LIZZIE MOO

lizziemoophoto@gmail.com
@lizziemoophoto

Lizzie Moo
lizziemoophoto@gmail.com
lizziemoophoto.com
@lizziemoophoto

EDUCATION
2023- 2025 MFA in Photography, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018- 2023 Graduate from CSULB with BFA, Photography, Minor, Art History, California State
               University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2021-2022 (on academic leave due to COVID-19) Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2018 Associate in Arts for Transfer, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA

PUBLIC ART
2024 Dopamine Machines, Art on THE MART, Chicago, IL
2018 Bounty of the County Murals, Orange County Fair and Event Center, Costa Mesa, CA
Photographer and videographer for large-scale murals and interactive, life-size
     photographic installations featuring local farmers.

EXHIBITIONS
2025 Master Class, Secrist Beach Gallery, Chicago, IL
Commissioned video created in response to exhibition’s curatorial concept
Lick The Product, Hook Space, The Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL
Grad Show One, SAIC 33 E Washington Galleries, Chicago, IL
2024 Dopamine Machines, Art on THE MART, Chicago, IL
Political Theatres, SAIC 280 Project Galleries, Chicago, IL (Solo Exhibition)
2023 Sequencing, SAIC 280 Student Project Galleries, Chicago, IL
Political Theatres/Once More, With Feeling, Dennis Dutzi Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2022 Political Theatres, Yoshida Student Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (Solo Exhibition)
2020 What is Sublime?, https://keckjurycall.wixsite.com/mysite-1, Long Beach, CA
Insights, The Kleefeld Contemporary, Long Beach, CA
With Distance, www.withdistance.com, Long Beach, CA
Political Theatres, Yoshida Student Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (Solo Exhibition)
poLitiCo, Dr. Maxine Merlino Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Voices, Max L. Gatov Gallery East, Long Beach, CA
So Long, and Thank You, Max L. Gatov Gallery West, Long Beach, CA
2019-2020 CSULB President’s House, Long Beach, CA
2019 Dead Man’s Party, Max L. Gatov Gallery East, Long Beach, CA
Ink 23: Global Change, Dennis W. Dutzi Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Insights, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Orange Coast Review, Frank Doyle Arts Pavilion, Costa Mesa, CA
2018 Beach Bums, Yoshida Student Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA (Solo Exhibition)
Mass Appeal, Frank Doyle Arts Pavilion, Costa Mesa, CA
2018 Portfolio Show, Fine Arts Building, Costa Mesa, CA
Color, Light, Form, & Space, Buon Gusto, Huntington Beach, CA (Solo Exhibition)
Silly Putty, Fine Arts Building, Costa Mesa, CA (Solo Exhibition)
SNAP9! Vol. 2, Yoshida Student Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA
Photo Abstraction, Main Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2017 SNAP9! Vol. 1, Warehouse of Contemporary Art, Anaheim, CA
2016 Less Than Slash Three, Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, Anaheim, CA
Photo LA, The REEF, Los Angeles, CA
Orange Coast College Student Show, Art Center, Costa Mesa, CA

PERFORMANCES
2024 What is it to be Political Theatre?, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018 Typer, Orange County Center of Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

LECTURES & TALKS
2025 Presentation and Walk Through of MFA Thesis Exhibition, Public Light and Space,
     School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2024 Different Stages, James Weinstein Fellowship Artist Talk, School of the Art Institute of
      Chicago
The Stage Artist Talk, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Cardine, Sarah, “Orange County Children’s Book Festival returns to Costa Mesa’s
     OCC on Sunday.” Los Angeles Times, September 2022.
2019 “Orange Coast Review.” Orange Coast Review, April 2019, 67
2017 Moo, Lizzie, “SNAP9! Volume 2” SNAP9! Magazine, December 2017
Moo, Lizzie, “SNAP9! Volume 1” SNAP9! Magazine, May 2017
Spivey, Clayton, “Student-Run Magazine Hits Stands.” Coast Report, May 2017.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENC
2024-Present Photo Editor, Thomas Kong Estate, Chicago, IL
Editing and color correction of photographic documentation for an archive of over
     6,000 artworks.
2025 Teaching Assistant, Public Light and Space with Jan Tichy, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2024 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Photographic Image Making with Matt Siber,
      SAIC, Chicago, IL
   Teaching Assistant, Fashion Photography with Mayumi Lake and Donald Yoshida,
     SAIC, Chicago, IL
2023 Teaching Assistant, Lighting Fundamentals with Mayumi Lake, SAIC, Chicago, IL
2016-2019 Photography Equipment and Darkroom Lab Technician, Orange Coast College,
     Costa Mesa, CA
2015- 2019 Cyanotype Booth Creator and Operator, Imaginology Youth Event, Orange County
      Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa, CA
2014- 2018 Visual Arts Gallery Exhibit Maintenance, Orange County Fair & Event Center, Costa
    Mesa, CA

AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Vivian Maier Scholarship, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Merit Scholarship, Ox Bow School of Art and Artists Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2023 Visionary Scholarship, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
2020 Gilman Scholarship, U.S. Department of State
Margaret Bedell Endowed Scholarship, California State University, Long
    Beach, CA
2019 Golden Orange Award, Orange County Fair and Event Center
2018 Rick Malmin Memorial Scholarship, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2017 Support Donation for SNAP9! Magazine, Orange Coast College, CA
2014 Best of Show Award, Huntington Beach Union High School District Art Show,
      Huntington Beach, CA
2014 2D Visual Art Coronet Award, Fountain Valley High School

EXHIBITIONS CURATED
2024 Modeling Light, SAIC 280 Student Project Galleries, Chicago, IL
2023 Illuminated Moments, SAIC 280 Student Project Galleries, Chicago, IL
2020 The Post-Human and Cyborg, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2017 SNAP9! Volume 2, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
2017 SNAP9! Volume 1, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA

TECHNICAL ABILITIES
Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere; photography and darkroom equipment; photographic lighting; gallery installation and lighting; sewing and textile construction; forklift and scissor lift certified (2017-2020).

CLIENT LIST
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Restore Justice Foundation, Chicago, IL
Secrist Beach Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mayumi Lake, Chicago, IL
Orange County Children’s Book Festival, Newport Beach, CA
Orange County Fair & Event Center, Costa Mesa, CA