CPS All-City Visual Arts Exhibitions

2020 High School Honorable Mention

We received an overwhelming pool of applications from talented Chicago Public Schools students. In addition to this year’s exhibition, we created an Honorable Mention category to spotlight a broader group of young artists.

Want more? Browse this year’s High School exhibition.

Painting of a woman driving while drinking coffee from a cup.

Emmia Gearon: Untitled
Patchwork photo of the inside of a CTA train

Natalie Becker-Stevens: Twisty Train

Antoaneda Antchev: Boss Up
Painting of a lake in the fall

Miriam Castillo: Deep into meaning
Photograph of a set of brown eyes.

Anonymous: Pretty Brown Eyes
Charcoal drawing of a monster with lots of eyes

Chantelle Perez: Creature in Your Nightmares
Abstract portrait of a young man

Anonymous: Makeup
Surreal photo of neon objects, primarily blue

Anonymous: Imagined Spaces (neon)
A portrait of a young woman whose face is in grayscale and there are glowing lines around her head

Jala Bowers: GLOW

Maria Romera: Thinking of Utah
Illustration of hands reaching for money with words "human greed"

Jessica Tansey: Human Greed
paint on canvas

Cynthia Santizo: Untitled
Drawings of cartoonish people on a grey background

Schantelle K Alonzo: Untitled
Collage of multicolored flowers on background that reads "We Are Machines."

Osvaldo Salgado: We Are Human
Black and white collage of squid and eyes on a watercolor wash background of pinks and yellows

Alicia Figueroa: White Surface
Portrait of a person with short hair wearing a blue jacket. Background of black with blue, green, and yellow pattern.

Lydia Quinnan: Ammar
Hand covered in popcorn residue with whole popcorn in the foreground

Auttum Thomas: Imagined Spaces (junk food)
Three blue portraits on a black background

Kelly Burbano: Untitled
ninja star closed

Anonymous: Ninja Star Closed
A colorful painting of jungle plants and leaves with a figure peaking out of the plants.

Anonymous: Jungle
Painting of a woman sitting in a hammock under trees

Anonymous: Untitled
Four tiled photos of personal objects and photographs

Lydia Sanchez: Family Portrait
Toy ram with green eyes

James Uphues: Stop Motion
sculpture

Andrea Jocson: Untitled
Light colored button up shirt dyed with red, black, and yellow dye with a butterly outline on the back

Daisha Malone: Frankenstein Shirt
The design of red and blue letters that spell out the name "Marcel"

Demarcel Davenport: Who Am I?
digital photography

Wesley Orr: In the Times of Covid
fractured landscape illustration

Jairam Narvez-Miranda: Fractured Landscape
Black and white drawings on a red and white checkered background

Angelica Villagomez: Untitled (patterns)
Photo of circle of lego figures around toy cross

Sebastian Sorrondeguy: Imagined Spaces (clash of cultures)
Black and white portrait of young woman on cardboard

Anonymous: Untitled
Still life of various objects in neutral palette

Sophia Clinard-Rubio: Temperature Still Life
ninja star opened

Anonymous: Ninja Star Opened
A black and white photograph of two young people sitting at a table

Anonymous: Untitled
Painting of a girl in an aquarium

Danielle Hester: Aquarium
A group of students standing in front of a mural they painted that says "I'm here to listen".

Alexis Diggs, Ceyerra Smith, and Dashawn Williams: The Force be with you
White foam heads with colorful yarn on their heads

Eugene Smart: Lice Bridge
Graffiti painting

Ramiro Romo: Untitled
Digital image of party scene with word "perception" above

So’l Fuller: Perception

Terell Baker: NASA
pencil illustration

Jazmin Valle: Self Portrait
digital photography

Eileen Deane: Untitled
Self portrait illustration.

Sarah Lim: Self Portrait
Collage of Lin Manuel Miranda in Mary Poppins lighting the lamps

Ana De Leon: Lux ex Tenebris
Photo of girl holding a mirror

Emilieanna Maus: Reflection
A bright pink and purple heart that is dripping on the bottom

Kelisiana Palmer: Hearts on Fire!
digital illustration

Itzel Vela: Louie the Dog
Watercolor of animals under water

Alexandria Flowers: Untitled
An abstract triptych with images of flowers and patterns in neutral colors

Jessica Horne: TRIPTYCH NATURE
Painting of a girl's face in tones of blue.

Nathan Phuthaphan: Girl in Love
Map of Chicago made out of words and letters

Anonymous: Untitled
Cutout blue hand with a face

Steven Clay: Natural World
Digital image of a home library with a corner bookshelf and green chair by a window.

Joana Rodriguez: Joana’s Comfy Cozy Place
Colorful painting of city scene

Giani Garcia: A City of Enchantment
A drawing of a young mans face floating on a background with text

Jaylen Richardson: Untitled Self Portrait
Illustration of two people on purple background surrounded by gender pronouns.

Nathalia Vaquero: Double Tap

Anonymous: Sound Poem
Mask with many colors and white spiral

Alex Steve: Mask
illustration

Kierre Turner: Self Portrait Chicago
colored pencil illustration

Natalia Rak: Untitled
pencil illustration

Anonymous: Dream Illustration
Silhouette of figure with long hair in front of colorful backdrop

Anonymous: Tell Me a Story
Sunset show Chicago street with trees on either side.

Anonymous: Sunset
Person wearing red hoodie facing away from the viewer.

Christopher Reynoso: The bigger Picture
Birds eye view of a street with toy cars and blue/red lighting to cast realistic shadows

Anonymous: Imagined Spaces (city street)
Abstract multimedia piece

Kiana Rodriguez: Night
brown wolf gray back ground

Deborah Wolfe: Wolf
pencil illustration

Anonymous: Artist Hands
Drawing of a person sitting on a stool

Ethan Barnes: Michelle
Abstract red and blue print

Estefania Pena: Worthpoint
paper collage

Anonymous: Child Abduction
Black and white drawing of person with long dark hair wearing a black hoodie.

Jizel Avila: Self Portrait

Nazera Bailey: Slap
ceramics

Anonymous: Space Ceramics

Anonymous: Revolution of a Broken Heart

Ranisha Little: Boom
bird illustration

Nuvia Garcia: Bird
Painting of still life with dish, pearls, figurine

Nathan Dixon: Cupid’s Riches
the colors of emotions

Lynn Tran: The Colors of Emotions
Red sculpture with tongue-like limbs coming out from the base

Anonymous: Tongue
Photo of two miniature cars crashing

Anonymous: Imagined Spaces (car crash)
Dyptic of two photos depicting student as Donald Trump and Richard Nixon

Jersey Benjamin: Trump: Grab them by the p*ssy, you can do anything & Nixon: I was under medication when I made the decision to burn the tapes
Photo of young woman posing dramatically in low lighting

Lilith Eddington : Self as Bowie 2
illustration

Patricia Malik: Untitled
Scratchboard illustration of ram's head and shoulders, side view.

Mitch Glidersleeve: Ram
Graphic of stuffed animals on a bed

Cindy Phan: Cindys Comfy Cozy Place
Two views of brown handmade jacket with illustrations on it

Harry Soto: Reflection
Still life with candles, cards, and pomegranate on red fabric background

Jessica Vazquez: Personal Still Life
Digitally manipulated pop art piece

Anonymous: Princess
sculpture

Joshua Arias: Untitled
Three white boxes with curly shapes coming out of the tops.

Paola Gomez-Velazquez: Mind Over Matter
Black and white drawing of person with long dark hair holding a stuffed bear.

Jolette Cuevas: Self Portrait Plus Bear
Umm... in a green bubble

Esperanza Martinez-Zellars: Umm…
A photograph of the silhouette of a person and buildings in the background.

Kimberly Olvera: Kiwi
Still life of various objects on red fabric background

Rachel Deveyra: Personal Still Life
Painting of forest scene

Anonymous: Secrets of Nature
A portrait of a woman who is covering part of her face with orange fabric and a bright, colorful sunset background

Kiera Kelly: I AM WHO THEY SAY I AM
Illustration of a cat laying in bed with a toy.

Elizabeth Curry: Howard
Digitally manipulated image of church

Adele Weiss: Barcelona Beauty
Interactive square shaped portion of the epidermis with various red pimples

Anonymous: Pimple
A drawing of a figure wearing black clothes and a mask with things floating around him

Shelden Manning: Nightmares
illustration

Anonymous: Self Portrait in Off White Series
Digital illustrations on a photograph of a bridge over the Chicago river.

Anonymous: Alien Invasion 2020
Back of mans head facing a TV playing static visuals while smoke fills the room

Cecilia Guzman: Dream I
mixed media piece

Julia Baran: Set on Nature
pencil lady justice

Javier Peralta: Self Portrait of My Life
Painting of a boy punching another person representing the fear of being hurt.

James Uphues: Untitled
mixed media piece

Henry Stensland: Untitled

Anonymous: Dia de la Muertos
mixed media piece

Anonymous: Self Portrait
Three white boxes with curly shapes coming out of the tops.

Anonymous: Mind Over Matter
Illustration with rainbow tears passing between 2 people.

Jimena Saldana: Two Friends
Red figure in center kneels while holding a woven black and white fabric overhead

Christine Meinders: Bella Ciao
Painting of a series of objects on turquoise fabric background

Yessenia Martinez: Personal Still Life
Donald Trump holding a cage with a child inside

Fatima Tlatilpa: Stand Up For Immigrant Children
Black embroidery of two people with swimsuits leaping.

Sasha Spain: one
digital illustration

Anonymous: Untitled
screenprint

Anonymous: Personal Logo Print
Silhouette of figure with long hair in front of colorful backdrop

Anonymous: Tell Me a Story
digital illustration

Itzel Vela: The Lemon
Image of dog walking on side walk looking at camera, with an orange brick wall in background

Anonymous: Kiwi
Rose on green background

Alexis Jaramillo: Como La Flor
photograph

Anonymous: Untitled
fashion illustration

Emmanuelle Garnier: Disco Prom, A Walk in the Park London, and Riqueshey
digitally manipulated photo

Faith Craig: Untitled
Room overlooking a river with a ying yang rug

Anonymous: Calebs Comfy Cozy Place
mixed media piece

Astry Rodriguez: The Power of Your Voice
Photograph of a police car on the city's west side.

Auttum Thomas: Serve and Protect
charcoal illustration

Isabella Cozzone: Charcoal Singer
detail of needles on pine tree

Giselle Navarrete: Peace in Nature
sculpture

Andrew Cantero: Untitled
portrait yellow shirt and micro phone

Karime Cardenas: Portrait
Photo of a girl with a crown

Cora Star: Changing Power

Anonymous: Family Portrait
Photo of a girl's torso with an overlay of words

Zachary Janes: Lexemes
Multimedia piece of a bathroom being used as an artist studio with collage images.

Kareema Godhrawala: Bathroom as an Artist Studio
sculpture

Dennise Antonio: Untitled
Pencil drawing of a hand coloring a rectangle

Gabriela Jacome-Quinteros: Untitled
digital illustration

Jessica Huerta: Illustration
a bridge brown hills night sky

Christian Diaz: Fantasy Landscape
Primarily purple photograph of childhood toys

A’marion Kerr: Imagined Spaces (childhood)
mixed media piece

Treyvion Spires: Just Because You Don’t Use the N* Word, Doesn’t Mean You’re Not Racist
Illustration of green handheld console

Andreen Marie Isidoro: GameGirl
sculpture

Ashley Tumax: Untitled
mixed media piece

Lia Andrikopoulos: Tutti Frutti
Hands on top of an open notebook on a desk

Victor Garcia: Experimental Documentary
Painting of a clear wine glass with a Corazon Loteria card inside, surrounded by two other Loteria cards and bird figurines

Caitlin Torres: Personal Still Life

Anonymous: “Drifting”
digital illustration

Itzel Saenz: Comfy Cozy Place
Lounging figure

Xenia Espinosa: Lounging Blue Nude
Painting of a sun with curving rays shining down on yellow flowers

Anonymous: Peaceful
Red organic shapes surround a black ball with white lines

Ashley Quiarte: Sound Poem
colored pencil and gel pen print

Yenedith Sanchez: Day Dream
Painting of hands holding a candle in palms near face.

Anonymous: Candlelight
Illustration of clothes in a fitting room exploring the idea of self esteem and body image.

Daisha Malone: Untitled
Original painting on the left, student recreation of woman wearing pink hat and vest on the right

Gabryelle Harmon: Reenacting Woman Painting by Amrita Sher Gil
hand tattoo

Anonymous: Lion Tattoo
Dyptic of two photos, one of exterior of Burger King, the other a scan of a hand-written birthday card

Imani Saucedo: Where My Dad Overdosed & Thank You For Loving Me
Abstract colorful drawing

Berenice Capetillo: Falling Out of Love
Constructed clouds surround a constructed mountain of greenery and other items

Anonymous: Imagined Spaces (mountain)
ceramic sculpture

Flor Shanchez: Alebrije
An abstract photograph with hot pink colors and bright light.

DaJanae Hester: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled
digital illustration

Alessandra Montero: Comfy Cozy Place
Black and white drawing of animal skull

Heidi Wier: Still Life 2020
word illustration

James Solis: Historical Hate
Scratchboard drawing of a cat laying on its side.

Anonymous: In Focus
sculpture

Phillissa Dawson: Ice Spirit Animal
Cell phone on top of flags

Arleth Rodriguez: Cultural Richness
Multimedia illustration of a surreal plane crashing through a roof.

Clare Haffner: Walk Through Walls
Photograph of wet paper on a stoop.

Anonymous: Untitled

Nancy Rodriguez: Ivory Print
Black and white drawing of a person with a bag on a background that evokes outer space

Nia Langley: Time Traveler

Anonymous: Souls Stuck in Suds
Sketch of a person wearing a mask

Danielle Hester: COVID-!9 (2/3)
photography

Eliana Kelly: Homemade Jelly Donut Cake

Terell Baker: Puff
Photograph of person in closet with black tentacle wrapped around leg

Zee Gomez: Dark Tendrils/My Closet Frenemy
Arch made of colorful pieces on a gold platform

Natalie Saenz: Color Your World
Colorful embroidery

Anonymous: City Stones

Anonymous: Someone I Admire
Profile of young woman's face with yellow flowers over eyes

Jane Miller: Beauty in Blindness
Still life with column on striped fabric background

Martina Munoz: Temperature Still Life

Anonymous: Boss Up
Abstract multimedia piece

Anonymous: Make Remake

Jack Dunbar: Panda Bamboo
sculpture

David Santiago: Untitled
White rose on black background surrounded by silver rectangles and an orange, purple, blue, and red border

Giselle Molina: Deception & Reality

Patience Smith: Ugh
charmin bear collage

Jaselle Herrera: Cookie Recipe
A collage that contains many images and the words Game Changer

Alexis Diggs: Red on You!
painting

Anonymous: Is There An Afterworld?

Israel Ordas: What’s Love?
clay sculpture

Lilly Naples: Beauty in Darkness
Illustration of Goosebumps book with green hands reaching for it.

Henry Curry: Goosebumps
ceramic sculpture

Miranda Reese: Goldfish
Layered photography of people's faces

Anonymous: If You Love Me Let Me Go
mixed media piece

Maeve Donlin: Untitled
A digital artwork of a room with purple walls and floor, and a girl sitting in a chair.

Jazmin Hernandez: Jazmins Comfy Cozy Place
digital illustration

Anonymous: Comfy Cozy Place
Black and white drawing of a head with a city on top

Anonymous: Untitled
fox and harts

Jason Rodriguez: Foxy
Drawing of a person's face with a flower mouth

Myahna Oliver: Untitled
Several small ink drawings

Jocelyn Contreras: Lindblom Inktober 2019
mixed media piece

Grace Heredia: Untitled
Still life painting of a chair with a blanket surrounded by bookcases near a lamp.

Francesca Neibel-Spruill: From the Cabinet (I wasn’t supposed to touch)

Nayelly Miranda: The Dream Continue
An abstract artwork with parts of a face showing including eyes and a mouth with leaves and purple detail

Chloe Hatcher: THIS IS ME
Abstract photograph of a student with three lights

Francesco Rita: Untitled (mirrors)
Photo of face bathed in red light

Vanessa Rivera: Red Light
mixed media piece

Natalie Saenz: Untitled
Digital image of mountains and gradient on black background

Talia Fidler: Sound Poem
Colorful painting of face on white background

Anjelica Jones: Avenoir
Wire sculpture of female bust

Anonymous: Wire Portrait
Digital design, layered faces

Abram Luna: Divided
A photograph of tree bark and trees in the background

Anonymous: Untitled
sculpture

Hana Ellis: Untitled
Photo of young woman with half of her face desaturated

Sophia Severance: Ignorance is Bliss
Two Bratz dolls

Monee Bridge: Might Be Toys

Fatima Marquez: Árbol colorido
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