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
• Prue Acton (born 1943), fashion designer
• Yilpi Adamson (born 1954), textile artist, painter
• Hoda Afshar (born 1983), Iranian born, photographer
• 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, watercolourist
• Edith Susan Gerard Anderson (1880–1961), painter, artist's model, writer
• Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), painter and writer
• Daisy Andrews (c. 1934/1935–2015), painter
• Jean Appleton (1911–2003), painter, print maker
• Jean Baptiste Apuatimi (1940–2013), painter
• Kerry Argent (born 1960), illustrator
• Elizabeth Armstrong (1859–1930), painter
• Alison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987), botanical artist
• Olive Ashworth (1915–2000), artist, textile designer, photographer
• Cristina Asquith Baker (1868–1960), painter, print maker
• Mireille Astore (born 1961), Lebanese-born photographer, sculptor, performance artist, writer
• Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872), illustrator, botanist, writer
• Yvonne Audette (born 1930), painter
• Australian poster collectives, 1960s, 70s and 80s, women were leaders in the poster collective movement
• Narelle Autio (born 1969), photographer

B

• Jeannie Baker (born 1950), British-born author and illustrator
• 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
• Jenny Bannister (born 1954), fashion designer
• Shirley Barber (1935–2023), author and illustrator
• Irene Barberis (born 1953), English-born painter, installation artist, drawer
• Agnes Barker (1907–2008), potter, craftworker
• Caroline Barker (1894–1988), painter
• Elsie Barlow (1876–1948), painter, printmaker
• Gwen Barringer (1882–1960), watercolourist
• Ethel Barringer (1883–1925), etcher
• Nadia Bartel (born 1985), fashion designer
• Del Kathryn Barton (born 1972), painter
• Margaret Francis Ellen Baskerville (1861–1930), sculptor, painter
• Zara Bate (1909–1989), fashion designer
• Clarice Beckett (1887–1935), painter
• Bianca Beetson, sculptor, painter, installation artist, photographer, ceramist
• Dianne Beevers (born 1946), painter, printmaker, jeweller
• Eugenie Keefer Bell (born 1951), jewellery designer, maker
• Lisa Bellear (1961–2006), photographer, poet, dramatist, comedian
• Jean Bellette (1908–1991), painter
• Allana Beltran, performance artist
• Charmaine Bennell (fl 2000s), illustrator
• Jane Bennett (born 1960), painter
• Portia Mary Bennett (1898–1989), painter
• Eva Benson (1875–1949), sculptor
• Danelle Bergstrom (born 1957), painter
• Martha Berkeley (1813–1899), painter
• Lauren Berkowitz (born 1965), painter
• Dorothy Berry (born 1942), pastel artist
• Moira Bertram (born 1929), comic artist, illustrator
• Susan Betts, artist and illustrator
• Kate Beynon (born 1970), Hong Kong born, painter
• Annette Bezor (1950–2020), painter
• Vivienne Binns (born 1940), painter
• Karna Maria Birmingham (1900–1987), painter, illustrator and print maker
• Dorrit Black (1891–1951), painter, printmaker
• Freya Blackwood (born 1975), illustrator, special effects artist
• Florence Turner Blake (1873–1959), painter
• Susannah Blaxill (fl 2000s), botanical artist
• Elise Blumann (1897–1990), painter
• Yvonne Boag (born 1954), painter
• Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative (1987–), founded by ten Aboriginal artists, six of whom are women
• 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
• Paula Bossio (fl 2000), illustrator
• G. W. Bot (born 1954), printmaker, sculptor, painter, graphic artist
• Penny Bovell (born 1956), painter, art historian
• Stella Bowen (1893–1947), painter
• Violet Bowring (1890–1980), painter and miniaturist
• Doris Boyd (1888–1960), painter, ceramist
• Edith Susan Boyd (1880–1961), painter and dramatist
• Emma Minnie Boyd (1858–1936), painter
• Yvonne Boyd artist (1920–2013), art patron, and philanthropist
• Tega Brain (fl 2012), digital artist
• Joan Brassil (1919–2005), installation artist
• 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, installation artist
• Florence Broadhurst (1899–1977), painter, fabric and wallpaper designer
• Anmanari Brown, painter
• Nyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011), indigenous painter
• Janet Burchill (born 1955), contemporary artist, multiple disciplines
• Lina Bryans (1909–2000), painter
• Norma Bull (1906–1980), painter, printmaker, etcher
• Frances Mary Burke (1904–1994), textile designer
• Jane Burton (born 1966), photographer
• Jessamine Buxton (1895–1966), painter and sculptor

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
• María Fernanda Cardoso (born 1963) installation artist
• Ethel Carrick (1872–1952), painter
• Milyika Carroll (born 1958), Aboriginal artist
• Karen Casey (1856–2021), interdisciplinary Palawa artist
• Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1892–1983), painter, illustrator
• Judy Cassab (1920–2015), Austrian-born painter
• Alex Cearns, photographer
• Queenie Chan (born 1980), Hong Kong-born comic artist
• Alice Chapman (1860–1929), painter
• Dora Chapman (1911–1995), painter, silk-screen printer, potter and art teacher
• Susien Chong (fl 2000s), fashion designer
• Connie Christie (1908–1989), children's writer/illustrator, photographer and commercial artist
• Julia Church (born 1959), painter, printmaker, graphic designer
• Betty Churcher (1931–2015), painter and arts administrator
• Margaret Cilento (1923–2006), painter, printmaker
• Bree Kristel Clarke, photographer
• Maree Clarke (fl 1990s), Aboriginal artist
• Sarah-Jane Clarke (fl 1999), fashion designer
• Lorna Jane Clarkson (born 1964), fashion designer
• Thelma Clune (1900–1992), sculptor, painter
• Densey Clyne (1922–2019), Welsh-born photographer, naturalist, writer
• Elaine Coghlan (1897–1989), painter, print maker
• Kay Cohen (born 1952), fashion designer
• Ola Cohn (1892–1964), sculptor
• Bindi Cole (born 1975), photographer, video artist, installation artist
• Amalie Sara Colquhoun (1894–1974), painter, stained glass artist
• Sarah Contos, artist, installation artist
• Sylvia Convey (born 1948), Latvian-born painter and print maker
• Justine Cooper (born 1968), animator, video artist, photographer
• Jenny Coopes (born 1945), cartoonist
• Megan Cope (born 1982), Aboriginal artist, sculptor, video artist
• Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980) painter
• Edith Corbet (1846–1920), landscape painter
• Olive Cotton (1911–2003), photographer
• Virginia Coventry (born 1942), photographer
• Theodora Cowan (1868–1949), sculptor, painter
• Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), painter, illustrator
• Sybil Craig (1901–1989), painter
• Keri Craig-Lee (born 1958), fashion designer
• Brenda L Croft (born 1964), artist, curator, writer, educator
• Peggie Crombie (1901–1984), modernist painter
• Grace Crowley (1890–1979), painter
• Cecily Crozier (1911–2006), artist, poet, literary editor
• Philippa Cullen (1950–1975), performance artist
• Janet Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960), painter
• Elisabeth Cummings (born 1934), painter
• Nici Cumpston (born 1963), painter, photographer
• Virginia Cuppaidge (born 1943), contemporary abstract expressionist painter
• Dagmar Evelyn Cyrulla (fl 1988), painter

D

• Anne Dangar (1885–1951), painter, potter
• Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels (1936–2004), painter
• Beatrice Darbyshire (1901–1988), artist, printmaker
• Vicki Darken (1923–2014), landscape painter
• Liz Davenport (born 1945), fashion designer
• Malpiya Davey (fl 2000s), aboriginal ceramist
• Bessie Davidson (1879–1965), painter
• Olive Blanche Davies (1884–1976/7), botanical illustrator
• Pulpurru Davies (born 1940s), aboriginal artist
• Debra Dawes (born 1955), painter
• Janet Dawson (born 1935), painter
• eX De Medici (born 1959), visual artist
• Destiny Deacon (1957–2024), photographer
• Rachel Dean (fl 2010), fashion designer
• Una Deerbon (1882–1972), potter
• Linda Dement (born 1960), photographer, digital artist
• Aileen Dent (1890–1978), painter
• Maggie Diaz (1925–2016), photographer
• Karla Dickens (born 1967), installation artist
• Dorothy Djukulul (born 1942), painter and installation artist
• Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), illustrator
• Margaret Dodd (1941– ), artist who works in ceramics and film/video
• Shay Docking (1928–1998), landscape drawing
• Annie Dorrington (1866–1926), painter, flag designer
• Mel Douglas (born 1978), glass artist
• Margaret Dredge (1928–2001), painter, print maker
• Pippin Drysdale (born 1943), ceramist
• Slawa Duldig (1901–1975), painter, interior designer
• Lesley Dumbrell (born 1941), abstract painter
• Jan Dunn (1940–2002), ceramicist, potter, teacher
• 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

• Helen Eager (born 1952), painter, printmaker
• Leona Edmiston (fl 2001), fashion designer
• Margery Edwards (1933–1989), mixed media artist, painter
• Pip Edwards (born 1980), fashion designer
• Mary Edwell-Burke (1894–1988), painter
• Bernice E. Edwell (1880–1962), painter
• Sharyn Egan (born 1957), painter, sculptor, weaver
• Frances Dolina Ellis (1900–1971), artist, printmaker, teacher
• Bonita Ely (born 1946), performance artist
• Patricia Englund (1922–2004), painter and potter
• Esther Erlich (born 1955), painter
• Jessie Lavington Evans (1860–1943), painter
• Joyce Evans (1929–2019), photographer
• Megan Evans (fl 2000s), interdisciplinary artist
• Mary Alice Evatt (1898–1973), painter, arts patron
• Lina Eve (born 1946), painter, photographer, filmmaker, singer
• Joyce Vera Mary Ewart (1916–1964), painter, graphic artist, teacher

F

• Cherine Fahd (born 1974), photography, video performance
• Mary Featherston (born 1943) interior designer, furniture designer, children's play and learning designer
• Anne Ferran (born 1949), photographer
• Susan Fereday (1810–1878), botanical artist
• Susan Fereday (born 1959), photographer, installation artist
• Tania Ferrier (born 1958), painter, installation artist, feminist fashion
• Claire Field (fl 2010s), visual artist, curator
• Janet Fieldhouse (born 1971), ceramic artist
• Mary Finnin (1906–1992), painter and poet
• Flamingo Park Frock Salon (1973–1992), Jenny Kee, Linda Jackson, fashion designers
• Maude Edith Victoria Fleay (1869–1965), wildlife painter
• Rosie Nangala Fleming (born 1928), painter
• Emily Floyd (born 1972), public artist, sculptor, printmaker
• Fiona Foley (born 1964), painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor, installation artist
• Sue Ford (1943–2009), photographer
• Dorothea Francis (1903–1976), painter and illustrator
• Camilla Franks (born 1976), fashion designer
• Virginia Fraser (1947–2021), filmmaker, writer, curator, 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, sculptor

G

• Sally Gabori / Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda (1924–2015) artist
• Kiley Gaffney (living), performance artist, musician
• Silvana Gardner (born 1942), visual artist, writer
• Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), New Zealand-born sculptor
• Marea Gazzard (1928–2013), sculptor, ceramist
• Portia Geach (1873–1959), portrait painter, feminist
• Anne Geddes (born 1956), photographer
• Mary Gedye (1834–1876), painter
• Karen Gee (born 1973), fashion designer
• Diena Georgetti (born 1966), contemporary painter
• Kate Geraghty (born 1972), photographer
• Lisa Gervasoni (born 1969), photographer, strategic planner
• May Gibbs (1877–1969), children's book illustrator, cartoonist, author
• Topsy Gibson Napaltjarri (born c. 1950), indigenous artist
• Enid Gilchrist (c. 1917–2007), fashion designer
• Simryn Gill (born 1959) sculpture, photography, drawing, writing, publishing
• Valerie Glover (fl 2002), collage artist using acrylics and mixed media
• Anna Glynn (born 1958), contemporary visual artist
• Mira Gojak (born 1963), sculptor
• Agnes Goodsir (1864–1939), portrait painter
• Lisa Gorman (fl 1999), fashion designer
• Agatha Gothe-Snape (born 1980), artist (various media)
• Elizabeth Gower (born 1952), abstract artist
• Alma Nungarrayi Granites (1955–2017), Warlpiri artist
• Jacqui Grantford (born 1967), painter, illustrator
• Siv Grava (born 1954), visual artist
• Elizabeth Gray (1837–1903), Irish-born painter, etcher
• Virginia Grayson (born 1967), visual artist, winner of the Dobell Drawing Prize
• Juli Grbac (born 1978), fashion designer
• 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
• Lola Greeno (1946– ), artist, curator and arts worker of Aboriginal descent
• Melanie Greensmith (born 1964), fashion designer
• Ina Gregory (1874–1964), painter
• Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961) artist, architect
• Rhiana Griffith (born 1989), actress and painter
• May Grigg (1885–1969), painter
• Ann Grocott (born 1938), writer and painter
• Joan Grounds (born 1939), ceramics, sculpture, sound art, film, performance art
• Nornie Gude (1915–2002), painter
• Henrietta Maria Gulliver (1886–1945), painter
• Malaluba Gumana (born 1953), Aboriginal painter
• Norah Gurdon (1882–1974), painter
• Margaret Gurney (born 1943), painter, graphic artist
• Julia Gutman (born 1993), painter, textile artist

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 1957), sculptor, mosaic artist, ceramist
• Tina Haim-Wentscher (1887–1974), German-Australian sculptor
• Alice Hambidge (1869–1947), painter
• Michelle Hamer (born 1975), textile artist
• Misses Jane and Mary Hampson (Jane 1873–1950, Mary 1868–1944), quilt makers
• Lyn Hancock (born 1938), photographer, writer
• Marjorie Hann (1916–2011), commercial artist and cartoonist
• Tsering Hannaford (born 1987), painter
• Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991), painter, printmaker, writer
• Florence May Harding (1908–1971), print maker, illustrator
• Lily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves (1930–2018), painter
• Melinda Harper (born 1965), abstract artist
• Katherine Hattam (born 1950), painter
• Ponch Hawkes (born 1946), photographer
• Maude Haydon (1886–1978), pastoral and landscape artist
• Elaine Haxton (1909–1999), painter, print maker, commercial artist
• Claire Healy (born 1971), installation artist in collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
• Louise Hearman (born 1963), painter
• Marcella Hempel (1915-2010), textile artist, second generation Bauhaus master weaver and lecturer in textiles
• Belynda Henry, landscape artist
• Deirdre Henty-Creer (1918–2012), painter
• Mona Hessing (1933–2001), fibre artist and weaver
• Joy Hester (1920–1960), painter, poet
• Nora Heysen (1911–2003), painter
• Jacqueline Hick (1919–2004), painter
• Alannah Hill (born 1962), fashion designer
• Elvie Hill (1917–2018), fashion designer
• Kit Hiller (born 1948), linocut printer, oil painter
• Margel Hinder (1906–1995), Australian-American modernist sculptor
• Alice Hinton-Bateup (born 1950), artist, printmaker
• Rhyl Hinwood (born 1940), sculptor
• Noela Hjorth (1940–2016), painter, sculptor
• Lisa Ho (born 1960), fashion designer
• Naomi Hobson (born 1979), painter
• Edith Lilla Holmes (1893–1973), painter
• Elizabeth Honey (born 1947), illustrator
• Paji Honeychild Yankarr (c. 1912–2004), aboriginal artist
• Greer Honeywill (born 1945), conceptual artist
• Cherry Hood (born 1950), painter
• Judy Horacek (born 1961), cartoonist
• Margaret Horder (1903–1978), artist, children's book illustrator
• 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

• Adelaide Ironside (1831–1867), painter
• Pamela Irving (born 1960), ceramist, sculptor, printmaker
• Jean Isherwood (1911–2006), painter
• Linde Ivimey (born 1965), sculptor

J

• Ethel Jackson Morris (1891–1995), illustrator
• Linda Jackson (born 1950), fashion designer
• Ann James (born 1952), children's book illustrator, graphic designer
• Beril Jents (1918–2013), fashion designer
• Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966), installation artist
• Carol Jerrems (1949–1980), photographer
• Natasha Johns-Messenger (born 1970), installation artist, photographer
• Helen Johnson (born 1979), painter, academic
• Anne Jolliffe (1933–2021), animator
• Peggy Napangardi Jones (1951–2014), painter
• Ellen Jose (1951–2017), photographer, printmaker
• Narelle Jubelin (born 1960), sculptor, printmaker, multimedia installation artist
• Anne Judell (born 1942), drawer
• Mabel Juli (born c. 1933), painter
• Kate Just (born 1974), US-born, sculptor, textile artist

K

• Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), Iranian-born painter
• Hanna Kay (living), Israeli-born painter
• Jenny Kee (born 1947), fashion designer
• Jennifer Keeler-Milne (born 1961), painter, drawer
• Anwen Keeling (born 1976), portrait painter
• Josepha Petrick Kemarre (born 1940s or 1950s), indigenous artist and painter
• Tjungkara Ken (born 1969), painter
• Caroline Kennedy-McCracken (born 1967), musician, painter, sculptor
• Lucy Napaljarri Kennedy (born 1926), indigenous artist and painter
• Rachel Khedoori (born 1964), painter, sculptor
• Toba Khedoori (born 1964), mixed media painter
• Ethel A. King (1879–1939), scientific illustrator
• Inge King (1915–2016), German-born sculptor
• Leah King-Smith (born 1956), photographer
• Linda Klarfeld (born 1976), sculptor
• Anita Klein (born 1960), painter, printmaker
• Anastasia Klose (born 1978), performance artist, installation artist
• Sue Kneebone (born 1963), ceramicist, mixed media, photomontage
• Emily Kngwarreye (1910–1996), artist, batiks, painter
• Lisette Kohlhagen (1890–1969), painter
• Yvonne Koolmatrie (born 1944), weaver
• Eveline Kotai (born 1950), collage artist
• Maria Kozic (1957– ), feminist painter, sculptor, designer, musician, and video artist
• Angkuna Kulyuru (born 1943), Aboriginal batik artist and print maker

L

• Vida Lahey (1882–1968), painter
• Rosemary Laing (born 1959), photographer
• Claire Lambe (born 1962), sculptor
• Pat Larter (1936–1996), mail artist, photographer, performance artist, painter
• Janet Laurence (born 1947), mixed media artist, installation artist
• Simone LeAmon (born 1971), designer, artist, curator
• Helen Lempriere (1907–1991), painter
• Alison Lester (born 1952), illustrator
• Sandra Leveson (born 1944), painter, print maker
• Dorothy Leviny (1881–1968), painter and metalworker
• Mary Leunig (born 1950), cartoonist
• Madeline Lewellin (1854–1944), painter, plant collector
• Margo Lewers (1908–1978), interdisciplinary abstract artist
• Bettina Liano (born 1966), fashion designer
• Kay Lindjuwanga (born 1957), bark painter
• Joan Lindsay (1896–1984), writer and visual artist
• Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919), illustrator, painter
• Mary Elizabeth Livingston (1857–1913), painter
• Pamela Lofts (1949–2012), children's book illustrator, artist
• Loongkoonan (c. 1910–2018), painter, Aboriginal elder
• Gretta Louw (born 1981), multimedia and digital artist
• Mildred Lovett (1880–1955), china painter
• Fiona Lowry (born 1974), painter
• Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri (born 1970), painter, print maker

M

• Gail Mabo (born 1965), visual artist
• Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004), illustrator
• Constance Jenkins Macky (1883–1961), Australian-American painter
• Shirley Macnamara (born 1949), textile sculptor, painter
• Mary Macqueen (1912–1994), printmaker, drawing, mixed media artist
• Rosemary Madigan (1926–2019) sculptor, stonecarver, woodcarver
• Ruth Maddison (born 1945) photographer
• Bea Maddock (1934–2016), printmaker, painter, installation artist
• Maguerite Mahood (1901–1989), painter, ceramist, printmaker
• Hilarie Mais (born 1952), abstract painter, sculptor
• Gillian Mann (1939–2007), printmaker
• Diane Mantzaris (born 1962), digital artist, printmaker
• Nonggirrnga Marawili (c. 1939–2023) painter, printmaker
• Banduk Marika (1954–2021), artist, printmaker
• Stella Marks (1887–1985), painter
• Linda Marrinon (born 1959), painter, sculptor
• Mandy Martin (1952–2021), contemporary painter, printmaker and teacher
• Virginia Martin (fl 2010), fashion designer
• Nerine Martini (1968–2019), installation artist
• Jenni Kemarre Martiniello (born 1949), Aboriginal glass artist
• Mervinia Masterman (1901–1998), illustrator
• Helen Maudsley (born 1927), painter, visual essayist
• Galuma Maymuru (born 1951), painter
• Daphne Mayo (1895–1982), sculptor
• Kathleen McArthur (1915–2001), botanical illustrator, environmentalist, naturalist
• Alice McCall (fl 2004), fashion designer
• Jennifer McCamley (born 1957), conceptual artist
• Marie McMahon (born 1953) artist, printmaker
• Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890), painter, diarist
• Francine McDougall (living), filmmaker, photographer
• Erica McGilchrist (1926–2014), painter, set and costume designer
• Queenie McKenzie (c. 1920–1998), painter
• Niah McLeod (born 1991), indigenous contemporary artist
• Lucy McRae (born 1979), multimedia scientific fiction artist
• Penny Meagher (1935–1995), painter
• Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880–1955), illustrator, painter
• June Mendoza (1924–2024), portrait painter
• Dora Meeson (1869–1955), painter
• Annemieke Mein (born 1944), Dutch-born textile artist
• Wolla Meranda (1863–1951), writer and illustrator
• Mary Cockburn Mercer (1882–1963), painter
• Bertha Merfield (1869–1921), painter, muralist
• Lara Merrett (born 1971), visual artist
• Angelica Mesiti (born 1976), video artist
• Sanné Mestrom (born 1979), 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
• Cheryl Moggs (living), watercolour painter, teacher
• Anne Montgomery (1908–1991), painter, print maker, muralist
• May and Mina Moore (May 1881–1931, Minna 1882–1957), photographers
• Mirka Mora (1928–2018), French-born painter, sculptor, mosaic artist
• Patricia Moran (1944–2017), painter
• Harriet Morgan (1830–1907), natural history illustrator
• Sally Morgan (born 1951), illustrator, author, dramatist
• Joan Morrison (1911–1969), cartoonist and book illustrator
• Christine Morrow (born 1971), British-born visual artist
• Eirene Mort (1879–1977), artist, art teacher, printmaker, cartoonist, fashion designer
• Celeste Mountjoy (living), artist, illustrator
• Patricia Mullins (born 1952), children's book illustrator
• Rerrkirrwanga Mununggurr (born 1971), bark painting
• Josephine Muntz Adams (1862–1949), painter
• Marrnyula Mununggurr (born 1964), Aboriginal painter
• Rerrkirrwanga Mununggurr (born 1971), Aboriginal painter
• Alice Jane Muskett (1869–1936), painter
• Vali Myers (1930–2003), visual artist and dancer

N

• Doreen Reid Nakamarra (c. 1955–2009), painter
• Ruth Nalmakarra (born 1954), indigenous painter and weaver
• Rosella Namok (born 1979), painter
• Narputta Nangala (1933–2010), painter
• Yinarupa Nangala (born c. 1961), indigenous painter
• Biddy Rockman Napaljarri (born c. 1940), Warlpiri indigenous artist and painter
• Kitty Pultara Napaljarri (born c. 1930), indigenous painter
• Louisa Napaljarri (1930–2001), Warlpiri indigenous artist and painter
• Mona Rockman Napaljarri (born c. 1924), indigenous painter and potter
• Ada Andy Napaltjarri (born c. 1954), indigenous painter
• Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1955–2008), painter
• Eileen Napaltjarri (born 1956), indigenous painter
• Helen Nelson Napaljarri (born c. 1949), Aboriginal painter
• Norah Nelson Napaljarri (born 1956), Warlpiri indigenous artist and painter
• Sheila Brown Napaljarri (c. 1940–2003), indigenous painter
• Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1954–2011), painter
• Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri (c. 1948–2022), painter
• Nora Andy Napaltjarri (born c. 1957), indigenous painter
• Parara Napaltjarri (1944–2003), indigenous painter
• Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (c. 1927–2009), painter
• Wintjiya Napaltjarri (c. 1923–1934–2014), painter
• Makinti Napanangka (1930–2011), Pintupi indigenous artist and painter
• Dorothy Napangardi (c. 1950s–2013), painter
• Pansy Napangardi (born 1948), indigenous painter
• Lily Kelly Napangardi (born c. 1948), painter
• Yalti Napangati (born c. 1970), painter
• Nell (born 1975) artist, performance, video, sculpture, painting
• Jan Nelson (born 1955), sculptor, photographer, painter
• Norah Nelson Napaljarri (born 1956), indigenous painter
• Norie Neumark (living), American-born sound artist
• Lucy Newell (1906–1987), painter, textile printer
• Ann Newmarch (1945–2022), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• June Newton (1923–2021), photographer, actress
• Kathleen Ngale (born c. 1930), aboriginal Batik artist and painter
• Mavis Ngallametta (1944–2019), painter, weaver
• Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painter
• Philippa Nikulinsky (1942), painter, illustrator
• Deborah Niland (born 1950), children's book illustrator, author
• Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009), painter, illustrator
• Rose Nolan (born 1959) visual artist
• Susan Norrie (born 1953) painter, video artist
• Bess Norriss (1878–1939), artist
• Rosaleen Norton (1917–1979), painter, occultist
• Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi (born 1967), contemporary indigenous artist
• Naata Nungurrayi (born 1932), indigenous painter
• Lena Nyadbi (born c. 1936), painter, installation artist

O

• Denese Oates (born 1955), sculptor
• Carla O'Brien (living), installation artist
• Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991), comic artist, illustrator, fashion artist
• Mel O'Callaghan (born 1975) contemporary artist, video, performance, sculpture, installation, painting
• 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
• Dora Ohlfsen-Bagge (1869–1948), sculptor and medallist
• Bronwyn Oliver (1959–2006), sculptor
• Narelle Oliver (1960–2016), painter, print maker, illustrator
• Margaret Olley (1923–2011), painter
• Rosemary Opala (1923–2008), illustrator, writer, nurse
• Mandy Ord (born 1974), comic artist
• Raquel Ormella (born 1969), multimedia artist
• Jan Ormerod (1946–2013), illustrator
• Jill Orr (born 1952), performance artist, photographer, installation artist
• Maria Josette Orsto (1962–2020) painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960), children's book illustrator
• Brigita Ozolins, installation artist and art educator

P

• Ewa Pachucka (1936–2020), textile artist, sculptor
• Margaret Paice (1920–2016), commercial artist, illustrator
• Josonia Palaitis (born 1949), painter
• Polixeni Papapetrou (1960–2018), photographer
• Wendy Paramor (1938–1975), painter, sculptor
• Jacki Parry (born 1941), painter, print maker
• Klytie Pate (1912–2010), ceramist
• Esther Paterson (1892–1971), painter, cartoonist, book illustrator
• Anelia Pavlova (born 1956), Bulgarian-born painter, printmaker, illustrator, ceramist
• Sue Pedley (born 1954), multimedia artist
• Adelaide Perry (1891–1973), artist, printmaker, art teacher
• Katie Perry (born 1980), fashion designer
• Gloria Petyarre (1942–2021), painter
• Jeanna Petyarre (born 1950), painter
• Kathleen Petyarre (c. 1940–2018), painter
• Jeanna Petyarre (born 1950), painter
• Nancy Petyarre (died 2009), painter
• Caroline Phillips (born 1966), sculptor
• Debra Phillips (born 1958), photographer, sculptor
• Frances Phoenix (1950–2017), artist, needlework, poster designer
• Patricia Piccinini (born 1965), mixed media artist, painter, sculptor, digital artist, installation artist
• Julianne Pierce (living), new media artist, curator, art critic
• Rosslynd Piggott (born 1958), installation artist. painter
• Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), ceramist
• Anne Pincus (born 1961), painter, sculptor
• Lillian Louisa Pitts (1872–1947), photographer
• Kerrie Poliness (born 1962), conceptual artist
• Elizabeth Presa (born 1956), visual artist
• Margaret Preston (1875–1963), painter, printmaker
• Jane Price (1860–1948), painter
• Thea Proctor (1879–1966), painter
• Betty Kuntiwa Pumani (born 1963), painter
• Angelina Pwerle (born c. 1946), painter
• Minnie Pwerle (died 2006), painter
• Mabel Pye (1894–1982), painter, print maker

Q

• Mandy Quadrio, contemporary artist

R

• Melinda Rackham (born 1959), digital artist
• Stephanie Radok (born 1954), artist, writer, curator
• Iso Rae (1860–1940), impressionist painter
• Tamara Ralph (born 1981), fashion designer
• Jessica Rankin (born 1971), embroiderer
• Eugenia Raskopoulos (born 1959), photography, video art
• r e a (born 1962), photographer, installation artist
• Geraldine Rede (1874–1943), artist
• Jacky Redgate (born 1955), sculptor, installation artist, photographer
• Norma Redpath (1928–2013), painter, sculptor
• Alison Rehfisch (1900–1974), painter
• Gladys Reynell (1881–1956), potter
• Kate Rich (living), sound artist, video artist
• Sally Rippin, children's writer and illustrator
• Therese Ritchie (born 1961), contemporary artist, writer, graphic designer
• Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painter
• Freda Rhoda Robertshaw (1916–1997), artist, painter
• Peggy Rockman Napaljarri (born c.1940), indigenous artist and painter
• Toni Robertson (born 1953), visual artist, art historian printmaker
• Amanda Robins (born 1961), painter, drawer
• Julia Robinson (born 1981), sculptor, textile artist
• Florence Aline Rodway (1881–1971), painter, drawer, portrait artist
• Lisa Roet (born 1967), sculptor, drawer, photographer, filmmaker
• Romance was born (founded 2005), fashion house, designers Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales
• Madeleine Rosca (born 1977), comic artist
• Anne Ross (born 1959), fanciful bronze sculptures
• Joan Ross (born 1961), mixed media painter
• Maggie Napaljarri Ross (born c.1940), aboriginal painter
• Celia Rosser (born 1930), botanical illustrator
• Daisy Rossi (1879–1974), painter, interior designer
• Caroline Rothwell (born 1967), sculptor, installation artist
• Cybele Rowe (born 1963), ceramist
• Rachel Roxburgh (1915–1991), painter, potter
• Julie Rrap (born 1950), photographer, sculptor, painter
• Carol Rudyard (1922–2021), visual artist
• Nura Rupert (born c. 1933), printmaker, painter
• Lola Ryan (1925–2003), shellworker
• Rosemary Ryan (1926–1996), painter
• Therese Ryder (born 1946), painter, linguist

S

• Jenny Sages (born 1933), Chinese-born painter, illustrator
• Yhonnie Scarce (born 1973), glass artist
• Margaret Scobie (born 1948), aboriginal artist and painter
• Joyce Scott (born 1938), painter and ceramist
• Helena Scott (1832–1910), natural history illustrator
• Nicola Scott (living), comic artist
• Sheila Scotter (1920–2012), fashion designer
• Margaret Senior (1917–1995), illustrator
• 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
• Irena Sibley (1943–2009), painter, illustrator
• Dawn Sime (1932–2001), abstract painter
• Norah Simpson (1895–1974), painter
• Alexia Sinclair (born 1976), photographer
• Sally Smart (born 1960), assemblage installation artist
• Gemma Smith (born 1978), painter, sculptor
• Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), painter, illustrator
• Treania Smith (1901–1990), painter, sculptor, art dealer and gallery owner
• Wendy Solling (1926–2002), sculptor
• Clara Southern (1861–1940), painter
• Bianca Spender (born 1977), fashion designer
• Ruby Spowart (born 1928), photographer
• Ethel Spowers (1890–1947), printmaker, illustrator
• Robyn Stacey (born 1952), photographer, photo-artist
• Paula Stafford (1920–2022), fashion designer
• Miriam Stannage (1939–2016), painter, printmaker, photographer
• Madonna Staunton (1938–2019), artist, poet
• Sophie Steffanoni (1873–1906), landscape painter, embroiderer
• June Ethel Stephenson (1914–1999), painter, printmaker
• Amanda Stewart (born 1959), performance artist, poet
• Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960), painter
• Kunmanara Stewart (c.1938–2012), indigenous artist and painter
• Mary Stoddard (1852–1901), Scottish-born painter
• Constance Stokes (1906–1991), painter, drawer
• Dorothy Stoner (1904–1992), painter
• Marina Strocchi (born 1961), painter
• Nora Sumberg (born 1956), landscape painter
• Jane Sutherland (1853–1928), landscape painter
• Ruth Sutherland (1884–1948), painter
• Chern'ee Sutton (born 1996), contemporary visual artist
• Heather B. Swann (born 1961), sculptor
• Jo Sweatman (1872–1956), painter
• Linda Syddick Napaltjarri (born c. 1937), painter
• Eveline Winifred Syme (1888–1961), painter, printmaker

T

• Takariya Napaltjarri (born c. 1960), indigenous artist and painter
• Jane Tanner (born 1946), children's book illustrator
• Tjunkaya Tapaya (born 1947), aboriginal batik artist
• Ruth Tarvydas (c. 1947–2014), fashion designer
• Latai Taumoepeau (born 1972), contemporary artist
• Pulya Taylor (born 1931), sculptor, craftsmaker, woodworker
• Stephanie Taylor (1899–1974), artist, printmaker, gallerist, lecturer, art writer, broadcaster
• Violet Teague (1872–1951), painter, mural designer
• Kathy Temin (born 1968), synthetic fur artist
• Betty Temple Watts (1901–1992), illustrator
• Thancoupie (1937–2011) sculptor, artist
• Shona Joy Thatcher (fl 2000), fashion designer
• Margaret Thomas (1842–1929), painter, writer
• Ann Thomson (born 1933), painter and sculptor
• Lesbia Thorpe (1919–2009), printmaker
• Emma Timbery (c. 1842–1916), shellworker
• Esme Timbery (1931–2023), shellworker
• Wingu Tingima (died 2010), painter
• Tjanpi Desert Weavers (from 1995) weavers
• Topsy Tjulyata (born 1931), sculptor, craftsmaker, woodworker
• Jasmine Togo-Brisby (born 1982), sculptor
• Sophia Tolli (fl 2006), fashion designer
• Aida Tomescu (born 1955), Romanian-born painter
• Mollie Tomlin (1923–2009), painter
• Mary Tonkin (born 1973), drawer
• Jessie Traill (1881–1967), printmaker, painter
• Barbara Tribe (1913–2000), sculptor, painter
• Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952), Czech-born sculptor, printmaker
• Marie Tuck (1866–1947), painter, art educator
• Ruth Tuck (1914–2008), painter
• Maringka Tunkin (born 1959) artist, painter
• Mazie Turner (1954–2014) painter, photographer, sculptor
• Isabel May Tweddle (1875–1945), painter

U

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

V

• May Vale (1862–1945), painter
• Lesley Vanderwalt (living), makeup artist
• Vicki Varvaressos (born 1949), painter
• Vexta (living), stencil artist, street artist
• Julie Vieusseux (1820–1878), painter
• Savanhdary Vongpoothorn (born 1971), Laotian-born painter

W

• Megan Walch (born 1967), painter
• Anna Frances Walker (1830–1913), illustrator
• Rose A. Walker (1879–1942), painter
• Theresa Walker (1807–1876), sculptor, wax modeller
• Anne Wallace (born 1970), painter
• Kathleen Kemarre Wallace (born 1948), indigenous painter, custodian
• Christian Waller (1894–1954), painter, writer, printmaker, illustrator, book designer, woodcutter, stained-glass artist
• Lynette Wallworth (living), installation artist
• Joan Walsh-Smith (born 1946), sculptor
• Ania Walwicz (1951–2020), visual artist, poet
• Rosie Ware (born 1959), textile designer, printmaker
• Sera Waters (born 1979), textile artist, arts writer, arts educator
• Jenny Watson (born 1951), painter
• Judy Watson (born 1959), multimedia artist
• Lilla Watson (born 1940), mixed media artist
• Betty Temple Watts (1901–1992), scientific illustrator
• Louise Weaver (born 1966), mixed media artist
• Johanna Weigel (1847–1940), fashion designer
• Barbara Weir (c. 1945–2023), Aboriginal painter
• Carlene West (born c. 1945), painter
• Katie West (living), interdisciplinary artist
• Kaylene Whiskey (fl 2010s), indigenous artist
• Ilka White (living), textile artist, sculptor
• Susan Dorothea White (born 1941), painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Wendy Whiteley (born 1941), landscape artist, flower artist
• Ada Whiting (1859–1953), painter, miniaturist
• Anne Wienholt (1920–2018), painter, sculptor, printmaker
• Normana Wight (born 1936), painter, printmaker
• Cathy Wilcox (born 1963), comic artist, children's book illustrator
• Dora Wilson (1883–1946), British-born Australian painter and print maker
• Ju Ju Wilson (born 1960), contemporary indigenous artist
• Regina Pilawuk Wilson (born 1948), Aboriginal artist
• Justene Williams (born 1970), photographer, multimedia artist
• Jan Williamson (living), painter
• Ruby Tjangawa Williamson (c. 1940–2017), painter, woodworker
• Dora Wilson (1883–1946), British-Australian painter and print maker
• Margery Withers (1894–1966), painter
• Women's Domestic Needlework Group est 1976, traditional craft work
• Maeve Woods (born 1933), painter, collage artist
• Pauline Nakamarra Woods (born 1949), Aboriginal artist and painter
• Tjayanka Woods (born c. 1935), painter, weaver
• Margaret Worth (born 1944), painter, screenprinter, sculptor
• Judith Wright (born 1945), painter, videomaker, sculptor, printmaker

X

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

Y

• Paji Honeychild Yankarr (c. 1912–2004), painter
• Noela Young (1930–2018), book illustrator and children's author
• Yaritji Young (born c. 1956) painter
• Gulumbu Yunupingu (1943–2012), indigenous artist
• Nancy Gaymala Yunupingu (c.1935–2005), indigenous bark painter and print maker
• Nyapanyapa Yunupingu (c. 1945–2021), painter

Z

• Anne Zahalka (born 1957), photographer
• Carla Zampatti (1942–2021), fashion designer
• Aheda Zanetti (born 1967), fashion designer

References

1. List of Australian artists
2. Lists of women artists
3. Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?
4. Lists of women
5. Lists of Australians
6. Women artists
7. List of 20th-century women artists
8. List of Australian street artists
9. Australian Women's Register
10. Women in Australia
11. List of Nigerian women artists
12. Lists of Indigenous Australians
13. List of Iraqi women artists
14. List of best-selling music artists
15. List of highest-grossing live music artists
16. List of Colombian women artists
17. Lists of artists
18. List of French women artists
19. List of 21st-century women artists
20. List of street artists