Vito Acconci, Honorary Degree Recipient, 1990
Eleanor Antin
Carol Becker
Tania Bruguera, Performance Artist, Commencement Speaker, 2016
Lee Bul, Honorary Doctorate Recipients, 2022
Teresa Burga, multimedia artist, MFA 1970
Elizabeth Catlett, SAIC/Honorary Degree Recipient, 1941/2006
Judy Chicago, artist, author, educator
Mel Chin, Honorary Doctorate Recipient, Commcenment Speaker, 2020
Mayor Richard M. Daley
Margaret C. Daley
Douglas Druick, Scholar and Curator, 2015
Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, Collectors and Philanthropists, 2016
Eric Fischl, Artist and Life Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art, 2012
Jeanne Gang, Architect and Founder and Principal of Studio Gang Architects, 2013
Theaster Gates, Artist and Founder of Rebuild Foundation and the Arts Incubator in Washington Park, 2014
Philip Glass
Ann Hamilton
Ed Harris
Charles A. Harrison II
Rhona Hoffman, Gallerist, 2015
Alfredo Jaar
Jae Jarell, Artist, Activist and Co-founded of the Black Arts Movements in in the 60s and 70s, AfriCOBRA, Honorary Doctorate Recipient, 2020
Gerald Williams, Artist, Activist and Co-founded of the Black Arts Movements in in the 60s and 70s, AfriCOBRA, Honorary Doctorate Recipient, 2020
Wadsworth Jarell, Artist, Activist and Co-founder of the Black Arts Movements in in the 60s and 70s, AfriCOBRA, Honorary Doctorate Recipient, 2020
Katherine Sherwood, Artist, Educator, and Co-Founder of the Art and Disability Collective Yelling Clininc, Honorary Doctorate Recipient, 2020
Rashid Johnson, artist, SAIC 2003–04
Tony Jones, CBE, Arts Administrator, Broadcaster, Writer, Educator, and Historian of art, architecture and design, 2011
Herbert Kawainui Kane
Ellsworth Kelly, Artist, 2010
Kathe Kollwitz, Artist, Activist, and Co-Founder of Guerilla Girls, Commencement Speaker, 2010
Jeff Koons, SAIC/Honorary Degree Recipient, 1975-76/2008
Ellen Lanyon, BFA/Honorary Degree Recipient, 1948/2007
Sung Soon Lee, Artist and SAIC alumnus, 2010
George E. Lewis Honorary Doctorate Recipient, 2022
Kerry James Marshall, Artist, 2017
Bruce Mau
Beatrice "Buddy" Mayer, Philanthropist, 2012
LeRoy Neiman, SAIC/Honorary Degree Recipient, 1947-57/2006
Janet Bryne Neiman, Artist and Co-Founder of the LeRoy Neiman Center, 2015
Albert Oehlen, Artist, Commencement Speaker, 2015
Yoko Ono
Young-Ju Park, Philanthropist, 2016
Renzo Piano
Maria Pinto, Fashion Designer and Artist, 2017
Angelique Power Commencement Speaker, 2022
Jerry Saltz, SAIC/Honorary Degree Recipient, 1970-75/2008
Ellen Sandor, Artist, Editor, and Life Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Chair of SAIC's Gene Siskel Film Center Advisory Board, 2014
Franz Schulze, Artist, Writer and Art Critic, 2014
David Sedaris, Author, BFA, 1987
Anna Deavere Smith, Author, Performer, Writer, and Founder of the Anna Deaver Smith Projects (formerly the Institute on the Arts & Civic Dialogue) at Harvard University, 2013
Patti Smith, Artist, Poet, Singer, Songwriter, and Photographer, 2011
Roberta Smith, Art Critic, 2017
Stanley Tigerman, architect
Bill Viola
The Hairy Who: James Falconer, Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Suellen Rocca, Karl Wirsum, Artists, 2016
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Visual Artist and Palme d'Or prize winner, 2011
Gahan Wilson, Cartoonist, 2012
Joe Zucker, Artistm 2013
