Laura Arminda Kingsley works primarily with painting, digital images, and sculpture. Her creations immerse the viewer in dense worlds where historical, mythological, and scientific references intermingle. She engages both Afrocaribbean inheritances and the pre-Columbian cultures of the Caribbean, which have often remained little known or marginalised within dominant narratives.

Her paintings evoke inhabited landscapes, caves, and subterranean worlds. These spaces are not merely physical sites; they point toward cosmologies, toward ways of understanding the origins of life. In certain Caribbean traditions, such as those of the Taíno peoples, caves are perceived as places of origin, almost as wombs or matrices. They embody a deep connection between human beings, the earth, and the elements. The myth the artist draws upon is known as “Cacibajagua.”

The places of refuge where the Taíno resisted European colonization later became sanctuaries for enslaved Africans escaping plantations, who joined the Taíno in allied revolts. This shared resistance contributed to the emergence of new creole cultures. Kingsley brings these stories into the contemporary moment, where rest and resistance once again become essential to our survival.