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I'm a Chicago-based visual artist, art therapist, and licensed professional counselor and self-proclaimed BLERD.

My clinical work and art practice often explore the intersections of art and mental health, primarily in BIPOC communities. Utilizing art to shift narratives around healing, mental health, and creating spaces where exploration and re-imagination are valued. 

Creativity and design are a passion of mine, specifically illustration and abstraction. Art helps me create space for storytelling, connection, and building community.

I'm a self proclaimed BLERD! FFXII is one of my favorite games of all times and I prefer Star Trek (Next Generation and Deep Space Nine) over Star Wars.

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“Collaboration gives the freedom to come out form the narrow scopes of life to the field of endless possibilities.” ― Amit Ray,

Testimonials

Naimah completely brought to life the nature of the song and exceeded my expectations! I received so many compliments on her art!! I definitely would love to work with her again!
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- Singer and Songwriter

Naimah was helpful in picking a color palate, was overall very responsive, timely, and very professional. Naimah also offered her time to meet our team and introduced herself and answered some questions over a video call which was very informative and made the project feel more like a collaboration than a transaction. She was very articulate and very open about her experiences and her vision for art therapy and art making.

- Art Director, La Colombe
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Naimah, provided us with beautiful, engaging artwork for our fundraising campaign and many templates for us to give our community updates. She went above and beyond the bare minimum and clearly cares a lot about supporting social justice work with her art.

- Hyp-Access
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Recent Blog Posts

America ... – Reimagined by Naimah Thomas and inspired by Nina Simone

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