Lauren Karjala is a figurative painter based in Newmarket, NH. Her oil paintings combine figures with personal and common symbolism to craft dreamlike, autobiographical narratives that blur the lines between memory and imagination. Lauren earned her BFA in painting from the University of New Hampshire in 2014 and has since lived and worked between Boston, MA, and the Seacoast NH area. Her art has been exhibited extensively throughout New England and has been featured in prominent publications such as Vanity Fair UK (2022) and the I Like Your Work Podcast Catalog (2023), among others.