Notable alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London

John Cale

autobiographer · b. 1942

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1942)

Lucian Freud

portraitist · 1922–2011

British painter and agravar (1922-2011)

Steve McQueen

video artist · b. 1969

British film director and video artist (born 1969)

Princess Beatrice of York

philanthropist · b. 1988

elder daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson

Damon Albarn

songwriter · b. 1968

British musician

Mary Quant

fashion designer · 1930–2023

British fashion designer (1930-2023)

Brian Molko

vocalist · b. 1972

Belgium-born British-American musician (born 1972)

Kalki Koechlin

film actor · b. 1984

French actress and writer

Antony Gormley

installation artist · b. 1950

British sculptor (born 1950)

Damien Hirst

assemblage artist · b. 1965

English sculptor and installation artist

Bernardine Evaristo

activist · b. 1959

British author and academic (1959-)

Tracey Emin

conceptual artist · b. 1963

English sculptor, painter, and installation artist (born 1963)

Malcolm McLaren

conceptual artist · 1946–2010

English artist, performer and fashion designer (1946–2010)

British painter (born 1931)

Sam Taylor-Johnson

video artist · b. 1967

British film director (born 1967)

Graham Coxon

painter · b. 1969

British musician

Katy B

pop singer · b. 1989

British singer

English artist (1903–1980)

British composer and former actress

John Illsley

pop musician · b. 1949

English musician

Linton Kwesi Johnson

reggae musician · b. 1952

Jamaican dub poet

Tessa Jowell

politician · 1947–2018

British politician (1947–2018)

English actress and model

Neil Innes

film actor · 1944–2019

English writer, comedian, and musician (1944–2019)

Alex James

bass guitarist · b. 1968

British bassist

Kae Tempest

rapper · b. 1985

British poet, spoken word artist and playwright

Nigerian academic, writer and editor from Lagos, Nigeria.

Esmé Bianco

model · b. 1982

British actress

Sarah Lucas

installation artist · b. 1962

English photographer and sculptor (born 1962)

Hisham Matar

essayist · b. 1970

American writer

Yinka Shonibare

video installation artist · b. 1962

British-Nigerian artist (born 1962)

Katlego Kai Kolanyane-Kesupile

activist · b. 1988

Botswana performance artist, writer and LGBTQ activist

Nigerian artist (1921-1994)

Chris Corner

DJ producer · b. 1974

English producer and musician

Gillian Wearing

video artist · b. 1963

British artist (born 1963)

English cinematographer

Wade Elliott

association football player · b. 1978

English footballer and manager (born 1978)

Liz Fraser

film actor · 1930–2018

English actress (1930–2018)

Giselle Laronde

beauty pageant contestant · b. 1963

Miss World 1986

A. G. Cook

recording artist · b. 1990

British music producer (born 1990)

Michael D. Ford

property master · 1928–2018

English film art director and set decorator (1928-2018)

Nouneh Sarkissian

philologist · b. 1954

First Lady of Armenia

Laure Prouvost

video artist · b. 1978

French artist (born 1978)

British screenwriter (born 1970)

Hala Elkoussy

video installation artist · b. 1974

Egyptian artist (born 1974)

British actor (1934–2015)

British artist (born 1958)

British conductor

British actress

Iiris

singer · b. 1991

Estonian singer (born 1991)

English artist (born 1966)

Rumbi Katedza

film director · b. 1974

Zimbabwean film director

Laurence Juber

session musician · b. 1952

British musician

British artist (born 1947)

Merlyn Rees

politician · 1920–2006

British politician (1920-2006)

Paris Paloma

singer-songwriter · b. 1999

British singer-songwriter

Mark Wallinger

installation artist · b. 1959

British sculptor (born 1959)

Assaf Gavron

rock musician · b. 1968

Israeli journalist, author and translator

author of crime fiction from England

John Akomfrah

film screenwriter · b. 1957

Ghanaian-born British artist, writer, film director, screenwriter, theorist and curator (born 1957)

Denton Welch

diarist · 1915–1948

English writer and painter (1915-1948)

South African artist (1898-1986)

Tadeusz Kościński

banker · b. 1956

Polish banker and civil servant

English photographer (1966-2008)

Kerry McCarthy

politician · b. 1965

British politician (born 1965)

Anglo-Australian author

Emily Nkanga

filmmaker · b. 1995

Nigerian-British photographer and filmmaker

Chinese artist

Jon Caramanica

journalist · b. 1975

American journalist nad music critic (born 1975)

Lydia Ourahmane

visual artist · b. 1992

Algerian artist (born 1992)

British brass band composer

Liam Gillick

installation artist · b. 1964

English artist (born 1964)

Julian Clary

novelist · b. 1959

English comedian, actor, presenter and novelist

Simon Hale

music arranger · b. 1964

British composer, arranger, and keyboardist

English actress and television presenter

visual artist British contemporary (born 1963)

English film director

British actor

John Craxton

lithographer · 1922–2009

British artist (1922-2009)

Lijia Zhang

journalist · b. 1964

Chinese writer

Tiziana Terranova

lecturer · b. 1967

Italian theorist, activist, faculty (born 1967)

Nigerian journalist

Turkish artist and writer (born 1984)

British singer and musician

British composer

British writer and journalist

painter (born 1963)

Moira Buffini

librettist · b. 1965

British dramatist and author

British illustrator and graphic artist (1902–1983)

British artist (1968-2025)

Peter Lowe

visual artist · b. 1938

British sculptor (1938-)

Tom Keating

art forger · 1917–1984

British art restorer and forger (1917-1984)

South African painter and printmaker (1920-2010)

Matthew Strachan

lyricist · 1970–2021

English composer and singer-songwriter

French actor

Rachel Howard

painter · b. 1969

British artist

English artist (born 1967)

Henry Bond

exhibition curator · b. 1966

English writer, photographer and visual artist (born 1966)

British children's novelist

Canadian plastician (born 1966)

Pyaari Azaadi

artist · b. 1969

Indian-American visual artist

English actress

South African mixed-media artist (born 1975)

Huang Ching-ying

journalist · b. 1992

Taiwanese politician

Rachel Ara

programmer · b. 1965

British conceptual and data artist

British male sprinter

British writer

British poet

Sophie Morgan

television presenter · b. 1985

British television personality

Suzanne Packer

actor · b. 1962

Welsh actress

Phyl Rendell

politician · b. 1901

Falkland islands politician

British theatre director

noblewoman; British social worker; granddaughter of Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Lala Meredith-Vula

artist · b. 1966

British artist

British academic (1903-1987)

British artist (1931-1980)

Jordanian princess

Alice Anderson

film director · b. 1972

British sculptor

Ian Davenport

conceptual artist · b. 1966

English artist (born 1966)

British singer

Anthony Joseph

science fiction writer · b. 1966

Trinidad and Tobago writer and musician

Scottish artist (born 1963)

British artist (1936–2025)

English painter (1908-1997)

Haganah member

Gerry Judah

sculptor · b. 1951

British artist and designer

British artist (1961–2022)

British actress (1946–2022)

British painter (born 1970)

Aya Ben Ron

video artist · b. 1967

Israeli artist

Suzana Sousa

exhibition curator · b. 1981

Angolan independent curator, producer, cultural manager, and researcher.

Michael Sailstorfer

installation artist · b. 1979

German sculptor (born 1979)

Journalist, artist, filmmaker

Ely Dagher

film editor · b. 1985

film producer and director

Tom MacRae

science fiction writer · b. 1980

British screenwriter

Kanya King

entrepreneur · b. 1969

British entrepreneur; founder of the MOBO awards

British war artist

Jamie N Commons

guitarist · b. 1988

British musician

British artist and film-maker

Chris Meigh-Andrews

video artist · b. 1952

British artist

Cathy Jamieson

politician · b. 1956

British politician (born 1956)

Hillel Roman

visual artist · b. 1975

visual artist

Mark McGowan

performance artist · b. 1970

British performance artist

English artist (1918-2014)

Keir Simmons

journalist · b. 1972

British journalist

British artist

Lucy Caldwell

novelist · b. 1981

Northern Irish writer

English artist, writer, actress, teacher, choreographer, theatre director and television producer

British sculptor (1907-1969)

Max Hattler

film screenwriter · b. 1976

German filmmaker and media artist

Sarah Gillespie

songwriter · b. 2000

British musician

Indian artist (born 1960)

Huw Warren

jazz musician · b. 1962

Welsh musician

Stuart Pigott

journalist · b. 1960

Wine writer

Lebanese curator, visual artist, video and film producer

painter

Michael Landy

conceptual artist · b. 1963

British artist (born 1963)

British artist (1965–2005)

Singaporean installation and performance artist, painter and sculptor

Monty Oxy Moron

keyboardist · b. 1961

British musician

English artist (born 1963)

Alex Zane

journalist · b. 1979

English comedian

British actress

Angela Little

educational specialist · b. 1949

Manx education specialist

Norwegian artist

Janice Koh

performing artist · b. 1969

Singaporean actress

British politician

Bridget Smith

video artist · b. 1966

British artist

Darren Johnson

politician · b. 1966

English politician of the Green Party of England and Wales (born 1966)

Goldierocks

journalist · b. 1984

British DJ and journalist

British artist (born 1969)

British artist (born 1981)

British activist

Cynthia Girard-Renard

installation artist · b. 1969

Canadian artist (born 1969)

Michela Magas

businessperson · b. 1901

innovation advisor

American artist (born 1993)

Fiona Mactaggart

philanthropist · b. 1953

British politician (born 1953)

American curator and writer

British poet

Bozhidar Bozhanov

software engineer · b. 1987

Bulgarian politician

Simon Toyne

writer · b. 1968

British writer

John Allum

engineer · 1889–1972

New Zealand businessman and engineer

English painter (born 1966)

British organist

Burmese painter (1905-1981)

British photographer (born 1959)

British writer

English painter (1922-2015)

Indian artist

English artist and art teacher

Stanley Anderson

draftsperson · 1884–1966

British engraver, etcher and watercolour painter (1884–1966)

Sarat Maharaj

teacher · b. 1951

South African writer

English artist (born 1965)

British children's writer (1931-2019)

British artist

British singer

artist (born 1968)

Manuel Mathieu

painter · b. 1986

Haitian artist (born 1986)

British sociologist

Norwegian artist (born 1968)