Lydia Mary Cotterell

Lydia is an illustrator, aspiring picture book maker and print designer based in the UK and is the Artist in Residence for 2022/23 at Downside School, Somerset, UK.

Lydia graduated from her Master's in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art with a Distinction in 2022. She has recently been announced as a Shortlisted artist for the World Illustration Awards 2022 for her project 'Lets find out about: Cormorants'.

She has a background in surface pattern and printed textiles and graduated in 2015 from Manchester School of Art with a BA(hons) in Textiles in Practice.