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Autumn Shelton is a fine arts student at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), working towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an art history minor. She was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, and continues to live and work in the city as an artist. She works with a variety of mediums, including printmaking, painting, drawing, photography, and fiber arts.
Her work mainly explores the inner workings of her mind. As she struggles with depression and other mental illnesses, her work tends to have a melancholic mood, often represented through symbolism and self-portraiture, which aids in her journey of self-discovery and introspection. Making her debut after graduation in the Spring of 2025, she will be solidifying herself in Cincinnati’s art scene by working under the artist in residence at Tiger Lily Press.
My work greatly explores feminine identity and my battle with mental illness. I struggle with depression every day, and creating is the healthy coping mechanism I use to express myself. My work focuses on the damage this dejection has done to my self-confidence and body image. I investigate my perception of self and what it means to me to be a woman in today's society. I dissect and criticize every little atom of my existence in life, but by exploring my literal reflection artistically, I can see the beauty in myself and constructively relinquish the destructive feelings. I hope that by viewing my work, others feel inspired and the work begins to help them heal as well.
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
-Henry Ward Beecher
Her work mainly explores the inner workings of her mind. As she struggles with depression and other mental illnesses, her work tends to have a melancholic mood, often represented through symbolism and self-portraiture, which aids in her journey of self-discovery and introspection. Making her debut after graduation in the Spring of 2025, she will be solidifying herself in Cincinnati’s art scene by working under the artist in residence at Tiger Lily Press.
My work greatly explores feminine identity and my battle with mental illness. I struggle with depression every day, and creating is the healthy coping mechanism I use to express myself. My work focuses on the damage this dejection has done to my self-confidence and body image. I investigate my perception of self and what it means to me to be a woman in today's society. I dissect and criticize every little atom of my existence in life, but by exploring my literal reflection artistically, I can see the beauty in myself and constructively relinquish the destructive feelings. I hope that by viewing my work, others feel inspired and the work begins to help them heal as well.
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
-Henry Ward Beecher
