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
I have always had a passion for art as far back as I can remember. I pursued art as a major in high school earning a scholarship to prestigious Columbus College of Art and Design(CCAD). I then took an adventurous turn heading out west to explore my music passion. This included traveling to Phoenix, AZ and San Diego County, CA.…
Isaac Beverly
Independent (expressionist) artists
My name is Isaac Beverly, I am 31 years old, and I am from Chillicothe, Ohio. I have a wonderful family with a loving Mother and Father along with three older brothers. I played sports throughout my youth and all the way to colligate level. However, my passion for art came after college where I attended Tiffin University.…
Sanjib Bhattacharya
Indian Dancer, Choreographer
Sanjib Bhattacharya, recipient of President’s Awards from Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in 2006 and Smt. Pratibha Patil in 2011 is an accomplished Manipuri Dance Exponent, Guru and well-known Choreographer of India and abroad. He has received his training under the tutelage of Guru Bipin Singh, Padmashri Darshana Jhaveri, Kalavati Devi, Manjushree Chaki Sircar and Mamata Shankar. He is currently an established performer of great repute having extensively performed across India and abroad. He is not only performing as a solo artist, but is also performing with eminent Gurus and Icons of Indian Classical dances like Padmavibhushan Sonal Mansingh, Padmashri Darshana Jhaveri, Padmashri Ranjana Gauhar, and many other eminent gurus all over India and abroad. He runs several dance academies and institutions in India and Abroad while conducting Lecture Demonstrations and workshops regularly across the Globe. Currently Sanjib is living in Cleveland ,USA and Founder Director of Movements In motion ,teaching, performing, conducting workshop lecture demonstration, collaboration with the local Indian and multicultural community in US and CANADA, regularly creating a unique global choreographic presentation based on his Manipuri and Indian contemporary dance techniques as an Extraordinary Artist sponsored by Rainey Institute Cleveland.
Poet, musician, novelist.
Has organized poetry readings, open mic nights, started magazines (or helped with other peoples’ projects), was a founding member of a theater group that performed works they’d written themselves, helped behind the scenes as well as playing bit parts in 2 indy movies (a zombie in the crowd of attacking zombies, that sort of thing), organized home grown music festivals. Some of these things have been more successful than others. Along the way she’s been a member of Tinfoil, a Toledo area band that has released 14 albums, written hundreds of songs, one of which was used in an indy series called Certainty, and she’s released 2 books of poetry and three novels, the most recent of which was a finalist in the Faulkner competition.
To support these endeavors, she deals in used and rare books.
Mary Biddinger
Poet
Mary Biddinger’s latest poetry collection, Department of Elegy, will be published by Black Lawrence Press in early 2022. She has been the recipient of awards and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Cleveland Arts Prize. She teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Akron and NEOMFA program, and serves as poetry and poetics editor at the University of Akron Press.
Through her art, Kayla has found a renewed appreciation for her own identity, creating pieces that celebrate resilience, femininity, and the timeless beauty of the human form.
I am a 22-year-old Artist born and raised in Ohio. I am self-taught with some recent college classes from the Artist Yan Sun at Muskingum University. I am currently enrolled at WGU getting my teaching degree and working as a special education assistant teacher at the same time.
Mackenzie is an accomplished photographer renowned for producing high-quality imagery tailored to Public Affairs, and storytelling purposes. With a career spanning 5 years, he has established himself as a visionary in both artistic and technical photography, excelling across diverse environments. Mackenzie’s Professional training was at the Defense Information School (DINFOS) in 2018, he learned industry practices in ethical storytelling through the collection of imagery.…
Sebastian Birch
Associate Professor of Music
Sebastian Birch (DMA Cleveland Institute of Music) teaches theory and compositions at Kent State Stark. His compositions have been performed at numerous festivals, and conferences including the Bowling Green New Music Festival. Detectio Sonoris was recently performed by flautist Mary Kay Fink and pianist Nicholas Underhill.
Heidi Black is a comic artist and illustrator living in Cincinnati, OH. Their portfolio included work in the Eisner-winning comic anthology Puerto Rico Strong, published by Lion Forge, and as the colorist in the Junior Library Guild gold medal winning Agents of SLAM, published by Oni Press. They have also done illustration work for companies including Nationwide Insurance and American Electric Power.…
Michelle is a Columbus-based artist from Cincinnati, Ohio. She has loved art ever since she was a kid drawing on the bottom of the kitchen table. After obtaining her BA in Graphic Design, Michelle lived in China as an EFL teacher for five years, then went on to complete her Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from Lesley University. She continues to work as both an artists and graphic designer, and loves the sense of connection and belonging that art offers.
Botanicals and natural elements often have a place in my work. I find joy and excitement in experimenting with color and compositions. But what I really love is mixing mediums in unexpected ways.
Alice Blumenfeld
Artistic & Executive Director, Teaching Artist, Choreographer
Alice Blumenfeld is the founder and artistic director of ABREPASO flamenco. Recognitions include an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for Choreography (FY20), a YoungArts Silver winner, and a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.
Alla Boara
Modern Italian Folk Music
Alla Boara seeks to bring recognition and new life to Italy’s diverse history of regional folk music. With modern arrangements variously surprising, playful, mournful, tender, and bewitching, Alla Boara’s dynamic songs move contemporary audiences of all ethnic heritages to treasure their musical roots and consider historical songs’ contemporary cultural relevance.
Edmund Boateng
Film Maker / Photographer
I’m a self taught photographer and film maker from Ghana, currently living in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Since moving to Columbus in 2017 I started pursuing my art and have had three pieces of artwork, two photos and one drawing displayed as murals in the Short North Arts District in downtown Columbus as well as multiple gallery solo shows and group shows.
Hi, I’m Molly! Helping the helpless is my passion and my dream is to use my skills daily to serve others while making a positive impact on my local community. As a hybrid designer, I operate in all four design disciplines: print, digital, web, and photography, along with marketing guidance and social management.
I’m a Wilmington native, and I own and operate Molly Boatman Dot Com – an art & design business. On the ‘design side’ of my business, I offer a wide variety of graphic design and marketing services such as – advertising campaigns, branding packages, content distribution plans, photography & digital editing, marketing strategies, platform management, print & digital design, public relations, website creation & management, digital illustration, and more… Basically, no matter what you’re looking for, I’m the girl to call!
The better-known ‘art side’ of my business is mainly comprised of my photocards (mailable 5×7 blank notecards with a photograph cover) but also consists of a variety of fine art, a line of illustrated children’s posters, a selection of larger photography prints, and stained glass sun catchers.
Vicki Boatright
Artist/Owner
Artist Vicki Boatright, known as “BZTAT” (pronounced bee-zee-tat), is the preeminent pet portrait artist for the Contemporary Pet Lover. Animal loving art collectors worldwide have commissioned artworks by BZTAT to celebrate their relationships with their beloved pets. Vicki also creates murals and other artworks that address a variety of themes.
Bridgette Bogle was born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1977, and received her MFA from the Ohio State University in painting and drawing in 2003. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally. She currently serves as a Professor in the Art Department of Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.
