Gahanna-based mixed media artist Elle Rachell brings her deeply personal body of work to Kittie’s Highline Art Space in Worthington, Ohio, with a solo exhibit, Here. Showing September 2—October 31, 2025. 

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Here. marks her first show at Kittie’s Highline Art Space and offers new and selected works that explore what it means to take up space, to endure, to celebrate, and to stay rooted in one’s truth. Known for her raw, layered collage work and emotionally resonant compositions, Rachell invites viewers into an exploration of identity, resilience, and human imperfection. Her mixed media pieces, incorporating paint, pastel, and various textures, speak to the beauty in complexity and the honesty in imperfection.

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 “My work primarily explores themes of womanhood, belonging, and connectedness,” Rachell explains. “As an adoptee and someone who has moved through spaces both seen and unseen, I’m drawn to creating textured, imperfect humans living as their authentic selves. We may not always smile, look our best, or easily fit in, but we are here.”

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A former member of the Daylight Artist Collective in Westerville, Rachell has exhibited at All People Arts, The Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center, and Emergent Arts. In June 2022, she debuted Her+Resilience, her first solo show at the Mansion 731, featuring 86 original works. Her art has been featured in The Columbus Dispatch and the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Sesquicentennial Exhibit.

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Steve and Diane Herman, owners of Kittie’s, are proud to host Elle’s work. “There’s a raw honesty in Elle’s art that’s immediately felt,” the Hermans share. They own two other Kittie’s Cakes locations in central Ohio, where they are proud to offer new twists on family favorites alongside amazing coffee. 

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Steve and Diane Herman own two other Kittie’s Cakes locations in central Ohio, where they are proud to offer new twists on family favorites alongside amazing coffee.