CPS All-City Visual Arts Exhibitions

2022 Senior Portfolio 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 visit the in-person gallery through 1/16.

painting of a skull with a dagger through ti

Judith Bolanos: Untitled

Aniyah Laning: Untitled
digital painting of humans in a colorful abstract landscape

Surya Newa: To each their own
digital animated painting of a humanoid creature

Kelby McMorris: Creature

Ahmad Hunter: Nest
painting of snack foods opened up and laying on a table

Jasmin Melissa Rojas: Corruption
Photograph of a woman washing an air fryer with sud filled water

Isabella Reyes: delically
painting of a woman's back with large eyes on it

Tatiana Espinoza: Self Repair
Digital drawing of a winged creature on a black background

Oscar Medina: Broken Wings
Found poem with drawings and color to highlight prose

Romeo Pena: Untitled
Portrait of a person with red hair

Robin Lockhart: Self Portrait
a series of photographs with a young girl holding a balloon next to young woman

Rachel Nguyen: All Grown Up
drawing of a kitchen

Natalie Mora: La Cosina de los Moras; The Mora Kitchen (ENGLISH translation)
Abstract black drawing on a red post-it note

Romeo Pena: Untitled
Painted portrait of a person on a purple background

Genevieve Desch: Untitled
ceramic sculpture of a pond with green lily pads

Jennifer Gonzalez: Beautiful Loneliness
Digital painting of a young woman's head surrounded by butterflies, her head is expanding with flowers

Viridiana Vargas: Growth
Image of a young person with their head down and eyes closed

Alexis Strong: Untitled
self portrait of a young woman in charcoal

Esmeralda Avila-Marquez: Untitled
photograph of a young woman looking into a large mirror with a dimly lit lamp and red wall in the background

Sigita Garbonkus: Existentialism
A painting of a young woman with streaks of gold in her hair

Jimmilee Kabba: My Hair is Gold
Image of mother typing on a laptop with a child in her lap

Jazlyn Ojeda: Work Load
A marker and paint drawing of an exposed brain that is comprised of one half cubicles, and one half a Tolkein inspired adventure landscape

Anthony Gawenda: Left and Right Brain
black and white photograph of a young man wearing a black sweater

Jordan Vaccaro: Fading
Pixelated portrait of a person

Anina Alpert: Shifted Faces
digital photo of a young woman seated wearing a fancy dress looking at her shoe

Nicole Alcalde Hester: Leah
Painting of an ocean with swords in it in front of a pink sunset

Jessica Barrera Castro: Six of Swords/El Amanecer
Skeleton blowing bubble in an office

Alexis Moreno Torres: Remembrance

Melanie Canales: Manipulated Marionette

Anonymous: Para Las Mujeres
pastel drawing of a virus and other objects

Moss Ghalambor: The Chaos That We Call Life
Colorful drawing of a girl with blue hair

Kenia Cardenas: Untitled
Painting of a person with half black and half blonde hair

Carolina Als: My Friend Alice
two colorful faces surrounded by smaller drawings of material objects like dollar signs and watches and gold chains

Daniel Villalobos: Temporary Gratification

Anonymous: reflecting doll

Kamil Calmese: Flower Girl
Photograph of a man smoking a cigarette

Gael Zamudio: Man Takes Drag
painting of a wedding portrait surrounded by a ring of gold

Katherrin Billordo: Reunidos

Morgan Curry: Drowning
ink drawing of a sad looking clown

Isabel Cancelo: Boo-Hoo
Digital painting of hands holding a golden object surrounded by stars

Ashley Quirarte: Stars
Surreal painting of person on a yellow background

Frida Mejia: Wandering eye
photograph of a young woman smiling in a rainfall

Madeleine Dugas: Emma
colorful painting of two jellyfish

Gianna Giammona: in the abyss
Painting of a faceless superhero looking into a mirror with bruised hands

Joshua Chavez Morris: Inger

Jacquelin Borreguero: The moon
a photograph of an over the shoulder perspective of a basketball being shot into a basketball hoop

Chinwe Nkwocha: The One with the Oroma Ball
Pastel drawing of a cabin in dense yellow and green grass

Abigail Bucio: I’ve seen this place in a dream
blue and white painting of an abstract face with a hand with long nails

Clair DeYoung: Phlash Fotografy
An interdimensional view of a uterus.

Mia Neiman: Dimensional Blood
Detailed Colored Pencil Drawing of a young woman with her face hidden under a blanket.

Rachel DeVeyra: Concealment
painting of a desert landscape with a person on a horse

Utsav Patel: The Encounter
painting of a group of people dancing together

Kelly Burbano: Dancing Through Language

Natalie Becker-Stevens: Hair
black and white charcoal drawing of a jellyfish

Olivia Rios-Andre: Wisp of a Jellyfish
Black and white sketch with a figure in the middle

Myranda Cabral: Lost Child

Amesyah Flowers: Facial
Painting of a face with butterflies layered over it

Evelynn Gamez: Rebirth
an American flag and a Puerto Rican flag each cut in half and sewn together in the middle

Alejandra Rodriguez: Halfsies / A Medias

Maxine Ivey: Pure Imagination
a photograph of a young woman holding up a Puerto Rican Flag

Jazlyn Martell: Boricua
colorful painting of a human body with images and objects within it

Mykérinos: The Organized Playground

Amadi Jefferson: Abby x Axel

Josephine Schoendorff: Church of Saint-Étienne-le-Vieux
Black ceramic pot with decorations

Ashley Padilla: Untitled
digital painting of a young woman with pink hair that is smiling

Taryn Landsberger: Sky
Photograph of a person with a white hat next to a white line drawing

Holly Murphy: Self Reflection

Diego Aguirre: pedals

Julyssa Vazquez: Your Mother’s Liquor Baby
dress that is constructed out of leaves and flowers on a mannequin

Rebecca Burns: Garden of Lies

Jada Mukes: Colorism
Drawing of a person sitting in a chair with rabbits around them

Grecia Lopez-Macias: Cuentos de Conejos: Rabbit Tales

Nathan Phuthaphan: Needles
painting of a man playing a guitar while seated

Giovanni Torres: One Last Song
oil painting of a young woman with brown hair

Audrey Burke: Self Portrait
painting of a young woman seated with a glass fish bowl on her head with goldfish swarming around her

Ana Nieves: Art Block
Drawing of two dragons in front of clouds

Colin Moy: Sky n Sea/ on Air on Water
Yellow ceramic vessel with white rope

Tlaloc Rodriguez: Untitled
A series of clary sculptures of hands

Katherrin Billordo: Erikson’s Theory
charcoal drawing of a young woman with one foot on a stool and her hands behind her head

Daniel Garcia: Balanced Act
a painting of a grandmother in a kitchen

Sophia Clinard-Rubio: Adorn
photo of the interior of a mall

Mutahhar Asad: Mall Motion
Charcoal Drawing of a person with their hands in their face

Melissa Brito: Exposed
Skeleton version of the Birth of Venus Painting

Amanda Smithivas: Birth of Venus
Hand drawings layered over recycled materials

Emily DeVeyra: a new day
abstract painting of the interior of a an el car

Adam Wheatley: Untitled
hand drawn portrait of a grandmother on top of maps of the places she has lived

Natalie Becker-Stevens: Patricia Stevens
pencil drawing of a family being separated by government agents

Leonardo Gomez: family
Digital Art Piece of two young men hugging and embracing

John Paeth: Bury me at Makeout Creek
Drawing of a person with blue hair in front of a Butterfly

Ethan Rodriguez: Divine Feminine

Genevieve Carlozo: Wounds in Healing

Laelani Perez: Murphy
painting of two legs wearing strapped slip on shoes

Tiffany Delgado: Walking Culture

Tlaloc Rodriguez: Untitled
Black and white sketch with a figure in the middle

Myranda Cabral: Cludered Mind
painting of a woman wearing a dragon like mask with a paper fan behind her

Judith Bolanos: Untitled
Colored pencil drawing of two young women looking into a mirror.

Rachel DeVeyra: Twins
animated painting of a young boy with his head floating away from his body

Kaylynn Stoudmire: Bloo Boy
Ceramic robot character standing on one foot

Michael Montgomery: Robot
Abstract painting in white, black and red

Elmer Santos: The Plague
digital painting of a young woman surrounded by eyes and a skeleton

Natalie Ruiz: Anxious Surroundings
Painting of a person holding a bag of oranges

Stephanie Santiago: Loud Places
Mixed media painting of character staring off into the distance with a poison coursing through their face

Evelynn Gamez: Poisonous Corruption
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