List of South African women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in South Africa 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.

A

• Clare Abbott (active since the 1980s), illustrator
• Valerie Adler, painter and designer
• Chrysoula Argyros (born 1954), painter
• Jane Alexander (born 1959), sculptor, installation artist
• Julia Anastasopoulos (born 1983), artist, illustrator, designer, actress
• Beth Diane Armstrong (born 1985), sculptor

B

• Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818–1899), amateur scientist, painter, poet
• Myfanwy Bekker (active since the 1970s), painter, ceramist, now living in Plettenberg Bay.
• Deborah Bell (born 1957), painter, sculptor
• Frida Blumenberg (born 1935), sculptor
• Dineo Seshee Bopape (born 1981), multimedia artist
• Candice Breitz (born 1972), artist working with video and photography, educator
• Sarah Britten (born 1974), writer, lipstick artist
• Rhona Brown (1922–2014), botanical artist

C

• Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010), abstract painter
• Julia Rosa Clark (born 1975), contemporary artist
• Gillian Condy (born 1953), botanical artist

D

• Angela de Jesus (born 1982), visual artist, curator
• Mbali Dhlamini (born 1990)
• Ethel May Dixie (1876–1973), botanical artist
• Marlene Dumas (born 1953), visual artist, now in Amsterdam

F

• Faith47 (born 1979), multimedia artist
• Marianne Fannin (1845–1938), Irish botanical artist, worked in South Africa

G

• Ambra Gambale (active since 2010), jewellery designer
• Allerley Glossop (1870–1955), painter
• Sophy Gray (1814–1871), artist, architect
• Liza Grobler (born 1974), mixed media artist
• Louise Guthrie (1879–1966), botanist, botanical artist

H

• Cecil Higgs (1898–1986), painter
• Philippa Hobbs (born 1955), art historian, artist
• Rosa Hope (1902–1972), English-born South African painter

J

• Barbara Jeppe (1921–1999), botanical artist
• Svea Josephy (born 1969), fine arts photographer, educator

K

• Marlise Keith (born 1972), artist working in ink, pencil, acrylics

L

• Maggie Laubser (1886–1973), painter, printmaker
• Cythna Letty (1895–1985), botanical artist

M

• Noria Mabasa (born 1938), sculptor, ceramist
• Esther Mahlangu (born 1935), Ndebele painter
• Anja Marais (born 1974), sculptor, multi-disciplinary artist
• Judith Mason (1938–2016), painter, mixed media artist, textile designer
• Jacki McInnes (born 1966), painter
• Nandipha Mntambo (born 1982), sculptor, video artist
• Sethembile Msezane (born 1991), visual artist, public speaker and performer
• Zanele Muholi (born 1972), photographer, video artist, installation artist

N

• Allina Ndebele (born 1939), artist and weaver
• Robyn Nesbitt (born 1984), contemporary artist

P

• Diana Page (born 1965), installation artist, now in Istanbul
• Carolyn Parton (born 1964), contemporary artist
• Barbara Pike (born 1933), botanical painter
• Karabo Poppy (born 1992), illustrator
• Deborah Poynton (born 1970), painter

R

• Tracey Rose (born 1974), contemporary artist
• Arabella Elizabeth Roupell (1817–1914), British botanical artist working in South Africa

S

• Ruth Sacks (born 1977), installation artist
• Berni Searle (born 1964), contemporary artist
• Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi (born 1943), sculptor and painter in pastel, acrylic and oil paint
• Mary Sibande (born 1982), sculptor
• Penny Siopis (born 1953), painter, installation artist
• Buhlebezwe Siwani (born 1987), multidisciplinary artist
• Kathryn Smith (born 1975), artist, curator, researcher
• Doreen Southwood (born 1974), multimedia artist
• Mary Stainbank (1899–1996), sculptor
• Irma Stern (1894–1966), prominent painter
• Pamela Stretton (born 1980), digital artist
• Maud Sumner (1902–1985), painter

T

• Jill Trappler (born 1957), painter, weaver, installation artist
• Alys Fane Trotter (1862–1961), Irish poet and artist, remembered for her illustrations of the Cape district

U

• Jeannette Unite (born 1964), Earth mining artist, collects minerals, oxides for art materials and photographs industrial sites.

V

• Marjorie van Heerden (born 1949), writer, illustrator
• Thelma Van Rensburg (born 1969), artist working with ink, pencil and charcoal
• Minnette Vári (born 1968), installation artist
• Diane Victor (born 1964), artist, printmaker

W

• Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst (1920–1994), botanical artist
• Sue Williamson (born 1941), multimedia artist, curator