Fabiola Lara

Fabiola Lara is a Chilean American illustrator based in Philadelphia whose colorful, playful work celebrates everyday life and the neighborhoods, landmarks, and local pride of the city she loves. Her illustrations have been commissioned by Adobe, the Grammys, the Washington Post, and Instagram, where she created the in-app voting stickers that encourage voter registration. In 2024,she brought her art off the screen through a growing network of risograph-printed mini print vending machines, offering more than 60 collectible Philly designs and building a community of mini print collectors along the way. She also shares the behind-the-scenes of building a creative career online, showing what it looks like to be a modern-day artist. Across everything she does, her goal is to make art feel approachable and creative careers feel attainable.