Abbie Reese is an independent scholar and an interdisciplinary artist. In her relationship- and research-based practice, she utilizes oral history and ethnographic methodologies to explore individual and cultural identity, public and private performances, and the liminal state as one transitions social roles. Abbie received a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from the University of Chicago and she was a Fellow at the Columbia University Oral History Research Office Summer Institute. She has traveled approximately 40 countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa.