Reese Wallace is an oil painter currently living in Oakland, California. His work combines classical oil painting practices with non traditional canvas materials. His work explores ideas surrounding heritage, identity and the performance of masculinity. Subjects are appropriated from his childhood growing up in religiously conservative Utah and images of western Americana. In addition his recent works attempt to explore a unique moment in American history, where our lifestyle and geography is proved unsustainable by events like the pandemic and climate change.

Reese was born in Lemoore California but his family moved to Salt Lake City to be closer to a cattle ranch his grandparents owned in rural east Utah. the ranch was eventually lost due to a bitter family feud over money, but not before leaving a lasting visual impression on . Reese Began his art education in 2008 under the guidance of friend and mentor Terry Huff, who helped cultivate his technical skills in oil painting and introduced him to key members of Salt Lake City's budding art community. Between 2011 and 2016. He would eventually leave Salt Lake to attend California College of the Arts in Oakland to attain his BFA and strengthen the conceptual interdisciplinary aspects of his work. Reese is a current and participating member of Oaklands and San Francisco’s artist communities.