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2025 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
J Inky Lorain Cantrell
ArtistStrongsville Ohio 44149 United StatesHome Ohio United States Home Phone: 440-552-6925 Website: J Inky Lorain Portfolio
Bio
Inky’s artistic process begins with the desire to capture a feeling, an experience, a reaction the domesticity of her situation. As a youth her father encouraged her to explore her artistic talents that led her to be a lifelong learner. With a keen desire to expand her artistic knowledge and understand her desire to create she explored education. The exposure to different art processes allowed her to craft her style. She blurs the boundaries between what is real and imagined taking her experiences and manifesting them into a new graphic reality. She is an art educator and has taught hundreds of students in elementary school in Ohio and North Carolina, along with adult craft workshops in Ohio. Her work has been in juried exhibitions in Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and California. Step into her studio on any day and she is juggling multiple ideas for new canvases about journeys, transitions, or perhaps a whimsical ride.
Associate Degree in Commercial Art
Bachelors Degree focused on Fine Art and Art Education- Art Teacher K-12
Masters Degree in Adult Education
Artist Statement
I am an Domestic Urbane Surrealist. I explore the concept of home and city blurring the boundaries and translating it into a colorful reimagined playbook. I am inspired by the reality of the domesticity of life that is affected by the bombardment of commercialism. Using simple readily available tools, paint, paper, and canvas I manifest a new reality.