Autistic art

Autistic art is art created by autistic artists or art which captures or conveys a variety of autistic experiences or demeanor.

Autistic art

Art by autistic artists has long been shown in separate venues from artists without disabilities. and the art of those with autism has often been considered part of Outsider Art The works of some autistic artists have featured in art publications, documentaries and been exhibited in mainstream galleries.

Stephen Wiltshire is one of the most famous autistic artists. His works are largely architectural or of cityscapes, monuments and buildings. Other autistic artists producing representational art include Richard Wawro, Jessy Park and Ping Lian Yeak.

Figurative art

Dutch artist Roy Wenzel (born 1959) was diagnosed at age 11. His art is that of excess, with highly assertive and gestural images.

Christophe Pillault and Donna Williams focus on figurative works with an emphasis on movement. Both artists feature in the award-winning book ARTism by Bernice Pelletier and Karen Simmons and published by Autism Today. Christophe Pillault paints with his hands. His works were featured in the book Art of the Mind published by the M.I.N.D Institute.

Mark Rimland is a self-taught American whose drawings and paintings are often figurative and feature people and cats. The son of autism pioneer Bernard Rimland, Mark was featured in the documentary Lifting The Fog; A Look Into The Mysteries of Autism, in ARTism and illustrated the book The Secret Night World Of Cats, published by Smith and Kraus.

Donna Williams is an autistic sculptor and figurative artist.

Abstract art

Larry Bissonnette and Henriett Seth F. make abstract, highly patterned works. Roibeard Catnip Tull, Sarah Daisey Van Diesel, Karen Johnson, Silke Heyer, and Kristina Teskey also make abstract works.

Imaginary worlds

Gilles Trehin and George Widener do detailed imaginary worlds. Gilles is a self-taught French artist who works in pencil, largely architectural. He represents an imaginary world called Urville through his sketches. He was featured in the BBC4 documentary Art Savant: The City Inside My Head.

See also

• Aut-Art.com – art created by a 6-year-old autistic boy.
• Autism is Art – a non profit art book by children with autism, created by Kaitlin Cole.
• Jonathan Lerman primarily draws portraits.
• James Henry Pullen created 3D sculptural works.
• Smokin' Jays – artist primarily focused on bread art.
• Autism: The Musical
• The Art of Autism is a collaborative of over 200 artists, poets, and entertainers on the spectrum.
• Katie Miller is a painter diagnosed with autism.
• Henriett Seth F. is a Hungarian autistic savant poet, writer and artist [1], Henriett Seth F., see also Top 10 Amazing Savants [2]