Sonia Lai (like pie) is an illustrator whose doodling debut commenced in 2nd grade with the release of a comic series Dingo Dude and Gator Guy. As an adult she started taking art classes to distract herself during the final year of her doctorate program at Johns Hopkins (rest assured, her thesis was still completed on time).

When she’s not drawing she works as a Nurse Practitioner. She also enjoys tinkering with her ukulele and watching cartoons in Spanish.

Prints can be purchased at my print shop.

Email: SoniaLai.art@gmail.com or send a message down below.

Select Clients:

  • Tor Books

  • Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group

  • St. Martin’s Press

  • Simon & Schuster

  • Harper Collins

  • Head of Zeus

Recognitions:

  • Society of Illustrators (LA) 64 - Gold award (book)- 2025

  • Creative Quarterly 81: winner -2025

  • 3x3 International Illustration show no. 22: Merit award -2025

  • Communication Arts Competition: Illustration short list -2025, 2026

  • Smart School art prize : Honorable mention- August 2025, Runner up - Jan 2025

  • Infected by Art publication: Volumes 12, 13, 14

  • Giant Robot Store : Select exhibitions- 2024, 2025

  • Gallery Nucleus: Power in Numbers exhibition - 2025

  • Using Art to Bridge Research and Policy: An Initiative of the United States National Academy of Medicine - Publication - 2021

  • National Academy of Medicine - Expressions of Clinician Well-Being: An Art Exhibition - digital gallery and physical traveling exhibition