List of Australian women artists

A

• Anita Aarons, sculptor
• Yilpi Adamson, textile artist, painter
• Alison Alder, screenprinter
• Joyce Allan, scientific illustrator
• Micky Allan, photographer
• Beverly Allen, botanical artist
• Davida Allen, painter, filmmaker, writer
• Mary Cecil Allen, painter, writer
• Lily Allport, oil painter and watercolourist
• Edith Susan Gerard Anderson, painter, artist's model, writer
• Daisy Andrews, painter
• Jean Baptiste Apuatimi, painter
• Alison Marjorie Ashby, botanical artist
• Mireille Astore, Lebanese-born photographer, sculptor, performance artist, writer
• Louisa Atkinson, illustrator, botanist, writer
• Yvonne Audette, painter
• Narelle Autio, photographer

  B

• Maringka Baker, painter
• Marie-Claire Baldenweg, Swiss-born painter
• Alice Marian Ellen Bale, painter
• Bronwyn Bancroft, fashion designer, illustrator
• Irene Barberis, English-born painter, installation artist, drawer
• Agnes Barker, potter and craftworker
• Elsie Barlow, painter, printmaker
• Gwen Barringer, watercolourist
• Ethel Barringer, etcher
• Del Kathryn Barton, painter
• Clarice Beckett, painter
• Bianca Beetson, sculptor, painter, installation artist, photographer, ceramist
• Lisa Bellear, photographer, poet, dramatist, comedian
• Jean Bellette, painter
• Allana Beltran, performance artist
• Jane Bennett, painter
• Eva Benson, sculptor
• Danelle Bergstrom, painter
• Martha Berkeley, painter
• Moira Bertram, comic artist, illustrator
• Vivienne Binns, painter
• Dorrit Black, painter, printmaker
• Freya Blackwood, illustrator, special effects artist
• Florence Turner Blake, painter
• Elise Blumann, painter
• Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri, painter
• Marion Borgelt, painter, installation artist, mixed media artist
• Polly Borland, photographer
• Nancy Borlase, painter, art critic
• G. W. Bot, printmaker, sculptor, painter and graphic artist
• Penny Bovell, painter and art historian
• Stella Bowen, painter
• Doris Boyd, painter, ceramist
• Emma Minnie Boyd, painter
• Pat Brassington, photographer, digital artist
• Dorothy Mary Braund ), painter
• Kate Breakey, photographer
• Angela Brennan, painter, ceramist
• Lauren Brincat, performance and installation artist
• Anmanari Brown, painter
• Nyuju Stumpy Brown, indigenous painter
• Lina Bryans, painter
• Norma Bull, painter, printmaker, etcher
• Jane Burton, photographer

  C

• Barbara Campbell, performance and installation artist
• Cressida Campbell, printmaker
• Joan Campbell, ceramist
• Jane Cannan, painter, drawer
• Frances Cannon, painter, drawer
• Judy Cassab, Austrian-born painter
• Alex Cearns, photographer
• Queenie Chan, Hong Kong-born comic artist
• Alice Chapman, Australian painter
• Dora Chapman, painter, silk-screen printer, potter and art teacher
• Deanne Cheuk, illustrator, designer, art director
• Julia Church, painter, printmaker, graphic designer
• Margaret Cilento, painter, printmaker
• Bree Kristel Clarke, photographer
• Densey Clyne, Welsh-born photographer, naturalist, writer
• Ola Cohn, sculptor
• Bindi Cole, photographer, video artist, installation artist
• Justine Cooper, animator, video artist, photographer
• Edith Corbet, landscape painter
• Olive Cotton, photographer
• Virginia Coventry, photographer
• Theodora Cowan, sculptor, painter
• Grace Cossington Smith, painter, illustrator
• Grace Crowley, painter
• Elisabeth Cummings, painter
• Virginia Cuppaidge, contemporary abstract expressionist painter

  D

• Anne Dangar, painter, potter
• Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels, painter
• Bessie Davidson, painter
• Olive Blanche Davies, botanical illustrator
• Debra Dawes, painter
• Janet Dawson, painter
• eX De Medici, visual artist
• Destiny Deacon, photographer
• Linda Dement, photographer, digital artist
• Aileen Dent, painter
• Maggie Diaz, photographer
• Dorothy Djukulul, painter and installation artist
• Annie Dorrington, painter, flag designer
• Mel Douglas, glass artist
• Elizabeth Durack, painter, writer
• Olive Dutton Green, painter
• Mikala Dwyer, sculptor
• Anne Dybka, English-born Australian glass engraver
• Moya Dyring, painter

  E

• Margery Edwards, mixed media artist, painter
• Mary Edwell-Burke, painter
• Bernice E. Edwell, painter
• Bonita Ely, performance artist
• Esther Erlich, painter
• Joyce Evans, photographer
• Lina Eve, painter, photographer, filmmaker, singer

  F

• Susan Fereday, botanical artist
• Susan Fereday, photographer, installation artist
• Tania Ferrier, painter, installation artist, feminist fashion
• Emily Floyd, public artist, sculptor and printmaker
• Sue Ford, photographer
• Zoe Freney, painter
• Ella Fry, painter
• Florence Fuller, South African-born painter

  G

• Kiley Gaffney, performance artist, musician
• Silvana Gardner, visual artist, writer
• Rosalie Gascoigne, New Zealand-born sculptor
• Marea Gazzard, sculptor, ceramist
• Portia Geach, portrait painter and feminist
• Anne Geddes, photographer
• Kate Geraghty, photographer
• Lisa Gervasoni, photographer, strategic planner
• May Gibbs, children's book illustrator, cartoonist, author
• Agnes Goodsir, portrait painter
• Mini Graff, New Zealand-born street artist
• Jacqui Grantford, painter, illustrator
• Elizabeth Gray, Irish-born painter, etcher
• Virginia Grayson, visual artist, winner of the Dobell Drawing Prize
• Denise Green, painter
• Jillian Green, artist who explores spiritual themes
• Rona Green, printmaker, painter, drawer, sculptor
• Nicki Greenberg, comic artist, illustrator
• Ina Gregory, painter
• Ann Grocott, writer and painter
• Henrietta Maria Gulliver, painter

  H

• Emma Hack, photographer
• Jenny Hale, children's book illustrator, author
• Fiona Margaret Hall, photographer, sculptor
• Deborah Halpern, sculptor, mosaic artist, ceramist
• Alice Hambidge, painter
• Michelle Hamer, textile artist
• Lyn Hancock, photographer, writer
• Barbara Hanrahan, painter, printmaker, writer
• Lily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves, painter
• Melinda Harper, abstract artist
• Ponch Hawkes, photographer
• Maude Haydon, pastoral and landscape artist
• Louise Hearman, painter
• Nada Herman-Witkamp, painter
• Joy Hester, painter, poet
• Nora Heysen, painter
• Kit Hiller, linocut printer and oil painter
• Naomi Hobson, painter
• Edith Lilla Holmes, painter
• Cherry Hood, painter
• Marie Horseman, cartoonist, illustrator, fashion designer
• Valma Howell, painter, actress
• Polly Hurry, painter
• Margot Hutcheson, British-born painter

  I

• Kylie InGold, painter
• Mehwish Iqbal, Pakistani-born painter
• Adelaide Ironside, painter
• Pamela Irving, ceramist, sculptor, printmaker
• Jean Isherwood, painter
• Linde Ivimey, sculptor

  J

• Ann James, children's book illustrator, graphic designer
• Natalie Jeremijenko, installation artist
• Carol Jerrems, photographer
• Natasha Johns-Messenger, installation artist, photographer
• Anne Jolliffe, animator
• Peggy Napangardi Jones, painter
• Ellen Jose, photographer, printmaker
• Narelle Jubelin, sculptor, printmaker and multimedia installation artist
• Anne Judell, drawer
• Mabel Juli,, painter

  K

• Shokufeh Kavani, Iranian-born painter
• Hanna Kay, Israeli-born painter
• Jennifer Keeler-Milne, painter, drawer
• Anwen Keeling, portrait painter
• Tjungkara Ken, painter
• Caroline Kennedy-McCracken, musician, painter, sculptor
• Rachel Khedoori, painter, sculptor
• Toba Khedoori, mixed media painter
• Inge King, German-born sculptor
• Leah King-Smith, photographer
• Anita Klein, painter, printmaker
• Anastasia Klose, performance artist, installation artist
• Sue Kneebone, ceramicist, mixed media and photomontage
• Lisette Kohlhagen, painter
• Yvonne Koolmatrie, weaver
• Carmen Ky, visual artist, painter, printmaker, photographer

  L

• Vida Lahey, painter
• Pat Larter, mail artist, photographer, performance artist, painter
• Janet Laurence, mixed media artist, installation artist
• Ruby Lindsay, illustrator, painter
• Loongkoonan, painter, Aboriginal elder
• Mildred Lovett, china painter
• Fiona Lowry, painter

  M

• Shirley Macnamara, textile sculptor and painter
• Mary Macqueen, printmaker, drawing and mixed media artist
• Bea Maddock, printmaker, painter, installation artist
• Ma Mahood, painter, ceramist, printmaker
• Gillian Mann, printmaker
• Diane Mantzaris, digital artist, printmaker
• Nerine Martini, installation artist
• Galuma Maymuru, painter
• Daphne Mayo, sculptor
• Kathleen McArthur, botanical illustrator, environmentalist, naturalist
• Jennifer McCamley, conceptual artist
• Georgiana McCrae, painter, diarist
• Francine McDougall, filmmaker, photographer
• Erica McGilchrist, painter, set and costume designer
• Queenie McKenzie, painter
• Penny Meagher, painter
• Lilian Marguerite Medland, illustrator, painter
• Dora Meeson, painter
• Annemieke Mein, Dutch-born textile artist
• Mary Cockburn Mercer, painter
• Bertha Merfield, painter, muralist
• Margaret Michaelis-Sachs, Polish-born photographer
• Jan Mitchell, painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker
• Joanne Mitchelson, painter
• Tracey Moffatt, photographer, filmmaker, video artist
• May and Mina Moore, photographers
• Mirka Mora, French-born painter, sculptor, mosaic artist
• Harriet Morgan, natural history illustrator
• Sally Morgan, illustrator, author, dramatist
• Christine Morrow, British-born visual artist
• Eirene Mort, artist, art teacher, printmaker, cartoonist and fashion designer
• Patricia Mullins, children's book illustrator

  N

• Rosella Namok, painter
• Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri, painter
• Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri, painter
• Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri, painter
• Tjunkiya Napaltjarri, painter
• Wintjiya Napaltjarri, painter
• Dorothy Napangardi, painter
• Lily Kelly Napangardi, painter
• Yalti Napangati, painter
• Norie Neumark, American-born sound artist
• Ann Newmarch, painter, printmaker, sculptor
• June Newton, photographer, actress
• Hilda Rix Nicholas, painter
• Deborah Niland, children's book illustrator, author
• Rosaleen Norton, painter, occultist
• Lena Nyadbi, painter, installation artist

  O

• Denese Oates, sculptor
• Carla O'Brien, installation artist
• Kathleen O'Brien, comic artist, illustrator, fashion artist
• Ailsa O'Connor, sculptor, painter, teacher, activist
• Kathleen O'Connor, New Zealand-born painter
• Pixie O'Harris, Welsh-born illustrator, cartoonist, painter, author
• Bronwyn Oliver, sculptor
• Margaret Olley, painter
• Rosemary Opala, illustrator, writer, nurse
• Mandy Ord, comic artist
• Jill Orr, performance artist, photographer, installation artist
• Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, children's book illustrator

  P

• Josonia Palaitis, painter
• Polixeni Papapetrou, photographer
• Wendy Paramor, painter, sculptor
• Klytie Pate, ceramist
• Esther Paterson, painter, cartoonist, book illustrator
• Anelia Pavlova, Bulgarian-born painter, printmaker, illustrator, ceramist
• Gloria Petyarre, painter
• Jeanna Petyarre, painter
• Kathleen Petyarre, painter
• Nancy Petyarre, painter
• Debra Phillips, photographer, sculptor
• Patricia Piccinini, mixed media artist, painter, sculptor, digital artist, installation artist
• Julianne Pierce, new media artist, curator, art critic
• Rosslynd Piggott, installation artist and painter
• Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, ceramist
• Anne Pincus, painter, sculptor
• Margaret Preston, painter, printmaker
• Jane Price, painter
• Thea Proctor, painter
• Minnie Pwerle, painter

  R

• Melinda Rackham, digital artist
• Iso Rae, painter, drawer
• r e a, photographer and installation artist
• Geraldine Rede, artist
• Jacky Redgate
• Norma Redpath, painter, sculptor
• Alison Rehfisch, painter
• Susan Respinger, portrait artist, muralist
• Gladys Reynell, potter
• Kate Rich, sound artist, video artist
• Therese Ritchie, contemporary artist, writer and graphic designer
• Toni Robertson, visual artist, art historian printmaker
• Amanda Robins, painter, drawer
• Julia Robinson, sculptor and textile artist
• Florence Aline Rodway, painter, drawer, portrait artist
• Lisa Roet, sculptor, drawer, photographer, filmmaker
• Madeleine Rosca, comic artist
• Celia Rosser, botanical illustrator
• Joan Ross, mixed media painter
• Daisy Rossi, painter, interior designer
• Julie Rrap, photographer, sculptor, painter
• Carol Rudyard, visual artist
• Nura Rupert, printmaker, painter
• Lola Ryan, shellworker
• Therese Ryder, painter and linguist

  S

• Jenny Sages, Chinese-born painter, illustrator
• Helena Scott, natural history illustrator
• Nicola Scott, comic artist
• Dora Serle, painter
• Raelene Sharp, portrait painter
• Wendy Sharpe, painter
• Heather Shimmen, painter, printmaker
• Ivy Shore, painter
• Norah Simpson, painter
• Alexia Sinclair, photographer
• Sally Smart, assemblage installation artist
• Gemma Smith, painter and sculptor
• Grace Cossington Smith, painter, illustrator
• Clara Southern, painter
• Ruby Spowart, photographer
• Ethel Spowers, printmaker, illustrator
• Robyn Stacey Australian photographer and photo-artist
• Miriam Stannage, painter, printmaker, photographer
• Madonna Staunton, artist and poet
• Sophie Steffanoni, landscape painter and embroiderer
• Amanda Stewart, performance artist, poet
• Mary Stoddard, Scottish-born painter of still lifes, miniatures and full-size portraits
• Constance Stokes, painter, drawer
• Nora Sumberg, landscape painter
• Jane Sutherland, landscape painter
• Linda Syddick Napaltjarri, painter
• Eveline Winifred Syme, painter, printmaker

  T

• Jane Tanner, children's book illustrator
• Pulya Taylor, sculptor, craftsmaker, woodworker
• Stephanie Taylor, artist, printmaker, gallerist, lecturer and art writer and broadcaster
• Violet Teague, painter, mural designer
• Margaret Thomas, painter, writer
• Lesbia Thorpe, printmaker
• Emma Timbery, shellworker
• Esme Timbery, shellworker
• Wingu Tingima, painter
• Topsy Tjulyata, sculptor, craftsmaker, woodworker
• Aida Tomescu, Romanian-born painter
• Mollie Tomlin, painter
• Mary Tonkin, drawer
• Jessie Traill, printmaker, painter
• Barbara Tribe, sculptor and painter
• Zoja Trofimiuk, Czech-born sculptor, printmaker
• Marie Tuck, painter, art educator
• Ruth Tuck, painter

  U

• Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann, painter, educator

  V

• May Vale, painter
• Lesley Vanderwalt, makeup artist
• Vicki Varvaressos, painter
• Vexta, stencil artist, street artist

  W

• Megan Walch, painter
• Rose A. Walker, painter
• Theresa Walker , sculptor and wax modeller
• Anne Wallace, painter
• Lynette Wallworth, installation artist
• Ania Walwicz, visual artist, poet
• Rosie Ware, textile designer and printmaker
• Sera Waters, textile artist, arts writer and arts educator
• Jenny Watson, painter
• Lilla Watson, mixed media artist
• Louise Weaver, mixed media artist
• Anne Wienholt, painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Carlene West, painter
• Katie West, interdisciplinary artist
• Ilka White, textile artist, sculptor
• Susan Dorothea White, painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Wendy Whiteley, landscape artist, flower artist
• Cathy Wilcox, comic artist, children's book illustrator
• Justene Williams, photographer and multimedia artist
• Jan Williamson, painter
• Ruby Tjangawa Williamson, painter, woodworker
• Ju Ju Wilson, painter, craftsmaker
• Tjayanka Woods, painter, weaver
• Margaret Worth, painter, screenprinter, sculptor

  X

• Bin Xie, Chinese-born painter

  Y

• Paji Honeychild Yankarr, painter
• Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, painter

  Z

• Anne Zahalka, photographer