UBRolling Opens August 7, 2021 Heath Gallery Celebrates 19 Years

UBRolling, will feature the artwork of gallery co-founder, Thomas Heath in a solo exhibition to open August 7, 2021. Heath, 72, is the inspiration behind the gallery which he opened with his wife in 2002 to create exhibition opportunities for underserved local artists. UBRolling on view through September 2021 represents the movement of the ancestral spirit through the Middle Passage to contemporary Western life. The exhibition features 22 paintings on wood and canvas and includes both early and recent works.

Earlier this year Heath’s collaboration with the architectural firm, Brandt-Haferd resulted in a NYCxDESIGN design award for Outdoor Dining presented by Interior Design Magazine. The design featured 7 of Heath’s original artworks in a structure off Striver’s Row. In 2020, Heath was one of eight artists commissioned by Harlem Park to Park, Got To Stop LLC and ValIncPR to create Harlem’s Black Lives Matter mural. The mural is featured in a documentary short, American Street Mural in Harlem, and was recently licensed by the Public Theater for their 2021 Shakespeare in the Park production, Merry Wives. TV credits include Bravo’s, The Last OG with Tracy Morgan. Heath’s work is in the permanent collection of the Downing Gross Cultural Center in Newport News VA and published in African American Art, The Long Struggle by Crystal Britton. 

Heath Gallery has been host to numerous group and solo exhibitions since 2002 and is notable for providing many artists their first exhibition opportunity. Located in a landmark brownstone in Central Harlem the galleries mission is to increase the accessibility of exhibition opportunities for emerging and under recognized artists and to grow the Black art market.

The gallery is located at 24 West 120th Street in NYC. No registration required. Effective September 16, 2021 BOTH a mask and full vaccination are required per NYC Covid-19 mandates.