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

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* 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 Alsop (1871–1958), painter
* 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

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* 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
* Clare Belfrage (born 1966), glass artist
* 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
* Susan Betts, artist and illustrator
* Kate Beynon (born 1970), Hong Kong born, painter
* Annette Bezor (1950–2020), painter
* Vivienne Binns (born 1940), painter
* Rowena Birkett (1860–1915), scientific illustrator and artist
* 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 (born 1954), 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

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* Enid Cambridge (1903–1976), artist and art teacher
* 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
* Evelyn Chapman (1888–1961), painter
* 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 (born 1961), 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

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* 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 (born 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

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* 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

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* Cherine Fahd (born 1974), photography, video performance
* Mary Featherston (born 1943), interior designer, furniture designer, children's play and learning designer
* Myra Felton (1835–1920), photographer and oil painter
* 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

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* 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 (born 1946), artist, curator and arts worker of Aboriginal descent
* Melanie Greensmith (born 1964), fashion designer
* Ina Gregory (1874–1964), painter
* Edith Grieve (1892–1972), commercial artist, illustrator
* Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), artist, architect
* Rhiana Griffith (born 1985), 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

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* 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
* Pat Hillcoat (1935–2022), nurse, feminist, activist and artist
* 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

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* Adelaide Ironside (1831–1867), painter
* Pamela Irving (born 1960), ceramist, sculptor, printmaker
* Jean Isherwood (1911–2006), painter
* Linde Ivimey (born 1965), sculptor

## J

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* 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
* Amy Jirwulurr Johnson (1953–2016)
* 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. 1931), painter
* Kate Just (born 1974), US-born, sculptor, textile artist

## K

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* 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
* Nancy Kilgour (1904–1954), painter
* Ethel A. King (1879–1939), scientific illustrator
* Inge King (1915–2016), German-born sculptor
* Leah King-Smith (born 1956), photographer
* Linda Klarfeld (born 1978), 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
* Justine Kong Sing (1868–1960), miniaturist
* Yvonne Koolmatrie (born 1944), weaver
* Eveline Kotai (born 1950), collage artist
* Maria Kozic (born 1957), feminist painter, sculptor, designer, musician, and video artist
* Angkuna Kulyuru (born 1943), Aboriginal batik artist and print maker

## L

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* Vida Lahey (1882–1968), painter
* Rosemary Laing (1959–2024), 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

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* 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
* Carol McGregor (born 1961), Indigenous multi-media installation artist
* 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
* 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

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* 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 (born 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 (c. 1936–2024), painter, installation artist

## O

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* 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 (living), installation artist and art educator

## P

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* 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
* 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. 1939), painter
* Minnie Pwerle (died 2006), painter
* Mabel Pye (1894–1982), painter, print maker

## Q

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* Mandy Quadrio (living), contemporary artist

## R

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* 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 (living), 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

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* Jenny Sages (born 1933), Chinese-born painter, illustrator
* Kathleen Sauerbier (1903–1991), modernist artist
* 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
* Jacqui Stockdale (born 1968), contemporary artist
* 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

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* 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
* Ellen Trevorrow (born 1955), Ngarrindjeri weaver
* 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

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* Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann (born 1950), painter, educator

## V

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* 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

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* 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 (1948–2024), 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
* Liz Williamson (1949–2024), textile artist, educator
* 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

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* Bin Xie (born 1957), Chinese-born painter

## Y

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* 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

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* Anne Zahalka (born 1957), photographer
* Carla Zampatti (1942–2021), fashion designer
* Aheda Zanetti (born 1967), fashion designer

## References

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

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