Press

2024 Artists Respond to TikTok’s Nebulous Future in the US, Rhea Nayyar, Hyperallergic

Amanda Kelly, a miniatures artist in Virginia who posts artwork and tutorials under the name PandaMiniatures, told Hyperallergic that creating her TikTok account in 2020 has been “pivotal in the growth and success of [her] artist career.”

2024 What Miniatures Can Reveal, Jeannette Cooperman

“You were expecting fairy houses? Look elsewhere. For her MFA thesis, Amanda Kelly has been miniaturizing hoards.”

2024 Artist Amanda Kelly Builds Worlds In Her Bedroom, Riley Murtagh, Radford University

2023 Inside the Weird and Wonderful World of Miniatures, Scott Huler, Esquire Magazine

“[Amanda’s] work faces that overwhelming mountain of stuff, and by miniaturizing it, she gave us—or gave at least herself —a moment’s opportunity to control it.”

2023 A Day in the Life of an Influencer with Amanda Kelly and Briana Sepulveda, Access U podcast

2022 Small Worlds, Betsy Biesenbach, Southwestern Living Magazine

2021 Miniaturist artisan Amanda Kelly shrinks Quoted Magazine's cover, Quoted Magazine

2020 Now I’m Here documentary, Polina Sapershteyn 

2019 The Book of Mini: Inside the Big World of Tiny Things, Kate Unver, page 61

2018 Artist makes tiny dildos, maxi pads, condoms, and bongs, New York Post

2018 BadAss Miniatures: Tiny and provocative art at YoHo Artist Studios, Michelle Falkenstein, lohud.