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List of Rhode Island School of Design people

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This is a list of notable people from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Notable alumni

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=Academia=

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  • Rebecca Allen (BFA 1975) — pioneer of early computer art, installation art, interface design, professor and chair for the UCLA Design Media Arts{{Cite web|title = Rebecca Allen|url = https://www.digitalartarchive.at/database/artists/general/artist/allen.html|website = Archive of Digital Art| date=August 13, 2014 |access-date = 17 December 2015}}
  • Deborah Berke (BFA 1975, BArch 1977, Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts 2005) — dean and professor at Yale School of Architecture{{Cite news|url=http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/deborah-berke-yale-school-architecture-dean|title=Deborah Berke Named Dean of the Yale School of Architecture {{!}} Architectural Digest|last=McKeough|first=Tim|newspaper=Architectural Digest|access-date=December 26, 2016}}
  • Andrianna Campbell (BFA 2001) — art historian{{Cite web|title=RISD XYZ Fall/Winter 2018/19|url=https://issuu.com/risd/docs/risdxyz_fallwinter_2018-19_web/77|website=Issuu|date=December 21, 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}
  • Preston Scott Cohen (BArch 1983) — architect; director of the Architecture degree program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design
  • Victor De La Rosa (MFA 2004) — professor and director of the art department at San Francisco State University{{Cite web |title=» Victor De La Rosa |url=https://www.craftinamerica.org/artist/victor-de-la-rosa/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Craft in America}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-25 |title=SFSU professor first Latino to head university's art department |url=https://www.ktvu.com/video/1027229 |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=KTVU FOX 2 |language=en-US}}
  • Allison Druin (BFA 1985) — Associate Provost for Research and Strategic Partnerships at the Pratt Institute, computer scientist, and human-computer interaction researcher{{Cite web |date=Winter 2018 |title=RISD XYZ |url=https://issuu.com/risd/docs/risdxyz_winter2018_final_1-3-18_web/69 |page=69}}
  • Salima Hashmi (MAE 1990) — anti-nuclear weapons activist, dean of the National College of Arts
  • Nell Irvin Painter (MFA Painting 2011) — Edwards Professor of American History Emerita at Princeton University{{Cite web|date=February 27, 2019|title=A Reading and Conversation with Nell Irvin Painter|url=https://risdmuseum.org/exhibitions-events/events/reading-and-conversation-nell-irvin-painter|access-date=2020-09-14|website=RISD Museum}}
  • Hashim Sarkis (BArch 1987) — dean, MIT School of Architecture and Planning{{Cite web|title=Contrasts + Contradictions in Architecture|url=https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/hashim-sarkis-interview/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=www.risd.edu|language=en}}
  • Richard M. Sommer (BArch 1984, BFA 1983) — director, Global Cities Institute (present), dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto (2009–2020), Director of Urban Design and associate professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design (1998–2009){{cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-06-26|title=Richard Sommer to conclude his appointment as dean|url=https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/2020/06/26/richard-sommer-conclude-his-appointment-dean-daniels-faculty-june-30|access-date=|website=University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture|publisher=University of Toronto}}{{cite journal|last=|first=|date=July 29, 2020|title=Richard Sommer concludes his appointment as dean of the Daniels Faculty|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/richard-sommer-concludes-his-appointment-as-dean-of-the-daniels-faculty/|journal=Canadian Architect|volume=|pages=|via=}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=New Leaders in Architectural Education|url=https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/new-leaders-in-architectural-education/|access-date=2021-01-15|website=www.risd.edu|language=en|quote=Richard Sommer BArch 83}}
  • Nader Tehrani (BArch 1986) — dean, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at Cooper Union (2015—present), professor and head of the Department of Architecture, MIT (2010–2014); principal and founder of NADAAA
  • Ricardo Viera (MFA 1974) – professor of art at Lehigh University from 1974 until 2018; and director and chief curator of the Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG){{Cite news |date=July 24, 2019 |title=Ricardo Viera, Bethlehem – Committee's Choice Award |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-ricardo-viera-bethlehe/171591686/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |work=The Morning Call |pages=A9 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Selma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nf4iAQAAIAAJ |title=Printworld Directory of Contemporary Prints and Prices |date=1985 |publisher=Printworld |isbn=978-0-317-17632-2 |pages=615 |language=en |via=Google Books}}

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=Business=

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  • Brian Chesky (BFA 2004) — entrepreneur, CEO of Airbnb{{Cite web|url=https://www.airbnb.com/about/founders|title = About us}}
  • Joe Gebbia (BFA 2004) — entrepreneur, CPO of Airbnb
  • Amy Globus — designer, entrepreneur, co-founder of the brand design studio, Team{{Cite web |date=February 23, 2005 |title=Amy Globus: Electric Sheep at Nevada Museum of Art |url=https://artdaily.cc/news/12753/Amy-Globus--Electric-Sheep-at-Nevada-Museum-of-Art#.YxBDuezMJUk |website=ArtDaily}}
  • Angela Guzman (BFA 2006 / MFA 2009) — entrepreneur, graphic designer, UX/UI designer, and CEO and founder of Tijiko{{Cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Rebecah |date=March 17, 2022 |title=Columbian Intern Angela Guzman Helped Create Apple's Emojis Back in 2008 |url=https://www.hola.com/us/entertainment/20220317330303/colombian-intern-angela-guzman-emoji-creator/ |website=Hola!}}
  • David Hanson (BFA) — roboticist and entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics{{Cite web |last=Spreier |first=Jeanne |date=November 9, 2018 |title=Hanson Robotics CEO Melds Different Educational Disciplines Into Innovative Startup |url=https://jindal.utdallas.edu/blog/david-hanson-talks-importance-of-integrating-technology-and-the-arts/ |website=Naveen Jindal School of Management}}
  • Willem Van Lancker (BFA 2010) — entrepreneur, founder of Oyster{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Modi Among Top Tech Designers|url=https://our.risd.edu/post/50305920107/modi-among-top-tech-designers/amp|access-date=2021-01-27|website=Our RISD, Rhode Island School of Design}}
  • Jessica Walsh (BFA Graphic Design 2008) — founder of the creative agency &Walsh{{Cite web|date=2019-07-24|title=Jessica Walsh splits from Stefan Sagmeister to launch her own creative agency &Walsh|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/07/24/jessica-walsh-launches-creative-agency/|access-date=2021-05-01|website=Dezeen|language=en}}

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=Politics=

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= Architecture =

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  • Raëd Abillama (BFA 1992; BArch 1993) — Lebanon-based architect{{Cite web|title=Raed Abillama Architects's Archinect profile|url=https://archinect.com/Raed|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Archinect|language=en}}
  • Deborah Berke (BFA 1975; BArch 1977; Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts 2005) — dean of Yale School of Architecture; principal of Deborah Berke Partners
  • Preston Scott Cohen (BArch 1983) — Gerald M. McCue Professor in Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design; principal of Preston Scott Cohen, Inc.
  • Jonathan L. Foote (1959) — architect{{Cite web|date=2019-04-16|title=Western Focus: The Architectural Legacy of Jonathan Foote|url=https://bigskyjournal.com/western-focus-the-architectural-legacy-of-jonathan-foote/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Big Sky Journal|language=en-US}}
  • Frances Henley (1897) — first woman to independently practice architecture in Rhode Island{{cite web|author1=Harold Kemble|author2=R. P. Flynn|year=1997|title=Frances Evelyn Henley Papers|url=http://www.rihs.org/mssinv/Mss486.htm|accessdate=6 February 2012|work=Manuscripts Division|publisher=Rhode Island Historical Society}}
  • Allan Merrick Jeffers — architect, designer of the Alberta Legislature Building{{Cite book|last=Crossman|first=Kelly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jur0AwAAQBAJ|title=Architecture in Transition: From Art to Practice, 1885-1906|date=1987-11-01|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-6138-0|language=en}}
  • Bernard Khoury (BFA 1990; BArch 1991) — Lebanese architect{{Cite news|last=Ouroussoff|first=Nicolai|date=2006-05-21|title=Middle-East Pieces (Published 2006)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/magazine/middleeast-pieces.html|access-date=2021-02-27|issn=0362-4331}}
  • Richard Levine (BArch 1962) — professor, green architect, and sustainability pioneer{{Cite web|last=|date=Fall 2010|title=RISD XYZ Fall 2010|url=https://issuu.com/risd/docs/risdxyz_fall_2010/47|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Issuu|page=44|language=en}}
  • Alice Malhiot (BArch 1910) — believed to be the first Canadian woman to graduate from an architectural school{{Cite web|title=Malhiot, Alice Charlotte|url=http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/2364|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada}}
  • Michael Maltzan (BArch) — principal and founder of Michael Maltzan Architecture{{cite web|title=Inner-City Arts|url=http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/smallscalebigchange/projects/inner_city_arts|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628191539/http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2010/smallscalebigchange/projects/inner_city_arts|archivedate=2015-06-28|accessdate=2015-09-08|website=Museum of Modern (MoMA)}}
  • Sam Posey (BFA Painting 1966) — New England car racer, painter and architect{{Cite web|url=http://our.risd.edu/post/169268402954/from-race-cars-to-real-estate|title=From Race Cars to Real Estate|website=Our RISD|date=January 3, 2018 |access-date=January 4, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.automobilemag.com/news/racer-same-posey-shines-bright/|title=The Good Life: Racer Sam Posey Still Shines Bright {{!}} Automobile Magazine|date=March 4, 2017|work=Automobile Magazine|access-date=January 4, 2018}}
  • Ira Rakatansky (BArch 1942) — Providence-based architect{{cite news|url=http://our.risd.edu/post/79196463999/ira-rakatansky-19192014|title=Ira Rakatansky, 1919–2014|date=March 10, 2014|work=Our RISD|access-date=June 16, 2016|publisher=Rhode Island School of Design|location=Providence}}
  • Hashim Sarkis (BArch 1987) — architect{{Cite web|title=Hashim Sarkis named dean of the School of Architecture and Planning|url=https://news.mit.edu/2014/hashim-sarkis-named-dean-architecture-planning-1022|access-date=2020-09-14|website=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology|date=October 22, 2014 |language=en}}
  • Richard M. Sommer (BArch 1984, BFA 1983) — director, Global Cities Institute (present), dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto (2009–2020), Director of Urban Design and associate professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design (1998–2009){{cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-06-26|title=Richard Sommer to conclude his appointment as dean|url=https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/2020/06/26/richard-sommer-conclude-his-appointment-dean-daniels-faculty-june-30|access-date=|website=University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture|publisher=University of Toronto}}{{cite journal|last=|first=|date=July 29, 2020|title=Richard Sommer concludes his appointment as dean of the Daniels Faculty|url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/richard-sommer-concludes-his-appointment-as-dean-of-the-daniels-faculty/|journal=Canadian Architect|volume=|pages=|via=}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=New Leaders in Architectural Education|url=https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/new-leaders-in-architectural-education/|access-date=2021-01-15|website=www.risd.edu|language=en|quote=Richard Sommer BArch 83}}
  • Nader Tehrani (BArch 1986) — dean, the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union (2015—present), professor and head of the Department of Architecture, MIT (2010–2014); principal and founder of NADAAA
  • Veronika Valk (1997) — Estonian architect{{Cite web|date=2013-02-18|title=Estonian Young Architect Award 2012: Veronika Valk|url=https://www.archdaily.com/333663/estonian-young-architect-award-2012-veronika-valk|access-date=2021-02-27|website=ArchDaily|language=en-US}}
  • Clifford Wiens (BArch 1954) — Canadian architect{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=WIENS, Clifford Donald (1926-2020)|url=https://www.uregina.ca/library/services/archives/collections/art-architecture/wiens.html|access-date=|website=University of Regina}}

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= Interior design =

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  • Michael Gabellini (BArch 1981) — architect and interior designer, teacher at the Parsons School of Design{{Cite web |last=|date=Spring 2010|title=RISD XYZ Spring 2010|url=https://issuu.com/risd/docs/risdxyz_spring_2010/48|access-date=2021-02-27 |website=Issuu|page=48|language=en}}
  • Glenn Gissler (BArch 1984) — designer{{Cite news|last=Slesin|first=Suzanne|date=February 23, 1989|title=A Designer Tests His Wings: Maximal Style For Minimalist Tastes|language=en|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/23/garden/a-designer-tests-his-wings-maximal-style-for-minimalist-tastes.html}}
  • Adam Charlap Hyman (BArch 2010) — designer, architect, and artist{{Cite web|last=Cochran|first=Sam|title=Charlap Hyman & Herrero May Just Be the Next Big Thing|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/charlap-hyman-herrero-next-big-things|access-date=2021-01-27 |website=Architectural Digest|date=July 5, 2018|language=en-us}}
  • Mary Richardson Kennedy — interior designer and architect{{Cite web|last=Kennedy|first=Kerry|date=2012-05-22|title=Ode to My Best Friend -- Mary Richardson Kennedy|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mary-richardson-kennedy_b_1537286|access-date=2021-01-27 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
  • Zoë Kestan - designer{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Joseph |date=December 3, 2024 |title=She Met Hunter Biden One Night at a Club. Then She Fell in Love. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/style/zoe-kestan-hunter-biden.html? |access-date=2024-12-04 |work=New York Times}}

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=Fine Art=

== Art collectives ==

  • Forcefield
  • Matt Brinkman (BFA 1997) — artist
  • Jim Drain (BFA 1998) — artist{{Cite web|last=Kuffner|first=Alex|date=2018|title=Providence basketball courts' 'murals' a fast break from the norm|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20181014/providence-basketball-courts-murals-fast-break-from-norm|access-date=|website=providencejournal.com|language=en}}
  • Ara Peterson (BFA 1997) — artist

==Art collectors and art dealers==

  • Mary Boone (BFA 1973) — owner of Mary Boone Gallery{{Cite web|date=2016-12-29|title=The RISD Connection|url=https://www.culturedmag.com/the-risd-connection/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Cultured Magazine|language=en-US}}
  • David Whitney (B. Interior Architecture 1963) — art collector and curator; longtime companion of architect Philip Johnson{{cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Randy|date=14 June 2005|title=David Whitney, 66, Renowned Art Collector, Dies|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/14/arts/design/14whitney.html?scp=1&sq=david%20whitney%20johnson&st=cse|accessdate=}}

== Digital arts ==

  • Rebecca Allen (BFA 1975) — pioneer of early computer art, installation art, interface design, and professor

== Guggenheim fellowships ==

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  • Natalia Almada (MFA 2001) — 2008 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Natalia Almada|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/natalia-almada/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Janine Antoni (MFA 2011) — 2011 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Janine Antoni|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/janine-antoni/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • SoHyun Bae (BFA 1990) — 2007 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} SoHyun Bae|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/sohyun-bae/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Karin Davie (MFA 1989 — 2015 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Karin Davie|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/karin-davie/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Nicole Eisenman (BFA 1987) — 1996 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Nicole Eisenman|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/nicole-eisenman/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Odette England (MFA 2012) — 2022 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Odette England|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/odette-england/|access-date=2023-04-20|language=en-US}}
  • Amy Feldman (BFA 2003) — 2018 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Amy Feldman|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/amy-feldman/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Jennifer Garza-Cuen (MFA 2012) — 2019 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Jennifer Garza-Cuen|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/jennifer-garza-cuen/|access-date=2023-04-20|language=en-US}}
  • Emmet Gowin (MFA 1967) — 1974 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Emmet Gowin|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/emmet-gowin/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Elliott Hundley (BFA 1997) — 2019 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Elliott Hundley|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/elliott-hundley/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Justin Kimball (BFA 1985) — 2003 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Justin Kimball|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/justin-kimball/|access-date=2023-04-20|language=en-US}}
  • Deana Lawson (MFA 2004) — 2013 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Deana Lawson|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/deana-lawson/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Arno Rafael Minkkinen (MFA 1974) — 2015 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Arno Rafael Minkkinen|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/arno-rafael-minkkinen/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Jackie Saccoccio (BFA 1985) — 2000 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Jackie Saccoccio|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/jackie-saccoccio/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Judith Schaechter (BFA 1983) — 2005 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Judith Schaechter|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/judith-schaechter/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • Christina Seely (MFA 2003) — 2023 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Christina Seely|url=https://www.gf.org/announcements/|access-date=2023-04-20|language=en-US}}
  • Arlene Shechet (MFA 1978) — 2004 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} Arlene Shechet|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/arlene-shechet/|access-date=2020-09-14|language=en-US}}
  • John M. Willis (MFA 1986) — 2011 Guggenheim Fellow{{Cite web|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation {{!}} John M Willis|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/john-m-willis/|access-date=2023-04-20|language=en-US}}

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== MacArthur Fellowships ==

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==Multimedia, mixed media and installation==

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  • Romeo Alaeff (MFA 1996) — artist, author, animation/film editor
  • Ricci Albenda (MFA 1988) — artist
  • Janine Antoni (MFA 1989) — artist
  • Korakrit Arunanondchai (BFA 2009) — artist
  • Nicole Bartelme (BFA 1989) — artist, film festival creator
  • Ib Benoh (MFA 1980) — artist
  • Sarah Bostwick (BFA 2001) — artist{{Cite web|url=http://www.plugprojects.com/gallery_php/Lost_And_Found.php|title=Lost and Found Featuring the work of Sarah Bostwick, Nuala Clarke, Emily Connell, Ethan Greenbaum, Elana Herzog, Alex Lukas and Daniel Shea|website=PLUG Projects, Kansas City.|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505103217/http://plugprojects.com/gallery_php/Lost_And_Found.php|archive-date=May 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}
  • Brian Bress (BFA 1998) — artist
  • Dan Colen (BFA Painting 2001) — NYC-based artist
  • Cheryl Donegan (BFA Painting) — contemporary artist
  • Jim Drain (BFA Sculpture, 1998) — artist, often makes work collaboratively
  • Benjamin Edwards (MFA 1997) — artist
  • Shepard Fairey (BFA 1992) — street artist, graphic designer, activist and illustrator
  • Lauren Geremia (BFA 2004) — interior designer{{Cite web|url=http://www.risd.edu/about/news/bright_lights_bold_collaboration/|title=Bright Lights, Bold Collaboration|website=RISD|access-date=February 1, 2016}}
  • Jenny Holzer (MFA 1977) — installation artist
  • Roni Horn (BFA 1975) — artist
  • Elliott Hundley (BFA 1997) — artist
  • David Kracov (BFA 1990) — sculptor, painter, and animator
  • Mike Libby (BFA 1999) — artist
  • John Miller — artist
  • Liz Miller — artist
  • Bathsheba Okwenje — Ugandan artist
  • Mary Curtis Ratcliff (BFA 1967) — artist{{Cite journal|date=Spring–Summer 2013|title=Mary Curtis Ratcliff 67 AE|url=https://issuu.com/risd/docs/risdxyz_spring2013_for_issuu/71?e=3703303/2907346|journal=Risd Xyz|publisher=Rhode Island School of Design|page=69|access-date=July 13, 2019|via=issuu}}
  • Marcus Reichert (BFA 1970) — artist
  • Mark Shasha (BFA 1983) — artist
  • Shahzia Sikander (MFA 1995) — artist
  • Phillip K. Smith III (BFA 1996) — artist
  • Tavares Strachan (BFA 2003) — artist
  • Do-Ho Suh (BFA 1994) — artist
  • Susan Thayer (BFA 1982) — ceramic artist
  • Ryan Trecartin (BFA 2004) — artist
  • Katie Vida (BFA 2004) — interdisciplinary artist and curator{{Cite web|date=October 2007|title=Katie Vida at Tartine Bakery|url=http://www.sfstation.com/katie-vida-e129811|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071227200806/http://www.sfstation.com/katie-vida-e129811|archive-date=2007-12-27|access-date=|website=SFstation.com}}
  • Kara Walker (MFA 1994) — artist
  • Jordan Wolfson (BFA 2003) — artist, sculptor
  • Andrea Zittel (MFA 1990) — artist
  • Kevin Zucker (BFA 2000) — artist

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==Painting==

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  • Daniel Arango (MFA 2010) — painter, visual artist
  • David Bowes (attended, late 1970s) — painter
  • Joe Bradley (BFA 1999) — painter
  • Erin Castellan (BFA) — painter
  • Leelee Chan (MFA 2009) — sculptor, mixed media artist
  • Liz Deschenes (BFA 1988) — artist
  • John Dilg (BFA 1969) — painter
  • Alex Dodge (BFA 2001) — painter
  • Arthur S. Douglas (enrolled 1878) — member of the inaugural class; student teacher{{cite web|url=http://www.arthurdouglascollection.com|title=Arthur Douglas Collection homepage|access-date=September 23, 2010}}
  • Nicole Eisenman (BFA 1987) — painter
  • Herbert Cyrus Farnum — 19th- and early 20th-century painter in Rhode Island{{Cite web|url=http://www.bertgallery.com/gallerycollection/bios/farnum.php|title=Farnum|website=Bert Gallery|access-date=December 16, 2015}}
  • Aaron Gilbert (BFA 2005) — painter{{Cite web|url=http://bombmagazine.org/article/4944/post-impressions-the-enlightenment|title=Post Impressions: The Enlightenment|last=Jones|first=Mary|website=BOMB Magazine|access-date=April 14, 2016}}
  • Suzy González (MFA 2015) — painter{{Cite web|url=https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/living-architecture-sacred-catwalk-tl362015|title=Living Architecture: The Sacred Catwalk|website=RISD Museum|access-date=2020-03-02}}
  • Sasha Gordon (BFA, 2020) — painter
  • Bruce Helander (BFA 1969, MFA 1972) — painter, collage and assemblage
  • Adam Helms — artist, painter
  • Jessica Hess (BFA Illustration 2003) — realist painter{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/risd/docs/risdxyz_springsummer_2012_51c081dee18da1/84|title=RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2012|website=Issuu|date=May 5, 2014 |page=61|access-date=January 7, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.diginmag.com/2012/07/22/interview-with-artist-jessica-hess/,%20https://www.diginmag.com/2012/07/22/interview-with-artist-jessica-hess/|title=Interview with Artist, Jessica Hess|year=2012|website=diginmag.com|access-date=January 7, 2020}}{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
  • Håvard Homstvedt (BFA 2000) — painter
  • Shara Hughes (BFA 2004) — painter
  • Yvonne Jacquette — painter and printmaker
  • Betsy Kaufman (BFA) — painter and sculptorAkademie Schloss Solitude. [https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/person/betsy-kaufman/ Betsy Kaufman], Fellows. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  • Arghavan Khosravi (MFA Painting 2018) — painter, sculptor, and illustrator{{Cite web |last=Palumbo |first=Jacqui |title=Iranian artist's surreal paintings of women take on a new sense of urgency |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/arghavan-khosravi-paintings-iran-protests/index.html |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=CNN |date=November 2, 2022 |language=en}}
  • Julie Mehretu (MFA 1997) — artist, densely layered prints and paintings{{Cite web|url=http://www.art21.org/artists/julie-mehretu|title=Julie Mehretu|website=ART21|access-date=December 28, 2015}}
  • Richard Merkin (MFA 1963) — painter, The New Yorker contributor, prof. emeritus RISD
  • Matt Mignanelli (BFA 2005) — painter{{Cite web|title=Interview: Painter Matt Mignanelli Talks Inspiration And The New York Art Scene|url=https://www.complex.com/style/2012/06/interview-painter-matt-mignanelli-talks-inspiration-and-the-new-york-art-scene|access-date=2021-01-30|website=Complex|language=en}}
  • Sarah Minnick — chef and restaurateur{{Cite web |title=Chef's Table: Pizza |url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81292981 |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=www.netflix.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=The socially correct pizza |url=https://heartlandstories.libsyn.com/the-socially-correct-pizza-a-conversation-with-chef-sarah-minnick |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=heartlandstories.libsyn.com |language=en}}
  • D. Jeffrey Mims — painter
  • Laura Owens (BFA 1992) — painter{{Cite web|url=http://our.risd.edu/post/108552327129/the-forever-now|title=The Forever Now|website=Our RISD|date=January 19, 2015 |access-date=August 3, 2017}}
  • Sam Posey (BFA Painting 1966) — New England car racer, painter and architect
  • Deborah Poynton — realist painter, attended RISD for two years, 1987–1989, but did not graduate{{Cite web|url=https://burnaway.org/review/deborah-poynton-everything-matters-at-aca-gallery/|title=Deborah Poynton: Everything Matters at ACA Gallery|last=Norman Walter|first=Meghan|date=March 10, 2009|website=Burnaway.org|access-date=February 2, 2018}}
  • Francis Quirk (BFA 1930) — painter
  • Anton Refregier (1925) — Russian-American social realist{{Cite book|last=Lawall|first=David B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E0VLAAAAYAAJ&q=Anton+Refregier+rhode+island+school+of+design|title=Anton Refregier: Essays on the Artist Inspired by an Exhibition at the University of Virginia Art Museum, November-December, 1977|date=1977|publisher=University of Virginia Art Museum|language=en}}
  • Clare Rojas (BFA 1998) — artist, painter
  • Schandra Singh (BFA 1999) — painter
  • Sonya Sklaroff (BFA 1992) — artist, painter
  • Anne Morgan Spalter (MFA 1992) — new media artist
  • Andrew Stevovich (BFA 1970) — artist
  • Taravat Talepasand (BFA, 2001) — Iranian-American artist{{Cite book|last=|first= |title=New American Paintings, Issue 43 |date=2002 |publisher=Open Studios Press|pages=145|language=en |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vb5UAAAAMAAJ}}
  • Kurt Wenner — anamorphic street painter{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2012|title=3D Pavement Illusions By Kurt Wenner|url=https://www.boredpanda.com/3d-pavement-illusions-by-kurt-wenner/|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Bored Panda|language=en-US}}
  • Anna Weyant (BFA, 2017) — painter
  • Mabel May Woodward (c. 1897) — impressionist{{Cite web|last=Bohlin|first=Virginia|date=18 September 2005|title=Capture 'Beach' Scene or Fish Pond|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/443754172/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Boston Globe|page=190|language=en}}
  • William Woodward — impressionist{{Cite web|last=Bellande|first=Ray L.|date=|title=William Woodward (1859 - 1939)|url=https://biloxihistoricalsociety.org/node/72|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Biloxi Historical Society}}
  • Edmund Yaghjian (BFA 1930) – painter, teacher at the Art Students League of New York, and chair at the University of South Carolina{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i4xIAQAAIAAJ |title=New York by Artists of the Art Students League of New York: In Celebration of the Centennial Year of the Art Students League of New York : [Exhibition] at the Museum of the City of New York, November 3rd to January 4th, 1975–1976 |date=1975 |publisher=Art Students League of New York |others=Museum of the City of New York |location=New York City |pages=70 |language=en |type=art exhibition}}
  • Zio Ziegler (BFA 2010) — muralist and painter{{Cite web|url=http://blogdailyherald.com/2013/09/17/art-schooled-spotlight-zio-ziegler/|title=Art School(ed): Spotlight on Zio Ziegler RISD '10|date=September 17, 2013|website=BlogDailyHerald|access-date=January 17, 2017}}}}

==Photography==

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  • David Akiba (MFA) — photographer and teacher in the Boston area{{Cite web|url=http://www.babson.edu/Academics/faculty/profiles/Pages/akiba-david.aspx|title=David Akiba Faculty Profiles|publisher=Babson College|access-date=December 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222122205/http://www.babson.edu/Academics/faculty/profiles/Pages/akiba-david.aspx|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}
  • Lukas Birk (MFA Printmaking 2017) — photographer, author, archivist{{Cite web|title=Mysterious Myanmar|url=https://our.risd.edu/post/138764214624/mysterious-myanmar|access-date=2020-06-22|website=Our RISD|date=February 5, 2016 |language=en}}
  • Bill Burke (BFA 1968, MFA 1970) — documentary photographer{{Cite web|url=https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/bill-burke|title=Bill Burke|date=2016-03-02|website=International Center of Photography|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}
  • Talia Chetrit (MFA 2008) — photographer
  • Linda Connor (BFA) — large-format photographer, currently teaches at the San Francisco Art Institute
  • Jim Dow (MFA 1968) — photographer
  • Odette England (MFA 2012) — photographer, curator, writer, currently teaches at Brown University
  • Emmet Gowin (MFA 1967) — photographer
  • Jill Greenberg (BFA 1989) — photographer
  • Kathy Grove (BFA 1970) — photographer
  • Henry Horenstein (BFA 1971, MFA 1973) — photographer, author, currently teaches at Rhode Island School of Design
  • Acacia Johnson (BFA 2014) — photographer
  • Deana Lawson (MFA Photography 2004) — photographer,{{Cite web|url=http://www.risd.edu/About/News/Powerful_Portraits_Now_at_MoMA/|title=Alum's Powerful Portraits Now at MoMA|website=RISD News|access-date=January 21, 2016}} currently teaches at Princeton
  • Leigh Ledare (BFA 2000) — photographer
  • Matthew Leifheit (BFA Photography 2011) — photographer, writer, magazine-editor, publisher, and professor{{Cite web|title=RISD XYZ Fall 2012|url=https://issuu.com/risd/docs/risdxyz_fall_2012/89|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Issuu|date=May 5, 2014 |language=en}}
  • Laura McPhee (MFA 1986) — photographer and teacher at Massachusetts College of Art
  • Arno Rafael Minkkinen (MFA 1974) — photographer
  • RaMell Ross (MFA 2014) — photographer, filmmaker
  • David Benjamin Sherry (BFA Photography 2003) — landscape photographer{{Cite web|url=http://www.openingceremony.us/entry.asp?pid=5974|title=In the Studio with David Benjamin Sherry|website=OPENING CEREMONY|access-date=February 1, 2016}}
  • Jeffrey Silverthorne (BFA 1969, MAT 1970, MFA 1977) — photographer
  • Sarah Small (BFA 2001) — artist, composer, singer, filmmaker, photographer, and performer
  • Timothy White (BFA 1979) — celebrity photographer{{Cite web|url=http://www.rirrc.org/node/302|title=Resource Recovery to Launch Recycle Across America's Let's Recycle Right! PSA Campaign|date=April 26, 2017|website=RIRRC|access-date=October 1, 2017}}
  • Francesca Woodman (BFA 1978) — photographer
  • Melissa Zexter— artist known for her embroidered photographs

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==Printmaking==

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  • Val Britton (BFA Printmaking 1999) — artist, works on paper and installations{{Cite web|url=http://our.risd.edu/post/89768275419/exotica-in-omaha|title=Exotica in Omaha|website=Our RISD|date=June 24, 2014 |access-date=May 27, 2016}}
  • Brian Chippendale (no degree) — musician with Lightning Bolt, graphic artist, poster artist{{Cite web|url=http://our.risd.edu/post/69790948509/on-tuesday-juniors-in|title=Printmaking|date=December 12, 2013|website=Our RISD|access-date=February 5, 2016}}
  • Arthur Deshaies (BFA 1948) — artist, printmaker{{cite news|title=Arthur Emillien Deshaies|date=August 3, 2011|work=Spartanburg Herald-Journal|location=Spartanburg, South Carolina|page=4}}
  • Helen C. Frederick (BFA Illustration 1967, MFA Painting 1969) — printmaker, papermaker, professor, and founder of Pyramid Atlantic Art Center{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=11 April 2018|title=Frederick Wins CAA Award|url=https://our.risd.edu/post/172826940929/frederick-wins-caa-award|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Our RISD|publisher=Rhode Island School of Design|language=en}}
  • Wilmer Angier Jennings (c. 1935) — wood engraver, printmaker, jewelry designer, and painter; one of the first African Americans to matriculate at RISD{{Cite web |title=Harangue |url=https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/harangue-81094 |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=RISD Museum}}
  • Jane Kim (BFA Printmaking 2003) — scientific illustrations and murals promoting advocacy of the natural world{{Cite web|url=http://www.risd.edu/about/news/protecting_the_earth/|title=News: Protecting Endangered Species|website=Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)|access-date=December 28, 2015}}
  • Sonia Romero (BFA Printmaking 2002) — printmaking, murals and public art in Los Angeles
  • Pippi Zornoza (BFA Printmaking 2001) — poster artist and co-founder of the Dirt Palace feminist artist collective{{Cite web|url=http://our.risd.edu/post/17318774319/valentined|title=Valentined|date=February 9, 2012|website=Our RISD|publisher=Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)|access-date=February 5, 2016}}

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==Sculpture==

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  • Frederick Warren Allen — sculptor{{Cite book|last1=Boston|first1=Museum of Fine Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AW3qAAAAMAAJ&q=Frederick+Warren+Allen+rhode+island+school+of+design|title=American Figurative Sculpture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|last2=Greenthal|first2=Kathryn|last3=Kozol|first3=Paula M.|last4=Ramirez|first4=Jan Seidler|date=1986|publisher=The Museum|isbn=978-0-87846-272-8|language=en}}
  • Janine Antoni (MFA 1989) — studied sculpture, known for using her body as a creative instrument and site of meaning in works that blend performance, sculpture, video and photography{{Cite web|url=https://www.risd.edu/academics/sculpture/|title=RISD Sculpture|website=RISD|access-date=May 28, 2020}}
  • Tanya Aguiñiga (MFA 2005) — sculptor and installation artist
  • Ross Palmer Beecher — studied sculpture, known for art from recycled and found objects{{Cite news|url=https://www.ganoksin.com/article/ross-palmer-beecher/|title=Ross Palmer Beecher – Ganoksin Jewelry Making Community|last=Kangas|first=Matthew|year=1999|work=Ganoksin|access-date=February 19, 2018}}
  • Howard Ben Tré (MFA 1980) — glass sculptor{{Cite web|url=http://www.habatat.com/artist/30-howard-ben-tre|title=Artist: Howard Ben Tré|website=Habatat Galleries|access-date=December 27, 2015}}
  • John Benson — studied sculpture, known for stone carving and typeface design{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/the-benson-craftsmen|title=The Benson Craftsmen|magazine=The New Yorker|date=May 31, 2012|access-date=December 28, 2015}}
  • Huma Bhabha (BFA 1985) — sculptor in New York{{Cite web|url=http://www.americanacademy.de/home/person/huma-bhabha|title=Huma Bhabha|website=American Academy in Berlin|access-date=December 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222133705/http://www.americanacademy.de/home/person/huma-bhabha|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}
  • Nadine M. DeLawrence (BFA) — known for large-scale installation art made of metal, influenced by African culture{{Cite web |last= |date=1992-11-28 |title=Nadine M. Delawrence, 39; Artist Exhibited Internationally |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1992-11-28-0000109204-story.html/ |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Hartford Courant |language=en-US}}
  • Karen LaMonte (BFA 1990) — glass sculptor, known for representations of women’s dresses with the wearer absent{{Cite web|url=http://www.risdfulbright.com/risdfulbrighters|title=RISD Fulbright award recipients|website=RISD Fulbright|access-date=May 28, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.risd.edu/news-events/embodied-beauty-gerald-peters-gallery|title=Embodied Beauty at Gerald Peters Gallery|website=RISD Alumni|access-date=May 28, 2020}}

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=Fashion=

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=Film and television=

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== Actors ==

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  • James Franco (MFA 2012) — actor, artist
  • Sam Hyde (BFA 2007) — actor, writer, comedian and co-creator of Million Dollar Extreme Presents: World Peace{{cite web |title=100 Notable Alumni of the Rhode Island School of Design |url=https://edurank.org/uni/rhode-island-school-of-design/alumni/ |website=EduRank.org - Discover university rankings by location |access-date=1 May 2025 |language=en |date=11 August 2021}}
  • Jemima Kirke (BFA 2008) — artist, actor, TV show Girls
  • Martin Mull (BFA 1965, MFA 1967) — actor, comedian, painter
  • Ben Powers — actor on the CBS sitcom Good Times (1978–79){{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/ben-powers-dies-good-times-actor-was-64-1201412448/|title=Ben Powers Dies: 'Good Times' Actor Was 64|last=Lowe|first=Kinsey|date=April 19, 2015|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=October 1, 2017}}
  • Charles Rocket (c.1967–1972) — former Saturday Night Live cast member; actor{{cite news|url=http://www.providencephoenix.com/features/p_and_j/documents/05030762.asp|title=RIP, Charles Rocket Remembering a giant of the Providence underground|date=October 14, 2005|access-date=August 6, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922034631/http://www.providencephoenix.com/features/p_and_j/documents/05030762.asp|archive-date=September 22, 2015|publisher=The Providence Phoenix}}

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=Furniture design=

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  • Amy Devers (MFA Furniture Design 2001) — furniture designer; television personality{{cite web |url=http://www.risd.edu/Devers_Makes_Design_Entertaining/ |title=Devers Makes Design Entertaining |access-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809123818/http://www.risd.edu/Devers_Makes_Design_Entertaining/ |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
  • Hank Gilpin (MFA 1973) — furniture designer and woodworker{{Cite web|title=Hank Gilpin|url=https://www.gallerynaga.com/artists-list/hank-gilpin/|access-date=2020-09-08|website=Gallery NAGA|language=en-US}}
  • Misha Kahn (BFA Furniture Design 2011) — artist
  • Judy Kensley McKie (BFA Painting 1966) — furniture designer{{Cite book|title=Makers : a history of American studio craft|last=Koplos, Janet.|date=2010|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|others=Metcalf, Bruce, 1949–, Center for Craft, Creativity & Design.|isbn=9780807895832|location=Chapel Hill|oclc=658203695}}
  • Brodie Neill (MFA Furniture Design 2004) — furniture designer{{cite web |url=http://www.brodieneill.com |title=Brodie Neill homepage |access-date=September 23, 2010}}
  • Josh Owen (MFA Furniture Design 1998) — furniture designer{{cite web |url=http://www.joshowen.com |title=Josh Owen homepage |date=August 25, 2010 |access-date=September 23, 2010}}
  • Emi Ozawa (MFA Furniture Design 1992) — artist{{Cite web|url=http://www.levygallery.com/artists/emi_ozawa/bio.html|title=Emi Ozawa|website=levygallery.com|access-date=February 22, 2018}}
  • Matthias Pliessnig (BFA Furniture Design 2003) — furniture designer{{cite web |url=http://www.matthias-studio.com |title=Matthias Pliessnig homepage |access-date=September 23, 2010}}
  • Jessi Reaves (BFA Painting 2010) — furniture designer and sculptor{{Cite web|title=Bad House Shelf|url=https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/bad-house-shelf-201651|access-date=2021-04-13|website=RISD Museum}}
  • Janice Smith (MFA 1981) — furniture designer
  • Rosanne Somerson (BFA Industrial Design 1976) — furniture designer; RISD professor, Furniture Design department head, provost, and RISD president 2015–2021
  • Charles Tsunashima (BFA Industrial Design 1997, MFA Textiles 2000) — furniture designer, Tama Arts University faculty
  • David Wiseman (BFA Furniture Design 2003) — home decorative arts and craft{{Cite web|last=Hodge|first=Brooke|date=2009-11-26|title=Seeing Things {{!}} Studio Visit With David Wiseman|url=https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/seeing-things-studio-visit-with-david-wiseman/|access-date=2020-10-13|website=T Magazine|language=en-US}}

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=Glass=

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  • Martin Blank (BFA 1984) — glass artist
  • Dale Chihuly (MFA 1968) — glass artist; founder of glass art program at the Rhode Island School of Design;{{Cite web |url=http://www.chihuly.com/learn |title=Learn More | Chihuly |access-date=July 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019200939/http://www.chihuly.com/learn |archive-date=October 19, 2014 |url-status=dead }} co-founder of Pilchuck Glass School
  • Katherine Gray (MFA 1992) — glass artist
  • Paul Housberg (BFA 1975, MFA 1979) — fused and kiln-formed glass artist
  • Mary Shaffer (BFA 1965, Illustration) — glass artist{{Cite web|url=https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/risd-alumni-win-2010-usa-fellowships|title=News: RISD Alumni Win 2010 USA Fellowships|website=RISD.edu|access-date=March 12, 2018}}
  • Therman Statom (BFA 1974) — glass artist
  • Toots Zynsky (BFA 1973) — glass artist

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=Graphic design=

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  • Tobias Frere-Jones (BFA 1992) — typographer, designer of Gotham
  • Tom Geismar (BFA) — 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) — graphic design studies for one year{{Cite web|url = http://www.risd.edu/Historical_Museum_New_Identity/|title = Historical Museum Gets a New Identity|date = October 21, 2010|access-date = December 18, 2015|website = RISD|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113123/http://www.risd.edu/Historical_Museum_New_Identity/|archive-date = December 22, 2015}}
  • Michael H. Riley — Emmy Award-nominated designer and founder of design company Shine
  • Michael Rock (MFA 1984) — co-founder and partner of 2x4; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award recipient
  • Carol Twombly (1984) — typographer, designer of Trajan, Myriad and Adobe Caslon}}

=Illustration=

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=Industrial design=

  • David Hanson (BFA FAV 1997){{Cite news|url=https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/33398/|title='Meet the Future' at a Feb. 28 Ubben Lecture Featuring David Hanson and His Robot Creation, Sophia |work=DePauw University|access-date=January 12, 2018}} — robotics designer of Sophia
  • Charles Tsunashima (BFA Industrial Design, 1997, MFA Textiles 2000) — industrial designer, Tama Art University faculty{{Cite web|url=http://our.risd.edu/post/125776882314/hot-fun-in-the-summertime-things-heated-up-for|title=Our RISD – Hot fun in the summertime! Things heated up for...|website=Our RISD|date=August 3, 2015 |access-date=January 12, 2018}}
  • Archduke Dominic of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Tuscany (BFA Industrial Design, 1960)

=Literature=

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  • Emiko Davies (BFA Printmaking 2002) — cookbook author, food journalist and food blogger, known for a focus on regional Italian food{{Cite book|last=Cattaneo|first=Barbara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ekmDwAAQBAJ|title=Il restauro della fotografia: Materiali fotografici e cinematografici, analogici e digitali|date=2017-06-07|publisher=Nardini Editore|pages=234|language=it}}
  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman (attended 1878) — author of The Yellow Wallpaper; feminist
  • Rachel B. Glaser (BFA 2005) — writer, "Pee on Water", "Paulina and Fran"
  • Kenneth Goldsmith (BFA 1984) — poet, WFMU DJ, founding editor of UbuWeb
  • Manjushree Thapa (BFA 1989) — writer, Forget Kathmandu, Tilled Earth, Tutor Of History

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=Music=

{{See also|Category:Rhode Island School of Design alumni in music}}

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== Musical bands ==

Bands formed by students while attending RISD

===Black Dice – Formed in 1997 ===

===Fang Island – Formed in 2005 ===

===Les Savy Fav – Formed in 1995 ===

===Lightning Bolt – Formed in 1994 ===

===Rubber Rodeo – Formed in 1980 ===

===Talking Heads – Formed in 1974 ===

=Textiles=

  • Pia Camil (BFA 2003) — contemporary artist{{Cite web|last=Radin|first=Sara|date=2019-12-03|title=Pia Camil turns old T-shirts into art|url=https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/3kx3en/pia-camil-turns-old-t-shirts-into-art|access-date=2021-06-01|website=i-D|language=en}}
  • Cynthia Schira (BFA 1956) — textile artist known for adding relief and irregularity to weavings made on a Jacquard loom{{Cite book|title=Makers : a history of American studio craft|last=Koplos, Janet.|date=2010|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|others=Metcalf, Bruce, 1949–, Center for Craft, Creativity & Design.|isbn=9780807895832|location=Chapel Hill|oclc=658203695}}
  • Ruth Adler Schnee (BFA 1945) — a founding figure of contemporary textile design in America, best known for her modern prints and abstract-patterns of organic and geometric forms{{Cite web|url=http://www.michiganmodern.org/designers/ruth-adler-schnee|title=Ruth Adler Schnee Bio|website=Michigan Modern|access-date=September 29, 2017}}

Notable current and past faculty

{{see also|Category:Rhode Island School of Design faculty}}

{{see also|List of presidents of the Rhode Island School of Design}}

=Fine Arts Division=

The Fine Arts Division includes the following departments; ceramics, film/animation/video, glass, illustration, jewelry and metalsmithing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and textiles.

==Ceramics==

==Film, animation, video==

  • Yvonne Andersen — professor in animation, department head
  • Janet Perlman — animator, Oscar nominee for The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVShFCjVzvIC&q=%22Penguins+Behind+Bars%22&pg=PA283|title=Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators|last=Lenburg|first=Jeff|date=1 June 2006|publisher=Applause Books|isbn=978-1-55783-671-7|pages=283–284}}
  • Steven Subotnick — professor in animation

==Illustration==

  • Jean Blackburn (BFA 1979) — archaeological illustrator, sculptor, and painter{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Abraham |date=April 2017 |title=Critics' Picks: Rafius Fane Gallery |url=https://www.artforum.com/picks/jean-blackburn-67699 |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Artforum |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Jean Blackburn, Template, 2002 |url=https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/template-20133 |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=RISD Museum}}
  • Lars Grant-West — illustrator for Wizards of the Coast
  • Fred Lynch (BFA 1986) — journalistic illustrator
  • David Macaulay (BArch 1969) — illustrator and author
  • Barry Moser — illustrator
  • Kelly Murphy (BFA 1999) — illustrator and author, E.B. White Award winner for Masterpiece
  • Mahler B. Ryder – mixed media collage, sculptor, jazz pianist, taught illustration from 1969–1992{{Cite news |date=March 4, 1992 |title=Mahler Ryder, 54, Teacher of Illustration |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/04/obituaries/mahler-ryder-54-teacher-of-illustration.html |work=The New York Times |pages=21 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/stjamesguidetobl0000unse/mode/2up?q=Mahler |title=St. James Guide to Black Artists |date=1997 |publisher=St. James Press |others=Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |isbn=978-1-55862-220-3 |location=Detroit, Michigan |pages=462 |chapter=Ryder, Mahler (Bessinger) |via=Internet Archive}}
  • Chris Van Allsburg (MFA sculpture 1975) — children's book author/illustrator, Caldecott winner for Jumanji and The Polar Express

==Jewelry and metalsmithing==

==Painting==

  • Richard Merkin (MFA 1963) — professor emeritus, painter
  • Duane Slick — painting faculty since 1995{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_9w4eXZNg4C|title=American Indians and Popular Culture: Media, Sports, and Politics|publisher=ABC-Clio|year=2012|isbn=9780313379901|series=Volume 1 of American Indians and Popular Culture|location=Santa Barbara, California|pages=201–202}}
  • George William Whitaker — first instructor of oil painting{{cite web|url=http://www.riheritagehalloffame.org/inductees_detail.cfm?crit=det&iid=644|title=George William Whitaker|website=Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame|access-date=January 23, 2016}}
  • Mabel May Woodward — painting faculty for over 20 years;{{cite news|title=Woodward is back in the limelight|date=October 2, 1992|work=The Providence Journal|location=Providence, RI|page=D16|last1=Siclen|first1=Bill|id = {{ProQuest|396973667}}}} 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{{cite news|title=Paintings of Mabel Woodward: Art: Providence impressionist|date=October 10, 1972|work=Boston Globe|location=Boston, Mass|page=18|last1=Taylor|first1=Robert|id = {{ProQuest|503756294}}}}

==Photography==

  • Diane Arbus — photographer
  • Harry Callahan — photographer, former chair of the Department of Photography
  • Joe Deal — photographer, professor emeritus, former provost
  • Ann Fessler — author, filmmaker, installation artist, former Department Head and Graduate Program Director
  • Henry Horenstein — photographer
  • Aaron Siskind — abstract expressionist photographer who, with Callahan, founded the photography department at RISD

==Printmaking==

  • Andrew Raftery — engraver; has taught in the printmaking and painting department since 1991{{Cite web|url=http://www.risd.edu/uploadedFiles/RISD_edu/Academics/Departments/Printmaking/Faculty/Profiles/AndrewRafteryCV.pdf|title=Andrew Raftery|website=RISD|access-date=April 6, 2015}}
  • Brian Shure — master printmaker, realist painter, teaching 1996–2016{{Cite web|url=http://riaaproject.blogspot.com/2013/04/in-studio-brian-shure.html|title=RI Art Archive Project: In The Studio: Brian Shure|access-date=December 17, 2015}}
  • Carol Wax — printmaker, visiting artist and faculty in the printmaking department

==Sculpture==

  • Gilbert Franklin (1919–2004; BFA 1941) — sculptor, teacher 1942–1985, and former dean of fine arts{{Cite book |last1=Kohl |first1=Benjamin G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LdYLAQAAMAAJ |title=The Centennial Directory of the American Academy in Rome |last2=Linker |first2=Wayne A. |last3=Kavelman |first3=Buff Suzanne |date=1995 |publisher=American Academy in Rome |others=American Academy in Rome, American Academy in Rome Society of Fellows |isbn=978-1-879549-02-9 |language=en}}

=Architecture and Design Division=

The Architecture and Design Division includes the following departments; apparel design, architecture, furniture design, graphic design, industrial design, and landscape architecture.

==Architecture==

== Landscape architecture ==

==Furniture design==

  • Tage Frid — RISD professor of Woodworking and Furniture design 1962–1985{{Cite web|url=http://rainfordrestorations.com/2014/02/16/tage-frid-the-great-dane/|title=Tage Frid the Great Dane|date=February 16, 2014|website=Rainforest Restorations|access-date=December 18, 2015}} also connected to the industrial design program{{Cite news|url=http://our.risd.edu/post/131285719564/celebrating-id-mentors-rbd|title=Celebrating ID Mentors @RbD|website=Our RISD|date=October 16, 2015 |access-date=October 20, 2017}}
  • Jens Risom — furniture design

==Graphic design==

  • John Howard Benson — calligraphy, design theory, sculpture
  • Malcolm Grear — professor emeritus, graphic designer
  • Mihai Nadin — theorist, semiotics, computational design, HCI{{Cite web|url=http://www.mime.indiana.edu/mihaiNadin/|title=An Interview with Mihai Nadin|last=Gillespie|first=Thom|website=indiana.edu|access-date=May 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915233516/http://www.mime.indiana.edu/mihaiNadin/|archive-date=September 15, 2016|url-status=dead}}
  • Ootje Oxenaar — Dutch graphic designer, designer of acclaimed but now vanished Dutch currency
  • Michael Rock — graphic designer; writer; design professor at Yale University MFA graphic design program
  • Nancy Skolos — graphic designer, co-founder of Skolos-Wedell studios, teaching at RISD since 1989
  • Paul Soulellis — graphic designer, artist, publisher and teacher; founder of Library of the Printed Web{{Cite web |url=https://www.risd.edu/academics/graphic-design/faculty/paul-soulellis |title=Paul Soulellis at Rhode Island School of Design |access-date=November 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://conifer.rhizome.org/heyneff/wikipedia/20180707051733/https://www.risd.edu/people/paul-soulellis/ |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cbignore}}

==Industrial design==

  • Marc Harrison — industrial designer and pioneer of universal design and RISD professor of industrial design until his death in 1998{{Cite news|url=http://www.idsa.org/content/marc-harrison|title=Marc Harrison|date=June 16, 2010|work=Industrial Designers Society of America – IDSA|access-date=October 20, 2017}}
  • Victor Papanek — designer and early pioneer of universal design{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/arts/16iht-design16.html|title=Victor Papanek: An Early Champion of Good Sense|last=Rawsthorn|first=Alice|date=May 15, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 6, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}
  • Peter Yeadon — industrial designer

=Experimental and Foundation Studies Division=

=Liberal Arts Division=

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