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Lauren Lee McCarthy

Professor, Design Media Arts and Disability Studies

Lauren Lee is an artist examining social relationships in the midst of surveillance, automation, and algorithmic living. She is a Creative Capital Awardee, United States Artists Fellow, LACMA Art+Tech Lab Grantee, and has been awarded fellowships and residencies from Sundance, Eyebeam, MacDowell, Pioneer Works, and Ars Electronica. Her work SOMEONE was awarded the Ars Electronica Golden Nica and the Japan Media Arts Social Impact Award, and her work LAUREN was awarded the IDFA DocLab Award for Immersive Non-Fiction. Lauren's work has been exhibited internationally, including the Barbican Centre, Haus der elektronischen Künste, SIGGRAPH, Onassis Cultural Center, IDFA DocLab, Science Gallery Dublin, and Seoul Museum of Art. She holds an MFA from UCLA and a BS Computer Science and BS Art and Design from MIT. She is the creator of p5.js, an open source programming language for learning creative expression through code online, and has served on the Board of Directors for the Processing Foundation.

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