Notable alumni of Glasgow School of Art

Robbie Coltrane

television actor · 1950–2022

Scottish actor (1950–2022)

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

watercolorist · 1868–1928

Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist (1868-1928)

Peter Capaldi

television actor · b. 1958

Scottish actor and filmmaker (born 1958)

Alasdair Gray

science fiction writer · 1934–2019

Scottish writer and artist (1934–2019)

John Martyn

recording artist · 1948–2009

British musician (1948–2009)

Norman McLaren

producer · 1914–1987

Scottish Canadian animator (1914-1987)

Margaret MacDonald

visual artist · 1865–1933

British artist (1865-1933)

British painter (born 1970)

American-born Scottish film director and screenwriter (1912-1993)

Fran Healy

karateka · b. 1973

Scottish singer and songwriter

Frances MacDonald

watercolorist · 1874–1921

painter from the UK (1873–1921)

Alfred East

visual artist · 1844–1913

British artist (1844-1913)

Norah Neilson Gray

painter · 1882–1931

British artist of the Glasgow School (1882-1931)

Ian Hamilton Finlay

pacifist · 1925–2006

Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener (1925–2006)

Douglas Gordon

video installation artist · b. 1966

British artist (born 1966)

Jessie M. King

exlibrist · 1876–1949

Scottish Artist (1875-1949)

Elizabeth MacNicol

painter · 1869–1904

Scottish painter (1869-1904)

Martin Docherty-Hughes

politician · b. 1971

Scottish politician (born 1971)

Peter Howson

printmaker · b. 1958

British painter and printmaker (1958)

David Young Cameron

exlibrist · 1865–1945

British artist (1865-1945)

Katherine Cameron

painter · 1874–1965

British artist (1874-1965)

British artist (1875-1948)

James Paterson

painter · 1854–1932

Scottish landscape and portrait painter (1854-1932)

British artist (born 1967)

George Henry

painter · 1858–1943

Scottish painter (1858-1943)

Robert Hardy

guitarist · b. 1980

British musician

Scottish-South African ornithologist (1917-2001)

Harry Benson

fashion photographer · b. 1929

British photographer (born 1929)

Alexander Mann

visual artist · 1853–1908

British artist (1853-1908)

Christopher Pratt

painter · 1935–2022

Canadian painter (1935–2022)

Francis Dodd

painter · 1874–1949

British artist (1874-1949)

Scott Hutchison

singer · 1981–2018

Scottish musician (1981-2018)

David Shrigley

film screenwriter · b. 1968

British artist

Edward Arthur Walton

painter · 1860–1922

Scottish painter (1860-1922)

Estonian-Scottish sculptor (1891-1984)

Herbert MacNair

designer · 1868–1955

British artist (1868-1955)

British architect

Spanish filmmaker, director and producer.

Scottish sculptor (1879-1961)

British artist (born 1964)

Thomas Corsan Morton

painter · 1859–1928

British artist (1859-1928)

(1960 - ) British artist and musician (born 1960)

Scottish artist (born 1967)

British artist (1965)

Scottish playwright and artist (1940-2023)

English artist (born 1973)

Janet Aitken

painter · 1873–1941

Scottish artist

Scottish painter - A "Glasgow Girl"; (1866-1944)

Muirhead Bone

draftsperson · 1876–1953

Scottish artist (1876–1953)

James Nairn

painter · 1859–1904

Scottish born New Zealand painter and teacher (1859-1904)

Jessie Newbery

designer · 1864–1948

Scottish artist and embroiderer (1864–1948)

Liz Lochhead

dramaturge · b. 1947

Scottish poet and essayist (born 1947)

British landscape and portrait painter (1893–1964)

Irish conceptual and video artist (born 1972)

British artist (1962– )

Czech glassmaker and sculptor

British artist (born 1969)

Scottish artist (1921-1963)

Karla Black

installation artist · b. 1972

artist (born 1972)

Muriel Gray

novelist · b. 1958

Scottish journalist, producer and actress

British fashion designer and singer (1951–2025)

Scottish architect, educator, writer and broadcaster

painter (born 1976)

British architect

David Murray

painter · 1849–1933

Scottish landscape painter (1849-1933)

American artist

British artist (born 1975)

British musician

Scottish sculptor

German-born architect (1928-2012)

John Tweed

sculptor · 1869–1933

British sculptor (1869–1933)

Ross Sinclair

installation artist · b. 1966

British artist

British artist and film-maker

Alberta Whittle

visual artist · b. 1980

barbadian-Scottish artist

Elsa Stansfield

video installation artist · 1945–2004

British-Dutch visual artist (1945–2004)

British and Australian architect

Japanese artist (born 1968)

Dorothy Carleton Smyth

painter · 1880–1933

British painter (1880-1933)

Gareth Hoskins

architect · 1967–2016

Scottish architect (1967-2016)

Cathy Jamieson

politician · b. 1956

British politician (born 1956)

Scottish artist (1914-1962)

British artist (1913-1966)

British artist (1908–2008)

Alexander Stoddart

sculptor · b. 1959

British artist (born 1959)

Scottish sculptor, performance artist and painter (born 1944)

Harrington Mann

draftsperson · 1864–1937

British artist (1864-1937)

John Moyr Smith

designer · 1839–1912

British artist (1839-1912)

British architect (1882–1954)

American artist (1867-1933)

David Gauld

painter · 1865–1936

Scottish artist (1865–1936)

Scots-Irish painter (1885–1955)

Scottish painter (1892–1966)

Robert Greenlees

art educator · 1820–1894

British artist (1820–1894)

Li Yishi

academic staff · 1886–1942

Chinese painter (1886-1942)

Norwegian artist

Jessie Keppie

artist · 1868–1951

Scottish artist

British visual artist (born 1991)

Chao Tayiana

historian · b. 1993

Kenyan historian (b.1993)

British artist (born 1955)

Irwin, Margaret Hardinge, women's labour activist (1858–1940)

Scottish artist

Scottish architect (1862-1945)

Sharon Raz

architect · b. 1968

Israeli architect and photographer

Scottish illustrator (1872–1965)

artist (born 1968)

British painter (1862–1940)

Franklin Azzi

interior designer · b. 1975

French architect

Moira Gemmill

curator · 1959–2015

arts administrator in London

Scottish painter (1881-1945)

Scottish medical pioneer and sister of artist Norah Nielson Gray

Agnes Middleton Raeburn

painter · 1872–1955

Scottish member of the informal group of artists known as "The Immortals"

British painter (1869-1946)

William Somerville Shanks

visual artist · 1864–1951

British painter (1864-1951)

Helen Paxton Brown

painter · 1876–1956

visual artist from Glasgow

fashion designer

Scottish painter (1855-1914)

engraver, illustrator (1895-1980)

British sculptor (born 1966)

(1974-) Northern Irish artist

British artist

James Hoey Craigie

architect · 1870–1930

Scottish architect (1870-1930)

British architect (1873–1924)

Scottish artist; (born 1960)

American artist

Scottish painter, film-maker (1915-2012)

(1965 - ) British artist (born 1965)

British screenwriter/director

Sandy Smith

artist · b. 1983

British artist

British artist (1953-2007)

British artist (1846–1914)

architect

Scottish painter associated with the Glasgow Boys

Belgian sculptor (1902–1985)

British artist (1913–1997)

Berit Talpsepp-Jaanisoo

sculptor · b. 1984

Estonian artist (born 1984)