14 Notable alumni of Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Updated: June 11, 2026 EliteDegrees
Emily Carr University of Art and Design is ranked #3,941 in the world and #74 in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 14 notable alumni from Emily Carr University of Art and Design sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Emily Carr University of Art and Design won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Jeneen Frei Njootli
sound artist
Jeneen Frei Njootli is an interdisciplinary Vuntut Gwitchin artist known primarily for their work with sound and textiles, performance, fashion, workshops, and barbeques.
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2. Amelia Alcock-White
1981-. (aged 45)
painter
Amelia Alcock-White is a Canadian artist based in Vancouver.
3. Brian Kokoska
1988-. (aged 38)
painter
Brian Kokoska is a New York-based artist known for his paintings, sculptures and installations.
4. Stan Douglas
1960-. (aged 66)
photographer
installation artist
filmmaker
visual artist
television producer
Stan Douglas OC is a Canadian artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
5. Arnold Belkin
1930-1992 (aged 62)
painter
university teacher
Arnold Belkin was a Canadian-Mexican painter credited for continuing the Mexican muralism tradition at a time when many Mexican painters were shifting away from it. Born and raised in western Canada, he trained as an artist there but was not drawn to traditional Canadian art. Instead he was inspired by images of Diego Rivera's work in a magazine to move...
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6. E. J. Hughes
1913-2007 (aged 94)
painter
Edward John Hughes CM OBC RCA was a Canadian painter, known for his images of the land and sea in British Columbia.
7. Sonny Assu
1975-. (aged 51)
artist
Sonny Assu is a Canadian contemporary artist. Assu's paintings, sculptures, prints, installations, and interventions are all infused with his wry humour which is a tool to open the conversation around his themes of predilections: consumerism, colonization and imperialism.
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8. Molly Bobak
1922-2014 (aged 92)
painter
war artist
art educator
Molly Lamb Bobak CM ONB RCA was a Canadian teacher, writer, printmaker and painter working in oils and watercolours. During World War II, she was the first Canadian woman artist to be sent overseas to document Canada's war effort, and in particular, the work of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C), as one of Canada's war artists.
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9. Tommy Genesis
1990-. (aged 36)
visual artist
model
rapper
singer
Genesis Yasmine Mohanraj, known by her stage name Tommy Genesis, is a Canadian rapper and model. Her music incorporates experimental style and often sexual verses. Her debut album titled Tommy Genesis was released in November 2018. Her second album Goldilocks X was released in September 2021.
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10. Lynn Johnston
1947-. (aged 79)
artist
cartoonist
Lynn Johnston CM OM is a Canadian cartoonist and author, best known for her newspaper comic strip For Better or For Worse. She was the first woman and first Canadian to win the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award.
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11. Richard Hambleton
1952-2017 (aged 65)
graffiti artist
painter
Richard Art Hambleton was a Canadian artist known for his work as a street artist. He was a surviving member of a group that emerged from the New York City art scene during the booming art market of the 1980s which also included Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. While often associated with graffiti art, Hambleton considered himself a conceptual artist...
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12. Annie Liu
1981-. (aged 45)
model
television actor
actor
film actor
Annie Liu Sum-yau is a Hong Kong–based Taiwanese actress.
13. Michael Snow
1928-2023 (aged 95)
sculptor
painter
television producer
printmaker
film director
Michael James Aleck Snow CC RCA was a Canadian artist who worked in a range of media including film, installation, sculpture, photography, and music. His best-known films are Wavelength (1967) and La Région Centrale (1971), with the former regarded as a milestone in avant-garde cinema.
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14. Douglas Coupland
1961-. (aged 65)
sculptor
fashion designer
writer
science fiction writer
novelist
Douglas Coupland OC OBC RCA is a Canadian novelist, designer and visual artist. His first novel, the 1991 international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture, popularized the terms Generation X and McJob. He has published 13 novels, two collections of short stories, seven non-fiction books and a number of dramatic works and screenplays for film and television. He...
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