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
Kathy L. McGhee,
works at the Columbus College of Art & Design.
There she a professor in fine arts. She teaches introductory, intermediate and advanced printmaking. These include relief, serigraphy, lithography, and intaglio. McGhee, who has shown her work both nationally and internationally, is a practicing printmaker who has had her work published in Printmakers Today.…
Is a mother of three children who has often been inspiration for subject matter along with Grandson.
“The Vibrations of Life is the key to my inspiration.”
Noted for “her clear, focused sound,” mezzo-soprano Kira McGirr performs regularly in the Cleveland area, including as frequent soloist and member of Cleveland Chamber Choir; alto soloist and section leader with Trinity Chamber Singers and Cathedral Choir at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland; as part of Trinity Cathedral’s BrownBag Concert Series; in the opera chorus and for outreach events with Cleveland Opera Theater; as part of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Creative Fusion: Composers Series; and has been featured as alto soloist in Mozart’s Requiem, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes, and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms.
Jon McGregor
Multi-media Designer
A graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design with 12+ years of experience, Jon has had had the pleasure of creating work for many different clients in many different industries, with a common thread of commercial art, often with a fun or whimsical nature or at times dark and eerie.
Daniel McInnis
Associate Professor of Photography and Digital Media
Daniel McInnis is a practicing documentary photographer whose primary interest is portraiture. Dan has taught as a professor of both photographic practice and history at Ithaca College, The American University of Dubai, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), School of Visual Arts (SVA), Wittenberg University, and The School of Art at Bowling Green State University. He is currently Associate Professor of Photography and Digital Media at University of Toledo.
James began in metalsmithing, with an aesthetic reminiscent of Arte Povera. Now, tactility and immediacy combine with feelings of urgency to create works of haunting intensity. There is a critical link between his rough materials and complicated feelings about aging. His studio is in SW Ohio.
Elise McKeown Skolnick received her first camera at age 10, as a Christmas gift. From the moment she held it in her hands she was intrigued. Even opening more presents lost its appeal. Instead, she made photos of her sisters and cousins (and still has those photos!). Photography never lost its appeal for her. Wherever she went she took a camera, and still does.…
Julia McLemore is an artist and educator, living and working in Columbus, OH. Her work is in a number of collections, including the Yale University’s Peter Palmquist Collection, the Columbus Museum of Art (Ohio), Scott’s Miracle Gro, Metro Health Systems (Ohio) and the Springfield Museum of Art (Ohio).
She holds a B.A. from Miami University, Ohio in English Literature. She also holds a B.F.A. degree from the Columbus College of Art & Design and an M.F.A. degree from The Ohio State University.
Dre McLeod is a contemporary fiber artist based in Ohio. She earned her BFA in Fashion Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008, where her passion for fiber arts first took root.
With a distinctive artistic voice, Dre’s work has been shown at galleries in West Virginia, Ohio, and California.…
Educated in graphic design and visual communications at The Ohio State University, McLymont’s career as a self-taught, multi-disciplinary artist started in 2009, and includes forays into drawing, painting, sculpture, and jewelry design, letting the inspiration found through research lead her process.
Gerrie McManamon
Artist
As a child, I was always making things – sewing dolls, coloring, drawing, etc. I knew wanted to be an artist when I grew up. I ended up becoming a German/ Russian teacher and taught in Toledo and Columbus Schools for a combined 27 years. As I neared my retirement, I found myself with more time to create. I began taking classes in life drawing, printmaking, ceramics, and mixed media, online and at the Cultural Arts Center of Columbus. At this point, painting is my focus, but I still enjoy drawing, printmaking and mixed media work. I feel fulfilled as an artist when the viewer has an emotional connection with my work.
I am a passionate artist and entrepreneur based in Gahanna, Ohio. My interest in art started at an early age, with the Digi Draw and BloPens! From there, I grew to love freehand drawing, photography and most importantly, painting. I enjoyed painting in high school but it wasn’t until I took an oil painting class in college that I really discovered the right medium for me.…
Matthew Meduri is a writer and educator living in the Midwest. His writing has appeared in Catamaran, Gastronomica, Permafrost, Story, and two anthologies and was listed as distinguished in Best American Food Writing. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) consortium and is the recipient of a 2022 Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council.
Tom Megalis
Artist
A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, Tom has been creative force in art, Television, film and radio for over 25 years.
Tom’s television resume as writer, director and animator includes work for Nickelodeon shows KABLAM! and the Amanda Show. Tom has also created TV projects for MTV, HBO, Comedy Central and FOX. Megalis is currently the voice of Captain Caveman for Warner Brothers new Flintstones animation “Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs.”
As an independent filmmaker, Tom ‘s work has been shown at Sundance, New York Expo and Chicago International Film Festival, Hiroshima Animation Festival and The Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France.…
Mickey Mencin
Printmaker
Mickey Mencin is a Lakewood, Ohio printmaker creating hand-carved, hand-pulled, and hand-colored prints in a modern arts and craft style.
Mickey uses the “old school” method of Lino printing to create her art. Lino printing is a printmaking technique that emerged in the early 20th century. The technique is a form of block printing, i.e.…
Susan Mentrak a multimedia artist-illustrator whose work is influenced by observing awkward contradictions in herself and society at large. She attended The Columbus College of Art and Design, where she focused on creating models and sculptures for use in illustration. Susan has participated in group and solo shows at the Canton Museum of Art, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art in San Angelo, Texas, the Stifel Fine Art Center in Wheeling, WV, the Akron Museum of Art, the Massillon Museum and Ohio Northern University.…
Rachel Mentzer is a printmaker who uses found and recycled materials to create collagraph plates that juxtapose nature with manufactured objects. She repurposes boxes, carving away layers of cardboard to reveal the negative of the image as a functional plate. Once sealed with polyurethane, the cavities in the box hold ink to be printed intaglio.…
James-David Mericle
Artist
Born in Columbus, Ohio.
BFA – The Ohio State University 2007
MFA – California College of the Arts 2010
Lisa Merida-Paytes
Visual Artist
Lisa Merida-Paytes holds a M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati 1997 and B.F.A. from the
Art Academy of Cincinnati 1991. Her work has been featured in exhibitions and publications nationally and internationally for 23 years.
She has taught all levels and served in professional positions, Gallery Director at FUNKe FIRED ARTS 2007-11 and Art Director/Founder of the Kennedy Heights Art Center 2004. Appointed as Co-Liaison for NCECA Conference held in Cincinnati 2021, she served as NCECA Board Member 2020-2021.
She published her own curriculum on Paperclay. Her work is featured in Ceramics Ireland Issue 45 2021 & Issue 39 2017, 500 Figures in Clay Volume II 2014, Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade Clay 2012, Studio Ceramics: Advanced Techniques, (Cover artist) 2010, Pottery Making Illustrated, July 2009 (Cover artist), Raku, Pit & Barrel 2007, Ceramics Monthly October 2006, 500 Raku 2010 and 500 Animals 2006
Kelsey L. Meyer is a fine artist working from her studio in Bowling Green, Ohio. She received her BA in Art History from Bowling Green State University in 2013. As an undergraduate Art History student, she enrolled in a variety of basic studio and photography courses, but never completed professional fine arts training.
Throughout her undergraduate studies and into her twenties, she struggled with mystery chronic health issues and chronic fatigue.…