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Honorary Fellows

We've awarded Honorary Fellowships to staff, alumni and people who've made a significant contribution to the fields of arts, design, media and performance

Meet our Honorary Fellows

An Honorary Fellowship is a highly prestigious award which we can bestow to persons who have connected with Art University Bournemouth and made a significant contribution to the field of arts, design, media or performance in a professional capacity or an educational role. You can see our Honorary Fellows below.

Honorary Awards 2024

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Shawn Naphtali Sobers

Shawn Naphtali Sobers is Professor of Cultural Interdisciplinary Practice at the University of the West of England...

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Frankie Turner

Frankie Turner is an award-winning photographer shooting campaigns for household names.

Honorary Fellows 2023

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Claire Collins

Claire Collins is a British costume designer, who after graduating from AUB in 2003, won the BBC Vision Design Prize...

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Ryan Calais Cameron

Ryan Calais Cameron is an award-winning actor, director and writer. His first play, TIMBUKTU, was part of the Bush...

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Kirill Karabits

Kirill Karabits has been celebrated worldwide as Chief Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for...

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Richard Strachan

Richard Strachan is the CEO of 3 Sided Cube, a global Tech for Good agency. Their mission is to change a million lives for...

Honorary Fellows 2022

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Glyn Maxwell

Glyn’s work has won acclaim and recognition across a range of national theatre, poetry and literary awards, including the E.M. Forster...

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Adjoa Andoh

Adjoa Andoh is known for playing Nenneke in series two of The Witcher (also for Netflix), as well as playing major roles in...

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Molly Manning-Walker

Her graduation film as cinematographer, November 1st, was shortlisted for a BAFTA and awarded Bronze at the Student Academy Awards, with...

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Joel Wallace Erabu

Wallace completed his Master of Architecture with Distinction from Arts University Bournemouth, after a prosperous odyssey that commenced...

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Michael Grubb

Michael has created lighting works for iconic brands including Lush, Guinness, and London’s V&A Museum, amassing a portfolio of...

Honorary Fellows 2020/21

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Tom Hovey

Perhaps most well-known for his food illustration work, Tom has created animated illustrations for the multi-award winning TV show...

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Brian Clarke

Internationally renowned for his visually captivating, intricate and prominent large-scale stained-glass art installations...

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Zelda Cheatle

Working to build both corporate and private collections, in 1989 Zelda opened the Zelda Cheatle Gallery in Covent Garden before...

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Caroline Norbury

Caroline Norbury is a producer, trustee and the founding chief executive of Creative England and Creative Industries Federation...

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Professor Stuart Bartholomew

Professor Stuart Bartholomew is an educator, fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of AUB...

Honorary Fellows 2019

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Dame Vivienne Westwood

Dame Vivienne Westwood is a British fashion designer, best known for her work in bringing punk and new wave fashion to the wider public.

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Peter Lord

Peter Lord is co-owner and Creative Director of Aardman Animations where he pioneered techniques in motion animation using clay puppets.

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Mike Davies

Mike Davies is an architect who was awarded a CBE in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen and has been an architect for some of the country’s mo...

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Dougie Scarfe

Dougie Scarfe became Chief Executive of the highly acclaimed Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in 2012, after pursuing a lifelong...

Honorary Fellows 2018

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Edgar Wright

Edgar Wright is a Poole-born director, screenwriter and producer now working in Hollywood. In 1994 he received a National Diploma in...

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Dame Darcey Bussell

Dame Darcey Bussell is the most famous British ballet dancer of her generation. She trained at The Royal Ballet School before...

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Jenny Beavan

Jenny Beavan is an English costume designer and two-time Oscar winner. After being a pupil at Putney High School in the late 1960s...

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Margaret Calvert

Margaret Calvert is a graphic designer and typographer best known for designing Britain’s road signing system.

Honorary Fellows 2017

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Lord Norman Foster

Architect and Founder and Executive Chairman of Foster + Partners

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Betty Jackson

Fashion Designer

Darren Henley

Chief Executive of Arts Council England

Honorary Fellows 2010–2016

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Sebastian Conran

Designer for Conran & Partners

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Jane Law

Costume Cutter and Designer

Christopher Bailey

Chief Creative Officer at Burberry

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Rosy Greenlees

Executive Director of the Crafts Council

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Sue Lyster

Director of Operations, Industrial Light and Magic

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Martin Roth

Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum

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Dr Lucy Kimbell

Designer, Researcher and Educator

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Professor Helen Storey

Artist and Designer

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Pete Fowler

Artist and monster creator

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Mat Hunter

Chief Design Officer, Design Council

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Dave Alex Riddett

Cinematographer, Aardman Animations

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Nick Dudman

Special Make–up Effects artist

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Lucy Orta

Contemporary Visual Artist

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Morag Myerscough

Graphic Designer

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Paul Elliot

Theatre Producer and ‘King of Pantomime’

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Terence Davies

Screenwriter, film director, novelist and actor

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Chris Britton

Multimedia Theatre Company

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Caryn Franklin

Writer and presenter

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Platon

Photographer

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Bob & Roberta Smith

Contemporary British artist

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Neill Gorton

Prosthetics artist

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Gunther Kress

Professor of Semiotics

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Michaël Dudok de Wit

Animator and illustrator

Honorary Fellows 2003–2009

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Roger Dean

Illustrator and designer

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Linda Mattock

Costume designer

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Philip Townsend

Photographer

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Nigel Beale

AUB Chairman

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Stuart Craig

Production designer

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John Makepeace

Cabinet maker and designer

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Jacques Azagury

Fashion designer

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Lewis Gilbert

Film producer and director

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Nigel Trow

Photographer, author and AUB Governor

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Mary Mullin

Design specialist

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Lesley Morris

Designer and academic

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Grenville Davey

Artist and sculptor

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Cherrill Scheer

Furniture designer

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Huw Penalt Jones

Film producer

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Chris Briscoe

Creative director

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Carol Lingwood

Costume designer

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Flavia Swann

Design historian

Honorary Fellows 1998–2002

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Clive Juster

Animation producer and AUB Governor

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Martyn Rowlands

Designer (1923-2004)

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Paul Watson

Filmmaker and AUB Governor

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Michael Harvey

Typographer and AUB Governor

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Ossie Morris

Cinematographer

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Wolfgang Tillmans

Artist, photographer and AUB alumnus

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David Bradley

AUB Governor

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Andy Earl

Photographer and AUB Governor

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Professor Simon Olding

Museum curator and director

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Alan Plater

Scriptwriter (1935-2010)

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Chris Windsor

Modelmaker (1955-2005)

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Gary Cook

Illustrator

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Jean Hunnisett

Costume Designer (1930-2003)

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Ken Morse

Film cameraman

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Daphne Teague

Fashion designer and AUB Governor

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Nick Knight

Photographer and AUB alumnus

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Suri Krishnamma

Filmmaker and AUB alumnus

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John Millward

AUB Governor