Monika Neuland Thomas (Czech-American b. 1971) is an interdisciplinary poet, fiber and visual artist, and creative facilitator engaged in social practice.

Neuland Thomas demonstrates how language, material, and belief intersect and entwine through texture, woven structure, and visual forms. Her works ground contemporary life in traditional rhythms through adaptations of devotional art practices such as hand weaving, calligraphy, and traditional poetry and songs.

Born into the polyphonic reality of a Czech-German immigrant family and the culturally and linguistically diverse Mexican, African American, Puerto Rican, and Polish community of the Humboldt Park neighborhood of her childhood in Chicago, Neuland Thomas was positioned within a sonic web: her first language, Czech, the German of her step-father, English in its standard and inflected forms, as well as Spanish and Polish. Natural diversity and linguistic polyphony were to become her creative practice's principle meditative and material elements. 

Neuland Thomas combines prolific studio work with consistent teaching practice. Programming she facilitates centers on seasonal rhythms, personal expression, peer mentorship, and opportunities for community integration and earned income. Through collective making and restorative community action, Neuland Thomas prioritizes creation and participation over consumption. She has worked with urban and rural populations on three continents, including children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia, people experiencing the challenges of being refugees, and people experiencing bedrock poverty and homelessness. She has developed art studios for eleven social service centers in Chicago for individuals with perceived disabilities.