Graham Nickson served as a dedicated faculty member, Atelier Head, and Dean of the school for 36 years, from 1988 to 2024. He originated the now internationally recognized Drawing Marathon. He received his BA from the Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts and MA from the Royal College of Art in London. Nickson has worked, taught, traveled, and exhibited extensively in the United States and internationally, and is the recipient of the Prix de Rome; The Harkness Fellowship at Yale University; the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Ingram Merrill Fellowship.

His work is in the permanent collections of many institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art; MoMA; The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Fogg Art Museum at Harva...