Maria Macko (b. 1990, Cracow, Poland) is a visual artist and photographer. Currently pursuing her MFA in Studio Art at Northern Illinois University, she holds a BA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago. She has exhibited her work in group exhibitions, including Woman Made Gallery,( Chicago, IL), Chicago Fine Art Salon ( Chicago, IL),  For Women, By Women at Hokin Gallery (Chicago, IL), Fine Line Arts Center (St. Charles, IL), Water Street Studio (Batavia, IL), or DeKalb Art Scene ( DeKalb, IL). Her photography has also appeared in Horizons Magazine and on the cover of D. Czakon’s book Lost in Interpretation: Hans-Georg Gadamer’s View on Contemporary Culture and Art, published by Jagiellonian University in Poland. She has worked as a photographer’s assistant for Jonathan Castillo, contributing to set design, lighting, and model direction. Based in Genoa, Illinois, Macko continues to create and exhibit work that reflects her evolving identity as a woman artist, immigrant and mother.