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. A listing in the OAR does not confer an endorsement, approval, or verification by the Ohio Arts Council.
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2024 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Mac Love
Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst ART x LOVEAkron Ohio 44333 United States Work Phone: 3302388588 Birthday: May 11, 1979 Website: ART x LOVE Website: Akron Stories Website: @PLAY Akron Website: Mac Love – LinkedIn Website: Portfolio
Bio
Mac Love was born in New York City, grew up in Brussels, Belgium, earned his Master’s Degree in Painting at the Edinburgh College of Art, in Scotland, and is a lifelong and diehard Cleveland sports fan. He met his wife Allyse, a native Akronite, while working at Sterling Brands in the Empire State Building in 2010. They moved back to Ohio in 2013, Co-Founded Art x Love in 2015, and live in Akron with their two children.
Mac Love has more than 30 years of experience as an international artist, and has work permanently displayed in galleries, institutions, and collections across six continents. He has also produced hundreds of public art and placemaking projects. Throughout his career, Love has also worked on projects for Disney, Proctor & Gamble, Bayer, Nike, The Trust for Public Land, John Carroll University, Advance Ohio, Major League Baseball, Boys & Girls Club, YMCA, and many more.
Mac Love is the Lead Artist, Co-Founder & Chief Catalyst at Art x Love, a creative agency that strategically designs art to change how people think, feel, and operate in select environments. “We make art work,” says Love.
Mac is the president of Leadership Akron Class 38, and serves on the board of Akron Roundtable, Keep Akron Beautiful, and the Akron Bicentennial Commission. In 2021, Mac was recognized by the Ohio House of Representatives for “preserving the history of the area” with the Rubber Worker Statue & Akron Stories project, and by Mitchell J. Silver, the New York City Parks Commissioner, for “one of the best examples of creative community engagement I have ever seen” with the @PLAY project.
Artist Statement
I believe in the health of art and the power of creative courage. My work is inspired by formative experiences that shaped my understanding of the creative impulse, language, cultural value systems, and civic responsibility. I take a bespoke approach to each project, and leverage my creative experience and design intelligence to “make art work.” That can manifest in something that is simply inspirational, or art that is engineered to change the way that people think, feel, and operate in select environments.
