Amalia K. Amaki (born Lynda Faye Peek, July 8, 1949) is an African-American artist, art historian, educator, film critic and curator who recently resided in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she was Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa from 2007 to 2012.
Her father, Norman Vance Peek, was a singer with the Deep South Boys of Macon, Georgia.
She met African American painter Hale Woodruff, whom she cited as an influence on her work, when she was about 10 years old and made her first sale at the age of 13.
[2] She created still lifes from yarn and burlap bags that were included in a furniture display at Rich's Department Store in Atlanta.
[2] Amaki's art work explores African-American life and culture through the use of photography frequently inlaid in boxes, quilts, and fans.