Wendy MacNaughton | |
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Nationality | United States |
Education | Art Center College of Design |
Known for | Illustration, Comics journalism |
Website | wendymacnaughton |
Wendy MacNaughton is an artist, illustrator and graphic journalist based in San Francisco. Her art has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, Juxtapoz, GOOD, Time Out NY, 7x7, and Gizmodo. She has created magazine cover images for 7x7 and Edible SF. She is a staff illustrator for Longshot Magazine and her monthly illustrated documentary project "Meanwhile," is published in The Rumpus.
Wendy MacNaughton grew up in Marin County, California. After earning a BFA from Art Center College of Design in 1999, MacNaughton worked as a copywriter and designed a campaign for the first democratic local election in Rwanda in 2000. She left advertising after her return to the United States, taking a Masters in International Social Welfare from Columbia University in 2005. She has worked on other campaigns in Africa and produced a film in The Democratic Republic of Congo.
MacNaughton lives in Potrero Hill, San Francisco with her partner, writer Caroline Paul.