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
Maria Perme
Visual Storyteller, Artist
My creative focus and passion is visual story telling: capturing and creating photos that represent the inextricable connection to all and to highlight the innate essence of God/Divine Spirit in all beings. My style is casual yet professional in nature, welcoming and real. Nature is my biggest teacher, and I am continually surprised, amazed, and enthralled by the Earth’s resiliency and beauty and what she teaches. …
As a kid, I was frequently in trouble at school because I preferred drawing on the back of my work papers rather than doing the task at hand. My degrees include a B.S. in Design from the University of Cincinnati and a B.S. in Art Education from the University of Akron. While teaching in the Canton City Schools, I earned National Board Certification in art. I have been employed as a commercial artist, an elementary art teacher and a university professor teaching studio classes and art history. I currently live on a farm with my husband and cats, where I paint in a converted barn/studio. Trained as an illustrator, I prefer watercolors, pastels and mixed media.
I am an artist trained in both digital and traditional media. My primary focus is fantasy illustration, but I also love painting traditional landscapes, objects, and animal studies. I am an official student of the Urasenke School of Tea, which informs and influences my compositions.
John Petriello
Photographer and Digital Artist
My work has been displayed at the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University, City Hall – City of Maricopa, AZ and a solo display at The City of Maricopa, AZ Library and Cultural Center.
Dawn Petrill
Art At Dawn LLC
Dawn is the founder and owner of Art At Dawn LLC. She has a thriving business where she paints and exhibits her work both locally and nationally. She also teaches children and adults out of her home studio and has a bi-monthly drawing Zoom class with adults of early onset dementia through the Central Ohio Alzheimer’s Association. She lives in Dublin, OH with her husband, 3 kids, and rescue pup.
Natalie Petrosky (b.1989, Akron, OH) is an artist living and working in Cleveland, OH where she is currently teaching at Cuyahoga Community College and Kent State University. She received her MFA in Painting & Drawing at the University of Tennessee and her BFA in Painting with an Honors Thesis in Glass from the School of Art at Kent State University in Kent, OH.…
Ilenia Pezzaniti
Freelance photographer and videographer
Ilenia Pezzaniti is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in documentary storytelling. She earned her BA in communications and photojournalism at Kent State University and is a Postbacc at the University of Akron for Studio Art. She is based out of Akron where she works as a freelance photographer and videographer. She specializes in natural lighting and storytelling.
Eric Pfeffinger is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the Writers Guild of America east. His plays have been produced by the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Denver Theatre Center, the Geva Theatre Center, the Phoenix Theatre, the InterAct, the 16th Street Theatre, the Source Festival, City Theatre of Miami, the One-Minute Play Festival, and elsewhere.…
Marianne Philip
Art Impressions
I grew up in Long Island, NY, near the ocean. To this day, I’m still inspired by nature and landscapes, water and rain.
As a self-taught artist, I let my creativity flow, trying not to have any preconceived ideas about the end result. This allows my results to be raw and unfiltered. I hope that others experience that escape and feel as if they can take their minds to the settings within each piece.
Erika Pickrell is a Fine Artist based in Columbus, Ohio. She studied Fine Arts at the Columbus College of Art and Design as well as at The Ohio State University, where she received her BFA in Painting and Drawing in 2002. Since then, she has lived and worked in Ohio and Texas.
Marsha has been making art for more than 40 years. She believes in the power of visual art: in her case, creating colorful, textural collages addressing issues like immigration, climate change, the power of light, and the necessity of visual beauty.
She holds a BFA from Ohio Northern University and a Master of Humanities from Wright State University. Through Central State University, she completed independent coursework with local artist and educator Bing Davis, now a close friend and mentor.
It wasn’t until I was in my mid fifties and was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, and when I say rare I mean “we don’t know what this is and there is no cure, here take these pills” rare, that I found the freedom to quit my day job and focus completely on my art.
Aftermath Experience the Sixties show recreates the sights and sounds of the 60s featuring authentic reproductions of some of the most memorable songs from the 60s.
Aftermath delivers the sights with period-correct costuming and delivers the sounds of the 60s so authentically it’s easy for the audience to go back in time while watching, listening and enjoying Aftermath Experience the Sixties deliver a spot-on, family-friendly performance.…
After years of pursuing a variety of art, I’ve landed home, photographing views from my backyard: Lake Erie scenes. I combine images, rearrange them, turn them upside down, flip-flop them, stack them and have them printed on large metal panels up tp 4’x5′. From afar, they’re abstract patterns of light and color, totems, Rorschach tests. From close up, you can discover faces, robots, body parts, insects…all up to your imagination!
p Policy
CEO/Producer/DJ/Multi-Instrumentalist/Engineer
Policy is an accomplished drummer/percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, studio session player, actor, recording engineer, producer, DJ and music business consultant. Mark has studied drums with Gregg Bissonette (David Lee Roth, Ringo Starr), Anton Fig (The David Letterman Show), Dave Weckl (Chick Corea) and attended the Los Angeles Community College Arts program. Following in his family’s footsteps, Mark has recorded and toured all over the U.S.…
Mabi Ponce de León (Ph.D., History of Art, The Ohio State University; M.F.A., Studio Arts, Stony Brook University) is an independent scholar and artist born in Argentina. Research plays an important part in her artwork. Guided by a personal history of displacement, Ponce de León’s studio practice incorporates works with a variety of analog and digital media and is strongly influenced by cultural iconography, maps, location, and origins.
I was an artistic kid. Then life took over, and I put down my brush for motherhood and a corporate career. Now that I’m retired, I’ve returned to my early passion. I work primarily in acrylics and love color, texture, and faces. I gravitate toward bold, vibrant, and unexpected colors. Green skin? Why not? Pink horses?…
Jolene Powell
McCoy Professor of Art, Director of Gallery 310
Jolene Powell is a McCoy Professor of Art, and Director of Gallery 310 at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio. She is an established artist with an extensive exhibition record and is currently represented by Brandt Gallery in Columbus, Ohio. In 2021, Jolene received Marietta College’s Innovative Teaching Award, in 2018, the Edward G. Harness Outstanding Educator Award, and in 2007 the school’s highest honor, the McCoy Teaching Excellence Professorship. …
Stasha Powell
Poet
Stasha Strange is a disabled writer who was raised by wild books. She recently moved to Ohio
from the San Francisco bay area. She has been published in Poetic Reveries Magazine, Ohio
Bards, an Anthology, and Blossom, an Anthology. She has won awards in several poetry
contests. She led the charge on a bill in California that brought a statewide rent cap thus helping
17 million tenants stay in their homes.…