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.

2024 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition

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Photo of Dre McLeod

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.…

Photo of Lisa M. McLymont

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.

Photo of Gerrie McManamon

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.

Photo of Kaylee Meade

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.

Photo of Matthew Meduri

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.

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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.…

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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.

Photo of Rachel Mentzer

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.…

Photo of James-David Mericle

Born in Columbus, Ohio. 

BFA – The Ohio State University 2007

MFA – California College of the Arts 2010

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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

Photo of Kelsey L Meyer

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.…

Photo of Rachel Z. Meyer

Rachel Z. Meyer mainly works in mixed media collage, ink, and printmaking mediums but likes to continuously experiment. Usually she likes to do work that is whimsical and fun or nostalgic and finds nature, astronomy, physics, and mathematics very inspiring. It is important to her to make art that is relatable to all kinds of people.

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Terri Meyer

Painter and Sculptor

Artist, entrepreneur, Terri Meyer has been a painter, sculptor and business owner for over 20 years. Her style is traditional and representational with a contemporary flair.  Painting and sculpting from life is her passion. She strives to continue improving in art mastery, sharing her journey with those who appreciate the dedication and perseverance it takes to translate life into art.…

Photo of janet mikolajczyk

Janet Mikolajczyk received her Studio Art degree from Barat College in 1978 and M.A. in Art History in 1993.  She taught Art History for 18 years at Cleveland State University and other colleges in the area.  She shows her artwork locally and in Maryland.  

Photo of Franklin Miller

After over 40 years working in (and teaching) film/video production, I returned to my first love of sculpture and to my childhood home of Gambier, Ohio. I work in wood, as local and non-exotic as possible, making small pieces and showing them in the region. I have been shown at the Mansfield Art Center, the Dairy Barn, The Schnormeier Gallery, and The Galleries on High (

Photo of Judy Smith Miller

I have been making art since childhood. I began in drawing and illustrating, studied a wide variety of media and approaches in college, pursued printmaking and went on to metalwork and ceramics in graduate school. For the past 12 years, I have settled into painting. I have been shown in New York. Iowa, Oregon, California, North Carolina, Arizona. In Ohio, I have been shown in Mansfield, Granville, Mt Vernon and Columbus. Many pieces are in private collections and several large sculptural pieces are in public places.

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Tracy Miller-Robbins

Visual Artist / Animator

Tracy Miller-Robbins is a media installation artist, animator and visual artist who creates works that merge analogue with digital methods, resulting in prints, art projections, short films and site specific animated installations, that have been shown in the US and internationally, including European Media Arts Festival, Digital Graffiti Festival, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Melbourne International Animation Festival, Animafest Zagreb and the World Animation Celebration.

Photo of Barbara Miner

Barbara Miner holds the position of tenured Professor and Chair in the Department of Art, at the University of Toledo, Toledo, OH.  Miner has been a working artist/scholar for 26 years and a full-time, self-employed studio artist producing ceramic tableware for 10 years prior to that time.

Her mixed media sculptures, installation works, paintings and prints, informed by the nexus of human/nature interaction, and the practice of meditative repetition, have been exhibited nationally (Maine to California) and internationally (Sweden and Poland) in over 107 exhibitions. 

Photo of 2168622722 Charles Jeffrey Mintz

Photography is Chuck’s third career the result of a passion acquired in Maine many years ago. Most of his work is done on large format film. Becoming full time in 2008 changed the work in profound ways. Previously, the people were anonymous and aimed at showing the public space. In this new time, the work has become intensely personal – often involving portraiture. Each project comes out of a story – someone’s Precious Objects, the steel houses in Lustron Stories, Andrew Carnegie and his Carnegie Libraries. Though the story is the framework, the meaning comes from what the subjects show us. For example, the people in their homes in Lustron Stories tell us about themselves, how they feel about their home, who they are. People in small towns and large, all living in pretty much the same house, bound to each other by their homes uniqueness and by contemporary culture. Stronger and more universal ideas bind them to us.

Photo of Mr Andrew John Mitakides

Hometown of Dayton, Ohio, he has performed all over the country staring in movies, theater and television. He has also done voice over work for cartoons, movies and commercials. He received a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Hampden-Sydney College in Farmville, Virginia and a Masters in Classical Acting from the Shakespeare Theater Academy through George Washington University.