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.
Juniper Mainelis is a Visionary painter, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter, and poet. She often writes songs and poetry to accompany her paintings, giving the viewer a deeper dive into her gnosis. Some refer to her work as medicine painting, as each piece is infused with her healing thoughts and intentions. Using a technique called Intentional Creativity, in which she is also a certified teacher, Juniper creates layered landscapes of her imaginary visions.…
I’m a freelance photojournalist and civil rights consultant based in Dayton. My work focuses on First Amendment protections and the civil liberties guaranteed to every United States citizen. I do not use AI to generate images in lieu of genuine photography, or to enhance/alter my work. I do not use Photoshop or any branded variant.
Norman Mallard
Collage/Assemblage Artist
Norman is a mixed-media artist living & working in Akron, Ohio. He was raised in the mid-1900s in Norfolk, Virginia, and has spent his working career as an Art Director and Graphic Designer. Now (mostly) retired, he is concentrating on his lifelong love of collage. He works from his basement studio, where his hoarding can be contained.
Hannah Maltry is a watercolor artist based in Westerville, Ohio. Her vaguely spooky art style, influenced by mid-century fine art and illustrations, features intensely minimal, geometric shapes and clean lines that uniquely interpret the world around her.
I have drawn for as long as I can remember, taught for over thirty years, and sketching just to sketch is what I like to do and share most of all. I’ve come to believe that anyone can sketch! Keeping it simple, and small, has proven to be a great way to engage with the pleasure of sketching.
April Mann
Storyteller, Songleader, Teaching Artist
April Combs Mann is a storyteller, teaching artist, and song leader who invites learners into the magic of story and song. Rooted in oral tradition and creative collaboration, she guides children and communities to find their own voices through folk tales, shared singing, and collaborative songwriting — including her Songs for Peace project that nurtures kindness and courage.
Jackie Mantey
Artist & Writer
Jackie Mantey is a writer and artist based in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Jackie’s visual art practice includes embroidery, painting, and mixed media. She hand-embroiders new stories onto found and historical photographs — a practice she began in 2016 while in early addiction recovery. Since then, visual art has been a meditative, healing, and joyful act she prioritizes while working as a writer.…
We are all full of magic and we are all deeply connected to the natural world. I hope to evoke that knowing in you through my art. Nature is a wonderful healer and the natural world waits to embrace you. My work intends to brighten your life by celebrating that magic and joy that Nature brings us.…
Valerie Marek
artist
Valerie Marek received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art and her MFA from Kent State University in 2017. She has also taught Foundations Drawing at Kent State University’s Center for Visual Art.
She has exhibited at the Artist’s Living Room in NYC, Yellowstone Art Museum, Kent State University Gallery, The Cleveland Institute of Art, The Wasmer Gallery at Ursuline College, Understory Gallery at the 78th Street Studios in Cleveland, The Pinwheel Gallery in Cleveland, as well as the Prama Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio.…
A native of Wisconsin, MP was introduced to fine art hand papermaking while in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin. After working as an art educator in the Racine Public Schools, MP decided become a self-employed artist and sell her artwork at art fairs throughout the country. As an early practitioner in the revival of HPM, she has always been aware of and respectful of the long traditions of HPM, and seeks to continue those traditions through her constant experimentation, image-making and teaching.
Mat Marrash
Photographer
Mat Marrash is a man in love with film photography. In the spring of 2010, after two years of dragging through the mediocrity of the digital lifestyle, Mat picked up a Hasselblad 500C and never looked back! Mat likes playing with all sorts of cameras, all the way from his handy-dandy Olympus Trip 35 all the way up to his mammoth Tachihara 8×10” field camera (see Barbershops).…
I’m a fine artist and portrait artist creating original paintings and commissioned portraits in pastel and acrylic. My work ranges from realistic portraits of people and pets to wildlife, landscapes, abstracts, and pieces inspired by imagination and everyday life.
I have been creating portraits for more than 25 years and enjoy capturing not only a subject’s likeness, but also the personality, emotion, and story behind it. I accept portrait commissions for clients throughout the United States.
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.
Rick Martin
Poet
Rick Martin is an autistic poet and Youtuber that currently connects with millions around the world through the pop culture focused Blind Wave. His poems have been published in journals such as Modern Haiku, Frogpond, and Lothlorien Poetry Journal. He is a poetry editor for the West Creek Journal. Rick lives in Marietta, Ohio with his husband and daughter.
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. …