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.
Breanna Cole
Illustrator & Jeweler
Inspired by the natural world, my work invites reflection and embodies the extraordinary within the ordinary. Each piece offers a meditation on the narrative, celebrating authenticity, enduring beauty, and the luxury of handcrafted artistry.
Donna Coleman
Artist
Donna Coleman received her BFA, Honors, in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and her MFA in painting from CUNY Brooklyn College, New York. Her paintings have been exhibited extensively in Washington DC, her hometown, and in northeastern Ohio, her home since 2000. Venues include The Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA; Gallery K, Duke Ellington School for the Arts, New Horizons Gallery of Children’s Hospital, the offices of Senator Eleanor Holmes Norton, The Washington Project for the Arts, WDC; Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, The Baron Gallery of Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; the HereHere Gallery, The Mather Gallery of Case Western Reserve University, the Dead Horse Gallery, Cleveland, OH; Antioch College’s Herndon Gallery, Yellow Springs, OH; The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH; The Little Gallery, BGSU Firelands, Huron, OH; The River Gallery, Rocky River, OH The Sandusky Cultural Center, Carrington Arts, Sandusky, OH; and the Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron & Cleveland, OH.…
Chad Collofello
Adjunct Professor, Ohio University, MFA, MAA
“Chad Robert Collofello’s path is shaped by persistence and recalibration, but more than anything, it reflects a deep commitment to connection—across disciplines, across geographies, and across phases of life. His story reminds us that creative roots don’t just anchor us—they evolve with us, branching out in new directions.” – Kelsey DeGreef for Normal Roots
Paul, says his first memory of creating art was when he was 4. I would create art on the condensation of a window. Today his “window” is a digital screen using techniques many Hollywood’s special effects companies such as; Industrial Light & Magic, and Pixar use to create his fine art images.
Hadley Conner
Artist/Educator/Musician
Hadley K Conner is a Cleveland based artist, educator, musician, and occasional mad scientist. She holds a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art and a MAAE from the Art Academy of Cincinnati. A veteran art educator in the public and private sector, Hadley has been exhibiting her photographically-based artwork primarily at the local and regional level for over 30 years.
Michael Coppage
Conceptual Artist
Michael Coppage is a conceptual artist using an interdisciplinary, dialectical approach to address social issues surrounding race and language. Originally from Chicago, He has lived and worked in Cincinnati since 2007. Coppage is the two-time recipient of Artswave’s Truth and Reconciliation grant, Ohio Pretrial Justice grant, and received Awesome Foundation grants in New York and Philadelphia.…
Béatrice Coron
artist
Béatrice Coron explores visual storytelling and lived many stories. After briefly studying art and Mandarin Chinese in Lyon, Coron has been, among others, a shepherdess, truck driver, factory worker, cleaning lady and New York City tour guide. She has lived in France (her native country), Egypt, Mexico and China before moving to New York, where she reinvented herself as an artist.…
For me, art is a way to celebrate the beauty and intricacies of life and nature. I am a Columbus-based artist, muralist, teacher, and musician, and for the past few years my creative focus has been on painting with acrylics. My paintings often feature highly realistic details complimented by more abstract elements that represent sound and movement.…
Kim Covell Maurer
Artist
Kim is a Columbus based artist and educator working primarily in the medium of encaustic -a wax based process originating from ancient Greece. Her fascination with encaustics lies in its luminosity, translucence, unpredictability, and stubborn independence. It demands a high amount of physical labor and work that she deeply embraces.
Kim received her BA from the Ohio State University and her MA from the Art Academy in Cincinnati. She has shown locally and in Athens, Cincinnati, and Chicago. She was awarded a Vermont Studio Center artist residency, the Ohio Art League’s Gateway to the Arts solo exhibition for the John Glenn International Airport fine art gallery and an FCCFA commission for the permanent collection at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.
When not in the studio or teaching, she prefers a walk in the woods and looking at the sky.
BIOGRAPHY
Cedric Michael Cox, a renowned Cincinnati-based painter and muralist, is best known for his paintings and drawings that merge surrealism and representational abstraction. As a student at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), Cox was awarded a fellowship to study at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland.…
Lynn Cox was born in a small village in East-central Ohio Appalachian coal country. He began the serious study of Art at Kent State University with Arthur Limbach Jr. He completed his undergraduate work at The Ohio State University where he earned a BFA. He studied painting with Robert King, Robert Mosokowitz, and John Torreano among others.
He continued his studies and development, earning an MFA in painting from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he studied with John Grillo, James Hendricks, George Wardlaw, and Walter Kamys.
Visual artist, traditionally trained, fluent in multiple mediums and techniques. Work incorporates a combination of drawing, painting, printmaking, sewing, collage, and assemblage. Plants, trees, birds, and figures are common themes. Experienced showing and selling in gallery and festival settings.
BA, Fine Arts, Columbus College of Art and Design
Thomas Craley
TC Acrylics- Mixed Media Artist
Meet Thomas Craley, a passionate self-taught acrylic artist who infuses vibrant colors and dynamic movement into his creations.While Thomas has always been artistic, his true passion for art blossomed during the pandemic. In April 2022, he eagerly founded TC Acrylics LLC.
Thomas has proudly exhibited his work in Toledo, Lima, and Columbus at various art and vendor events as well as several exhibitions alongside some of his town greatest talents.…
I have always been involved in the arts. From an early age, I explored various mediums trying to find a way to express my view of the world. I have worked in printing, watercolor, oils, and collage. Each medium presents different means of expression and offers unique challenges. I enjoy exploring all possible mediums.
Cheryl Craver
Artist
I attended the University of Cincinnati and graduated with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts in Art Education. While studying Fine Arts, I majored in fiber arts and minored in photography. In the late 80’s and 90’s my weavings were featured at a furniture store in the Cincinnati area. After moving back to the Cleveland area to attend Kent State University, I received a Master in Education and began working in jewelry design, including stone setting.…
Nancy Crawford
Artist/Owner
Nancy Crawford is an artist whose life has always included art. Nancy has experience in many styles of art, and dabbles in different mediums. Presently, her work includes watercolor, ink and mixed media including digital influences, but she also has started making public artworks, murals, mosaics and stained-glass installations.
Nancy got her start at the University of Cincinnati in the world-renowned graphic design program. UC and her other college experiences and teaching in the public-school systems have influenced the paintings and sculptures that she creates.
Nancy works in her studio at The Art Rookery, 340 Jefferson Street, Greenfield, Ohio. She owns and manages the gallery shop.
Dragana Crnjak is a Serbian American artist and educator whose studio practice is rooted in painting and drawing. She received her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, in 2004. She is a four-time recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award in Visual Arts, the Distinguished Professorship in Scholarship at Youngstown State University, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship.…
Alan Crockett has been awarded 6 Ohio Arts Council Fellowships, 3 Greater Columbus Arts Council Fellowships, a National Endowment for the Arts,a Ford Foundation grant, and residency fellowships at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, New York City and Dresden Germany.
His work has been widely exhibited in galleries, universities and museums throughout the US and internationally in Italy, German, Holland, Canada, and India and is in several public collections.
Clara Crockett
Artist
Clara Crockett, performance and visual artist, has been awarded six Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council, two from the Greater Columbus Arts Council, an NEA, Regional Artist Grant and residency fellowships at Vermont Studio Center and Yellow Springs Institute.
Her work has been shown throughout the Midwest and is currently included in the “Viewing Program and Permanent Slide Registry” at the Drawing Center in New York City.