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Born in 1949 in Newport News, VA, U.S.A.


Self taught, Thomas Heath did not begin painting until his fortieth birthday

"Heath began painting in 1989 at the age of forty. Rising early to go to work as a New York City taxi driver, he would see the homeless bent over trash bins looking for food. In the shallow morning light they looked like oblique shapes and forms. Out of the blue, it came to him to draw them."

Crystal A. Britton, African American Art: The Long Struggle
SmithMark Publishers, New York, 1996

  • Solo Exhibitions
  • 1992: Peter Elliot, New York, NY, "Wearable Art"

  • 1990: 20 West, New York, NY, "Wearable Art"

  • Group Exhibitions
  • 1988-1999: St. John’s Gallery, Newark, NJ

  • 1998:
  • The Riverside Church, New York, NY, "2nd Annual Harlem Summer Arts Festival"

  • B Smith’s Restaurant, New York, NY, "Charity Art Auction"

  • 1996: The City College of New York (Y Building), New York, NY, "Black History Month Exhibit"

  • 1995:
  • Aaron Davis Hall, The City College of New York, New York, NY

  • Clinton Hills Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • 1994:
  • The New Harlem Gallery, New York, NY

  • Columbia University African Art Center, New York, NY

  • 1993:
  • Studio Museum in Harlem (gift shop), Harlem, NY

  • Madison Fine Art, New York, NY

  • 116 118th Street Arts & Crafts Center, New York, NY

  • 1992: Goddard Riverside Center Gallery, Harlem, NY

  • 1991: Design Masters Intergroup Galleries, New York, NY


    • Thomas Heath is a part of the following collections:
  • New Harlem Gallery
  • Clinton Hills Art Gallery
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    Selection of paintings from Thomas Heath

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  • The New York Times, Styles, February 19, 1995. Mention of Thomas Heath's wearable art.

  • The City Sun, June 1990. Review.