Colin John McCahon was a New Zealand artist whose work over 45 years consisted of various styles, including landscape, figuration, abstraction, and the overlay of painted text. Along with Toss Woollaston and Rita Angus, McCahon is credited with introducing modernism to New Zealand in the mid-20th century. He is regarded as New Zealand's most important modern artist, particularly in his landscape work.
Frances Mary Hodgkins was a New Zealand painter chiefly of landscape, and for a short period was a designer of textiles. Born in Dunedin, she was educated Dunedin School of Art, then became an art teacher, earning money to study in England.
Sir Mountford Tosswill "Toss" Woollaston was a New Zealand artist. He is regarded as one of the most important New Zealand painters of the 20th century.
Michael Duncan Smither is a New Zealand painter and composer.
Diggeress Rangituatahi Te Kanawa was a New Zealand Māori tohunga raranga of Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Kinohaku descent. At the time of her death she was regarded as New Zealand's most renowned weaver.
Kiritapu Lyndsay Allan is a New Zealand lawyer and former politician. She was a member of Parliament (MP) in the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023, representing the Labour Party in the East Coast electorate.
Veronica Cummings (1891–1940) was a New Zealand painter and a student of C.F. Goldie. She is known for her oil paintings of Māori people.
Maude Burge was a New Zealand painter influenced by James Nairn. She spent time as an expatriate artist specifically in Europe. Burge was a painting companion of Frances Hodgkins who called Maude Burge a "charming changeable woman" in her published letters. They painted together at the Burge family home in St. Tropez and in Ibiza. Burge's paintings are held in the permanent collection of Auckland Art Gallery, the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the National Art Gallery of New Zealand, the Fletcher Trust Collection, the National Library of New Zealand and among private art collectors in the northern and southern hemispheres. Burge exhibited her paintings at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts.
Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999) was a New Zealand painter, born in Auckland, New Zealand.
Frances Moran Rutherford was an artist, an occupational therapist and educator who was instrumental in gaining recognition for occupational therapy in New Zealand.
Grace Ellen Butler was a New Zealand artist.
Carole Marie Shepheard is a New Zealand artist. She specialises in printmaking and her work is held in national and international collections including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.
Elizabeth Jamaux Curnow, commonly known as Betty Curnow, was a New Zealand artist.
Maria Olsen was a New Zealand painter and sculptor.
Luise Fong is a Malaysian-born New Zealand artist.
Kate Sylvester is a New Zealand fashion designer known for combining sportswear, lingerie and traditional tailoring. Her designs are often influenced by books or art, and the fashion of the 1930s and 1950s. Former Fashion Quarterly editor Fiona Hawtin has called Sylvester one of the stalwarts of New Zealand fashion. Metro Magazine named her one of New Zealand's top five designers. In 2019 Sylvester co-founded Mindful Fashion, a clothing and textiles collective.
Janet Lesley Bayly is a New Zealand photographer, museum director and curator and is an authority on the works of Frances Hodgkins. Her photographic works are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Christchurch Art Gallery, and the Sarjeant Gallery.
Sarah Dutt is a New Zealand artist of Māori and Fijian-Indian heritage. She is a founder and member of The Kshetra Collective, a diverse group of artists in New Zealand of Indian heritage.
Elizabeth Aroha Ellis is a New Zealand painter and Māori arts advocate.
Fibre Gallery is a Pacific Gallery based in Christchurch, New Zealand, run by Pasifika New Zealanders to serve South Island's Pacific community. The gallery is owned by the Tagata Moana Trust. Fibre Gallery is founded by Nina Oberg Humphries.
