Laila Jalallar is best known for her hand-cut paper butterflies, floating together in suspension forming themes of Hope, Love, and inspiration. Each butterfly is hovered in mid-air, individually with pins and clustered together to form icons, symbols, and words against the backdrop of fun and exciting canvases.

These works conjure sensations of nostalgia, created from maps, cutting out words, symbols, and places to create feelings of unity within the piece. Standing in juxtaposition with the contrast to clean, pixelated designs that the butterflies form, Laila emulates Robert Indiana's famous "Love" and "Hope", as well as Hearts, and the theme of "Home," which pops off the canvas in three-dimension.

With a background in the art business and collecting, Laila is a self-taught artist based in New Jersey. She combines her love of paper, art history, and design to create works that are fresh and thought-provoking.