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
Tiffany Lawson
Artist
I was born and raised on the Southside of Columbus, Ohio, east of German Village. Graduate of South High School and The Ohio State University. The colorful history of Grandpa Smokey Brown, Aminah Robinson, Gilda Edwards, Richard Duarte Brown, Elijah Pierce and Queen Brooks peppered my formative years though programs that enriched my life and affinity to creativity.
Adapting the principles of Sankofa and Wabi Sabi allow me to flow between tradition and innovation. In doing so, I have mastered a process with a unique aesthetic and mastery; flowing between 2D collage and 3D assemblage using self-made images, curated medias, and found objects assigning value to each element. Respectively, the connectedness of each element requires the same process. I have developed 17 categories that outline a range of commonalities, that allow me to arrange found medias with self-made images. Through this process I seek and explore possibilities in relation to materials and application. An important aspect of my work rests in the details, where commonalities are highlighted.
By utilizing multiple disciplines, I create mixed media assemblages, collages and drawings that explore form and color unified by the spirit of black life. Art that recovers the past, secures the present and expects the future.
My name is Pavel Layer, I became interested in photography as a hobby when I was in high school in Russia. Now I call Columbus home and have continued to pursue my old time hobby on and off for almost 40 years.
I switched to digital photography 9 years ago, but was unable to fully accept it as the only tool to use, and about 7 yrs ago I came back to film and, more specifically, to medium format.
David Leach
Emeritus Professor
David Leach was born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1946. He received a B.A. from Bucknell University, and an M.F.A. from Ohio University. He is an Emeritus Professor at Wright State University, having taught studio art there – primarily printmaking and drawing – from 1973 to 2003. He served as Chair of the Department of Art and Art History from 1985 to 1989.…
Jennifer Leach
Printmaker
Jennifer Leach works primarily in woodblock and linoleum relief printmaking techniques. As an artist printmaker, designer, and illustrator, Jennifer’s work has won awards in national competitions and has shown her work at The Gallery at the Met Store in NYC, the Salmagundi Club in NYC, Manhattan Graphics Center, The Newark Public Library in NJ, Erie Art Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art, Morgan Conservatory, and the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve.…
Ernest Lee
Founder
E.Lee has gained both local (US) and international recognition with his thought provoking word play, and commitment to avoid biting. Founder of Life Column Records and Life Columns Publishings and member of The Black Helicopters.
Born Rachel M.B. Renish, youngest of ten, Rae Sunshine Lee is a singer, actress, science fiction novelist and poet. In the 1960s, she was a child model in the Sears/Roebuck magazine for four years, even appearing on the cover. She also appeared in commercials such as Chatty Cathy: This Is Mattel’s Family of Chatty Dolls (1962) with Maureen McCormick, and made appearances on Bonanza (1959) and Bozo the Clown (1959).…
Stacy Leeman’s works are represented by multiple galleries including: Brandt-Roberts Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, Rutledge Street Gallery in Camden, South Carolina, Wheelhouse Art in Louisville, Kentucky, and 530 Burns Gallery in Sarasota, Florida. Ms. Leeman earned her BA in studio art from Oberlin College and MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and she and her family reside in Columbus.
charlotte lees
Artist
Charlotte lees transforms and translates the elements of nature to express a personal vision of her environment. Beauty matters and her goal is to create lasting images that connect man to his surroundings.
For more information about Charlotte Lees please visit her website at http://www.charlottelees.com.
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.…
Alex Lewis
Visiting Artist
Alex Lewis is a visual artist whose ceramic-focused practice explores the relationship between domestic spaces and the objects within them. Through the collection and arrangement of made and found objects he examines patterns of neglect and the environments where possessions are thrown away, forgotten, or stored. Lewis’s work questions the shifting definitions of home and the rise of fast furniture, engaging in a cyclical dialogue between ceramics and our self-designed environment.
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.
Marc Lincewicz
Sr. Director, Brand & Creative Agency
Marc Lincewicz is an award winning, professional exhibiting artist represented by The Sharon Weiss gallery in Columbus. Marc is a graduate of The Columbus College of Art & Design.
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.