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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 Fellows 2023
Claire Collins
Claire Collins is a British costume designer, who after graduating from AUB in 2003, won the BBC Vision Design Prize...
Ryan Calais Cameron
Ryan Calais Cameron is an award-winning actor, director and writer. His first play, TIMBUKTU, was part of the Bush...
Kirill Karabits
Kirill Karabits has been celebrated worldwide as Chief Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for...
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
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...
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...
Molly Manning-Walker
Her graduation film as cinematographer, November 1st, was shortlisted for a BAFTA and awarded Bronze at the Student Academy Awards, with...
Joel Wallace Erabu
Wallace completed his Master of Architecture with Distinction from Arts University Bournemouth, after a prosperous odyssey that commenced...
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
Tom Hovey
Perhaps most well-known for his food illustration work, Tom has created animated illustrations for the multi-award winning TV show...
Brian Clarke
Internationally renowned for his visually captivating, intricate and prominent large-scale stained-glass art installations...
Zelda Cheatle
Working to build both corporate and private collections, in 1989 Zelda opened the Zelda Cheatle Gallery in Covent Garden before...
Caroline Norbury
Caroline Norbury is a producer, trustee and the founding chief executive of Creative England and Creative Industries Federation...
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
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.
Peter Lord, CBE
Peter Lord is co-owner and Creative Director of Aardman Animations where he pioneered techniques in motion animation using clay puppets.
Mike Davies, CBE
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...
Dougie Scarfe
Dougie Scarfe became Chief Executive of the highly acclaimed Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in 2012, after pursuing a lifelong...
Honorary Fellows 2018
Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright is a Poole-born director, screenwriter and producer now working in Hollywood. In 1994 he received a National Diploma in...
Dame Darcey Bussell
Dame Darcey Bussell is the most famous British ballet dancer of her generation. She trained at The Royal Ballet School before...
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...
Margaret Calvert
Margaret Calvert is a graphic designer and typographer best known for designing Britain’s road signing system.
Honorary Fellows 2017
Lord Norman Foster
Architect and Founder and Executive Chairman of Foster + Partners
Betty Jackson
Fashion Designer
Darren Henley
Chief Executive of Arts Council England
Honorary Fellows 2010-2016
Sebastian Conran
Designer for Conran & Partners
Jane Law
Costume Cutter and Designer
Christopher Bailey
Chief Creative Officer at Burberry
Rosy Greenlees
Executive Director of the Crafts Council
Sue Lyster
Director of Operations, Industrial Light and Magic
Sarah Parish
Actress
Martin Roth
Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum
Dr Lucy Kimbell
Designer, Researcher and Educator
Professor Helen Storey
Artist and Designer
Pete Fowler
Artist and monster creator
Mat Hunter
Chief Design Officer, Design Council
Dave Alex Riddett
Cinematographer, Aardman Animations
Nick Dudman
Special Make–up Effects artist
Lucy Orta
Contemporary Visual Artist
Morag Myerscough
Graphic Designer
Paul Elliot
Theatre Producer and ‘King of Pantomime’
Terence Davies
Screenwriter, film director, novelist and actor
Chris Britton
Multimedia Theatre Company
Caryn Franklin
Writer and presenter
Platon
Photographer
Bob & Roberta Smith
Contemporary British artist
Neill Gorton
Prosthetics artist
Greta Scacchi
Actress
Gunther Kress
Professor of Semiotics
Michaël Dudok de Wit
Animator and illustrator
Honorary Fellows 2003-2009
Roger Dean
Illustrator and designer
Linda Mattock
Costume designer
Philip Townsend
Photographer
Professor Sir Peter Cook
Architect
Nigel Beale
AUB Chairman
Stuart Craig
Production designer
John Makepeace
Cabinet maker and designer
Jacques Azagury
Fashion designer
Lewis Gilbert
Film producer and director
Frank Bowling
Artist
Nigel Trow
Photographer, author and AUB Governor
Mary Mullin
Design specialist
Lesley Morris
Designer and academic
Grenville Davey
Artist and sculptor
Cherrill Scheer
Furniture designer
Huw Penalt Jones
Film producer
Karl Weschke
Artist
Basil Beattie
Artist
Chris Briscoe
Creative director
Bruno Gaumetou
Animator
Carol Lingwood
Costume designer
Flavia Swann
Design historian
Alison Wilding
Sculptor
Honorary Fellows 1998-2002
Clive Juster
Animation producer and AUB Governor
Ian McKeever
Artist
Martyn Rowlands
Designer (1923-2004)
Paul Watson
Filmmaker and AUB Governor
Michael Harvey
Typographer and AUB Governor
Ossie Morris
Cinematographer
Wolfgang Tillmans
Artist, photographer and AUB alumnus
David Bradley
AUB Governor
Andy Earl
Photographer and AUB Governor
Professor Simon Olding
Museum curator and director
Alan Plater
Scriptwriter (1935-2010)
Chris Windsor
Modelmaker (1955-2005)
Gary Cook
Illustrator
Jean Hunnisett
Costume Designer (1930-2003)
Ken Morse
Film cameraman
Daphne Teague
Fashion designer and AUB Governor
Nick Knight
Photographer and AUB alumnus
Suri Krishnamma
Filmmaker and AUB alumnus
John Millward
AUB Governor