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.
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
- Olive Ashworth (1915–2000), artist, textile designer and photographer
- 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
- Joyce Vera Mary Ewart (1916–1964), painter, graphic artist, teacher
F
- Susan Fereday (1810–1878), botanical artist
- Susan Fereday (born 1959), photographer, installation artist
- Tania Ferrier (born 1958), painter, installation artist, feminist fashion
- Rosie Nangala Fleming (born 1928), painter
- Emily Floyd (born 1972), public artist, sculptor and printmaker
- Sue Ford (1943–2009), photographer
- Virginia Fraser (1947–2021), filmmaker, writer, curator and advocate for women artists
- Zoe Freney, painter
- Ella Fry (1916–1997), painter
- Florence Fuller (1867–1946), South African-born painter
- Mari Funaki (1950–2010), Japanese-born contemporary jeweller, metal-smith and sculptor
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
- Mira Gojak (born 1963), sculptor
- 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
- Marie Hagerty (born 1964), artist, painter and teacher
- 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
- 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
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
- Madeline Lewellin (1854–1944) painter and plant collecting
- Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919), illustrator, painter
- Loongkoonan (c. 1910–2018), 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
- Narputta Nangala
- 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
- Jan Nelson (born 1955), sculptor, photographer and painter
- Norie Neumark, American-born sound artist
- Lucy Newell (1906–1987), painter, textile printer
- Ann Newmarch (born 1945), painter, printmaker, sculptor
- June Newton (born 1923), photographer, actress
- Mavis Ngallametta
- 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
- Helen Ogilvie (1902–1993}, painter, printmaker
- 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
- Savanhdary Vongpoothorn (born 1971), Laotian-born painter
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
- Betty Temple Watts (1901–1992): scientific illustrator
- 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
- Margery Withers (1894–1966), painter
- 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
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