Over the past 165 years the GSA has taught many students who
have gone on to become very successful in their chosen fields of
expertise. The roll call of such famous alumni is long, but some
familiar names from the past to the present day include (in
alphabetical order by surname):
Ian Alexander (Architecture)
Practising architect
Mary Armour (Drawing & Painting)
Artist
Lesley Banks (Drawing & Painting, 1984)
Practising Artist
Claire Barclay (Master of Fine Art, 1993)
Practising Artist
Christine Borland (Environmental Art, 1987)
Practising Artist; Turner Prize nominee 1997; GSA Research
Fellow
Andy Bow B.Arch.Hons,Dip.Arch,MA (Architectural Studies,
1988)
Eero Saarinen Professor of Architecture (Yale); Senior Partner
Foster and Partners
Alexander Stoddart (Sculpture, 1980)
Practising Artist; Sculptor in Ordinary to The Queen in
Scotland
Roderick Buchanan (Environmental Art, 1988)
Practising Artist; Beck's Future Award Winner 2000
John Byrne (Mural Design, 1964)
Artist; Playwright
Ian Callum (Industrial Design, 1977)
Automotive Designer; Design Director, Jaguar Cars
Steven Campbell (Drawing & Painting, 1982)
Artist
Robert Colquhoun (Drawing & Painting)
Artist
Robbie Coltrane (Drawing & Painting)
Actor
Stephen Conroy (Drawing & Painting, 1987)
Practising Artist
James Cowie (Drawing & Painting, 1916)
Artist
Joseph Crawhall (Drawing & Painting)
Artist
Ken Currie (Drawing & Painting, 1982)
Practising Artist
Peter Capaldi (Graphics)
Actor, Writer, Film Director; won Oscar for Best Short Film for
'Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life' in 1993
Emilio Coia (Drawing & Painting)
Cartoonist
Jack Coia (Architecture)
Architect
David Donaldson (Drawing & Painting)
Artist
Alan Dunlop (Architecture, 1985)
Practising Architect; Partner at Murray Dunlop Architects,
Glasgow
Andy Dunlop (Silversmithing & Jewellery, 1994)
Musician (member of Travis)
Joan Eardley (Drawing & Painting, 1949)
Artist
Ian Fleming (Drawing & Painting)
Artist
Annie French (Drawing & Painting)
Illustrator
Douglas Gordon (Environmental Art, 1988)
Practising Artist; Turner Prize Winner 1996; GSA Researcher
Alasdair Gray (Mural Design)
Writer, Artist
Muriel Gray (Graphic Design, 1979)
TV Presenter, Columnist, Novelist
Robert Hardy (Painting, 2003)
Musician (member of Franz Ferdinand)
Fran Healy (Drawing & Painting)
Musician (member of Travis)
Henry Hellier (Graphic Design)
Book Designer
Pam Hogg (Textiles)
Fashion designer; DJ
Gareth Hoskins (Architecture)
Practising Architect; work includes Saughton Visitor Centre,
Edinburgh
Peter Howson (Drawing & Painting, 1981)
Practising Artist; official war artist, Bosnia 1993
Kenny Hunter (Sculpture, 1987)
Practising Sculptor; work includes Citizen Firefighter, Central
Station, Glasgow
Margaret Hunter (Drawing & Painting, 1985)
Practising Artist; European Woman of Achievement in the Arts,
1998
Charlie Hussey (Architecture 1987)
Practicing architect, Shortlisted for Stirling Prize 2003
Cathy Jamieson (Sculpture, 1979)
Minister for Justice, Scottish Executive
Jessie Marion King (Design)
Designer illustrator
Janice Kirkpatrick (Graphics, 1984)
Designer, Broadcaster - Founder and Director of Graven Images
Design Company
Jack Knox (Drawing & Painting)
Practising Artist
Jim Lambie (Environmental Art, 1994)
Practising Artist; a main exhibitor in Scottish Pavilion at Venice
Biennale 2003
Andrew Lauder (PDE, 1995)
Product Designer, Apple Computers, California
David Law (Product Design Engineering, 1991)
Product Designer, Speck Design, California
Liz Lochhead (Drawing & Painting)
Poet, Playwright
Anne MacBeth (Textiles)
Textile Artist
Robert MacBryde (Drawing & Painting)
Artist
Frances Macdonald (Design)
Artist, Designer
Margaret Macdonald (Design)
Artist, Designer
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (Architecture)
Architect, Designer, Artist; The Glasgow School of Art is his
masterwork
Andy MacMillan (Architecture)
Architect, worked with Gillespie Kidd & Coia
Herbert MacNair (Architecture)
Architect designer
Bessie MacNicol (Drawing & Painting)
Artist
Oscar Mazzaroli (Drawing & Painting)
Photographer
Henry McKeown (Architecture)
Practicing architect
Bruce McLean (Sculpture)
Practising Artist, Sculptor, Academic
Norman McLaren (Design)
Filmmaker, founded National Film Board of Canada
John McNeece (Design, 1962)
Interior Designer; projects include The Oleanna, the world's
largest cruise ship
Rosalind Nashashibi (Master of Fine Art, 2000)
Practising Artist; Beck's Futures Award Winner 2003
Jessie Newbery (Drawing & Painting)
Artist
Toby Paterson (Drawing & Painting, 1995)
Practising Artist; Beck's Futures Award Winner 2002
Dougie Payne (Sculpture, 1995)
Musician (member of Travis)
James McIntosh Patrick (Drawing & Painting)
Artist
Julie Roberts (Master of Fine Art, 1990)
Practising Artist; exhibited in Here+Now exhibition at Dundee
Contemporary Arts
Jenny Saville (Drawing & Painting, 1992)
Practising Artist; exhibited in Royal Academy's 'Sensation'
exhibition
David Shrigley (Environmental Art, 1991)
Practising Artist; exhibited in Here+Now exhibition at Dundee
Contemporary Arts
Ross Sinclair (Environmental Art, 1988)
Practising Artist; exhibited in Here+Now exhibition at Dundee
Contemporary Arts
Benno Schotz (Fine Art)
Sculptor
Tom Scott (Product Design)
Automotive Designer; previously Design Director, Ford Motor
Company
William 'Crimean' Simpson (Drawing & Painting, 1849)
Artist; official war artist in The Crimea
Simon Starling (Master of Fine Art, 1992)
Practising Artist; a main exhibitor in Scottish Pavilion at Venice
Biennale 2003
Robert Stewart (Design, 1947)
Textile Designer, Ceramicist, Academic
Charles Sutherland (Architecture 1987)
Practicing architect, shortlisted for Stirling Prize 2003
Thomas Tait (Architecture)
Architect
Hock Aun Teh (Drawing & Painting, 1974)
Practising Artist
Edward Arthur Walton (Drawing & Painting)
Artist
Alison Watt (Drawing & Painting, 1988)
Practising Artist - first woman to have a solo exhibition at the
Scottish National Gallery
Andrew Whalley (Architecture, 1983)
Practising Architect; architect for the Eden Project,
Cornwall
Adrian Wiszniewski (Architecture)
Practising Artist
