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.

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

Anonymous: The Beauty of Femininity

Trissa Tsang: In the clouds

Anonymous: Summer at the Weltons

Anonymous: Rooms

Bianca Burnett: Untitled

Dianna Miguel: KAMI!
A rounded oval clay piece with a white angel.

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

Anonymous: Lifted
A bowl of pozole with an avocado and coca cola.

Alondra Castillo: Pozole de mi Abuela

Anonymous: Graceful Arcs

Anonymous: Deflated Cube Vase
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

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: Buena Suerte Hija
Abstract blue line painting.

Cesar Nunez: Rain

Anonymous: Crying

Kijah Woods: Untitled
A person playing a bagpipe.

Eoin McNamara: The Uilleann Piper

Amy Najera: Portrait of Frida Kahlo
Cartoon whale underwater.

Nikki Pham: Deep Sea Whale
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

Anonymous: Untitled 1
A black and white scratchboard drawing of a detailed bird.

Anonymous: Omen
Hand in a ring light.

Alex Chitnis: The World is in Your Palms
Drawing of a character.

Giselle Raigosa: Not Your Genius, Not Your Prodigy

Zoe Crooks: Colors of the night
A photo of granola and a jar of food.

Anonymous: Souvenirs

Anonymous: Altered by the Past
A woman holds her face in her hands.

Maria Brito: Entrendre
Drawing of a person with a flower head.

Anonymous: Untitled

Sofia Aguilar – 100 Lost Souls

Emily Moron – Devoted

Anonymous: Tiger

Anonymous: Double Portrait

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Archeology, 3500 A.C.
A picture of a diner on a street.

Esmeralda Hernandez-Galan: Don’s Grill
A painting of a zoomed in eyeball with eyelashes and a tear coming down. The painting is green, white and pink.

Anonymous: Emerald Eyes

Kijah Woods: Untitled

Anonymous: Melodic Reflections

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled II
Clay sculpture of a squirrel.

Patrick O’Connor: Untitled

Isabella Flores: Untitled
Drawing of someone cutting food.

Anonymous: Mother

Anahi Alcala: Wake Up

Anonymous: Return
painting of a blue teapot

Jaclyn Manning: Teapot Blues

Margareth Cervantes: Last Birthday

Joseph Morco: My Exploration
A person on a clock with a leash around their neck being pulled out by a hand

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Bowie

Bailey Taylor: Infected
A man in profile with a long tongue.

Anonymous: Venom

Kathryn Warren: Anxiety

Camille Daley: Ghosting

Anonymous: Church
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

Margareth Cervantes: A Slice of Summer

Salome Camelo Bocanegra: Portrait of the Weekend

Anonymous: Untitled
Drawing of someone waiting for train.

Anonymous: Crash

Maite Armijos: 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
A table filled with food and a family surrounding it.

Saskya Lema Lema: Ofrenda
An Andy Warhol inspired oil pastel drawing. 4 repeated cupcakes with different vibrant colors.

Anonymous: Untitled
Sculpture of an opossum character.

Christian Harper: Lazarus
Abstract splatter portrait art.

Julieana Cosajay: Narcissist
Painting made up of lines.

Shamya Butler: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled
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: Growth of Hope

Anonymous: Raccotter

Anonymous: Untitled
Colorful abstract photography.

Alex Chitnis: Rainbow Breeze
Drawing of sunflowers in vase.

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

Anonymous: Untitled
A charcoal on paper drawing of a folded up paper boat. The boat is designed with drawn creatures.

Anonymous: Paper Boat

Sofia Aguilar – Maneater

Anonymous: Untitled 3

Anonymous: Route 666

Anonymous: Untitled
A bull charges an alligator.

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Myself

Anonymous: Antique Ambiance
Collage work of a abstract snake.

Evelina Poole: Frozen by Fear

Anonymous: Free from Rejection of Belief
Boulders overlooking a lake and pine needle branches.

Gloria Chavarin: Watercolor Landscape

Anonymous: Untitled Self Portrait
Photo of a trumpet and rose.

Jesus Chavarria: Rusty Bloom
A girl floats in a bathtub. She is surrounded by flowers.

Anonymous: Flower Bed
A painting of a beach

Sarahi Paz: Guatemala Beach

Clarence De Guzman: Cloudy Morning
The faces of two children are covered by thread.

Jennifer Aguilera-Martinez: Recuerdos

Anonymous: Snake

Kashmala Khalid: Kite Flying
Ceramic Thank you plastic bag.

Alina Calatayud: Thank You

Anonymous: Ghostly Change

Anonymous: Two Gauntlets, One Goal
A blue woven piece with green leaves woven into the fiber. There is a red rectangle on the upper left corner.

Anonymous: Outwards

Anonymous: Untitled
Photo of a boy.

Nora Campos: Day to Day

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

Anonymous: Unknown Love Letter

Sainabu Akinlolu: Endless Fall
Red flowers and two kittens.

Auren Boynton: Under Red Peonies
Strips of painted paper that alternate between two images of a woman.

Mayra Jimenez: What Makes You Stay Awake? Stress.
A three legged bowl with a shallow lip.

Anonymous: Aztec Bowl
Abstract sculpture of a gray monster.

Emily Lach: Pinch Pot Monster
Colorful paper mache sculpture.

Emeline Ramirez: Guía

Anonymous: 정

Anonymous: Flowers of Amber

Anonymous: Crowd of people, all with different backgrounds and cultures
Painting of underwater plants.

Jae Nguyen: Lily Pads

Anonymous: Maeve Day
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: Contamination
Black and white drawing of leaves.

LaJuan Williams: Evolution of Nature
A drawing of a person walking towards a giant pair of ribs. There is a dog walking with the person.

Anonymous: Discovery
Drawing of a fly trap.

Victoria Bobadilla: Fly Trap
Fabric textile resembling a sunset.

Mia Schlessinger: Untitled
Drawing of a girl with a hair full of flowers.

Yrva Desormeaux: The Girl In Flowers

Anonymous: Shells of the Self

Maria Guayara: Is it you or him in the mirror?
Portrait drawing of an older man.

Una Reyes: Una Luz Reyes rendition of St
Collage of ship at sea and rubber ducks.

Carolina Loja: Not all troubles are tragic

Anonymous: Untitled
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
Painting of a dog.

Paige Meegan: Daisy

Anonymous: Why’d the octopus cross the river?

Anonymous: Deflated

Anonymous: Untitled 2
Drawing of a geometric character with sharp teeth. The character has blue and purple.

Anonymous: Color Shape

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Present-day flowers
Collage of a cherry tree and a garden with a butterfly.

Anonymous: Sunny Day

Enesa Grebovic: Old Bridge

Madeline Yundt: Untitled
A mixed media portrait of Harriet Tubman. Behind her is a geometric pattern.

Anonymous: Harriet Tubman
painting of a diner

Jaclyn Manning: “A Lick of Childhood.”

Camille Daley: Better Together

Zoe Crooks: Torn Away and Stuck Together
A round metal with mountains, trees and a bear.

Niamh Hughes: Chasing the Peaks
Painting of a beach.

Paige Meegan: Daytona Beach

Sofia Comas: Accretion

Caius Boynton: Mina and the Mouse
Drawing of a money and two male subjects.

Agata Siwinska: Fear Ink

Anonymous: Untitled

Katherine Valerio: Portrait of Kehinde Wiley
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

Grace Devathala: Jeremiah

Amna Trebovic: On and Off the Court
A white crewneck with a tan floral patterned sleeve.

Anonymous: Floral Crew Neck

Anonymous: Destruction (The Cycle)
Abstract painting

Margot Lavie: Untitled
Mask with splatter paint.

Jaylen Wells: Messy Truth
Photo of a boy.

Stephanie Manzo: Eddie
Black and white photo of a lighthouse.

Jake Pridgen: From one end of the pier
A collage of a house in front of mountains.

Jazleen Esquivel: Home
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 monochromatic pink painting of one eye with a thin tree placed in front of it.

Anonymous: Eye Watcher

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled I

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

Anahi Alcala: Physically Unharmed
Picture of steam engine train.

Jennifer Carlson: Head in the Clouds
Orange and blue abstract painting.

Daja Jackson: Ocean Vs Fire

Josephine Martorana: Hurt

Yareli Vaquera : Ayuda
Illustration of a city and mountain landscape with bright colors.

Daniella Xu: Dusk

Itzel Merlos: Untitled

Alek Klee : All for one and one for all

Anonymous: Untitled
A black and white scratchboard drawing of a rabbit surrounded by desert flowers.

Anonymous: Desert Flower

Anonymous: Inverted

Anonymous: Van Gogh’s Ear

Anonymous: Seeing Blossoms

Sonia Urbina: Stolen Innocence

Amani Mohammad: A Simple Reflection
Pants sewn together using a floral patterned fabric. The flowers are red and pink and the background is tan.

Anonymous: Floral Blanket Pants

Nicholaus Asiyanbi: Degenerate’s Paradise

Yumeri Garcia: “Nuestro America, Our Life”

Anonymous: Chili snake

Anonymous: Multicolor Bucket
Monster and a german shepard.

Chloe Mitchell: Monsters in our World
Pop art portrait of an older woman.

Jocelyn Ibarra: Grandmother
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

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: The Fields

Anonymous: Sunny Octopus

Alondra Torres: Cristalo

Anonymous: Untitled
Painting of a skull.

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

Anonymous: Beachside Sunset

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

Anonymous: Self-Portrait Mug

Lisa Patel: Shadows Behind The Ligh

Anonymous: Conch and Her Cave
3d book art.

Adelina Brown: The So Long Saloon

Anonymous: Eagle Bodybuilder

Anonymous: Difference
Abstract drawing.

Valeria Miranda: Untitled

Eloise Park: Crossata
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