Notable Alumni of Maryland Institute College of Art

Louis Charles Christopher Krieger 1873–1940

Mycologist and botanical illustrator

Jeff Koons 1955–

Artist known for stainless steel sculptures

Also attended: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Abbi Jacobson 1984–

Comedian, co-creator of Broad City

Also attended: Emerson College

Morris Louis 1912–1962

Painter and early Color Field exponent

Tamara Dobson 1947–2006

Actress and model, starred in Cleopatra Jones

N.D. Stevenson 1991–

Cartoonist and creator of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Spouse: Lee Knox Ostertag (Bard College, School of Visual Arts)

Sarah Andersen 1992–

Cartoonist, creator of Sarah's Scribbles

Attended until 2014

Frank Cho 1971–

Korean-American comic creator of Liberty Meadows

Also attended: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Prince George's Community College

Dhruvi Acharya 1971–

Indian painter

David Jacobs 1939–2023

TV writer and creator of Dallas and Knots Landing

Martha Colburn 1971–

Animation filmmaker and artist

Attended until 1993

Adejoke Tugbiyele 1977–

Nigerian-American visual artist and activist

Master of Fine Arts · Class of 2013

Also attended: New Jersey Institute of Technology

Amy Sherald 1973–

Painter known for portraits of African Americans

Also attended: Clark Atlanta University

Joyce J. Scott 1948–

Artist and sculptor, MacArthur Fellow

Bachelor of Fine Arts · Class of 1970

Also attended: Rochester Institute of Technology

Ellen Lupton 1963–

Graphic designer, curator and educator

Also attended: University of Baltimore, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Maelcum Soul 1940–1968

Actress in early John Waters films

William Henry Rinehart 1825–1874

Sculptor

Margaret Dobson 1888–1981

Painter, etcher, illustrator and muralist

Also attended: Syracuse University, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Nancy Rubins 1952–

Sculptor and installation artist

Bachelor of Fine Arts · Class of 1974

Also attended: University of California-Davis

Spouse: Chris Burden (University of California-Irvine, Pomona College)

Donald Baechler 1956–2022

Neo-expressionist painter and sculptor

Whitfield Lovell 1959–

Contemporary artist known for drawings of African-Americans

Also attended: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, The New School, New York University

Edgar M. Lazarus 1868–1939

Architect of Vista House at Crown Point

Lola Flash 1959–

Photographer focusing on social, LGBT and feminist issues

Bachelor's degree

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum 1980–

South African contemporary visual artist

Also attended: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Wucius Wong 1936–

Hong Kong ink painter and poet