Lives and Works in Atlanta, GA
EDUCATION
Maryland State Department of Education
Standard Professional Certification Art PK-12
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
Master of Arts in Teaching / 2019 – 2021
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting / 2011 –2015
Studio Art Centers International (SACI)
Semester Abroad / Honors Program
Florence, IT / 2013
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ARTIST TALK
June 2023 – 3S Artspace: Artist Talk with McKinley Wallace III / Portsmouth, NH
Feb 2023 – York College: Artist Talk with McKinley Wallace III / York, PA
Apr 2022 – Towson University: Artist Talk with McKinley Wallace III / Baltimore, MD
Jan 2022 – Rooted in Voyage Artist Talks at Band of Vices Co-Lab Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
Dec 2021 – Towson University: Artist Talk with McKinley Wallace III / Baltimore, MD
Dec 2020 – Walters Art Museum - Understanding Master Narratives at Baltimore
Polytechnic Institute: LIVE! Artist Talk with McKinley Wallace III / Baltimore, MD
Nov 2020 – Rights and Wrongs Exhibition: Artist Talk with McKinley Wallace III, Antonio
McAfee, and Erin Fostel/ Baltimore, MD
Nov 2020 – Walters Art Museum: LIVE! Artist Talk with McKinley Wallace III / Baltimore, MD
Oct 2020 – BOPA’s 'Innovation, Isolation and Imagination: Creating During a Pandemic"
Artist Panel / Baltimore, MD
Nov 2019 – Arlington Art Center’s Assembly 2019 Gallery Talks: Arlington Arts Center’s
Inaugural Regional Biennial / Arington, VA
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ART INTERVIEWS
June 2023 – 3S Artspace Press Release: Questions for McKinley Wallace III Portsmouth, NH
April 2023 – Conversation with McKinley Wallace III / York, PA
Sep 2021 – Getting To The Truth In This Art: McKinley Wallace III / Baltimore, MD
Oct 2020 – BmoreArt: Art &: McKinley Wallace III / Baltimore, MD
Oct 2020 – Towson University’s Arts Without Boundaries: Episode 16 / Towson, MD
Aug 2020 – Baltimore Sun: “Pandemic may have closed galleries, but pop-up series takes Baltimore
artists outside to showcase work” / Baltimore, MD
Jun 2020 – Local Color Podcast: Episode 75: McKinley Wallace / Baltimore, MD
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
If You Knew / Let It Be Us / 3S Art Space Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
Thick Blue Line / York College, York, PA
2021
Survival is Survival / Waller Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2020
Art in August Pop-Up Show / 1706 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD
2019
Views of Morrell / Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD
Respond & Under Blue /
Creative Alliance’s Amalie Rothschild Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2017
Respond. / Jubilee Arts, Baltimore, MD
2015
Hominins / The Piano Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2014
Projections / The Piano Gallery, Baltimore, MD
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
We Need Love, The African Diaspora Art Museum of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
The Last Resort Artist Retreat Art Exhibition, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD
27th Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition /
African American Museum of Dallas, Dallas, TX
2022
The Bethesda Painting Awards /Gallery B. Bethesda, MD
Unveiling Resistance / Community College of Baltimore County - Essex, Baltimore, MD
The Devil’s Workshop / Band of Vices Co-Lab Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Stories I Tell Myself (online) / Visionary Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY
Rooted in Voyage / Band of Vices Co-Lab Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021
PRIZM Art Fair / Miami Art Basel, Miami, FL
Young Blood / Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Welcome to the Sauce, Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD
2020
Hickok Cole Art Month 2020 on Big Cartel / Hickok Cole and Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Rights and Wrongs: Challenging the 19th Amendment Centennial Celebrations, Carroll Mansion, Baltimore, MD
The All-Night Party, Towson University’s Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson, MD (upcoming)
2019
Our World, Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD
Paradox: Main Line Art Center’s 16th Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition, Main Line Art Center,
Haverford, PA
Assembly 2019: Arlington Arts Center’s Inaugural Regional Biennial, Arlington Art Center, Arlington, VA
2nd Tri-Annual Maryland State Artist Registry Juried Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD
For the Love of Material: Terrault's 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Terrault Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Where Have We Been, Towson University’s Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson, MD
The Bethesda Painting Awards, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD
2018
MICA’s 1st Alumni Biennial Exhibition, Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore MD
Strength in Practice, Gallery CA & Waller Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2017
Darkest Before Dawn,
ArtReach Gallery at THEARC, DC
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, MD
2016
Breaking the Mold, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
EMULSION 2016 -The Third Annual East City Art Regional Juried Show, Gallery O on H, Washington DC
2015
The 23rd Annual Lotta Art Benefit, School 33, Baltimore, MD
Academy 2015, Connersmith Gallery, Washington DC
Xenos,Gallery CA/City Arts, Baltimore, MD
Collaboration: African Diaspora, Palm Beach State College: Eissey Campus, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2014
MICA Juried Undergraduate Show, Decker Galley, Baltimore, MD
The Breakfast Club, Unexpected Art, Baltimore, MD
World Wise: Study Abroad Exhibition, Brown 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
CONTINUUM, Anthony Building, West Palm Beach, FL
2013
MICA at SACI Honors Program Exhibition, Palazzo Maidoff, Florence, IT
Fall 2013 SACI Student Art Exhibitions: 2D, 3D and Photography, Palazzo dei Cartelloni, Florence, IT
VA Staff and Faculty Exhibition, Interlochen Center of the Arts Gallery, Interlochen, MI
YTB's 4th Issue Exhibition, Kramer house, Baltimore, MD
901 Arts Show, 901 Arts Building, Baltimore, MD
Making History, Jubilee Arts Gallery, Baltimore, MD An exhibition addressing social change now.
The Alchemist, Area 405, Baltimore, MD
2012
VA Staff and Faculty Exhibition, Interlochen Center of the Arts, Interlochen, MI
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MURAL EXPERIENCE
Jubilee Arts’ & Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts’ Art @ Work Program /
Mural Instructor / Baltimore, MD / 2020 (virtual/social-distanced) , 2016 (on-site)
Access Art, Inc. / Mural Instructor
Baltimore, MD / 2018, 2017
NIKE, Inc. / Muralist
Baltimore, MD / 2017
Spectrum Design Studios / Arts Integration Muralist
Laurel, MD / 2015
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ART AWARDS
2021
Baker Artist Award from Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
2019
Leslie King-Hammond Graduate Award from MICA
Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Award from Main Line Arts Center
Independent Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council
Bethesda Art Award from Bethesda Urban Partnership
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Access Art / After School Instructor
Baltimore, MD / 2016 – 2019
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine / Actor (Standardized Patient)
Baltimore, MD / 2016 – 2020
Baltimore Youth Arts / Art Teacher
Baltimore, MD / 2016
Jubilee Arts / Art @ Work Program: Mural Instructor
Baltimore, MD / 2016
Young Audiences Arts for Learning Maryland / Focus Group Coordinator
Baltimore, MD / 2016
Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA) / Legislative Assistant
Baltimore, MD / 2016
Community College of Baltimore County & Spring Grove Hospital Center (Psychiatric) /
Alternative Supportive Education Teacher
Catonsville, MD / 2015 - 2016
Spectrum Design Studios / Muralist
Baltimore, MD / 2015
Walters Art Museum / Docent
Baltimore, MD / 2014 - 2016
Interlochen Center for the Arts / Visual Arts Instructor
Interlochen, MI / Summer 2012, 2013
MICA Store / Sales Associate
Baltimore, MD / 2011-2015
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FELLOWSHIPS
Maryland Institute College Of Art / Office of Community Engagement /
Community Arts Collaborative Fellow
Host Site: Access Art
Baltimore, MD / 2016 - 2017
Young Audiences Arts for Learning Maryland / Teaching Artist Institute 1 Program
Baltimore, MD / 2016 - 2017
Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance / Urban Arts Leadership Program Fellow
Host Site: Young Audiences Arts for Learning Maryland
Baltimore, MD / 2015 - 2016
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INTERNSHIPS
Creative Alliance / Education Intern
Baltimore, MD / 2016
Walters Art Museum / Family Programs Intern
Baltimore, MD / 2014
901 Arts / Art Teacher
Baltimore, MD / 2013