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
Marty Kalb
Bio
Marty J. Kalb, a resident of Delaware, Ohio, has been exhibiting his artwork in various media for over 60 years. The retired Ohio Wesleyan University professor of Fine Art is a graduate of Michigan State University, Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley. Kalb taught at Ohio Wesleyan from 1967 -2007. His courses included Painting, Drawing, Design, Modern Art History and senior level seminars. Kalb’s artwork has been included in over 150 group and one person exhibitions, and is represented in numerous public, private and corporate collections. Most notable Kalb’s work is in collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Library of Congress and many other museums in Ohio and other states in the US. Abroad Kalb’s work is included in the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aries Argentina and the Mechelen Holocaust Museum in Belgium. Marty Kalb’s work has not been defined by one art form. Over his long career he has employed both abstract and realistic, styles to capture landscapes and seascapes. Since 2013 Kalb has been working on a series of highly realistic Ocean Paintings, exploring the dynamic interaction between waves rocks and sand. In 2023 Kalb was a recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Excellence Award.