Lauren McCarthy is an artist based in Los Angeles and Brooklyn whose work examines social relationships amidst surveillance, automation, and network culture. She is the creator of p5.js, an open-source platform for sketching with software online. Lauren has exhibited at Ars Electronica, Conflux Festival, SIGGRAPH, LACMA, Onassis Cultural Center, IDFA DocLab, and the Japan Media Arts Festival. She holds an MFA from UCLA and a BS in Computer Science and BS in Art and Design from MIT. She is an Assistant Professor at UCLA Design Media Arts. She is a Sundance Institute Fellow and was previously a resident at CMU STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Eyebeam, Autodesk, NYU ITP, and Ars Electronica / QUT TRANSMIT³.
