List of Australian women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Australia or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

Contents: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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A

• Anita Aarons (1912–2000), sculptor
• Yilpi Adamson (born 1954), textile artist, painter
• Alison Alder (born 1958), screenprinter
• Joyce Allan (1896–1966), scientific illustrator
• Micky Allan (born 1944), photographer
• Beverly Allen (born 1945), botanical artist
• Davida Allen (born 1951), painter, filmmaker, writer
• Mary Cecil Allen (1893–1962), painter, writer
• Lily Allport (1860–1949), oil painter and watercolourist
• Edith Susan Gerard Anderson (1880–1961), painter, artist's model, writer
• Daisy Andrews (c. 1934/1935–2015), painter
• Jean Baptiste Apuatimi (1940–2013), painter
• Alison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987), botanical artist
• Mireille Astore (born 1961), Lebanese-born photographer, sculptor, performance artist, writer
• Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872), illustrator, botanist, writer
• Yvonne Audette (born 1930), painter
• Narelle Autio (born 1969), photographer

B

• Maringka Baker (born c. 1952), painter
• Marie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954), Swiss-born painter
• Alice Marian Ellen Bale (1875–1955), painter
• Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958), fashion designer, illustrator
• Irene Barberis (born 1953), English-born painter, installation artist, drawer
• Agnes Barker (1907–2008), potter and craftworker
• Elsie Barlow (1876–1948), painter, printmaker
• Gwen Barringer (1882–1960), watercolourist
• Ethel Barringer (1883–1925), etcher
• Del Kathryn Barton (born 1972), painter
• Clarice Beckett (1887–1935), painter
• Bianca Beetson, sculptor, painter, installation artist, photographer, ceramist
• Lisa Bellear (1961–2006), photographer, poet, dramatist, comedian
• Jean Bellette (1908–1991), painter
• Allana Beltran, performance artist
• Jane Bennett (born 1960), painter
• Eva Benson (1875–1949), sculptor
• Danelle Bergstrom (born 1957), painter
• Martha Berkeley (1813–1899), painter
• Moira Bertram (born 1929), comic artist, illustrator
• Vivienne Binns (born 1940), painter
• Dorrit Black (1891–1951), painter, printmaker
• Freya Blackwood (born 1975), illustrator, special effects artist
• Florence Turner Blake (1873–1959), painter
• Elise Blumann (1897–1990), painter
• Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c. 1935–2003), painter
• Marion Borgelt (born 1954), painter, installation artist, mixed media artist
• Polly Borland (born 1959), photographer
• Nancy Borlase (1914–2006), painter, art critic
• G. W. Bot, printmaker, sculptor, painter and graphic artist
• Penny Bovell (born 1956), painter and art historian
• Stella Bowen (1893–1947), painter
• Doris Boyd (1888–1960), painter, ceramist
• Emma Minnie Boyd (1858–1936), painter
• Pat Brassington (born 1942), photographer, digital artist
• Dorothy Mary Braund (1926–2013)), painter
• Kate Breakey (born 1957), photographer
• Angela Brennan (born 1960), painter, ceramist
• Lauren Brincat (born 1980), performance and installation artist
• Anmanari Brown, painter
• Nyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011), indigenous painter
• Lina Bryans (1909–2000), painter
• Norma Bull (1906–1980), painter, printmaker, etcher
• Jane Burton (born 1966), photographer

C

• Barbara Campbell (born 1961), performance and installation artist
• Cressida Campbell (born 1960), printmaker
• Joan Campbell (1925–1997), ceramist
• Jane Cannan (1822–1861), painter, drawer
• Frances Cannon (born 1992), painter, drawer
• Judy Cassab (1920–2015), Austrian-born painter
• Alex Cearns, photographer
• Queenie Chan (born 1974), Hong Kong-born comic artist
• Alice Chapman (1860–1929), Australian painter
• Dora Chapman (1911–1995), painter, silk-screen printer, potter and art teacher
• Deanne Cheuk, illustrator, designer, art director
• Julia Church (born 1959), painter, printmaker, graphic designer
• Margaret Cilento (1923–2006), painter, printmaker
• Bree Kristel Clarke, photographer
• Densey Clyne (1922–2019), Welsh-born photographer, naturalist, writer
• Ola Cohn (1892–1964), sculptor
• Bindi Cole (born 1975), photographer, video artist, installation artist
• Justine Cooper (born 1968), animator, video artist, photographer
• Edith Corbet (1846–1920), landscape painter
• Olive Cotton (1911–2003), photographer
• Virginia Coventry (born 1940), photographer
• Theodora Cowan (1868–1949), sculptor, painter
• Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), painter, illustrator
• Grace Crowley (1890–1979), painter
• Elisabeth Cummings (born 1934), painter
• Virginia Cuppaidge (born 1943), contemporary abstract expressionist painter

D

• Anne Dangar (1885–1951), painter, potter
• Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels (1936–2004), painter
• Bessie Davidson (1879–1965), painter
• Olive Blanche Davies (1884–1976/7), botanical illustrator
• Debra Dawes (born 1955), painter
• Janet Dawson (born 1935), painter
• eX De Medici (born 1959), visual artist
• Destiny Deacon (born 1957), photographer
• Linda Dement (born 1960), photographer, digital artist
• Aileen Dent (1890–1978), painter
• Maggie Diaz (1925–2016), photographer
• Dorothy Djukulul (born 1942), painter and installation artist
• Annie Dorrington (1866–1926), painter, flag designer
• Mel Douglas (born 1978), glass artist
• Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000), painter, writer
• Olive Dutton Green (1878–1930), painter
• Mikala Dwyer (born 1959), sculptor
• Anne Dybka (1922–2007), English-born Australian glass engraver
• Moya Dyring (1909–1967), painter

E

• Margery Edwards (1933–1989), mixed media artist, painter
• Mary Edwell-Burke (1894–1988), painter
• Bernice E. Edwell (1880–1962), painter
• Bonita Ely (born 1946), performance artist
• Esther Erlich, painter
• Joyce Evans (1929–2019), photographer
• Lina Eve (born 1946), painter, photographer, filmmaker, singer

F

• Susan Fereday (1810–1878), botanical artist
• Susan Fereday (born 1959), photographer, installation artist
• Tania Ferrier (born 1958), painter, installation artist, feminist fashion
• Emily Floyd (born 1972), public artist, sculptor and printmaker
• Sue Ford (1943–2009), photographer
• Zoe Freney, painter
• Ella Fry (1916–1997), painter
• Florence Fuller (1867–1946), South African-born painter

G

• Kiley Gaffney, performance artist, musician
• Silvana Gardner, visual artist, writer
• Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), New Zealand-born sculptor
• Marea Gazzard (1928–2013), sculptor, ceramist
• Portia Geach (1873–1959), portrait painter and feminist
• Anne Geddes (born 1956), photographer
• Kate Geraghty (born 1972), photographer
• Lisa Gervasoni (born 1969), photographer, strategic planner
• May Gibbs (1877–1969), children's book illustrator, cartoonist, author
• Agnes Goodsir (1864–1939), portrait painter
• Mini Graff, New Zealand-born street artist
• Jacqui Grantford (born 1967), painter, illustrator
• Elizabeth Gray (died 1903), Irish-born painter, etcher
• Virginia Grayson (born 1967), visual artist, winner of the Dobell Drawing Prize
• Denise Green (born 1946), painter
• Jillian Green (born 1975), artist who explores spiritual themes
• Rona Green (born 1972), printmaker, painter, drawer, sculptor
• Nicki Greenberg (born 1974), comic artist, illustrator
• Ina Gregory (1874–1964), painter
• Ann Grocott (born 1938), writer and painter
• Henrietta Maria Gulliver (1886–1945), painter

H

• Emma Hack (born 1972), photographer
• Jenny Hale (born 1959), children's book illustrator, author
• Fiona Margaret Hall (born 1953), photographer, sculptor
• Deborah Halpern (born 1967), sculptor, mosaic artist, ceramist
• Alice Hambidge (1869–1947), painter
• Michelle Hamer (born 1975), textile artist
• Lyn Hancock, photographer, writer
• Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991), painter, printmaker, writer
• Lily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves (born 1930), painter
• Melinda Harper (born 1965), abstract artist
• Ponch Hawkes (born 1946), photographer
• Maude Haydon (1886–1978), pastoral and landscape artist
• Louise Hearman (born 1963), painter
• Nada Herman-Witkamp (born 1965), painter
• Joy Hester (1920–1960), painter, poet
• Nora Heysen (1911–2003), painter
• Kit Hiller (born 1948), linocut printer and oil painter
• Naomi Hobson (born 1979), painter
• Edith Lilla Holmes (1893–1973), painter
• Cherry Hood (born 1950), painter
• Marie Horseman (1911–1974), cartoonist, illustrator, fashion designer
• Valma Howell (1896–1979), painter, actress
• Polly Hurry (1883–1963), painter
• Margot Hutcheson (born 1952), British-born painter

I

• Kylie InGold (born 1962), painter
• Mehwish Iqbal, Pakistani-born painter
• Adelaide Ironside (1831–1867), painter
• Pamela Irving (born 1960), ceramist, sculptor, printmaker
• Jean Isherwood (1911–2006), painter
• Linde Ivimey (born 1965), sculptor

J

• Ann James (born 1952), children's book illustrator, graphic designer
• Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966), installation artist
• Carol Jerrems (1949–1980), photographer
• Natasha Johns-Messenger, installation artist, photographer
• Anne Jolliffe (born 1933), animator
• Peggy Napangardi Jones (1951–2014), painter
• Ellen Jose (1951–2017), photographer, printmaker
• Narelle Jubelin (born 1960), sculptor, printmaker and multimedia installation artist
• Anne Judell (born 1942), drawer
• Mabel Juli, (born c.1933), painter

K

• Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), Iranian-born painter
• Hanna Kay, Israeli-born painter
• Jennifer Keeler-Milne (born 1961), painter, drawer
• Anwen Keeling (born 1976), portrait painter
• Tjungkara Ken (born 1969), painter
• Caroline Kennedy-McCracken (born 1967), musician, painter, sculptor
• Rachel Khedoori (born 1964), painter, sculptor
• Toba Khedoori (born 1964), mixed media painter
• Inge King (1915–2016), German-born sculptor
• Leah King-Smith (born 1956), photographer
• Anita Klein (born 1960), painter, printmaker
• Anastasia Klose (born 1978), performance artist, installation artist
• Sue Kneebone, ceramicist, mixed media and photomontage
• Lisette Kohlhagen (1890–1969), painter
• Yvonne Koolmatrie (born 1944), weaver
• Carmen Ky (born 1946), visual artist, painter, printmaker, photographer

L

• Vida Lahey (1882–1968), painter
• Pat Larter (1936–1996), mail artist, photographer, performance artist, painter
• Janet Laurence (born 1947), mixed media artist, installation artist
• Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919), illustrator, painter
• Loongkoonan (born c. 1910), painter, Aboriginal elder
• Mildred Lovett (1880–1955), china painter
• Fiona Lowry (born 1974), painter

M

• Shirley Macnamara, textile sculptor and painter
• Mary Macqueen (1912–1994), printmaker, drawing and mixed media artist
• Bea Maddock (1934–2016), printmaker, painter, installation artist
• Ma Mahood (1901–1989), painter, ceramist, printmaker
• Gillian Mann (1939–2007), printmaker
• Diane Mantzaris (born 1962), digital artist, printmaker
• Nerine Martini (1968–2019), installation artist
• Galuma Maymuru (born 1951), painter
• Daphne Mayo (1895–1982), sculptor
• Kathleen McArthur (1915–2001), botanical illustrator, environmentalist, naturalist
• Jennifer McCamley (born 1957), conceptual artist
• Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890), painter, diarist
• Francine McDougall, filmmaker, photographer
• Erica McGilchrist (1926–2014), painter, set and costume designer
• Queenie McKenzie (c. 1920–1998), painter
• Penny Meagher (1935–1995), painter
• Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880–1955), illustrator, painter
• Dora Meeson (1869–1955), painter
• Annemieke Mein (born 1944), Dutch-born textile artist
• Mary Cockburn Mercer (1882–1963), painter
• Bertha Merfield (1869–1921), painter, muralist
• Sanné Mestrom, sculptor
• Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), Polish-born photographer
• Jan Mitchell (1940–2008), painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker
• Joanne Mitchelson (born 1971), painter
• Tracey Moffatt (born 1960), photographer, filmmaker, video artist
• May and Mina Moore (1881–1931, 1882–1957), photographers
• Mirka Mora (1928–2018), French-born painter, sculptor, mosaic artist
• Harriet Morgan (1830–1907), natural history illustrator
• Sally Morgan (born 1951), illustrator, author, dramatist
• Christine Morrow (born 1971), British-born visual artist
• Eirene Mort (1879–1977), artist, art teacher, printmaker, cartoonist and fashion designer
• Patricia Mullins (born 1952), children's book illustrator

N

• Rosella Namok (born 1979), painter
• Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1955–2008), painter
• Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1954–2011), painter
• Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri (born c. 1948), painter
• Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (c. 1927–2009), painter
• Wintjiya Napaltjarri, painter
• Dorothy Napangardi (died 2013), painter
• Lily Kelly Napangardi (born c. 1948), painter
• Yalti Napangati (born c. 1970), painter
• Norie Neumark, American-born sound artist
• Ann Newmarch (born 1945), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• June Newton (born 1923), photographer, actress
• Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painter
• Deborah Niland (born 1950), children's book illustrator, author
• Rosaleen Norton (1917–1979), painter, occultist
• Lena Nyadbi (born c. 1936), painter, installation artist

O

• Denese Oates (born 1955), sculptor
• Carla O'Brien, installation artist
• Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991), comic artist, illustrator, fashion artist
• Ailsa O'Connor (1921–1980), sculptor, painter, teacher, activist
• Kathleen O'Connor (1876–1968), New Zealand-born painter
• Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born illustrator, cartoonist, painter, author
• Bronwyn Oliver (1959–2006), sculptor
• Margaret Olley (1923–2011), painter
• Rosemary Opala (1923–2008), illustrator, writer, nurse
• Mandy Ord (born 1974), comic artist
• Raquel Ormella (born 1969), multimedia artist
• Jill Orr (born 1952), performance artist, photographer, installation artist
• Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960), children's book illustrator

P

• Josonia Palaitis, painter
• Polixeni Papapetrou (born 1960), photographer
• Wendy Paramor (1938–1975), painter, sculptor
• Klytie Pate (1912–2010), ceramist
• Esther Paterson (1892–1971), painter, cartoonist, book illustrator
• Anelia Pavlova (born 1956), Bulgarian-born painter, printmaker, illustrator, ceramist
• Gloria Petyarre (born 1946), painter
• Jeanna Petyarre (born 1950), painter
• Kathleen Petyarre (c. 1940–2018), painter
• Nancy Petyarre (died 2009), painter
• Debra Phillips (born 1958), photographer, sculptor
• Patricia Piccinini (born 1965), mixed media artist, painter, sculptor, digital artist, installation artist
• Julianne Pierce, new media artist, curator, art critic
• Rosslynd Piggott (born 1958), installation artist and painter
• Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), ceramist
• Anne Pincus (born 1961), painter, sculptor
• Margaret Preston (1875–1963), painter, printmaker
• Jane Price (1860–1948), painter
• Thea Proctor (1879–1966), painter
• Minnie Pwerle (died 2006), painter

R

• Melinda Rackham (born 1959), digital artist
• Iso Rae (1860–1940), painter, drawer
• r e a (artist), photographer and installation artist
• Geraldine Rede (1874–1943), artist
• Jacky Redgate
• Norma Redpath (1928–2013), painter, sculptor
• Alison Rehfisch (1900–1974), painter
• Susan Respinger (born 1982), portrait artist, muralist
• Gladys Reynell (1881–1956), potter
• Kate Rich, sound artist, video artist
• Therese Ritchie (born 1961), contemporary artist, writer and graphic designer
• Toni Robertson (born 1953), visual artist, art historian printmaker
• Amanda Robins (born 1961), painter, drawer
• Julia Robinson (born 1981), sculptor and textile artist
• Florence Aline Rodway (1881–1971), painter, drawer, portrait artist
• Lisa Roet (born 1967), sculptor, drawer, photographer, filmmaker
• Madeleine Rosca (born 1977), comic artist
• Celia Rosser (born 1930), botanical illustrator
• Joan Ross (born 1961), mixed media painter
• Daisy Rossi (1879–1974), painter, interior designer
• Julie Rrap (born 1950), photographer, sculptor, painter
• Carol Rudyard (born 1922), visual artist
• Nura Rupert (born c. 1933), printmaker, painter
• Lola Ryan (1925–2003), shellworker
• Therese Ryder (born 1946), painter and linguist

S

• Jenny Sages (born 1933), Chinese-born painter, illustrator
• Helena Scott (1832–1910), natural history illustrator
• Nicola Scott, comic artist
• Dora Serle (1875–1968), painter
• Raelene Sharp (born 1957), portrait painter
• Wendy Sharpe (born 1960), painter
• Heather Shimmen (born 1957), painter, printmaker
• Ivy Shore (1915–1999), painter
• Norah Simpson (1895–1974), painter
• Alexia Sinclair (born 1976), photographer
• Sally Smart (born 1960), assemblage installation artist
• Gemma Smith (born 1978), painter and sculptor
• Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), painter, illustrator
• Clara Southern (1861–1940), painter
• Ruby Spowart (born 1928), photographer
• Ethel Spowers (1890–1947), printmaker, illustrator
• Robyn Stacey Australian photographer and photo-artist
• Miriam Stannage (1939–2016), painter, printmaker, photographer
• Madonna Staunton (1938–2019), artist and poet
• Sophie Steffanoni (1873–1906), landscape painter and embroiderer
• Amanda Stewart (born 1959), performance artist, poet
• Mary Stoddard (1852–1901), Scottish-born painter of still lifes, miniatures and full-size portraits
• Constance Stokes (1906–1991), painter, drawer
• Dorothy Stoner (1904–1992), Australian painter
• Nora Sumberg (born 1956), landscape painter
• Jane Sutherland (1853–1928), landscape painter
• Linda Syddick Napaltjarri (born c. 1937), painter
• Eveline Winifred Syme (1888–1961), painter, printmaker

T

• Jane Tanner (born 1946), children's book illustrator
• Pulya Taylor, sculptor, craftsmaker, woodworker
• Stephanie Taylor (1899–1974), artist, printmaker, gallerist, lecturer and art writer and broadcaster
• Violet Teague (1872–1951), painter, mural designer
• Margaret Thomas (1842–1929), painter, writer
• Lesbia Thorpe (1919–2009), printmaker
• Emma Timbery (c.1842–1916), shellworker
• Esme Timbery (born 1931), shellworker
• Wingu Tingima (died 2010), painter
• Topsy Tjulyata (born 1931), sculptor, craftsmaker, woodworker
• Aida Tomescu (born 1955), Romanian-born painter
• Mollie Tomlin (1923–2009), painter
• Mary Tonkin, drawer
• Jessie Traill (1881–1967), printmaker, painter
• Barbara Tribe (1913–2000), sculptor and painter
• Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952), Czech-born sculptor, printmaker
• Marie Tuck (1866–1947), painter, art educator
• Ruth Tuck (1914–2008), painter

U

• Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann (born 1950), painter, educator

V

• May Vale (1862–1945), painter
• Lesley Vanderwalt, makeup artist
• Vicki Varvaressos (born 1949), painter
• Vexta, stencil artist, street artist

W

• Megan Walch (born 1967), painter
• Rose A. Walker (1879–1942), painter
• Theresa Walker (artist) (1807–1876), sculptor and wax modeller
• Anne Wallace (born 1970), painter
• Lynette Wallworth, installation artist
• Ania Walwicz (born 1951), visual artist, poet
• Rosie Ware (born 1959), textile designer and printmaker
• Sera Waters (born 1979), textile artist, arts writer and arts educator
• Jenny Watson (born 1951), painter
• Lilla Watson (born 1940), mixed media artist
• Louise Weaver (born 1966), mixed media artist
• Anne Wienholt (1920–2018), painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Carlene West (born c. 1945), painter
• Katie West, interdisciplinary artist
• Ilka White, textile artist, sculptor
• Susan Dorothea White (born 1941), painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Wendy Whiteley (born 1941), landscape artist, flower artist
• Cathy Wilcox (born 1963), comic artist, children's book illustrator
• Justene Williams (born 1970), photographer and multimedia artist
• Jan Williamson, painter
• Ruby Tjangawa Williamson (c. 1940–2017), painter, woodworker
• Ju Ju Wilson, painter, craftsmaker
• Tjayanka Woods (born c. 1935), painter, weaver
• Margaret Worth (born 1944), painter, screenprinter, sculptor

X

• Bin Xie (born 1957), Chinese-born painter

Y

• Paji Honeychild Yankarr (c.1912–2004), painter
• Nyapanyapa Yunupingu (born c.1945), painter

Z

• Anne Zahalka (born 1957), photographer