Wimbledon College of Arts
| Established | 1890 |
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| Location | , |
| Affiliations | University of the Arts London |
| Website | www.wimbledon.arts.ac.uk |
Wimbledon College of Art (formerly Wimbledon School of Art) is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London and is one of London's major art institutions. It is located in Wimbledon and Merton Park, South West London. It is divided into three academic schools, School of Foundation Studies, School of Fine Art and School of Theatre. Each school delivers a suite of specialist art and design courses ranging from foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate, as well as providing research supervision for students undertaking a research programme of study.
History
Founded in 1890 as an art class for Rutlish School, it became independent in 1930 as Wimbledon School of Art. On 1 August 2006, the institute was re-named Wimbledon College of Art and became part of the federal collegiate university, University of the Arts London; together with Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Art & Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London College of Communication and London College of Fashion.
Notable Alumni
- James Acheson (Consume Designer and triple Oscar Winner)
- Nik Borrow (Artist)
- John Joseph Haldane (Philosopher)
- Raymond Briggs (Author)
- Jeff Beck (Musician)
- Georgina Chapman (Co-Founder of Fashion Label Marchesa)
- Tony Cragg (1988 Turner Prize winner)
- Prunella Clough (1999 Jerrold Prize Winner)
- Peter Doig (1994 Turner Prize nominee)
- Harry Riley (1985 Winner of the Liverpool Art Certificate)
- Sarah Greenwood (Production Designer and Oscar nominee)
- Iona McLeish (Theatre Designer)
- Christopher Oram (Theatre Designer and Laurence Olivier Award Winner)
- Phoebe Philo (Fashion designer and 2004 [[British Designer of the Year)
- Mark Tildesley (Production Designer)
- Martin Aynscomb-Harris (artist) (Artist)
- Margaret Rhodes (artist) (Artist and Illustrator)
- Patrick Bremer (Artist)