A M A N D A D. K I N G
studio
studio
Piñata, 24’
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
Hospital, 21’
Boardman, OH
Boardman, OH
Three Lil’ Girls (Tiana), 25’
Cleveland, OH
Double Tree, 21’
Youngstown, OH
Youngstown, OH
Still Restless, 20’
Cleveland Heights, OH
Cleveland Heights, OH
Night Gown, 20’
Cleveland Heights, OH
Cleveland Heights, OH
Rise & Fall, 24’
Rocky River, OH
Rocky River, OH
Charron, 18’
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
Candle, 24’
Edgewater Beach
Edgewater Beach
Easter Idyll, 22’
Monoprint
Monoprint
Leaden Circles, 24’
Edgewater Beach
Edgewater Beach
King v. US, 21’
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
Mansions on Fifth, 21’
Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
Seraph (Ruby Bridges), 22’
Monoprint
Kevinee, 18’
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
Aaron, 23’
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
Leah, 18’
Cleveland Heights, OH
Cleveland Heights, OH
Ice (Raekwon), 22’
Monoprint
Monoprint
The Garden, 24’
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
Mermaid Girl, 25’
Youngstown, OH
Youngstown, OH
Shadow (Marian Anderson), 2020
Monoprint
Monoprint
Lake Erie Cemetery, 24’
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, OH
Homewood Cemetery,2021
Pittsburgh,PA
Pittsburgh,PA
Amanda D. King
visual artist-cultural strategist
curator-social justice advocate
amanda@amandadking.com
amandadk@umich.edu
curator-social justice advocate
amanda@amandadking.com
amandadk@umich.edu
I’m a Cleveland-based photographer and creative director exploring Black interiority. Drawing from social realist and post-minimalist traditions, my work moves between photography, installation, and design, examining the civic and theological dimensions of contemporary life.
I began my creative career in editorial work in New York City before developing an artistic practice concerned with how images produce meaning, circulate through culture, and influence public life. Alongside my studio practice, I work as a cultural strategist, curator, and independent writer, engaging questions of representational ethics, memory, and cultural production within the creative ecology of the Midwest.
I studied art history, photography, and film theory at Bryn Mawr College. I received my JD from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where I focused on state violence, surveillance, and protected speech. I’m currently an MFA student at the Stamps School of Art & Design. My visual and legal studies inform an ethic of regard, a framework I developed for thinking about cultural production, representation, and responsibility.