Autumn T. Thomas

Autumn T. Thomas (b. 1978) is an interdisciplinary, self-trained wood sculpture artist.

Her work challenges the boundaries of visual literacy: hundreds of cuts placed into the wood transforms it into soft, twisting forms, mimicking the endurance required to thrive amidst the oppression and marginalization of women of color; each cut represents a time in which Thomas felt cut down by society.

Minimal in design, Thomas' work personifies analogous, brown bodies as whispering forms of subversion, affecting prejudice by way of perception and visual literacy.

Thomas is sponsored by National Performance Network and Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, and is a current artist in residence at RedLine Contemporary Art Center in Denver, CO, where she lives and works.

She serves on the board of directors of Tilt West, is a former board member of Platte Forum, and spends her spare time mentoring young artists in her community.

Thomas received her MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia in 2017 and her BFA in Visual Communication from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015.