List of Maltese artists

Self-portrait by Melchiorre Cafà (1636–1667)

Various artists have been born or have lived in Malta, including painters, sculptors, designers, ceramicists, architects, art directors, film-makers, photographers, cartoonists, lithographers, and illustrators.

This list includes artists who were either born, lived in, and/or have heritage from the Maltese Islands.

A

Michael Azzopardi (born 1987)

• Anton Agius (1933–2008), sculptor
• Victor Anastasi (1913–1992), architectural designer
• Julie Apap (1948–2011), ceramicist
• Vincent Apap (1909–2003), sculptor
• William Apap (1918–1970), painter
• Giovanni Attard (c. 1570–1636), architect, stone carver, military engineer
• Norbert Francis Attard (born 1951), architect, sculptor, painter
• Mario Philip Azzopardi (born 1958), television and film director
• Michael Azzopardi (born 1987), digital designer

B

Michele Busuttil (1762–1831)

• Giovanni Barbara (1642–1728), architect
• Isabelle Barratt-Delia (born 1938), architect, civil engineer
• Esprit Barthet (1919–1999), painter
• Andrea Belli (1703–1772), Baroque architect
• Lino Bianco (born 1965), architect, academic
• Giuseppe Bonavia (1821–1885), architect, draughtsman
• Agostino Bonello (born 1949), art director, film producer, production designer, television presenter
• Giuseppe Bonici (1707–1779), Baroque architect
• Ġanni Bonnici (1932–2019), sculptor
• Isabelle Borg (1959–2010), painter, mixed media artist
• Joseph Borg (1942–2016), painter, master printmaker, mixed media artist
• Emmanuel Briffa (1875–1955), theatre decorator
• Tony Briffa (born 1959), ceramicist
• Marco Brown (born 1969), abstract artist
• Samuel Bugeja (1920–2004), sculptor, painter, art restorer
• Gio Nicola Buhagiar (1698–1752), painter
• Valerie Buhagiar (born 1963), film director, actress
• Michele Busuttil (1762–1831), painter

C

Giuseppe Calì (1846–1930)

Rebecca Cremona

• Antonio Cachia (1739–1813), architect, civil and military engineer, archaeologist
• Domenico Cachia (c. 1690–1761), architect
• Michele Cachia (1760–1839), architect, military engineer
• Melchiorre Cafà (1636–1667), Baroque sculptor
• Anna Calleja (born 1997), painter
• Giuseppe Calì (1846–1930), painter
• Antoine Camilleri (1922–2005), painter, mixed media artist
• Gabriel Caruana (1929–2018), sculptor, ceramicist
• Joseph Cachia Caruana (1894–1981), architect
• Girolamo Cassar (c. 1520 – c. 1592), architect, military engineer
• Jon Cassar (born 1958), film director, producer
• Vittorio Cassar (c. 1550 – c. 1609), architect, military engineer
• Cesar Castellani (died 1905), architect
• Joseph Chetcuti (1960–2019), sculptor, bronzesmith
• Joseph Colombo (died 1970), architect
• Adelaide Conroy (1839–?), photographer
• Emvin Cremona (1919–1987), painter, stamp designer
• Rebecca Cremona, film director, screenwriter, producer

D

Edward Caruana Dingli (1876–1950)

• Ġużè Damato (1886–1963), Tunisian-born architect
• Maria de Dominici (1645–1703), Baroque painter
• Roger de Giorgio (1922–2016), Italian-born architect
• Charles François de Mondion (1681–1733), French-born Baroque architect
• Mary de Piro (born 1946), painter
• Giorgio Grognet de Vassé (1774–1862), architect, antiquarian
• Vincenzo Dimech (1768–1831), sculptor
• Debbie Caruana Dingli (born 1962), painter
• Edward Caruana Dingli (1876–1950), painter
• Robert Caruana Dingli (1881–1940), painter
• Tommaso Dingli (1591–1666), architect, sculptor

E

Richard Ellis (1842–1924)

• Damian Ebejer (born 1961), painter
• Richard Ellis (1842–1924), British-born photographer
• Salvatore Ellul (1891–1961), architect
• Richard England (born 1937), architect, writer, academic
• Alessio Erardi (1669–1727), painter
• Pietro Erardi (1644–1727), painter, chaplain
• Stefano Erardi (1630–1716), painter

F

• Antonio Falzon (fl. 1538 – c. 1555), architect
• Michael Falzon (1945–2025), architect, politician
• Edwin England Sant Fournier (1908–1969), architect

G

Lorenzo Gafà (1639–1703)

• Lorenzo Gafà (1639–1703), architect, sculptor
• Ċensu Galea (born 1956), architect, politician
• Luigi Maria Galea (1847–1917), marine painter
• Emanuele Luigi Galizia (1830–1907), architect, civil engineer
• Maxim Gauci (1774–1854), lithographer, painter
• Paul Gauci (fl. 1830s – c. 1860s), lithographer
• Mariano Gerada (1766–1823), sculptor
• Carlo Gimach (1651–1730), architect, engineer, poet
• Lino Grech (1930–2013), film director, actor, writer
• Pawlu Grech (1938–2021), painter, music composer
• Anna Grima (born 1958), painter

H

Giuseppe Hyzler (1787–1858)

• Sarah Ann Harrison (1837–?), English-born photographer
• Joseph G. Huntingford (1926–1994), architect, civil engineer, urban planner
• Giuseppe Hyzler (1787–1858), Nazarene painter

L

• Alberto Laferla (1898–1942), architect
• Renato Laferla, architect
• John Busuttil Leaver (born 1964), visual artist, painter
• Norman Lowell (born 1946), abstract painter, fascist politician
• Darrin Zammit Lupi (born 1968), photographer, photojournalist

M

Mark Mallia (1965–2024)

• Ġorġ Mallia (born 1957), cartoonist, illustrator, author
• Mark Mallia (1965–2024), abstract and portrait painter, sculptor
• Audrey Mercieca (born 1974), painter, sculptor
• Silvio Mercieca (1888–1954), architect
• Andrew Micallef (born 1969), painter, illustrator, musician
• Luciano Micallef (born 1954), abstract painter
• Pauleen Micallef (born 1951), painter
• Kris Micallef (born 1988), photographer
• Philip Mifsud (born 1971), architect, politician
• Dominic Mintoff (1916–2012), architect, civil engineer, politician

N

• Francesco Noletti (1611–1654), Baroque still-life, tapestry painter

P

Lazzaro Pisani (1854–1932)

• Webster Paulson (1837–1887), English-born architect, civil engineer
• Keith Piper (born 1960), Black British painter, curator
• Carmelo Borg Pisani (1915–1942), painter, fascist spy
• Lazzaro Pisani (1854–1932), painter
• Ray Piscopo (born 1954), engineer, visual artist
• Frank Portelli (1922–2004), mural painter
• Joanne Fenech Portelli (born 1976), painter, sculptor
• Pierre Portelli (born 1961), visual artist
• Amedeo Preziosi (1816–1882), painter
• Giuseppe Psaila (1891–1960), architect
• Salvatore Psaila (1798–1871), sculptor
• Alberto Pullicino (1719–1759), painter
• George Pullicino (born 1964), architect, politician
• Giorgio Pullicino (1779–1851), painter, architect

S

Cecil Satariano (1930–1996)

• Joe Sacco (born 1960), cartoonist
• Toni Sant (born 1968), art and television director, producer, television presenter, music journalist
• Cecil Satariano (1930–1996), film director, film maker, film censor, author
• Giorgio Costantino Schinas (1834–1894), architect, civil engineer
• Antonio Sciortino (1879–1947), sculptor
• Carm Lino Spiteri (1932–2008), architect, politician
• Joseph M. Spiteri (1934–2013), architect

T

Philip Tortell (1869–1937)

• Enrique Tabone (born 1987), designer
• Ritty Tacsum (born 1990), visual artist
• Philip Tortell (1869–1937), architect
• Pietro Paolo Troisi (1686–1743), Baroque sculptor, silversmith, medallist, designer, engraver

V

• Andrea Vassallo (1856–1928), architect, sculptor
• Gianni Vella (1885–1977), painter, cartoonist
• Karmenu Vella (born 1950), architect, politician
• Gustavo R. Vincenti (1888–1974), architect, developer

W

• Izzy Warrington (born 1968), caricaturist, designer, illustrator, actress

Z

Trevor Zahra (born 1947)

• Francesco Zahra (1710–1773), painter
• Trevor Zahra (born 1947), illustrator, novelist, poet
• Jean Zaleski (1920–2010), painter
• Nicholas Zammit (1815–1899), architect, designer, philosopher
• Francesco Zerafa (1679–1758), architect
• Carlo Zimech (1696–1766), priest, painter