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
Ali Gemmer
Artist
Ali Gemmer is an emerging artist based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. As a self-taught creator, she embraces experimentation, working primarily in white charcoal and chalk pastel on black paper. She challenges the notion that drawing is merely a preparatory medium, treating it as a final, fully realized form of expression. Gemmer’s work navigates a balance between realism and abstraction, drawing inspiration from philosophy, compelling visuals, energy, and raw aspects of the human condition.…
Bahar Ghasemi, an Iranian artist based in Cleveland, OH, was born in 1992. Before completing her master’s degree in architecture in Iran, she left her home country. Currently pursuing art studies at Tri-C, Bahar’s creative journey encompasses a diverse range of artistic mediums, including acrylics, watercolor, and markers for painting. Her artistic talents extend to drawing, paper maché, and crafting clay sculptures.…
Daric Gill
Interdisciplinary Artist
Interdisciplinary artist, Daric Gill, specializes in painting & robotics sculpture. He has an MFA from the University of Cincinnati & a BFA from Columbus College of Art & Design. Gill is a recipient of the 2019 Artist Exchange in Dresden, Germany, the 2019 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, and the 2018 Visual Arts Fellowship from the Greater Columbus Arts Council, & has been awarded multiple other grants. He is a member of the International Council of Museums & has a notable international exhibition record including shows in South Korea, Germany, Cuba, New York City, & Los Angeles. Gill is a full-time studio artist & former adjunct instructor at the Columbus College of Art & Design. He also runs a free online professional development resource & gives workshops for aspiring artists.
Michael Gill
Aetist / Editor / Publisher
Michael Gill is a writer, editor, woodcut and letterpress printer, and a maker of artist books. He studied at Hiram College (BA, English) and Eastern Washington University (MFA, Creative Writing / Poetry). He has had solo exhibitions in Ohio and internationally. He was born in Cleveland, and lived in Washington State, Washington DC, Wales, and Ecuador before returning to his home town. He is founder, editor, and publisher of CAN Journal, the quarterly print and online magazine of art in Northeast Ohio.
Heather Gilliam
Mixed Media Artist
I am from the Dayton area and currently reside in Columbus. I have an art history degree from Ohio State with a focus on 20th century modern art. I am married and have 3 dogs and 2 cats. My hobbies are flower gardening and travel.
Andra Gillum
Author, writer, teacher
Andra Gillum is the author of the children’s books Doggy Drama, Puppy Drama, Old Doggy Drama and Lost Doggy Drama and her latest Doghouse Drama (coming in the fall of 2022). Andra loves to visit schools, including week-long residencies, and teach fun creative writing classes around the area.
Daniel Gilreath
Chief Maker
Ryan Gilreath is the Hamilton, Ohio maker behind PRWMade, a studio crafting wooden jewelry, home goods, and laser engraved wooden greeting cards. He combines digital design with hand finishing, works with responsibly sourced hardwoods, and packages jewelry in seed paper that grows wildflowers. Every purchase helps fund reforestation, carbon removal, and ocean cleanup. The result is thoughtful, durable design with a light footprint.
Joe Girandola is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Baltimore, MD. Since relocating to Cincinnati, OH in 2012, Girandola has maintained a studio and has exhibited his work regionally, nationally, and internationally. His work is in the public collections of University of Cincinnati, Ripleys Museum, and in numerous private collections.
Born in Ohio, Jennifer is influenced by a landscape’s resilience over time. Jennifer currently lives in the Columbus area. Her current work is focused on the landscapes in oil and cold wax. She is drawn to water and the landscape as her subjects, as they are in constant flux, yet remain resilient with time, much like the human spirit. Jennifer continues to draw her inspiration from the words of Walt Whitman:
“Oh, to confront night, storms, hunger,
Ridicule, accidents, rebuffs,
As the trees and animals do.”
Babz Glines
Sculptor
Babz Glines combines interactivity and traditional installation methods in their sculpture practice to make viewers question what fine art is and what it can be.
Adam Goldberg
Co-Owner
Hailing from Toledo, Ohio, Adam found glass at age 15 when he took classes at the Toledo Museum of Art. Adam is drawn to the fluidity, permanence and collaborative nature of hot glass. He holds a BFA in Glass and Sculpture from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, OH. In 2012 he opened Gathered Glassblowing Studio, in downtown Toledo with partners Mike Stevens and Eli Lipman.
Beverly Goldie
Bev Goldie
Bev Goldie is originally from N.J. and has been a professional artist in Ohio for over 17 years. Her BFA is from Wittenberg University with a semester spent in Salzburg, Austria.
She has accepted numerous commissions to do pieces for individuals, businesses, the City of Dublin, and the City of Columbus.
Bev has received three GCAC grants to teach workshops, travel to Santa Fe, N.M. for professional development, and begin a new series in encaustics. As a result, she’s been accepted into many locally and nationally juried shows, received awards and teaches encaustics at the Columbus Cultural Art Center. One of her works is currently part of the permanent collection at the Encaustic Museum of Art in Santa Fe.
Ian Golding is a visual artist living in Columbus, Ohio. Using primarily oil paint or the comics medium, his work examines the refuse of the past with an eye for humor and a splash of kitsch, giving a new focus on oft-forgotten materiality.
Lindsay Gonzales
Artist Photographer/Painter Model
Hi, I’m Lindsay an artist residing in Defiance, Ohio. I create pop art type paintings and do commercial photography for any type of print.
María Elena González
Visual Artist
María Elena González, is an internationally recognized sculptor based in New York City and The Bay Area. Her complex installations and poetic arrangements, explore themes of identity, memory, and dislocation. Awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Prix de Rome from The American Academy in Rome, Pollock-Krasner, Joan Mitchell and the Grand Prize at the 30th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, to name a few. Her work is found in numerous public collections including the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum of Art, The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Vivienne González is a student at The University of Akron who focuses on the concepts of architecture and layers. Her painting practices began in 2021 when she took her first painting course at Myers School of Art. While also being a pre-med student, methodology and process are key components to her process of creating pieces.…
Camilo Gonzalez Barragan, is an independent artist from Bogotá, Colombia, there studied film and TV at the UNITEC university of Colombia. He found in analog photography a means to develop his ideas and tell his stories while working on audiovisual projects. Cinema, music and painting have been his inspiration to create his own perspective of life.…
I am an intuitive and expressive artist in recovery. Art has been a healing tool for me, and my goal is to spread that healing message to the public. As a self-taught artist, I create my work by using acrylic paint, gel printing, and different mixed-media techniques and mediums.
Education
2013 – 2016, M.F.A., and extended education in Cultural Anthropologie Ecole Superieure D’Art d’Avignon, France
2011 – 2013, B.F.A., Escuela de Arte y Oficios, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Exhibitions
2025
Solo show at Sharon Weiss Gallery. Social Organs series. March.
2024
Showcase at E1507 former Administrative Manager of the Baltimore Museum of Art space, Baltimore, MD, January
Group Show at Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, OH, January- February
