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
Once a scientist and professor, Dr. Hyacinth Paul is now a full-time artist whose vibrant abstracts and expressive realism reflect her deep belief in the emotional power of color. Since beginning her art journey later in life, she has exhibited nationwide, received awards, and founded Dayton for the Arts. Based in Dayton, Ohio, she creates with passion, purpose, and a mission to spark joy and connection through color.
Daniel Peace
Artist & Graphic Designer
Daniel Peace is a graphic designer and artist in the Cleveland area. With a BFA from the University of Michigan, his personal art experiments with abstraction in multiple mediums but most often soft pastels.
Joe Pearce
Joe Pearce Fine Artist and Writer
Award winning fine artist and writer Joe Pearce was born in Albuquerque, NM, and raised in Indianapolis, IN. He holds a B.S. degree in Secondary Education, Social Studies from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and has studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and with private art instructors. A long time Cincinnati resident, he occupies a studio at the Pendleton Art Center in the Pendleton neighborhood of Cincinnati and creates art and writes from his home and there.
Professionally trained painter find printmaking and freedom of expression. A very talented printmaker once taught me “art is all process”. I’ve been enjoying the journey and process of printmaking ever since.
Stuart Pearl is a local artist who was raised in Cleveland, OH. The strong connection to his hometown translates into Stuart’s photographs of Cleveland’s skyline and industry. His work has been exhibited at FAVA, Dayton’s Rosewood Gallery, and also the Erie, Zanesville and Butler Museums. He received “Best In Show” in the 2008 Butler Midyear Exhibit and his photographs have been included in publications of the Cleveland Museum of Art.…
DONALD PEARSE
RETIRED TECHNICAL MANAGER
I have a BEEE and a masters in Management. I have taken a multitude of art classes over the years including stained glass, fused glass, ceramics, glass enameling, and precious metal clay. I have my own kiln, glass tools, and woodworking equipment. I have been retired for many years.
Art is as important to me as is breathing. It is so important to be creative in as many areas of my life as is possible.
I have degrees in fine art and art education and a Master of Public Administration degree. I oversee the areas of art and education in my work life.…
Bob Peck began his art career at an early age admiring the graffiti art that he saw scattered around the city. Years of being a bystander in the subculture went by and he continued to draw what he saw in his environment and followed the graffiti “trails” to places with densely marred walls full of this urban art.…
Rooted in formalism, my paintings are an exploration of color and composition. I tend to start with a minimal palette and allow it to expand as the painting progresses. I do not use studies or sketches for my paintings but rather allow them to develop based on images that exist only in my mind.
Jiana Peng
Co-founder & Artistic Director
Award-winning pianist Jiana Peng is internationally acclaimed for her captivating performances across the United States and Europe. Praised for her “intelligent and creative sensibility,” she brings a distinctive voice to both traditional and adventurous repertoire. Based in Cleveland, she enjoys interdisciplinary collaboration, working with actors and dancers to create immersive audience experiences. Jiana has performed in notable venues including Carnegie Hall, Severance Hall, Warsaw National Philharmonic, and Merkin Hall.
Cynthia Penter
Adjunct Professor
Cynthia Penter is a media artist who teaches filmmaking, photography, etc at Hiram College. She received her MFA in Cinematography with a minor in Photography from Kent State University.
Cynthia is Director of the Standing Rock International Shorts Film Festival, Kent, Ohio. She has received artist fellowships twice from the OAC, an OAC/OHC Fellowship, and an American Film Institute Regional Media Arts Fellowship.
She has practiced film and video production and fine arts and events photography for over 40 years,
Shirley Kaye Perkins
Artist
I was born in 1964 and grew up in rural Ohio. Since childhood I always loved all types of art but was fascinated with glass. In my late twenties I moved out to San Diego California to pursue my dream of becoming an artist. I was accepted and attended Palomar College majoring in offhand glass blowing. …
Maria Perme
Visual Storyteller, Artist
My creative focus and passion is visual story telling: capturing and creating photos that represent the inextricable connection to all and to highlight the innate essence of God/Divine Spirit in all beings. My style is casual yet professional in nature, welcoming and real. Nature is my biggest teacher, and I am continually surprised, amazed, and enthralled by the Earth’s resiliency and beauty and what she teaches. …
As a kid, I was frequently in trouble at school because I preferred drawing on the back of my work papers rather than doing the task at hand. My degrees include a B.S. in Design from the University of Cincinnati and a B.S. in Art Education from the University of Akron. While teaching in the Canton City Schools, I earned National Board Certification in art. I have been employed as a commercial artist, an elementary art teacher and a university professor teaching studio classes and art history. I currently live on a farm with my husband and cats, where I paint in a converted barn/studio. Trained as an illustrator, I prefer watercolors, pastels and mixed media.
Grace Peterson is an interdisciplinary artist inspired by her recent experience fostering arts-based learning at Kenyon College. She utilizes self-taught fiber arts techniques and frequently incorporates plastic waste and imagery from local ecosystems into her work, exploring human-nature relationships.
After graduating from Kenyon in 2022 with a B.A. in Sociology, she completed a two-year fellowship at The Gund, Kenyon’s teaching museum, developing arts-based curricular experiences alongside College faculty.
I am an artist trained in both digital and traditional media. My primary focus is fantasy illustration, but I also love painting traditional landscapes, objects, and animal studies. I am an official student of the Urasenke School of Tea, which informs and influences my compositions.
John Petriello
Photographer and Digital Artist
My work has been displayed at the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University, City Hall – City of Maricopa, AZ and a solo display at The City of Maricopa, AZ Library and Cultural Center.
Dawn Petrill
Art At Dawn LLC
Dawn is the founder and owner of Art At Dawn LLC. She has a thriving business where she paints and exhibits her work both locally and nationally. She also teaches children and adults at the Arts Castle in Delaware, OH and adults of early onset dementia through the Central Ohio Alzheimer’s Association. She has a studio out of her Dublin, OH home where she lives with her husband and rescue pup.
Natalie Petrosky (b.1989, Akron, OH) is an artist living and working in Cleveland, OH where she is currently teaching at Cuyahoga Community College and Kent State University. She received her MFA in Painting & Drawing at the University of Tennessee and her BFA in Painting with an Honors Thesis in Glass from the School of Art at Kent State University in Kent, OH.…
Ilenia Pezzaniti
Freelance photographer and videographer
Ilenia Pezzaniti is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus in documentary storytelling. She earned her BA in communications and photojournalism at Kent State University and is a Postbacc at the University of Akron for Studio Art. She is based out of Akron where she works as a freelance photographer and videographer. She specializes in natural lighting and storytelling.