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.
For more information, contact Kathy Signorino, artist programs director, at kathy.signorino@oac.ohio.gov or 614-728-6140.
2025 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
I like bold colors and typically work in realism but occasionally add in a bit of whimsy. I like my work to grab the viewer and want to know more about the piece.
Susan is a contemporary landscape painter and installation artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. The pieces that she creates are informed by her responses to the state of our contemporary natural environment as it grapples with climate change. Constructed from both memory and observation, her works arise from real and imagined environmental scenarios. With them, she examines the power and fragility of nature caught in a state of flux between destruction and renewal. Her goal In creating the work is to raise awareness, and inspire a greater respect for the environment that we all share.
Megan Dardis
Artist
Megan Dardis is an abstract artist working in Cleveland, Ohio. Dardis’ paintings depict explosive events and waves of movement and motion, in which she combines geometric and linear elements with painterly brushstrokes in vibrant color palettes. In Dardis’ work emotions are transformed into pigment and gesture capturing the in-between transient states of being. Layers of paint and mark are built up, covered up, poured over, scraped off, breaking down and regenerating all at the same time.…
Clifford Darrett
Active Artist
Clifford Darrett, born and raised in Evansville, Indiana, now living in Dayton, Ohio for the last 53 years, has always had the natural ability to draw, passed to him from his father, who was a very good drawer. He took classes in drawing, painting and graphic arts at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, while working on his Associate Degree for Electronic Data Processing. …
Pamela Z. Daum is a photographer based in Kent, OH. She has exhibited extensively in both solo and group shows across the United States and Europe. In 2016 and again in 2021, Women in the Arts “Celebrating the Genius of Women” recognized her work. She was one of 100 artists selected for the 2014 Aesthetica Art Prize.…
Deb Davis
Professor Emerita
Deb A. Davis is a practicing artist and former educator and university administrator. Davis exhibits traditional and photographic-based artworks, both nationally and internationally. She has mounted solos exhibitions at various galleries and art centers across the U.S. Davis has participated in numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States, including Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Florida, Texas, and Washington.
John Davis
Artist
John R. Davis is an established artist who works in watercolor, oils, acrylic and egg tempera. His paintings range from Landscapes, cityscapes and water scenes. In recent years he has been actively pursuing Plein Air paintings in oil.
Katie Davis
Painter and Installation Artist
Katie is a mixed media painter/installation artist whose work blends together her experience with interior design, the choas of being a mother, and her love of drawing, abstraction, and found materials.
Lettie Davis
Artist
Rough…unfinished.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Raised in Woodlawn, Ohio.
A graduate of Princeton City Schools 1977.
Continued education experience:
Art Institute of Atlanta, The Union Institute and University, and Ashford University. On campus and Online experiences.
My associates and portfolio landed me work with THE WEATHER CHANNEL for 2 years under the ownership of Jim Coleman.…
Nikki Davis
Actor, Performance Artist, Director
Nikki is an actor and performance scholar based in Columbus, Ohio. She received her Master of Arts degree in Performance Studies from New York University Tisch School of the Arts and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Richmond. She has appeared in shows such as Poe: The Play (Virginia Clemm Poe) with Original Productions Theatre, Chamber Music (Girl in Gossamer Dress) with Ad Hoc Theatre Company, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom) with Actors’ Theatre of Columbus, The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Mairead) with Warehouse Theatre Company, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Siliva) with Columbus Civic Theatre, and 12 Angry Women (Juror #7) with State of the Art Productions.…
My practice is simple: Go to the studio daily. Work. Have several works-in-progress all the time. Work in series & sets so the thinking pushes itself forward. Foster the exercise of multiples, allowing the muscular movement of my hands to create both similarities & eccentricities. Walk in the woods, find a place to sit, listen & see when you get tired.…
Anita Dawsonis a full time painter and sculptor, living in Columbus, Ohio. Her work is exhibited in the Midwest and eastern United States. Research has taken her to Italy, Spain and France to study iconography. She has served as a visiting artist and professor in Aix in Provence and Rome and is Professor Emerita at the Columbus College of Art & Design.…
Kelly Dawson is a self-taught artist who was born into the world of auto racing. She made a career in the sport for a number of years. Always attracted to the color, lights and fanfare of the sport more than the sport itself. When the tragedies that would happen at the track became too much, she gave up that world to devote her time to her art.
Creative hobbies – especially photography – have been a lifelong pleasure for me, helping to balance my formal education for a structured, science based career in health care. Having recently retired, I am devoting more time to further develop my photography skills, and participate in local photography organizations that provide education, competition and photography event opportunities. …
Jaqueline de Melo Silva (She / Her / They)
was born in Coimbra, Portugal. And grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. She received her first technical dance training as in adolescent with Ballet and Contemporary influences through the lens of competitive performance. She studied Art, Design, and performed in the Winterguard(2013) at Western Carolina University, and holds a B.A.…
Amy Deal
Artist
Amy Deal is a mixed media painter. She is also known for mural designs in Dayton, OH. Her largest mural is over 900 linear sq ft along the Great Miami River at Downtown Dayton’s Five River MetroParks RiverScape River Run. Amy has also worked with nonconventional materials to create commentaries on how consumerism is denigrating our environment. Her current series of works is intuitive, mono print paintings.
Pam DeCamp
Sole Proprietor
Pam DeCamp is an award winning professional photographer from Wheelersburg, Ohio. Her 30+ years of photography experience has ranged from photojournalism, sports, performing arts, fine art, to macro and wildlife.
Dennis Deel
Owner
I started walking as a form of mental health “exercise”. The photography came about as I began to enjoy all the textures and colors on my hiking trips and wanted a record instead of just my memory. After publishing a few on my Facebook page, my friends began asking if they could buy some.…
Christine Deemer
Artist
Christine Deemer is an encaustic artist, she uses beeswax, tree resin, and natural pigments to create textured seascapes that reflect the beauty and fragility of our oceans. Her work is deeply inspired by the need to protect marine environments, with a particular focus on raising awareness about plastic pollution. Each painting layers molten beeswax, Demar tree resin with oil pigment, and other natural materials, creating luminous, multidimensional surface that captures the movement and depth of the sea. The encaustic medium, an ancient technique, allows for sculpting and layering, symbolizing the complex layers of life beneath the ocean’s surface. By showcasing the delicate interplay between light, water, and marine ecosystems, she aims to inspire a deeper connection to our oceans and encourage action towards reducing plastic waste for a healthier, more sustainable future.
Mary Defer (she/her, b. 1992) is an artist based in Lakewood, a near-lifelong Northeast Ohioan. Raised on a family farm, she discovered her love for photography at Kenyon College, where she earned a B.A. in Studio Art. Her work has been exhibited regionally and nationally through organizations such as Valley Art Center, Soho Photo Gallery, and Filter Photo.…