[1] During the pandemic, her work expanded into site-specific public art installations focusing on text and soundscapes that “amplify and illuminate facets of our collective shadowed history.” [2] Alexander is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States, raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

[5] Her photographs have been featured in more than 20 solo shows since 2006,[6] including at the Oklahoma State Capitol,[7] the Red Earth Museum,[8] and the Main Gallery of the International Photography Hall of Fame.

[17] The 100-piece solo exhibit A Dream Waiting to Unfold: Portraits of Oklahoma by M.J. Alexander, was featured in Fall 2023 at the Crystal Bridge Conservatory Art Gallery of the Myriad Botanical Gardens.

[18] In June 2024, the Smithsonian Institution's Hirshhorn Museum featured "Echoes of an Ancient Sun," a new public art work by Alexander and Knight, in the exhibition Sound Scene 2024: Solstice.

The museum described the installation as "an interactive GPS-powered experience featuring on-site field recordings and evocative soundscapes inspired by the history and mysteries of Oklahoma’s Spiro Mounds.

[20] Of her ongoing portrait series of indigenous peoples, a reviewer wrote: "Alexander’s imagery moves beyond stereotypes to reflect not only a difficult and challenging past but today’s American Indian renaissance and hopeful future….

Suzanne Tate, executive director of the Oklahoma Arts Council, calls Alexander "a transcendent visual storyteller...Her distinct style and abilities as an artist make her an invaluable cultural asset."

This month sees the release of an extraordinary new book by the award-winning Oklahoma City photographer and writer, as she continues her exploration of the people who are the heart and soul of her adopted home state.

"[34] Alexander and Knight created the oratorio "Of Perpetual Solace," commissioned in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Murrah Building bombing and presented in a hybrid taped-and-live performance by Canterbury Voices and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic at Civic Center Music Hall.

Her text "wove together her original writings with excerpts from poets including Sara Teasdale, Edgar Allen [sic] Poe and Robert Frost; biblical passages from the Book of Job and Psalm 23; speeches by Martin Luther King, who preached at nearby Calvary Baptist Church; pieces of President Bill Clinton’s eulogy delivered at the bombing site in the hours after the 1995 attack; and the gravestone epitaph of Comanche leader Quanah Parker."