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Alumni

Our list of former students includes names like:

Art and design
Lucian Freud, Antony Gormley, Damien Hirst, Margaret Howell, Gary Hume, Steve McQueen, Mary Quant, Bridget Riley, Sam Taylor-Wood, Gillian Wearing, Jane and Louise Wilson

Music
Alex James, Graham Coxon, Martyn Brabbins, John Cale, John Illsey, Malcolm McLaren, Kanya King, James Blake and Katy B.

Politics
Tessa Jowell

Theatre
Moira Buffini, Ian Rickson

Film
David Tattersall

Television
Julian Clary

Actors
George Baker, Gwyneth Powell

Writers
Corrie Corfield, Gladys Mitchell, Carol Sarler

Six winners of the Turner Prize – and almost a quarter of those shortlisted for the award since it began – have been Goldsmiths graduates.

Sam Taylor-Wood and Alex James both received Honorary Fellowships from Goldsmiths.
Sam Taylor-Wood and Alex James both received Honorary Fellowships from Goldsmiths in 2008. In her address during the Ceremony, Sam said:

"Goldsmiths gave me the power and ability to think for myself. That is the most solid foundation for the future."

See our dedicated Former Students website.


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