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.

Joseph Morco: My Exploration
A round metal with mountains, trees and a bear.

Niamh Hughes: Chasing the Peaks
A picture of a diner on a street.

Esmeralda Hernandez-Galan: Don’s Grill
Abstract splatter portrait art.

Julieana Cosajay: Narcissist
Black and white drawing of leaves.

LaJuan Williams: Evolution of Nature
A girl floats in a bathtub. She is surrounded by flowers.

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

Anonymous: Paper Boat
A woman holds her face in her hands.

Maria Brito: Entrendre
Drawing of a girl with a hair full of flowers.

Yrva Desormeaux: The Girl In Flowers

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

Anonymous: Omen

Nicholaus Asiyanbi: Degenerate’s Paradise

Anonymous: Untitled 2

Bailey Taylor: Infected

Zoe Crooks: Colors of the night

Itzel Merlos: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled

Dianna Miguel: KAMI!

Isabella Flores: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled 1

Anonymous: Growth of Hope
Red flowers and two kittens.

Auren Boynton: Under Red Peonies
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: Why’d the octopus cross the river?
Painting of a dog.

Paige Meegan: Daisy

Josephine Martorana: Hurt
Abstract blue line painting.

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

Anonymous: Floral Blanket Pants

Anonymous: Archeology, 3500 A.C.

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: Buena Suerte Hija

Anonymous: Myself

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

Jennifer Aguilera-Martinez: Recuerdos

Eloise Park: Crossata
A mixed media portrait of Harriet Tubman. Behind her is a geometric pattern.

Anonymous: Harriet Tubman

Anonymous: Untitled Self Portrait

Anonymous: Flowers of Amber

Anonymous: Rooms

Anonymous: Difference

Anonymous: Two Gauntlets, One Goal

Anonymous: Raccotter
Boulders overlooking a lake and pine needle branches.

Gloria Chavarin: Watercolor Landscape

Sainabu Akinlolu: Endless Fall
Photo of a boy.

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

Jake Pridgen: From one end of the pier

Anonymous: Present-day flowers
Collage with anatomy and book scraps.

Anahi Alcala: Physically Unharmed

Anonymous: Route 666
Fabric textile resembling a sunset.

Mia Schlessinger: Untitled

Anonymous: Crying

Anonymous: Seeing Blossoms

Anonymous: Double Portrait
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: Antique Ambiance

Anonymous: Deflated Cube Vase

Sofia Comas: Accretion

Anonymous: Sunny Octopus
Picture of steam engine train.

Jennifer Carlson: Head in the Clouds
A three dimensional piece of a bust with plants around it.

Anonymous: The Beauty of Femininity
Collage of ship at sea and rubber ducks.

Carolina Loja: Not all troubles are tragic
A man in profile with a long tongue.

Anonymous: Venom

Madeline Yundt: Untitled
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 black and white scratchboard drawing of a rabbit surrounded by desert flowers.

Anonymous: Desert Flower
painting of a blue teapot

Jaclyn Manning: Teapot Blues
Portrait drawing of an older man.

Una Reyes: Una Luz Reyes rendition of St

Anonymous: Untitled
Abstract sculpture of a gray monster.

Emily Lach: Pinch Pot Monster

Camille Daley: Better Together
A painting of a zoomed in eyeball with eyelashes and a tear coming down. The painting is green, white and pink.

Anonymous: Emerald Eyes
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
Hand in a ring light.

Alex Chitnis: The World is in Your Palms
Cartoon whale underwater.

Nikki Pham: Deep Sea Whale

Anonymous: Graceful Arcs

Kijah Woods: Untitled
A person playing a bagpipe.

Eoin McNamara: The Uilleann Piper
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
Photo of a boy.

Nora Campos: Day to Day
Collage work of a abstract snake.

Evelina Poole: Frozen by Fear

Anahi Alcala: Wake Up
Drawing of a fly trap.

Victoria Bobadilla: Fly Trap
Monster and a german shepard.

Chloe Mitchell: Monsters in our World

Sofia Aguilar – 100 Lost Souls
A painting of a beach

Sarahi Paz: Guatemala Beach
A ceramic mug with a face like a cat.

Anonymous: Self-Portrait Mug
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

Anonymous: Ghostly Change
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: Altered by the Past

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

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

Anonymous: Eye Watcher
Pop art portrait of an older woman.

Jocelyn Ibarra: Grandmother
A three legged bowl with a shallow lip.

Anonymous: Aztec Bowl

Anonymous: Summer at the Weltons
Painting of underwater plants.

Jae Nguyen: Lily Pads
A bull charges an alligator.

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

Saskya Lema Lema: Ofrenda

Anonymous: Shells of the Self

Anonymous: Tiger

Emily Moron – Devoted
An Andy Warhol inspired oil pastel drawing. 4 repeated cupcakes with different vibrant colors.

Anonymous: Untitled

Kashmala Khalid: Kite Flying

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled I
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: Chili snake
Colorful paper mache sculpture.

Emeline Ramirez: Guía

Anonymous: Untitled
Drawing of someone cutting food.

Anonymous: Mother
Painting of a skull.

Anonymous: Untitled
Colorful abstract photography.

Alex Chitnis: Rainbow Breeze

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Maeve Day

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

Anonymous: Lifted
Painting of a beach.

Paige Meegan: Daytona Beach

Yumeri Garcia: “Nuestro America, Our Life”
A collage of a house in front of mountains.

Jazleen Esquivel: Home
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
A photo of granola and a jar of food.

Anonymous: Souvenirs

Alek Klee : All for one and one for all

Anonymous: Eagle Bodybuilder

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: The Fields

Kijah Woods: Untitled

Margareth Cervantes: Last Birthday

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

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled

Trissa Tsang: In the clouds
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: Free from Rejection of Belief

Anonymous: Multicolor Bucket

Maite Armijos: Untitled
Mask with splatter paint.

Jaylen Wells: Messy Truth

Kathryn Warren: Anxiety
Photo of a trumpet and rose.

Jesus Chavarria: Rusty Bloom

Anonymous: Bowie

Anonymous: Untitled 3

Camille Daley: Ghosting
3d book art.

Adelina Brown: The So Long Saloon

Amani Mohammad: A Simple Reflection

Anonymous: Van Gogh’s Ear

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

Anonymous: Untitled

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

Daniella Xu: Dusk
A painting of a sunset along the beach.

Anonymous: Beachside Sunset
Drawing of sunflowers in vase.

Zaida Soumanou: Untitled
Drawing of someone waiting for train.

Anonymous: Crash
Drawing of a character.

Giselle Raigosa: Not Your Genius, Not Your Prodigy

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

Agata Siwinska: Fear Ink

Enesa Grebovic: Old Bridge
Clay sculpture of a squirrel.

Patrick O’Connor: Untitled
Drawing of a geometric character with sharp teeth. The character has blue and purple.

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

Alondra Castillo: Pozole de mi Abuela
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

Yareli Vaquera : Ayuda

Lisa Patel: Shadows Behind The Ligh

Anonymous: Gods Painting of the Sky

Anonymous: Inverted
Abstract painting

Margot Lavie: Untitled

Bianca Burnett: Untitled

Katherine Valerio: Portrait of Kehinde Wiley

Sofia Aguilar – Maneater
A rounded oval clay piece with a white angel.

Anonymous: Untitled

Caius Boynton: Mina and the Mouse
A drawing of a person walking towards a giant pair of ribs. There is a dog walking with the person.

Anonymous: Discovery

Anonymous: Conch and Her Cave
Sculpture of an opossum character.

Christian Harper: Lazarus
A drawing of a building with a batman logo. There are trees below the building and a hanging spider web.

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

Mayra Jimenez: What Makes You Stay Awake? Stress.

Anonymous: Kandi

Zoe Crooks: Torn Away and Stuck Together

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled II
Painting made up of lines.

Shamya Butler: Untitled

Amy Najera: Portrait of Frida Kahlo
painting of a diner

Jaclyn Manning: “A Lick of Childhood.”

Anonymous: Destruction (The Cycle)

Sonia Urbina: Stolen Innocence

Anonymous: Untitled
Abstract drawing.

Valeria Miranda: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Snake
Ceramic Thank you plastic bag.

Alina Calatayud: Thank You
Orange and blue abstract painting.

Daja Jackson: Ocean Vs Fire

Alondra Torres: Cristalo
A white crewneck with a tan floral patterned sleeve.

Anonymous: Floral Crew Neck
Collage of a cherry tree and a garden with a butterfly.

Anonymous: Sunny Day

Amna Trebovic: On and Off the Court

Grace Devathala: Jeremiah
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

Salome Camelo Bocanegra: Portrait of the Weekend

Margareth Cervantes: A Slice of Summer

Clarence De Guzman: Cloudy Morning
Drawing of a person with a flower head.

Anonymous: Untitled
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