Lauren Simkin Berke

Lauren Simkin Berke is a Brooklyn based artist, illustrator, and educator, drawing for clients such as The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, Virginia Quarterly Review, and illustrating book covers including Katie Rain Hill's Rethinking Normal, the Paris Review's The Writer's Chapbook, and the first edition of Susan Stryker's Transgender History. Berke teaches in the MFA Illustration program at the Fashion Institute of Technology and in the BFA Cartooning and Illustration departments at the School of Visual Arts. Were I Not A Girl: The Inspiring and True Story of Dr. James Barry is their first picture book.

Please note: Simkin is Lauren’s middle name, and Berke is Lauren’s last name.

Residency September 4, 2008 - September 30, 2008. During their residency, Lauren made Interactive Cartography and Aerial Schematic. They returned in 2010 to create Living Room/Boarding Room.