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.

Photo of face bathed in red light

Vanessa Rivera: Red Light
Room overlooking a river with a ying yang rug

Anonymous: Calebs Comfy Cozy Place
Digitally manipulated image of church

Adele Weiss: Barcelona Beauty
Sketch of a person wearing a mask

Danielle Hester: COVID-!9 (2/3)
Photograph of a police car on the city's west side.

Auttum Thomas: Serve and Protect
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)
sculpture

Hana Ellis: Untitled
Abstract portrait of a young man

Anonymous: Makeup
Red sculpture with tongue-like limbs coming out from the base

Anonymous: Tongue
A photograph of the silhouette of a person and buildings in the background.

Kimberly Olvera: Kiwi
digital illustration

Alessandra Montero: Comfy Cozy Place
Charcoal drawing of a monster with lots of eyes

Chantelle Perez: Creature in Your Nightmares
Painting of a series of objects on turquoise fabric background

Yessenia Martinez: Personal Still Life
Black and white collage of squid and eyes on a watercolor wash background of pinks and yellows

Alicia Figueroa: White Surface
photography

Eliana Kelly: Homemade Jelly Donut Cake
portrait yellow shirt and micro phone

Karime Cardenas: Portrait
Self portrait illustration.

Sarah Lim: Self Portrait
Painting of a lake in the fall

Miriam Castillo: Deep into meaning
Black and white drawing of a person with a bag on a background that evokes outer space

Nia Langley: Time Traveler
ceramics

Anonymous: Space Ceramics
A drawing of a young mans face floating on a background with text

Jaylen Richardson: Untitled Self Portrait
Black and white drawing of a head with a city on top

Anonymous: Untitled
ninja star opened

Anonymous: Ninja Star Opened
Still life with candles, cards, and pomegranate on red fabric background

Jessica Vazquez: Personal Still Life
Abstract colorful drawing

Berenice Capetillo: Falling Out of Love
A photograph of tree bark and trees in the background

Anonymous: Untitled
Illustration of a cat laying in bed with a toy.

Elizabeth Curry: Howard
A collage that contains many images and the words Game Changer

Alexis Diggs: Red on You!
Rose on green background

Alexis Jaramillo: Como La Flor
Sunset show Chicago street with trees on either side.

Anonymous: Sunset
mixed media piece

Lia Andrikopoulos: Tutti Frutti
Photo of a girl with a crown

Cora Star: Changing Power
mixed media piece

Anonymous: Self Portrait
clay sculpture

Lilly Naples: Beauty in Darkness
sculpture

Dennise Antonio: Untitled
Watercolor of animals under water

Alexandria Flowers: Untitled
word illustration

James Solis: Historical Hate
sculpture

David Santiago: Untitled
Photograph of wet paper on a stoop.

Anonymous: Untitled
Photograph of person in closet with black tentacle wrapped around leg

Zee Gomez: Dark Tendrils/My Closet Frenemy

Antoaneda Antchev: Boss Up
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
Black and white drawing of person with long dark hair wearing a black hoodie.

Jizel Avila: Self Portrait
Photo of circle of lego figures around toy cross

Sebastian Sorrondeguy: Imagined Spaces (clash of cultures)
Drawings of cartoonish people on a grey background

Schantelle K Alonzo: Untitled
Colorful painting of face on white background

Anjelica Jones: Avenoir
Toy ram with green eyes

James Uphues: Stop Motion
Painting of a woman sitting in a hammock under trees

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

So’l Fuller: Perception
mixed media piece

Julia Baran: Set on Nature
mixed media piece

Grace Heredia: Untitled
Digital image of a home library with a corner bookshelf and green chair by a window.

Joana Rodriguez: Joana’s Comfy Cozy Place
An abstract photograph with hot pink colors and bright light.

DaJanae Hester: Untitled
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
Scratchboard illustration of ram's head and shoulders, side view.

Mitch Glidersleeve: Ram
pencil illustration

Anonymous: Dream Illustration
Drawing of a person sitting on a stool

Ethan Barnes: Michelle
fox and harts

Jason Rodriguez: Foxy
sculpture

Ashley Tumax: Untitled
Abstract red and blue print

Estefania Pena: Worthpoint
bird illustration

Nuvia Garcia: Bird
mixed media piece

Henry Stensland: Untitled
Birds eye view of a street with toy cars and blue/red lighting to cast realistic shadows

Anonymous: Imagined Spaces (city street)
mixed media piece

Natalie Saenz: Untitled

Nazera Bailey: Slap
Painting of still life with dish, pearls, figurine

Nathan Dixon: Cupid’s Riches
Interactive square shaped portion of the epidermis with various red pimples

Anonymous: Pimple
Colorful painting of city scene

Giani Garcia: A City of Enchantment
Pencil drawing of a hand coloring a rectangle

Gabriela Jacome-Quinteros: Untitled
A portrait of a young woman whose face is in grayscale and there are glowing lines around her head

Jala Bowers: GLOW
Painting of a sun with curving rays shining down on yellow flowers

Anonymous: Peaceful
Two Bratz dolls

Monee Bridge: Might Be Toys
Illustration of two people on purple background surrounded by gender pronouns.

Nathalia Vaquero: Double Tap
Umm... in a green bubble

Esperanza Martinez-Zellars: Umm…
A black and white photograph of two young people sitting at a table

Anonymous: Untitled
photograph

Anonymous: Untitled
Illustration of Goosebumps book with green hands reaching for it.

Henry Curry: Goosebumps
A digital artwork of a room with purple walls and floor, and a girl sitting in a chair.

Jazmin Hernandez: Jazmins Comfy Cozy Place
Profile of young woman's face with yellow flowers over eyes

Jane Miller: Beauty in Blindness
brown wolf gray back ground

Deborah Wolfe: Wolf
Graffiti painting

Ramiro Romo: Untitled
digitally manipulated photo

Faith Craig: Untitled
Digitally manipulated pop art piece

Anonymous: Princess
A bright pink and purple heart that is dripping on the bottom

Kelisiana Palmer: Hearts on Fire!
mixed media piece

Maeve Donlin: Untitled

Anonymous: Family Portrait
Several small ink drawings

Jocelyn Contreras: Lindblom Inktober 2019
painting

Anonymous: Is There An Afterworld?

Maria Romera: Thinking of Utah
Three blue portraits on a black background

Kelly Burbano: Untitled
Black and white portrait of young woman on cardboard

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

Daisha Malone: Untitled
Black embroidery of two people with swimsuits leaping.

Sasha Spain: one
Silhouette of figure with long hair in front of colorful backdrop

Anonymous: Tell Me a Story
Digital illustrations on a photograph of a bridge over the Chicago river.

Anonymous: Alien Invasion 2020
digital illustration

Itzel Saenz: Comfy Cozy Place

Anonymous: Untitled
Illustration of green handheld console

Andreen Marie Isidoro: GameGirl
sculpture

Andrea Jocson: Untitled
illustration

Anonymous: Self Portrait in Off White Series

Anonymous: Revolution of a Broken Heart
Map of Chicago made out of words and letters

Anonymous: Untitled
paper collage

Anonymous: Child Abduction
Digital design, layered faces

Abram Luna: Divided
Photograph of a set of brown eyes.

Anonymous: Pretty Brown Eyes
Primarily purple photograph of childhood toys

A’marion Kerr: Imagined Spaces (childhood)
paint on canvas

Cynthia Santizo: Untitled
Hands on top of an open notebook on a desk

Victor Garcia: Experimental Documentary
digital illustration

Anonymous: Comfy Cozy Place
fractured landscape illustration

Jairam Narvez-Miranda: Fractured Landscape
The design of red and blue letters that spell out the name "Marcel"

Demarcel Davenport: Who Am I?
Photo of girl holding a mirror

Emilieanna Maus: Reflection

Anonymous: Dia de la Muertos
Black and white drawing of animal skull

Heidi Wier: Still Life 2020
Abstract multimedia piece

Kiana Rodriguez: Night
Photo of young woman with half of her face desaturated

Sophia Severance: Ignorance is Bliss
digital illustration

Itzel Vela: Louie the Dog
Digital image of mountains and gradient on black background

Talia Fidler: Sound Poem
ceramic sculpture

Miranda Reese: Goldfish
digital photography

Eileen Deane: Untitled
Three white boxes with curly shapes coming out of the tops.

Anonymous: Mind Over Matter
detail of needles on pine tree

Giselle Navarrete: Peace in Nature
sculpture

Phillissa Dawson: Ice Spirit Animal

Nayelly Miranda: The Dream Continue
Red figure in center kneels while holding a woven black and white fabric overhead

Christine Meinders: Bella Ciao
Surreal photo of neon objects, primarily blue

Anonymous: Imagined Spaces (neon)
a bridge brown hills night sky

Christian Diaz: Fantasy Landscape
Painting of a woman driving while drinking coffee from a cup.

Emmia Gearon: Untitled
digital illustration

Itzel Vela: The Lemon
Arch made of colorful pieces on a gold platform

Natalie Saenz: Color Your World

Anonymous: Souls Stuck in Suds
colored pencil illustration

Natalia Rak: Untitled
charcoal illustration

Isabella Cozzone: Charcoal Singer
Person wearing red hoodie facing away from the viewer.

Christopher Reynoso: The bigger Picture

Anonymous: “Drifting”
Multimedia illustration of a surreal plane crashing through a roof.

Clare Haffner: Walk Through Walls
Photo of a girl's torso with an overlay of words

Zachary Janes: Lexemes
A drawing of a figure wearing black clothes and a mask with things floating around him

Shelden Manning: Nightmares

Anonymous: Sound Poem
mixed media piece

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

Terell Baker: NASA
Collage of multicolored flowers on background that reads "We Are Machines."

Osvaldo Salgado: We Are Human
Painting of a girl in an aquarium

Danielle Hester: Aquarium
mixed media piece

Astry Rodriguez: The Power of Your Voice
Graphic of stuffed animals on a bed

Cindy Phan: Cindys Comfy Cozy Place

Israel Ordas: What’s Love?
sculpture

Joshua Arias: Untitled
Layered photography of people's faces

Anonymous: If You Love Me Let Me Go
pencil illustration

Jazmin Valle: Self Portrait
illustration

Kierre Turner: Self Portrait Chicago
An abstract triptych with images of flowers and patterns in neutral colors

Jessica Horne: TRIPTYCH NATURE
Scratchboard drawing of a cat laying on its side.

Anonymous: In Focus
White foam heads with colorful yarn on their heads

Eugene Smart: Lice Bridge

Ranisha Little: Boom
Still life of various objects in neutral palette

Sophia Clinard-Rubio: Temperature Still Life
Wire sculpture of female bust

Anonymous: Wire Portrait
Painting of forest scene

Anonymous: Secrets of Nature
Illustration of hands reaching for money with words "human greed"

Jessica Tansey: Human Greed
Two views of brown handmade jacket with illustrations on it

Harry Soto: Reflection
Illustration with rainbow tears passing between 2 people.

Jimena Saldana: Two Friends
Silhouette of figure with long hair in front of colorful backdrop

Anonymous: Tell Me a Story
pencil lady justice

Javier Peralta: Self Portrait of My Life

Jack Dunbar: Panda Bamboo
ninja star closed

Anonymous: Ninja Star Closed

Nancy Rodriguez: Ivory Print
ceramic sculpture

Flor Shanchez: Alebrije
Photo of young woman posing dramatically in low lighting

Lilith Eddington : Self as Bowie 2
Still life with column on striped fabric background

Martina Munoz: Temperature Still Life

Anonymous: Someone I Admire
hand tattoo

Anonymous: Lion Tattoo
Three white boxes with curly shapes coming out of the tops.

Paola Gomez-Velazquez: Mind Over Matter
screenprint

Anonymous: Personal Logo Print
Portrait of a person with short hair wearing a blue jacket. Background of black with blue, green, and yellow pattern.

Lydia Quinnan: Ammar

Fatima Marquez: Árbol colorido
Painting of a boy punching another person representing the fear of being hurt.

James Uphues: Untitled
digital illustration

Jessica Huerta: Illustration
Donald Trump holding a cage with a child inside

Fatima Tlatilpa: Stand Up For Immigrant Children
An abstract artwork with parts of a face showing including eyes and a mouth with leaves and purple detail

Chloe Hatcher: THIS IS ME
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
Lounging figure

Xenia Espinosa: Lounging Blue Nude
Colorful embroidery

Anonymous: City Stones
Patchwork photo of the inside of a CTA train

Natalie Becker-Stevens: Twisty Train
Black and white drawings on a red and white checkered background

Angelica Villagomez: Untitled (patterns)
Light colored button up shirt dyed with red, black, and yellow dye with a butterly outline on the back

Daisha Malone: Frankenstein Shirt
Collage of Lin Manuel Miranda in Mary Poppins lighting the lamps

Ana De Leon: Lux ex Tenebris
charmin bear collage

Jaselle Herrera: Cookie Recipe
the colors of emotions

Lynn Tran: The Colors of Emotions
Four tiled photos of personal objects and photographs

Lydia Sanchez: Family Portrait
Multimedia piece of a bathroom being used as an artist studio with collage images.

Kareema Godhrawala: Bathroom as an Artist Studio
Painting of hands holding a candle in palms near face.

Anonymous: Candlelight
digital photography

Wesley Orr: In the Times of Covid
pencil illustration

Anonymous: Artist Hands
Still life of various objects on red fabric background

Rachel Deveyra: Personal Still Life
Black and white drawing of person with long dark hair holding a stuffed bear.

Jolette Cuevas: Self Portrait Plus Bear
Back of mans head facing a TV playing static visuals while smoke fills the room

Cecilia Guzman: Dream I
Abstract multimedia piece

Anonymous: Make Remake
A colorful painting of jungle plants and leaves with a figure peaking out of the plants.

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

Ashley Quiarte: Sound Poem

Patience Smith: Ugh
sculpture

Andrew Cantero: Untitled
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
Drawing of a person's face with a flower mouth

Myahna Oliver: 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
Constructed clouds surround a constructed mountain of greenery and other items

Anonymous: Imagined Spaces (mountain)
White rose on black background surrounded by silver rectangles and an orange, purple, blue, and red border

Giselle Molina: Deception & Reality
Cutout blue hand with a face

Steven Clay: Natural World
Mask with many colors and white spiral

Alex Steve: Mask

Anonymous: Boss Up
digital illustration

Anonymous: Untitled
illustration

Patricia Malik: Untitled
fashion illustration

Emmanuelle Garnier: Disco Prom, A Walk in the Park London, and Riqueshey
Photo of two miniature cars crashing

Anonymous: Imagined Spaces (car crash)
Cell phone on top of flags

Arleth Rodriguez: Cultural Richness
Image of dog walking on side walk looking at camera, with an orange brick wall in background

Anonymous: Kiwi
colored pencil and gel pen print

Yenedith Sanchez: Day Dream
Painting of a girl's face in tones of blue.

Nathan Phuthaphan: Girl in Love

Terell Baker: Puff
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
Hand covered in popcorn residue with whole popcorn in the foreground

Auttum Thomas: Imagined Spaces (junk food)
Abstract photograph of a student with three lights

Francesco Rita: Untitled (mirrors)
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