Iowa was the first university in the nation to bring established, working painters on to the faculty. Past faculty members include Grant Wood, Philip Guston, and Byron Burford.
Today, our faculty and graduate students exhibit their work in galleries and museums throughout the nation, including in biennial faculty art exhibitions on the University of Iowa campus. They are also frequently invited to lecture and teach at educational and cultural institutions.
Visiting artists in painting and drawing
- 2023-2024
Monica Miller
- 2022-2023
M. Charlene Stevens
Jason Stopa
Nyeema Morgan-Cloud
Dan Levenson - 2021-2022
Franklin Evans
Sophia Narrett
John Yau
Alexus Brown
Ian Berry
Odili Odita - 2020-2021
Charles Mason III
Destiny Palmer
Alexandra Gabriel
Jacob Patrick Brooks
Julia Wolfe
Nicole Shaver
Hilary Nelson
Jessica Gatlin
Luca Molnar
Parvin Peivandi
Jillian Browning
Rachel Connell
Sarah Heyward
Brandon Donahue
Juan Herrera
Josh Franco
Laurel Suscy
Thomas Agran
Abe Lampert
Sheila Pepe
Alexandria Smith - 2019-2020
Squeak Carnwath
Odili Donald Odita
Larry Ossei-Mensah - 2018-2019
Gianna Commito
Taraneh Fazeli
Jefferson Pinder
David Storey
Wanda Raimundo-Ortiz - 2017-2018
Gia Hamilton
Katherine Bradford
Aaron Levy Garvey - 2016-2017
Bob Nikas
Ian Kaier
Yvegenia Baras
Leslie Wayne - 2015-2016
Ian Berry
Amanda Ross Ho
Angela Dufresne
Odili Odita - 2014-2015
Raphael Rubenstein
Julie Heffernan
Amy Pleasant
Barbara Takenaga - 2013-2014
Leslie J. Smith III
T.L. Solien
Fred Stonehouse
Patrick Earl Hammie
Lisa Sanditz
Richard Bretell
Hesse McGraw
Anoka Faruqee - 2012-2013
Jules de Balincourt
David Humphrey
2011-past visiting artists
Past visiting artists have included:
- Nick Africano
- Layla Ali
- Greg Amenoff
- Jan Aronson
- John Ashberry
- Dan Attoe
- William Bailey
- Richard Baker
- Ian Berry
- Nayland Blake
- Matthew Bollinger
- Phyllis Bramson
- Colin Brant
- Brian Bress
- Larry Brown
- Dan Cameron
- Louisa Chase
- Susanna Coffey
- Amy Cutler
- Suzanne Doremus
- Wendy Edwards
- The Eyebeam Roadshow 2008
- Julia Fish
- Jeff Fleming
- Matt Freedman
- Joe Fyfe
- Suzi Gablik
- Trenton Doyle Hancock
- Willie Heeks
- Oliver Herring
- Mary Heilman
- Dave Hickey
- Laurie Hogin
- Richard Hull
- Robert Irwin
- Wendy Jacob
- Susanna Jacobson
- Bill Jenson
- Klaus Kertess
- Joyce Kozloff
- Jacob Lawrence
- Judy Ledgerman
- Judith Linhares
- Al Loving
- Brice Marden
- Kerry James Marshal
- Catherine McCarthy
- James McElhinney
- Sarah McEneaney
- Suzanne McLelland
- Melissa Miller
- Elizabeth Murray
- Alice Neel
- Tom Nowzkowski
- Ed Paaschke
- Gary Panter
- Elizabeth Peyton
- Ann Pibal
- Lari Pittman
- Richard Rezac
- Richard Schaeffer
- Miriam Schapiro
- Susan Senseman
- James Siena
- John Simon, Jr.
- Zak Smith
- Roberta Smith
- Jered Sprecher
- Fred Stonehouse
- Robert Storr
- Jude Tallichet
- Trevor Winkfield
- Terry Winters
Painting and drawing faculty
T.J. Dedeaux-Norris
Laurel Farrin
Shea Hembrey
Elizabeth McTernan
Ronald Rozencohn
