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About Us Prestigious Alumni

  • Prestigious Alumni


    Cleveland Institute of Art Alumni have attained success in every area of the visual arts. Some of our more prominent graduates are listed below.


    Fine Arts 

    Shelby Lee Adams ‘74 Photographer 

    Bruce McCombs ‘66 Printmaker 

    Richard Anuszkiewicz ‘53 Painter 

    William McVey ‘31 Sculptor 

    Charles Burchfield ‘16 Painter 

    John Opper ‘31 Painter 

    Clarence Carter ‘27 Painter 

    Joseph O'Sickey ‘40 Painter 

    David E. Davis ‘48 Sculptor 

    Dana Schutz ‘00 Painter 

    Marshall Fredericks ‘30 Sculptor 

    Hughie Lee Smith ‘38 Painter 

    April Gornik ‘76 Painter 

    Julian Stanczak ‘54 Painter 

    Winifred Lutz ‘64 Installation Artist 

    Paul Travis ‘17 Painter 

    Robert Mangold ‘60 Painter 

    Frank N. Wilcox ‘10 Painter/Illustrator 


    Applied Art and Design 

    Marc Brown ‘69 Illustrator 

    Ted Ornas ‘39 Automotive Design 

    Stevan Dohanos ‘33 Illustrator 

    Joe Oros ‘39 Automotive Design 

    Kevin Geiger ‘89 Animator 

    Viktor Schreckengost ‘29 Product Design 

    Gerald Hirshberg ‘63 Automotive Design 

    Wen Hwa Seun ‘89 Animator 

    Dennis Moore ‘66 Filmmaker 

    Karen Skunta ‘74 Creative Director 

    John Nottingham ‘72 Toy/Product Design 

    John Spirk ‘72 Toy/Product Design 


    Crafts 

    Linda Arbuckle ‘81 Ceramics 

    Lisa Norton ‘85 Metals 

    William Carlson ‘73 Glass 

    John Paul Miller ‘40 Metals 

    Deirdre Daw ‘80 Ceramics 

    Frederick Miller ‘40 Metals 

    Eddie Dominguez ‘81 Ceramics 

    Greg Pitts ‘83 Ceramics 

    Edris Eckhardt ‘31 Glass/Ceramics 

    Horace Potter ‘98 Metals 

    William Harper ‘67 Metals/Enameling 

    Wenda Von Weise ‘75 Fiber 

     

    Alumni Careers


    CIA graduates can be found working at a variety of prominent corporations, universities, and other art-related areas. The following are examples that demonstrate the breadth of corporate and educational representation by Institute Alumni.

    Industrial Design, Graphic Design and Advertising 

    American Greetings, Cleveland, OH
    Fisher-Price Toys, East Aurora, NY
    Hasbro Toys, Cincinnati, OH
    Mattel Toys, El Segundo, CA
    Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, MI
    Ford Motor Company, Detroit, MI
    General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI
    Nissan Design International, San Deigo, CA
    IBM Corporation, Dayton, OH
    Motorola Corporation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    Kaleidoscope Animations, Inc., Cleveland, OH
    Walt Disney Corporation, Orlando, FL
    Nesnadny + Schwartz, Cleveland, OH
    Wyse Advertising, Cleveland, OH
    Young and Rubicam, Chicago, IL
    Metaphase Design Group, St. Louis, MO
    ZIBA Design, Portland, OR

     

    Colleges and Universities 

    Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA
    California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
    Kent State University, Kent, OH
    Lafayette College, Easton, PA
    Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
    Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
    Saga Junior College, Kyoto, Japan
    Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
    The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
    University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
    University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
    University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
    University of Rochester, New York, NY
    University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
    University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

     

    Other Art-Related Areas 

    Bockrath Gallery, Gallery Owner
    Cleveland Clinic, Medical Illustrator
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Designer
    Paramount and Universal Studios, Theme Park Ride Design
    The Melchior Marionettes Theater, Creator/Owner
    The United States Mint, Postage Stamp Design
    Telarc Records, Art Director
    Toronto Life Magazine, Illustrator
    UNICEF, Book Illustrator

     

    Alumni in Museums


    CIA graduates are also represented in many major museums across the country. The following are a few of the Museums that have, as part of their permanent collections, Institute graduates' art work.

    Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
    The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
    Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY
    Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
    Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
    Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
    Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

     

    Contact


    Comments? Questions? News to Share? Contact the Alumni Office at alumni@cia.edu or ask us a question.

    For Alumni Gallery Exhibition submissions please email alumnigallery@cia.edu.