EDUCATION
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
Masters of Fine Art, Photography
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bachelors of Fine Art, Photography
American University of Rome, Rome, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
In the Presence of a Moment, UnSmoke Systems Art Space, Braddock, PA, 2018
This Is Me Crying, Tapps Arts Center, Columbia, SC, 2017
I'm Trying To Tell You, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA, 2017
Gestures of Persistence, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2017
Gestures of Persistence, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2015
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Doomsday, Night, Goodyear Arts Gallery, Charlotte, NC, forthcoming 2022
Something Blue, 701 Whaley, Columbia, SC, 2022
London Contemporary Art Fair, THE LINE Contemporary Art Space, London, England, 2022
SC State UniversityFaculty & Alumni Showcase, Stanley Arts Center, Hampton, SC, 2022
The Body Language, ITSLIQUID Art Space - Venice Grand Canal, Venice, Italy, 2022
The Body Language, THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, Venice, Italy, 2022
Surrealism: The Unusual & The Subversive, 918 Studios, Columbia, SC, 2021
Faculty Exhibition, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2021
Undisclosed Resource, https://www.efremzm.com/ice-box, Virtual Exhibition, 2021
Artfields, Lake City, SC, 2021
A Light of Hope for Columbia, Tapps Outpost Artspace, Columbia, SC 2020
ArtFields, Lake City, SC, 2020
GirlsBlock Music & Arts Festival, Columbia, SC, 2020
30.30+ PhotoSC’s Benefit Photo Pop Up, 701 Whaley, Columbia, SC, 2020
Campus and Community, Orangeburg Art Center, Orangeburg, SC, 2020
The Artist As Muse, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2019
ArtFields Extended, Stormwater Studios, Columbia, SC, 2019
ArtFields, Lake City, SC, 2019
Faculty Exhibition, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2019
EPIPHANIES: Art, Image & Idea, IP Stanback Museum, Orangeburg, SC, 2018
Figure Out, Tapps Arts Center, Columbia, SC, 2018
Complementary, Greensburg Art Center, Greensburg, PA, 2018
Artfields, Lake City, SC, 2018
Resistence, Reform and Reasoning: The Orangeburg Massacre and Its Aftermath, 50 Years Later, IP Stanback Museum, Orangeburg, SC, 2018
Art, Identity & Reasoning, IP Stanback Museum, Orangeburg, SC, 2017
Look Here, Welmont Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2016
American Vices, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2016
Persona, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2016
Silver and Ink, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2015
DeFine Art, Alexander Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2014
Immediate Surroundings, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2014
BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition, Rocking Horse Artspace, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
Windows and Mirrors, Lawrence Hall Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 2013
EXHIBITIONS CURATED
Something Blue, 701 Whaley, Columbia, SC, 2022
Surrealism: The Unusual & The Subversive, 918 Studios, Columbia, SC, 2021
So Romantic, by Lauren Chapman, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2020
Champion of Repression, by Tom Wixo, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2020
Nobody’s Someone, by Brandi Marie Little, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2019
Black Sequins, co-curated with/by LaQuinda Grimes, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2019
The Next Best Thing, by Martin Lang, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2019
Layered Earth, by Nathan Goddard, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2019
Being Black: Exposed, A Senior Exhibition by TiAnna Dawson, William Ellis, Jada Jackson and Patrick Jones, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2019
V.A.P. Faculty Exhibition, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC 2019
r/nosleep, by Finn Schult, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC 2019
Garden of Life, A Senior Exhibition by Alexis Z. Stokes, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2019
build, by Heather MacRae, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2018
La Petite Mort, by Sarah Horan, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2018
Coming Soon, in Collaboration with Claflin University’s Museum and Exhibition’s Class, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2018
An Identity Enslaved: Past and Present, A Senior Exhibition by Howard Allen, Jaquez Hill, Shavon Jackson and Zaire McPhearson, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2018
Cotton Culture, by Winston Kennedy, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2018
Paint'n 4 Love, by Patro Ulmer, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2018
Are We All Here?, by Alexander Thierry, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2018
The Ugly Truth, by Demetrius Simillien, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2018
In Her Image, A Senior Exhibition by Shanavia McFadden, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2017
Belonging, by Susan Smith, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2017
Interwoven, by Mahera Khaleque, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2017
Midlands 3P, A Group Exhibition by Brenda Faison, Raishad Glover and Habibur Rahman, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2017
Memento, by Ashley Jones, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2017
Handle With Care?, A Senior Exhibition by Denisha Bond, Antwone Dixson, Shakeethia Mobley and Santez Tucker, FAB Gallery, Orangeburg, SC, 2017
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Art — South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Photography II: Digital Methods (ARTS 321), Spring 2022
Photography I: Introduction to Photography (ARTS 221), Spring 2022
Digital Imaging (ARTS 235), Spring 2022
Photography I: Introduction to Photography (ARTS 221), Fall 2021
Digital Imaging (ARTS 235), Fall 2021
Art Exhibition Techniques (ARTH 315), Fall 2021
Art Appreciation (online) (ART 250), Fall 2021
Digital Imaging (ARTS 235), Spring 2021
Art Exhibition Techniques (ARTH 315), Spring 2021
Art Appreciation (online) (ART 250), Spring 2021
Photography III: Advanced Methods (ARTS 331), Fall 2020
Photography II: Digital Methods (ARTS 321), Fall 2020
Digital Imaging (ARTS 235), Fall 2020
Motion Graphics & 2-D Animation (ARTS 335), Fall 2020
Art Appreciation (online) (ART 250), Summer 2020
Art Exhibition Techniques (ARTH 315), Spring 2020
Digital Video (ARTS 423), Spring 2020
Art Exhibition Techniques (ARTH 315), Fall 2019
Motion Graphics & 2-D Animation (ARTS 335), Fall 2019
Art Appreciation (online) (ART 250), Summer 2019
Art Exhibition Techniques (ARTH 315), Spring 2019
Digital Video (ARTS 423), Spring 2019
Art Exhibition Techniques (ARTH 315), Fall 2018
Motion Graphics & 2-D Animation (ARTS 335), Fall 2018
Art Appreciation (online) (ART 250), Summer 2018
Digital Video (ARTS 423), Spring 2018
Art Exhibition Techniques (ARTH 315), Spring 2018
Independent Study in Art (ARTS 440), Fall 2017
Motion Graphics & 2-D Animation (ARTS 335), Fall 2017
Art Exhibition Techniques (ARTH 315), Fall 2017
Instructor of Record - South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Photography II (ARTS 321), Fall 2019
Adjunct Faculty — South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
Art Appreciation (online) (ART 250), Summer 2017
Digital Video (ARTS 423), Spring 2017
Adjunct Faculty — Denmark Technical College, Denmark, SC
Art History & Appreciation (online) (ART 101), Summer Session 2, 2020
Art History & Appreciation (online) (ART 101), Summer Session 1, 2020
Art History & Appreciation (online) (ART 101), Spring 2020
Art History & Appreciation (online) (ART 101), Fall 2019
Art History & Appreciation (online) (ART 101), Summer 2019
Art History & Appreciation (online) (ART 101), Spring 2019
Art History & Appreciation (online) (ART 101), Fall 2018
Teaching Assistant — Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Digital Video Media Technique (PHOT 419), Spring 2015
The History of Photography II (PHOT 240), Fall 2014
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Member of Advisory Board - PhotoSC
Columbia, SC 29204 - December 2020 - Present
Gallery Curator/Manager - FAB Gallery
South Carolina State University, SC 29115 - January 2017 - August 2020
Studio Technician - Visual Art Program/Fine Arts Building
South Carolina State University, SC 29115 - January 2017 - August 2020
Curriculum Development and Course Writing
South Carolina State Univeristy, Orangeburg, SC 29115, 2019 - Present
Member of Interviewing Committee
Visual Arts - Full Time Faculty; Communications - Full Time Faculty; Drama - Full Time Faculty
South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29115, 2017
Member of NASAD Re-Accreditation Committee
South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29115, 2017
Artist Assistant - Long Road Projects Artist Residency Program
Jacksonville, FL 32205, founded by Aaron Levi and Stevie Covart Garvey, February 2016 - January 2017
Gallery Assistant - Randall Scott Projects
Baltimore, MD 21201, as part of Miami Project during Art Basel Miami, 2015
Museum Docent - Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art
Savannah, GA 31401, 2014-15
Curatorial Internship - The Vasa Project
Online media studies workshop, 2012
Commercial Studio Internship - Walsh Photography
Pittsburgh, PA 15222, 2012
VISITING ARTIST EXPERIENCE
Artist Lecture/Presentation
Lunchtime Crunchtime, ArtFields, Lake City, SC 29560, 2019
In The Presence of a Moment, UnSmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, PA 15104, 2018
Museum After Hours, IP Stanback Museum, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29115, 2017
I’m Trying to Tell You, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA 31401, 2017
Photography II Class - South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29115, 2017
Digital Media I Class - South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29115, 2017
Contemporary Art Class - Anderson University, Anderson, SC 29621, 2017
Gestures of Persistence - South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29115, 2017
Photography I Class - Limestone College, Gaffney, SC 29340, 2016
Art Appreciation Class - Limestone College, Gaffney, SC 29340, 2016
Graduate Critique Class - Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA 31401, 2015
Individual Student Portfolio Reviews
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA 31401, 2019
Limestone College, Gaffney, SC 29340, 2016
PRESENTATIONS
Video Documentaries
SC State Freshman Orientation Videos, Commissioned by the Office of Student Retention, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29115, 2017
Presidential Installation Ceremony 'Preserving our Heritage: Embracing Our Future', Commissioned by the Office of the President, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29115, 2017
12th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, presented by L. Rech, in accompaniment with paper, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana Champaign, IL 61801, 2017
1st GTP Symposium on Early Childhood, presented by L. Rech, in accompaniment with paper, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, 2017
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Luca Curci, “Interview: Maggie Mullin O’Hara”, ITSLIQUID | Interviews, March 14, 2022. https://www.itsliquid.com/interview-maggiemullinohara.html
Hallie Hayes, '“Art Exhibit Showcases Columbia, Other Photographers’ Surreal Works,” Post and Courier: Free Times, October 29, 2021. https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/art-exhibit-showcases-columbia-other-photographers-surreal-works/article_4c39aca8-38ea-11ec-b2fc-672ee78512f9.html
Todd Schroeder, "Maggie Mullin O'Hara - I'm Trying To Tell You," ArtPulse Magazine, January 31, 2018. http://artpulsemagazine.com/maggie-mullin-o'hara-i'm-truing-to-tell-you
Emilie Kefalas, "Jepson Center Presents SCAD Alumna's Multimedia Work," SCAD District, August 9, 2017. http://scaddistrict.com/2017/08/09/jepson-center-presents-scad-alumnas-multimedia-work/
Kim Wade, "SCAD Alumna Combines Multiple Mediums to Test New Artistic Concept," Do Savannah, July 26, 2017. https://www.dosavannah.com/article/wed-07262017-1553/scad-alumna-combines-multiple-mediums-test-new-artistic-concept
Rachael Flora, "5 Questions With: Maggie Mullin O'Hara," Connect Savannah, July 26, 2017. https://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/5-questions-with-maggie-mullin-ohara/Content?oid=5227864
Michelle Guash, "Top 10 Art Shows of 2015," Savannah Art Informer, December 27, 2015. http://savannahartinformer.org/reviews/top-10-art-shows-of-2015/
Kayla Goggin, "Review: Maggie O'Hara's "Gestures of Persistence"," Savannah Art Informer, October 11, 2015. http://savannahartinformer.org/sai-what/review-maggie-oharas-gestures-of-persistence/
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarly Publications Award, 2020
South Carolina State University
Creative Practices Award, 2020
South Carolina State University
Innovative Student Mentoring, Engagement & Support Award, 2020
South Carolina State University
Student Incentive Scholarship, 2014-15
Savannah College of Art and Design
Honors Grad Scholarship, 2014-15
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of Communications Academic Scholarship, 2009-13
Point Park University
School of Communications Departmental Scholarship, 2009-13
Point Park University
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
College Art Association (CAA), New York, NY
Society for Photographic Education (SPE), Cleveland, OH