ABOUT
Elisabeth (Lis) McLaughlin (b. 1998) is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist from outside New Orleans, Louisiana. Her projects often investigate relationships between memory and local landscapes.
She graduated in May 2023 from Columbia University with a BA in Comparative Literature and Visual Arts. Her art and editorial work is in the collections of the MoMA Library, Barnard College, and the Barnard Zine Library.
She is currently an associate editor at the Guggenheim New York.
EXHIBITIONS AND EDITORIAL
“Dorm Room Prop,” Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism, no. 31, page 41, 2023
“Park Bench Orange,” Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism, 2023
Featured cover artist, Quarto Magazine, 2022
“Untitled,” Columbia Journal of Literary Criticism, no. 28, page 37, 2021
The Bedroom Show, Postcrypt Gallery, New York, 2021
INTERACTIVE FICTION
“A Letter In Which the Writer Sees Herself,” What IF: Columbia Interactive Fiction, January 2021
“Sinéad & Louisa,” What IF: Columbia Interactive Fiction, September 2020
MULTIMEDIA / OP-ED
“In Focus: New York City Climate Strike,” Columbia Daily Spectator, September 2019
“Export of Banned US Pesticides Create a Deadly Circle of Poison,” Truthout.org, News Analysis | Environment & Health, May 2019
“In Focus: A love letter to light,” Columbia Daily Spectator, March 2019
FEATURES PHOTOGRAPHER
“Student Groups Search for Space on a Crowded Campus. A Recently Open Brownstone is the Answer for One,” The Eye, February 2020
“In 2015, Union Theological Seminary Announced It Would Sell Its Air Rights. Students Feel It Sold Its Values Too,” The Eye, November 2019
“Remembering Wallace Broecker, the Prophet of Climate Change,” The Eye, May 2019
“First, Advise No Harm: The Open, Closed, and Revolving Doors of Columbia’s Socially Responsible Investing,” The Eye, February 2019
“After Displacement from Manhattanville, a Community Remains Resilient,” The Eye, November 2018