Dana Mueller was born and raised in Thuringia, East Germany until the fall of the Berlin Wall. She received her MFA in Photography from the Massachusetts College of Art + Design. Awards include Joyce Elaine Grant Award, St. Botolph Foundation Grant, first place Visual Art Exchange Award, second place in the Hotshot International Next Perspective Award, and Faculty Development Grants, Art Institute of Boston. Her work has been extensively exhibited, including the Le Lieu Unique/ National Center for Contemporary Arts, Nantes, France, the Pavillon de Bagatelle, Paris, France, Rick Wester Fine Art (NY), RISD Museum of Art (RI), the Photographic Resource Center (MA), Gallery 360, Northeastern University (MA), Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art + Design (MA), Art Institute of Boston Gallery (MA), St. Botolph Club (MA), Danforth Art Museum (MA), Black Cloud Gallery (IL) and Visual Art Exchange (NC). Recent publications include TIME LightBox, Flak Photo, Prison Photography, One One Thousand - Publication of Southern Photography, Purpose (France), Artscope, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Photo Review. Mueller currently teaches at the Massachusetts College of Art + Design, Lesley University College of Art + Design and Northeastern University.