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.

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: 

• 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

• 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
• 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 ^[1]
• 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. Hetherington, Les, "Lempriere, Helen Dora (1907–1991)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 14 June 2021