Wharton, an Oak Park, Illinois resident, is a 1975 graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She’s been represented by Chicago’s Jean Albano Gallery since the 1990s and through the years has had showings of her work at various galleries around the country.
Her innovative pieces have been seen in shows at the Evanston Art Gallery, Rockford College Art Gallery, Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, S.C., Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, Calif. and other venues.