About Me

MORGAN HARPER NICHOLS

Morgan Harper Nichols is an autistic mixed media artist from the Atlanta, Georgia area who has worked with brands such as Google, Starbucks, Hallmark, COACH, KIND bar, and her work has been featured in places such as Target, Anthropologie, Kohls, Barnes & Noble, among others.

For Morgan, art is a legitimate form of communication. Morgan lived with undiagnosed autism until the age of 31, but long before she knew that she communicated differently, art had always been her way of communicating and connecting with others, and finding room to breathe in daily life.

When she was struggling to find steady work at 27, she asked her doctor for help to see an autism specialist but was immediately denied. During that time, she turned even more to her art practice as a way to cope with the fact that she was really struggling. She started creating art and poetry in response to messages she received on social media, and since then, she has continued to grow an art practice as a way of not just making art but exploring how art can become a space that creates room to reflect experiences, tell stories, share ideas, and create room to breathe.

This practice has turned into several books, including the WSJ Bestseller "All Along You Were Blooming," and her app, Storyteller. Morgan uses a wide range of media to make her work - everything from pencil and acrylic, to digital collage and 3D virtual spaces, and much more. Morgan is the Vice President of the Board of Directors of TWLOHA, and she is also an MFA candidate in the Interdisciplinary Media Arts program at Lindenwood University.