Laura Arminda Kingsley is an American- born and Dominican artist based in Switzerland. Drawing on evolutionary biology, deep time, microbiology, and diasporic mythologies, Kingsley’s practice envisions a humanity that recognizes its oneness with nature and transcends hierarchical categories of race and gender. She creates work that resists the notion of separation—both from the natural world and from those historically othered by colonial ideology.
She holds an Associate Degree in Fine Arts from Chavón in La Romana, Dominican Republic, a Bachelor of Science from the City University of New York - Hunter College, and a Master in Fine Arts from the California College of the Arts.
Kingsley participated in the closing of the 2024 Venice Biennale with her performance "Desblanqueamiento at the San Trovaso River. Her public art projects have been shown as part of “Sculpture in the City” in London (2021), “Tableau Zurich” (2023) and “Twingi Land Art” in Valais (2024), among others. Exhibition participations include the Cultural Center of Spain in Santo Domingo (2025), VFO Zürich (2024), Helmhaus Zurich (2024), the CICA Museum in Seoul (2021), the Berkeley Art Center (2021), the Kamene Art Center in Nairobi (2024) and the Aargauer Kunsthaus (2023 and 2021).
Her work was awarded the Dorothy & George Saxe Fellowship (2012 and 2014), the Kunstatelier-Stipendium of the City of Dübendorf, and the LOCUS Micro-Grant (2021).
