Installation view-Bolsky Gallery

MFA in Fine Arts

In our MFA Fine Arts program, you’ll learn to refine your personal artistic vision, think critically, and cultivate a lifelong studio practice.

Suwichada Busamrong-Press

Suwichada Busamrong-Press
 

Suwichada Busamrong-Press (b. 1975 in Khonkean, Thailand) is a Thai American artist based in Los Angeles, California.  She is an interdisciplinary artist who begins by recalling her memories in writings and transfers them into paintings, sculpture and performance.  Suwichada earned a bachelor’s degree in interior design and fiber from College for Creative Studies and a master’s degree in architecture from Cranbrook Academy of Art, both in Detroit. She also has  a master’s degree in Fine Arts from Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles. She has shown her work in various group shows around the country, including in Detroit, New York, Dallas, and Los Angeles.

 

Installation view-Bolsky Gallery
Installation view-Bolsky Gallery
Bucha-Still image performance-3
Bucha-Still image performance-3
To My Old Friend 2023 Indigo ink on turmeric dyed Kala cotton fabric 72 × 16 inches Marigold mixed s
To My Old Friend 2023 Indigo ink on turmeric dyed Kala cotton fabric 72 × 16 inches
Together We Rock 2023 Turmeric pigment, pastels on stitched cotton canvas 70 x 50 x 1.5 inches
Together We Rock 2023 Turmeric pigment, pastels on stitched cotton canvas 70 x 50 x 1.5 inches
Andrea De Anda's work

BFA in Fashion Design

Andrea De Anda

Andrea De Anda

I'm Andrea, a graduating fashion senior. I grew up in Mexico and moved to Los Angeles to attend Otis and pursue my love for art and fashion. I'm currently seeking opportunities to expand my knowledge and grow as a designer, I am excited to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and ready to take the next steps and submerge myself even deeper into the world of women's contemporary fashion.     

Cool Professor
 
Cool Professor
 
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Key Art: Discovery of Hugo's elemental powers

BFA in Game and Entertainment Design

Acquire the skills of game prototyping, playtesting, and collaboration with our BFA in Game and Entertainment Design program. Through hands-on instruction, you will develop valuable skills in concept art, modeling, texturing, and lighting.

Sheily Aguilar

Sheily Aguilar

My name is Sheily Aguilar, I'm a Concept Artist and Illustrator, who enjoys bringing ideas to life and seeing the excitement it brings to others.  

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Illustration BFA

The BFA in Illustration prepares students for careers as professional Illustrators, art directors, creator of animated shorts, motion graphic artist, storyboard artists, children's book illustrators, textile and fabric designers, and muralists among others.

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Arthropod - modular solution to shaping spaces

BFA in Product Design

Product Design is a diverse program that combines art, design, & digital skills. Students learn to create physical & virtual products, environments & experiences within fashion accessories, footwear, jewelry, furniture, lifestyle, UI/UX, and more, preparing students to work in any industry or career.

Stefani Pletenetska

Stefani Pletenetska

Versatile product design student from Ukraine who constantly learns new skills and accepts challenges. My main focus is finding ways of combining seemingly unrelated concepts into stunning visuals that captivate one’s mind.

Arthropod - modular solution to shaping spaces
 
Arthropod - full scale room dividers
 
Arthropod - final prototype assembly
 
Brand/I.P. creation and development, story development, and character design

BFA in Toy Design

Otis College offers one of the only comprehensive four‐year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Toy Design in the world. Taught by faculty and guest mentors who are renowned toy design and entertainment professionals, the program focuses on designing and bringing toys to market. 

Marcanthony Smith

MarcAnthony Smith

MarcAnthony Smith is a freelance toy concept/development designer, storyteller, and student leader who dedicates himself and his work to supporting the creative endeavors of children and the people around him. He is an active student leader and Lead Resident Assistant, known for his honest and welcoming nature for the inclusive environment and fun social events that he creates for all the students at Otis. With a lifelong passion for the toy industry, MarcAnthony has already curated an impressive list of toy industry credits as a student that spans a variety of toy categories from dolls to preschool, to small novelty toys, and beyond. 

Brand/I.P. creation and development, story development, and character design
 
An unlikely group of space wizards must take on the mantle of a legendary team to save the galaxy
 
Brand/I.P. creation and development, story development, and character design
 
Brand/I.P. creation and development, story development, and character design
 
Jennifer Alvarado

BFA in Game and Entertainment Design

Acquire the skills of game prototyping, playtesting, and collaboration with our BFA in Game and Entertainment Design program. Through hands-on instruction, you will develop valuable skills in concept art, modeling, texturing, and lighting.

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Jennifer Alvarado

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Jennifer Alvarado
 
Jennifer Alvarado
 
Jennifer Alvarado
 
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Illustration BFA

The BFA in Illustration prepares students for careers as professional Illustrators, art directors, creator of animated shorts, motion graphic artist, storyboard artists, children's book illustrators, textile and fabric designers, and muralists among others.

Nick Hermida

Nick Hermida

My name is Nick Hermida, I’m an illustrator and ceramicist based in Los Angeles graduating with a BFA in Illustration and a minor in contemporary clay from Otis College of Art and Design. My work often includes themes of queer identity, nature, and the occult.

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BFA in Graphic Design

Achieve the highest level of design excellence through our Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design which offers a rigorous curriculum involving research and development, critical thinking and fearless image making as it applies to work in the 2-D, 3-D, 4-D fields.

Esmeralda Escobar

Esmeralda Escobar
 

Hi, I'm Esmeralda a Mexican American graphic designer with an emphasis in publications and visual identities. My personal practice consists of honest explorations that appeal to humility and nostalgia but also provide space for innovative experimentation. Through design I look for opportunities to grow while merging tactile and digital forms of communication.

 

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BFA in Fine Arts

As a Fine Arts student, you will turn your ideas and into visual creations while learning from our faculty of working professionals. You can choose from three concentrations: Painting, Photography or Sculpture/New Genres.

Isabella Basile

Isabella Basile

My goal as an artist is to push the boundaries of what is expected and challenge the viewer to question their perceptions of form, color, and composition.

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Studio V: Los Angeles Center for Renewable Energy, DTLA

Environmental Design

The Environmental Design fields of architecture (buildings), landscape (spaces between buildings), and interiors (spaces within buildings) organize and shape the contexts for everyone’s activities and relations.

Ashley Khalil

Ashley Khalil ('23)

Hi, I'm Ashley, I am an international student from Hong Kong who is in the graduating senior class of Environmental Design at Otis College. My brand of design is evenly balanced between functionalism and beauty. I believe that structural form should have an aesthetic appeal that simultaneously accentuates the natural beauty in its surrounding environment and that is also driven by practical considerations.

Inside the Housing Unit
Inside the Housing Unit
Studio VI: New Orleans Housing Complex Project
My site is in the holly grove neighborhood, filled with residential houses. My housing is for low-income residents and families, so it’s affordable housing. This interlocking pattern in my housing is derived from a pinwheel shape idea in my site. The journey through the building is in this zig-zag pattern that pushes movement and mimics the building’s shape. It leads you to seating areas, commerce, and much greenery. I positioned all the programs and housing to create a public path within these private and semi-private spaces. The overall program that was given to me is services to the community such as an assembly hall/community room, computer lab, social enterprise spaces, community garden, and an outdoor amphitheater/gathering space. I also provided some pop-up commerce shops, marketplace, and coffee shop leases near the housing and beside the amphitheater. 
Section Cut of LACRE, DTLA
Section Cut of LACRE, DTLA
S Broadway St. View
S Broadway St. View  
Taxonomy of Native Fish Species of the Colorado River

BFA in Illustration

The BFA in Illustration prepares students for careers as professional Illustrators, art directors, creator of animated shorts, motion graphic artist, storyboard artists, children's book illustrators, textile and fabric designers, and muralists among others.

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Jessica Williams

Hi! I’m a Senior in Comm Arts: Illustration, and traditional media user such as watercolor, gouache and colored pencils, whose love of nature, horror, fantasy, and fairytales has inspired an interest in making the expected, unexpected. My work represents opposites: light and dark, color and monochrome, hot and cold, natural and man-made, or playful and creepy. I like learning new things, exploring new mediums, and am not afraid to take risks to get a great result in my finished piece.

Taxonomy of Native Fish Species of the Colorado River
 
Frozen in Time
 
Toast
 

Create
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Explore your passion, hone your craft, and express yourself at Otis College of Art and Design.

Our Programs

At Otis College, we prepare artists and designers for success through rigorous practice that nurtures creativity, vision, and critical thinking. We welcome students at all levels to build on their passion for art and design. Whichever program you pursue—a fully accredited degree, professional certificate, or youth immersion experience—you can find your voice or launch a career.

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Otis Alumni

Discover creative connections and professional opportunities within your Otis College of Art and Design alumni community.

88%%

of our recent graduates work in the field of art and design

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Ethan Marcopoulos '21
Game and Entertainment Design
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Greta Karr, '21
Fine Arts
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Leah Flores Karla, '22
Architecture, Landscape, Interiors
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Louis Chen, '21
Digital Media
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Sydney Busic, '21
Fine Arts
98%%

of recent graduates said Otis College prepared them for the professional world.

96%%

of recent graduates are employed within one year of graduation

Campus & Community

Otis College is a welcoming and diverse community of artists and designers who are shaping the future. We provide space for you to be yourself and explore art and design with a spirit of freedom that echoes the city where our campus is located—Los Angeles, a global cultural capital that embraces creativity and new ideas.

Child in Summer Youth Camps
In our Summer Youth Camps, we introduce the elements and principles of art and design, and encourage self-expression for young creatives.
Summer of Art students painting in a classroom
Summer of Art at Otis College of Art and Design is an intensive college immersion experience designed for developing creatives in high school or beyond who are 14.5 years of age or older.
Students in the campus commons during O-Launch Weekend
Join us for O-Launch Exhibition Weekend that hosts virtual and in person events that showcase the future of art and design through the work of Otis College’s graduating students.
Students at commencement
Otis College proudly presents the 2023 graduating class commencement celebration at El Camino College. The celebration will include our valedictorian and honorary degree recipients.
Inside the classroom of Otis College’s Netflix Program
Inside the classroom of Otis College’s Netflix: Access program. Photographed by Sarah Golonka.
Inside the classroom of Otis College’s Netflix Program
Inside the classroom of Otis College’s Netflix: Access program. Photographed by Sarah Golonka.
The annual steamroller event returned to campus. Photographed by Danielle Vega/Otis College of Art and Design
The annual steamroller event returned to campus. Photographed by Danielle Vega/Otis College of Art and Design.
The annual steamroller event returned to campus. Photographed by Danielle Vega/Otis College of Art and Design
The annual steamroller event returned to campus. Photographed by Danielle Vega/Otis College of Art and Design.