Notable Alumni of Otis College of Art and Design

Evan Spiegel 1990–

Co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc

Also attended: Art Center College of Design, Stanford University

Edith Head 1897–1981

Costume designer, most Oscar-decorated woman

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley, Stanford University

Spouse: Wiard Ihnen (Columbia University in the City of New York)

Kim Gordon 1953–

Bassist and vocalist of Sonic Youth

Also attended: Santa Monica College

Spouse: Thurston Moore (Western Connecticut State University)

Damon Wayans Jr. 1982–

Actor and comedian

Also attended: New York Film Academy

Father: Damon Wayans (New York Film Academy)

Philip Guston 1913–1980

Painter and printmaker

Spouse: Musa McKim (Otis College of Art and Design)

Marisol Escobar 1930–2016

Venezuelan-American sculptor

Also attended: The New School

Hana Mae Lee 1988–

Actress in the Pitch Perfect films

Tyrus Wong 1910–2016

Chinese-born American painter, animator and designer

Marc Davis 1913–2000

Disney animator, one of the Nine Old Men

Also attended: San Francisco Art Institute, Kansas City Art Institute

Bob Clampett 1913–1984

Animator known for Looney Tunes at Warner Bros

Bas Jan Ader 1942–1975

Dutch conceptual and performance artist

Also attended: Claremont Graduate University

Jack Hannah 1913–1994

Animator and director who worked for Disney

Also attended: California Institute of the Arts

Dean Tavoularis 1932–2026

Production designer of The Godfather films

Thurl Ravenscroft 1914–2005

Voice actor and bass singer, voice of Tony the Tiger

Dorothy Jeakins 1914–1995

Costume designer

Corita Kent 1918–1986

Pop artist, designer and educator

Also attended: University of Southern California

Kerry James Marshall 1955–

American painter known for paintings of Black figures

Ralston Crawford 1906–1978

Painter and photographer known for abstract industrial scenes

Also attended: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Robert Irwin 1928–2023

Installation artist and Light and Space pioneer

John Hench 1908–2004

Disney artist and theme park designer

Also attended: San Francisco Art Institute

Michael Lin 1964–

Taiwanese artist based in Brussels and Taipei

Attended until 1990

Also attended: Art Center College of Design

Jim Rygiel 1955–

Visual effects supervisor, three Academy Awards for Lord of the Rings

Also attended: University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee

Wakako Yamauchi 1924–2018

Japanese American playwright and short story writer

Also attended: University of California-Berkeley

Harwell Hamilton Harris 1903–1990

Modernist architect known for Southern California work