ARTIST BIO
Chrissy Wallace (b. 1995 Morristown, NJ) received her Bachelor of Arts from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, class of 2018. There, she studied Studio Art with triple minors in Photography, Art History, and Film & Media Studies. She is currently a Location Coordinator for Jardin de Buis, in Pottersville, NJ. Her work experience includes Crozier Fine Arts, Esto Photography, and AJF Design. Her work has been featured in The Center for Contemporary Arts Juried International Show, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Bedminster, NJ, 2022 and Taking Pictures, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR, 2020, along with several student shows at the Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ, 2014-2018. Focusing in photography and collage, her work explores her relationships with family, body dysmorphia, and the complicated process of navigating grief.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
My most recent collection, I’ll Be Seeing You (2025-2026), was inspired by Billie Holiday’s I’ll Be Seeing You (1944). The song is a gut wrenching portrait of losing or being separated from a loved one and still seeing and remembering them in everything you do.
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
My Dad loved the moon, he was always excited to see and talk about it. It didn’t matter how many times he had seen it, each time was like seeing it for the first time. He was good at taking in the small moments that make life beautiful and magical. My dad died in 2019 unexpectedly, and now when I look at the moon I just think about him. The bitter sweet beauty of the moon mixed with the deep pain I feel every day just from missing my Dad.
This project was an exercise in taking time to acknowledge the grief I feel everyday, and to appreciate the beauty in the quiet moments of life. In this project I have been extremely drawn to the high contrast of light and shadows, the duality that can’t exist without each other. Even in the best moments in my life, I will always have a twinge of sadness. There are so many things I want to share with my dad that I can’t, but this project has served as a way to connect with him. When I see something that makes me think of him I try to capture it. And in those moments, I am seeing him.