Bio

Amy Kingsmill is a radical, queer performance artist producing minimalist pain- based ritualistic performance. Her inherently feminist work focuses on transformation & transcendence, combining beauty with arrestingly visceral actions. Amy Kingsmill is one of the leading female performance artists in London working with ‘extreme’ performance, She has 12+ years’ experience as a professional performance artist in live art & cabaret. Since graduating from Central Saint Martin’s (2013)

She has performed internationally including Karachi Biennale 2017, Fallen, LAST Projects Los Angeles [Feb 2023] Light Source performance, Colchester Arts Center [Sept 2022], Light Source Night School monthly talk series,The Horse Hospital + Friends House, London [June 2021-June 2022] Bleeding Skirt, Tempting Failure International Biennale of Performance Art & Noise 2018 Journey, Spill Festival of Performance 2014, Corpus Sonos at LAST Projects Los Angeles 2019, Trance Dance at Franko B’s Untouchables 2015, Growth with Rhiannon Aarons in Los Angeles 2019 and Tender Blood with Sheree Rose 2015.

Reviews

“Welcome to the new esoteric theatre. Its not minimalist and its not maximal. Meaning a costume drama without sets. The iconography – yes archetypal – is pumped to cartoon colours and graphics. But the speed, the intention, is pure luxury. Amy Kingsmill straddles cabaret/trance/spectacle and infuses the space with exuberance.” – Ron Athey 

Why MW is important:

“Magical women’s work is very important to me as a neurodiverse artist with on going mental health conditions working with queer ritual and having spent the last few years working on a radical memorial project for those accused at Witches, framing the work of other queer Neurodiverse artists and global majoirity artists/speakers. Solidarity is the only way we move forward to support each other and make spaces for radical change and support.”