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Sylvia Santillanez
Hi! I am a writer, printmaker, and archival researcher based in Berkeley.
My multi-disciplinary cultural work includes printmaking, publishing zines and chapbooks, and convening events and workshops. I deeply love print, analog, and place-based media and culture.
I was born and raised in southern California. In my practice, I experiment with ways to address family, grief, and the experience of queer life.
I have a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley.
Recent cultural activities
- Queer Ancestors Project Prints!, San Francisco, CA (2025-2026)
- Co-instructor, with Rena Tom, “Intro to Risograph,” Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, CA (2025)
- Co-facilitator, “Cultural Guerrilla,” Reprographixxx, Berkeley, CA (2025)
- Co-convenor, with stevie redwood; Reader, with stevie redwood, Joni Flint-Gonzales, and Wendy Trevino, “Under The Walls: Grief and Resistance Against Land Seizure,” Oakland, CA (2025)
- Moderator, “People's Park: A Night in the Archives,” Oakland, CA (2024)
- Participant, Bay Area Radical Memory Workers Circle (2023-2024)
Currently
- Volunteer Printer, Reprographixxx Print Room (2022-); Co-founder & Lead Printer (2022-2025)
Small press
- Tabler, San Francisco Zine Fest (2023-2024), as Reprographixxx
- Tabler, Dear Diary Zine Fest (2019; 2025)
- Tabler, East Bay Book & Alternative Zine Fest (2025)
- Author, “Late Days at People’s Park,” self-distributed zine (2024); adapted for Street Spirit (2025)
Contact me
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