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
Jon HUDSON
Master Fine Arts
I was born in Montana in 1945: at age 5 my folks returned to Yellow Springs, OH. Then at age 6 we moved to Saudi Arabia for three years, which began my travels all round the world. Since receiving my MFA in 1972 from Cal-Arts, followed by 2 years at a CA gold mine, I have been creating large-scale sculpture projects for public environments throughout the States and in 26 countries round the world — 24 throughout China alone.
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Visual Arts with Focus in Painting – Marshall University 2010
Art Show International – Honorable Mention Award in Abstract Category, Online Juried Exhibiton Show. February – March 2021.
Yellowstone Art Museum – Art Auction & Group Show, Billings, MT. January 2021 – March 2021.…
Marty Husted
Hills and Dales
Ohio-based artist Marty Husted creates ethereal images that appear spontaneous but display delicate design and beauty. She funnels emotion onto canvas and evokes depth and interest in her paintings by using layers of texture, pattern and dynamic color harmony. Husted’s desire is to take viewers on an imaginary journey with an enticing interpretation of the world in which we live.…
Crystalyn Hutchens is an Ohio-based semi-realistic artist who lives with several non-visible disabilities. Her artwork centers around bringing attention to individuals in the chronically ill and disabled communities who experience hidden disabilities. The human body in her work is used to create a language for the unseen impact of these disabilities from a female perspective as well as a visual for creating a purely bodily experience.…
Linda Hutchinson
Hutchinson
I am a painter who works in oil, watercolor, and all drawing mediums. My preferred subjects are the human face and figure, as well as aging architectural elements. There is an interaction between subject and ground that I cannot resist. Distillation of intent into a simple essence is my goal.
Suzi Hyden
Cyanotype Artist
Suzi Hyden is a cyanotype artist working in rural Champaign County, Ohio, whose work celebrates the environment by combining elements from nature and repurposed materials. She uses local botanicals to create her cyanotypes, commonly known as sun printing or blueprinting. She incorporates recycled vintage fabrics, reused papers, and found objects as the substrates and framing for her cyanotypes. She exhibits throughout Ohio and offers workshops to children and adults.
Drew Ippoliti
Associate Professor of Instruction
Drew Ippoliti is an American artist, researcher and educator; his artwork investigates how ceramics can explore and explain the regions where culture and craft collide.
Polina Isurin
Artist/Educator/Researcher
Polina Isurin is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work unfolds across painting, installation, video, writing, and mixed media, bridging personal and collective realms of memory, identity, and cultural translation. Additionally, Polina has been teaching visual art courses to middle, high school, and college level students since 2012. She is currently an Ohio Teaching Artist through the Ohio Arts Council, and teaches at the Columbus College of Art and Design.…
Chris Itsell
Owner & Sculpture Artist
Originally from Arizona, Chris currently resides near Columbus, Ohio. His modern abstract sculpture work ranges from smaller intimate pieces to larger scale outdoor works for both private and public exhibitions and collections. Chris continually strives to promote his sense of exploration through the harmonious blending of materials like stone, glass, wood and acrylic. Various metals are always the foundational medium. He has been recognized for excellence in his medium by various venues and juried art competitions.
Sarah Ivers specializes in insect arrangements and assemblages, nature photography, and illustration.
Krystan Ivey
Fine Artist
To contact Krystan Ivey please visit https://krissyswork.com/ or email her directly at KrissysWork@gmail.com
C Jackson
Writer
C.J. Jackson is a product of Loveland, Ohio, who played on farms as a child, lived in Cincinnati as an adult, and relocated to rural Warren County to find peace. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the First Family Lineage Society of Hamilton County, Ohio. Her debut novel “Hunting Wildflowers” is a charming walk through mystery and history. A must read for anyone with connections to Southwest Ohio.
Sculptor Jeff Jackson transforms everyday metal into whimsical welded sculptures.
Morris Jackson
Artist
Morris Jackson is a Columbus self-taught artist. He exhibits at the Lindsay Gallery.
Tom Jackson grew up in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio and graduated from the University of Akron, BFA Drawing and Painting, 1972. His current full-time work as an artist was preceded by a forty-year aviation career, serving twenty two years as a USAF pilot and eighteen years flying internationally as a Boeing 747 Captain.
In 2024, Tom had two exhibitions in northwestern PA: Crary Art Museum, Warren, PA and Erie Insurance Group Gallery, Erie, PA
Tom exhibits regularly in Northeast Ohio juried events with First Place awards in Kaleidoscope (Summit Art Space), Best in Show: Valley Art Center (Chagrin) and multiple Best in Category awards, Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. …
Clarissa Jakobsons
Artist-Poet-Instructor
Clarissa Jakobsons, artist and poet instructed various art and writing courses at Cuyahoga Community College. Her art has been exhibited widely including the Morgan, Cleveland Museum of Art, Baldwin Wallace College, The Artists Archive of Western Reserve, Words/Matter, Woman Made Gallery (Chicago), San Francisco State, and internationally, etc. She enjoyed a Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center residency. Sometimes she combines artist books with her monoprints, paintings, or poems.
Josiah Malik Jamison is a Black contemporary realist painter and interdisciplinary artist whose practice examines the intersections of memory, mental health, and belonging through layered visual environments.
David Jarred
Creative Director
David has worked on film productions including award winning films like Carol, Judas and The Black Messiah, and action blockbusters like The Avengers and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Working on these productions David learned how to build specialized rigs for cameras and lighting. These skills have come in handy for our art practice as they boil down to how to make special equipment move safely and how to install heavy items. He brought this knowledge to Golden Brown along with management, production, and technical skills.
My work explores the intricate dance between urban environments and nature, capturing their evolution through both painting and photography. Using a vibrant palette, dynamic compositions, and blacklight-reactive paints, I create art that tells two stories—one under natural light and another in the dark—highlighting the tension and harmony between human-made structures and the natural world.
My photography complements this vision, capturing art, music, architectural structures, and landscapes with an eye for storytelling and interconnected themes.…
Born and raised in West Virginia, Ginny has lived and worked in Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri and Ohio. Her career in deaf education and rehabilitative audiology afforded her a variety of experiences and travel opportunities. During that time, drawing and painting was a hobby applied to special projects for schools, churches and community projects. After retirement, with time more readily available, she began taking classes at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center to pursue her art and explore the opportunities in art. …