Alumni of the department include many who have received significant recognition for their accomplishments in a wide variety of fields. A selection from this decidedly eclectic group includes:
Amanda Burk
is an Associate Professor, Nipissing University, North Bay.ÌýShe is represented by Graphite Galleries in New Orleans and Halde Galerie in Widen, Switzerland.
Andrew Drummond
Andrew is a well-respected New Zealand sculptor, and formerly a Senior Lecturer in Sculpture at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.Ìý He continues to work on public and private sculpture commissions in his Christchurch studio.
Daniel Faria
Daniel was the director and partner in Monte Clark Gallery in Toronto before opening his own gallery, , Toronto in 2011. The gallery focuses on Canadian artists with international attention.
Ian Ring
Since graduating Fine Arts (4 year honours - studio) in 1995, Ian has had a successful career as a composer of works for solo piano, making music for the concert stage, film, games, dance, and theatre. He continues to serve the local arts community as a board member of the Region of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Arts Fund.
Tim Wynne-Jones
Tim won the inaugural Seal Book's "First Novel Award" shortly after graduating with his Honours BA in Studio Art. He continues to his novels and children's stories and in recognition of his work he was awarded the Order of Canada in 2012.
Robert Steven
Robert is the President and CEOÌýof the .Ìý Previously he had worked as the Collections Manager of the Kitchener-À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Art Gallery, Director/Curator or the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Alberta, and then the manager of the Culture and Heritage Department in Grande Prairie.
Don Ritter
is a professor at theÌýSchool of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.Ìý Don's current work incorporates ethics, fine art, and mass media.
Anthony Jenkins
Anthony has worked as and writer for the Globe & Mail as well as freelance.Ìý
Jan Winton
Jan is a highly respected painter and printmaker and a at Queen's University.
Barney Cheng
Barney has become an internationally acclaimed , based in Hong Kong.
Michael Wickerson
Mike runs in Kansas City and is an Associate Professor at the Kansas City Art Institute.
Howie Tsui
was awarded the Joseph Stauffer Prize (2005) from the Canada Council for most outstanding young artist.ÌýÌýHis work is now in numerous public collections and was included in the National Gallery of Canada's prestigious 2014 Canadian Biennial exhibition entitled "Shine A Light".
Chris Williams
received an Oscar as co-director of the Best Animated Feature Film of the Year 2015, Disney's "".
Melissa Doherty
Melissa has become a very with work in many public and private collections.Ìý
Karim Awad
Karim is a UX Designer and Developer and the founder/director of Toronto-based creative agency and Creative Director at .
Mary Catherine Newcomb
has worked in a broad range of sculptural materials, including vegetables.Ìý She is also one of the original members of the Redhead collective and a member of Nethermind.
Shannon Bingeman
Shannon is curatorÌýfor theÌýAlberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program.
Dean Jackson
Dean works as a professional artist and furniture-maker in Toronto. His signature furniture piece is .
Lawrence (Larry) Jacobs
Larry is the director of many .
Arounna Khounnoraj
Arounna
co-founded
with
her
husband
John
Booth.
bookhou
is
a
small
family
run
studio/shop
business
in
Toronto
that
believes
in
slow
design
and
each
piece
is
made
one
at
a
time,
by
hand.
Ìý
Many
alum
have
continued
their
education;
our
students
have
been
accepted
into
highly
selective
Masters
programsÌýacross
CanadaÌýin
the
United
States
(MIT,
Stanford,
Rutgers,
Yale,
Parsons)
and
Europe
(Glasgow
School
or
Art,
Malmö
Art
Academy,
Sweden).ÌýMany
have
opted
to
earn
their
teaching
certification,
and
are
now
educating
the
next
young
generation
of
artists.ÌýOthers
are
working
independently
in
their
own
studios,
as
artists
and
designers
and
some
have
found
niches
in
unusual
fields;
one
heads
a
highly
successful
klezmer
band
in
Toronto,
and
another
owns
and
operates
a
mesquite
charcoal
company
in
Mexico!
Three
alumni
surveys
have
been
conducted
by
this
department.
The
responses
show
that,
of
the
total
of
230
former
students,
74
are
working
as
primary
or
secondary
school
teachers,
42
as
artists,
31
as
designers,
13
in
various
areas
of
the
"caring"
professions
(including
several
art
therapists),
10
as
university
teachers,
7
are
animators,
7
work
in
retail,
10
in
other
art-related
fields,
5
are
sales
representatives,
5
secretaries,
4
are
full-time
mothers,
while
24
others
work
as
(among
other
things)
cartoonists,
librarians,
critics,
writers,
editors,
printers,
florists,
clerks,
builders,
policemen
and
ambulance
attendants.