Bio

My father was a photographer in Chicago. When I was a child I was constantly playing with his camera bag. I started making my own photographic images when I was 14. I graduated from Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois in 1992 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Photography. I then ran my own freelance business doing events and portraits until moving to New York to attend the School of Visual Arts. I graduated from SVA in 1998 with an MFA in Photography. I moved back to the Midwest in 2000 and taught at Columbia College. In 2002 I married and changed my name from Maureen McInerney to Maureen Mleczewski. I have since taught Photography at Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Currently I am teaching Photography at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, Michigan.