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WESTHIVE SANDGRUBENSTRASSE 44
13 – 18.06.2023
™LAURA ARMINDA KINGSLEY
Laura Arminda Kingsley was born in the USA in 1984 to Dominican parents. She lives and works in Dübendorf. Kingsley is an independent visual artist who works in a variety of a variety of media, including painting, animation and sculpture.
Laura’s work captures the essence of humanity as a form of healing from past realities while using it to connect with her African ancestral heritage. Kingsley's reference to oceanic life forms is a means of resistance to the advancing pollution of the Caribbean Sea while addressing the enduring legacy of colonialist notions of race and gender in our society.
She holds an Associates in Fine Arts from Chavón, a Bachelor of Science degree from The City University of New York – Hunter College and a Masters in Fine Arts from California College of the Arts.
Exhibition participation include Sculpture in the City in London, at the 22nd Grenchen Triennale in Grenchen, at the CICA Museum in Seoul, Suspended Matter at the Berkeley Art Center in Berkeley, as well as the exhibitions Art as Connection at the Aargauer Kunsthaus and shared spaces in change at the Kornhausforum in Bern. Her work was awarded the Dorothy & George Saxe Fellowship in 2012 and 2014, the Kunstatelier-Stipendium of the city of Dübendorf and the LOCUS Micro-Grant 2021 award.
Laura’s work captures the essence of humanity as a form of healing from past realities while using it to connect with her African ancestral heritage. Kingsley's reference to oceanic life forms is a means of resistance to the advancing pollution of the Caribbean Sea while addressing the enduring legacy of colonialist notions of race and gender in our society.
She holds an Associates in Fine Arts from Chavón, a Bachelor of Science degree from The City University of New York – Hunter College and a Masters in Fine Arts from California College of the Arts.
Exhibition participation include Sculpture in the City in London, at the 22nd Grenchen Triennale in Grenchen, at the CICA Museum in Seoul, Suspended Matter at the Berkeley Art Center in Berkeley, as well as the exhibitions Art as Connection at the Aargauer Kunsthaus and shared spaces in change at the Kornhausforum in Bern. Her work was awarded the Dorothy & George Saxe Fellowship in 2012 and 2014, the Kunstatelier-Stipendium of the city of Dübendorf and the LOCUS Micro-Grant 2021 award.
EXHIBITED WORK
| Murmurs of the Deep XXIII; I Remember Being You |
Murmurs of the Deep III. 2023