This is a list of notable people from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Notable alumni
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Academia
- Rebecca Allen (B.F.A 1975) â€" pioneer of early computer art, installation art, interface design, professor and chair for the UCLA Design Media Arts
- Ricky Allman (M.F.A 2007) â€" painter, professor
- Deborah Berke (B.F.A. 1975, B. Arch 1977, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts 2005) â€" Dean and Professor at Yale School of Architecture
- Preston Scott Cohen (B.Arch 1983) â€" architect; Director of the Architecture degree program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
- Nader Tehrani (B.F.A. 1985, B.Arch 1986) â€" Dean, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union (2015â€"present), founding principal of NADAAA
Actors
- James Franco (M.F.A. 2012) â€" actor, artist
- Sam Hyde (B.F.A. 2007) â€" actor, writer, comedian and co-creator of Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace
- Jemima Kirke (B.F.A. 2008) â€" artist, actor, TV show Girls
- Martin Mull (B.F.A. 1965, M.F.A. 1967) â€" actor, comedian, painter
- Ben Powers â€" actor in the CBS sitcom Good Times (1978â€"79)
- Charles Rocket (ca. 1967-1972) â€" former Saturday Night Live cast member; actor
Business
- Brian Chesky (B.F.A 2004) â€" entrepreneur, CEO of Airbnb
- Joe Gebbia (B.F.A 2004) â€" entrepreneur, CPO of Airbnb
Politics
- Samuel Azzinaro â€" member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
- John Cebrowski â€" member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Artists
Animation
- Michael Dante DiMartino (B.F.A. 1996) â€" animator, known for his work on Avatar: The Last Airbender and Family Guy
- Dan Golden (B.F.A. 1994) â€" filmmaker, composer of Oscar-nominated film Feral
- Heather Henson (B.F.A. 1995) - puppeteer and owner of IBEX Puppetry, sits on the board for The Jim Henson Company
- Christy Karacas (B.F.A. FAV, 1997) â€" animator, musician, co-creator of Superjail!
- Bryan Konietzko (B.F.A. 1998) â€" animator, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Invader Zim, and Family Guy
- Seth MacFarlane (B.F.A. 1995) â€" animator, actor, filmmaker, comedian and singer; creator of Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show and writer-director of Ted and its sequel Ted 2
- Leah Shore (B.F.A. 2009) â€" animator, film director, known for multiple award-winning short films Old Man and I Love You So Much
- Daniel Sousa (B.F.A. 1994) â€" animator, director of Oscar-nominated film Feral
Architecture
- Deborah Berke (B.F.A. 1975; B.Arch 1977; D.Hon. 2005) â€" Dean of Yale School of Architecture; Principal of Deborah Berke Partners.
- Preston Scott Cohen (B.Arch 1983) â€" Gerald M. McCue Professor in Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD); Principal of Preston Scott Cohen, Inc.
- Michael Gabellini (B.Arch 1981) â€" architect and interior designer, teacher at the Parsons School of Design
- Glenn Gissler (B.Arch 1984) â€" architect
- Richard Levine (B.Arch 1962) â€" professor, green architect, and sustainability pioneer
- Michael Maltzan (B.Arch) â€" Principal and founder of Michael Maltzan Architecture
- Sam Posey (B.F.A. Painting 1966) â€" New England car racer, painter and architect.
- Ira Rakatansky (B.Arch 1942) â€" Providence-based architect
- Nader Tehrani (B.Arch 1986) â€" Dean, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union (2015â€"present), professor and head of the Department of Architecture, MIT (2010â€"2014); principal and founder of NADAAA
Art collectives
- Forcefield
- Jim Drain (B.F.A. 1998) â€" artist
- Matt Brinkman (B.F.A. 1997) â€" artist
- Ara Peterson (B.F.A. 1997) â€" artist
Art collectors and art dealers
- Mary Boone (B.F.A. 1973) â€" gallery owner of Mary Boone Gallery
- David Whitney (B. Interior Architecture 1963) â€" art collector and curator; longtime companion of architect Philip Johnson
Comics
- Sonny Liew (B.F.A. 2001) â€" comic book writer, artist
- Jason Lutes (B.F.A. 1991) â€" cartoonist
- David Mazzucchelli â€" comic artist and author of Asterios Polyp
- Antoine Revoy (B.F.A. 1999) â€" comic book writer, artist
- Paolo Rivera (B.F.A. 2003) â€" comic book artist
Fashion
- Diana Eng (B.F.A. 2005) â€" fashion designer; contestant on Project Runway
- Katie Gallagher (B.F.A. 2009) â€" fashion designer
- Robert Geller (B.F.A. 2001) â€" fashion designer; recipient of the GQ/CFDA Best New Menswear Designer Award 2009
- Mary Katrantzou â€" fashion designer
- Nicole Miller (B.F.A. 1973) â€" fashion designer
- Jill Stuart â€" fashion designer
Film and television
- Ben Coccio (B.F.A. 1997) â€" film director of Zero Day
- Martha Coolidge (B.F.A. 1968) â€" film director, Valley Girl (1983), Real Genius (1985), The Prince and Me (2004), Material Girls (2006)
- Michael Dante DiMartino (B.F.A. 1998) â€" co-creator and executive producer, Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Bryan Konietzko (B.F.A. 1998) â€" co-creator and executive producer, Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Ellen Kuras â€" cinematographer
- Mary Lambert (B.F.A 1974) â€" film director, Pet Sematary (1989), The In Crowd (2000)
- Seth MacFarlane (B.F.A. Film, Animation, Video, 1996) â€" filmmaker, actor, animator, comedian and singer; creator of Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show and writer-director of Ted and Ted 2.
- Joanna Priestley (attended 1972-1973) â€" animator
- Robert Richardson (B.F.A. 1979) â€" Academy Award-winning cinematographer
- Mark Shasha (B.F.A. 1983) â€" artist, author, illustrator, actor
- Helen Stickler (B.F.A. 1991) â€" film director
- Charles Stone III (B.F.A. 1988) â€" film director, Drumline (2002); creator of "Whassup?" Anheuser-Busch Budweiser commercial campaign
- Gus Van Sant (B.F.A. 1975) â€" film director, My Own Private Idaho (1991), Good Will Hunting (1997), Finding Forrester (2000), Elephant (2003) Last Days (2006), Milk (2008)
- Todd Verow (B.F.A. 1989) â€" film director
Furniture design
- Amy Devers (M.F.A. Furniture Design 2001) â€" furniture designer; television personality
- Brodie Neill (M.F.A. Furniture Design 2004) â€" furniture designer
- Josh Owen (M.F.A. Furniture Design 1998) â€" furniture designer
- Emi Ozawa (M.F.A. Furniture Design 1992) â€" artist
- Matthias Pliessnig (B.F.A. Furniture Design 2003) â€" furniture designer
- Charles Tsunashima (B.F.A. Industrial Design 1997, M.F.A. Textiles 2000) â€" furniture designer, Tama Arts University faculty
- Rosanne Somerson (B.F.A. Industrial Design 1976) â€" furniture designer; RISD professor, FD department head, provost, and RISD President from 2015â€"present.
Glass
- Martin Blank (B.F.A. 1984) â€" glass artist
- Dale Chihuly (M.F.A. 1968) â€" glass artist; founder of glass art program at the Rhode Island School of Design; co-founder of Pilchuck Glass School
- Katherine Gray (M.F.A) - glass artist
- Paul Housberg (B.F.A. 1975, M.F.A 1979) â€" fused and kilnformed glass artist
- Therman Statom (B.F.A. 1974) â€" studio glass artist
Graphic design
- Tobias Frere-Jones (B.F.A. 1992) â€" type designer
- Tom Geismar (B.F.A.) â€" identity designer and corporate identity pioneer; designed marks for NBC, Mobil, Chase, Xerox, and MoMA
- Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil) (2007-2008, no degree) â€" Graphic Design studies for one year
- Michael H. Riley â€" Emmy Award-nominated designer and founder of design company Shine
- Michael Rock (M.F.A. 1984) â€" founder and partner of 2x4; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award recipient
- Jessica Walsh â€" partner at Sagmeister & Walsh studio; Art Directors Club "Young Gun"
Illustration
- Roz Chast (B.F.A. 1977) â€" cartoonist
- Christopher Denise (B.F.A. 1990) â€" illustrator of children's books, including many in the Redwall series
- Shepard Fairey (B.F.A. 1992) â€" street artist, graphic designer
- Jon Foster (B.F.A. 1989) â€" illustrator
- Steven Kellogg (B.F.A 1963) â€" children's book illustrator
- Bryan Konietzko (B.F.A. 1998) â€" co-creator and executive producer, Avatar: The Last Airbender animated series
- Jarrett J. Krosoczka (B.F.A. 1999) â€" writer, illustrator
- Sonny Liew (B.F.A. 2001) â€" comic book writer, artist
- Grace Lin (B.F.A. 1996) â€" writer, illustrator
- David Macaulay (B.Arch. 1969) â€" writer, illustrator, 2006 MacArthur Fellow
- David Mazzucchelli â€" comic artist and author of Asterios Polyp
- Kelly Murphy (B.F.A. 1999) â€" writer, illustrator
- Ryan Jude Novelline (B.F.A. 2012) â€" contemporary artist; fashion designer
- Antoine Revoy (B.F.A. 1999) â€" writer, illustrator
- Paolo Rivera (B.F.A. 2003) â€" comic book artist
- Brian Selznick (B.F.A. 1988) â€" writer, illustrator
- Mark Shasha (B.F.A Illustration 1983) â€" writer, illustrator
- Walt Simonson (B.F.A. 1972) â€" comic book writer, artist
- Chris Van Allsburg (B.F.A.) â€" children's book illustrator, Caldecott winner
- David Wiesner (B.F.A. 1977) â€" illustrator, Caldecott winner
Industrial design
- David Hanson (B.F.A. FAV 1997) â€" robotics designer of Sophia (robot).
- Stuart Karten (B.F.A. Industrial Design, 1978) â€" industrial designer and founder of KartenDesign.
- Charles Tsunashima (B.F.A. Industrial Design, 1997, M.F.A. Textiles 2000) â€" industrial designer, Tama Arts University faculty.
Literature
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (attended 1878) â€" author of The Yellow Wallpaper; feminist
- Kenneth Goldsmith (B.F.A. 1984) â€" poet, WFMU DJ, founding editor of UbuWeb
- Manjushree Thapa (B.F.A 1989) â€" writer, Forget Kathmandu, Tilled Earth, Tutor Of History
MacArthur Fellowships
- Janine Antoni (B.F.A. 1989) â€" artist, 1998 MacArthur Fellow
- James Carpenter (B.F.A. 1972) â€" glass sculptor, designer, 2004 MacArthur Fellow
- Nicole Eisenman (B.F.A. 1987) â€" painter, 2015 MacArthur Fellow
- David Macaulay (B.F.A. 1969) â€" writer, illustrator, 2006 MacArthur Fellow
- Josiah McElheny (B.F.A. 1988) â€" artist, sculptor, 2006 MacArthur Fellow
- Julie Mehretu (M.F.A. 1997) â€" artist, 2005 MacArthur Fellow
- Anna Schuleit (B.F.A. 1998) â€" artist, 2006 MacArthur Fellow
- Shazia Sikander (M.F.A. 1995) â€" artist, MacArthur Fellow
- Kara Walker (M.F.A. 1994) â€" artist, 1997 MacArthur Fellow
Multimedia, mixed media and installation
- Romeo Alaeff (M.F.A. 1996) â€" artist, author, animation/film editor
- Janine Antoni (M.F.A. 1989) â€" artist
- Nicole Bartelme (B.F.A. 1989) â€" artist, film festival creator
- Ib Benoh (M.F.A. 1980) â€" artist
- Sarah Bostwick (B.F.A. 2001) â€" artist
- Brian Bress (B.F.A. 1998) â€" artist
- Dan Colen (B.F.A. Painting 2001) â€" NYC-based artist
- Cheryl Donegan (B.F.A. Painting) â€" contemporary artist
- Jim Drain (B.F.A. Sculpture, 1998) â€" artist, often makes work collaboratively
- Benjamin Edwards (M.F.A. 1997) â€" artist
- Shepard Fairey (B.F.A. 1992) â€" street artist, graphic designer, activist and illustrator
- Lauren Geremia (B.F.A. 2004) â€" interior designer
- Jenny Holzer (M.F.A. 1977) â€" installation artist
- Roni Horn (B.F.A. 1975) â€" artist
- Elliott Hundley (B.F.A. 1997) â€" artist
- James Jaxxa (attended 199?) â€" multimedia artist
- David Kracov (B.F.A 1990) â€" sculptor, painter, and animator
- Mike Libby (B.F.A. 1999) â€" artist
- Marcus Reichert (B.F.A. 1970) â€" artist
- Mark Shasha (B.F.A. 1983) â€" artist
- Shahzia Sikander (M.F.A. 1995) â€" artist
- Do-Ho Suh (B.F.A. 1994) â€" artist
- Ryan Trecartin (B.F.A. 2004) â€" artist
- Katie Vida (B.F.A. 2004) â€" interdisciplinary artist and curator
- Kara Walker (M.F.A. 1994) â€" artist
- Andrea Zittel (M.F.A. 1990) â€" artist
- Kevin Zucker (B.F.A. 2000) â€" artist
Music
- Oliver Ackermann (B.F.A. Industrial Design) â€" musician, A Place to Bury Strangers
- Paul Curreri (B.F.A. 1998) â€" songwriter / guitarist / producer
- Chris Keating (B.F.A. Film, Animation, Video, 2004) â€" musician, Yeasayer
- Justin Lo (B.F.A. 1999) â€" Hong Kong singer, composer and record producer
- Seth MacFarlane (B.F.A. Film, Animation, Video, 1996) â€" singer, actor, filmmaker, animator and comedian; creator of Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show and writer-director of Ted and its sequel Ted 2
- Marissa Nadler (M.F.A. 2003. M.A.T. 2004) â€" singer/songwriter
- Heather Nova (B.F.A. 1989) â€" singer/songwriter
- Jesse Sykes (B.F.A. 1989) â€" singer/songwriter
Musical bands formed by students while attending the school:
- Black Dice â€" band formed in 1997
- Hisham Bharoocha (B.F.A. 1998) â€" artist and musician, former member of Black Dice and Lightning Bolt
- Sebastian Blanck (B.F.A. 1998) â€" artist and musician, former member of Black Dice
- Fang Island â€" band formed in 2005
- Les Savy Fav â€" band formed in 1995
- Lightning Bolt â€" band formed in 1994
- Hisham Bharoocha (B.F.A. 1998) â€" artist and musician, former member of Black Dice and Lightning Bolt
- Brian Chippendale (no degree) â€" artist, founded Fort Thunder
- Brian Gibson (B.F.A. 1998) â€" artist
- Rubber Rodeo â€" band formed in 1980
- Talking Heads â€" band formed in 1974
- David Byrne (no degree)
- Chris Frantz (B.F.A. 1974)
- Tina Weymouth (B.F.A. 1974)
Painting
- Daniel Arango (M.F.A. 2010) â€" painter, visual artist
- David Bowes (attended, late 1970s) â€" painter
- Arthur S. Douglas (enrolled 1878) â€" member of the inaugural class; student teacher
- Nicole Eisenman (B.F.A. 1987) â€" painter
- Herbert Cyrus Farnum â€" 19th- and early 20th-century painter in RI
- Aaron Gilbert (B.F.A. 2005) â€" painter
- Bruce Helander (B.F.A. 1969, M.F.A. 1972) â€" painter, collage and assemblage
- HÃ¥vard Homstvedt (B.F.A. 2000) â€" painter
- Julie Mehretu (M.F.A. 1997) â€" artist, densely layered prints and paintings
- Richard Merkin (M.F.A. 1963) â€" painter, The New Yorker contributor, Prof. Emeritus RISD
- Laura Owens (B.F.A. 1992) â€" painter
- Sam Posey (B.F.A. Painting 1966) â€" New England car racer, painter and architect
- Deborah Poynton â€" realism painter, attended RISD for two years in 1987â€"1989 but did not graduate.
- Francis Quirk (BFA 1930) - painter
- Sonya Sklaroff (B.F.A. 1992) â€" artist, painter
- Anne Morgan Spalter (M.F.A. 1992) â€" new media artist
- Andrew Stevovich (B.F.A. 1970) â€" artist
- Taravat Talepasand (B.F.A, 2001) â€" Iranian-American artist
- Kurt Wenner â€" anamorphic street painter
- Mabel May Woodward (c. 1897) â€" impressionist
- Zio Ziegler (B.F.A. 2010) â€" muralist and painter
Photography
- David Akiba (M.F.A.) â€" photographer and teacher in the Boston area
- Linda Connor (B.F.A.) â€" large-format photographer, currently teaches at the San Francisco Art Institute
- Jim Dow (M.F.A. 1968) â€" photographer
- Emmet Gowin (M.F.A. 1967) â€" photographer
- Jill Greenberg (B.F.A 1989) â€" photographer
- Kathy Grove (B.F.A. 1970) â€" photographer
- Henry Horenstein (B.F.A. 1971, M.F.A. 1973) â€" photographer, author, currently teaches at Rhode Island School of Design
- Deana Lawson (M.F.A. Photography 2004) â€" photographer, currently teaches at Princeton
- Leigh Ledare (B.F.A. 2000) â€" photographer
- Laura McPhee (M.F.A. 1986) â€" photographer and teacher at Massachusetts College of Art
- David Benjamin Sherry (B.F.A. Photography 2003) â€" landscape photographer
- Timothy White (B.F.A. 1979) â€" celebrity photographer
- Francesca Woodman (B.F.A. 1978) â€" photographer
Printmaking
- Val Britton (B.F.A. 1999) â€" artist, works on paper and installations
- Brian Chippendale (no degree) â€" musician with Lightning Bolt (band), graphic artist, poster artist
- Helen C. Frederick - artist, printmaker
- Jane Kim (artist) (B.F.A. 2003) â€" scientific illustrations and murals promoting advocacy of the natural world.
- Sonia Romero (artist) (B.F.A. 2002) â€" printmaking, murals and public art in Los Angeles
- Pippi Zornoza (B.F.A. 2001) â€" poster artist and co-founder of the Dirt Palace feminist artist collective.
Sculpture
- T Barny (B.F.A. 1980) â€" stone carving and bronze casting artist
- Howard Ben Tré (M.F.A. 1980) â€" glass sculptor
- John Benson (artisan) â€" studied sculpture, known for stone carving and typeface design
- Huma Bhabha (B.F.A. 1985) â€" sculptor in New York
Textiles
- Ruth Adler Schnee (B.F.A. 1945) â€" a founding figure of contemporary textile design in America and best known for her modern prints and abstract-patterns of organic and geometric forms.
Notable current and past faculty
Fine arts department
The fine arts department includes the following academics; ceramics, film/animation/video, glass, illustration, jewelry and metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and textiles.
Ceramics
- Otto and Vivika Heino â€" ceramics
Film/Animation/Video
- Janet Perlman â€" animator, Oscar nominee for The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin
- Steven Subotnick â€" professor in animation
Illustration
- David Macaulay (B.Arch. 1969) â€" illustrator and author
- Barry Moser â€" illustrator
- Chris Van Allsburg â€" (M.F.A. Sculpture 1975) children's book author/illustrator, Caldecott winner for Jumanji and The Polar Express
- Lars Grant-West - illustrator for Wizards of the Coast
Jewelry and metalsmithing
- John Prip â€" silver design
Painting
- Richard Merkin (M.F.A. 1963) â€" Professor Emeritus, painter
- George William Whitaker â€" first instructor of oil painting
- Mabel May Woodward â€" painting faculty for over 20 years; during the early 20th century introduced the "action class," in which students studied the human figure as a machine rather than as a stationary object
Photography
- Diane Arbus â€" photographer
- Harry Callahan â€" photographer, former Chair of the Department of Photography
- Joe Deal - photographer, Professor Emeritus, former Provost
- Ann Fessler â€" author, filmmaker, installation artist, former Department Head and Graduate Program Director
- Henry Horenstein â€" photographer
- Aaron Siskind â€" abstract expressionist photographer who, with Callahan, founded the photography department at RISD
Printmaking
- Andrew Raftery â€" engraver; has taught in the printmaking and painting department since 1991
- Brian Shure â€" master printmaker, realist painter, teaching from 1996â€"2016
- Carol Wax â€" printmaker, visiting artist and faculty in the printmaking department
Design and architecture department
The design and architecture department includes the following academics; apparel design, architecture, furniture design, graphic design, industrial design, and landscape architecture.
Architecture
- Thomas Bosworth â€" former Chair of Department of Architecture; Seattle architect; Professor Emeritus University of Washington
- Norman Isham â€" Rhode Island historical architect
- Friedrich St. Florian â€" architect, designer of National World War II Memorial
- Monica Ponce de Leon â€" architect, designer of the Fleet Library
Furniture design
- Tage Frid â€" RISD professor of Woodworking and Furniture design from 1962 until 1985 also connected to the industrial design program.
- Jens Risom â€" furniture design
Graphic design
- John Howard Benson â€" Calligraphy, design theory, sculpture
- Malcolm Grear â€" Professor Emeritus, graphic designer
- Mihai Nadin â€" theorist, semiotics, computational design, HCI
- Ootje Oxenaar â€" Dutch graphic designer, designer of acclaimed but now vanished Dutch currency
- Michael Rock â€" graphic designer; writer; design professor at Yale University MFA graphic design program
- Nancy Skolos â€" graphic designer, co-founder of Skolos-Wedell studios, teaching at RISD since 1989
Industrial design
- Marc Harrison â€" industrial designer and pioneer of universal design and RISD professor of industrial design until his death in 1998
Foundations department
- Mark Milloff â€" painter, foundations faculty
Liberal arts department
- Mairéad Byrne â€" poet
- Jhumpa Lahiri â€" creative writing, author of the novel The Namesake
References
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