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Hurtado Arts

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(25 reviews)
  • Chicago, IL
  • Caricaturist
  • Travels up to 200 miles
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Overview

Roger works live, averaging 12-18 caricatures per hour at parties and is always willing to travel, having gone cross-country and even overseas for select jobs. He also specializes in highly rendered studio gift caricatures.


25 Reviews

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Candi R. • May 7, 2023

AMAZING!!!!

Our post prom event had a line at the caricature station the entire evening! The students were so appreciative of their drawings. The work was fabulous!

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Hurtado Arts

Response from Hurtado Arts:

Thank you for all of your help and for providing the accommodations afterward! You students and staff were awesome :)

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Jeremy • December 15, 2022

AMAZING experience

Hurtado Arts was a class act! He arrived early, which allowed himself time to set-up and be ready to start drawing at the allotted time. He was personable and really recreated images that party-goers LOVED!

He was gracious with his time and did not make this feel transactional at all.

Thank you for assisting in making this a memorable event!

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Stefanie D. • October 24, 2022

So happy with the outcome

We hired him for my child’s birthday party, he was so friendly and wow what a great artist! Everyone loved it! Would definitely hire him again for other functions.

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Angelica S. • October 24, 2022

Spectacular addition to the party!

He did an AMAZING job! His caricatures were spot on in terms of likeness to the subject! He was working nonstop the entire time, and all the guests loved watching him as well as getting their caricatures done! If I could change one thing, I would clone him because, of course, the drawings do take some time, and we had over 100 guests! Looking forward to having him at our party next year! ☺️

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Sarah F. • October 4, 2022

Excellent!

I cannot say enough great things about our experience with Roger! He was engaging, professional and so talented! He worked tirelessly to ensure everyone had their picture drawn at our party. He was excellent with both children and seniors and everyone in between. He’s not only quick, but also pays extreme attention to detail. We will recommend him to anyone looking for a fun addition to a party! Thank you so much Roger!

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Meredith C. • October 3, 2022

Roger was AWESOME!!!

We had such a blast with Roger! He is a great conversationalist and his art turned out great! I would highly recommend his services to anyone looking for something fun to add to any event!!

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Cathy H. • September 19, 2022

Hit it out of the PARK

Everyone loved the caricatures. Fun and easy to talk to. Thrilled everyone - Kids to adults. Would so recommend him for you events!

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Ellen C. • August 7, 2022

Great for bachelorette parties

Roger provided incredible services for our bachelorette event. Everyone loved their caricatures. He was very personable and a great addition to our party. Highly recommend!

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Hurtado Arts

Response from Hurtado Arts:

Thank you, Ellen! It was a pleasure drawing you and your beautiful friends!

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Mary L. • July 11, 2022

My guest were so pleased. He is the best

I would recommend and already have to everyone. He make my event a huge huge success

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Twyla • May 16, 2022

Amazing

Mr. Hurtado was a huge hit at our party. His work was great and he was super easy to work with. I would definitely book with him again!

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Angie S. • April 19, 2022

Amazing, Fun, WOW!

Rodger did an amazing job at our Post Prom event. He worked quickly and diligently. He was fun to talk with while he worked. He was very personable with the high school students. The students LOVED their drawings and I am excited to hire him again in the future for many other events.

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Tiffany T. • March 6, 2022

Awesome!! Made our party

Roger came to my 30th birthday party and was such a hit. He made the party extra special. He is super talented and great. He also does his work very fast. Will be hiring him again!

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Mika L. • February 17, 2022

Very Professional

We had an amazing experience with this artist for our Valentine's Day event in downtown Chicago. He produced great work!

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Latasha S. • January 15, 2022

Excellent customer service

The artist was very friendly and engaging. He was also very quick with each drawing and everyone absolutely loved them.

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Kristin • September 11, 2021

Great person, great work, great experience!

I booked Roger for our small casual wedding. He was on time, polite, worked diligently, and was involved with our guests as he drew them. He added so much fun to our wedding. Everyone loved him! His work was great and really captured who our guests are. We look forward to the possibilities of booking him for other events again in the future!

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Jacki D. • May 30, 2021

Terrific

Roger was great. His art is playful and fun and his attention to detail captures people perfectly. Everyone at our party loved him.

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Dominique T. • March 26, 2021

Awesome this great artist is a great person

The caricatures were perfect and very funny
The artist arrived early to the event and stayed until he drew everyone.
He was really nice and fun
I would recommend him to private events. This was a perfect addition to the party
Thank you

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Colleen W. • November 25, 2020

Roger was wonderful

Roger was on time, did a fantastic job and delighted my guests. It was a surprise for my husbands 60th birthday party and he loved it also.

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Weiner • March 25, 2019

doesn't care about commitments or kids

Hired Roger to help with a how to draw activity books project. He never delivered. He kept saying he would get to it - I kindly asked him to please just let me know if he wasn't going to do it so it didn't hold up the project (which the graphic artists, video team and others had to wait for the illustrations to get their jobs done)... he kept saying he was going to get to it but NEVER did.. it cost us time and caused us genuine frustration... not to mention delaying our amazing project from getting to the kids for many months due to Roger not simply saying I changed my mind and am not going to do what we agreed upon!

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John T. • December 19, 2017

Family party

Roger was great! Professional, interactive, entertaining, and is a great artist. We had about 25 people at our event. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed their drawings. He was a big hit with all age groups.

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Patty J. • December 4, 2017

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!!!!!

Roger really turned our party into a 5 star event! Everyone LOVED his work & how entertaining he was! Our BEST Christmas party to date (and I've been here 19 years!!) Very highly recommend!!!! Loved you Roger!!!!

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Valery C. • September 24, 2016

Unprofessional

I had hurtado arts for my wedding as well as another artist come. I created placecards for my guests so they could be reused to mark their place in line for the drawing. That way guest could dance and have fun instead of standing in a long line at the wedding. I told this to roger and I heard from several guests that after I walked away he immediately said that's stupid I'm not doing that. You don't disregard what the bride says. Also my brothers went up to him and told him he needed to be doing the placecard thing and he blatantly told them no that's stupid I'm not doing that and started badmouthing them to my guests in front of them. He is BEYOND unprofessional and rude! If I knew during the wedding he did any of that I would have kicked him out of my wedding. Also he made the men look like creepy feminine ventriloquist dolls. We had another artist there who was very nice, added color to the drawings and added personal touches about the person she was drawing. Stark comparison.

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Caricaturist
Hurtado Arts

Response from Hurtado Arts:

The name-placard idea was placed in my lap well into my third or fourth drawing, and I did my best to briefly explain that it wouldn't work because it would require me to get up after every drawing and hunt for the person next in line. This is impractical because a) it wastes time in between drawings, b) I very well can't yell the names out over the loud music and c) I didn't know anyone at the reception so *how* am I to match names with faces? It didn't make sense and a line had already formed before the idea was presented to me, so it was guaranteed to fail.
Yes, choice words were exchanged with your brother because I refused to tolerate his intoxicated aggressive manner.
I also won't dignify your cheap-shot critique of my work. Your guest's opinions of my work were a stark contrast of yours.

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Pat L. • January 18, 2016

Fabulous job, huge hit

Rogerr did an excellent job for us at our company party. He was engaging, accomodating and best of all a superb caricaturist. He took soem prompts from us about attendees and used it in his pictorals and everyone loved the final product, thanks Roger for a super event.

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Theresa L. • December 8, 2015

We want to book him again!

Very professional and great at what he does. We are going to book him again to come back and draw the associates that didnt get a drawing at our party.

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Karina R. • June 14, 2015

Birthday party

Everyone loved their drawings I would recommend him for party's

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Price Range: Contact for rates

Gig Length: 120 - 720 minutes

Languages: English, Spanish

What to Expect

Roger is one of the highest rated caricature artists in the Greater Chicago area. He works live, averaging 15-20 caricatures per hour at parties, and is always willing to travel, having gone cross-country for select jobs.

His clients have included MetLife, GE, Texas Roadhouse Restaurants, Apple Vacations, The Limbaugh Letter, ABC Television, Clear Channel, WDJX radio, U.S. Army, Navigation Technologies (Mapquest), the Chicago Fire Department, The Salvation Army, The City of Chicago, Sister Cities International, and numerous private commissions.

About

Roger is a freelance artist from Chicago, Illinois. He has worked at Six Flags Great America as a caricature artist since 1996. He operated a caricature concession at Six Flags, Kentucky Kingdom in 2000, and subsequently went on to Universal Studios in Florida over the following years.

Roger Also served on the NCN board as Vice President for one term and President for two consecutive terms.

Winner of the prestigious Golden Nosey (the highest honor at the NCN annual convention and competition), Roger has accumulated 19 awards overall. Among his other awards were the Silver Nosey, Caricature of the Year, Studio Caricature of the Year, Best Color Technique, has placed second for Best Portfolio and has consistently placed in the top three for numerous divisional awards.

Roger specializes in highly rendered studio caricatures. His work was featured on the cover of the July-August issue of Airbrush Action Magazine, as well as on the cover of the premier issue of Car-i-ca-ture magazine.

He can work live as well, averaging 15-20 caricatures per hour at parties, and is always willing to travel, having gone cross-country for select jobs.

His clients have included MetLife, GE, Texas Roadhouse Restaurants, Apple Vacations, The Limbaugh Letter, ABC Television, Clear Channel, WDJX radio, U.S. Army, Navigation Technologies (Mapquest), the Chicago Fire Department, The Salvation Army, The City of Chicago, Sister Cities International, and numerous private commissions.

Additional Booking Notes

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Upcoming Booked Events

June 10, 2023 • 8:30pm - 10:30pm Teen Birthday Party
June 24, 2023 • 1:00pm - 4:00pm Wedding Reception
September 16, 2023 • 8:00pm - 11:00pm Wedding Reception
March 23, 2024 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm Wedding Reception

Past Booked Events

May 06, 2023–May 07, 2023 • 11:00pm - 2:30am Prom/After Prom Party
December 31, 2022–January 01, 2023 • 8:00pm - 12:00am Restaurant/Bar Event
December 06, 2022 • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Corporate Event
December 02, 2022 • 6:00pm - 8:30pm Corporate Event
October 23, 2022 • 2:30pm - 4:30pm Children’s Birthday Party
October 15, 2022 • 6:00pm - 9:00pm Halloween Party
October 01, 2022 • 3:30pm - 6:00pm Children’s Birthday Party
September 30, 2022 • 6:00pm - 9:00pm Cocktail Party
September 18, 2022 • 11:00am - 3:00pm Corporate Event
July 30, 2022 • 4:00pm - 6:00pm Bachelorette Party
July 10, 2022 • 2:00pm - 5:00pm Birthday Party
June 04, 2022 • 7:00pm - 10:00pm Birthday Party
May 15, 2022 • 2:00pm - 4:00pm Children’s Birthday Party
May 13, 2022 • 7:00pm - 10:30pm Prom/After Prom Party
May 07, 2022 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm Personal Occasion
April 09, 2022–April 10, 2022 • 10:30pm - 1:00am Nonprofit Event
March 05, 2022 • 9:30pm - 11:30pm Birthday Party
February 12, 2022 • 7:00pm - 10:00pm Holiday Party
January 14, 2022 • 6:30pm - 9:30pm Teen Birthday Party
October 10, 2021 • 2:00pm - 4:00pm Children’s Birthday Party
September 25, 2021–September 26, 2021 • 10:00pm - 12:00am Cocktail Party
September 09, 2021 • 5:30pm - 7:00pm Wedding Reception
July 17, 2021 • 10:00am - 6:00pm Nonprofit Event
May 27, 2021 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm Birthday Party
March 25, 2021 • 6:30pm - 7:30pm Birthday Party
November 21, 2020 • 7:30pm - 10:30pm Birthday Party
August 15, 2019 • 11:00am - 3:00pm Corporate Event
June 23, 2019 • 1:00pm - 3:00pm Children's Birthday Party
September 22, 2018 • 7:00pm - 9:30pm Wedding Reception
July 03, 2018 • 6:00pm - 8:00pm Graduation
December 16, 2017 • 5:00pm - 7:00pm Christmas Party
December 03, 2017 • 12:00pm - 3:00pm Christmas Party
January 16, 2016 Corporate Event
December 07, 2015 Holiday Party (Other)
August 26, 2015 Corporate Event
June 12, 2015 Birthday (Child)
May 30, 2015 Birthday (Adult)
April 30, 2015 Corporate Event
May 10, 2014 Birthday Party
February 09, 2014 Bar/Bat Mitzvah Party

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Influences & Inspiration

Mad magazine artists, Al Hirschfeld, Tex Avery, Gary Fasen, The National Caricaturist Network, The International Society of Caricature Artists.

Setup Requirements

Chairs

access to outlet in low light situation

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