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.
Shepherd’s artistic practice, initially intuitive, has evolved into a rigorous, research-based methodology centered on exploring the fundamental meaning-making potential of color, line, and weight. A commitment to formal inquiry led to a profound self-examination, catalyzed by the recurring presence of the “grid” motif in his past work. This awareness led him to George Kelly’s Personal Construct Psychology, a theory developed at The Ohio State University. Kelly’s view of individuals as “incipient scientists” who constantly construct and revise personal theories resonated with Shepherd’s approach.
Dale Shields
Professor
ARTISTIC ACTIVIST-AEA/SAG/AFTRA/AGMA-Phi Kappa Phi – Sondheim/Kennedy Center & Paul Robeson Award(s).
Leslie Shiels (1950) Ohio, full-time painter, graduated University of Cincinnati (DAAP)with a BFA
1974. Exhibited in USA, Bermuda & France. Represented in numerous corporate and private
collections including commissions for Cincinnati Childrens Hospital and The Mercy Hospital
Group. Represented in the collections of The Masur Museum of Art, LA; the Alexandria Museum
of Art, LA; The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, WI; The Customs House Museum, TN;
Masterworks Museum, Bermuda; Canton Museum of Art, OH; Huntington Museum of Art, WV;
Zanesville Museum of Art, OH; & Richmond Art Museum, IN. Featured in various publications
including the Artist Magazine and on set of ABC’s Nashville for seasons 1- 4. On advisory
boards of The Art Academy of Cincinnati & Weston Art Gallery at the Aronoff Center as a
regional artist liaison. Awarded numerous residencies including at the Weir Trust, CT; Anderson
Ranch, CO; and South Hampton, Bermuda; Maintains a studio in the West End, Cincinnati, OH
“My paintings capture a feeling. They invite you to find your own personal connection to that feeling.”
Faye Sholiton
Playwright, Screenwriter and Founding Artistic Director
Faye Sholiton is a Cleveland playwright whose work over the past 25 years has been produced around the U.S. and honored with five OAC Individual Excellence Awards. A longtime advocate for the arts, she served seven years as Ohio’s Regional Representative to the Dramatists Guild. In 2011, she founded Interplay Jewish Theatre, to revive a beloved cultural tradition in Cleveland and feature work by playwrights from around the world.
Following high school and a 5 year Navy tour Ed attended Ohio University in 1977 where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography in 1980, advised by photography professor Arnold Gassan.
His current photographic methodology comprises medium format image film capture, high quality digital scanning and intermediate processes utilizing the latest ink jet technology.
After a 40+ year career in television production and engineering, Mr. Shrider now resides semi-retired in Lancaster, Ohio.
Nancy Shuler
Artist
Nancy Beth Shuler has been a native of Ohio since 1972. She is a full-time working artist since graduating with her BFA in 2018. She has exhibited in Dayton, Ohio, at The Dayton Art Institute and Front Street Galleries; and in Troy, Ohio, at Arbogast Performing Arts Center and Hayner Cultural Center. She paints landscapes, abstracts, and figurative work. Her mission is to live the artistic life making visual art.
Adrian Sibley
Adrian Sibley Profile
I paint to put the viewer of my work in a different frame of consciousness. My ultimate goal is to open your subconscious. If my abstract forms can make you feel slightly uneasy my “magic” is doing it’s job. When I name my pieces several ideas come to mind. Most of it is music, all of it is color, quite a bit is pain/illness and a portion is hurt.…
Art was just a dream. I am a self educated artist learning through observing others, reading, and research. I was denied art while growing up and had to take a bite out of life to draw when I could. . It wasn’t until last year when health took a determined part in my life that I threw all the doubts away and after recovering from reconstructive surgery of my dominant hand in February 2024 and serious back issues that I found the determination to become “that” artist. Realism is what I see and work to create with a “touch” of how I see it. I draw and paint as it is the essence of my being. Art gives my life meaning and helps me see the beauty in this world. And makes me smile. I take pictures and I take my sketchbook wherever I go. Anything can inspire me.
I look for views that often escape other’s eyes to capture the wonder in mini landscapes, full landscapes and botanical. During my art league receptions I watch the visitors who show delight in my work. My medium is watercolor, colored pencil and pastel, graphite and mixed media
My works are most often aimed at finding our place in life. And in particular, my place in society and in life. I immigrated to the States long enough to become a stranger in my homeland, but not long enough to become one of our own here. In my works, I try to create my own comfortable world, and often these attempts raise questions of existentialism.
Ann Corley Silverman pursued the study of hand papermaking in New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Southeast Asia, and the University of Iowa. Her artwork has been displayed in juried, solo, and invitational shows in New York, Chicago, Ohio, and North Carolina, among other national venues. She currently works from studios both in Columbus, Ohio and in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
Scott Simler
Artist
Scott creates paintings that have been coined “Masters Mash Ups”. For a “Master’s Mash Up”, Scott combines elements inspired by artworks created by master artists, and then he adds his own creativity, resulting in a unique and original artwork. Colorful, playful and entertaining, his paintings reveal a magical mashed up world that bursts onto the surface with unique fervor. Sometimes Scott’s “Master’s Mash Ups” pay clever homage to the artworks that brought him inspiration, and sometimes you can barely see any tangential references. Regardless of his approach, however, the unique character of his own creativity emerges and makes the artwork clearly his own.
Annette Simon earned a BFA in Graphic Design from Ohio University and
worked as a freelance designer and fine artist from Studio 7.5 until joining Studios on High Gallery
in Columbus, OH in 2018. Her work has won several awards as well as
being juried into many exhibits including the Columbus Ohio Museum of
Art – Saying Goodbye to the Russel Page Garden, Springfield Museum of
Art – Plein Air and the Ohio State Fair.…
AJ Skelly
Author; CEO
AJ Skelly is an author, reader, and lover of all things fantasy, medieval, and fairy-tale-romance. And werewolves. She has a serious soft spot for them. As an avid life-long reader and a former high school English teacher, she’s always been fascinated with the written word. She lives with her husband, children, and many imaginary friends who often find their way into her stories.…
Mary Skrenta
Materialsmith
Mary Skrenta is a multi-media artist and craftsperson. She holds three degrees in art, and creates and teaches in the Columbus community.
She uses a combination of experimental and traditional media to create work that provokes thought, reflects on human metaphysical evolution, and questions notions of value. She is influenced by nature, philosophy, and ageism in contemporary society.
She is equally passionate about teaching, making, and living mindfully. She believes each practice informs the other, and that sharing the gift of creativity is a vocation, not a job.
Cory Skurdal
Playwright
My plays, including Abundant Life, Catspaw, Sticks & Stones, The Body Politic, and Adeste Fideles have been produced/developed by Original Productions Theatre (OPT), Evolution Theatre Company, CATCO, The Tipping Point Theatre Company, Curtain Players, MadLab, and the Jewel Box Theatre. I received the CATCO/Greater Columbus Arts Council Playwriting Fellowship and the Jewel Box Theatre Playwriting Award. I am a member of The Dramatists Guild and the Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable.
Hannah Slagell, born and raised in Springfield, Ohio, discovered her passion for ceramics in 2020, thanks to her grandmother, Sara Suver. Currently, she is pursuing a BFA in ceramics at The Ohio State University. During her studies, Hannah has been experimenting with various materials in the ceramic studio, including different clay bodies, decals, molds, glazes, and kiln firings.…
Maxx Slater
Visual Artist
Real human emotion in the age of social media and AI, is the main focus of Maxx Slater’s work.
Todd Slaughter
artist
I have increasingly developed my large scale artworks in collaboration with engineers and architects. My most recent art practice interests are reflected in my artworks concerning individual American individualism, isolationism, and romantic naturalism.
I also have developed a body of personal artworks including drawings, cast aluminum flowers and weeds, suspended cats,
A catalog of my recent work may be downloaded at my website: