Carolina Wheat-Nielsen
Carolina Wheat (b.1974, Detroit, MI) received her BFA in textiles from University of Michigan Stamps School and MFAW from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has written extensively about art, politics and culture, and has curated numerous socially conscientious large-scale exhibitions and events in Detroit, Berlin, London, Chicago, and New York.
Wheat is co-founder and director of Elijah Wheat Showroom (est. 2015) and is one of the founding members of the Nasty Women Exhibition movement. Her curatorial work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Artforum, The New Yorker, Vulture, Hyperallergic, Fast Company, MAAKE Mag, The Brooklyn Rail, Financial Times, The Guardian, and China Daily, among others.
Wheat has assisted The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, liaising with institutions on reproduction of Garbage Wall, 1970. As Senior Director of Graduate and Global Strategic Enrollment Management at the Newschool, and earlier, Recruitment and Admissions at Parsons (NYC and Paris), SAIC, University of Michigan, Oregon College of Arts and Craft, Cornish, etc., Wheat specialized on application development/review for colleges of Art & Design, and trained faculty/students on standards for admission, portfolio development, art-writing and professional practice. She has served on committees for review of submissions for grants like TwoTrees & Gener8tor and has been invited as a curator for studio visits to NY selective residencies such as EFA & NARS.
As radio producer and activist for Low-Power FM since 1997, Wheat collaborated with WCBN, FreeRadioSAIC, Chicago Independent Radio Project (CHIRP), and from 2018-2022, the online platform Artfare where she broadcast weekly artist interviews during COVID lockdown, adding up to 80+ conversations with notable creatives.
Book a session
Connect 1-on-1 with our Happy Hour guest Carolina Wheat and receive advising on a specific goal or topic.
Carolina is well suited to discuss these topics:
Portfolio Review or Studio Visit
Exhibition Proposals
Residency Applications
Exhibition Planning / Curating
Goal Setting
Career Development / Strategy
Copy / Text Editing
Artist Bios + Artist Statement
CV
Consignment Agreements and Contracts
Inventory Management
Grad School Applications
Art Fair Applications
Licensing Agreements
Managing Studio Assistants/Employees
NOTE: You may book a 1 hour session by booking back to back sessions.
Pricing
PARADICE PALASE Essentials Members: $50 for 30 min or $100 for 1 hr
PARADICE PALASE Starter Members: $65 for 30 min or $130 for 1 hr
Non-Members: $75 for 30 min or $150 for 1 hr