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.
Shiree Houf
Costume Designer
Shiree Houf specializes in larger-than-life costumes & wearable art (drag, pageants, costume competitions, installations, & exhibits). Internationally, she’s a 2023 World of WearableArt finalist. Locally, she places in Highball Halloween’s Costume Couture Contest & her designs are in New Vision Dance Co. productions, with many Columbus theatres, & is honored to be a Greater Columbus Arts Council grant recipient. Education: MFA in Design (OSU) & BA in Theatre (Miami University).
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
My paintings are conceived and executed with experimental color placement and layering, much as a musician forms a melody through improvisation. By printing this way, I can create harmony or disharmony…bright and concise with a rhythm that shouts at the viewer– something on key, something off key. To me, each printed mark I see as notes, leading to a finished composition.
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.…
Judith Huacuja is a Latina painter creating socially expressive landscapes. Using acrylics, photography, and mixed media, her scenes depict human impacts on the environment. Huacuja also creates views onto sacred geographies that positively shape human consciousness. In her semi-abstract artwork, color and symbols narrate contemporary scenes both rural and urban. These places reach across the US, from the expansive Southwest into the riverways of the Midwest. Huacuja’s art has been shown in Houston, Santa Barbara, Dayton, and places in between.
Mikee Huber
Artist
Mikee Huber is an abstract painter whose work is inspired by natural and man-made environments.
Tetyana Hubska
Artist
Tetyana Hubska is working primarily in conceptual digital collage and botanical watercolor. Her digital collages explore personal struggles, societal dynamics, and existential themes, while her botanical art emphasizes precision and meditative focus. Continuously evolving, she integrates traditional techniques with modern composition, creating visually striking and thought-provoking works that bridge expressive and meticulous approaches to art.
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.