SHANEIKA ASARE SIMMS

Shaneika Asare Simms is a British mother/artist, researcher and writer exploring motherhood, Blackness, and the politics of visibility across digital platforms through experimental diary films and lecture performances.

Drawing on feminist theory, internet culture, and research-creation principles, she examines how marginalised identities navigate systems that demand performance, legibility, and disclosure. Shaneika uses moving image and YouTube as a democratised, algorithm-based distribution platform to ruminate on lensed theory, a term she coined to describe autotheoretical moving image practices that engage with the internet, communication, and visual culture. Her work utilises the edit as a method of thinking, refusing, and reclaiming agency.

She is based in London with a background in film and content production.

Education

Central Saint Martins
Research Programme PhD
2026 - Present

Central Saint Martins
MRes Art: Moving Image
2024 - 2026

London College of Communication
BA (Hons) Media Practice
2012 - 2015

Teaching

Intro to Content Creation
SuperHi
Coming soon

Insight Summer School
A week-long introduction to filmmaking
University of the Arts, London
September, 202

Talks

Artists-in-Conversation
London College of Communication
June, 2026

National Career Week
ScreenSkills
February, 2026

Young Creatives Q&A Panellist
Good Nugget
January, 2024

Career Cheat Guide for Professionals
Bloss.M
April, 2022

How to Build a Creative Biz
ILIKENETWORKING x The Floor
August, 2021

Change for Good: Social Enterprises from UAL Graduates
London College of Communication
February, 2020

Awards

Re:Generating Creativity Graduate Award 2026

Exhibition

Do Not Upload Vol 1 (2025)
Under Review
The Good Rice Gallery, 2025