Amanda Summerlin
Amanda Summerlin (they/them, b. 1971, Hazlehurst, GA) is an Atlanta based mixed-media artist. They explore themes of identity, gender, loss, and nostalgia through the mediums of photography, drawing, and painting. Amanda earned a BFA in Painting from The Savannah College of Art and Design.
Their work has been featured in multiple group exhibitions, including Portrait 2024 at the Atlanta Photography Group, The Contemporary Portrait 2024 at the SE Center for Photography, Storytelling 2024 at the Atlanta Photography Group, the GCPL Photo Annual Exhibition 2024, and also in the inaugural group photo publication from the Atlanta Center for Photography entitled 'New South - Volume 1: Reciprocity'.
They currently live and work in Atlanta, GA.
EDUCATION
1993 BFA, Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Contemporary Portrait, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, Leslie-Claire Spillman, juror
2024 Portrait 2024, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA, Erin Dunn, juror
2024 Storytelling, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA, Sara Ickow, juror
2024 GCPL 2024 Photo Annual, Duluth, GA, Makeda Lewis, juror
2024 Our Planet 2024: Nature, Landscape and Conservation, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA, Sabine Meyer, juror
2023 Our Planet: Nature, Landscape and Conservation, Atlanta Photography Group, Quentin Nardi, juror
2023 Choice 2023, Atlanta Photography Group, Christa Dix, curator
PRINT PUBLICATIONS
2024 Atlanta Center for Photography, New South, Volume 1: Reciprocity