CPS All-City Visual Arts Exhibitions

2022 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.

People holding Ukrainian flags in front of "Cloud Gate"

Christina Poprych: Support Ukraine
Drawing of a person in profile with cells in the background

Anonymous: Untitled
Digital image of three fictional characters

Anonymous: Meditation in Death
Pencil drawing of a person crouched with a dark background

Anonymous: Untitled
mixed media journal

Carolina Carchi: The Reason of My Life
Drawing with multicolored flowers

Anonymous: Spring flowers
Pastel drawing of an artichoke on a red background

Celia Rivera: Untitled-Artichoke
Drawing of person with head wrap and necklaces. Person has a mustache & beard

Raymond Carroll: Self-Portrait
Paper cut out of a person standing in front of a grid

Brynn Walker: Untitled
Colored pencil drawing of flowers with colorful background

Anonymous: Untitled

Dalinette Cruz: Space Girl Luna Lies
still life painting

Nathan Corral: Red Room with Paper Geishas
Abstract digital photograph

Madeleine Dugas: Untitled
4 men with night skyline in the background

Anonymous: Untitled
Figure with pastel clothing & cutesy buttons and hair accessories sitting on a bench with a carton of milk, slice of cake, & pigeons

Betty Cavicchia: Amira
Hallucinations of faces

Madison Rozwat: Madison+Rozwat+3
Black & white Ink comic

Brynn Walker: Rock
sculpture

Eion Magana: Aswang
digital drawing of artist and her only sister

Anonymous: Twiggy
Colored pencil self-portrait

Anonymous: Self-Portrait
Drawing of a clock with a sunset face

Anonymous: Untitled

Nayary Delgado: The Floral Calavera
Photo of person in winter gear with a red hat, scarf, & glovesdrawing on the rear window of a car with marker

Sydney Curran: For my Safety
Black background with white drawings and words

Eleanor Miranda: l?o??
Arial view of workers in a field

Victoria Phan: Remembering the Lilies
Sculpture of a silver hand

Adrian Lemus: Untitled
Painting of person looking to the left

Daniela Rodriguez: V
ceramic frog sitting on a purple plate with a red hat

Meredith Joncha: Frog Prince
White text on a black background that says "Beneath Me!"

Anonymous: Beneath Me!
Digital painting of a black woman with Black Power earrings and text that says "Black Women for Black History"

Kamil Calmese: Black Women For Black History
sculpture of record player

Anonymous: Record Player
painting with pink, yellow, blue , and red stripe

Anonymous: 4
Day of the dead skull drawing with bright colors

Anonymous: Day of the Dead
paper sculpture of a triceratops

Emily Acosta: Triceritops
Paper mache avocado

Sofia Staudenmaier: Untitled

Gianna Giammona : Inside My Mind
artist's mother

Ray Olson: Mom’s Wedding Day
hybrid of a woman and a tree

Anonymous: Gaia
black and white photo of a man

Alyssa Akbar: _MG_79381
Digital image of a green slime character with a bandana

Julia Osorio: Slime character
investigating the corruption of governments

Norma Calderon: Accountant by Day, Bringer of Justice by Night
landscape painting

Janali Ramos: Waterfall
Embroidery of a walking trail with flowers on the sides

Anonymous: The 606 Trail
drawing of heater

Jacob Serrano: Heater
3 page comic

Anonymous: Untitled
gun sculpture made of school supplies

Anonymous: How Many More
2 photos, one of a dog, one of a cat

Anonymous: Thankful
Colored pencil 5 page comic

Anonymous: Untitled Comic
Photograph of a man sitting at a table in front of a green wall

Anonymous: Grandfathers Solace
Series of self-portraits and lots of eyes in the background

Emma Alvarado: Growth
Drawing of a skull with details around it including people

Anonymous: My dearest favorites at the time
Still hooded figure in hallway with ghostly moving figures walking

Andrew Kelley: Untitled
robot that protects Chinatown from racism and hate crimes

Cassandra Schumacher: Protector of Chinatown
Concept design for the "Final Glowforge"

Anonymous: Concept Drawing
Stacked cylindrical forms

Lilianna Munoz: Untitled
Two panel illustration of two people talking on the phone

Ruby Grant: Untitled

Anonymous: Moods
Digital design with a building and biplane coming towards the viewer. Bear, trees, & mountains in the background.

Robert Lee: Welcome to California
cat with a knife

Endy Cuevas: Cat with a Knife

Anonymous: doubleexposure2

Chasity Ventura: Finally! Someone I can understand!
Painting of an astronaut standing on a yellow planet

Jasmine Arellano: Untitled
blue scale portait

Anonymous: Untitled
mixed media journal entry

Anonymous: Jac’s Journal 3
Mixed media

Al Gasca : Hellscape
Digital design of figure drinking, laptop computer loading, cute monsters & flowers.

Jessica Flores: Untitled
Bright marker drawing of a skull with a red outline

Anonymous: Untitled
Mixed media of someone flexing with yellow burst behind it

Anonymous: The Peoples Vaccine
Drawing of a vegetable on a red table

Anahi Alcala: Hades
A portrait of someone special to the artist.

Daniella Marroquin: Happy Memories
Mixed media including Vans shoes

Anonymous: Vans Custom Culture Entry Chicago

Anna Klymyuk: Untitled-Tomato
Scratchboard of wolf spider in the center of black & white concentric web shapes

Anius Finch: Wolf Spider
Photo of figure watching a cartoon on tv

Anonymous: My Calm
box sculpture

Anonymous: Box Thing
Drawing of an open window with flowers

Anonymous: Untitled
Black and white photo of a small boy

Afifa Khatoon: Untitled
Butterfly in the sky

Jonathan Carmelo: Butterfly Above the Sky
Black and white portrait of a boy with black hair

Azizah Amin: These Two Windows
Bright drawing of flowers on a blue background with a snake

Anonymous: Art work
Ceramic skeleton with it's mouth wide open

Adrianna Montesinos: Screaming Skull
photo of a young boy playing guitar

Anonymous: My Brother
Drawing of an eye with three rectangles around it

Anonymous: Untitled
Photograph of a metal structure from below

Ange-Marie Nifasha: Different Perspective
black and white comic style watercolor painting

Citlalli Martinez: “Listen Before I Go”
Abstract close up photograph showing layers of circles

Holly Murphy: Frozen in Time
Digital work of two people fighting. Red on top and blue on bottom

Anonymous: Battle of the mine
Painting of a girl having a picnic with her dog. A pickaxe is lying next to her.

Olivia Kluska: Imaginary Escape

Anonymous: Full Size Render
illustration demonstrating the value of air

Tlaloc Ugarte: Gone
red, black, and white collage

Anonymous: Untitled
3 digital images depicting themes from Red Riding Hood

Megan Huynh: Red Riding Fool
2 artworks, both of mixed media collage figures

Ezekiel Bizarro: Untitled
Drawing of a playground with a pink slide

Anonymous: Taste Of Nostalgia
Digital drawing of a girl with horns and glasses

Anonymous: Head in the Cloud

Anonymous: Weaving
Terrarium scene of a kitchen with everything made of clay

Dayanara Diaz: Grandma’s Kitchen
pastel portrait of a young girl

Auttum Thomas: Magnified Love
Watercolor painting of dazed figure atop planet

Anonymous: Lexy
Digital illustration of 2 figures in motion

Anonymous: Untitled
blue and grayscale portrait

Mya Burns: Lady B
Graphic design of a person in darkness with neon colors behind them

Anonymous: Distorted Dystopia
Ceramic scissors

Adrianna Montesinos: Necessity
Blue embroidery of flowers

Anonymous: Flower Mesh
Digital collage of face showing cracks with an exposed brain & various items coming out of it

Anonymous: Untitled
Watercolor of deer with birds in its antlers

Simone Peña: Untitled
mixed media journal

Anonymous: Untitled
Collage of a panda

Brian Ortiz: The Bright Panda
2 pages of Comic panels

Anonymous: Untitled
Photograph of buildings looking up

Anonymous: Back streets
Ceramic hand coming out the hole made by a coiled serpent

Giselle Raigosa: Manus Sepentes
Weaving of drawing with text page

Ariana Silverstein: The state of confusion

Valeria Rios: Possibilities
Mixed media purple flower with believe and love

Arturo Garcia: Hope

Emmanuel Medina Gayon: Eternal Frost
Photo of eyeglasses in front of sidewalk & trees. We are looking through the glasses to see the scene as a digital drawing

Lilja-Aino Boley: Through My Eyes
Rubix cube with many hands turning it and facial features on the colored squares

Leila Ortiz: Disfigured
Pencil drawing of people in boxes

Anonymous: Claustrophobia
Pencil drawing of a man sitting on a beam above the city

Anonymous: Untitled
Photo of a girl standing by a lantern

Melanie Canales: Retrospective Frames
monochomatic landscape painting

Carolina Carchi: The Chime of the Earth
Mixed Media collage of different facial features put together

Lauren Brogan: Emma Collage
Photo of a profile of girl in silhouette

Denise Heath: Untitled
Laser engraved drawing of a person with a face mask on wood

Anonymous: Self Portrait
artichoke

Celia Rivera: Untitled-Artichoke
Bright drawing of geometric shapes and flowers

Anonymous: Geometric and nature shapes
painting of young girl

Anizee Willis: Herself
painting of girl in sunflowers

Jessica Barreras: XIX_the sun
digital portraits of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting

Citlalli Rico: Alta Volare, My Love
Bright marker drawing of emoji with flowers hearts and a rainbow

Jennifer Diaz: Untitled
Mural with figure in yellow in front of mountains, next to a brick wall with large sunflowers & water

Studio 3 Mural
Digital drawing of a kitchen

Anonymous: Kitchen
Girl braiding her own hair

Cilia Conley: Knots
painting of a child looking through glasses

Ashley Quirarte: Glasses
life observation drawing of a nude figure

Anonymous: Judith and Holofernes
Digital drawing of man with no facial features and the text "her"

Mirza Mehmedagic: her
American's view of Mexican Immigrants

Jamie Roman: I Only Like You When You Dance
Drawing of a woman with ribs exposed

Anonymous: Open lies
The words "Just a little bit of your heart" make up the shape of a heart

Sandra Magdaleno: Valentine
Purple and yellow paper cut of lips

Jane von der Sitt: Screaming!!
painted of athletes kneeling

Anonymous: Knee Down
Pencil drawing of city buildings

Anonymous: Shading work
Drawing of a person holding a pencil with a purple background

Kenia Perez: La Reforma Educativa
Painting of green trees on red and yellow background, splatters of black

Fatima Choudhry: Determined Tree: Resistance & Defiance
portrait

Matthew Warren: Lights
Bright drawing of a tiger with leaves around it

Roberto Perez: The fierce tiger
Sculpture of metal pins with blue paint

Anonymous: Untitled
Empty ice skating rink with American flag & speaker

Smila Gaulkin: The Rink after Dark
digital image of desert

David Estrada : The Beginning of the End
3D Ferris Wheel

Anonymous: Ferris Wheel
Abstract colored pencil portrait

Beatrix Wunar: Untitled
Pink digital design with a silhouette of a girl and "THE FUTURE IS FEMALE" repeating behind it.

Anonymous: THE FUTURE IS FEMALE.
a hybrid butterfly and human creature

Peyton Warren: The Transformation
Watercolor & colored pencil comic

Anonymous: First Day of School
3D sculpture

Chloe Davidson: Moth
Mixed media

Jennifer Villasana : Societys standards
Marker drawing of Koi Fish

Yacqueline Chimal: Koi Pond
Drawing of a sun with rainbows

Valerie Betancourt: Untitled
Burning figure on a purple and blue background

Hudson Ward: Untitled
Mixed media collage with heart in center and red triangles in the background

Mila Abdellatif: In My Heart
Image of a red and green skull with bread and other items

Xochitl Alonso: Cake of Culture
Watercolor painting of a red & blue figure intertwining their pinky fingers

Anonymous: Pinky Promise
Colored pencil drawing

Sebastian Sorrondeguy: Untitled
Chalk art on cement of an earth that is half blue and half brown

Angie Wyrwas: The Future
Tempera painting of a winter scene with a river, a deer and a bunny

Jasmin Navas: Winter in the forest
Bright drawing of a city street with buildings and masks floating in the air

Kehinde Oseni: Closed Outdoors
landscape painting

Anonymous: Goodnight
the headless horsewoman

Anonymous: Headless Horesman
figure with eyes closed in front of red background

Mikhyla Appling: Beauty
Ink drawing of a small town

Utsav Patel: Souviens Toi
digital image of an old Spanish style building

Carolina Jimenez : Bernadette’s Campus

Anonymous: Untitled
Slices of ceramic fruit

Anonymous: Untitled
ink image of a brain on face

Jazzaria Robles: Mindset Scramble
drawing of a group of women

Jessica Vazquez: Para Las Mujeres
Pencil drawing of mushrooms with striped background

Ida Rendon: Psychedelic
Watercolor painting of fish and jellyfish underwater

Anonymous: Untitled
a key with a wilted flower growing from it

Anonymous: Hands did it
Photo of a dog in the fall

Osmar Mora:
line and drawing with color and ink

Edwin Sanchez: Release
Drawing of the world with a mask on it

Anthony Perez: The World’s Pandemic
abstract colored pencil image

Anonymous: Untitled
self portrait

Julian Nieves: Self-Portrait

Anahi Alcala: El Zorro
Photograph of a person divided down the middle

Jimmie Rogers III: The Two Sides of Reality
Charcoal drawing of black woman with the word "breathe" on her forehead

Anonymous: Breathe

Anonymous: Golden Goose
Friend eating soup after a high school dance

Brandon Huang: Noodle Soup
mixed image of human and animal

Natalie Colon: Untitled
Abstract ceramic sculpture

Arianna “Alii” Martinez: Distorted
Ceramic Kitsune

Nicole Kozlowski: Untitled
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