Art

Art is one of the three secondary tritagonists in Monsters University, alongside Terri and Terry. A furry purple monster with an arch shape and blue stripes on his body, he is a student at Monsters University, and a member of the Oozma Kappa fraternity. He seems to be a comic relief in the movie. Director Dan Scanlon says of him he is "that [weird] college guy you don’t know anything about", and that he is a student "Not quite sure what he should be... and we're not quite sure what he is either." Art is a New Age Philosophy major, and has been to jail before. For some reason, Art doesn't have a last name, and is therefore the only named student in the film without one.

Official Bio
"The ultimate free spirit, Art is a mysterious monster with a questionable background. By far the strangest member of the Oozma Kappas, Art bowls over the competition—sometimes literally—with his unique dexterity and wild-card ways. Nothing is scarier than the unpredictable, especially when it comes to this furry ball of bad."

Trivia

 * When Art said he can't go back to jail, this meant he had once done something that got him arrested.