ARTIST RESUME/CV
CHENYA O’HARA
Illustrator, Comic Artist, and Muralist
Chicago, IL // artbychenya.com // artbychenya@gmail.com // @artbychenya
Education
2024 Illustration Bachelor of Arts, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Awards and Recognitions
2024 Best Social Media, ILLO Awards, Columbia College Chicago
2023 Artist Recognition Award, Philippine Independence Week Committee, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Tell Me Something Beautiful, Fabio Magnasciutti, Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 Sining sa Salangan, Sinag Art Collective, Rizal Center, Chicago, IL
2024 For Women by Women Art Gallery, Arcade Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 Sinag: Ray of Light, Sinag Arts Collective, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2024 March of Miniatures Exhibit, ShopColumbia, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2023 Arts Bayanihan for Self-Determination/Bayanihan sa Sining Para sa Kasarinlan, Rizal Center, Chicago, IL
2023 Evanston Made BIPOC Artists Group Show, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2023 Sinag & Coffee Lab Exhibit, Sinag Art Collective, Coffee Lab Evanston, Evanston, IL
2022 March of Miniatures Exhibit, ShopColumbia, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Murals
2024 Running on Creativity, Collaborative mural, Columbia College Chicago Student Center, Chicago, IL (Collaborative mural made as a part of the Mural Painting class at CCC, on view for one year at the Student Center.)
2024 Sandok at Palayok, Two-person mural, Rizal Center, Chicago, IL (made in partnership with Abby Mendoza)
2024 Chrysalis, Solo mural, Quincy Wong Center, Chicago, IL, for the Wabash Arts Corridor, (Sponsored by Behr Paint and The Home Depot)
2024 Chrysalis, Group mural, Quincy Wong Center, Chicago, IL, for the Wabash Arts Corridor, (Sponsored by Behr Paint and The Home Depot)
2024 Curious Bunny, Mural assistant, Student Center, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, for Wabash Arts Corridor, (Sponsored by Behr Paint and The Home Depot)
2024 Swamp, Mural assistant, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, for Wabash Arts Corridor, (Sponsored by Behr Paint and The Home Depot)
Organizations
2022 Sinag Arts Collective, Member, Filipino-American Artists of Greater Chicago
Professional Experience
2024 Ceramics Instructor, Color Cocktail Factory, Chicago, IL
2024 Muralist and Mural Assistant, Wabash Arts Corridor & Columbia College, Chicago, Chicago, IL
2024 Marketing Intern, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2022 Freelance Illustrator
-Present
Received Grants and Scholarships
CCC Dean’s Scholarship (2021-2024)
Columbia Scholar Award (2021-2024)
CCC Retention Scholarship (2022-2024)
Hickman County Education Foundation Scholarship (2021-2024)
Charles Lewis Rogers, Jr. Scholarship, Continuing the Good Foundation (2021-2024)
Vending History
2024 Cafe Comic Con, Chicago, IL
2024 Tiyangge Day, Chicago, IL
2024 Umbrella Arts Festival, Evanston, IL
2023 Manila Zoo Chicagoland, Chicago, IL
2023 Evanston Made Maker’s Market, Evanston, IL
2023 Tiyangge Day, Chicago, IL
2023 Philippine Independence Week Committee Picnic, Chicago, IL
2023 Umbrella Arts Festival, Evanston, IL