Laurenn McCubbin

www.laurennmccubbin.com • laurennmcc@gmail.com • lmccubbin@ccad.edu
5228 Rockport St, Columbus OH 43235 • (702) 524-5676

SELECTED WORK HISTORY:

Currently –
Chair, Department of Comics & Narrative Practice,
Associate Professor, Comics & Narrative Practice,
Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus OH

Previously –
Research Assistant, Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, Durham, NC
Teaching Assistant, Duke University, Durham NC
Adjunct Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas
Curator, Burlesque Hall of Fame, Las Vegas, NV
Managing Editor, Shojo Beat Magazine, San Francisco, CA
Art Director, Image Comics, Berkeley CA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2013 – A Monument to The Risen, Power Plant Gallery, Durham
2011 – Auto Erotic Ethnography, Donna Beam Gallery, Las Vegas
2010 - Speaking To Las Vegas, Femina Potens Gallery, San Francisco
Speaking To Las Vegas, Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas
2005 - Rented – Varnish Gallery, San Francisco
2004 - Pinned – Mama Buzz Gallery, Oakland

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2018 – Disrupting the Narrative, Urban Art Space, Columbus
2017 – We’re Still Working, SOMArts, San Francisco
2016 – Borders, River House Gallery, Toledo
2013 – Let’s Talk About Love, Byers Gallery, Columbus
Itsa Small Small World, Family Business Gallery, New York
48 Hours in Las Vegas, Fredric Jamison Gallery, Duke University, Durham
2012 – XCO at Hemi, East Duke Gallery, Duke University, Durham
Wang Dang Doodle, Duke University, Durham
2011 – Preoccupations, East Duke Gallery, Duke University, Durham
Feminist Las Vegas, Marjorie Barrack Museum, Las Vegas
2010 – Drawn In The Dust – Marjorie Barrack Museum, Las Vegas
Sequins In The Sand – Burlesque Hall of Fame, Las Vegas
2009 – TWENTY/20 – Contemporary Art Center, Las Vegas
LVSK8III – Henri & Odette Gallery, Las Vegas
2008 – On Being Good – Reed Whipple Center, Las Vegas

SELECTED PUBLISHED WORK:
Editorial:

2020 -2021 – Editor/Designer SFSX: Terms of Service, SFSX: Protection, Image Comics
(writer/creator Tina Horn)
2021 – Editor/Designer Mother of Madness, Image Comics (writers Emilia Clarke, Marguerite Bennet,
artist Leila Leiz)
2017-2020 – Editor/Designer Moonstruck: Troubled Waters, Moonstruck: Some Enchanted Evening, Moonstruck: Magic to Brew Image Comics (writer Grace Ellis, artist Shae Beagle)
2014-20 – Designer/Illustrator Pretty Deadly, Bitch Planet, ODY-C, Satellite Sam, Milkfed Criminal Masterminds/Image Comics

Artist:

2021 – “Jezebel,” Joan Jett & the Blackhearts:40x40, Z2 Comics
2021 – Hidden Voices/Marm Mandelbaum, New York Department of Education
2018 – Re-release of Rent Girl, (with Michelle Tea) Last Gasp
2010 – with Matt Wagner, “Dirty Little Mouth”, Madame Xanadu #23, Vertigo/DC Comics
2008 – with Kieron Gillen, “She Who Bleeds for Your Entertainment,” Phonogram: The Singles Club #1,Image Comics,
with Kelly Sue DeConnick, “Silent All These Years,” Comic Book Tattoo: Comics based on the songs of Tori Amos, Image Comics
2006 – with Joyce Carol Oates, “Do You Trust Me?” Sexy Chix, Dark Horse Comics
with Brendan Cahill, Sable and Fortune #3 and #4, Marvel Comics
with Stephen Elliott “Survey of Impact” McSweeneys #17, McSweeneys Publishing
with Stephen Elliott, My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up, Cleis Press
2005 – with Warren Ellis, Quit City, Avatar Press.
with David Schickler, Sweet and Vicious, Random House.
2004 - with Michelle Tea, Rent Girl, Last Gasp.
“Perfect” - True Porn, Alternative Comics/Cheap Paper Art

EDUCATION:

2013 – Master of Fine Arts in Experimental and Documentary Art, Duke University
Certification in College Teaching, Duke University
2011 – Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2000 – Bachelor of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago