List of performance artists

Performance art is a performance presented to an audience within a fine art context, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation.

This article lists notable performance artists.

A

• Marina Abramović
• Vito Acconci
• Derrick Adams
• Theo Adams
• Terry Adkins
• Laurie Anderson
• Eleanor Antin
• Marcel·lí Antúnez Roca
• Marilyn Arsem
• Ron Athey
• Abel Azcona

B

• Franko B
• Magali Babin
• Gretchen Baer
• Blažej Baláž
• Matthew Barney
• Artur Barrio
• Vanessa Beecroft
• Katherine Behar
• Rebecca Belmore
• Joseph Beuys
• Björk
• Black Market International (BMI)
• Nicole Blackman
• Guy Bleus
• Mark Bloch
• Blue Man Group
• Eric Bogosian
• Kate Bornstein
• Leigh Bowery
• George Brecht
• Alexander Brener
• Stuart Brisley
• Robert Delford Brown
• Günter Brus
• Chris Burden
• Nia Burks
• Józef Bury
• James Lee Byars

C

• Cabaret Voltaire
• Meryn Cadell
• Sophie Calle
• Lisa Crystal Carver (Lisa Suckdog)
• Giuseppe Chiari
• Katherine Chronis
• Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi
• Marko Ciciliani
• Keith Cole
• Papo Colo
• Janani Cooray
• Costes
• Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips
• COUM Transmissions (later Throbbing Gristle)

D

• D Underbelly
• Bill Dan
• Dancenoise
• Vaginal Davis
• Danielle Dax
• Robin Deacon
• Danny Devos
• Jess Dobkin
• Marco Donnarumma
• Doorika
• Die Tödliche Doris
• John Duncan

E

• Rafa Esparza
• EXIT (members Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher later formed Crass)
• Valie Export

F

• Zachary Fabri
• Deej Fabyc
• John Fare
• Brian Feldman
• Esther Ferrer
• Karen Finley
• Andrea Fraser
• Coco Fusco
• Chiara Fumai

G

• Diamanda Galás
• Regina José Galindo
• Richard Gallo
• Harry Gamboa, Jr.
• Cheri Gaulke
• Jochen Gerz
• Gilbert and George
• Gob Squad
• Jack Goldstein
• Guillermo Gomez-Peña
• Hedwig Gorski
• Annabel Guérédrat and Henri Tauliaut
• Nadia Granados
• Paul Grégoire
• Johannes Grenzfurthner
• Peter Grzybowski

H

• Lyn Hagan
• David Hammons
• Trenton Doyle Hancock
• Lyle Ashton Harris
• Maren Hassinger
• Vladimír Havlík
• Andreas Heusser
• Amy Hill
• EJ Hill
• Tehching Hsieh
• Dick Higgins
• Zhang Huan
• Holly Hughes
• Dan Hurlin

I

• Industry of the Ordinary

J

• Joan Jonas
• Jelili Atiku
• Kim Jones
• Juha
• Juliacks
• Miranda July
• Colette Justine
• Zuzanna Janin

K

• Alex Kahn
• Istvan Kantor
• Allan Kaprow
• Andy Kaufman
• Jonathon Keats
• Mike Kelley
• The Kipper Kids
• Kimsooja
• Ragnar Kjartansson
• Norbert Klassen
• Yves Klein
• Alison Knowles
• Mitchell Kriegman
• Yayoi Kusama
• Dan Kwong
• Siglinde Kallnbach

L

• Tony Labat
• LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner
• Suzanne Lacy
• Maria Lalou
• LasTesis
• Lennie Lee
• Jorge de León
• Shaun El C. Leonardo
• David Leslie
• André Éric Létourneau
• Roberta Lima
• Kalup Linzy
• Artyom Loskutov
• James Luna
• Lydia Lunch

M

• Alastair MacLennan
• Ann Magnuson
• Miki Malör
• Diane Mantzaris
• Piero Manzoni
• Deb Margolin
• María Evelia Marmolejo
• Gordon Matta-Clark
• Paul McCarthy
• Martha McDonald
• Mark McGowan
• Rita McKeough
• Dave McKenzie
• Elle Mehrmand
• Ana Mendieta
• Gabrielle Miller
• Tom Miller
• Orlando Mohorovic
• Linda Montano
• Frank Moore
• Charlotte Moorman
• Mr. Pacman
• Otto Muehl
• Tom Murrin

N

• Mem Nahadr
• Senga Nengudi
• Ugo Nespolo
• Josef Ng
• Lane Nishikawa
• Hermann Nitsch
• Tameka Norris
• Nsumi

O

• Martin O'Brien
• Lorraine O’Grady
• Pat Oleszko
• Marisa Olson
• Roman Ondák
• Yoko Ono
• Dennis Oppenheim
• Jill Orr
• Orlan
• Tanja Ostojic
• Clifford Owens

P

• Nam June Paik
• Andrea Pagnes
• Panamarenko
• Gina Pane
• Rebecca Patek
• Sarah Jane Pell
• Adam Pendleton
• PINK de Thierry
• Adrian Piper
• William Pope.L
• Genesis P-Orridge
• Michael Portnoy

R

• Walid Raad
• Rammellzee
• Nelda Ramos
• Charles Recher
• Eric-Paul Riege
• Rachel Rosenthal
• Kira O' Reilly
• Jesusa Rodríguez
• Martha Rosler
• Monica Ross

S

• Bryan Lewis Saunders
• Carolee Schneemann
• HA Schult
• Rudolf Schwarzkogler
• Erica Scourti
• Arleen Schloss
• Dread Scott
• Tino Sehgal
• David Sherry (artist)
• Shu Yang
• Willoughby Sharp
• Shozo Shimamoto
• Lián Amaris Sifuentes
• Xaviera Simmons
• Vasan Sitthiket
• Joey Skaggs
• Barbara T. Smith
• Jack Smith
• Michael Smith
• Annegret Soltau
• Antonieta Sosa
• Annie Sprinkle
• Stevie Starr
• Stelarc
• Verena Stenke
• Andre Stitt
• Angela Su
• Survival Research Laboratories
• Melati Suryodarmo

T

• Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping
• Elena Tejada-Herrera
• Slaven Tolj
• Julie Tolentino
• Alessandra Torres
• Carmelita Tropicana
• Natasha Tsakos
• Wu Tsang
• Artur Tajber

V

• Armand Vaillancourt
• David Van Tieghem
• Natacha Voliakovsky
• Wolf Vostell
• VestAndPage
• Victor Dada

W

• Monika Weiss
• Lee Wen
• Hannah Wilke
• David Wojnarowicz
• The World Famous Bushman
• John M. White

X

• Márcia X

Y

• Nil Yalter
• Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
• Yang Zhichao
• Yes Men
• Hennessy Youngman (aka Jayson Musson)

Z

• Vahram Zaryan
• Zhu Yu
• Zheng Lianjie

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