Amanda Beard Garcia (she/they) is a Chinese American muralist, painter, illustrator, and brand designer based in Boston.

Through portraiture and digital design, Amanda’s creative work reclaims and repaints her Chinese American identity by investigating the invisible history and heritage of her ancestors.

Amanda is co-founder and principal of Likemind Design in Dracut, MA, a custom mural and design studio with a mission to elevate the brands of independently-owned businesses “just like us.” She has been a participant of many local public art initiatives and has designed custom artwork and brand identities for small businesses all over Greater Boston.

Amanda has been a visiting artist and educator at Punto Urban Art Museum, Pao Arts Center, Montserrat College of Art, Endicott College, and Beverly High School. She is currently a 2024 National Civic Impact Fellowship & Incubator fellow and grant recipient of Asian American Women’s Political Initiative (AAWPI). Her fellowship project, Lucky Knot Arts, centers AANHPIs through creative arts programming on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Amanda is also a co-facilitator for the Mural Ambassador Program at Punto Urban Art Museum, an ongoing cohort that emboldens residents to lead guided tours highlighting the murals and deep cultural legacy of The Point “El Punto” neighborhood in Salem, MA.

In 2022, Amanda was an artist-in-residence with Residence Lab (ResLab), an innovative program by Pao Arts Center and the Asian Community Development Corporation that empowered residents and artists to collectively preserve Chinatown through creative activation of underutilized sites in the neighborhood.

When she’s not creating, you can usually find Amanda at rock concerts, cozy gaming, home-improving, and being trailed by her pets Pica and Mei-Mei.