Thomas Tait, b. 1991

(631)-525-7671

Thomas.tait17@myhunter.cuny.edu

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education:

MFA, New Genres, Hunter College, New York NY (2024)

BA, Comparative Literature, New York University, New York NY (2013)

Solo Exhibitions:

The Realm of Toys: Thomas Tait’s Anti-Menagerie (in which under different fables and histories is

represented some of the actions and behaviors of nonhuman life), Flowers for All Occasions Gallery, Brooklyn

NY (2019)

Gay-Magic-Death (Reified Affect Nexus), Living Gallery, Brooklyn NY (2017)

Selected Group Exhibitions:

 

            This Delicious Garden, FRISSON Gallery, New York, NY (2025)

Shifting/\Gazes, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn NY (2025)

            Overload, New Uncanny Gallery, New York, NY (2024)

            Foaled, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College, New York NY (2024)

Thank God Everyday the Whole House Does Not Burn Down, Hunter College, New York NY (2023)

Desire Path: Hunt the Sun, Chaos Computer, Brooklyn NY (2022)

Storytellers: Puppets by Artists, Cavin Morris Gallery, New York NY (2022)

Either/Oreo, Pari Passu Gallery, Queens NY (2019)

The Sun Never Sets on Caketopia, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn NY (2019)

Living Room, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn NY (2019)

Frankenstein Admires a Flower, Factory Art Space, Queens, NY (2016)

Selected Performances:

Landscaping For Future Events, Brick Theater, New Works Festival, New York, NY

The Miniature Theater of Species, New Uncanny Gallery, New York, NY (2024)

The Miniature Theater of Species, Essex Flowers, New York, NY (2023)

Dribbling Tallow, Cavin Morris Gallery, New York NY (2022)

Puppet Show to Murder Medicine, Flux House, Governors Island, NY (2021)

The Secret Life of Spiders, Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY (2019)

 

Teaching Experience and Relevant Work History:

 

Adjunct for Adobe Software Instruction, Hunter College New Genres Department, Hunter College New York NY (Fall 2024-present)

Teaching Assistant for Hunter Professor Anthony Hawley, Undergraduate New Genres, Hunter College New York NY (Spring 2024)

Company Puppeteer, Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre, New York NY (2018-present)

 

Awards:

            SOMA Mexico City Summer Tuition Scholarship (2024)

Residencies:

 

            New York Artist Residency & Studio (NARS) Foundation, Brooklyn, NY (2025)

            SOMA Summer, Mexico City, MX (2024)