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.

Colorful paper mache sculpture.

Emeline Ramirez: Guía

Margareth Cervantes: Last Birthday
Drawing of a girl with a hair full of flowers.

Yrva Desormeaux: The Girl In Flowers

Amna Trebovic: On and Off the Court

Anonymous: Conch and Her Cave

Margareth Cervantes: A Slice of Summer
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

Anonymous: Two Gauntlets, One Goal

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Ghostly Change

Anonymous: Eagle Bodybuilder
A woman holds her face in her hands.

Maria Brito: Entrendre

Anonymous: Archeology, 3500 A.C.
A black and white scratchboard drawing of a rabbit surrounded by desert flowers.

Anonymous: Desert Flower

Anonymous: Raccotter
Black and white drawing of leaves.

LaJuan Williams: Evolution of Nature

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

Emily Moron – Devoted
Portrait drawing of an older man.

Una Reyes: Una Luz Reyes rendition of St

Anonymous: Untitled
Painting of underwater plants.

Jae Nguyen: Lily Pads
A charcoal on paper drawing of a folded up paper boat. The boat is designed with drawn creatures.

Anonymous: Paper Boat

Amy Najera: Portrait of Frida Kahlo
A drawing of a building with a batman logo. There are trees below the building and a hanging spider web.

Anonymous: Untitled
Drawing of someone waiting for train.

Anonymous: Crash
Collage with anatomy and book scraps.

Anahi Alcala: Physically Unharmed

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: The Fields
Painting of a dog.

Paige Meegan: Daisy

Clarence De Guzman: Cloudy Morning
Colorful abstract photography.

Alex Chitnis: Rainbow Breeze

Anonymous: Inverted
Monster and a german shepard.

Chloe Mitchell: Monsters in our World

Camille Daley: Ghosting

Sofia Aguilar – Maneater
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
Abstract blue line painting.

Cesar Nunez: Rain
Photo of a trumpet and rose.

Jesus Chavarria: Rusty Bloom

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

Anonymous: Lifted
Orange and blue abstract painting.

Daja Jackson: Ocean Vs Fire
Fabric textile resembling a sunset.

Mia Schlessinger: Untitled
Black and white photo of a lighthouse.

Jake Pridgen: From one end of the pier
A three dimensional piece of a bust with plants around it.

Anonymous: The Beauty of Femininity
A mixed media portrait of Harriet Tubman. Behind her is a geometric pattern.

Anonymous: Harriet Tubman

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

Anonymous: Sunny Day

Kijah Woods: Untitled

Bailey Taylor: Infected

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

Anonymous: Outwards

Sofia Comas: Accretion
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
Drawing of a money and two male subjects.

Agata Siwinska: Fear Ink

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

Daniella Xu: Dusk
An oil pastel and marker drawing of a hand holding a love letter from a secret admirer addressed to Pearl.

Anonymous: Unknown Love Letter
Cartoon whale underwater.

Nikki Pham: Deep Sea Whale

Anonymous: Crying
Pop art portrait of an older woman.

Jocelyn Ibarra: Grandmother

Anonymous: Difference

Anonymous: Rooms
Drawing of a character.

Giselle Raigosa: Not Your Genius, Not Your Prodigy

Anonymous: Untitled

Maite Armijos: Untitled

Anonymous: Altered by the Past

Joseph Morco: My Exploration
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

Lisa Patel: Shadows Behind The Ligh
The faces of two children are covered by thread.

Jennifer Aguilera-Martinez: Recuerdos
3d book art.

Adelina Brown: The So Long Saloon
A rounded oval clay piece with a white angel.

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

Jazleen Esquivel: Home

Zoe Crooks: Torn Away and Stuck Together

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

Anonymous: Discovery

Anonymous: Deflated Cube Vase
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

Amani Mohammad: A Simple Reflection
A painting of a zoomed in eyeball with eyelashes and a tear coming down. The painting is green, white and pink.

Anonymous: Emerald Eyes

Anonymous: Untitled 1

Josephine Martorana: Hurt
Boulders overlooking a lake and pine needle branches.

Gloria Chavarin: Watercolor Landscape

Anonymous: Double Portrait

Trissa Tsang: In the clouds
A white crewneck with a tan floral patterned sleeve.

Anonymous: Floral Crew Neck
A round metal with mountains, trees and a bear.

Niamh Hughes: Chasing the Peaks

Dianna Miguel: KAMI!

Kashmala Khalid: Kite Flying

Yareli Vaquera : Ayuda

Zoe Crooks: Colors of the night

Madeline Yundt: Untitled
A ceramic mug with a face like a cat.

Anonymous: Self-Portrait Mug
Mask with splatter paint.

Jaylen Wells: Messy Truth

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled II
Photo of a boy.

Nora Campos: Day to Day
A person on a clock with a leash around their neck being pulled out by a hand

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Destruction (The Cycle)

Anonymous: Present-day flowers

Alondra Torres: Cristalo

Alek Klee : All for one and one for all
Sculpture of an opossum character.

Christian Harper: Lazarus

Salome Camelo Bocanegra: Portrait of the Weekend
Painting made up of lines.

Shamya Butler: Untitled

Sofia Aguilar – 100 Lost Souls
Drawing of a geometric character with sharp teeth. The character has blue and purple.

Anonymous: Color Shape
Clay sculpture of a squirrel.

Patrick O’Connor: Untitled
A person playing a bagpipe.

Eoin McNamara: The Uilleann Piper

Anonymous: Tiger
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

Sainabu Akinlolu: Endless Fall

Anonymous: Snake
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

Anonymous: Multicolor Bucket

Anonymous: Flowers of Amber

Anonymous: Gods Painting of the Sky

Anonymous: Untitled 2
Photo of a boy.

Stephanie Manzo: Eddie
A bowl of pozole with an avocado and coca cola.

Alondra Castillo: Pozole de mi Abuela

Anonymous: Why’d the octopus cross the river?

Anonymous: Untitled

Sonia Urbina: Stolen Innocence
Ceramic Thank you plastic bag.

Alina Calatayud: Thank You
Drawing of a person with a flower head.

Anonymous: Untitled
Drawing of someone cutting food.

Anonymous: Mother

Anonymous: Van Gogh’s Ear

Yumeri Garcia: “Nuestro America, Our Life”
A monochromatic pink painting of one eye with a thin tree placed in front of it.

Anonymous: Eye Watcher
Drawing of sunflowers in vase.

Zaida Soumanou: Untitled

Grace Devathala: Jeremiah

Itzel Merlos: Untitled

Anonymous: Route 666
Strips of painted paper that alternate between two images of a woman.

Mayra Jimenez: What Makes You Stay Awake? Stress.
A photo of granola and a jar of food.

Anonymous: Souvenirs
A painting of a sunset along the beach.

Anonymous: Beachside Sunset
Pants sewn together using a floral patterned fabric. The flowers are red and pink and the background is tan.

Anonymous: Floral Blanket Pants

Anonymous: Shells of the Self

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

Anonymous: Flower Bed
Collage of ship at sea and rubber ducks.

Carolina Loja: Not all troubles are tragic

Anonymous: Kandi

Enesa Grebovic: Old Bridge
A painting of a beach

Sarahi Paz: Guatemala Beach

Anonymous: Free from Rejection of Belief

Anonymous: Chili snake
A black and white scratchboard drawing of a detailed bird.

Anonymous: Omen

Kathryn Warren: Anxiety

Anonymous: Summer at the Weltons
painting of a diner

Jaclyn Manning: “A Lick of Childhood.”

Anonymous: 정

Anonymous: Deflated

Anonymous: Crowd of people, all with different backgrounds and cultures
Abstract drawing.

Valeria Miranda: Untitled

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: Buena Suerte Hija
Picture of steam engine train.

Jennifer Carlson: Head in the Clouds

Isabella Flores: Untitled
A three legged bowl with a shallow lip.

Anonymous: Aztec Bowl
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

Anahi Alcala: Wake Up
Abstract splatter portrait art.

Julieana Cosajay: Narcissist
Collage work of a abstract snake.

Evelina Poole: Frozen by Fear
A table filled with food and a family surrounding it.

Saskya Lema Lema: Ofrenda

Anonymous: Sunny Octopus
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

Kijah Woods: Untitled

Anonymous: Contamination

Anonymous: Melodic Reflections

Anonymous: Untitled
Abstract painting

Margot Lavie: Untitled

Anonymous: Maeve Day
A picture of a diner on a street.

Esmeralda Hernandez-Galan: Don’s Grill
A bull charges an alligator.

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

Anonymous: Venom

Katherine Valerio: Portrait of Kehinde Wiley

Camille Daley: Better Together
Painting of a beach.

Paige Meegan: Daytona Beach
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: Untitled

Bianca Burnett: Untitled

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled I

Eloise Park: Crossata

Anonymous: Myself
Red flowers and two kittens.

Auren Boynton: Under Red Peonies
Hand in a ring light.

Alex Chitnis: The World is in Your Palms
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: Untitled 3
An Andy Warhol inspired oil pastel drawing. 4 repeated cupcakes with different vibrant colors.

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Bowie

Anonymous: Untitled
painting of a blue teapot

Jaclyn Manning: Teapot Blues

Anonymous: Untitled

Nicholaus Asiyanbi: Degenerate’s Paradise

Caius Boynton: Mina and the Mouse
Drawing of a fly trap.

Victoria Bobadilla: Fly Trap

Anonymous: Church
Abstract sculpture of a gray monster.

Emily Lach: Pinch Pot Monster
Painting of a skull.

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled Self Portrait

Anonymous: Return

Anonymous: Untitled
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