LORIAN GISH (they / she) is a multi-media artist focusing on Film, Fabrication, and Sculpture both in front of and behind the camera.
Most notable works include: producing and directing creature and house horror short films (distributed by ALTER and Crypt TV), sculpting masks and dolls, crafting corsetry and chest bindery from reclaimed combat boots and other sustainable materials, walking various New York Fashion Week’s FW26 and SS26 runway collections, creating music videos from the independent hyperpop and punk 2021-2026 New York City scene (i.e. wardrobe, storyboards, set design, prop making, directing, producing, editing), and more…
Graduate of Pace University (BFA Acting for Film, Television, Voice-over, & Commercials) and the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.
Published in Rue Morgue Magazine , Film Threat, Dread Central , Morbidly Beautiful, Daily Dead, Bloody Flicks, Pop Horror, Villain Media. They’ve screened work via festivals such as FilmQuest, Brooklyn Horror, HorrOrigins, Dead Northern (UK), Horrible Imaginings, Anomaly, Northern Frights (Canada), etc.
Other distributions: Dreamworks, HBO, Microsoft, ESPN, Shudder. Other artistic mediums: Acrylic, Dance (modern, aerial, ballet), Embroidery, Leather, Styling, Ceramic, Recycled / Repurposed Materials.
General themes explore grief, horror, femininity, domesticity, science-fiction, fantasy, and whimsy.