Her work has been exhibited at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, California, the Rayko Photo Center in San Francisco, the Phoenix Art Museum, The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, CO, the 7th International Photo Triennial Esslingen, the New York Center for Photographic Art, and the Berkeley Art Center, among others. Marie-Luise is a finalist of the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, an ArtSlant Showcase Winner and the Emerging Artist Fellow at Gallery Route One. Additionally, she was a Canon Profifoto Förderpreis Finalist in 2013. Marie-Luise holds a degree in photo and communication design from the Lazi Akademie Esslingen, European School of Film &amp; Design, in Germany, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute. Marie-Luise lives and works in Oakland, California.