## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/) 2. Markdownify 3. Node 4. [Impact Stories](/markdownify/node/4740) ![150 years of impact](/sites/default/files/styles/header_medium_desktop/public/2026-10/150-header4.jpg.webp?itok=xqW2YSsv) Explore - [OCAD U 150 Overview](/150) - [Impact Stories](/150/more-profiles) # OCAD U 150 Explore - [OCAD U 150 Overview](/150) - [Impact Stories](/150/more-profiles) rgb(255,255,255) [Impact](https://ocadu.ca/150#grid-cards__title-id--12752) [Events](https://ocadu.ca/150#text-id--14615) [News](https://ocadu.ca/150#paragraph-id--12775) [History](https://www.ocadu.ca/about-ocad-u/history) rgb(255,255,255) ## 150 years of impact Over 150 years, the people who passed through our doors have left their mark on Canadian art, design and culture. [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Canada%20Workmark%20on%20Building.webp?itok=P77Xq8gZ) ### Jim (James) Donoahue Prolific graphic designer of iconic Canadian corporate logos ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/jim-james-donoahue-1934-2022) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/white-pine.jpg.webp?itok=9Cgcaffp) ### Group of Seven Group of Canadian landscape painters who initiated Canada's national art movement ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/group-seven) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/tusks.jpg.webp?itok=1icSeRpa) ### Shary Boyle Well-known sculptor and interdisciplinary artist ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/shary-boyle) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/CM_Main4_Content_BK_CBC_TM19-1300x953.jpg.webp?itok=22vaMNev) ### Burton Kramer Innovative Canadian graphic designer ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/burton-kramer) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/2024-10-25-martchenko-co-2.jpg.webp?itok=S3d8q5Tq) ### Michael Martchenko Award-winning illustrator of Robert Munsch children’s books ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/michael-martchenko-0) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/CM_Main1_Content_AF_CN_TM_8-1300x953.jpg.webp?itok=Tp07UjNe) ### Allan Fleming Influential art director and designer of iconic Canadian brands ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/allan-fleming-1929-1977) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Yvonne%20McKague%20Housser%2C%20Cobalt%2C%201931.%20Oil%20on%20canvas%2C%20114.8%20%C3%97%20140%20cm.%20National%20Gallery%20of%20Canada%2C%20Ottawa.%20Purchased%201932.%20%20Estate%20of%20Yvonne%20McKague%20Housser.%20Photo-%20NGC.jpg.webp?itok=tY58c_uu) ### Yvonne McKague Housser Modernist painter known for vivid portrayals of Canadian mining towns ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/yvonne-mckague-housser-1897-1996) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/Untitled-2.jpg.webp?itok=UG04a3NP) ### Rajni Perera Multidisciplinary contemporary artist exploring themes of gender and identity ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/rajni-perera) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/s-l1600%20%281%29.webp?itok=N7mfrGxL) ### Robert-Ralph Carmichael Artist who designed Canada's one dollar loonie coin ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/robert-ralph-carmichael-1937-2016) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/Shelly-Niro.jpg.webp?itok=4eKBvhSp) ### Shelley Niro Award-winning artist celebrating Indigenous women and Mohawk culture ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/shelley-niro) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/d120bfe759118744bd30f43bc13c542b.jpg.webp?itok=BsqSL7Z3) ### Don Watt Prolific creator of retail brand icons ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/don-watt-1936-2009) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Barry%20Blitt%20pulitzer%20prize%20cover.jpg.webp?itok=paRLriA8) ### Barry Blitt Pulitzer Prize-winning illustrator known for his New Yorker covers ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/barry-blitt) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/At-The-Crease-Ken-Danby.jpg.webp?itok=qQ6B-6vc) ### Ken Danby Painter known for realistic paintings of everyday Canadian life ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/ken-danby-1940-2007) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/mini-vandermolen.jpg.webp?itok=6jwwi3Vx) ### Mimi Vandermolen Trailblazing automotive designer ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/mimi-vandermolen) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Douglas%20Ball%20Clipper%20JPEG.jpg.webp?itok=pUyq-4rT) ### Douglas Ball Award-winning industrial designer and pioneer of contemporary workspaces ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/douglas-ball) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Nobuo%20Kubota.jpg.webp?itok=QWbRjVMF) ### Nobuo Kubota Trailblazing artist, musician, and performer ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/nobuo-kubota-1932-2025) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/corkingallery-barbara-astman-untitled-telephone-and-coffee-mug-1981.jpg.webp?itok=S_vSuTLB) ### Barbara Astman Visionary artist and photographic innovator ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/barbara-astman) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/671868063_18549247462070330_2910218059907447043_n.jpg.webp?itok=z23PcPq1) ### Hans Kleefeld OCA educator and prolific Canadian identity designer ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/hans-kleefeld-1929-2016) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Montreal%20Station%2C%20Credit%20-%20Art%20Deco%20Montreal.jpg.webp?itok=bIdYiq4Y) ### Charles Fraser Comfort OCA instructor and Canadian muralist ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/charles-fraser-comfort-1900-1994) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/The%20Audience%20Michael%20Snow.jpeg.webp?itok=1zqqRvUP) ### Michael Snow Versatile Canadian artist and avant-garde filmmaker ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/michael-snow-1920-2023) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Lillian%20Sarafinchan%20image.jpg.webp?itok=g0ga_8tQ) ### Lillian Sarafinchan Painter, teacher, award-winning production designer ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/lillian-sarafinchan) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Robert-Houle-Morning-Star-1976-1024x813.jpg.webp?itok=Jsa8S0ER) ### Robert Houle First Nations artist, curator, critic, and educator ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/robert-houle) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/10%20cent%20dimes_sec3_full_860x505.webp?itok=Wwd6ZAD0) ### Emanuel Hahn Designer of the iconic 10-cent and 25-cent coins ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/emanuel-hahn-1881-1957) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/313546885_da55486633_k.jpg.webp?itok=WVHygyVH) ### Elizabeth Wyn Wood Sculptor and advocate of art education ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/elizabeth-wyn-wood-1903-1966) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Martin%20Uhlarik%2C%20Tata%20Motors.jpg.webp?itok=buZA8KeK) ### Martin M. Uhlarik Chief Design Officer at Tata Motors, driving innovative automotive design ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/martin-m-uhlarik) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Isabel%20McLaughlin%2C%20A%20Blowy%20Day%20at%20Cowansville%2C%20P.Q.%201937.jpg.webp?itok=ID8gxxW-) ### Isabel McLaughlin Prolific modernist landscape painter and patron of the arts ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/isabel-mclaughlin-1903-2002) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/Screenshot%202026-09-08%20at%2011.11.17%E2%80%AFAM.png.webp?itok=qo8zFBwP) ### George Agnew Reid Canada’s visual culture advocate and OCA's first principal ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/george-agnew-reid-1860-1947) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/gazelle-chair-by-jonathan-crinion-1.jpg.webp?itok=R3cqKLbC) ### Dr. Jonathan Crinion Designer of the iconic Gazelle chair ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/dr-jonathan-crinion-1953-2025) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/1977.37.8_WEB.jpg.webp?itok=vKlJbViT) ### Francis (Franz) Johnston Landscape painter and former principal of OCA ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/francis-franz-johnston-1888-1949) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/sharp.jpg.webp?itok=8BSnLvbB) ### Rosalie Sharp Champion for OCAD U and the arts ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/rosalie-sharp) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-09/Mayor-Olivia-Chow-headshot-1-scaled.jpg.webp?itok=-oDvrwYg) ### Olivia Chow Canadian politician and 66th mayor of Toronto ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/olivia-chow) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/AGO_33650_a_blackwood.jpg.webp?itok=RRr5jAgu) ### David Blackwood Printmaker known for his depictions of Newfoundland and Labrador ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/david-blackwood-1941-2022) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/A.J.%20Casson%20%281898%E2%80%931992%29%2C%20At%20Rosseau%2C%20Muskoka%2C%201920%2C%20oil%20on%20wood%20panel%2C%2023.3%20x%2028.4%20cm%2C%20Gift%20of%20the%20Artist%2C%20McMichael%20Canadian%20Art%20Collection%2C%201989.10.jpg.webp?itok=kpdBV2AX) ### A.J. Casson Group of Seven painter who chronicled village life in southern Ontario ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/aj-casson-1898-1992) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/Arthur%20Lismer%20%281885%E2%80%931969%29%2C%20Rain%20in%20the%20North%20Country%2C%20c.%201920%2C%20oil%20on%20wood%20panel%2C%2022.3%20x%2030.8%20cm%2C%20Gift%20of%20the%20Founders%2C%20Robert%20and%20Signe%20McMichael%2C%20McMichael%20Canadian%20Art%20Collection%2C%201966.16.112.jpg.webp?itok=dQMZczyR) ### Arthur Lismer Groundbreaking educator and OCA’s first vice-principal ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/arthur-lismer-1885-1969) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/F.-H.-Varley-Mountain-Road-Lynn-Valley-1996.1.87_MIMSY.jpg.webp?itok=MSg4zY2N) ### Frederick Horsman (F.H.) Varley OCA instructor, portraitist, and member of the Group of Seven ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/frederick-horsman-fh-varley-1881-1969) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/1966.7_2021_WEB.jpg.webp?itok=ZuNUhC9e) ### A.Y. Jackson Founding member of the Group of Seven and teacher at OCA ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/ay-jackson-1882-1974) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/MacDonald%20Painting.jpg.webp?itok=Swl6Jkpz) ### J.E.H Macdonald OCA instructor, graphic artist, and member of the Group of Seven ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/jeh-macdonald-1873-1932) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/1921-Autumn%20Franklin%20Carmichael.jpg.webp?itok=L-5PPuVN) ### Franklin Carmichael OCA commercial art instructor and member of the Group of Seven ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/franklin-carmichael-1890-1945) [ ![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_medium/public/2026-08/TD%20Green%20Machine%20seen%20at%20Yorkdale%20Shopping%20Mall.webp?itok=MOvRb2AZ) ### Brian Hawkins Creative vision led to introduction of TD’s Green Machine ](https://www.ocadu.ca/profile/brian-hawkins) rgb(255,255,255) [ ![OCAD U 150](/sites/default/files/2026-10/150-Banner_DESKTOP-1700x150_1.jpg)](https://ocadu.ca/150)