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.

Anonymous: Untitled

Alondra Torres: Cristalo

Enesa Grebovic: Old Bridge
painting of a diner

Jaclyn Manning: “A Lick of Childhood.”

Nicholaus Asiyanbi: Degenerate’s Paradise
Drawing of a fly trap.

Victoria Bobadilla: Fly Trap

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

Anonymous: Outwards

Anonymous: Difference
Black and white photo of a lighthouse.

Jake Pridgen: From one end of the pier

Grace Devathala: Jeremiah

Salome Camelo Bocanegra: Portrait of the Weekend

Katherine Valerio: Portrait of Kehinde Wiley

Anonymous: Untitled
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

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled I

Zoe Crooks: Torn Away and Stuck Together
Strips of painted paper that alternate between two images of a woman.

Mayra Jimenez: What Makes You Stay Awake? Stress.
Collage of ship at sea and rubber ducks.

Carolina Loja: Not all troubles are tragic

Caius Boynton: Mina and the Mouse
Painting of a dog.

Paige Meegan: Daisy
A painting of a sunset along the beach.

Anonymous: Beachside Sunset

Anonymous: Conch and Her Cave

Anonymous: Untitled

Sofia Aguilar – Maneater
Drawing of a character.

Giselle Raigosa: Not Your Genius, Not Your Prodigy

Anonymous: Summer at the Weltons
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: Archeology, 3500 A.C.

Kathryn Warren: Anxiety
Drawing of a girl with a hair full of flowers.

Yrva Desormeaux: The Girl In Flowers

Anonymous: Untitled 1
A drawing of a person walking towards a giant pair of ribs. There is a dog walking with the person.

Anonymous: Discovery

Maria Guayara: Is it you or him in the mirror?
Sculpture of an opossum character.

Christian Harper: Lazarus
Monster and a german shepard.

Chloe Mitchell: Monsters in our World

Anonymous: Untitled
Drawing of someone cutting food.

Anonymous: Mother

Bailey Taylor: Infected

Anonymous: Untitled 3

Anonymous: Raccotter

Anonymous: Untitled

Sofia Comas: Accretion
Mask with splatter paint.

Jaylen Wells: Messy Truth
A drawing of a building with a batman logo. There are trees below the building and a hanging spider web.

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

Daniella Xu: Dusk
A bull charges an alligator.

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Tiger
Collage of a cherry tree and a garden with a butterfly.

Anonymous: Sunny Day

Anonymous: Crying

Anonymous: Untitled
3d book art.

Adelina Brown: The So Long Saloon
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: Contamination
Painting made up of lines.

Shamya Butler: Untitled
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

Bianca Burnett: Untitled

Anonymous: Deflated
Drawing of a money and two male subjects.

Agata Siwinska: Fear Ink
Hand in a ring light.

Alex Chitnis: The World is in Your Palms

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

Anonymous: Lifted

Yareli Vaquera : Ayuda
A mixed media portrait of Harriet Tubman. Behind her is a geometric pattern.

Anonymous: Harriet Tubman
A monochromatic pink painting of one eye with a thin tree placed in front of it.

Anonymous: Eye Watcher
Colorful paper mache sculpture.

Emeline Ramirez: Guía
A three legged bowl with a shallow lip.

Anonymous: Aztec Bowl
painting of a blue teapot

Jaclyn Manning: Teapot Blues
Orange and blue abstract painting.

Daja Jackson: Ocean Vs Fire

Anonymous: Untitled 2
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

Clarence De Guzman: Cloudy Morning
Collage with anatomy and book scraps.

Anahi Alcala: Physically Unharmed

Madeline Yundt: Untitled
Pants sewn together using a floral patterned fabric. The flowers are red and pink and the background is tan.

Anonymous: Floral Blanket Pants

Anonymous: Snake
A picture of a diner on a street.

Esmeralda Hernandez-Galan: Don’s Grill

Anonymous: Inverted

Isabella Flores: Untitled

Kijah Woods: Untitled
Fabric textile resembling a sunset.

Mia Schlessinger: Untitled
A table filled with food and a family surrounding it.

Saskya Lema Lema: Ofrenda
A photo of granola and a jar of food.

Anonymous: Souvenirs

Anonymous: Untitled
Photo of a trumpet and rose.

Jesus Chavarria: Rusty Bloom

Amy Najera: Portrait of Frida Kahlo

Emily Moron – Devoted
Drawing of a person with a flower head.

Anonymous: Untitled

Amna Trebovic: On and Off the Court

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: 정
Portrait drawing of an older man.

Una Reyes: Una Luz Reyes rendition of St

Dianna Miguel: KAMI!

Anonymous: Deflated Cube Vase

Anonymous: Bowie

Anonymous: Route 666
A girl floats in a bathtub. She is surrounded by flowers.

Anonymous: Flower Bed

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled II
Drawing of someone waiting for train.

Anonymous: Crash

Anonymous: Growth of Hope
Drawing of a geometric character with sharp teeth. The character has blue and purple.

Anonymous: Color Shape

Kijah Woods: Untitled
The faces of two children are covered by thread.

Jennifer Aguilera-Martinez: Recuerdos

Anonymous: Graceful Arcs
Red flowers and two kittens.

Auren Boynton: Under Red Peonies

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: The Fields
Boulders overlooking a lake and pine needle branches.

Gloria Chavarin: Watercolor Landscape
Abstract drawing.

Valeria Miranda: Untitled
A black and white scratchboard drawing of a detailed bird.

Anonymous: Omen

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: Buena Suerte Hija
Drawing of sunflowers in vase.

Zaida Soumanou: Untitled

Anonymous: Myself

Anonymous: Gods Painting of the Sky

Anonymous: Present-day flowers
Clay sculpture of a squirrel.

Patrick O’Connor: Untitled

Anonymous: Eagle Bodybuilder
Abstract sculpture of a gray monster.

Emily Lach: Pinch Pot Monster
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

Sonia Urbina: Stolen Innocence

Anonymous: Two Gauntlets, One Goal
A woman holds her face in her hands.

Maria Brito: Entrendre
Ceramic Thank you plastic bag.

Alina Calatayud: Thank You
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

Itzel Merlos: Untitled

Anonymous: Chili snake

Anonymous: Maeve Day
A white crewneck with a tan floral patterned sleeve.

Anonymous: Floral Crew Neck
Black and white drawing of leaves.

LaJuan Williams: Evolution of Nature
Photo of a boy.

Nora Campos: Day to Day

Anonymous: Ghostly Change
Picture of steam engine train.

Jennifer Carlson: Head in the Clouds

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

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

Jazleen Esquivel: Home

Amani Mohammad: A Simple Reflection

Anonymous: Flowers of Amber

Yumeri Garcia: “Nuestro America, Our Life”
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

Kashmala Khalid: Kite Flying
Painting of a beach.

Paige Meegan: Daytona Beach
Abstract blue line painting.

Cesar Nunez: Rain
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

Camille Daley: Better Together

Anonymous: Why’d the octopus cross the river?

Anonymous: Untitled Self Portrait
A rounded oval clay piece with a white angel.

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Rooms
A three dimensional piece of a bust with plants around it.

Anonymous: The Beauty of Femininity
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
Colorful abstract photography.

Alex Chitnis: Rainbow Breeze
Photo of a boy.

Stephanie Manzo: Eddie

Joseph Morco: My Exploration

Anonymous: Untitled
A painting of a beach

Sarahi Paz: Guatemala Beach
A bowl of pozole with an avocado and coca cola.

Alondra Castillo: Pozole de mi Abuela

Anahi Alcala: Wake Up

Lisa Patel: Shadows Behind The Ligh
Abstract splatter portrait art.

Julieana Cosajay: Narcissist

Trissa Tsang: In the clouds
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

Sofia Aguilar – 100 Lost Souls

Anonymous: Kandi

Sainabu Akinlolu: Endless Fall
Abstract painting

Margot Lavie: Untitled
Pop art portrait of an older woman.

Jocelyn Ibarra: Grandmother

Margareth Cervantes: A Slice of Summer
A black and white scratchboard drawing of a rabbit surrounded by desert flowers.

Anonymous: Desert Flower

Margareth Cervantes: Last Birthday

Anonymous: Seeing Blossoms

Anonymous: Crowd of people, all with different backgrounds and cultures
Collage work of a abstract snake.

Evelina Poole: Frozen by Fear

Anonymous: Destruction (The Cycle)

Anonymous: Shells of the Self

Anonymous: Van Gogh’s Ear

Zoe Crooks: Colors of the night
A man in profile with a long tongue.

Anonymous: Venom
Cartoon whale underwater.

Nikki Pham: Deep Sea Whale

Eloise Park: Crossata
Painting of a skull.

Anonymous: Untitled

Alek Klee : All for one and one for all
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
A ceramic mug with a face like a cat.

Anonymous: Self-Portrait Mug

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

Anonymous: Church
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

Anonymous: Double Portrait
A person playing a bagpipe.

Eoin McNamara: The Uilleann Piper
Painting of underwater plants.

Jae Nguyen: Lily Pads

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Free from Rejection of Belief

Josephine Martorana: Hurt

Anonymous: Antique Ambiance

Camille Daley: Ghosting
A round metal with mountains, trees and a bear.

Niamh Hughes: Chasing the Peaks

Anonymous: Multicolor Bucket

Anonymous: Sunny Octopus

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

Anonymous: Untitled
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