Events › Sulzer Comic & Arts Festival: Artist Alley & Merch Market

Please join us for the Artist Alley and Merch Market at the Sulzer Library Comic & Arts Festival! This will be an opportunity to see the work of local artists. 

The artists will be:

Name: Ashley Esper

Email Address: skullsnsketches@gmail.com

Website: skullsnsketches.com

Instagram: @skullsnsketches

Bio: Ashley is an illustrator and graphic designer, her work is inspired by classic cartoons, pop culture, and other general silliness. She is the creator of Ralphs, a comic series following a pair of lovable pups and their everyday hi-jinks!

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Name: Cait Alejandre

Email Address: caitalejandre@gmail.com

Website: https://www.caitalejandre.com/

Instagram: @caitalejandre

Bio: My artist name is Caitlin Alejandre and I am a Mexican-American artist + illustrator. I graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with my emphasis in illustration.

My work involves playful imagery filled with fun characters and peculiar details. I combine natural scenes with unnatural elements to create a balance between reality and fantasy- showing the wonderful and weird world we live in through my art.

My focus is on character design, picture book illustrations and design art. I work with traditional and digital mediums but also have experience in 3D digital sculpting, 2D animation and screen printing.

I am currently living in the Midwest with my wonderful husband, Hector, and our adorable cats! ​With a love for the outdoors, we spend our free time in nature hiking, kayaking and critter watching.

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Name: Catalina Diaz

Email Address: catalinadiazart@gmail.com

Website: https://www.catalinadiazart.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catalinadiazart/

Bio: Catalina is a Mexican American illustrator based in Aurora, IL. She primarily uses watercolors and markers but will occasionally make digital art as well. Currently she makes a lot of artwork featuring chickens but will make fanart and other original artworks.

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Name: Keanu "Kiwi" Martinez

Email Address: keanu.martinez6@gmail.com

Website: https://freshkiwii.carrd.co

Instagram: instagram.com/fresh_kiwi_

Bio: Hello! The name is Keanu, or more commonly known as, Kiwi! I'm a character illustrator based in Chicagoland that creates merchandise based on fighting games and whatever other popular media I find myself into. The FreshKiwi brand represents the fun, the cool, and the colorful with the characters you know and love.

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Name: Laura Reyes

Email Address: laurareyesillustration@gmail.com

Website: laurareyesillustration.com

Instagram: @pastellas

Bio: Laura Reyes is a Mexican American illustrator based in the Chicago area. Through her art, she strives to weave narratives that resonate with viewers and forge a connection. She enjoys illustrating for picture books, comics, and design art. She is open to mural work as well.

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Name: Marisol Del Valle

Email Address: dzhelasi@gmail.com

Website: www.dzhelasi.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/dzhelasi

Bio: Marisol Del Valle (Dzhelasi) is a digital illustrator and mixed media artist.
Dzhelasi (deh-zah-LAH-see) started her career creating characters and items for various gaming websites. Her love for bats and interest in folklore and mythology can be seen as influences in much of her artwork. Her mediums of choice are digital art on procreate as well as acrylic paints and inks.

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Name: Steph Stanga

Email Address: stephstangaart@gmail.com

Website: https://www.stephstanga.com/

Instagram: @lookwhatstephdrew

Bio: Steph Stanga is an Illustrator who currently dwells in Chicago, IL with her husband and two cats. She has been drawing since she was a baby, and just never stopped drawing dinosaurs and unicorns. As an adult she went to art school; learning the basics of figure drawing and then digital painting and even animation! Now, she travels around the country sharing her work with fans and vending at various events.

Steph is inspired by nature, animals, animated movies and the fantasy genre overall. Her favorite subjects to draw are weird, “ugly” things, or creatures that just need some extra love. She loves sharing useless fun facts about lesser known animals!

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Name: Tom Bacon

Email Address: tom.bacon.artist@gmail.com

Website: www.tombaconartist.com

Instagram: @tombaconart

Bio: Tom Bacon is a local digital artist, who studied digital art and design, breaking into video games and graphic design. Nowadays he's working in comics as a Colorist, and creating his own retro neon worlds in pixel art style of retro games.

Accessibility

Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.