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
Jen Knox
Writer, Writing Coach
An Ohio-born writer, Jen Knox earned her BA in English at Otterbein University and her MFA from Bennington College. Her short fiction can be found in THE BEST SMALL FICTIONS (edited by Amy Hempel), The Adirondack Review, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Quarterly Review, Gargoyle Magazine, Little Fictions, Literary Orphans, Lunch Ticket, Poor Claudia, Room Magazine, and The Saturday Evening Post. Jen’s collections include THE GLASS CITY (Prize Americana winner) and AFTER THE GAZEBO (Pen/Faulkner nominee).
Back in the 1970’s there was a group called, “The Firesign Theater.” They produced a comedy album titled, “I think we are all bozos on this bus.” That has pretty much been my philosophy towards my art. It is satire. It is flippant. Painting and drawing is the way I deal with this crazy reality. …
Michael Kocinski is an illustrator, poet, storyteller, and a Grants Program Evaluator based in Columbus, OH. He was born in Toledo, OH, in 1976, and grew up in with a pond in his backyard in what is known as the Oak Openings region. The wildlife and landforms in this rare, singular habitat has been the biggest influence on Michael’s attitude and practice of making art.
Emily is a graduate of Capital University and she works in medicine, so art is not her day job! She is a self taught mixed media artist who is currently working mainly in sculpting insect-like figures, and branches with suspended organic forms in paperclay over full armature, and using handmade papers, gouache, watercolor, markers, and pastel to illuminate wings and bodies. …
Exploring sculpture thru a wide variety of materials has been her main focus since coming to Cleveland for Graduate school. Combining such materials as metal, marble, slate, wood, (primarily cold bend wood), both for wall pieces and freestanding sculpture, has given her many opportunities to experiment and explore ideas.
In addition to making her own art, she started an art consulting firm in Cleveland: selecting, commissioning and installing art primarily in public spaces. Before art consulting, Mona was an art instructor in Germany, Chicago and Cleveland
Dexter Komakaru
Professional Freelance Illustrator, Artist, and Multidisciplinary Visual Creator
Dexter Komakaru, known under his artist name DXTROSE, is a Freelance Illustrator and Artist working out of his home studio on ancestral and contemporary territory of the Shawnee, Potawatomi, Delaware, Miami, Peoria, Seneca, Wyandotte, Ojibwe and Cherokee peoples, known as CBUS, OH. As a 614 Native born-and-raised, he grew up in what’s known as the “bottoms” of the Hilltop Neighborhood near what is now known as the Franklinton Arts District. Viewing his story as his superpower, he uses the hardships he’s experienced as fuel for his creative fire.
Marc Konys
Owner
Marc Konys, owner and operator of Bruening Glass Works is a master craftsman, artisan and award winning glass designer.
Steve Kosztala
Craftsman in wood
After retiring in 2018, I put my love of designing and manual work together and took a class on creating kaleidoscopes. I was hooked. Before long I began crafting wooden kaleidoscopes fittingly called KOSZTALASCOPES.
With the mind of an inventor, at night I dream of new innovative designs and techniques for my next Kosztalascope.
Deborah is a professional polymer clay & mixed media artist from Cincinnati, Ohio. Deborah considers herself an artistic storyteller. She loves history, whimsey and symbolism and uses those to tell her story.
“My art is what I will leave behind when I’ve moved off this mortal coil. It’s my legacy, and I want to leave a positive legacy.”
Andrey Kozakov
Artist
Andrey Kozakov began his career in Miami, FL after emigrating to the US from Kyiv, Ukraine. After relocating to Cincinnati, he co-founded the Object Gallery in Northside, in 2014, and participated in shows at a number of galleries around the city. Recent shows have included the European Cultural Centre’s 2024 exhibition, “Personal Structures: Beyond Boundaries”, in Venice, Italy; and “The Protest Art Exhibition” at UIMA, in Chicago.
Therese Kramer
Fine art and mosaic artist, owner
BIO
Therese is a fine artist in Ohio who specializes in acrylic paintings and mosaic glass designs. A large number of her paintings are of the Cleveland area and Ohio Islands. Therese’s work has been exhibited in local Ohio venues and is featured on Fine Art America, and Society 6. …
Kim Krause is a Cincinnati native whose paintings have been included in over 150 exhibitions both nationally and internationally, including 15 solo exhibitions. He earned an MFA in Painting from Bard College, New York. He retired in 2018 as professor of Art at the Art Academy of Cincinnati where he was Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean.
He is represented by Miller Gallery.
Judi Krew
Hoard Couture
Judi Krew has been a working artist since 1982 upon graduation from the University of Akron. A Master degree in Art Education from Case Western Reserve University dual program with the Cleveland Institute of Art followed in 1984. Since then, she has worked in visual merchandising, museum education, as a high school art teacher and an active community volunteer all while maintaining a successful studio and exhibition career.
Lance graduated from Otterbein University in May 2020, majoring in photography. Through experiences while traveling, graduating during a pandemic, and role models he discovered amidst both, Lance has since chosen a rather fluid lifestyle. No matter where he is, he’s always trying to experience something new, take risks, and learn; about himself and the world around him. Journaling extensively throughout, he now focuses primarily on documenting such experiences and book-making.
DJ Krimmer
Author & Artist
DJ has had a passion for story-telling since they were a child. Their days were filled with their nose being buried in notepads, writing any and every story that came into their head.
They got their first taste of sending their written ideas out in the world as a preteen, writing fan fiction about their favorite television shows, especially anime, which lead them down the road of fan art. …
Sue Krizman
Owner
Sue Krizman is the surface pattern designer and artist behind Blue Bee Studios, an illustration and pattern design studio specializing in visual storytelling, weaving emotions and experiences into illustrations and patterns that connect and inspire. She is an award-winning visual artist living in Rocky River, Ohio. With over 25 years of experience working in the advertising industry as an art director/creative director and now with her own studios, Blue Bee Studios.…
Julie Krofcheck studied printmaking at Ohio State University. She currently lives and works in Painesville, OH, and teaches at The Fine Arts Association in Willoughby, OH. Her mixed media works include elements of printmaking, drawing and painting. The focus is on juxtaposition she encounters between her domestic and natural worlds.
Paul Kroner is a visual artist and designer living in Cincinnati, Ohio. His art includes representative and non-representative works in oils, acrylics, bronze, illustration, and other media, including limited edition prints and animation.
Kent Krugh is a fine art photographer living and working in Cincinnati. His work has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions both national and international and in major festivals including FotoFest (Houston) and the Festival de la Luz (Buenos Aires). His work is held in various collections including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Portland Art Museum, and the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Oleg Kruglyakov
Balalaika Virtuoso
Oleg Kruglyakov was born in Omsk, Siberia, Russia. He began playing the balalaika at age 7 and was educated at the renowned Urals State Conservatory in Yekaterinburg. Oleg performed as balalaika soloist with many Russian folk dance troupes and musical ensembles, touring extensively throughout the Soviet Union and Europe. Since 2007, Oleg has been performing concerts and teaching workshops internationally with his colleague, pianist Terry Boyarsky, as “Duo Balalaika.” In 2023 he received the Ohio Arts Council Heritage Fellowship award.