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
Janet Marsano earned both a BFA and an MFA from the Ohio State University. Her MFA was earned under the direction of Don Duncan in Jewelry and Metalsmithing with an emphasis on cloisonne enamels.
Fredrik Marsh, Quantico, VA, 1957. BFA & MFA, The Ohio State University. Fellowships: Guggenheim Foundation, Arts Midwest/NEA, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Ohio Arts Council, Artist’s Project Grants from OAC; a 2002 GCAC/State of Saxony Artist Residency in Dresden, Germany and Proyecto´ace Artist-in-Residence, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2024 and 2025.
Collections: Cleveland Museum of Art, Columbus Museum of Art, John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, LA County Museum of Art, Milwaukee Art
Museum, MFA–Houston, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Stiftung Moritzburg Kunstmuseum, Halle, Technische Sammlungen Dresden, and Toledo Museum of Art, among others.
Barbara has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in painting and a master’s degree (MEd) in education. She also held National Board Certification in art K-8. Barbara has won many awards, both for her teaching and her original artwork. Her art has been exhibited in numerous galleries in the Cleveland and Dayton areas and can be found in collections throughout the United States.
Greg Martin is a Cleveland based artist who, for the past 20 years, has been exploring the historic photographic medium of wet plate collodion (and other alternative photographic processes) as the primary tools in his creative practice. A 1989 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, Greg’s works have been widely collected, exhibited in numerous shows throughout the state of Ohio and the US, as well as internationally, and have twice earned him the OAC Individual Excellence Award.
Julie Martin
Artist
Julie Martin is a contemporary artist living in Northeast Ohio with a background in graphic design from The Colorado Institute of Art. The Denver, Colorado born artist also pursued a passion of painting while working as a graphic designer first in Chicago, then Akron and Strongsville, Ohio. By rearranging pieces of realistic images using a variety of mediums, she pushes the boundaries to create new fragmented artworks somewhere between the figurative and abstraction.
Angela Mascolino
Artist
Angela Mascolino, Watercolor Artist
Mascolino’s watercolor paintings are primarily inspired by the unique shapes and textures that nature offers. She usually begins by taking several photographs of a location or subject, drawing the composition and choosing a limited palette. The artist states that she “seeks to create impressions of the environment and enjoys working with the luminous, fluid characteristics that watercolor offers.”
My name is Amber Mason and I was born in Columbus Ohio. I work with a variety of mediums. I currently work for Columbus City Schools as a Substitute Teacher. I first became interested in art in elementary school. My teacher noticed that I had a gift for drawing. I earned a Bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University. …
Mariam Massoud is a visual artist born in Egypt, raised in Alabama, and living in Columbus, Ohio. Her drawings create a visual diary, full of the stories of moments, places, and events that hold personal significance. Since moving to Columbus in 2021, she has exhibited at Blockfort in the “Death, Taxes, 83 Gallery” show and at the Cultural Arts Center in “Centered 2022.”
Cleveland based artist, photographer, educator, curator, and musician.
Brian Mathus
Artist
In 2015 started studying Graphic design finished with a degree. Bringing order to chaos I began to love creating again. I and my wife and a few friends moved into a Studio on the front street. Started painting again seriously in 2017. I started paint figuratively again.
Ryota Matsumoto
Principal
Ryota Matsumoto is an artist, educator, designer, cultural programmer, urban planner, and architect. As a sociologist , he is highly recognized as the founder and preeminent theorist of the postdigital culture.
Katherine Matthews is a freelance writer, editor, and writing instructor.
Born and raised in Cleveland and suburbs, attended Euclid and Mentor schools, managed to graduate. On the 10-year plan at Ohio University with degrees in English and journalism eceive in 1989. Worked in Athens and Columbus, Ohio and St. Joseph, Mich. as writer/editor/photographer, also dropped papers off at library.
Seems kind of skimpy.…
Christine Mauersberger
Artist
Christine Mauersberger is a multi-disciplinary artist in Cleveland, Ohio who produces complex mark-making narratives in multiple media: Prints, paintings, embroidery, and installation works.
Christof Maupin
Artist
My name is Christof Maupin, and I am a hot glass artist, working in a technique called lampworking. Unlike glassblowing, lampworking involves using a torch to form beads on a steel mandrel or small sculptural objects using a glass rod. Much of my glass becomes jewelry, as well as small functional or decorative objects.
Carolyn Mazloomi
Fiber Artist
“AS AN ARTIST, I STRONGLY BELIEVE ART HAS THE CAPACITY TO TOUCH THE SPIRIT, ENGAGE, EDUCATE, AND HEAL IN WAYS THAT WORDS ALONE CANNOT.”
— CAROLYN L. MAZLOOMI
Evelyn McBride
Graphic Designer & Muralist
Evelyn McBride (she/they) is a graphic designer and muralist living and creating in Columbus, Ohio. Having graduated from the Columbus College of Art & Design in 2021 with a BFA in Advertising & Graphic Design, she immediately found a passion for getting involved in the arts & design community in Central Ohio. She currently works full-time as a graphic designer in higher education and volunteers with local arts organizations such as the Columbus Society of Communicating Arts (CSCA) and 934 Gallery. Along with design, she paints large-scale murals and contributes to public art opportunities around the Central Ohio area.
Owen McCafferty
Freelance Professional Artist
As an inspiring professional artist I often ask myself what inspired me to become a professional artist. I have allways find my inspirations and even encouragement to create has come from other artists especially those who have visual limitations as I do. I have been an artist for a good while now and I’ve tried different media such as acrylic painting, textural art, oil pastel, and now more recently digital artwork. …
