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Aaliyah Lachel'e (Peanutbuddarart) is a black queer artist from the the south suburbs of Chicago. With a focus on magical realism, Aaliyah aims to bring a little bit of fantasy to her viewer’s everyday life. Her work covers the general experience of growing up as an internet obsessed, loser-ish, nerdy kid-of-color, with a little dash of science fiction mixed in. She hopes you can see yourself in the work, because representation matters.

Aaliyah is junior at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. She’s pursuing a Bachelors of Fine Arts with a focus on Illustration and Narrative Work.