Clifford Prince King
(b. 1993)
Biography
Clifford Prince King (b. 1993, Tucson, AZ) is a photographer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn. His images depict carefully composed interiors and landscapes shaped by natural light, personal objects, and moments of vulnerability, emphasizing the social and historical realities of race, sexuality, and desire. In 2023 he presented his first solo institutional exhibition at the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum in Long Beach, CA. His second solo museum exhibition will open at MoCA Tucson in Arizona in October.
Previously, King was commissioned by Public Art Fund to produce a series of photographs that were displayed on bus shelters and newsstands across New York, Chicago, and Boston in 2023. In 2025 he was a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in the category of photography. He has also participated in group exhibitions and spoken about his practice at Brown University, Princeton University, Yale University, the International Center of Photography, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and MASS MoCA. His work is in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, among others.
Clifford Prince King. Photo: Clifford Prince King
Clifford Prince King
(b. 1993)
Us, You and Me, 2021
Biography
Clifford Prince King (b. 1993, Tucson, AZ) is a photographer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn. His images depict carefully composed interiors and landscapes shaped by natural light, personal objects, and moments of vulnerability, emphasizing the social and historical realities of race, sexuality, and desire. In 2023 he presented his first solo institutional exhibition at the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum in Long Beach, CA. His second solo museum exhibition will open at MoCA Tucson in Arizona in October.
Previously, King was commissioned by Public Art Fund to produce a series of photographs that were displayed on bus shelters and newsstands across New York, Chicago, and Boston in 2023. In 2025 he was a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in the category of photography. He has also participated in group exhibitions and spoken about his practice at Brown University, Princeton University, Yale University, the International Center of Photography, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and MASS MoCA. His work is in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, among others.
Clifford Prince King. Photo: Clifford Prince King
