CPS All-City Visual Arts Exhibitions

2023 High School Exhibition

The works in this gallery were all created by Chicago Public Schools students. They celebrate art, design, growth, and learning. Join us in exploring the work of some of Chicago’s best young artists and designers! Want more? Browse Honorable Mention projects or Elementary School exhibition.

Margareth Cervantes: A Slice of Summer

Anonymous: Bowie
Drawing of someone waiting for train.

Anonymous: Crash

Caius Boynton: Mina and the Mouse

Anonymous: Deflated
painting of a blue teapot

Jaclyn Manning: Teapot Blues
Strips of painted paper that alternate between two images of a woman.

Mayra Jimenez: What Makes You Stay Awake? Stress.

Anonymous: Antique Ambiance
Photo of a boy.

Stephanie Manzo: Eddie

Kathryn Warren: Anxiety
Pop art portrait of an older woman.

Jocelyn Ibarra: Grandmother

Sofia Comas: Accretion

Anonymous: Crying

Anonymous: Untitled 1

Anonymous: Growth of Hope

Anonymous: Untitled
A painting of two body figures at the center hugging each other closely. Surrounding them is a white triangle pattern on a black background. The background has circles that are painted red and yellow.

Anonymous: Untitled

Zoe Crooks: Torn Away and Stuck Together

Anonymous: Raccotter
A digital piece of a woman standing in water with her eyes closed and hair flowing upwards.

Anonymous: Lifted

Madeline Yundt: Untitled

Anonymous: Shells of the Self
The faces of two children are covered by thread.

Jennifer Aguilera-Martinez: Recuerdos
A drawing of a building with a batman logo. There are trees below the building and a hanging spider web.

Anonymous: Untitled

Josephine Martorana: Hurt

Eloise Park: Crossata
A woman holds her face in her hands.

Maria Brito: Entrendre

Enesa Grebovic: Old Bridge

Anonymous: Untitled Self Portrait

Anonymous: Why’d the octopus cross the river?
Colorful paper mache sculpture.

Emeline Ramirez: Guía

Anonymous: Untitled 2

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled II
A three dimensional piece of a bust with plants around it.

Anonymous: The Beauty of Femininity
A rounded oval clay piece with a white angel.

Anonymous: Untitled

Clarence De Guzman: Cloudy Morning

Anonymous: Route 666

Anonymous: Seeing Blossoms

Anonymous: Myself
Painting of a skull.

Anonymous: Untitled
A collage of a house in front of mountains.

Jazleen Esquivel: Home

Lisa Patel: Shadows Behind The Ligh
Drawing of a person with a flower head.

Anonymous: Untitled
An Andy Warhol inspired oil pastel drawing. 4 repeated cupcakes with different vibrant colors.

Anonymous: Untitled
Abstract splatter portrait art.

Julieana Cosajay: Narcissist

Margareth Cervantes: Last Birthday
Fabric textile resembling a sunset.

Mia Schlessinger: Untitled

Itzel Merlos: Untitled

Anonymous: Inverted

Anonymous: Two Gauntlets, One Goal
Clay sculpture of a squirrel.

Patrick O’Connor: Untitled

Kijah Woods: Untitled

Sofia Aguilar – 100 Lost Souls
A watercolor painting of a dragon embracing a heart organ. There is a cigarette close to the dragon as it embraces the heart.

Anonymous: Health
Drawing of someone cutting food.

Anonymous: Mother

Anonymous: Melodic Reflections

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: Buena Suerte Hija
Drawing of a fly trap.

Victoria Bobadilla: Fly Trap

Anonymous: Rooms
A mixed media artpiece of an American Flag with 1 star. There are written words around the star reading "In God We Trust."

Anonymous: In God We Trust

Anonymous: Destruction (The Cycle)

Anonymous: Present-day flowers

Amna Trebovic: On and Off the Court

Anonymous: Double Portrait

Anonymous: Untitled

Anahi Alcala: Wake Up
Portrait drawing of an older man.

Una Reyes: Una Luz Reyes rendition of St
Collage of a cherry tree and a garden with a butterfly.

Anonymous: Sunny Day
Picture of steam engine train.

Jennifer Carlson: Head in the Clouds
3d book art.

Adelina Brown: The So Long Saloon

Anonymous: Difference

Anonymous: Untitled

Emily Moron – Devoted
A round metal with mountains, trees and a bear.

Niamh Hughes: Chasing the Peaks

Anonymous: Untitled 3

Anonymous: Sunny Octopus

Anonymous: Archeology, 3500 A.C.
Orange and blue abstract painting.

Daja Jackson: Ocean Vs Fire
Sculpture of an opossum character.

Christian Harper: Lazarus

Anonymous: Multicolor Bucket

Amy Najera: Portrait of Frida Kahlo

Camille Daley: Ghosting
Drawing of a girl with a hair full of flowers.

Yrva Desormeaux: The Girl In Flowers
A table filled with food and a family surrounding it.

Saskya Lema Lema: Ofrenda
Photo of a trumpet and rose.

Jesus Chavarria: Rusty Bloom

Nicholaus Asiyanbi: Degenerate’s Paradise
A person playing a bagpipe.

Eoin McNamara: The Uilleann Piper
A student gives two thumbs up. To his left, a student looks to the left. To his right, two students look down to the right.

Anonymous: P R I D E

Anonymous: Summer at the Weltons
A yellow, blue, green and black linocut reduction print of a pair of glasses. Inside the glasses view is an Addison street sign and a teddy bear. There is a sun in the background corner and eyes that are open and shut.

Sharon Oladapo: Untitled

Anonymous: Flowers of Amber
A three legged bowl with a shallow lip.

Anonymous: Aztec Bowl
Abstract painting

Margot Lavie: Untitled

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: The Fields

Anonymous: Church

Anonymous: Altered by the Past
A charcoal on paper drawing of a folded up paper boat. The boat is designed with drawn creatures.

Anonymous: Paper Boat
Red flowers and two kittens.

Auren Boynton: Under Red Peonies
A drawing of a person walking towards a giant pair of ribs. There is a dog walking with the person.

Anonymous: Discovery
Illustration of a city and mountain landscape with bright colors.

Daniella Xu: Dusk

Anonymous: Chili snake
A painting of a sunset along the beach.

Anonymous: Beachside Sunset
A girl floats in a bathtub. She is surrounded by flowers.

Anonymous: Flower Bed

Anonymous: Return
Collage of ship at sea and rubber ducks.

Carolina Loja: Not all troubles are tragic

Anonymous: Free from Rejection of Belief

Anonymous: 정

Bianca Burnett: Untitled
A white crewneck with a tan floral patterned sleeve.

Anonymous: Floral Crew Neck
A bowl of pozole with an avocado and coca cola.

Alondra Castillo: Pozole de mi Abuela

Anonymous: Graceful Arcs
Painting of underwater plants.

Jae Nguyen: Lily Pads

Kijah Woods: Untitled
Drawing of a geometric character with sharp teeth. The character has blue and purple.

Anonymous: Color Shape

Zoe Crooks: Colors of the night

Anonymous: Gods Painting of the Sky
Collage with anatomy and book scraps.

Anahi Alcala: Physically Unharmed

Alek Klee : All for one and one for all

Anonymous: Crowd of people, all with different backgrounds and cultures
Drawing of a character.

Giselle Raigosa: Not Your Genius, Not Your Prodigy
Drawing of a money and two male subjects.

Agata Siwinska: Fear Ink

Anonymous: Eagle Bodybuilder
Collage work of a abstract snake.

Evelina Poole: Frozen by Fear
A black and white scratchboard drawing of a detailed bird.

Anonymous: Omen

Maria Guayara: Is it you or him in the mirror?

Anonymous: Contamination
Abstract drawing.

Valeria Miranda: Untitled

Anonymous: Snake

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled I

Salome Camelo Bocanegra: Portrait of the Weekend
Drawing of sunflowers in vase.

Zaida Soumanou: Untitled

Amani Mohammad: A Simple Reflection

Anonymous: Untitled

Sonia Urbina: Stolen Innocence
A bull charges an alligator.

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Maeve Day
Black and white drawing of leaves.

LaJuan Williams: Evolution of Nature

Anonymous: Conch and Her Cave
Abstract sculpture of a gray monster.

Emily Lach: Pinch Pot Monster

Kashmala Khalid: Kite Flying

Anonymous: Tiger
A blue woven piece with green leaves woven into the fiber. There is a red rectangle on the upper left corner.

Anonymous: Outwards
Hand in a ring light.

Alex Chitnis: The World is in Your Palms
A painting of a beach

Sarahi Paz: Guatemala Beach
Abstract blue line painting.

Cesar Nunez: Rain
A monochromatic pink painting of one eye with a thin tree placed in front of it.

Anonymous: Eye Watcher

Sofia Aguilar – Maneater
A pencil drawing of a person's face. Around the face are different scenes drawn from the person's life.

Anonymous: Seeing Through The Past
A black and white scratchboard drawing of a rabbit surrounded by desert flowers.

Anonymous: Desert Flower
Boulders overlooking a lake and pine needle branches.

Gloria Chavarin: Watercolor Landscape

Camille Daley: Better Together
An oil pastel and marker drawing of a hand holding a love letter from a secret admirer addressed to Pearl.

Anonymous: Unknown Love Letter

Anonymous: Kandi
A man in profile with a long tongue.

Anonymous: Venom
A person drawn 3 times. One is facing forward holding an art tool. Another one is facing the right side holding an Ipad and stylus. The last one is facing the right side holding another art tool.

Anonymous: 150 Hours

Isabella Flores: Untitled
Black and white photo of a lighthouse.

Jake Pridgen: From one end of the pier
An acrylic painting of a tree blowing in the wind. There is a blue sky with clouds in the background. The tree is standing on green grass beside a blue body of water.

Anonymous: Windy City

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled
Cartoon whale underwater.

Nikki Pham: Deep Sea Whale

Bailey Taylor: Infected

Sainabu Akinlolu: Endless Fall
Colorful abstract photography.

Alex Chitnis: Rainbow Breeze

Anonymous: Untitled
A person on a clock with a leash around their neck being pulled out by a hand

Anonymous: Untitled
A ceramic mug with a face like a cat.

Anonymous: Self-Portrait Mug
Painting of a beach.

Paige Meegan: Daytona Beach
Mask with splatter paint.

Jaylen Wells: Messy Truth
Painting made up of lines.

Shamya Butler: Untitled
Monster and a german shepard.

Chloe Mitchell: Monsters in our World

Anonymous: Untitled

Yareli Vaquera : Ayuda
A photo of granola and a jar of food.

Anonymous: Souvenirs

Katherine Valerio: Portrait of Kehinde Wiley

Anonymous: Untitled

Joseph Morco: My Exploration
A mixed media portrait of Harriet Tubman. Behind her is a geometric pattern.

Anonymous: Harriet Tubman
Photo of a boy.

Nora Campos: Day to Day
Ceramic Thank you plastic bag.

Alina Calatayud: Thank You

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Deflated Cube Vase

Anonymous: Van Gogh’s Ear
A drawing of a top-down view of a person crying. On their head is a red pattern that spills onto the persons hands.

Anonymous: Break In
A picture of a diner on a street.

Esmeralda Hernandez-Galan: Don’s Grill

Grace Devathala: Jeremiah
Pants sewn together using a floral patterned fabric. The flowers are red and pink and the background is tan.

Anonymous: Floral Blanket Pants

Dianna Miguel: KAMI!

Anonymous: Ghostly Change
A painting of a girl holding a Ukranian flag in one hand and an American flag in the other hand. On the left side there are flames. On the right side there is the Willis Tower and other Chicago buildings. She is facing the flames and city.

Anonymous: The New World
A painting of a zoomed in eyeball with eyelashes and a tear coming down. The painting is green, white and pink.

Anonymous: Emerald Eyes

Maite Armijos: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled

Trissa Tsang: In the clouds

Anonymous: Untitled
painting of a diner

Jaclyn Manning: “A Lick of Childhood.”

Alondra Torres: Cristalo
Painting of a dog.

Paige Meegan: Daisy
A collage of Wednesday Adams at the center. The background has various paper cutouts in silver, black and purple. There are 2 safety pins. One is adhering a piece of black cloth.

Anonymous: Wednesday Addams

Yumeri Garcia: “Nuestro America, Our Life”
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