Lucia King

Lucia King is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Art and Media, University of Brighton. She holds a PhD from SOAS University of London (2013) specializing in South Asian artists' filmmakers and experimental documentaries. Her work integrates artistic practice, research, and curation with a focus on transnational collaborations. King founded VisionMix (2014), a network supporting artists, filmmakers, and curators, particularly in South Asia. Her research explores intersections between drawing/painting and film, postcolonial art criticism, and transnational art practices.

• Education: PhD in Performance on Screen (SOAS), MA in Fine Art/Media, BA in Fine Art

Research interests include: Drawing's relationship to film spectatorship, environmental art, South Asian moving image histories, and queer/transnational art practices. She has curated major exhibitions like 'Delve' (2024 Valencia) and 'Loss & Transience' (2021 Taipei), and co-edited a special journal issue on South Asian moving image (MIRAJ 2018).

Funding: Supported by British Council and Arts Council England (2015-2021), plus 9 other international grants. VisionMix activities include workshops in Delhi (2015), Madrid film festivals (2019), and documentary film projects across India (2014-2015).

Labs/Teams: VisionMix network spans UK, India, Spain, Taiwan, and California. Her artistic practice includes large-scale drawings investigating spatial narratives and colonial aesthetics, exhibited internationally since 2014.