List of New Zealand women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in New Zealand or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Contents: 

• Top
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Zena Abbott (1922–1993), weaver
• Caroline Abraham (1809–1877), painter
• Emily Acland (1830–1905), pioneer settler and watercolour painter
• Avis Acres (1910–1994), painter, illustrator, writer
• Florence Akins (1906–2012), metalworker and textile artist
• Chrystabel Aitken (1904–2005), sculpture, jewellery, metalwork, linocuts
• Gretchen Albrecht (born 1943), painter, sculptor
• Edith Amituanai (born 1980), photographer
• Gladys Anderson (born 19th century), painter
• Hiria Anderson (born 1974), painter
• Rita Angus (1908–1970), painter
• Aina Apse (1926–2015), potter
• Esther Archdall (1916–1999), textile artist
• Mina Arndt (1885–1926), painter
• Tanya Ashken (born 1939), sculptor and jeweller
• Raewyn Atkinson (born 1955), ceramicist

B

• Whero O Te Rangi Bailey (1935—2016), weaver and textile artist
• Ria Bancroft (1907–1993), sculptor
• Nola Barron (born 1931), potter
• Pauline Bern (born 1952), jeweller
• Phyllis Bethune (1899–1982), landscape painter
• Vivien Bishop (born 1945), painter
• Lisa Black (born 1982), mixed media sculptor
• Margery Blackman (born 1930), weaver
• Eden Bleazard (1855–1946), painter
• Bessie Blomfield (1880–1984), painter
• Constance Bolton (1884–1949), painter
• Christine Boswijk (born 1939), ceramist
• Olivia Spencer Bower (1905–1982), painter
• Joanna Braithwaite (born 1962), painter
• Jane Brenkley (1882–1973), painter, wood carver and embroiderer
• Stella Brennan (born 1974), installation artist
• Freda Brierley (born 1942), textile artist
• Jude Broughan (born 1976), mixed media artist
• Cath Brown (1933–2004), weaver and ceramicist
• Helen Brown (1917–1986), painter
• Pelenakeke Brown, multi-disciplinary artist
• Kathleen Browne (1905–2007), painter
• Mary-Louise Browne (born 1957), text-based conceptual artist
• Annie Buckhurst (1894–1959), metalwork artist
• Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), photographer
• Emily Valentine Bullock (living), jeweller and creator of wearable art
• Maude Burge (1865–1957), painter
• Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows (born 1951), tapa cloth artist
• Mirranda Burton (born 1973), printmaker and graphic novel illustrator
• Fanny Buss (1910–1986), textile artist, fashion designer, printmaker and book illustrator
• Debra Bustin (born 1957), visual artist
• Grace Butler (1886–1962), landscape painter
• Margaret Butler (1883–1947), sculptor

C

• Helen Calder (born 1955), painter
• Emma Camden (born 1966), glassworker
• Corrie Cameron (1904–1993), printmaker and painter
• Donna Campbell (born 1959), curator, weaver and textile artist
• Jenny Campbell (1895–1970), painter
• Rosemary Campbell (born 1941), painter
• Ida Carey (1891–1982), painter and art teacher
• Ruth Castle (born 1931), weaver
• Vera Chapman (1885–1953), painter
• Ellen Cheeseman (1848–1928), painter and botanist
• Madeleine Child (born 1959), ceramist
• Liyen Chong (born 1979), embroiderer, ceramacist and printmaker
• Bessie Christie (1904–1983), painter
• Fiona Clark (born 1954), photographer
• Tangimoe Clay (born 1960), weaver and textile artist
• Betty Clegg (1926–2009), watercolour painter
• Edith Collier (1885–1964), painter
• Alice Beville Collins (1884–1973), silversmith
• Octavia Cook (born 1978), jeweller
• Fiona Connor (born 1981), mixed media artist
• Dale Copeland (born 1943), collage and assemblage artist
• Ivy Copeland (1888–1961), painter
• Stella Corkery (born 1960), artist and drummer
• Paerau Corneal (born 1961), ceramicist
• Bronwynne Cornish (born 1945), ceramist, sculptor, educator
• Helen Crabb (1891–1972), pen and ink artist, painter and art teacher
• Ann Culy (born 1952), jewellery designer
• Vera Cummings (1891–1940), portrait painter
• Betty Curnow (1911–2005), painter and printmaker

D

• Lily Daff (1885–1945), painter and illustrator
• Andrea Daly (born 1965), jeweller
• Judy Darragh (born 1957), sculptor, assemblage artist, photographer, painter
• Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951), sculptor, painter
• May Davis (1914–1995), ceramicist
• Eileen Olive Deste (1909–1986), photographer
• Pip Devonshire (born 1966), weaver
• Fran Dibble (born 1962), sculptor, painter
• Ngila Dickson (born 1958), costume designer
• Lynley Dodd (born 1941), children's book illustrator
• Alison Duff (1914–2000), sculptor
• Joan Dukes (1903–1993), illustrator
• Dagmar Dyck (born 1972), printmaker, painter

E

• Audrey Eagle (1925–2022), botanical illustrator
• Gay Eaton (1933–2017), textile artist
• Frances Dolina Ellis (1900–1971), artist, printmaker and teacher
• Lorna Ellis (1903–1981), sculptor and ceramist
• Jane Evans (1946–2012), painter
• Claudia Pond Eyley (born 1946), painter, filmmaker

F

• Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929), painter and writer
• Lusi Faiva (living), stage performer and dancer
• Nicola Farquhar (born 1972), painter
• Joan Fear (1932–2022), painter
• Irene Ferguson (born 1970), portrait painter
• Di ffrench (1946–1999), photographic and performance artist
• Ivy Fife (1905–1976), portrait painter
• Frances Fletcher (1846–1935), painter
• Selina Foote (born 1985), painter
• Patricia France (1911–1995), abstract artist
• Margaret Frankel (1902–1997), painter, potter, printmaker and art teacher
• Jacqueline Fraser (born 1956), multidisciplinary artist
• Hester Frood (1882–1971), painter and printmaker
• Elizabeth Fuller (born 1957), illustrator

G

• Joanne Gair (born c.1958), make-up artist
• Briar Gardner (1879–1968), ceramicist
• Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), sculptor and assemblage artist
• Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999), painter
• Star Gossage (born 1973), painter
• Kohai Grace (born 1966), weaver
• Charlotte Graham (born 1972), painter
• Ayesha Green (born 1987), painter and sculptor
• Sarah Greenwood (1809–1889), painter

H

• Alison Hale (born 1954/1955), painter
• Amy Merania Harper (1900–1998), photographer
• Claire Harris, photographer and mixed media artist
• Emily Harris (1837–1925), painter
• Christine Harvey (living), tā moko artist
• Niki Hastings-McFall (born 1959), artist and jeweller
• Rhona Haszard (1901–1931), painter
• Christine Hellyar (born 1947), sculptor, installation artist
• Louise Henderson (1902–1994), painter
• Rangimārie Hetet (1892–1995), weaver
• Veranoa Hetet (born 1966), weaver
• Georgina Hetley (1832–1898), painter
• Avis Higgs (1918–2016), textile designer
• Mabel Hill (1872–1956), painter
• Bessie Hocken (1848–1933), painter and photographer
• Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947), painter
• Ola and Marie Höglund (born 1956, born 1955), glass artists
• Katherine McLean Holmes (1849–1925), painter
• Esther Studholme Hope (1885–1975), painter
• Gabrielle Hope (1916–1962), painter
• Jean Horsley (1913–1997), painter
• Eleanor Hughes (1882–1959), painter
• Alexis Hunter (1948–2014), contemporary painter, photographer
• Mary Young Hunter (1872–1947), painter

J

• Nicola Jackson (born 1960), painter
• Linda James (born 1951), painter
• Helen Varley Jamieson (born 1966), digital media artist, writer
• Eana Jeans (1890–1986), painter
• Ellen Jeffreys (1827–1904), painter
• Dorothy Jenkin (1892–1995), painter
• Megan Jenkinson (born 1958), photographer
• Jess Johnson (born 1979), drawer, animator
• Nina Jones (1871–1926), painter

K

• Robyn Kahukiwa (born c. 1938), painter and illustrator
• Emily Karaka (born 1952), painter
• Annie Elizabeth Kelly (1877–1946), portrait painter
• Robyn E. Kenealy (born 1983), comic creator
• Martha King (1803–1897), painter
• Susan Te Kahurangi King (born 1951), pencil/ink
• Te Rongo Kirkwood (born 1973), glass designer

L

• Sarah Laing (born 1973), cartoonist and author
• Lily Laita (born 1969), painter
• Maureen Lander (born 1942), weaver and installation artist
• Daisy Le Cren (1881–1951), painter
• Saskia Leek (born 1970), painter
• Ranginui Parewahawaha Leonard (1872–1984), weaver
• Janet Lilo (born 1982), digital photography, video, and multimedia artist
• Connie Lloyd (1895–1982), etcher
• Bridie Lonie (born 1951/2), painter, academic and arts writer
• Ida Mary Lough (1903–1985), weaver
• Nikole Lowe (born 1973), tattoo artist
• Caroline Lush (1854–1945), painter
• Julia Lynch (1896–1975), portrait artist
• Vivian Lynn (1931–2018), multidisciplinary artist

M

• Molly Macalister (1920–1979), painter, sculptor
• Jeanne Macaskill (1931–2014), painter
• Viola Macmillan Brown (1897–1981), painter
• Marian Maguire (born 1962), lithographer
• Toi Te Rito Maihi (born 1937), weaver
• Dorothy Manning (1919–2012), painter
• Lina Marsh (born 1972/73), multidisciplinary artist and musician
• Mata Aho Collective (formed 2012), mixed-media artists
• Liz Maw (born 1966), painter
• Elizabeth McClure (born 1957), glass artist
• Shona McFarlane (1929–2001), painter
• Mary McIntyre (born 1928), painter
• Lois McIvor (1930–2017), painter
• Rachael McKenna (born 1971), photographer
• Tui McLauchlan (1915–2004), painter
• Sarah Ann McMurray (1848–1943), woodcarver
• Ellen von Meyern (1882–1912), portrait painter
• Judy Millar (born 1957), painter
• Marjory Mills (1896–1987), painter, embroiderer
• Margaret Milne (1917–2005), ceramicist
• Sofia Minson (born 1984), painter
• Merata Mita (1942–2010), filmmaker
• Shona Moller, painter
• Muriel Carrick Moody (1907–1991), sculptor, ceramist
• Julia Morison (born 1952), multidisciplinary artist
• Edith Emily Morris (1895–1965), jewellery designer, silversmith
• Elise Mourant (1921–1990), painter
• Marianne Muggeridge (born 1952), painter and screenprinter

N

• Indira Neville (born 1973), comics artist, educator
• Kate Newby (born 1979), installation artist
• Jan Nigro (1919–2012), painter

O

• Ani O'Neill (born 1971), artist
• Daisy Osborn (1888–1957), painter, illustrator, jewellery designer
• Rona Ngahuia Osborne (born 1974), painter, textile and clothing artist

P

• Pacific Sisters, collective of artists, performers, fashion designers, jewellers and musicians
• Evelyn Margaret Page (1899–1988), painter
• Fiona Pardington (born 1961), photographer
• Tania Patterson (born 1969), jeweller
• Joanna Paul (1945–2003), visual artist, poet, filmmaker
• Ruth Paul (born 1964), children's writer, illustrator
• Patricia Charlotte Perrin (1921–1988), potter
• Juliet Peter (1915–2010), potter and printmaker
• Margot Philips (1902–1988), painter
• Séraphine Pick (born 1964), painter
• Judy Pickard (1921–2016), painter
• Kim Pieters (born 1959), painter, musician and digital filmmaker
• Molima Molly Pihigia (born 1950/51), weaver
• Ada May Plante (1875–1950), painter
• Diane Prince (born 1952), painter, weaver, installation art practitioner and set designer
• Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver, writer

R

• Rachael Rakena (born 1969), digital artist
• Rosanna Raymond (born 1967), installation artist, poet, and cultural commentator.
• Lisa Reihana (born 1964), video and multimedia artist
• Rangimahora Reihana-Mete (1899–1993), weaver
• Bridget Reweti (active since 2000s), photographer and moving image artist
• Kura Te Waru Rewiri (born 1950), painter, educator
• Pauline Rhodes (born 1937), sculptor, installation artist
• Gwyneth Richardson (1896–1980), watercolour artist
• Dolla Richmond (1861–1935), painter
• Dorothy Robertson (died 1979), painter
• Helen Rockel (born 1949), painter
• Yvonne Rust (1922–2002), potter and painter
• Frances Rutherford (1912–2006), painter

S

• Kathleen Salmond (1895–1946), painter
• E. Rosa Sawtell (1865–1940), painter
• Emily Schuster (1927–1997), weaver
• Carole Shepheard (born 1945), printmaker
• Maud Winifred Sherwood (1880–1956), painter
• Jeena Shin (born 1973), painter
• Emily Siddell (born 1971), mixed-media artist
• Sylvia Siddell (1941–2011), painter, etcher, screen-printer
• Freda Simmonds (1912–1983), painter
• Tiffany Singh (born 1978), installation artist
• Susan Skerman (born 1928), painter
• Yvonne Sloan (born 1941), weaver, textile artist
• Katherine Smyth, ceramicist
• Ella Spicer (1876–1958), painter
• Peggy Spicer (1908–1984), painter
• Vida Steinert (1903–1999), painter
• Helen Stewart (1900–1983), painter

T

• Salome Tanuvasa, multi-disciplinary artist
• Mary Taylor (born 1948), artist
• Diggeress Te Kanawa (1920–2009), weaver
• Cherie Templer (1856–1915), painter
• Saffronn Te Ratana (born 1975), mixed media artist
• Elizabeth Thomson (born 1955), painter
• Margaret Thomson (1910–2005), filmmaker
• Pauline Thompson (1942–2012), painter
• Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe (born 1969), visual artist and arts administrator
• Mollie Tripe (1870–1939), painter
• Merylyn Tweedie (born 1953), multi-media artist
• Marion Tylee (1906–1969), painter

U

• Francis Upritchard (born 1976), sculptor and installation artist
• Colleen Waata Urlich (1939–2015), ceramicist

V

• Juliet Valpy (1835–1911), painter
• Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959), painter, sculptor
• Erica van Zon (born 1979), ceramicist
• Lesley Vanderwalt (active 2010s), hair designer, make-up artist
• Kathleen Vane (1891–1965), painter

W

• Lisa Walker (born 1967), jeweller
• Edith Wall (1904–2012), painter
• Elizabeth Wallwork (1883–1969), painter
• Emma Maria Walrond (1859–1943), painter
• Enga Washbourn (1908–1988), painter
• Ruth Watson (born 1962) photographer, sculptor, painter, installation artist and academic
• Alice Waymouth (1884–1963), metalworker and artist
• Marilynn Webb (1937–2021), printmaker, painter
• Christine Webster (born 1958), visual artist and photographer
• Ans Westra (1936–2023), photographer
• Annie Julia White (1852–1932), painter
• Robin White (born 1946), painter, printmaker
• Violet Whiteman (1873–1952), painter
• Alice Whyte (1885–1952), painter
• Areta Wilkinson (born 1969), jeweller
• Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937), sculptor, fibre artist
• Mary Wirepa (1904–1971), painter
• Christina Wirihana (born 1949), weaver
• Hilda Wiseman (1894–1982), bookplate designer, painter, calligrapher
• Sina Woolcott (1907–2003), potter

Y

• Pauline Yearbury (1926–1977), Māori modernist art
• Charlotte Youmans (1869–1957), painter
• Adele Younghusband (1878–1969), painter, photographer

Z

• Beth Zanders (1913–2009), painter

See also

• List of New Zealand artists
• List of New Zealand women photographers