Justin Shiels is a visual artist, creative director, and founder whose work explores joy, identity, and storytelling through design and community-centered experiences.

Originally from Memphis and shaped by years in New Orleans, he moved to Austin in 2019 after a series of creative and professional shifts that led him into independent practice.

Through So Curious — a stationery company and creative platform — he creates work and in-person experiences that center joy, connection, and representation through drawing, writing, and communal making.

This conversation is part of You Are Here ATX, an ongoing project exploring presence, belonging, and lived experience in Austin.