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 Avondale Mural - Cedric Cox
Cedric Michael Cox is a Cincinnati-based artist known for his paintings and drawings, which fall between surrealism and representational abstraction. His work expresses his experience living in the inner city with themes ranging from mythical literature to the relationships between the physical body, musical allegories, and the urban cityscape. Cox received his BFA in 1999 at the University of Cincinnati’s DAAP. While receiving his BFA, he was awarded a fellowship to study at the prestigious Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. After graduation his work began to show locally and regionally.
Cox has always been involved in developing themes for art exhibitions and promoting up and coming artists. As an art educator, Cox created Art Shapes Us, a program he coordinates and teaches that brings together high school and middle school students from various educational institutions and backgrounds for a six to eight week art course. Throughout his career Cox has executed art educational projects at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati Art Museum, the Weston Gallery at the Aronoff Center for the Arts, the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center, Visionaries and Voices, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, public schools and the Contemporary Arts Center where his work is featured in the interactive UnMuseum. His paintings are also in the permanent corporate collection at the First Valley Office Complex and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber. His work has been published in gallery catalogs and in the third edition of the college text book Drawing: Space, Form and Expression. Cedric Michael Cox was awarded the City of Cincinnati Individual Artist Grant for his exhibition at the Weston Art Gallery in the fall of 2010 and is currently exhibiting his work at the Nicole Gallery in Chicago. This is his second year with ArtWorks.
 The Banks Mural – Tim Parsley
Personal/Professional: Tim Parsley was the top graduate in June 2007 from DAAP at the University of Cincinnati, earning a BFA, concentrating on two- and three- dimensional arts. He also holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Cincinnati Christian University and will be starting his MFA this fall at Miami University in Oxford. He has exhibited in numerous shows around the region, most recently concluding exhibitions at Centre College in Danville, KY, Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, OH and at the Alice F. and Harris K. Weston Art Gallery in Cincinnati, OH. Tim has completed six murals so far with ArtWorks, as well as a mural in the urban slums of Nairobi, Kenya and is currently overseeing the installation of a mural in Upper Manhattan, NYC. Currently, Tim teaches Foundation Design Drawing at the University of Cincinnati (DAAP) and is the Assistant Director for Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center. He and his wife, Flora, live in Mason, OH where they are raising their 3 children (soon to be 4!).
About My Work: Drawing from my life as a husband and father of three small children, my work deals with the domestic experience of living in a home, raising children, paying the bills, taking naps, doing the laundry, sweeping the floor. Through "contemporary genre scenes," I am exploring how the daily domestic task and environment is both shaped by an individual and, reflexively, shapes the individual. The repetitive commonplace labors of the domestic narrative become “rituals” that order and form our identities over time. While often overlooked, these quotidian activities develop a subtle spirituality of place cultivated by the comings and goings of a home. These paintings are seeking to capture a moment, or “pause”, in the domestic experience that will allow the viewer to consider how they have been shaped by similar moments. As an artist, I locate my work in the tradition of 16th and 17th century Dutch genre painters and seek to learn from and build upon their particular technical and conceptual processes even as I offer a current expression of the domestic narrative.
 Jean Robert Table Mural & College Hill Mural – Scott Donaldson
Donaldson graduated with a MFA in Theater Arts from the University of Minnesota in 1982. He then worked professionally as a set designer and scene painter until 1990. Donaldson then became an exhibit designer for the Field Museum of Natural History and has since worked in that field in such places as the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, the National Underground Railroad and Freedom Center and the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA. In 2003 he began to pursue a career as an artist and continues as an independent exhibits designer. Donaldson’s art has been shown in the shows A is For Ahimsa, the S.O.S. show at the Mockbee and at ArtWorks Gallery from 2006. In 2005 he received an Individual Artist Grant from the city of Cincinnati to produce eleven drawings and paintings retelling stories of the Underground Railroad set in modern times. These will be Scott’s sixth and seventh murals with ArtWorks.
 Covington – Helentown Mural – Tammy Stephens
Tammy Batson Stephens has lived in Covington most of her life. She graduated from Simon Kenton High School in 1979, and attended Northern Kentucky University, Indiana University, and graduated with a BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design (Columbus Ohio) in 1984. She was assistant to the Director of the Carnegie Arts Center from 1989 to 1994, and a teacher at the Baker–Hunt foundation from 1992 to 1995. She moved out of the area to Decatur, IL for one year, then Lexington, KY for three years, then to Ft. Lauderdale, FL for three years. During this time she started her own business, TBS fine Arts, doing portraits, mural work, finishes and interior design. Back in the Covington since 2002, her mural work includes the 1000 Hands Playground at Sawyer Point, the Campbell County Library in Newport, The Lobby at Fox 19, and two Remke stores. Most recently, a series of outdoor murals have been completed for Fresh Encounter in Findlay, OH. Tammy currently lives in Covington with her husband Bryan, and two sons, Tim and Jacob.
 Covington – Madison Avenue Mural – Kelley Hensing
Kelley began her college career as a graphic design major at the University of Cincinnati. She enjoyed her experiences at UC but it didn't take long for her to realize this wasn't the right fit, as she craved more expressive outlets and loved creating artwork by hand. The decision to change schools brought her to the Rhode Island School of Design for Illustration. Here she evolved her passion for painting and a strong interest in mythology and historical folklore. She graduated in 2001 with her BFA. Since then she's worked on an entertaining range of projects, including painting commissions, murals, airbrushing, sculpture, Halloween toy design and gaming illustration. She later returned to school to focus on narrative oil painting, entering the masters program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She earned her MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay in 2010. Kelley currently lives and freelances in Brooklyn, NY.
 Glass Installation – Sandra Gross
Sandra Gross is an artist from Cincinnati, OH. Her love of glass came about in graduate school when she began searching for transparency. The search started with thin, airy bronze sculptures which led to beeswax and finally to glass. In the summer of 2003, she was fortunate to be accepted into juried programs at both Pilchuck and Corning Studio. Being in both environments helped to solidify her passion for glass and the many opportunities it allows, both metaphorically and visually.
Based on her graduate work in Sculpture at Miami University, she was awarded one of the International Sculpture Society’s Outstanding Student Achievement Awards. She has also been in the Bullseye Emerge Show and a Niche Award Finalist and Winner in both Sculptural and Functional Glass.
Sandra lives and works in a house in the woods with her husband and three daughters.
 Hamilton Mural – Matthew Litteken
Matthew Litteken earned his BFA from Miami University (of Ohio) in 1995 with concentrations in both painting and ceramics, and his MFA from the University of Cincinnati at DAAP in 2004, with an emphasis in painting. Matthew has coupled his artistic career with his commitment to art education by volunteering both as an instructor for various workshops at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA and the non-profit gallery The Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, as well as a Visiting Artist to various Philadelphia and Cincinnati area schools.
Between his undergraduate and graduate work, Matthew worked as a ceramist at the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, a historic Arts and Crafts Museum located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. His job involved all aspects of making tiles, mosaics, and art pottery in the Arts and Crafts tradition, as established by the founder, Henry Mercer. Matthew attributes many of the color refinements in his paintings to his experiences with the various Arts and Crafts sensibilities at the Tile Works. Matthew’s artwork has been exhibited in eleven solo and over seventy group shows at such venues as Amy Baber Fine Art in Shreveport, LA, the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Purdue University Galleries, Northern Kentucky University, The Artist’s Museum in Washington, D.C., and Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. His paintings, prints, and drawings are in private collections across the United States.
Matthew, his wife, and two sons currently reside in the greater Cincinnati area. He teaches drawing, painting, and two-dimensional design at Miami University in Oxford, OH.
 Newport Mural – Kyle Penunuri
Kyle was born and raised in Colorado and finished high school in California. After graduation from Carpentaria High, he traveled Europe, triggering more than a decade of travel. Upon returning to the states, Kyle immersed himself in the American nomadic life. Several years of hitch hiking delivered Kyle to New Orleans for an extended stay, making a living as a painter, furniture maker and jeweler. After New Orleans, he went to Huntsville, AL to work with a renowned jewelry designer and then back to California before ending up enrolled at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Kyle felt at home in the Cincinnati area, so after graduating from the Art Academy, he went on to earn an MFA at the University of Cincinnati. Kyle now lives in Florence, KY, spending all his free time toiling on art and in the garden.
 Over-the-Rhine Main St. Mural – Michael Stillion
Michael Stillion received his BFA degree from the Columbus College of Art and Design and holds an MFA from Indiana University. In 2008 he was awarded a full-fellowship from the Joan Mitchell Foundation to attend the Vermont Studio Center. He was also awarded an Individual Excellence Award from the Ohio Arts Council that same year. From 2008 – 2009 Michael attended the Roswell-Artist-in-Residence program in New Mexico. Most recently he had work represented in Art Chicago through Linda Warren Gallery. Michael is currently preparing for a 2012 solo show at Wisconsin's Ripon College. This is his fourth ArtWorks Project, and second time as Project Manager.
 Peaslee Mural – Emily Storch
Emily Storch is a Cincinnati native. She grew up with an artist dad and became something of an artist herself. She has a BFA in painting and an MAAE in art education, both from the University of Cincinnati. She has also worked on what will soon be six murals with ArtWorks.
 Pleasant Ridge Mural – Jarrett Jamison
Jarrett Jamison was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH. A graduate of Walnut Hills High School in 2005, Jarrett recently graduated from the University of Cincinnati’s DAAP in 2009 with his BFA in Painting. Jarrett spent three years as an apprentice artist in the ArtWorks program, and has taught on five mural projects (Rothchild Law Offices, Northside in Hoffner Park, Over-The-Rhine Mural, Central Parkway Mural of Jim Tarbell, and Covington Mural “The Divine Proportion of All Things”). Jarrett has been involved in a few exhibitions in the Cincinnati Art Museum, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, and numerous local cafés, restaurants, and galleries. Recently, Mark Mallory, mayor of Cincinnati, gave one of Jarrett’s prints as a gift to the mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine. Jarrett will Project Manage his first mural this summer in Pleasant Ridge, the neighboring community of his residence in Kennedy Heights. Keep a lookout for this young gentleman (24 yrs.) as he further continues his art career locally, nationally, and internationally.
 Room by Room – Tina Westerkamp
Tina Westerkamp is a local painter and mixed media artist. She attended Kent State University, SACI University in Florence, Italy, and received her BFA from the University of Cincinnati's DAAP. She is represented by Malton Gallery and her work can be found in several private collections. In association with ArtWorks, her Public works include murals in Lower Price Hill and Covington, installations in Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the Duke Energy Convention Center, and mixed media paintings for the Ronald McDonald House of Cincinnati, along with a countless number of rejected sketches that live mournfully in a dark little corner of her studio. When she is not working with ArtWorks, she is probably sleeping, or lying awake wondering if the Hokey Pokey IS really what it's all about.
 Stage Crew – Kenton Brett
Kenton Brett is a local artist and entertainer. Since graduation from the University of Cincinnati in 2007 with a BFA in sculpture, he has employed a wide variety of media to push the arts. Whether painting, performing, sculpting, or producing video, it has become his goal to incorporate humor with craft to create new expressions that retain the wonder and imagination of childhood. Kenton has worked professionally in custom fabrication, graphic design, scene painting, and bronze casting. He is currently a scenic artist for Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.
 West End Mural – Jenny Ustick
Jenny Ustick earned her MFA in 2005 from the University of Cincinnati and her BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2000. She just recently completed a three-year appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, MI, and has returned to Ohio to continue teaching at the university level. Jenny works primarily in the media of drawing and painting, but also uses film, sculpture, and fibers. She has designed and overseen the creation of three large-scale public murals with ArtWorks, and is preparing work on her fourth. She has exhibited regularly in Ohio, and is expanding her national record. In 2004, Jenny was awarded a Wolfstein Travel Fellowship from the University of Cincinnati for research in Germany, The Czech Republic, Poland, and Austria. She worked collaboratively as a member of The Dozens in 2006, showing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and currently is in an exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati called Majr Gazr with her collaborative group Maidens of the Cosmic Body Running, showing between April and July, 2011.
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