David King was born in raised in the Boston area but came to California in 1991 to escape the cold and to attend the Social and Cultural Anthropology Program at CIIS. King’s work has been shown in Europe and across the U.S., including venues such as Artist’s Space in New York, The Soap Factory in Minneapolis and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and The Lab in San Francisco. King’s collages are constructed in the traditional cut and paste method and explore his response to sexuality, spirituality, and HIV. His vision in his most recent body of work, entitled “Benevolent Beings”, was to create pieces, which, despite all the troubles in the world, mirror the peacefulness and benevolent energy that is also part of his experience. More of his collages and information can be found at www.davidkingcollage.com.