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
Derrick Woodham
Professor Emeritus
I was born and educated in Great Britain, graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1966, and have represented contemporary trends in British sculpture in many group exhibitions, which traveled extensively in Britain, Europe, the United States and Japan. I moved to the United States in 1968, teaching at The Philadelphia College of Art, The Universities of Iowa and Kentucky, and the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at the University of Cincinnati, retiring in 2001 as Professor of fine art, having taught sculpture and electronic art, and investigated multi user interactive networked virtual environments.…
I am a lover of words and of words written expressively, whatever the language, whatever the
medium. This love of visual dance underpins every design challenge I undertake, whether it be
hand lettering, books or 3-D constructions, large-scale works, marbled and other decorative
papers and the objects I make from them, or the occasional leap into illustration, photography,
or invention of artist tools.…
Alisa H. Workman is a visual artist in Beavercreek, OH who paints “lightly abstract floral works … renderings of bold flowers with rich splashes of color”. A lifelong Ohio resident, she received a BS in Geology with a concentration in crystallography from Wright State University. After years of flower gardening and creating plantings, mosaics, and other garden installations, Alisa picked up a paintbrush in 2015.
Darlene is an award-winning fine art photographer best known for “painting with light”. She works outdoors in landscapes and in her studio experimenting with and inventing techniques for her still life tableaus. In addition to solo exhibits, her work has been juried into national and international exhibits including at the Butler Art Institute, the Attleboro Arts Museum, the Center for Fine Art Photography, and Julia Margaret Cameron International Awards.
Hong Yin
Fine Art, Art History
Hong Yin’s artistic journey has led her to explore various art media and styles, but it is within the realms of oil and acrylic in a realistic style where her passion truly ignites. Her artwork embraces a diverse range of subjects, but her deep connection to her Tibetan heritage resonates strongly. The Tibetan people and their land hold a special place in her heart, serving as a constant source of inspiration.
Delaney Yoha
Photographer
Delaney Yoha is a portrait and studio photographer based in Columbus, Ohio with over 7 years of experience. She is a current senior at Columbus College of Art and Design, majoring in Photography with a minor in Business, and will graduate May 2024. She focuses on reveling in the good and seeing the beauty of our daily observations and surroundings. Human connection is the most compelling aspect of her work.
Amy Yosmali
Artist
Amy Yosmali, much like a musician who expresses emotion while playing a musical note, expresses emotion through vibrant color and brush strokes on canvas. Amy enjoys sharing her artistic works with others, an in particular helping individual’s find that special artwork for their space that speaks uniquely to them.
Alice Pixley Young’s work examines the interrelationship of landscape, environment and technology. Young has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, including Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Akron Art Museum, Sarasota Art Museum, the 21c Museums, and the Taft Museum of Art. She has been awarded grants from the NEA, the Ohio Arts Council and others. She is a member of A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, NY and lives and teaches in Cincinnati, OH.
Chris Young
Artist, Educator, Small Business Owner
I am an artist, educator and small business owner. As an artist I express myself through acrylic paint, mixed media, 2D and 3D works inspired by everyday life. As an educator, my work inspires imagination and sparks ideas to help people through a creative journey of their own. My business allows me to combine the art that I love with the teacher in me.
Judi Young
Artist
I am a mixed media collage artist who uses a variety of papers to create one of a kind collages that I hope bring joy to those who see them.
Rachel Yurkovich
Interpretive Media Coordinator
Rachel Yurkovich was born in South Carolina, but lived most of her developing years in Skopje, North Macedonia and Prague, Czechia.
She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2014. With an interest in living things and their movement as a medium, her work often ends up as video.…
Romulo Zaa
Plastic Artist
Self-taught plastic artist, residing in Columbus Ohio.
Main artistic mediums: painting and sculpture.
The work is constantly fluctuating between these two mediums, changing and reconstructing itself. It grows and it collapses, and in the process one utilizes the self.
I am working as a storyteller artist on female life journey . My series of works is based on body shaming, suffering and empowering through suffering, emotion and feeling and strength of womanhood. After I finished my fine arts education from the university of Dhaka, Bangladesh, I moved to the USA and practiced my work for many years and now traveling all over the world as a visual and performance artist.
BRIEF BIO & ART STATEMENT I was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where I studied Fine Arts at the National School for the Arts. After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, I moved to the United States to pursue interdisciplinary studies and the relationship between painting and literature. After receiving my doctorate in comparative literature and art at the Ohio State University, I joined the University of Akron, where I am currently a Distinguished Professor.…
Eric Zeigler
Assistant Professor of Art
Eric Zeigler is an artist, designer, and researcher whose current work involves photography and unconventional transformation of images. He received an MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute, and exhibits his work nationally and internationally. Recently his work has been exhibited at the CICA Museum in Seoul, South Korea, and at the NIDA International Photography Symposium in Nida, Lithuania. Zeigler is an Assistant Professor of Art in the Department of Art at the University of Toledo. He created and runs the Art Print Center which serves as a hub for all digital artwork production by university students, faculty, and local artists.
Chris Zenger
Artist
I have a passion for art, photography, nature and science. Through construction, deconstruction, light and shadows, I use plants, flowers and nature as my muse and models. Each petal, leaf and stem is hand placed and photographed in a studio or shot in its natural setting with a portable studio set-up.
Some pieces form from an existing idea I have, a message I wish to convey.…
Evie Zimmer
Artist
Evie Zimmer is an American artist creating and teaching in Cleveland, Ohio. Her earlier kaleidoscopic abstract paintings earned her local and national recognition. Zimmer’s innovative artwork challenges the viewer with optic effects that imitate computer generated imagery. Her oil paintings have been described as a “strange loop of process and product that radiate an inherent energy field.” Her more recent work has evolved and become more floral and symmetrical combining her original style with realistic imagery. …
Ed Zirkle is a central Ohio master photographer providing photographic services for families and businesses. Ed’s experience as a photojournalist and his fine arts degree serves his clients well. Ed’s talents allow him to photograph weddings, bridal portraits, family portraits, expectant parents, children and that special family pet. For business clients Ed’s experience with studio work, location photograph and business portraits sets him apart from the rest.