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Graduates of the School of Art at CalArts go on to live, work, and make an impact through their practice around the world. Our alumni network includes some of the most influential artists of our time. Here are a few of them.

MFA Art

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BFA Art

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Graduates of the School of Art at CalArts go on to live, work, and make an impact through their practice around the world. Our alumni network includes some of the most influential artists of our time. Here are a few of them.

MFA Photography and Media

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BFA Photography and Media

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Graduates of the School of Art at CalArts go on to live, work, and make an impact through their practice around the world. Our alumni network includes some of the most influential artists of our time. Here are a few of them.

MFA Graphic Design

See all the Graphic Design alumni on the CalArts Graphic Design Almanac.

  • Anne Burdick (MFA 92, BFA 91), book designer, chair of Graduate Media Design, Art Center College of Design
  • Denise Gonzales Crisp (MFA 96), graphic designer, writer, professor of graphic design at North Carolina State University College of Design
  • Cameron Ewing (MFA 07), creative director, Facebook
  • Jessica Fleischmann (MFA 01), graphic designer; principal, Still Room
  • Jens Gehlhaar (MFA 97), creative director, Logan & Sons
  • Barbara Glauber (MFA 90), principal, Heavy Meta; cofounder of The Smoking Gun
  • Hilary Greenbaum (MFA 06), graphic designer, writer, design director of the Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Sibylle Hagmann (MFA 96), type designer, Kontour
  • Peter Kaplan (MFA 03), graphic designer, design director of Museum of Arts and Design
  • Yasmin Khan (MFA 05), graphic designer, Counterspace
  • John Kieselhorst (MFA 96), chief design officer and founding partner, Made Movement
  • Mark Kulakoff (MFA 04), motions graphics designer
  • Deborah Littlejohn (MFA 94), graphic designer, professor of graphic design at North Carolina State University College of Design
  • Kevin Lyons (MFA 96), founder and creative director of Natural Born
  • Ian Lynam (MFA 04), creative director; design scholar, writer; principal, Ian Lynam Design.
  • Geoff McFetridge (MFA 95), graphic designer, artist, founder of Champion Graphics;Cooper Hewitt National Design Award
  • Penny Pehl Moore (MFA 04) cofounder and creative director, Tenderling
  • Masato Nakada (MFA 11), cofounder and creative director, The Happening
  • Kali Nikitas (MFA 90), graphic designer, chair of MFA graphic design and communication arts, Otis College of Design
  • Tanya Rubbak (MFA 07), graphic designer, assistant chair of graphic design, Otis College of Design
  • Jesse Lee Stout (MFA 10, BFA 02), video designer, L.A. creative director of Moment Factory
  • Jon Sueda (MFA 04), founder and creative director of Stripe, chair of MFA graphic design at California College of the Arts
  • Jae Hyouk Sung (MFA 03), founder and creative director of IMJ, professor of visual communication and design, Kookmin University, Seoul
  • Andrea Tinnes (MFA 98), type and graphics designer, founder of font and graphics label typecuts
  • Daryn Wakasa (MFA 10), motions designer, art director, filmmaker

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BFA Graphic Design

See all the Graphic Design alumni on the CalArts Graphic Design Almanac.

  • Sean Adams (BFA 86), creative director; AIGA Fellow
  • Bijan Berahimi (BFA 13), Fisk Projects
  • Anne Burdick (BFA 91, MFA 92), book designer, chair of Graduate Media Design Program, Art Center College of Design
  • Kim Dulaney (BFA 05), independent art director, illustrator
  • Golden Krishna (BFA 10), senior interaction designer, Google
  • Zak Kyes (BFA 05), founder and creative director of Zak Group
  • Amanda Lui (BFA 14), graphic designer, Walt Disney Imagineering
  • James Moore (BFA 93), cofounder and creative director, Tenderling
  • Noreen Morioka (BFA 88), founder and creative director of M+ Works;AIGA Medal
  • Karen To Nakada (BFA 10), cofounder and creative director, The Happening
  • Jonathan Notaro (BFA 99), founder and creative director of Brand New School
  • Michael Polish (BFA 92), filmmaker, Big Sur
  • Brian Roettinger (BFA 04), partner, Peron Roettinger
  • Jesse Lee Stout (BFA 02, MFA 10), video designer, L.A. creative director of Moment Factory
  • Jeff Zwerner (BFA 92), branding and UX designer, Evernote

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MFA Art and Technology

  • K. Bradford (Art-Creative Writing MFA 14), interdisciplinary artist, performer, writer, cultural innovator
  • Nick Rodrigues (MFA 12), mixed, installation and performance artist
  • Paul Rosero (MFA 15), interdisciplinary installation artist, sound artist, DJ
  • Liz Toonkel (Art-Theater MFA 12), film and theater production designer

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