Seattle born and raised in Grambling, Louisiana by a Los Angeles native single mother, print production manager, photo editor, photographer and entrepreneur, Benicia King has multiple cultural influences that reflect upon her work. With her family’s bicoastal legacy and precious photo albums, she creates from an ethereal place combining her experiences of entertainment, portraiture, and fine art.

Regarding her style in God’s words from the book of Psalms 139: 11-12, “I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night - but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.”

With this being stated, her strong use of shadows and light reflect from her perspective of embracing all facets of human beings - “We all have a light and dark side to ourselves, no matter how hard we try to maintain an image or persona.”

Along with this, her fine art projects continue to grow around identity, black & southern culture, and family history.

She earned her BA in Photography and Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern California and Grambling State University in 2020.

Since then, the 30-year old has received the 2023 Take Notice Award by the National Performance Network and Ford Foundation and has been included in previous exhibitions at the New Orleans African American Museum, Masur Museum, Stella Jones Gallery, Superposition Gallery, Human Resources LA, and many more.

She is actively seeking new opportunities to where she can apply her creative vision, technical proficiency, and organizational acumen to drive successful projects.
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Home & work bases: Grambling, LA and Los Angeles, CA.
Languages: English & Intermediate Italian
Phone: 318.497.0085
Email: benicia@9efer.com or beniciaking@gmail.com
Negotiations: lynn@foundartists.com