The Ohio Artist Registry (OAR) is an exciting opportunity for artists to share their work, connect with the creative community, and establish an online presence—all on a free, virtual platform! The OAR encourages artists working in all art forms, throughout Ohio and beyond, to create a profile, which allows them to better promote themselves and their work. Being listed in the OAR provides artists with new opportunities to share their work with clients, galleries, patrons, and audiences. For more information, contact Kathy Signorino, artist programs director, at kathy.signorino@oac.ohio.gov or 614-728-6140.
Barbara Bachtell
Bio
Barbara Bachtell is a Cleveland Heights-based artist who grew up in Hudson, Ohio, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Albuquerque, New Mexico inspired by her artistically inclined family: her mother was an artist and writer, her great-uncle hand-lettered movie posters for Morgan Lithograph, and one brother is a cartoonist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker. She has a B.A. In Visual Art from Wesleyan University (CT), and a B.F.A. In Painting from Cleveland Institute of Art. She has incorporated both text elements and organic forms into her work for many years, and is a published poet and writer as well as a visual artist. Her drawings and small sculptures have been exhibited throughout Ohio and in Wisconsin, including at: Artists Archives of the Western Reserve; Beachwood Community Center Art Gallery; Beck Center; William Busta Gallery; the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art/MOCA; the Cleveland Museum of Art May Show; the College of Wooster; Cuyahoga Community College; Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA); Firelands College of Bowling Green State University; Karamu House; Kent State University; John Michael Kohler Art Center; Lakeland Community College; the Morgan Conservatory; Park Synagogue; Ohio University, Chillicothe; The Sculpture Center; SPACES; University of Akron; Florence O’Donnell Wasmer Gallery, Ursuline College; and Waterloo Arts. She also created a site-specific, time-based sculpture for the University School Centennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. She was a curator for Slavic Village Development’s first Rooms to Let event (artists’ installations in vacant houses), and an Ohio Arts Council Artist-in-Residence. Her work is in collections of: The Cleveland Art Association; The Cleveland Clinic; The Dalad Group; MetroHealth Medical Center; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Attorneys; and private individuals.
