Rhonda Peyton

Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Rhonda Peyton was raised in Florida. She is a printmaker, paper, and book artist who studied with Kenneth A. Kerslake at the University of Florida and received her MFA in printmaking in 2002. Her influences include the etchings of Rembrandt, Georges Seurat, Marion Adnams, Dorothea Tanning, visiting artist to the University of Florida Peter Milton, and Eastern European artists in the Harn Museum of Art collection Albin Brunovsky and Vladimir Gazovic.

After graduating, she assisted Prof. Kerslake at Penland’s School of Crafts, taught printmaking as an adjunct at the University of Florida, and was selected for a tenure track position in graphic design at Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida.  She received tenure in 2007 and after teaching at Santa Fe for ten years, Rhonda retired early to focus on studio work in 2014.

Rhonda’s work has been exhibited in a variety of print and book arts exhibitions including Columbia College’s Paper in Particular juried exhibition in Missouri, the Center for Book & Paper Arts in Chicago, and Brooklyn's Waterfront Artists Coalition in New York.

MFA in Printmaking, University of Florida, 2002.
BFA in Printmaking, University of Florida, 1984.

2017   Wide Open 8 National Juried Art Show, May 13 – June 18, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, New York.

2016 Olde Towne Arts Center Summer Exhibition, June 17 - July 22, Slidell Cultural Center at City Hall, Slidell, Louisiana.

​2010   31st Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, February 2nd - March 4th, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri.

​2009   Light, Form, & Fire: the Graphic Design Faculty Exhibition, September 11th - November 5th , Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe College, Gainesville, Florida.

2007   Roller Coasters, Diners, and Wind-Up Toys: The Process Color Collaborative Print Exhibition from Santa Fe College’s Graphic Design Department, Thomas Center Gallery, Gainesville, Florida.

2007   Roller Coasters, Diners, and Wind-Up Toys: The Process Color Collaborative Print Exhibition from Santa Fe College’s Graphic Design Department, October 13th - 27th, Hector’s Gallery, Gainesville, Florida.

2005   The 4th International Book & Paper Arts Triennial, July 15th - August 27th, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois.

2005   The Light Within: a collaborative exhibition by Natasha Lovelace and Rhonda Peyton, The Art Place, Mountain View Gallery, Marietta, Ge...