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
Mikelle Hickman-Romine
Craft Artist, Poet
Mikelle Hickman-Romine is an Ohio craft artist who has been working professionally for more than two decades. She is a graduate of Simon’s Rock Early College with an Associate’s Degree earned at age 18. She then decided that academia and the arts are not always the same path and left higher education to pursue a course of self instruction. After reading an article on gourd stitch in 1999, she began to experiment with the technique, eventually pushing its boundaries and combining it with wire work to begin making a unique style of work she calls “fine beadwork.”
Mikelle is also an award winning poet.
She lives in Columbus with her husband, poet and playwright Philip Hickman. She is an neglectful but joyful gardener nourishing several native plants and a few specimens of historic roses, her favorite one a viciously barbed but gorgeous apricot blend named the Alchymist.
Beth Himsworth is a local Columbus artist who creates unique fused glass and mosaic wall-mounted panels and windows for residential, hospital and university environments. Her fused glass and mosaics offer the same stunning colors and textures as traditional stained glass but add the intriguing dimension of far greater detail; often with thousands of hand-cut pieces of glass in a single panel. Following 18 years living abroad, she brings to her work a deep appreciation of nature and culture in its beauty and diversity. Her contemporary, stylized nature themes provide a sense of serenity and beauty in a workspace.
Kathryn Hinton
Fine Arts,ceramics and Mixed media Artist
Kathryn Hinton describes herself as a Fine Arts Mixed Medium Abstract Artist. She uses a variety of materials, including: acrylic paint, dried pigments, watercolor, gauche, metallic and black drawing pens, paperclay, and liquid and spray inks.
Amy is an artist and retired Adaptive Art Teacher who is constantly looking for new and creative ways to create art; both for herself and for the students at the venues where she volunteers. These include adaptive art workshops and as an art teacher for elementary school special needs classrooms.
Frank Hobbs is Associate Professor of Painting, Drawing, and 2D Design at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, OH. A native of Lynchburg, Virginia, Hobbs studied art at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and later at American University in Washington, DC, where he earned his Master of Fine Art in1984. Hobbs’ paintings have been exhibited both in the U.S. and abroad in Ankara, Turkey, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Bermuda, through the Arts in Embassy Program of the U.S. State Department. His work is in numerous public and private collections internationally. Hobbs has received fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Hobbs is a 2015 recipient of an Individual Excellence in Art Award from the Ohio Arts Council.
Daniel Hoeweler is a disabled writer who currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. He writes about mental health recovery, technology, artificial intelligence and the psychotic experience. His writings have appeared in many street papers, magazines and blogs including Street Sheet, Street Vibes and The Contributor.
JULIENNE HOGARTH
artist
Julienne’s work is a study in color. This constant exploration of color is a strong component of her art and the imagery expresses her connection to the fundamentals of the natural world.
I am a Ambidextrous writer, a lefty artist, I love music, crafts, much more, so I hope you enjoy this brief introduction of my profile!
Among my honors and awards are six individual artist’s fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and one from the Greater Columbus Arts Council, a Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Fellowship, Yaddo Residency, and the Ohio Arts Council Artist in Residence Fellowship at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. My work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in Boston, Memphis, Tulsa, Springfield, Portsmouth and many other cities throughout the U.S. For many years, I primarily showed my work at the Keny Galleries in Columbus Ohio and at Fischbach Gallery in New York City.
Alicia Hopkins is a disabled artist, author and advocate from Ohio. She uses her art in a dynamic way. She advocates for accessibility in the arts, disability rights and also in independent living. She has committed her life to teach people how to use Art to advocate. She is involved in many advocacy groups on the state and national level for disability rights, mental health, developmental disabilities and domestic violence. …
Gee Horton
Artist / Founder at Gee Horton Studios
Gee Horton (b. 1983) is a self-taught artist based in Cincinnati whose photorealistic drawings explore Black identity, memory, and emotional inheritance. An Emmy Award-winning artist, he has exhibited at institutions including KMAC Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, Weston Art Gallery, and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. His work is held in both private and public collections, including the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Mercantile Library.
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.…