Angela Shaffer

Angela Shaffer photo
Assistant Teaching Professor
307 Swallow Hall
Education

B.S. Art Education, Asbury University, 2006

M.F.A. Visual Studies, University of Missouri, 2022

 

Bio

Angela Shaffer is a photographer working to bring visibility to hidden aspects of mothering. In doing so she explores the psychology, vulnerability, and banality of motherhood. Her work has been featured in exhibitions with Serchia Gallery (Bristol, UK), Ortega Y Gasset Projects (NY), Woman Made Gallery (IL), The Artist/ Mother Podcast (TN), The University of Iowa (IA), and the Sheldon Galleries (MO). Angela was a Finalist for the Palm Photo Prize 2022 and she was a 2021 Critical Mass Finalist with PhotoLucida.
 

Angela (b. 1983, Pennsylvania) received her B.S. in Art Education from Asbury University and was a High School Art Teacher for five years in Garrard County, KY. She currently lives in Columbia, MO where she is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the University of Missouri’s School of Visual Studies. 

Portfolio Images

Containment, from Holding on for dear life series, Archival Inkjet Print, 2021.

Wrinkled, from Holding on for dear life series, Archival Inject Print, 2021.