Lauren Barnett is a painter and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, the Washington Post’s The Lily, and Harper’s Bazaar Korea, among other publications. She was a 2022 resident at the St. Nell’s Humor Writing Residency. You can find daily comics and paintings on Instagram @laurenmarybarnett. Barnett is chief operating officer at Art21 and lives in Lambertville, NJ with her wife.
Exhibitions:
2023
May: Ink Drawings, Union Coffee (Lambertville, NJ)
March: Ink Drawings, Bucks on Bridge (Lambertville, NJ)
Jan-Feb: group show, Union Coffee (Lambertville, NJ)
2022
August: Ink Drawings, Bank of Princeton (Lambertville, NJ)
March: Bakery paintings, Bucks on Bridge (Lambertville, NJ)
2021
September: “The Joy of Looking: A Group Show” Partial Arts (Brooklyn)
January-March: “A Year of Doomsdays”, Partners & Son (Philadelphia)
2020
November: Desert Island window display, “In Case of Emergency” (Brooklyn, NY)
2015
October-November: Trifecta Editions YEAR TWO, Montserrat Galleries 301 Gallery, Beverly MA
April: Solo show, City O' City, Denver CO
2013
September: Solo show, Café Grumpy, Brooklyn NY
July-August: Solo show, Gimme Coffee, Brooklyn NY
July: Group show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2011
April: Solo show, Go Art, Batavia NY
February: Zora Art Space, Brooklyn NY
2010
October: Solo show, Gimme coffee, Brooklyn NY
September: Solo show, Juan de Fuca Gallery, Brooklyn NY
September: Group show, de Castellane Gallery, Brooklyn NY
August: 8/12 Zine exhibit (Group show), Perfect Copy and Print, Seattle WA
2009
August-December: Solo show, Phoebe’s, Brooklyn NY
May: Solo show, Life Café 983, Brooklyn NY
Publications:
2023
New Things, Me Likes You Comics
2022
“Painting your Neighborhood” course, Etchr Studio
2021
Ruining Your Cat’s Life, Kilgore Books
The New Yorker, How to Buy a House
The Belladonna Comedy, Gifts for Podmates (with Emily Flamm)
Interview with WGCU NPR Southwest Florida
Harper’s Bazaar Korea, February
2020
In Case of Emergency, Me Likes You Comics
The Washington Post’s The Lily, Pandemic Wedding
Milk & Honey Comics #5
A Few Things You Should Know, Baby (Self-published)
Entropy Magazine
Birdy Magazine
2019
Bernadette, Tinto Press
2017
Unicorns of Planet Earth, Kilgore Books
Birdy Magazine
2016
A Horse, a Crow, and a Hippo Walk into a Bar, Kilgore Books
Birdy Magazine
2015
Trifecta Editions limited printing of I'm a Horse, Bitch (3rd edition)
Birdy Magazine
2014
Looking at Stuff is for Chumps: Barry the Blind Crow, Tinto Press LLC
Birdy Magazine
Trifecta Editions limited printing of I'm a Horse, Bitch (2nd edition)
Foxing Quarterly #4
Block Club magazine #34-37
2013
Trifecta Editions limited printing of I'm a Horse, Bitch (1st edition)
I'm a Horse, Bitch (self-published)
The Hic and Hoc Illustrated Journal of Humor, Hic & Hoc Publications, co-edited w/ Nathan Bulmer
Block Club Magazine, #33
2012
Me Likes You Very Much, Hic & Hoc Publications (nominated for 2012 Ignatz Award)
2011
Sorry Entertainer (Anthology)
Candy or Medicine Vol. 14
Revista Larva, Issue 13
SATYR, Issue #11
Nib Lit Vol. 1.5 Issue 3
The Big Book of Small Press
Doom Zine #2
Work for Free magazine, Issue #7
I.E. Zine
2010
Was That Supposed to be Funny? (self-published)
HIVE 5, Grimalkin Press
2009
I’d Sure Like Some Fucking Pancakes (self-published)
A Story About Fish (self-published)
Secret Weirdo (self-published)
The L Magazine Comix Issue