Lauren Paige Conrad is a self-taught illustrator based in Asheville, NC, where she celebrates the quotidian with papercut collages. After studying textiles and fashion design at The University of Georgia and FIDM, she worked in product development and small scale textile production before turning to her own art, which has been featured in Bravery, HappiKids, and Frankie magazine. Lauren’s layers of paper, gouache, and colored pencil are inspired by childhoods full of imagination and mischief, and she is especially excited about opportunities to lend her craft to picture books.
