Sarah Eckstine

Education

Present

Illinois State University, MFA candidate

2016-2020

Maryland Institute College of Art, BFA Photography, Magna Cum Laude

Experience

2021 - Present

Illinois State University, Graduate Assistant & Photography Instructor

2018 - 2021

Myerly & Lowe Photography, Photographer & Retoucher

2014 - Present 

CaliberTV, Staff Photographer

Exhibitions 

2023

From the Inside

Solo Exhibition, Rachel Cooper Gallery, Normal, Illinois

Back On the Shelf

Group Exhibition, Filter Space, Chicago, Illinois

returning to / trở về

Two Person Exhibition, Central Illinois Regional Airport, Bloomington, Illinois

96th Annual McLean County Art Exhibition (1st Place University Photography Division)

McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois

University Galleries Student Annual

Group Exhibition, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois

The 2023 Love Exhibition

Online Exhibition, Lenscratch

tl;dr

Online Exhibition, MidwestNice Art

Body Revealed

Online Exhibition, Art Square Gallery New York

Survivor Love Letter

Group Exhibition, The Coffeehouse, Normal, Illinois

2022

Cumberland Valley Photographer's Exhibition

Group Exhibition, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland 

University Galleries Student Annual

Group Exhibition, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois

Survivor Love Letter

Group Exhibition, Normal Public Library, Normal, Illinois

131

Group Exhibition, Rachel Cooper Gallery, Normal, Illinois

Light of Day: Rejects Reconsidered

Online Exhibition, Lodger Gallery

2021

Homecoming 2021 

Group Exhibition, JKC Gallery, Trenton, New Jersey

Cumberland Valley Photographer's Exhibition (2nd Place Juror's Award)

Group Exhibition, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland 

Photography

Online Exhibition, The In Art Gallery

Incoming MFA Exhibition

Group Exhibition, Transpace, Illinois State University

2020

Crosses Across America

Solo Exhibition, The Maryland Institute College of Art

12th Annual Ten x Ten

Group Exhibition, Midwest Center For Photography, Wichita, Kansas

Moments of Color

Online Exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece

The 2020 Commencement Show

Online Exhibition, The Maryland Institute College of Art

2020 Senior Exhibition

Online Exhibition, Detroit Center For Contemporary Photography 

Inside Voices

Online Exhibition, Darkside Collective 

Meshes

Group Exhibition, Flip Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

2019

Earth Elements

Group Exhibition, Midwest Center For Photography, Wichita, Kansas

Landscapes

Group exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece

Pingyao Festival

Group exhibition, Pingyao, China

Chania International Photo Festival

Group Exhibition, Center of Mediterranean Architecture, Chania, Greece

Junior Seminar Show

Group exhibition, Main 0 Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

Who Are You?

Group Exhibition, Wilgus Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

2018

Black & White

Group exhibition, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece

Urban Landscapes, Suburban Scenes, Rural Impressions 

Group exhibition, NYC4PA, Manhattan, New York

Chania International Photo Festival

Group Exhibition, Center of Mediterranean Architecture, Chania, Greece

Juried Undergraduate Exhibition 

Group Exhibition, Pinkard Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

Landscape and Architecture

Online exhibition, Black Box Gallery

2017 

Juried Undergraduate Exhibition (Honorable Mention)

Group exhibition, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

Knock Me Down

Two person exhibition, Wilgus Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

Home

Group exhibition, Wilgus Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

2016

Photography: The Form

Group Exhibition, Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

2015 

MAEA Visual Art Student Showcase

The Walters Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Publications

2023

Curious Magazine, Empathy + Sexuality

Bullshit Lit: Horns, Issue 3

Luphyr Magazine, Issue 04: Confessions

2022

Shots Magazine Issue No. 156, Self Portraits

Beyond The Veil Press, Tea With My Monster

Bullshit Lit: Horns, Issue 1

Opt West, Issue 1

Letters to Lovers Zine, Issue 01

White Noise Zine, Issue 01

Euphemism Creative Arts Journal 17.2

2021

Outside Everything, self-published artist book with collaborator Nathan Howard

Able Zine Issue 2, The Nightstand Collective

Dream Glow Magazine, Volume 2 Issue 1

Half Empty Magazine, Issue 01

Outlander Zine, Issue 4: Odyssey

Contrarium Mag, Issue II: Rage // Serenity 

The Luna Collective, Winter Zine

Fifth Wheel Press, Hazey

Aeonian Magazine, Issue No. 4

2020

I Was Waiting For The Anger To Change, self-published artist book

Cumulus Photo x Fifth Wheel Press, Moon Soaked 

FotoFika 2020 All Stars

2019

Soft Lightning Studio, Volume #1

Darkside Collective Member Zine

2018

Pastiche Magazine, Issue 2

Toning it Down, Collaborative Zine

2015

Photographer’s Forum, Best of College and High School

Honors and Awards

2023

Illinois State University GradBird Scholar

Rhonda Nicol Memorial Book Award

2022

Robert W. Small Award

ISU Image of Research Finalist

2019

A. Claire Gaskins Harper '41 Scholarship

Jim Burger '82 Senior Thesis Project Award

2018

Walter G. ‘38 and Betty ‘39 Wilkinson Memorial Scholarship

2016 

MICA Academic Excellence Scholarship 

MICA Recognition Award

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: Silver Key