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
Anne Spurgeon is an interdisciplinary artist working between Columbus, Ohio and Brooklyn, New York. Questions about transformation reoccur in Spurgeon’s creative practice. Her involvement began through performance, from playing guitar on stage, to creating private video performances about identity and the sense of the public and private self. In the past few years her focus has moved away from the personal consciousness of the body, to the transformation of sculptural and drawing materials.
My new book is These Americans, a collection of short stories and a novella published by Minerva Rising Press. The novella in this collection, “Hawk,” was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize.
My novel And Laughter Fell From the Sky was published in 2012 by HarperCollins.
My short stories have been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies.…
Christopher has work in the permanent collections of both the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Hawaii State Art Museum. He is always at home in a forest.
Brooke Stanley
Artist / Designer
Brooke Stanley is an artist and designer based in Columbus, Ohio. With a background in fine art and digital media, her work explores identity, emotional experience, and human connection. She holds a BFA in Art & Technology from The Ohio State University and an MA in Visual Communication from Ohio University. Her current work includes mirror-based acrylic paintings and website design for small businesses.
I love color. Color makes me happy. I love its ability to communicate emotion and mood. To transport people. How a dab of blue here or a smudge of yellow over there can suddenly give a painting life.
There is no agenda when I paint. Inspiration comes from a feeling or emotion that I try to convey on the of a canvas or paper. I want to see what happens when paint dribbles down the surface or when two colors come together and mix. I like to layer colors and play with space, I try to let the painting be what it wants to be.
I paint intuitively and adapt to the painting as it shifts and changes. I stay as flexible and as open as possible so that the painting can have its own life. I try not to interfere too much, because whenI do, the painting becomes overworked and unloved. Then I have to start over again.
I am drawn to more organic shapes when I paint-no straight or true lines just letting the paint and shapes flow from whatever mood or mode I am in at the time. I like art to say something to the viewer about the artist and maybe a little bit about themselves.
Tylur Starks
Vocalist
Tylur Starks is from Columbus, OH. Growing up Tylur loved listening to Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Patti Labelle, Janis Joplin and other, which reflects in her writing and vocal style. Listening to Etta James and other greats, one would say she is an old soul. Tylur has been singing her whole life and being a 90’s baby she loved Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, and all the greats of that time.…
Craig Staufer grew up on a farm in Medina County and currently lives in a restored 1834 Western Reserve home near Lodi, Ohio. Art has been a pursuit of Craig’s his entire life. He studied at Kent State and the University of Akron as well as expanding his skills with many other artists over the years.…
Mary Beth Stauffer received an MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Pennsylvania (1995). She began her teaching career at the University of Pennsylvania as Lecturer, co-teaching drawing classes for architecture students. Recent teaching experience includes teaching at the University of Akron, the University of Mount Union, and Ashland University, with over 20 years as a Life Drawing instructor at the University of Akron (as Senior Lecturer).…
Katrina Steele
photographer
Katrina Steele is a photographer in Knox County, Ohio. She dabbles in many genres but is particularly drawn to images portraying the natural world. Katrina has placed in numerous local competitions, was a 2020 Bryn Du Artist, a 2021 VOICE competition finalist and 2022 VOICE honorable mention, a 2023 Ohio Artist Registry Exhibition artist and is a current Click Pro Elite. Her work has been published in breed industry magazines, humane society newsletters, and state park calendars, and she has volunteered countless hours photographing events for local non profits.
marlene steele
Artist Owner
Professional painter, regional courtroom artist, calligrapher
Owner and production artist: Steele Studio, Est 1980
Subjects: Portrait, commission and non-commission, Figurative, Urban Landscape
Calligraphy and Script writing
Mediums: Oil, Pastel Watercolor, Charcoal
Affiliations/ Associations:
Portrait Society of America, Arts Ambassador to Ohio
Southeastern Pastel Society: Member
Cincinnati Art Club: Signature Member, Trustee, VicePresident, Exhibition Chair
Catherine Lorillard Wolf Art Club, Member
Greater Cincinnati Calligraphers’ Guild, Founder 1980, Board Pres, Media Chair
Art Academy of Cincinnati, Certificate in Painting
Private studio study: 8 years: Juvenile development
Susan is a self-taught artist from the Columbus area. Her paintings range from abstract, to abstracted realism. In the last three years, since she began concentrating on her painting, her art has been included in multiple gallery shows, including, The Modern Visual Art Gallery in Bethlehem, PA, The Alpharetta Arts Center, The Zanesville Museum of Art, Gateway to the Arts, and the Pennington Gallery.
Stephanie Steinline
Visual Artist
I am a chronic illness warrior queen visual artist based out of Toledo, Ohio. I have been drawing/painting/etc since I was 12 years old, and find it my best means of self expression.
Artist Experience
Rachel Stern – Artist
rach4art@att.net
Mobile: 614-361-8120
Exhibitions:
Solo: 2012, 2009, 2004: Sharon Weiss Gallery, Columbus, Ohio,
2011: Decorator Show House – Columbus Museum of Art, Women’s Board, Columbus, Ohio
2010: Union County pARTnership Exhibit, Doc’s Bakery &
Cafe, 211 East Fifth Street, Marysville, Ohio 43040
Selected Group Juried Exhibits:
2020: Bryn Du Mansion Art Exhibit, Granville, Ohio
2020 – 2019: An Evening with Art, Columbus Museum of
Art, Women’s Board
2019 – 2021: Art for Life Auction, Sponsored by Columbus AIDS Taskforce, Columbus, Ohio
2019, 2013, 2009: The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition,
Professional Division, Columbus, Ohio
2013 – Peggy R.…
Michael Stevens
Independant Artist
Gathered Glass Studio became a beloved art location in the Warehouse District of Downtown Toledo over the next twelve years. Through the business Mike was able to hone his craft of glassblowing and also have the opportunity to work on large scale public art.
Mike Stevens
Co-Owner
Mike Stevens is a glass artist living and working in Toledo, OH. He holds a BFA cum laude in Three Dimensional Studies from Bowling Green State University. In 2012 he opened Gathered Glassblowing Studio, in downtown Toledo, which he operates with partner Adam Goldberg.
Kate Stewart
Illustrator
Kate Stewart is an Illustrator, Designer, Crafter, and Photographer – among other things – from North Canton, Ohio. She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2020 with her BFA in Illustration. She also has additional concentrations of study in Creative Writing, Graphic Design, and Art Education. She hopes to pursue a career path that includes her pursuit of artistry but that is also rooted in community involvement and the development of arts and culture programs both in schools and for communities.…
Stephanie Stewart
Owner
P31 ART & DESIGN is a local Akron Art business that offers uplifting art workshops and handmade products inspired by our original works of art. As a small business, we hope to embody the Elbert Hubbard quote – “Art is not a thing; it is a way”. May we all continue to be inspired by our creative communities and find joy in the works of artists.
An Emmy Award winning composer, with a background in music theory.
A multi-instrumentalist, with a passion for collaboration.
Runs his own graphics business and has managed several fundraisers for local and national organizations.
Michelle Stitzlein maintains a studio in a former grange hall in the community of Baltimore, Ohio. Her large scale sculptures and installations created with repurposed materials have been shown nationally in solo exhibitions. She has been an AIR at Shenandoah National Park, VA, Denali National Park, AK, and the Millay Colony of Arts, NY, and has been awarded two Individual Excellence Grants from the Ohio Arts Council.
J. Stormer is a self-taught watercolor artist. Inspired by everyday moments and the natural world, her work blends spontaneity with precision, creating pieces that evoke a quiet sense of wonder. Her art has been featured in art galleries, exhibitions and online galleries.