Goldsmiths College (founded 1891 by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute) has been a part of the federal University of London since 1904, when it took its current name.
It initially occupied a building in New Cross created in 1843 for the Royal Naval School. This was vacated by the school in 1889 when it moved to Mottingham in south-east London.
Goldsmiths specialises in courses and research relating to creativity and culture, and has a reputation for producing visual artists. This reputation was largely established by the influence of Michael Craig-Martin, Jon Thompson and Nick De Ville as teaching staff. It is located in New Cross, London.
Notable Alumni
- Bernd Behr, artist
- John Cale, musician
- Graham Coxon, musician, formerly with Blur
- Ian Davenport, artist
- Grenville Davey, artist
- Lucian Freud, artist
- Anya Gallaccio, artist
- Damien Hirst, artist
- Gary Hume, artist
- Alex James, musician, member of Blur
- Linton Kwesi Johnson, poet, musician
- Tessa Jowell, politician
- Michael Landy, artist
- Sarah Lucas, artist
- Javier Marchán, artist
- Malcolm McLaren, music manager, notably of the Sex Pistols
- Steve McQueen, artist
- Gladys Mitchell, author
- Brian Molko, singer with Placebo
- Cathy de Monchaux, artist
- Julian Opie , artist
- Mary Quant, fashion designer
- Bridget Riley, artist
- Simon Tegala , artist
- Mark Wallinger, artist
- Gillian Wearing, artist
- Catherine Yass, artist
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