Performances

 

Check the events section for upcoming performances.

 
Rhonda at Terrain Biennial

Rhonda at Terrain Biennial

I feel like I don’t know much of anything anymore

Terrain Biennial Block Party, Oak Park, IL
October 1, 2017

 
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Excavating Myself & Eavesdropping on Your Future

University of Illinois at Chicago, Gallery 400
Closing Performance for Black Light and Make Room Exhibitions

August 5, 2017

 

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Images from journal reading and Q&A portion of performance.

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Rhonda giving public tarot card readings to volunteers from the audience.

photo credit: images from Gallery 400 Performance by Kiam Marcelo Junio.

 
Vintage cookbook onto which memory device projected contents of Rhonda's reading.

Vintage cookbook onto which memory device projected contents of Rhonda's reading.

Déjà Vu through the memory device

Chicago Home Theater Festival
At the Home of Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, Produced by Kamilah Rashied
May 18, 2017


 

 
Rhonda reading from her work, "Guided Meditation" at Tusk Gallery.

Rhonda reading from her work, "Guided Meditation" at Tusk Gallery.

Written text, "Guided Meditation" in performance space at Tusk Gallery.

Written text, "Guided Meditation" in performance space at Tusk Gallery.

Guided Meditation
A collaboration with Matt Morris

As part of Dinner Party, a five-course seated exhibition featuring scents, hosted by Mary Eleanor Wallace and Kate Sierzputowski
Tusk Gallery
April 8, 2017
about performance

photo credit: Images from dinner party by Kate Sierzputowski

 
A page from Rhonda's high school journal.

A page from Rhonda's high school journal.

Excavating myself & Eavesdropping on your future

Hyde Park Art Center
Programming for Rhonda's solo exhibition, "A Modern Day Shaman's Hybrid Devices, Power Objects, & Cure Books"

April 24, 2017

Rhonda first performed Excavating Myself & Eavesdropping On Your Future at Hyde Park Art Center. See description of Gallery 400 performance above for more details.

 
Rhonda giving a tarot card reading to a guest at Chicago Art Department's Crystal Ball annual fundraiser.

Rhonda giving a tarot card reading to a guest at Chicago Art Department's Crystal Ball annual fundraiser.

Tarot Card Readings

Crystal Ball
Annual fundraiser for arts organization, Chicago Art Department.
April 9, 2017

THAWALLS
An exhibition of installation artists and performing artists co-produced by Threewalls and Links Hall at Navy Pier.
March 9, 2017

The Franklin
Opening reception for y r u leaving where r u going, a group exhibition featuring Rhonda's energy grid installation
February 4, 2017

 
An entry from one of Rhonda's journals.

An entry from one of Rhonda's journals.

Journal Reading

Governors State University, University Park, IL
Programming for Somewhere There's Music, a three-person exhibition centered around the work of Richard Hunt which also featured Rhonda's paintings.
September 9, 2015

After her artist talk about synchronicities throughout her art career, Rhonda read a selection of her personal journal entries about dreams and mystical experiences to an audience of Governors State art students and faculty.

 
Rhonda's handmade Bubble Wands used during Dream Bubbles project.

Rhonda's handmade Bubble Wands used during Dream Bubbles project.

Dream Bubbles

An Interactive Project
6018|North, Chicago, IL

One Long Table
July 26, 2015

Rhonda was invited to create an interactive project that would engage youth during 6018 North's annual One Long Table event. 

One Long Table connects neighbors through art, games, magic, spoken word, and international food.

 
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