TOP 500 ARTISTS FROM THE UNITED STATES, BORN 1966 OR AFTER Data on artists' education was gathered from publicly available CVs, or verified by correspondence with the artists or their representatives. Where it was not possible to confirm the information, the fields have been left blank. FIRST NAME LAST NAME UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE 1 Mark Grotjahn University of Colorado, Boulder University of California, Berkeley 2 Wade Guyton University of Tennessee, Knoxville no MFA 3 Julie Mehretu Kalamazoo College RISD 4 Sterling Ruby Pennsylvania School of Art and Design/SAIC ArtCenter 5 Tauba Auerbach Stanford no MFA 6 Joe Bradley RISD no MFA 7 Dan Colen RISD no MFA 8 Matthew Barney Yale no MFA 9 Nate Lowman NYU no MFA 10 Kelley Walker University of Tennessee, Knoxville no MFA 11 KAWS SVA no MFA 12 Jacob Kassay SUNY Buffalo no MFA 13 Jonas Wood Hobart and William Smith Colleges University of Washington, Seattle 14 Alex Israel Yale USC 15 Dana Schutz Cleveland Institute of Art Columbia 16 Matthew Day Jackson University of Washington, Seattle Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers 17 Kara Walker Atlanta College of Art (now SCAD) RISD 18 Barnaby Furnas SVA Columbia 19 Lucien Smith Cooper Union no MFA 20 Rashid Johnson Columbia College, Chicago SAIC 21 Tom Sachs Bennington College no MFA 22 Shepard Fairey RISD no MFA 23 Kehinde Wiley San Francisco Art Institute Yale 24 Sarah Morris Brown Whitney ISP 25 Seth Price Brown no MFA 26 Hernan Bas New World School of the Arts no MFA 27 Jeff Elrod University of North Texas, Denton no MFA 28 Doug Aitken ArtCenter no MFA 29 Josh Smith University of Tennessee, Knoxville no MFA 30 Aaron Young San Francisco Art Institute Yale 31 Carol Bove Steinhardt School of Education, NYU no MFA 32 Inka Essenhigh Columbus College of Art & Design SVA 33 Banks Violette SVA Columbia 34 Liza Lou self-taught self-taught 35 Mark Handforth Slade School of Fine Art Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Kunste 36 Cory Arcangel Oberlin no MFA 37 Mickalene Thomas Pratt Yale University of Cape Town/Iowa State 38 Theaster Gates Iowa State University University 39 Israel Lund Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers 40 Barry McGee San Francisco Art Institute no MFA 41 Ned Vena School of the Museum Fine Arts/Tufts no MFA 42 Ryan McGinness Carnegie Mellon University no MFA 43 Dash Snow self-taught self-taught 44 Lisa Ruyter SVA no MFA 45 Laura Owens RISD CalArts 46 Paul Pfeiffer San Francisco Art Institute Hunter/Whitney ISP 47 Ryan Sullivan RISD no MFA 48 Cheyney Thompson School of the Museum Fine Arts/Tufts no MFA 49 Ryan McGinley Parsons no MFA 50 Alex Hubbard Lewis and Clark/Pacific Northwest College of Art Whitney ISP 51 Nick Darmstaedter self-taught self-taught 52 Wyatt Kahn SAIC Hunter 53 Damian Loeb self-taught self-taught 54 RETNA self-taught self-taught 55 Aaron Garber-Maikovska UCLA no MFA 56 Oscar Tuazon Cooper Union Whitney ISP 57 Kristin Baker School of the Museum Fine Arts/Tufts Yale 58 Kyle Polzin Victoria College no MFA 59 Josiah McElheny RISD no MFA 60 Luke Frazier Utah State University Utah State University 61 Tara Donovan Corcoran School of Art Virginia Commonwealth University 62 Elliott Hundley RISD UCLA 63 Alex Prager self-taught self-taught 64 Christian Schumann San Francisco Art Institute no MFA 65 Alec Soth Sarah Lawrence no MFA 66 Garth Weiser Cooper Union Columbia 67 Petra Cortright self-taught self-taught 68 Jonathan Horowitz Wesleyan no MFA 69 Will Ryman self-taught self-taught 70 Anna Gaskell SAIC Yale 71 Matthew Monahan Cooper Union De Ateliers, Amsterdam 72 Nathan Hylden Minnesota State University, Mankato ArtCenter 73 Aaron Curry SAIC ArtCenter 74 Keltie Ferris Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Yale 75 José Parlá Miami Dade Community College no MFA 76 Christian Holstad Kansas City Art Institute no MFA 77 Sam Falls Reed Bard 78 Ethan Cook self-taught self-taught 79 Ryan Trecartin RISD no MFA 80 Rosson Crow SVA Yale 81 Robert ParkeHarrison Kansas City Art Institute University of New Mexico 82 Chris Johanson self-taught self-taught 83 Jeffrey Gibson SAIC RCA, London 84 Richard Aldrich Ohio State University no MFA 85 Math Bass Hampshire UCLA 86 Robert Silvers University of Massachusetts, Lowell no MFA 87 Adam Pendleton Artspace Independent Study Program no MFA 88 Eddie Martinez self-taught self-taught 89 Tomory Dodge RISD CalArts 90 Michael Ray Charles McNeese State University University of Houston 91 Spencer Tunick Emerson International Center of Photography 92 Michael Manning NYU, Tisch Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 93 Chitra Ganesh Brown Columbia 94 Phil Frost self-taught self-taught 95 Swoon Pratt no MFA 96 Roxy Paine self-taught self-taught 97 Peter Coffin University of California, Davis Carnegie Mellon University 98 Trenton Doyle Hancock Texas A&M University, Commerce Tyler School of Art 99 LA II (Angel Ortiz) self-taught self-taught 100 Teresita Fernández Florida International University Virginia Commonwealth University 101 David Korty RISD UCLA 102 Delia Brown University of California, Santa Cruz UCLA 103 Justin Faunce School of the Museum Fine Arts/Tufts no MFA 104 Jeremy Blake SAIC CalArts 105 Hilary Harkness University of California, Berkeley Yale 106 N. Dash NYU, BA Columbia 107 Katherine Bernhardt SAIC SVA 108 Julie Blackmon Missouri State University no MFA 109 Isca Greenfield-Sanders Brown no MFA 110 Daniel Hesidence University of Tampa Hunter 111 Michael Williams Washington University no MFA 112 Ricci Albenda RISD no MFA 113 Slater Bradley UCLA no MFA 114 Nicholas Coleman Brigham Young University no MFA 115 Jordan Wolfson RISD no MFA 116 Gajin Fujita Otis College of Art and Design University of Nevada, Las Vegas 117 Todd Hido School of the Museum Fine Arts/Tufts California College of the Arts 118 Kyle Sims Rocky Mountain College no MFA 119 Margaret Kilgallen Colorado College Stanford 120 David Ratcliff Pratt no MFA 121 Ellen Altfest Cornell Yale 122 Dustin Yellin self-taught self-taught 123 Rachel Harrison Wesleyan no MFA 124 Mark Hagen University of California, Santa Cruz CalArts 125 Eric Freeman School of the Museum Fine Arts/Tufts no MFA 126 Roe Ethridge Atlanta College of Art (now SCAD) no MFA 127 Karl Haendel Brown UCLA/Whitney ISP 128 Brian Alfred Pennsylvania State University Yale 129 Hugo McCloud self-taught self-taught 130 Ryan Estep Michigan State University Ohio State University, Columbus 131 Kevin Appel Parsons UCLA 132 Radcliffe Bailey Atlanta College of Art (now SCAD) no MFA 133 Anne Collier CalArts UCLA 134 Dan Attoe University of Wisconsin, Madison University of Iowa, Iowa City 135 Carlos Rolón/Dzine Columbia College, Chicago no MFA 136 Lesley Vance University of Wisconsin, Madison CalArts 137 Logan Hagege Associates in Art no MFA 138 Brendan Lynch SVA SVA 139 Katy Grannan University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Yale 140 Cameron Martin Brown Whitney ISP 141 Daniel Turner San Francisco Art Institute no MFA 142 Jacob Hashimoto SAIC no MFA 143 Matt Greene Atlanta College of Art (now SCAD) no MFA 144 Tony Matelli Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Wisconsin Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan 145 Bob Coronato Otis College of Art and Design no MFA 146 Matthew Chambers University of Miami ArtCenter 147 Ryan Mendoza self-taught self-taught 148 Michael Bevilacqua self-taught self-taught 149 Nathan Mabry Kansas City Art Institute UCLA 150 Brent Cotton self-taught self-taught 151 Alexandra Nechita UCLA no MFA 152 Marc Swanson Bard 153 Scott Reeder University of Iowa University of Illinois, Chicago 154 Zak Smith Cooper Union Yale 155 Scott Peterman University of New Hampshire Yale 156 Mike Bouchet UCLA no MFA 157 Rashaad Newsome Tulane no MFA 158 Luis Gispert SAIC Yale 159 Amy Adler Cooper Union UCLA 160 Mathew Cerletty Boston University no MFA 161 Scott Campbell self-taught self-taught 162 Matt Johnson Maryland Institute College of Art UCLA 163 Paul Sietsema University of California, Berkeley UCLA 164 Stephen Powers University of the Arts, Philadelphia no MFA 165 Kadar Brock Cooper Union no MFA 166 Adrien Brody Queens College no MFA 167 Chris Ware University of Texas, Austin SAIC 168 Matthew Pillsbury Yale SVA 169 Dan Fischer Alfred University no MFA 170 Keith Edmier CalArts no MFA 171 Kurt Kauper Boston University UCLA 172 Elliott Puckette Cooper Union no MFA 173 Frank Benson Maryland Institute College of Art UCLA 174 Hank Willis Thomas NYU California College of the Arts 175 Sage Vaughn self-taught self-taught 176 Amie Siegel Bard SAIC 177 Michael DeLucia RISD RCA, London 178 Brendan Fowler Sarah Lawrence no MFA 179 Anthony Pearson California College of the Arts UCLA 180 Scott Tallman Powers The American Academy of Art, Chicago no MFA 181 Amanda Ross-Ho SAIC USC 182 Valerie Snobeck St. Cloud State University University of Chicago 183 Glenn Dean self-taught self-taught 184 Ed Templeton self-taught self-taught 185 Benjamin Edwards UCLA RISD 186 Matthew Brannon UCLA Columbia 187 Ann Craven Massachusetts College of Art, Boston Columbia 188 Taryn Simon Brown no MFA 189 Les Rogers RISD no MFA 190 Vincent Fecteau Wesleyan no MFA 191 Tyler Shields self-taught self-taught 192 Blake Rayne CalArts no MFA 193 Charles Lutz Pratt no MFA 194 Michael Scoggins Mary Washington College Savannah College of Art and Design 195 Justine Kurland SVA Yale 196 Carter Maryland Institute College of Art University of California, Davis 197 Clare Rojas RISD SAIC 198 Liz Deschenes RISD no MFA 199 Trudy Benson Virginia Commonwealth University Pratt 200 Ian Monroe Washington University Goldsmiths 201 Shinique Smith Maryland Institute College of Art Maryland Institute College of Art 202 Iona Rozeal Brown San Francisco Art Institute Yale 203 Richard Dupont Princeton no MFA 204 Aaron Bobrow Parsons no MFA 205 G.