About

L. Nichols

CONTACT: wormulus [at] gmail [dot] com

EDUCATION

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) | CAMBRIDGE, MA
M.S. in Media Arts and Sciences, September 2007 | GPA 4.9/5.0
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, September 2005 | GPA 4.25/5.0

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, DOWNING COLLEGE | CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
Cambridge-MIT Exchange 2003-2004

SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS | NEW YORK, NY
Continuing education classes in design & blacksmithing 2008-2011

EXPERIENCE

FREELANCE CLIENTS: La Esquina, Gilt Taste, The Atlantic, Greenpoint Reformed Church, Pete’s Mini Zine Fest, BEA Rock Fest, et al.

MIT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
Associate member 2011-present

COMIX CUBE
Editor-in-chief and writer.

SELF-PUBLISHING
Jumbly Junkery (#1-10), Input/Output, A Shadow and Its Source, ! [Bang], Seeking the Spirit, Leader of the Pack,
An Aleatoric Basis for Understanding, Radio Ghosts: Vol. 1, Skin Deep: A Surprising Twist, Provided by the Management for Your Protection

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Verve Magazine, The Zinesters Guide to NYC, Always Comix, Smoke Signal, SMITH Magazine – The Moment

CAITHNESS INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL | WICK, SCOTLAND
Conducted a week and a half long series of “Art Meets Engineering” kinetic sculpture workshops
for groups of middle and high school students in rural Scotland.

MIT MEDIA LABORATORY | CAMBRIDGE, MA
Research Assistant, Future of Learning Group
Highlands and Islands Enterprises (HIE) Fellow
• Organized and conducted a series of short kinetic-sculpture workshops over several months
with students and teachers from more than fifteen schools throughout the Scottish highlands
and islands.
• Mentored more than twenty-five inner-city Boston teenagers for six weeks as part of the South
End Technology Center’s Learn to Teach : Teach to Learn program.

AWARDS

Whitelaw Prize for Originality in 2.007 Design and Competition (for robotics)
Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Award for achievement in the creative and performing arts

GROUP SHOWS

Upstate Artists Guild – POW! (Albany, NY)
Smithy-Pioneer Gallery – Contrariety (Cooperstown, NY)
Lucky Gallery – Made in Red Hook (Brooklyn, NY)
Mariposa Gallery – Day of the Dead 2010 (Albuquerque, NM)
Medialia … Rack and Hamper Gallery – She’s Got the Right Stuff, For the Love of Comics! (NY, NY)