About
Avery Slezak (she/they) is an illustrator, book artist, and paper engineer making bold and graphic illustrations, zines, artist books, pop-up books, and pop-up cards.
She is also the director and a co-founder of super professional press, an independent Risograph printing collective that publishes work by other artists in addition to her own work. She has tabled at various art book fairs and zine fairs with the press and independently.
Avery went to Pratt Institute and received her BFA in Communications Design with an emphasis in Illustration and a minor in Book Arts. She currently works as a paper engineer for Up With Paper in New Haven, CT.
Contact
Email: slezakavery@gmail.com
Awards
Moveable Book Society’s Meggendorfer Award for Artists Books: Finalist. 2025.
3x3 Magazine Annual 22: Merit Winner. 2025.
Creative Quarterly CQ78: Illustration Runner-up x 4. 2024.
Society of Publication Designers: Noteworthy. 2024.
Collections
Pratt Institute Library
Pace University Zine Library
Baylor University Book Arts Collection
UNC Greensboro Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collection
Temple University Library
Fairs
Other Islands Book Fair 2026
Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase 2026
Center for Book Arts Winter Market 2025
Storefront Book Bash 2025
Newark Zine Fair 2025
Philly Zine Fest 2025
Other Islands Book Fair 2025
Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase 2025
Riso Expo Philly 2025
Jersey Art Book Fair 2025
Tokyo Art Book Fair 2024
Newark Zine Fair 2024
Staple and Stitch Art Book Fair 2024
East Village Zine Fair 2024
STOCKLISTS
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Desert Island Comics