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
John Leon
Artist/Sculptor
Leon has created over 550 bronze sculptures, dozens of stone and wood carvings, bas-reliefs, awards, and countless pieces in clay, cast stone, and resins that can be found in private, public, and corporate collections on five continents. He works in a wide range of styles and subject matters, creating bold, well-crafted art works.
James Leslie
Visual Artist
James’ desire to capture and express how nature made him feel would become a life-long passion. Fueled by early exposure to French Impressionism and American Landscape Painting, he began to express the rural images of his hometown through painting. Intrigued by light and color, he sets out to create two-dimensional works that reflect the natural phenomenon not only discovered in Connecticut, but traveling the country, the world, and Northeast Ohio, where he now resides.
Janice Lessman-Moss
Professor Emeritus
Lessman-Moss maintains a weaving studio in Kent, Ohio where she is Emeritus Professor at Kent State University. She has recieved numerous Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council. She was also awarded the prestigious Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio, the Cleveland Arts Prize Lifetime Achievement Award, and a United States Artists Fellowship. Her work been presented throughout the United States and internationally.
Megs LeVesseur
Ceramics Artist
Inspired by intricate line work and soft color, Megs handcrafts whimsical one of a kind ceramic pieces from her studio in Columbus, Ohio. For the past few years Megs has been producing and developing the Botanical Collection which uses traditional hand-building techniques, Terra Sigillata, and multiple glaze layers, each piece is handcrafted for beauty and function.…
I am a Northeast Ohio watercolor artist who began painting with watercolors as a youth in a class at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. This led to my interest in pursuing a BFA in Illustration, graduating with honors from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. I paint almost exclusively with watercolors and am a signature member of the Ohio Watercolor Society.…
Amanda Lewis
Poet, Artist, & Community Organizer
Amanda is a poet, artist, and community organizer. She is Founder & Executive Director of Trillium Project, a small arts and culture nonprofit in Portsmouth, Ohio. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Shawnee State University with a concentration in watercolor painting and ceramics. Amanda works to promote the arts through community-created initiatives that provide opportunities for marginalized creatives and their communities. …
Chris Leyva is a playwright and director based in Columbus, OH. As a frequent collaborator and educator with CATCO, CLIMB Theatre, Hixon Dance, and MadLab Theatre, he is happiest when uncovering the potential in a project or a person.
Richard Lillash is a Columbus-based artist and illustrator. Lillash creates vivid paintings employing active brushwork and saturated color. Rich explores his environments through the physical act of painting, sometimes referred to as a “painter’s painter.” Working across landscape and still life, his observational painting breaks down light, form, and color into distinct brushstrokes, hinting at the building blocks that make up the world around us.
I have always been a visual person. My art is a reflection of visual exploration and emotional connection. It is a process and a journey. Often I deal with the formal aspects of design and perceptual processes. These are the formal language of visual art. When I do a painting, I often am inspired by the way the image captures a moment and expresses an idea or feeling. I am also interested in how light can create abstract shapes and how the media can interact with the image. The final product is formalized from visually, emotionally, intellectually and physically, exploring, discovering and manipulating the media and content of the work.
Beth Lindenberger
Visual Artist
Beth Lindenberger is a ceramic artist and educator, with a BFA in Ceramics from the University of Akron. Her sculptural ceramic work, based on cells, microscopic forms and natural objects, has been exhibited locally and nationally. Her teaching includes UA, Kent State-Stark, Cuyahoga Community College, and the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, and she has worked as an Artist in Residence in Akron and Canton schools.
Becky Linhardt
artist/photographer
A graduate of the University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, I am actively an Artist/Photographer/Writer/Designer. Currently I am most active in the visual arts: abstract paintings (oil on canvas) and color photography.
Lipps grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated Moeller High School in 2001. Lipps attended the school of visual arts at Kent State University from 2001-2005. After leaving Kent State, Lipps joined the Hamilton County Sheriff’s department in July of 2005 and became a corrections officer, and attended the Sheriff’s Police academy in 2007. While working for the Sheriff’s office Lipps continued to practice painting and rented out a studio space at Essex Studios.…
Gregory Little
Artist & Professor
Gregory Little is an American artist, teacher, and writer living and working in Oberlin Ohio. His projects have been exhibited in international venues and presented at numerous conferences and on-line forums in the US, Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia. Exhibitions and screenings include at the Van Der Plas Gallery, New York (2021); Lemmon Gallery, Kent State University (2021); Oberlin College Conservatory of Music (2019); Olympia Fine Arts Association, Guwahati, India(2016); Langkawi Art Biennale, Langkawi Kedah, Malaysia(2014); RE/Mixed Media Festival IV, the New School, New York, NY (2014); Artsphere, Arlington Virginia (2014); Work: Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan(2014); and the National Institute for Experimental Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia (2103).
Baila Litton’s Paintings have been featured in numerous group and solo exhibitions nationally and internationally, including the Riffe Gallery in Columbus, Ohio; the Museum of Art in Huntington, West Virginia; the University Art Gallery, Indiana State University; the Mansfield Museum, The McDonough Museum of Art, and The Massillon Museum, The Cleveland State University gallery among others.…
As a painter I strive to capture a moment in time, a fleeting glimpse of light and shadow, the familiarity of the seen and the mystery of the unseen, as well as the wonder and celebration of the beauty around us. Inspired by my love of nature and light, landscape and cityscape are my primary interest.…
As an award-winning artist, she continues to be an active contributor in the design and art community from a local, national, and International perspective. Professor Lockhart has lectured at conferences and museums throughout United States, Japan, Italy and France. Emerita Professor Lockhart taught Fiber Art Fashion, Art of Jewelry & Leather Accessory Design & Masters of Design Professional Development Seminar courses at the College of Design, Art & Architecture at the University of Cincinnati.
Michael Loderstedt
Professor Emeritus, Kent State University
The newest visual work aligns with bold use of color, playful construction and hand stitching. The cyanotypes are derived from my garden, plants going or being added. I feel my intention is largely a process of visual fixing.
My first volume of poetry Why We Fished has received significant acclaim from the NC Literary Review and the NC Poetry Society. Other poems have appeared in Muleskinner Journal, the Bangalore Review, Poem for Cleveland and Neighborhood Voices.
Tom paints portraits, commissions, landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes and outer space scenes. He also creates art machines using living mobiles, light guiding devices, whirly-gigs, biogenetics to paint with, math formulas for profile generation, mobiles of cut out silhouettes and marble sculpting. Tom is driven to create. He started as a portrait painter because he could quickly get a likeness and emulate the old masters now he paints what he or his clients want.
Steven Long was born in Marion, Ohio in 1951. Long’s love of art began at an early age, nurtured by his mother who was a source of encouragement and direction. Growing up in Central Ohio, his link to the outside art world came in the form of art magazines. Perusing these magazines was both inspirational and directional. …
Lashonda Love
Interdisciplinary Artist
Lashonda Love is a storyteller, interdisciplinary artist, and activist based in central Ohio. She holds a B.A. in Music from Denison University and has a rich background in professional artistic experiences. Her work is deeply informed by explorations of identity and inner conflict, nature and industry, and cultural critique. Through her diverse and innovative body of work, Lashonda continuously pushes creative boundaries, demonstrating a dedication to her craft and a commitment to using art as a tool for social change.