List of California Institute of the Arts people

Lists of notable alumni, faculty, and visiting artist of the California Institute of the Arts.

School of Art

Alumni

Nayland Blake (MFA 84, Art)
Ross Bleckner (MFA 73, Art)
Barbara Bloom (BFA 72, Art)
Mark Bradford
Ariel 'Pink' Rosenberg
Linda Ravenswood (1989-1992,1999-2001)
Ingrid Calame (MFA 96, Art)
James Casebere (MFA 79, Art)
Cristopher Cichocki
John Duncan
Sam Durant (MFA 91, Art)
Kenneth Feingold
Eric Fischl (BFA 72, Art)
Guillermo Gomez-Peña (BFA 81, MFA 83, Art)
John C. Goss (MFA 84, Art)
Sharon Greytak (MFA 82, Art)
Steven Hull (BFA 95, MFA 97, Art)
Anna Jones (BFA 07)
Mike Kelley (MFA 78, Art)
Niko Solorio (BFA 07]]
Rachel Lachowicz (BFA 88, Art)
Dave Muller (MFA 93, Art)
Matt Mullican (BFA 74, Art)
Rubén Ortiz-Torres (MFA 92, Art)
Tony Oursler (BFA 79, Art)
Laura Owens (MFA 94, Art)
Lari Pittman (BFA 74, MFA 76, Art)
Monique Prieto (BFA 92, MFA 9, Art)
Stephen Prina (MFA 80, Art)
David Salle (BFA 73, MFA 75, Art)
Sean Adams (BFA 86, Graphic Design)
Noreen Morioka (BFA 88, Graphic Design)
Dave Bravenec (MFA 95, Graphic Design)
Barry Deck (MFA 89, Graphic Design)
Jens Gehlhaar (MFA 97, Graphic Design)
Barbara Glauber (MFA 90, Graphic Design)
Sibylle Hagman (MFA 96, Graphic Design)
Somi Kim (MFA 89, Graphic Design)
Lisa Nugent (MFA 89, Graphic Design)
Deborah Littlejohn (MFA 94, Graphic Design)
Kevin Lyons (MFA 96, Graphic Design)
Beth Elliott (MFA 96, Graphic Design)
Weston Bingham (MFA 96, Graphic Design)
Sibylle Hagmann (MFA 96, Graphic Design)
Tiffany Malakooti (BFA 08, Graphic Design)
Geoff McFetridge (MFA 95, Graphic Design)
Jeremy 'JerBear' Landman (MFA 06, Graphic Design)
Kali Nikitas (MFA 90, Graphic Design)
Mansi Shah (BFA 08, Graphic Design)
Julie Becker (BFA 94, MFA 96, Photography and Media)
Miles Coolidge (MFA 92, Photography and Media)
Sofia Coppola ((Did not graduate) 92, Photography and Media)
Lyle Ashton Harris (MFA 90, Photography and Media)
Darcy Huebler (BFA 79, MFA 83, Photography and Media)
Robert Glenn Ketchum (MFA 73, Photography and Media)
Liz Larner (BFA 85, Photography and Media)
Daniel Martinez (BFA 79, Photography and Media)
Catherine Opie (MFA 88, Photography and Media)
Carrie Mae Weems (BFA 81, Photography and Media)
James Welling (BFA 72, MFA 74, Photography and Media)
Denise Gonzales Crisp
Noreen Morioka (BFA 88)
Louise Sandhaus
Jon Sueda
Gail Swanlund
Andrea Tinnes
Edwin Utermohlen (MFA 91)
Michael Worthington
Mitchell Syrop (MFA)
Stephen Prina (MFA 80)
Angus Andrew
Jack Goldstein
Christopher Williams

Faculty

Visiting Artist

School of Critical Studies

Alumni

Teena Apeles (MFA 98)
Laura Beloff (MFA 98)
Stacen Berg (MFA 03)
Jason Brown (MFA 00)
Andrew Choate (MFA 03)
Ken Ehrlich (MFA 99)
Malik Gaines (MFA 99)
Joy Gregory (MFA 99)
Liz Hansen (MFA 00)
Jeremy Hight (MFA 98)
Jeff Knowlton (MFA 99)
Steve Kandell (MFA 99)
Soo Kim (MFA 95)
Cheryl Klein (MFA 02)
Steve Knezevich (MFA 96)
Brandon LaBelle (MFA 98)
Felicia Luna Lemus (MFA 00)
Karl Montevirgen (MFA 00)
Christopher Okum (MFA 99)
Jared Olmsted (MFA 05)
Andrea Richards (MFA 99)
Denise Spampinato (MFA 02)
Brad Spence (MFA 96)
Freyda Thomas (MFA 01)
Andrew Vontz (MFA 99) \

Faculty

Steve Erickson

Visiting Artist

Ammiel Alcalay, writer and poet
David Antin, performance artist
Robert Ashley, composer
Alain Badiou, philosopher
John Baldessari, artist
Stephen Barber, cultural theorist
Dodie Bellamy, writer
Aimee Bender, writer
Charles Bernstein, poet
Caroline Bergval, poet, writer
Christian Bök, poet
David Bunn, artist
Catherine Cazalé, writer and critic
Michael Chabon, writer
Joseph Chaikin, theater director and writer
Iain Chambers, cultural theorist
Bernard Cooper, essayist and art critic
Victor Hernandez Cruz, poet
Mike Davis, historian and social critic
Vaginal Davis, performance artist, writer
Bruce Ferguson, curator
Chris Fishbauch, editor
Carolyn Forché, poet
Maria Irene Fornes, playwright
Peter Frank, art critic
Coco Fusco, performance artist, writer and curator
Cristina Garcia, writer
Amy Gerstler, poet and art critic
Renee Gladman, writer
Kenneth Goldsmith, writer
Barbara Goldoftas, scientific journalist
Ingrid Gouws, novelist and playwright
Jory Graham, poet
Nina Hagen, musician
Lynn Hejinian, poet
Jen Hofer, poet and translator
Gary Indiana, writer
Shelley Jackson, writer
Michael Joyce, hypertext writer
Heidi Julavits, writer
Marsha Kinder, film theorist
Deena Larsen and geniwate, hypertext writers
Li-Young Lee, poet
Tan Lin, poet and theorist
Felicia Luna Lemus, writer
Sylvère Lotringer, theorist, writer
Steve McCaffery, poet, essayist and critic
Ben Marcus, writer
Bernadette Mayer, poet
Czeslaw Milosz, writer
Trinh T. Minh-ha, filmmaker, writer and composer
K. Silem Mohammed, poet
Harryette Mullen, poet
Eileen Myles, poet, writer
Geoff Nicholson, writer
Celeste Olalquiaga, cultural critic and author
Peggy Phelan, performance theorist
Yvonne Rainer, filmmaker
Charles Ray, artist
John Rechy, writer
Ishmael Reed, writer
David Rees, writer, comic book artist and satirist
Joan Retallack, poet
John Sack, literary journalist
Carolee Schneemann, artist
Sarah Schulman, writer, playwright
Leonard Schwartz, poet and translator
Carolyn See, writer
Mona Simpson, artist
Reneta Slaclel, cultural theorist
Gary Snyder, poet
Mary Ellen Solt, poet
Frances Stark, writer and artist
Lorin Stein, editor
Mark Strand, poet
Stephanie Strickland, hypertext poet
Michael Taussig, anthropologist
Lisa Teasley, writer
Hector Tobar, journalist and novelist
Jalal Toufic, film theorist and video artist
Quincy Troupe, poet and biographer
Sandra Tsing Loh, humorist
Luisa Valenzuela, writer and critic
Michael Ventura, writer and journalist
Anne Waldman, poet
Margaret Wertheim, science journalist
Hayden White, cultural theorist
Karen Wolman, novelist, editor and queer activist
Terry Wolverton, poet and performance artist
Susan Yankowitz, playwright and theater director
Slavoj Zizek, cultural theorist

The Sharon Lund School of Dance

Alumni

Karl Anderson (BFA 86)
Jamie Bishton (BFA 84)
Debra Bluth (MFA 93)
Michelle Broussard (MFA 92)
Keisha Clarke (BFA 98)
Teresa Espinosa (BFA 96)
Theodora Fredericks (BFA 85)
Frit Fuller (BFA 84, MFA 88)
Frat Fuller (BFA 86)
Phyllis Gomer-Douglass (MFA 90)
Anthony Gongora (BFA 88)
Laura Gorenstein (BFA 92)
Vincas Greene (MFA 91)
Austin Hartel (MFA 00)
Jacques Heim (MFA 91).
Heidi Landgraf (MFA 00)
David Teton-Landis (MFA 81)
Katharine Livingston (BFA 90)
Lisa K. Lock (BFA 91, MFA 93)
Arianne MacBean (MFA 98)
Nycole Merritt (BFA 96)
Deborah Oliver (BFA 79, MFA 81)
Tiffany Parish (BFA 96)
Iris Pell (BFA 73)
Francesca Penzani (MFA 99).
Cynthia Pepper (BFA 84)
Sam Piperato (BFA 90)
Susan Rose (BFA 71, MFA 73)
Arthur Sabb (BFA 93)
Chi-Ting Shih (MFA 01)
Kim Shipp (MFA 98)
Stephanie Spencer (MFA 96) .
Dawn Stoppiello (BFA 89)
Tomas Tamayo (BFA 92, MFA 94)
Lisa Townsend (MFA 94)
Teri Weikel (78)
Erin White-Landry (BFA 84)
Dereque Whiturs (83)
Morgan Williams (BFA 89, MFA 98)
Dominique Yen (BFA 95)

Faculty

Visiting Artist

School of Film/Video

Alumni

Kelly Christopher Amos (MFA, Film & Video)
Henry Anderson (BFA 88, Character Animation)
Robin Anderson (BFA 95, Character Animation)
Steve Anderson (Character Animation)
Mark Andrews (Character Animation)
Wes Archer (Character Animation)
Kelly Asbury (Character Animation)
Steve Balderson (96, Film & Video)
Tom Bancroft (Character Animation)
Tony Bancroft (Character Animation)
Lorette Bayle(MFA 99, Film Directing)
Adam Beckett (BFA 74, Experimental Animation)
Nancy Beiman (Character Animation)
Brad Bird (76, Character Animation)
Robert Blalack (MFA 73, Live Action)
Carlos Bonilla DJ Quixotic (BFA 03, Film & Video)
Joyce Borenstein (Experimental Animation)
Dave Bossert (BFA 83, Character Animation)
Bill Brown (MFA 97, Film & Video)
Chris Buck (Character Animation)
Brendan Burch (BFA 00, Character Animation)
William Burgess (BFA 06, Film/Video)
Tim Burton (79, Character Animation)
Doug Campbell (BFA 85, Live Action)
Brenda Chapman (BFA 87, Character Animation)
Chris Casady (Experimental Animation)
Peter Chung (81, Experimental Animation)
Darrell Van Citters (BFA 76, Character Animation)
Fred Cline (BFA 84,Character Animation)
Gary Conrad(BFA 84, Character Animation)
Kerry Conran (Film & Video)
Larry Cuba (Experimental Animation)
Devorah Cutler (BFA 75, Live Action)
Sean Daniel (BFA 73, Film & Video)
Eric Darnell (MFA 90, Experimental Animation)
Dane Davis (BFA 81, Film & Video)
Anthony DeRosa (Character Animation)
Paul Demeyer (MFA 77, Experimental Animation)
Don Device (MFA 88, Film Directing)
Kirby Dick (Film/Video)
Janeann Dill (MFA 94, Experimental Animation)
Pete Docter (BFA 90, Character Animation)
Kate Dollenmayer (BFA 05 Film & Video)
Gregory Ecklund (BFA Character Animation)
Ralph Eggleston (86, Character Animation)
Myron Emery (MFA 73, Experimental Animation)
Lauren Faust (94, Character Animation)
F.X. Feeney (Film & Video)
Robert Fenz (MFA 02, Film & Video)
Doug Frankle (Character Animation)
Tony Fucile (Character Animation)
Randy Fullmer (Character Animation)
Douglas Grindstaff (BFA 75, Live Action)
James Gore (Experimental Animation)
Zigmund Gron (MFA 89, Live Action)
Jorge R. Gutierrez (MFA, Experimental Animation)
Curt Hahn (BFA, Film & Video)
Steve Hanft (Film & Video)
Mark O'Hare (Character Animation)
Butch Hartman (Character Animation)
John Hays (Character Animation)
Rick Heinrichs (Character Animation, 79)
Steve Hillenburg(MFA 92, Experimental Animation)
T. Daniel Hofstedt (Character Animation)
Larry Huber (Character Animation)
Ethan Hurd (Character Animation)
Elizabeth Ito (BFA 04, Character Animation)
Dan Jeup (Character Animation)
Moises "Mocherz" Jimenez (BFA 07, Experimental Animation)
William E. Jones (MFA 90, Film & Video)
Leon Joosen (Character Animation)
Glen Keane (74, Experimental Animation)
Craig Kellman (Character Animation)
Patrick Kennelly (BFA 06, Film & Video)
Carole Kim (MFA 01, Film & Video-Integrated Media)
Gina Kim (MFA 99, Film & Video)
Mark Tapio Kines (Film & Video)
Mark Kirkland (BFA 78, Experimental Animation)
Arlene Klasky (Experimental Animation)
Jorgen Klubien (BFA, Character Animation)
Amy Kravitz(MFA 86, Experimental Animation)
Joel Lam (MFA 01, Film & Video)
Lorne Lanning (Character Animation)
John Lasseter (BFA 79, Character Animation)
Jay Lender
Lin Li (MFA 01, Film & Video)
Kevin Lima (Character Animation)
David Loitz (BFA 05, Film & Video)
Elisabetta Lodoli (MFA 88, Live Action)
James Mangold (BFA 85, Film & Video)
Stu Maschwitz (Animation)
Eon McKai (Film & Video)
Craig McCracken (92, Character Animation)
Jennifer Medlin (BFA 01, Film & Video)
Zac Moncrief (Character Animation)
Rich Moore (Character Animation)
C. Scott Morse (Character Animation)
Thom Mount (MFA 73, Live Action)
Waleed Moursi (MFA 03, Film Directing)
Joe Moshier (Character Animation)
M. David Mullen (MFA 91, Film & Video)
John Musker (BFA, 79, Character Animation)
Ricky Nierva (Character Animation)
Michael Nguyen (88, Character Animation)
Gregory Orr (Film & Video)
Mark Osborne (BFA 92, Experimental Animation)
Sergio Pablos (Character Animation)
Christine Panushka (MFA 83, Experimental Animation)
Josh Parpan (BFA 06, Experimental Animation)
Justin Parpan (BFA 06, Film & Video)
Eric Patrick (MFA 07, Experimental Animation)
Michael Patterson (Experimental Animation)
Korky Paul (Experimental Animation)
Lorelei Pepi (MFA 07, Experimental Animation)
Dennis Pies (Experimental Animation)
Bobby Podesta (Character Animation)
Joanna Priestley (MFA 85, Experimental Animation)
Joe Ranft (Character Animation)
Jim Reardon (Character Animation)
Jerry Rees (Character Animation)
Rob Renzetti (Character Animation)
Christiane Robbins (MFA 88, Film & Video)
Kathy Rose (MFA 74, Experimental Animation)
Paul Rudish (Character Animation)
Jen Sachs (MFA 01, Experimental Animation)
Chris Sanders (Character Animation)
April Scott-Goss (MFA 99, Film Directing)
Henry Selick (MFA 77, Experimental Animation)
Lee Sheldon (MFA Film Directing)
Simeon Soffer (CRT 83, Experimental Animation)
Sheila Sofian (MFA 91, Experimental Animation)
Aaron Springer (Character Animation)
Andrew Stanton (Character Animation)
Deborah Stratman (MFA 95, Film & Video)
Steven Subotnick (BFA 84, MFA 86, Experimental Animation)
Doug Sweetland (Character Animation)
Rea Tajiri
Tamara Tracz (BFA 02, Film & Video)
Genndy Tartakovsky (Character Animation)
Ann Telnaes (Character Animation)
Donna Tracy (Experimental Animation)
Gary Trousdale (82, Character Animation)
Andrew Tsao (MFA 90, Film Directing)
Naomi Uman (MFA 98, Film & Video)
Mark Walsh (Character Animation)
Dean Wellings (Character Animation)
Christopher Wilcha (MFA 98, Film & Video)
Travis Wilkerson (MFA 01, Film & Video)
David Wilson (MFA 76, Experimental Animation)
Kirk Wise (CRT 85, Character Animation)
Ellen Woodbury (Experimental Animation)
Milla Zeltzer (BFA 03, Character Animation)
Kathy Zielinski (Character Animation)

Faculty

Visiting Artist

School of Music

Alumni

David Ake (MFA 87)
Ralph Alessi (BFA 87, MFA 90)
Michael Cain (BFA 88, MFA 90)
James Carney (BFA 90)
Nicholas Chase (MFA 00)
Scott Colley (BFA 88)
Ravi Coltrane (BFA 90)
Mark Coniglio (BFA 89)
Lori Dobbins (MFA 82)
Gail Ann Dorsey
Ashley Dzerigian (BFA 05)
Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick (BFA 78, MFA 82)
Guy Eckstine '75
Randy Gloss (MFA 97)
Joachim Gossmann (MFA 01)
Andrew Grueschow (BFA 96, MFA 99)
Austin Wrinkle (BFA 97, MFA 99)
Pirayeh Pourafar (MFA 00)
Steven Hoey (MFA 98)
Melissa Hui (MFA 90)
Amy Knoles (BFA 82)
Sally Lamb (BFA 90)
Hugh Livingston (MFA 93)
Tom Lopez (MFA 93)
Robin Lorentz (MFA 81)
Arturo Marquez (MFA 90)
Mel Mercier (MFA 91)
Peter Otto (MFA 83)
Randall Packer (MFA 81)
Lisa Popeil (BFA 80)
Paula Rasmussen (BFA 87)
Douglas Repetto (MFA 97)
Marina Rosenfeld (Art-Music MFA 94)
Dean Rosenthal (MFA 97 - Did Not Graduate)
Adam Rudolph (MFA 88)
Otmaro Ruiz (MFA 91)
Sara Schoenbeck (MFA 99)
Rand Steiger (MFA 82)
Zack Settel (BFA 85)
Carl Stone (BFA 75)
Dorothy Stone (MFA 82)
Janice Tipton (MFA 78)
George Torres (BFA 85)
Libby Van Cleve (MFA 84)
Jack Vees (MFA 86)
Marty Walker (MFA 91)
Gregg Wager
roger allen ward (MFA 99)
Todd Winkler (MFA 84)
Nedra Wheeler (BFA 87, MFA 89)
Marcelo Zarvos (BFA 92)
Stephen "Lucky" Mosko
Gabrial McNair (of No Doubt) ('95)
Peter Garland
John Luther Adams
Raven Chacon
Dean Drummond
Lois V Vierk
Melissa Hui
Arthur Jarvinen
Jiro Yamaguchi (of Ozomatli)
Roger Miller (76, Composition)
Bob Bellerue
Z'EV

Faculty

Visiting Artist

School of Theater

Alumni

Amanda Aday (Acting)
Carolyn Almos (Acting)
Matt Almos (MFA 90, Directing)
John Assalone (MFA 90, Management)
Mathew R. August (MFA 97, Acting)
Cameron Bancroft (BFA 90, Acting)
Garth Belcon (BFA 94, Management)
Daniel K. Boland (BFA 95, Lighting Design)
Martyn Bookwalter (MFA 77, Lighting Design)
Fontella Boone (MFA 91, Costume Design)
Jesse Borrego (84, Acting)
Barbara Bosson (Acting)
Kevin Bjorke (Acting)
A. Laura Brody (MFA 92, Costume Design)
Merritt Butrick (Acting) (Was later dismissed)
Don Cheadle (BFA 86, Acting)
Cortheal Clark (MFA 97, Technical Direction)
Michael Cudlitz (Acting)
Jennifer Elise Cox (BFA 91, Acting)
Juli Crockett
Sam Doumit
Kevin Dunayer (MFA 90, Sound Design)
Jeff Gifford (MFA 88, Management)
Jason Grandpre (MFA 97, Technical Direction)
Brandon Harlow (BFA 98, Acting/Management)
Ed Harris (BFA 75, Acting)
David Hasselhoff (73, Acting)
Samuel Hatcher (MFA 95, Technical Direction)
Michael Hooker (MFA 94, Scene Design) i
Barbara Inglehart (MFA 86, Costume Design)
Bill Irwin (72, Acting)
Ashley York Kennedy (BFA 86, Scene Design)
Simbi Khali-Williams (BFA 93, Acting)
Jeff Kleeman (BFA 87, Technical Direction)
Etta Lilienthal (MFA 99, Scene Design)
William Liotta (MFA 98, Lighting Design)
Scott MacDonald (Acting)
Debi Manwiller (BFA 83, Acting)
David Mickelsen (MFA 83, Costume Design)
Donald Miller (MFA 72, Producing Program)
Kim Milford (Acting)
Laraine Newman (Acting)
Beata Pilch (MFA 93, Acting)
Paul Reubens
Michael Richards (attended but did not grduate)
Michael D. Roberts (Acting)
Douglas Rushkoff, writer, social theorist
Katey Sagal (Acting)
Tobe Sexton (BFA 91)
Kim Schwartz (MFA 97, Technical Direction)
Robert Smith (BFA 96, Lighting Design)
Marianne Wedset (Adv Cert 90, Lighting Design)
Michole White (91, Acting)
Jay Winters (BFA 87, Lighting Design)

Faculty

Visiting Artist

Todd Barton - designer
Kathy Bates - actor
Martin Benson - director/artistic director
Craig Berenson - producer
Bill Bloodgood - scene designer
Steven Bochco - producer
Andre Both - designer
Kenneth Branagh - actor Royal Shakespeare Company/director/producer
Susan Brown - casting director
James Burrows - producer/writer
Catherine Butterfield - playwright
Tony Campisi - director/actor
Ana Cappelluto - designer
Juliette Carrillo - director
Joseph Chaiken - performance artist
Jason Cooper - designer
Allan Corduner - Royal Shakespeare Company
Michael Counts - director
Brian Cox - Royal Shakespeare Company
Gordon Davidson - director/artistic director
Timothy Douglas - director
Kate Edmunds - designer/associate artistic director
Susan Fenichell - director
Richard Foreman - director
Brian Freeman - performance artist/playwright, 1999 Alpert Award winner
Michael Ganio - designer
Susan Denison Geller - designer
Handspring Puppet Company
Danny Hoch - writer/performer, 1998 Alpert Award winner
Liz Huddle - artistic director
Naomi Iizuka - playwright
Robert Israel - designer
Ken Jacobs - puppet artist
Julie Jenson - writer
John Kani - actor
York Kennedy - designer
Jan Kott - writer, theorist
Lisa Kron - performance artist, 1997 Alpert Award winner
Ed Lapine - production manager
Jim LeBrecht - designer
Ming Cho Lee - scene designer
John Lee - playwright
Loretta Livingston - choreographer
Lisa Loomer - playwright
Art Manke - director/artistic director
Lynn Manning - playwright, director, actor
Debi Manwiller - casting director
Tom Mardikes - sound designer/music producer
Stan Margulies - film producer
Oliver Mayer - playwright, Blade to the Heat
Catherine McNeil - producer
David Mikelson - designer
Valere Novarina - writer
Jack O'Brien - director, artistic director the Globe Theater, San Diego
Robert O'Hara - playwright
Femi Ofusian - playwright
Sharon Ott - artistic director
Zaven Pare - director
Chris Parry - designer
Roman Paska - puppet artist
Carey Perloff - director/artistic director
Pascal Rambert - director
David Rambo - producer/playwright
Dunya Ramicova - designer
Larry Reed - puppet artist
Lloyd Richards - director, former Dean Yale School of Drama
Jose Rivera - playwright
Allison Robbins - story editor/writer, Melrose Place
Julia Rodriguez - director/artistic director
Mary Rooth - designer
Jana Rosenblatt - designer
Clare Scarpulla - art director
Peter Sellars - director
Michael Sommers - performer/puppeteer
Patrick Stewart - actor/Royal Shakespeare Company
Mark Sussman - puppet artist
Tony Taccone - director/artistic director
Lesley Tamaribuchi - producer
Julie Taymor - director/designer
Quincy Troupe - poet
Alan Weiss - writer
Gregory Whitehead - composer/sound artist
August Wilson - playwright
Albert Wolsky- designer
Charlayne Woodard - actress
Susan Yankowitz - performance artist
Chay Yew - playwright
Vito Zingarelli - production manager