Page Laughlin was born and raised in Richmond VA. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of Virginia, where she was an Echols Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa and a member of Psi Chi National Honor Society. Her graduate degree is from the Rhode Island School of Design where she received an MFA in Painting in 1985. Working primarily as a painter, Laughlinhas also exhibited projects in site-specific art.

Page Laughlin has exhibited in galleries located in cities throughout the United States, including New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Fe, Atlanta, Charlotte and Richmond. Laughlin's paintings are in numerous private and public collections, and her paintings have been curated into over 39competitive exhibitions including 10 solo exhibitions and 8 museum exhibitions, and 6 published color exhibition catalogues. Exhibition venues include: SECCA, The North Carolina Museum of Art, The Mint Museum in Charlotte, Nexus, and the Virginia Museum of Art. Laughlin's project grants include the New Forms Regional Artist Project Grant in Atlanta, North Carolina Artist Project Grant, and the Percent for Art Program, as well as a Headlands Center for Art Residency in CA. In 2007, she was awarded a North Carolina Art Council Fellowship, and she was a nominee for USA Artist Fellowship. Her work was a feature article in Traditional Home Magazine, May 2007, with national and international distribution of more than 2 million readers. Currently, her painting "Mirror, Mirror," is on exhibit in the permanent collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art in their new West Building.

Page Laughlin lives, works,and paints in Winston-Salem, NC, where she is Professor of Art and a Reinsch Pierce Faculty Fellow at Wake Forest University.