Rhonda Wheatley

Rhonda Wheatley is a multidisciplinary artist, intuitive energy worker, and educator whose installations and interactive projects are grounded in the speculative and metaphysical. Her recent projects include solo shows at Columbia College’s Glass Curtain Gallery, Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC), and Aurora Public Art and group shows at the South Side Community Art Center, the Lubeznik Center for the Arts, 6018North, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Buffalo AKG Art Museum (NY), and Art League of Houston. Wheatley has also performed as part of the MCA’s In Progress series, at Gallery 400 (UIC), HPAC, The Terrain Biennial, and the Eclipsing Festival.

As part of her practice, Wheatley facilitates workshops centered in healing and personal transformation. She’s partnered with organizations and academic institutions throughout Chicagoland and across the United States, including Creative Capital, NYC Crit Club, Ox-Bow School of Art, The University of Chicago, Threewalls, Indiana University, Chicago Artists Coalition (CAC), 6018North, and more. Additionally, Wheatley served as ‘Healer in Residence’ for the pilot “Healing Centered Practices” program, which served The Terra Foundation’s Art Design Chicago partner organizations, 2024-2025.

For 11 years Wheatley has taught art to students of all ages at HPAC. She also taught contemporary art at Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis for several years. She was a recent Jackman Goldwasser Radicle Resident at HPAC, a Loghaven Fellow, and a recipient of CAC’s inaugural Coney Family Award and the 3Arts ‘Make a Wave’ Grant. She received her MA from DePaul University and BA from Loyola University.

Visit her site at www.rhondawheatley.com