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.
2024 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Lee Heinen
Artist
Lee Heinen was born and received her early education in New Jersey. She began university on a full scholarship at Douglass, the Women’s College of Rutgers University and finished her BA (cum laude) at Ursuline College in Cleveland, Ohio. She has studied painting and drawing at the Cleveland Institute of Art and art history at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. …
Gae Helton
Beavercreek OH 45440
AIP – Commercial Art
AIC – Web design
Art Academy of Cincinnati – Watercolor
K12 Gallery- Mosaics
1985 – 2015 Graphic designer, graphic print technician for packaging, Illustrator and Photoshop
2017 – Present – mural design and mosaics
Art Fellows Dayton 2017
Dayton Metro Parks Riverscape – Sewer Riser 2020
Dayton Metro Library – Northmont – Glass Mosaic 2022
Kroger Woodman Dr – Entrance Mural 2022
Kat D Hendrickson is a Columbus Ohio-based artist, originally from Belpre Ohio. She is best known for her vibrant paintings, charcoals, printmaking and collage work within her art brand SilentStagePunk Art. Her artwork is inspired by street art, life experiences, dreams and music. Kat creates truly captivating and memorable art for bands and clients.
Since childhood, she has been creating art and drawing inspiration from her life experiences. She is also a dedicated elementary art teacher. She is always striving to inspire and motivate people. With an ever-evolving style, Kat continues to create captivating art, pushing boundaries and inspiring others with her creativity.
Michelle Herman is Professor Emerita of English at The Ohio State University, where she taught for 34 years and was a founder of the MFA Program in Creative Writing. Her most recent book–her ninth–is the novel Close-Up. Stories in essays in a wide range of periodicals, including The Sun, Conjunctions, and O the Oprah Magazine. She writes a weekly column for Slate that you can find at https://slate.com/author/michelle-herman.
Dan Hernandez
Professor
Dan Hernandez received a BFA in 2000 from Northwest Missouri State (Maryville, MO) and a MFA in 2002 from American University (Washington, DC). Hernandez’s paintings explore the visual dialog between religion, mythology, and pop culture. He is represented by Kim Foster Gallery (NYC), Galeria Meraki (Ponte de Sor, Portugal) and 20 North Gallery (Toledo, OH).…
For me the most exciting painting is the painting I haven’t yet made, those problems I haven’t yet solved. Making paintings, is a difficult proposition and I know that one really never learns how to paint. For me, each painting is a mistake, asking a question that points toward the possibility of the next painting. What I want for my paintings is that painting on the other side of Rembrandt’s easel, the one that has not been revealed. Almost four centuries his painting still asks questions about painting and the future of painting. The painting unseen. I want that!
Julie Hickman
Artist
Juju Art Project is the brainchild of the artist (me) Julie Hickman. Like many Julie’s out there, Juju was the preferred nickname that stuck with me throughout childhood. It also serves as the optimized state of mind in which to make my most personal artwork.
My life was one where the arts, in all its forms, were always an intense draw but at the same time elusive.…
Beth Himsworth is a local Columbus artist who creates unique fused glass and mosaic wall-mounted panels and windows for residential, hospital and university environments. Her fused glass and mosaics offer the same stunning colors and textures as traditional stained glass but add the intriguing dimension of far greater detail; often with thousands of hand-cut pieces of glass in a single panel. Following 18 years living abroad, she brings to her work a deep appreciation of nature and culture in its beauty and diversity. Her contemporary, stylized nature themes provide a sense of serenity and beauty in a workspace.
Amy is an artist and retired Adaptive Art Teacher who is constantly looking for new and creative ways to create art; both for herself and for the students at the venues where she volunteers. These include adaptive art workshops and as an art teacher for elementary school special needs classrooms.
Frank Hobbs is Associate Professor of Painting, Drawing, and 2D Design at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, OH. A native of Lynchburg, Virginia, Hobbs studied art at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and later at American University in Washington, DC, where he earned his Master of Fine Art in1984. Hobbs’ paintings have been exhibited both in the U.S. and abroad in Ankara, Turkey, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Bermuda, through the Arts in Embassy Program of the U.S. State Department. His work is in numerous public and private collections internationally. Hobbs has received fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Hobbs is a 2015 recipient of an Individual Excellence in Art Award from the Ohio Arts Council.
Daniel Hoeweler is a disabled writer who currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. He writes about mental health recovery, technology, artificial intelligence and the psychotic experience. His writings have appeared in many street papers, magazines and blogs including Street Sheet, Street Vibes and The Contributor.
JULIENNE HOGARTH
artist
Julienne’s work is a study in color. This constant exploration of color is a strong component of her art and the imagery expresses her connection to the fundamentals of the natural world.
I am a Ambidextrous writer, a lefty artist, I love music, crafts, much more, so I hope you enjoy this brief introduction of my profile!
Among my honors and awards are six individual artist’s fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and one from the Greater Columbus Arts Council, a Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Fellowship, Yaddo Residency, and the Ohio Arts Council Artist in Residence Fellowship at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. My work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in Boston, Memphis, Tulsa, Springfield, Portsmouth and many other cities throughout the U.S. For many years, I primarily showed my work at the Keny Galleries in Columbus Ohio and at Fischbach Gallery in New York City.
From my youngest years there was never a time when my dad did not see me as a photographer. I photographed as my father had taught me, and I was an apprentice to the voices within and to other photographers who like myself, did not have degrees but whose names are known and whose work is published. Photographers have always learned the art from other photographers. The science of photography is easy. But the path of listening and being attentive to the voices of others, and the creative, imaginative voice within is hard, difficult, demanding, unrelenting, never finished. This creating is hard because creating people are doing and making and thinking things into being which did not exist before this moment. That’s why it’s hard, and why being passionate seems like a soft work for being possessed with the spirit to create.
Photography for some, is a manner of living, a way of living that continually is shaping the way we look and see and gaze, not with a stare or a glare, but with a soft look of love for this earth.
Alicia Hopkins is a disabled artist, author and advocate from Ohio. She uses her art in a dynamic way. She advocates for accessibility in the arts, disability rights and also in independent living. She has committed her life to teach people how to use Art to advocate. She is involved in many advocacy groups on the state and national level for disability rights, mental health, developmental disabilities and domestic violence. …
Shiree Houf
Costume Designer
Shiree Houf is a stay at home mom who freelances as a costume designer out of her home in Pickerington, OH. Her best projects are “one & done” larger than life costumes that elicit big audience reactions for drag performances, pageants, or costume competitions. She is a 2023 World of WearableArt finalist & is currently raising funds to be there in person to see her creation onstage! (Link in full bio)
Megan Howard
Artist
Megan is an artist who prefers working with glass, chalk pastels, markers, and paint markers. She has lived most of her life with Behcet’s Disease and Autonomic Neuropathy. These conditions cause severe pain and fatigue, and make everyday tasks, like showering, very difficult.
Making artwork provides Megan with an opportunity to distract herself from my pain, express what she’s going through, and to have a sense of purpose.
John Howitt
Artist
Every session, through process is a catalyst to the final composition—just as in jazz and other experimental music.
Jamie Hoy (B. 1998) is an interdisciplinary fine artist examining work about gender, sexuality, and the complexities of life. She engages in a multitude of alternative processes, conveying the conceptual meaning behind each self-made work of art. With her knowledge of art history and photographic theory, Jamie is able to bring to life fine art compositions that can stand on their own.…