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
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.…
Gregory DeGroat
Fine Artist/Graphic Designer
was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1955. My father was an artist, and some of my earliest memories are of him teaching me how to draw. My first paintings were at the age of 8, a mare and a stallion, respectively. I can remember watching the neighborhood kids outside playing tag from my kitchen window, with my father promising to let me play with them, as soon as I completed the hair on the portrait on which he had me working .-)
I majored in art in high school, then took art courses in college, which was followed by a 27-year career as a graphic artist with the Dayton Daily News, in Ohio.…
JoAnn DePolo
Independent Professional Artist, Author, Speaker, Teacher
JoAnn DePolo is an artist, author, speaker, teacher, and visionary. Her unique paintings of cityscapes, water scenes, and bold abstracts have gained recognition from art collectors.
I am married and have a wonderful hubby who got me interested in photography.
Randy DePuy
Photographer
Born in Northwest Ohio in 1957, Randy was given a Kodak Brownie when he was in grade school. Thus began his life long interest in photography. After graduating from Findlay High School in 1975 De Puy began working for THE COURIER newspaper as a darkroom Technician/ Photographer. In November, 1977, Randy moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he began working in the photo finishing field and free‐ lance photography.…
Consuelo Deus
Contemporary Artist
Consuelo Deus was born and raised in New York City, currently an Ohio resident. She has a B.A. in Arts with a concentration of Digital Media and Graphics Design. Her contemporary art style uses mix media, modern, figurative abstracts, with graffiti influences. Her main goal with her art is to make people smile and make happy memories.
Thad DeVassie is a multi-genre writer (poetry, prose poetry, flash fiction, CNF) and fine art painter who creates from the outskirts of Columbus, Ohio. His collection SPLENDID IRRATIONALITIES was awarded the James Tate International Poetry Prize in 2020 (SurVision Books). A mini chapbook, YEAR OF STATIC, containing eleven original paintings accompanied by micro prose, was published in 2021 by Ghost City Press.…
Amanda DiLisi earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree from Baldwin Wallace University, where she majored in Studio Art with an emphasis in painting and printmaking, and a minor in Psychology. Amanda graduated summa cum laude and won “Best in Show” in the 2021 BW Art Exhibition.…
Julie DiSiena
Artist
VISUAL ARTIST
My personal art involves w/c, gauche, acrylic, collage, pastels, photography, prints, clay or mixed media of any of the previous mentioned materials. My landscape genre scenes, and portraits show moments involved with nature, water, sky, people and animals with a variety of color and temperament. They are realistic while reflecting the spiritual within.
Shows: Artists of Rubber City. Butler Inst. American Art: 1993 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 invited artist 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 then I moved. Kaleidoscope: 2004 2nd Place 2005, 2006, 2008 Juror, 2009 H.M.,2010,2016,2018 Peoples’ choice award.
John Dixon
Assistant Professor
John Dixon is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Cincinnati. (UC) He received his B.S. in industrial design from UC in 2008, and his M.F.A. in furniture design from the Rhode Island School of Design. (RISD) His research interests center around means of making, and the meaning in which things are made.…
In my novels, The Race is Not Given (1999) and Rendered Invisible: Stories of Blacks & Whites, Love & Death (2010), and other works, I examine racism, racial reconciliation, resilience, and hope. I have published scholarship on Black literature, film, and pop culture. I am a playwright and poet. My newest book, A Leader with Courage: The Impact of Cardiss Collins is about a trailblazing Black leader who overcame tragedy to serve in Congress for over two decades, fighting on behalf of minorities, woman, and the poor. My work is rooted in my faith and my working-class background.
Janet Dodrill
Artist
I have exhibited paintings, prints, and drawings around Northeast Ohio, and my style and subject matter vary. I hold a BFA degree and have recently turned my energies toward pursuing my artwork.