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150 years of impact
Over 150 years, the people who passed through our doors have left their mark on Canadian art, design and culture.
Jim (James) Donoahue
Prolific graphic designer of iconic Canadian corporate logos
Group of Seven
Group of Canadian landscape painters who initiated Canada's national art movement
Shary Boyle
Well-known sculptor and interdisciplinary artist
Burton Kramer
Pioneering Canadian graphic designer
Michael Martchenko
Award-winning illustrator of Robert Munsch children’s books
Allan Fleming
Influential art director and designer of iconic Canadian brands
Yvonne McKague Housser
Modernist painter known for vivid portrayals of Canadian mining towns
Rajni Perera
Multidisciplinary contemporary artist exploring themes of gender and identity
Robert-Ralph Carmichael
Artist who designed Canada's one dollar loonie coin
Shelley Niro
Award-winning artist celebrating Indigenous women and Mohawk culture
Don Watt
Prolific creator of retail brand icons
Barry Blitt
Pulitzer Prize-winning illustrator known for his New Yorker covers
Ken Danby
Painter known for realistic paintings of everyday Canadian life
Mimi Vandermolen
Trailblazing automotive designer
Douglas Ball
Award-winning industrial designer and pioneer of contemporary workspaces
Nobuo Kubota
Trailblazing artist, musician, and performer
Barbara Astman
Visionary artist and photographic innovator
Hans Kleefeld
OCA educator and prolific Canadian identity designer
Charles Fraser Comfort
OCA instructor and Canadian muralist
Michael Snow
Versatile Canadian artist and avant-garde filmmaker
Lillian Sarafinchan
Painter, teacher, award-winning production designer
Robert Houle
First Nations artist, curator, critic, and educator
Emanuel Hahn
Designer of the iconic 10-cent and 25-cent coins
Elizabeth Wyn Wood
Sculptor and advocate of art education
Martin M. Uhlarik
Chief Design Officer at Tata Motors, driving innovative automotive design
Isabel McLaughlin
Prolific modernist landscape painter and patron of the arts
George Agnew Reid
Canada’s visual culture advocate and OCA's first principal
Dr. Jonathan Crinion
Designer of the iconic Gazelle chair
Francis (Franz) Johnston
Landscape painter and former principal of OCA
Rosalie Sharp
Champion for OCAD U and the arts
Olivia Chow
Canadian politician and 66th mayor of Toronto
David Blackwood
Printmaker known for his depictions of Newfoundland and Labrador
A.J. Casson
Group of Seven painter who chronicled village life in southern Ontario
Arthur Lismer
Groundbreaking educator and OCA’s first vice-principal
Frederick Horsman (F.H.) Varley
OCA instructor, portraitist, and member of the Group of Seven
A.Y. Jackson
Founding member of the Group of Seven and teacher at OCA
J.E.H Macdonald
OCA instructor, graphic artist, and member of the Group of Seven
Franklin Carmichael
OCA commercial art instructor and member of the Group of Seven
Brian Hawkins
Creative vision led to introduction of TD’s Green Machine
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