Illustrated by Laura Baran

I am Laura Baran, an award-winning illustrator

I serve global brands and publishers with high-impact visual storytelling.

My illustration credits span high-profile editorial publications, luxury fashion brand collaborations, and large-scale public art projects.

Editorial and Media Credits 
The New York Times
Vanity Fair
HuffPost
SiriusXM
The Nation (Contributor) 

Commercial and Public Art Projects
Meatpacking District (Designer and illustrator of "avant-garde" themed public street banners and tabletops seen throughout Meatpacking in New York City, 2024)
AT&T (Social media content creator, 2022)
La Mer (Social media content creator, 2014-2016)
two : minds (Social media content creator, 2025) 
4th Row Films (Movie poster artist, 2014)

Book Credits
Rose's Summer of Arts & Dreams
Anyone Who’s Anyone
Mantras in Motion
Real Estate Rescue

Awards and Recognition
Society of Illustrators in New York:
I received the Effie Bowie Award for Excellence in Painting (2003)
Time Out New York:
My painting for the movie ‘Actress’ was recognized as the Best Movie Poster of the Year (2014)

Work with me

SELECT CLIENTS:

Luxury Brands
La Mer — Louis Vuitton — Monrowe for the Met Gala — Sergio Hudson x Monrowe for New York Fashion Week

Luxury Retailers
Bloomingdale’s — Macy’s — two : minds NYC — Saks Fifth Avenue — Ippolita Boutique on Madison Avenue

Hospitality and Travel
The Standard High Line Hotel — Prosper Urban — ZICO Coconut Water

Publishing
Hay House — HarperCollins — Mango — The Nation — 4th Row Films — Mariame Kaba — L. Joy Williams for Sunday Civics on SiriusXM — Balboa Press

New York City Business Improvement Districts
Meatpacking District — The Hudson Yards Hell’s Kitchen Alliance (HYHK)

Other
AT&T — Boris & Horton — Jacadi Paris — NYU Writing Faculty

 

PUBLIC BANNER AND TABLETOP CAMPAIGN FOR THE MEATPACKING DISTRICT

BRANDING ART FOR HYHK

MAP FOR THE WESTFORT BROADWAY

MARKETING ART FOR SUNDAY CIVICS ON SIRIUSXM

AT&T’S DRAWN TO THE HOLIDAYS CAMPAIGN

ALBUM ART FOR FAN FICTION

EXTRÉ SOCIAL MEDIA

PROMO ART FOR SUNDAY CIVICS

GEN MAGAZINE COVER

SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT FOR LA MER

LA MER’S SOCIAL MEDIA ILLUSTRATIONS