Between 2019 and 2024, while working as a cue card writer for Saturday Night Live, Lauren Cohen produced a body of work spanning drawing, photography, ceramic objects, performance, and a graphic novel titled The Invisible Cue Card Girl. Cohen took the position intentionally, situating herself within the entertainment industry from a peripheral vantage point defined by proximity, labor, and invisibility.

 

Operating behind the scenes and moving between cameras and performers, she experienced the tension of being essential yet unseen. This perspective became a central framework for her practice, informing how she uses staging, character construction, and humor to build narrative and meaning across media.

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This body of work examines invisibility, authorship, and the emotional economy of creative labor. Through performative environments and symbolic objects, Cohen explores ambition, validation, and the quiet persistence required to sustain an artistic identity within systems that reward visibility unevenly. Humor functions as both material and structure, allowing the work to address power, aspiration, and cultural hierarchies with precision and restraint.