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.
Richard Brown
Teaching Artist
Richard Duarte Brown, known as Duarte, is the resident artist at Whitehall-Yearling , Berne Union High Schools and Benjamin Logan high school through the TeachArtsOhio grant from the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). He has been the resident artist at WYHS since 2015. He has been a master artist with the TRANSIT ARTS Youth Arts Program and the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education Art in the House Program since 2006. For more than 30 years, Duarte has dedicated his talents to helping young people in Columbus through countless programs including CAPACITY (CAPA’s Youth Arts Program), the Short Stop Youth Center, the King Arts Complex, Ohio Alliance for Arts Education (and formerly GCAC’s) Artists-in-Schools program, GCAC’s Children of the Future, Ebony Boys, Art Safe and VSA Ohio.
My collage work is rooted in storytelling—personal, layered, and emotionally textured. I work with fragments: torn paper, painted elements, old book pages, bits of fabric, forgotten photographs. These materials carry a history, and in bringing them together, I create new narratives—ones that reflect memory, longing, and the quiet persistence of joy.
My art is not about perfection but about process—about feeling my way through.…
Abigail Bruce
Artist
Born in Toledo, Ohio. Abigail Bruce is a self taught artist and mother of two. She loves creating with her free time in all forms and mediums. Including and not limited to chalk art, jewelry making, painting, and more!
I have led a “double life” of sorts in the field of business, as well as art. I first received a B.S. in Economics from Lehigh University (graduating Cum Laude), followed by an MBA from Stanford Business School. Upon graduating from Stanford, during the tumultuous period of the Vietnam War, I spent several years in a pilot MBA program for VISTA (domestic Peace Corps) consulting for community groups in a Hispanic neighborhood in San Francisco.…
Diana Bruner
Artist/Designer
Experience with watercolors, oils, collage, and crafts have allowed her, over the years to develop, and explore ways to create new and exciting works, and to blend them with commercial art. Some are minimalist, others are representational which are translate into digital art prints. Currently, digital art is her forte.
Kendall’s pursuit of the arts is materialized through many forms of creative expression including music, design, sculpture, photography, and video. In 3rd grade he was presented with an award for being inquisitive and immediately asked what that meant. He has not stopped asking questions.
Growing up in an Air Force family, he lived in multiple states and countries, exposing him to a variety of cultures and environments, before settling in Cincinnati, Ohio for high school. …
Nazli Brush
Illustrator
Nazli Akcicek Brush is a Turkish multi-disciplinary artist working on a variety of artworks, from hand fans, to miniature illustrations, to digital works. Nazli earned a BFA from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul, and a certification in Art Education and Teaching from Marmara University in Istanbul. After completing her education, she moved to the United States where she continued her art career.Nazli currently lives in Ohio.…
Shannon Bryant
Artist, Painter
Shannon is an award-winning artist, former K-12 art teacher, and current adjunct art instructor with experience in a variety of media. She is an accomplished painter, working primarily in oils and acrylics, and has had her work displayed in numerous juried exhibits, including at the Riffe Gallery and the Ohio Governor’s Mansion. Shannon strives to capture the beauty of everyday life and surroundings that inspire her.
I live in Ravenna Ohio. I have been painting since 2019. I am self taught and I love art.
Cynthia Bryden
Artist
Artist Cynthia Bryden lives close to nature and it shows in her work. She enjoys painting in extremes, miniatures under 6 square inches as well as 3 foot flowers. She also likes to experiment with found and recycled objects by incorporating them into her work. She hopes you enjoy her artistic vision of the world.
Debra Buchanan
owner Artist
Debra Buchanan’s keen observational skills, attention to detail, and compositional acumen infuses her work with aesthetic ingenuity. Exquisite rendering is the hallmark of this accomplished artist. Whether in oils, pastel, graphite or charcoal, her technique is extraordinary. She ardently carries on the still life and portrait traditions established by seventeenth century masters imbuing her own modern spin into her work. She carries her work into the contemporary realm of design sensibility while mastering old world techniques. Buchanan’s works have been exhibited in numerous galleries such as The Toledo Museum of Art’s Collector’s Corner as well as being awarded a plethora of awards nationally, regionally, and locally including Best of Show, Roots of Diversity Multicultural Exhibition, Toledo, Ohio, Third Award, Purchase Award, and the Molly Morepeth Award for Painting at the Toledo Area Artist Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, First Place Works on Paper, 71st Annual Ohio Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Zanesville, Ohio to mention a few. Debra Buchanan earned a Master’s in Education degree from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio and a B. F. A. degree from Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio. She studied in Italy for a summer and with renown painter Patrick Betaudier.
Not unlike most creatives, I have honed a number of mediums. Working on mosaics with found or recycled items has been my favorite creative outlet for the last 20 years. I’ve also included some of my ceramic pieces in my mosaics combining two loves.
I particularly like to state and illustrate spiritual beliefs with Scrabble or Bananagram tiles in my mosaics. Bringing these statements to life is a great challenge (with recycled items) and, I believe, emphasizes the statement in a unique way.
Kevin Buckland, artist
Recognized for his elaborate and engaging paintings, Kevin works exclusively in watercolor and is noted for his mastery of the medium.
His inspiration can come from anywhere. He doesn’t limit himself to any particular subject, and is open to any possibilities that watercolor provides.
Notables:
Art At The Arnold, Chairman
PBS Blogger Civilizations Art Series
Ohio Watercolor Society Board member
Member American Watercolor Society and Central Ohio Watercolor
Owner Buckland Gillespie Design
Tiffany Bumgardner
Photographer
I had a natural talent with a camera and soon began to pursue photography as a hobby, then a part time career. Over the years I have tried everything from being a studio photographer to rodeo photographer.
Now my focus is equine photography, marketing, events and portraiture. I can often be found in arenas photographing competitors and their horses to flower fields capturing marketing images for those just starting their business journeys.
Denise Burge
Professor of Art
Denise Burge is a multidisciplinary artist, working primarily in fibers, painting and video. She works simultaneously on personal and collaborative projects, most of which address our complex cultural relationship with the natural world.
In addition to carrying out competitive funded residencies, she has exhibited her artwork and presented her video work at regional, national and international venues.
Matthew Burgy
Kinetic Sculptor, Painter, Printmaker
Matthew Burgy is a kinetic sculptor living in Waynesville, Ohio. He is currently working full time as a Museum Educator for the Dayton Art Institute and was previously an adjunct professor for the University of Dayton. He started his career as a professional artist in 2005, and also works in other mediums including painting, drawing, and jewelry. His sculptural work is a carefully balanced blend of physics, intuition, and experimentation.
Maria Burke pulls from a decade and a half of experience working in the museum exhibits field. She received her BFA in Biomedical Art from the Cleveland Institute of Art — studying zoology, biology, and techniques in scientific illustration. Her work draws from her experience in visual design, illustration, and museum taxidermy. She is driven by her deep love and passion for native wildlife and natural history.
Molly Jo Burke, b. 1984, is a Columbus, Ohio based artist, educator, and researcher. Burke received a BFA (2006) from Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD), and her MFA (2009), from The Ohio State University (OSU). In 2019 she accepted the Barnett Fellowship from OSU’s Arts Administration Education and Policy Program to pursue her PhD. She has taught at OSU, CCAD, and Corning Museum of Glass. Her work has been featured most recently at Toledo Museum of Art, Columbus Museum of Art, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France.
John Burroughs
Editor / Publisher
Burroughs is the U.S. National Beat Poet Laureate for 2022-2023 and previously served two years as the Beat Poet Laureate for Ohio. His recent books include Rattle & Numb: Selected and New Poems, 1992 – 2019 [2019, Venetian Spider Press] and Loss and Foundering [2018, NightBallet Press]. Burroughs moderates the Cleveland Poetics blog and literary calendar at clevelandpoetry.com and has curated several reading series across the north coast of Ohio. Since 2008, he has served as the founding editor of Crisis Chronicles Press, publishing over 100 titles by authors from around the world.