: # 3 Self, and Spire A Journal of the Arts: Volumes 43, 44, and 45.
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Education
2019 – 2022 Bachelors of Fine Arts (Photography)
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Honors: summa cum laude
2016 – 2019 Associates of Fine Arts
Elgin Community College, Elgin IL
Group Exhibitions
2022 Jack Olson Gallery, BFA Thesis Show, Northern Illinois University, Dekalb Illinois
2022 East Window, Disgust: Unhealthy Practices, Boulder, Colorado
2021 Gallery 215, (un)process(ing), Dekalb Illinois,
RedLine Contemporary Art Center, Three Acts: A Survey of Shame, Emotion and Oblivion Exhibition, Denver, Colorado
2020 Jack Olson Gallery, Annual Juried Blick Art Materials Exhibition, Northern Illinois
University
Gallery 215, Dekalb Illinois
Online Group Exhibitions
2023 The Luupe, Looking at Ourselves: Self-Portraits by Women
2023 Lenscratch, The 2023 Love Exhibition
2023 Lenscratch, The Favorite Photograph You Took In 2022 Exhibition
2022 Lenscratch, The Where Are We Now Exhibition
Lenscratch, The 2/22/22 Exhibition: Pairs and Diptychs​
Lenscratch, 2021 Favorite Photograph Exhibition
2021 Lenscratch, Family Gatherings Exhibition
Alternative Processes, World Cyanotype Day Exhibition
Analog Forever Magazine, Regeneration Exhibition
Femme Salée, Shame Radiant Exhibition
Lenscratch, Favorite Photo Exhibition
2020 Analog Forever Magazine, Love In All Forms Exhibition
Lenscratch, Better Days Exhibition
Stay Coffee Gallery, Home Exhibition
Group Publications
2022 East Window, Disgust: Unhealthy Practices
2021​ Color Tag Magazine, Volume 3
East Window, Shame Radiant
Lose the Film # 3, Self
2018 Spire, A Journal of the Arts, Volume 45
2017 Spire, A Journal of the Arts, Volume 44
2016 Spire, A Journal of the Arts, Volume 43
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Collections
2020 Regional History Center, DeKalb, IL