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
A person playing a bagpipe.

Eoin McNamara: The Uilleann Piper

Anonymous: Two Gauntlets, One Goal

Anonymous: Untitled 1

Trissa Tsang: In the clouds

Margareth Cervantes: A Slice of Summer

Amani Mohammad: A Simple Reflection

Maria Guayara: Is it you or him in the mirror?
A photo of granola and a jar of food.

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

Daniella Xu: Dusk

Camille Daley: Better Together
A charcoal on paper drawing of a folded up paper boat. The boat is designed with drawn creatures.

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

Anonymous: The Beauty of Femininity
Collage with anatomy and book scraps.

Anahi Alcala: Physically Unharmed

Emily Moron – Devoted

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

Anonymous: Unknown Love Letter
Drawing of someone cutting food.

Anonymous: Mother

Yareli Vaquera : Ayuda

Anonymous: Flowers of Amber

Anonymous: Seeing Blossoms
Abstract splatter portrait art.

Julieana Cosajay: Narcissist

Anahi Alcala: Wake Up
Drawing of a geometric character with sharp teeth. The character has blue and purple.

Anonymous: Color Shape

Anonymous: Gods Painting of the Sky

Anonymous: Summer at the Weltons

Itzel Merlos: Untitled
Painting made up of lines.

Shamya Butler: Untitled

Katherine Valerio: Portrait of Kehinde Wiley

Anonymous: Kandi

Eloise Park: Crossata

Anonymous: Route 666
Fabric textile resembling a sunset.

Mia Schlessinger: Untitled
Colorful abstract photography.

Alex Chitnis: Rainbow Breeze
An Andy Warhol inspired oil pastel drawing. 4 repeated cupcakes with different vibrant colors.

Anonymous: Untitled

Dianna Miguel: KAMI!
A mixed media portrait of Harriet Tubman. Behind her is a geometric pattern.

Anonymous: Harriet Tubman
A ceramic mug with a face like a cat.

Anonymous: Self-Portrait Mug
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: Untitled
Orange and blue abstract painting.

Daja Jackson: Ocean Vs Fire

Bianca Burnett: Untitled
Collage of ship at sea and rubber ducks.

Carolina Loja: Not all troubles are tragic
A collage of a house in front of mountains.

Jazleen Esquivel: Home

Grace Devathala: Jeremiah
Ceramic Thank you plastic bag.

Alina Calatayud: Thank You
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: Rooms
A bull charges an alligator.

Anonymous: Untitled

Camille Daley: Ghosting

Anonymous: Myself
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

Anonymous: Crying

Kashmala Khalid: Kite Flying

Lisa Patel: Shadows Behind The Ligh

Anonymous: Deflated Cube Vase

Anonymous: Chili snake
painting of a diner

Jaclyn Manning: “A Lick of Childhood.”
Boulders overlooking a lake and pine needle branches.

Gloria Chavarin: Watercolor Landscape

Anonymous: Bowie

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled II

Anonymous: Growth of Hope
Painting of a skull.

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

Anonymous: Lifted

Zoe Crooks: Torn Away and Stuck Together

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Antique Ambiance

Joseph Morco: My Exploration
A girl floats in a bathtub. She is surrounded by flowers.

Anonymous: Flower Bed

Amna Trebovic: On and Off the Court

Anonymous: Melodic Reflections
A black and white scratchboard drawing of a detailed bird.

Anonymous: Omen

Nicholaus Asiyanbi: Degenerate’s Paradise
A drawing of a person walking towards a giant pair of ribs. There is a dog walking with the person.

Anonymous: Discovery
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: Double Portrait

Sofia Comas: Accretion
A painting of a beach

Sarahi Paz: Guatemala Beach
Drawing of a character.

Giselle Raigosa: Not Your Genius, Not Your Prodigy
A woman holds her face in her hands.

Maria Brito: Entrendre

Madeline Yundt: Untitled

Anonymous: Snake

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled I

Anonymous: Crowd of people, all with different backgrounds and cultures
A bowl of pozole with an avocado and coca cola.

Alondra Castillo: Pozole de mi Abuela

Anonymous: Graceful Arcs

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

Anonymous: Floral Blanket Pants

Amy Najera: Portrait of Frida Kahlo

Anonymous: Untitled
Photo of a trumpet and rose.

Jesus Chavarria: Rusty Bloom
Drawing of sunflowers in vase.

Zaida Soumanou: Untitled
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: Eagle Bodybuilder

Josephine Martorana: Hurt
Collage of a cherry tree and a garden with a butterfly.

Anonymous: Sunny Day
A painting of a sunset along the beach.

Anonymous: Beachside Sunset

Anonymous: Contamination

Salome Camelo Bocanegra: Portrait of the Weekend

Anonymous: Tiger

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

Anonymous: Outwards

Anonymous: Free from Rejection of Belief

Anonymous: Conch and Her Cave
Abstract drawing.

Valeria Miranda: Untitled
Clay sculpture of a squirrel.

Patrick O’Connor: Untitled
Sculpture of an opossum character.

Christian Harper: Lazarus

Anonymous: Untitled 2
Portrait drawing of an older man.

Una Reyes: Una Luz Reyes rendition of St

Anonymous: Altered by the Past
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
Cartoon whale underwater.

Nikki Pham: Deep Sea Whale

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

Anonymous: Floral Crew Neck

Zoe Crooks: Colors of the night
A picture of a diner on a street.

Esmeralda Hernandez-Galan: Don’s Grill

Anonymous: Multicolor Bucket

Anonymous: Raccotter

Anonymous: Present-day flowers

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: Buena Suerte Hija
Red flowers and two kittens.

Auren Boynton: Under Red Peonies
A three legged bowl with a shallow lip.

Anonymous: Aztec Bowl
Mask with splatter paint.

Jaylen Wells: Messy Truth

Anonymous: Maeve Day

Anonymous: Untitled
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: Church
Picture of steam engine train.

Jennifer Carlson: Head in the Clouds
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 man in profile with a long tongue.

Anonymous: Venom

Clarence De Guzman: Cloudy Morning

Anonymous: Archeology, 3500 A.C.
Black and white photo of a lighthouse.

Jake Pridgen: From one end of the pier
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

Bailey Taylor: Infected

Anonymous: Untitled 3
Painting of underwater plants.

Jae Nguyen: Lily Pads

Anonymous: Untitled Self Portrait
Painting of a beach.

Paige Meegan: Daytona Beach
A black and white scratchboard drawing of a rabbit surrounded by desert flowers.

Anonymous: Desert Flower

Anonymous: Shells of the Self

Anonymous: Untitled
A drawing of a building with a batman logo. There are trees below the building and a hanging spider web.

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled

Margareth Cervantes: Last Birthday

Sonia Urbina: Stolen Innocence
A person on a clock with a leash around their neck being pulled out by a hand

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

Agata Siwinska: Fear Ink
Photo of a boy.

Stephanie Manzo: Eddie

Anonymous: Destruction (The Cycle)
A round metal with mountains, trees and a bear.

Niamh Hughes: Chasing the Peaks
Colorful paper mache sculpture.

Emeline Ramirez: Guía

Kijah Woods: Untitled
Monster and a german shepard.

Chloe Mitchell: Monsters in our World

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

Mayra Jimenez: What Makes You Stay Awake? Stress.
Drawing of a person with a flower head.

Anonymous: Untitled
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
Collage work of a abstract snake.

Evelina Poole: Frozen by Fear
Drawing of a girl with a hair full of flowers.

Yrva Desormeaux: The Girl In Flowers

Anonymous: Sunny Octopus
Abstract blue line painting.

Cesar Nunez: Rain
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
3d book art.

Adelina Brown: The So Long Saloon
Photo of a boy.

Nora Campos: Day to Day
Drawing of someone waiting for train.

Anonymous: Crash

Anonymous: Deflated

Yumeri Garcia: “Nuestro America, Our Life”
A rounded oval clay piece with a white angel.

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

Jennifer Aguilera-Martinez: Recuerdos
painting of a blue teapot

Jaclyn Manning: Teapot Blues

Alek Klee : All for one and one for all
Hand in a ring light.

Alex Chitnis: The World is in Your Palms

Maite Armijos: Untitled
Painting of a dog.

Paige Meegan: Daisy

Kijah Woods: Untitled

Sofia Aguilar – Maneater
A monochromatic pink painting of one eye with a thin tree placed in front of it.

Anonymous: Eye Watcher

Enesa Grebovic: Old Bridge

Sainabu Akinlolu: Endless Fall

Sofia Aguilar – 100 Lost Souls

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: The Fields
Abstract sculpture of a gray monster.

Emily Lach: Pinch Pot Monster
Pop art portrait of an older woman.

Jocelyn Ibarra: Grandmother

Anonymous: Untitled
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: Ghostly Change

Isabella Flores: Untitled

Anonymous: Why’d the octopus cross the river?

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Van Gogh’s Ear

Kathryn Warren: Anxiety

Alondra Torres: Cristalo
Black and white drawing of leaves.

LaJuan Williams: Evolution of Nature
A table filled with food and a family surrounding it.

Saskya Lema Lema: Ofrenda

Anonymous: Untitled
Abstract painting

Margot Lavie: Untitled
Drawing of a fly trap.

Victoria Bobadilla: Fly Trap

Anonymous: Inverted

Caius Boynton: Mina and the Mouse
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