Artist CV
Naimah Thomas | www.naimahthomasart.com | info@naimahthomasart.com
EDUCATION
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Master of art therapy
Columbia College Chicago, Bachelor of Art and Design
CONTINUING EDUCATION
2020 | Sunshine Enterprises – Community Business Arts and Makers, Cohort 52
2019 | Hyde Park Art Center – Printmaking
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 | Wounded Healer Closing Exhibition, Experimental Station, Chicago, Illinois
2019 | Black Music Therapist Network 2019 Conference Featured Artist | Dallas, TX
2018 | For The People Artist Collective 3rd Annual Holiday Pop-Up Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2018 | Black Music Therapist Network 2018 Conference Featured Artist | Dallas, TX
2017 | For The People Artist Collective 1st Annual Holiday Pop-Up Gallery, Experimental Station, Chicago
2017 | Hope Café Holiday Pop-Up Gallery, Hope Café, Chicago, Illinois
2017 | Plus Gallery Community Art Exhibition, Plus Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2016 | The Black Experience SAIC Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, Illinois
2016| Dialogues, re-Visioned,Cobalt Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 | Celebrate: Black Hair, North Liberty Library, North Liberty Iowa
2019 | Self Care = Resistance (Healing Sights & Sounds), Experiential Station, Chicago, Illinois
2019 | Wounded Healer Opening Reception, Build Coffee, Chicago, Illinois
RESIDENCIES
2021| Ways to Tell : DCASE Artist Residency: ConTextos and DCASE, Chicago, Illinois
2021| Envisioning Justice Commissioned Artist: Illinois Humanities, Chicago, Illinois
2020 | Into A Black Beyond - ConTextos Chicago - Creative Writing Residency, Chicago, Illinois
2019 | Artist-in-Residence - Build Coffee Meal-Based Residency Program (Summer 2019)
Publications
2022 | No More Police. : A Case for Abolition written by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie
2021 | Circle of Roses : Honoring the Women of Roseland and Rosemoor
2021 | Against Punishment: Incarcerated Comrades Edition, Project Nia
2021 | Kinship: Examining the Unspoken Kinship between a Black Art Therapist and Client
2020 | Plight of the Girl Zine, Project Nia
2019 | Crowded Zine Issue 4
2016 | For the People Artist Collective Coloring Book
2016 | Navigating Space: Art therapy in Community and Correctional Settings
WORKSHOPS
2020 - 2021| Art as Therapy: Healing Hearts, Breakout.Chat
2019 | Wounded Healer Community Art Making Workshop Session II, Build Coffee, Chicago, Illinois
2019 | Queens in Training: Treat Us a Such Summit | Chicago, Illinois
2019 | Mental Health Summit | Dyatt High School, Chicago, Illinois
2019 | Global Youth Ambassador Zine Workshop | University of Chicago Campus, Chicago, Illinois
2019 | Art Therapy vs Art as Therapy | Chicago, Illinois
2016 | Art Therapy and Incarceration, Chicago, Illinois