List of OCAD University people

OCAD University, an art and design post-secondary university in Toronto, holds an association with a number of individuals, including alumni, faculty, and staff.

Alumni

Madeline Ashby — science fiction writer
Myfanwy Ashmore – conceptual artist
Barbara Astman – artist, photographer
Yank Azman – actor
Rebecca Belmore – artist
David Blackwood – artist
Shary Boyle – sculpture, painting, drawing, performance
Benjamin Brown – architect
Jubal Brown – video artist
Nina Bunjevac – cartoonist
George Bures Miller – installation artist
Jack Bush – abstract expressionist painter, member of the Painters Eleven
Meryn Cadell – writer, performance artist
Franklin Carmichael – painter, member of the Group of Seven
Robin Cass – filmmaker, producer
Aimee Chan – graphic designer, Miss Hong Kong 2006, actress
Candy Chang – former actress, multiple pageant winner
Olivia Chow – politician, 66th Mayor of Toronto
Holly Coulis – artist, painter
Greta Dale – muralist
Cathy Daley – artist, educator
Ken Danby – artist, painter
Jan Derbyshire – comedian, playwright
Bonnie Devine – artist
George Dunning – artist, illustrator
Wallace Edwards – illustrator
Frank Faubert – politician, final Mayor of Scarborough
Ed Furness – comic book artist
Gregory Gallant – comic book artist, writer
Max Gimblett – artist
Katherine Gray – artist
Emanuel Hahn – sculptor, coin designer
Rachel Hayward – actress
Wade Hemsworth – songwriter
Dorothy Henriques-Wells – painter
J. C. Heywood – master printmaker and painter
April Hickox – photographer, artist, academic
Peter Ho – singer, producer, actor, model
Cleeve Horne – painter, sculptor
James Archibald Houston – artist, children's author
Barbara Howard – artist, wood engraver
Eli Ilan – sculptor
Michael Ironside – actor, director
Clark Johnson – actor, director
Tracey Johnston-Aldworth – entrepreneur, environmentalist
Carlos del Junco – musician
Garry Kennedy – conceptual artist
Arounna Khounnoraj – artist, teacher, and author
Brian Kipping – artist, musician
Maya Kulenovic – painter
William Kurelek – artist, writer
Monte Kwinter – politician
Martha Ladly – designer, musician
Artis Lane – sculptor, painter
Robert Lougheed – artist
Irene Loughlin – performance artist, writer
Wayne Lum – sculptor, commercial artist
Charmaine Lurch – artist, educator
Mary Florence MacDonald – curator
Duncan Macpherson – cartoonist
Michael Martchenko – illustrator
Jean Mathieson – animator
Bruce Mau – designer, writer
Sanaz Mazinani – artist
Doris McCarthy – landscape artist
Manly E. MacDonald – artist
Christine McGlade – digital designer, television producer
Ross McLaren – artist, filmmaker
Claire Mowat – writer
Will Munro – artist
Walter Tandy Murch – painter
Shelley Niro – painter, installation artist, filmmaker
Mary Margaret O'Hara – musician, actress
Lucille Oille – sculptor, illustrator
Kim Ondaatje – painter, photographer, filmmaker
Edie Parker – sculptor
Harley Parker – painter
Lee Patterson – actor
Kelly Richardson – video artist, photographer
Mazo de la Roche – writer
William Ronald – painter, founder of the Painters Eleven
Klaus Schoenfeld – comic book artist, graphic illustrator
Karl Schroeder – science fiction writer
Floria Sigismondi – photographer, director
Anne Simpson – poet, novelist
Michael Snow – installation artist, filmmaker
Rudolf Stussi – painter
Angela Su – artist
Rick Switzer – sculptor
Paul Szep – cartoonist
Gary Taxali – artist, illustrator
Ty Templeton – comic book artist, musician, actor
Rirkrit Tiravanija – installation artist
Camille Turner – performance artist
Maurice Vellekoop – artist, illustrator
Lea Vivot – sculptor
Jan Wade – artist
George A. Walker – book artist
Simon Wilcox – musician
Richard Williams – animator
Dick Wilson – actor
Elizabeth Wyn Wood – sculptor
Jaret Vadera – artist
Noreen Young – producer, puppeteer
Yovska – drag performer

Faculty

Faculty and staff of OCAD University and its predecessors have included

Chancellors

Rosalie Sharp (2004-2007)
James K. Bartleman (2007-2010)
Catherine Delaney (2010-2017)
Salah Bachir (2017-2021)
Jamie Watt (2022–present)

Administration

Principals

George Agnew Reid (1912-1928)^[1]^[2]
J. E. H. MacDonald (1928-1932)^[3]^[2]
Fred S. Haines (1932-1951)^[3]^[2]
Lawrence A. C. Panton (1951-1954)^[4]^[5]
Sydney Hollinger Watson (1955-1970)^[6]

Presidents

Roy Ascott (1971-1972)
Clifford Pitt (1972-1975)
Paul Duncan Fleck (1975-1982)
Norman Blasdell Hathaway (1983-1987)^[7]
Timothy Porteous (1988-1995)
Alan Barkley (1995-1998)
Catherine Henderson (1998-2000)
Ron Shuebrook (2000-2005)
Sara Diamond (2005-2020)
Ana Serrano (2020–present)

References

^ "Reid, George Agnew National Historic Person".
^ ^a ^b ^c Payne, Daniel. "A mirror of curriculum: Art libraries and studio-based education: The OCAD University experience (1876 -2016)" (PDF). OCAD University Library. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "History". www.ocadu.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
^ "L.A.C. Panton | Fine Art Collector | Paintings, Prints for Sale & Wanted".
^ "Panton, Lawrence A. C."
^ "Sydney Hollinger Watson | the Sampson-Matthews Prints".
^ Taylor, Kate (18 June 2021). "Artist Norman Hathaway's design firm produced iconic images". The Globe and Mail.

[1] "Reid, George Agnew National Historic Person".

[lib-2] Payne, Daniel. "A mirror of curriculum: Art libraries and studio-based education: The OCAD University experience (1876 -2016)" (PDF). OCAD University Library. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[history-3] "History". www.ocadu.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-28.

[4] "L.A.C. Panton | Fine Art Collector | Paintings, Prints for Sale & Wanted".

[5] "Panton, Lawrence A. C."

[6] "Sydney Hollinger Watson | the Sampson-Matthews Prints".

[7] Taylor, Kate (18 June 2021). "Artist Norman Hathaway's design firm produced iconic images". The Globe and Mail.

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