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: Difference
Collage work of a abstract snake.

Evelina Poole: Frozen by Fear

Camille Daley: Ghosting

Isabella Flores: Untitled
Drawing of a person with a flower head.

Anonymous: Untitled
Painting of underwater plants.

Jae Nguyen: Lily Pads
A woman holds her face in her hands.

Maria Brito: Entrendre

Anonymous: Why’d the octopus cross the river?

Anonymous: Two Gauntlets, One Goal
Collage of a cherry tree and a garden with a butterfly.

Anonymous: Sunny Day

Anonymous: Free from Rejection of Belief

Anonymous: Deflated

Maite Armijos: Untitled
Drawing of a girl with a hair full of flowers.

Yrva Desormeaux: The Girl In Flowers
Collage with anatomy and book scraps.

Anahi Alcala: Physically Unharmed
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
A painting of a beach

Sarahi Paz: Guatemala Beach

Anonymous: Untitled
Portrait drawing of an older man.

Una Reyes: Una Luz Reyes rendition of St

Amy Najera: Portrait of Frida Kahlo
Boulders overlooking a lake and pine needle branches.

Gloria Chavarin: Watercolor Landscape

Bianca Burnett: Untitled
Painting made up of lines.

Shamya Butler: Untitled
Photo of a boy.

Nora Campos: Day to Day
A girl floats in a bathtub. She is surrounded by flowers.

Anonymous: Flower Bed

Eloise Park: Crossata

Anonymous: Eagle Bodybuilder

Salome Camelo Bocanegra: Portrait of the Weekend

Kijah Woods: Untitled

Anonymous: Inverted
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
painting of a blue teapot

Jaclyn Manning: Teapot Blues
Drawing of a geometric character with sharp teeth. The character has blue and purple.

Anonymous: Color Shape

Anonymous: Untitled

Sainabu Akinlolu: Endless Fall

Anonymous: Untitled

Zoe Crooks: Colors of the night

Anonymous: 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: Flowers of Amber

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

Anonymous: Paper Boat
Picture of steam engine train.

Jennifer Carlson: Head in the Clouds
A digital piece of a woman standing in water with her eyes closed and hair flowing upwards.

Anonymous: Lifted
Hand in a ring light.

Alex Chitnis: The World is in Your Palms

Itzel Merlos: Untitled
Colorful paper mache sculpture.

Emeline Ramirez: Guía

Margareth Cervantes: Last Birthday

Clarence De Guzman: Cloudy Morning
Abstract drawing.

Valeria Miranda: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled Self Portrait
A three legged bowl with a shallow lip.

Anonymous: Aztec Bowl

Anonymous: Contamination

Lisa Patel: Shadows Behind The Ligh

Anonymous: Destruction (The Cycle)

Joseph Morco: My Exploration
3d book art.

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

Stephanie Manzo: Eddie

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Archeology, 3500 A.C.

Anonymous: Summer at the Weltons

Anonymous: Conch and Her Cave
Drawing of a fly trap.

Victoria Bobadilla: Fly Trap
Cartoon whale underwater.

Nikki Pham: Deep Sea Whale
A picture of a diner on a street.

Esmeralda Hernandez-Galan: Don’s Grill

Margareth Cervantes: A Slice of Summer
Fabric textile resembling a sunset.

Mia Schlessinger: Untitled

Anonymous: Sunny Octopus
Red flowers and two kittens.

Auren Boynton: Under Red Peonies
A bowl of pozole with an avocado and coca cola.

Alondra Castillo: Pozole de mi Abuela

Grace Devathala: Jeremiah
A round metal with mountains, trees and a bear.

Niamh Hughes: Chasing the Peaks

Katherine Valerio: Portrait of Kehinde Wiley

Anonymous: Kandi

Anonymous: Multicolor Bucket

Anonymous: Deflated Cube Vase

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

Jazleen Esquivel: Home
A ceramic mug with a face like a cat.

Anonymous: Self-Portrait Mug

Anonymous: Crying
Black and white photo of a lighthouse.

Jake Pridgen: From one end of the pier

Anonymous: Double Portrait
Drawing of someone waiting for train.

Anonymous: Crash

Dianna Miguel: KAMI!
Abstract splatter portrait art.

Julieana Cosajay: Narcissist

Trissa Tsang: In the clouds
painting of a diner

Jaclyn Manning: “A Lick of Childhood.”

Anonymous: Chili snake
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
Colorful abstract photography.

Alex Chitnis: Rainbow Breeze

Alondra Torres: Cristalo

Alek Klee : All for one and one for all

Kashmala Khalid: Kite Flying
A monochromatic pink painting of one eye with a thin tree placed in front of it.

Anonymous: Eye Watcher

Anonymous: Altered by the Past

Zoe Crooks: Torn Away and Stuck Together
An Andy Warhol inspired oil pastel drawing. 4 repeated cupcakes with different vibrant colors.

Anonymous: Untitled

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

Anonymous: Untitled

Amna Trebovic: On and Off the Court

Anonymous: Graceful Arcs

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

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

Anonymous: Omen

Sonia Urbina: Stolen Innocence

Anonymous: Myself

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

Anonymous: Rooms

Anonymous: Antique Ambiance

Josephine Martorana: Hurt
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 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: Return
Pants sewn together using a floral patterned fabric. The flowers are red and pink and the background is tan.

Anonymous: Floral Blanket Pants
Drawing of a character.

Giselle Raigosa: Not Your Genius, Not Your Prodigy
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
Clay sculpture of a squirrel.

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

Anonymous: Untitled

Anahi Alcala: Wake Up

Bailey Taylor: Infected

Anonymous: Growth of Hope
Photo of a trumpet and rose.

Jesus Chavarria: Rusty Bloom

Anonymous: Untitled 3
A rounded oval clay piece with a white angel.

Anonymous: Untitled

Emily Moron – Devoted
Sculpture of an opossum character.

Christian Harper: Lazarus
A drawing of a person walking towards a giant pair of ribs. There is a dog walking with the person.

Anonymous: Discovery

Anonymous: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: The Fields
A photo of granola and a jar of food.

Anonymous: Souvenirs

Caius Boynton: Mina and the Mouse

Anonymous: Seeing Blossoms
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
A bull charges an alligator.

Anonymous: Untitled
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: Raccotter
Black and white drawing of leaves.

LaJuan Williams: Evolution of Nature

Jessica Salinas Rodriguez: Buena Suerte Hija
Collage of ship at sea and rubber ducks.

Carolina Loja: Not all troubles are tragic

Amani Mohammad: A Simple Reflection

Anonymous: Untitled
Mask with splatter paint.

Jaylen Wells: Messy Truth

Anonymous: 정

Enesa Grebovic: Old Bridge
Painting of a skull.

Anonymous: Untitled
Painting of a dog.

Paige Meegan: Daisy
Drawing of sunflowers in vase.

Zaida Soumanou: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled
Abstract sculpture of a gray monster.

Emily Lach: Pinch Pot Monster

Anonymous: Van Gogh’s Ear

Anonymous: Untitled 1

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

Madeline Yundt: Untitled
Monster and a german shepard.

Chloe Mitchell: Monsters in our World
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

Yareli Vaquera : Ayuda
Ceramic Thank you plastic bag.

Alina Calatayud: Thank You
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
Drawing of someone cutting food.

Anonymous: Mother
Orange and blue abstract painting.

Daja Jackson: Ocean Vs Fire
A table filled with food and a family surrounding it.

Saskya Lema Lema: Ofrenda

Camille Daley: Better Together

Anonymous: Snake

Nicholaus Asiyanbi: Degenerate’s Paradise

Anonymous: Tiger
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: Route 666

Anonymous: Maeve Day
Abstract blue line painting.

Cesar Nunez: Rain

Sofia Aguilar – Maneater

Anonymous: Melodic Reflections

Yumeri Garcia: “Nuestro America, Our Life”

Anonymous: Gods Painting of the Sky

Sofia Aguilar – 100 Lost Souls

Anonymous: Untitled
Painting of a beach.

Paige Meegan: Daytona Beach

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

Anonymous: Venom

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

Anonymous: Floral Crew Neck
Abstract painting

Margot Lavie: Untitled

Anonymous: Untitled 2

Kathryn Warren: Anxiety
The faces of two children are covered by thread.

Jennifer Aguilera-Martinez: Recuerdos
A painting of a sunset along the beach.

Anonymous: Beachside Sunset

Anonymous: Ghostly Change
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 person playing a bagpipe.

Eoin McNamara: The Uilleann Piper
Drawing of a money and two male subjects.

Agata Siwinska: Fear Ink
Illustration of a city and mountain landscape with bright colors.

Daniella Xu: Dusk
Strips of painted paper that alternate between two images of a woman.

Mayra Jimenez: What Makes You Stay Awake? Stress.

Elizabeth Belmont: Untitled I
Pop art portrait of an older woman.

Jocelyn Ibarra: Grandmother

Anonymous: Present-day flowers
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