Featured Alumni
Explore the range of accomplishments of our alumni community
The School of Art + Design at Ohio University has established a commanding legacy of over 80 years of highly successful alumni. These alumni boast long-term careers in such areas as professional artists and entrepreneurs, directors of arts programs, residencies and related non-profits, university educators of top-ranking programs, professional top-ranking designers, architects & illustrators, professional curators and exhibition designers, professional art writers and historians, prestigious fellowship awards (such as the Guggenheim Fellowship & Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant) and Fulbright recipients, gallery owners & developers, studio technicians, and studio assistants.
From the well-known names of Jim Dine and Jenny Holzer, to the prestigious accomplishments of our more recent students, our alumni continue to embody a spirit of innovation that combines deep dedication to a life-long rigorous creative inquiry with a critical engagement to global perspectives and public discourse.
Ohio University Distinguished Alumni Award recipients:
- Traci Molloy, School of Art, MFA 1997
- Elizabeth Campbell, School of Art, MFA 1997
- Matthew Wilt, School of Art, MFA 1995
- Craig Drennen, School of Art, MFA 1991
- Patty Mitchell, School of Art, BFA 1987 & MFA 1991
- Kevin J. Everson, School of Art, MFA 1990
- Jonathon Cone, School of Art, BFA 1980
- Robin Smith, School of Art, BFA 1972
- Bill Steward, School of Art, MFA 1966
- Garry Neill Kennedy, School of Art, MFA 1965
- Herbert T. Olds, Jr., School of Art, MFA 1962
A selection of professional positions held by our recent graduate alumni
- Amy DeSitter (MFA 2017) Instructor, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
- Michael Lorsung (MFA 2017) Studio Coordinator, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
- Kelsey Duncan (MFA 2017) Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
- Tiansen Wu (MFA 2017) Designer, Bonfire Red, Columbus, OH
- Yi Zhang (MFA 2016) Designer, Hilferty Museum Planning and Exhibition Design
- Misty Thomas-Trout (MFA 2016) Assistant Professor, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
- Danny Crump (MFA 2016) Studio and Fabrications Manager/Instructor, Greenwich House Pottery, NY
- Ellen Kleckner (MFA 2016) Executive Director, The Ceramics Center, Cedar Rapids, IA
- Aaron Smith (MFA 2015) Instructor, Hocking College, OH
- Kyle Johns (MFA 2015) Resident Artist, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT
- Qing Huang (MA 2015) Researcher, Fuzhou Research Institute for Urban Planning and Design (China)
- Connaught Cullen (MFA 2015) Director, Majestic Galleries, Nelsonville, OH
- Josh Dannin (MFA 2015) Founder of Directangle Press; and Studio Tech, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH
- Daniel King (MFA 2015) Writer/Photographer, College of Fine Arts, Ohio University Amber Hoy (MFA 2015) Artist Programs Manager, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
A selection of professional positions held by our recent undergraduate alumni
- Kirsten Pribula (BFA 2018) 2018-19 Berkeley Repertory Theater Fellow in Graphic Design
- Rosemary Howell (BFA 2017) Associate Curator & Collection Manager, Holter Museum, Helena, MT
- Lindsey Tennant (BFA 2017) Graphic Design and Marketing Coordinator, Papyrus, Cleveland, OH
- Hayley Perrault (BFA 2017) Interior Designer, M+A Architects – Columbus
- Nasra Mohammad (BFA 2016) Motion Graphic Designer, BET, New York, NY
- Andrew Doherty (BFA 2016) Junior Designer, Multiple, Chicago, IL
- Allison Cochran (BFA 2016) Resident Artist, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT Kelsey Dillow (BFA 2016) Gallery Manager, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts
- Eli Flannagan (BFA 2016) Junior Designer, Real Art Design Group, Dayton, OH
- Golnar Yarmohammad Touski (BA 2015), Ph.D. candidate at Pitt
- Christopher Daly (BA 2015) Ph.D. Candidate at Johns Hopkins University
- Jordan Hibner (BFA 2015) Interior Designer, SHP, Cincinnati, OH
- Kyle Hannon (BFA 2015) Motion Graphic Designer, McGraw-Hill Education, Columbus, OH
- Rachel Ertel (BFA 2015) Digital Designer, Red Hat, Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Taylor Welch (BFA 2015) Designer, Community Design Alliance, Hamilton, OH
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