curriculum vitae.
education.
2017 - Masters of Fine Arts: Book Arts + Printmaking
University of the Arts - Philadelphia, PA
Provost Teaching Fellowship, Graduate Merit Scholarship, CAMD Venture Fund Grant, Visual Resource Special
Collections Purchase Award, Teaching College Artists Certificate
2015 - Bachelor of Fine Arts: Visual Communications
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Undergraduate Merit Scholarship, Visual Resource Special Purchase Award
residencies and fellowships.
2022-2024 • Artist Residency • Redline Contemporary Art Center • Denver, CO
2022 • 1 month residency, Suriname, South America
2020 • Artist Residency & ArtLab Mentor • Platte Forum • Denver, CO
2018 • Emerging Artist Resident Artist • Art Gym Denver • Denver, CO
2017 • Special Topics Studios Resident Artist • Peters Valley School of Craft • Layton, NJ
2015 • Provost Teaching Fellowship • University of the Arts Philadelphia, PA
exhibitions.
solo.
2023 - Dancing in the Diaspora • Understudy • Denver, CO
2022 - The Power of Rejuvenation • Indoor Public Art Sculpture • 1801 California, Denver, CO
2020 - ...To Muse the Labyrinth • PlatteForum • Denver, CO
2017 - Suite of Subjective Juncture • Sussex County Community College • Layton, NJ
select groups.
2023
Gravitropic • Redline Contemporary Art Center • Denver, CO
2022
Depth of Identity: Art As Memory and Archive • Green Space Miami • Miami FL
One Sheet • Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities • Arvada, CO
Aura • Union Hall • Denver, CO
Art of the State • Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities • Arvada, CO
Rise: Gender Inequality in Visual Arts • Bitfactory Gallery • Denver, CO
2021
CREATING SPACE: A Mural and Multimedia Exhibition • Redline Contemporary Art Center • Denver, CO
Us - 2nd Annual LGBTQ+ Exhibition • BitFactory Gallery • Denver, CO
From This Day Forward • Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art • Boulder, CO
Wood. Works. • Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities • Arvada, CO
Women in their Infinite Forms • Athena Projects Arts/Denver Milk Market • Denver, CO
2020
Pink Progression: Collaborations • Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities • Arvada, CO
Denver Design Week 2020 • Denver, CO
Brought to Light - Invitational Exhibit - Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
Pink Progression: Collaborations • Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities • Arvada, CO
When Will They See Us, Parker Arts Center Gallery, Parker, CO
2019 and earlier
International REACH Gala • Denver, CO | Diversity and Breaking the Glass Ceiling in Business - Charles Schwab • Lone Tree, CO | Create Award Residency Exhibition • Art Gym Denver, Denver, CO | 2018 - International REACH Gala • Denver, CO | Word | Image | Object • Abecedarian Gallery • Aurora, CO | The Printed Page III • Abecedarian Gallery • Denver, CO | 2017 - Making Matters: Fresh Perspectives in Fine Craft • Peters Valley School of Craft Layton, NJ | Emerging Artist Exhibition • Seraphin Gallery • Philadelphia, PA | Conspire: Collaboration, Cooperation, Collection • CBAA, Tallahassee, FL | 2016 - Art Unleashed • The University of the Arts • Philadelphia, PA | Italy Exhibition • The University of the Arts • Philadelphia, PA | 2015 - Artbound • University of Florida • George A. Smathers Libraries • Gainesville, FL | Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series • Gallery Guichard • Chicago, IL | Assemblance - Sullivan Galleries • School of the Art Institute of Chicago • Chicago, IL
recognition & awards.
2022 Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator Artist Catalyst Award Recipient
Judy Anderson Founder’s Award - PlatteForum
CAMD Dean’s Venture Fund – University of the Arts
Visual Resources Special Collections Purchase Award - University of the Arts
Papermaking Summer Intensive Scholarship – Penland School of Crafts
Provost Fellowship Grant – University of the Arts
Graduate Merit & Teaching Scholarship - University of the Arts
Undergraduate Merit Scholarship - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
press.
Daria Magazine: Autumn T. Thomas: Dancing in the Diaspora
Daily Camera: Colorado artists respond to a tumultuous 2020 in BMoCA’s ‘From This Day Forward’
Boulder Downtown: Virtual Studio Tour: Autumn T. Thomas
Denver Post: BMoCA’s “From This Day Forward” moves conversations about race off the street and into the gallery
Denver Post: If you haven’t seen an exhibition since before the pandemic, Arvada Center’s “Wood.Works” is the perfect re-entry
Daria Magazine: Wood. Works & Three Pieces
Platteforum: To Muse the Labyrinth - Resident Artist Autumn T. Thomas at PlatteForum
Westword: Colorado Creatives: Autumn T. Thomas
Denver Dairy Block: WOMEN IN THEIR INFINITE FORMS
Denver Design Week: Outdoor Art Space