Laura Parnes

Laura Parnes is a New York-based artist and filmmaker whose films and installations mix comedy and pathos to explore social and political trauma. Her work draws on narrative film, video art and queer theater. She has directed music videos for The Julie Ruin and Le Tigre. Her screenplay collection Blood and Guts in Hollywood: Two Screenplays was published by Participant Press, with an introduction by Chris Kraus. Her solo exhibitions include Pioneer Works, the Burchfield Penney Art Center and Participant Inc. Parnes has received a Guggenheim Fellowship (2013), a Creative Capital award (2016) and a MacDowell Fellowship (2021), and has taught as a visiting artist at Bard College.