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.
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Anita Aarons (1912–2000), sculptorPrue Acton (born 1943), fashion designerYilpi Adamson (born 1954), textile artist, painterHoda Afshar (born 1983), Iranian born, photographerAlison Alder (born 1958), screenprinterJoyce Allan (1896–1966), scientific illustratorMicky Allan (born 1944), photographerBeverly Allen (born 1945), botanical artistDavida Allen (born 1951), painter, filmmaker, writerMary Cecil Allen (1893–1962), painter, writerLily Allport (1860–1949), oil painter, watercolouristEdith Alsop (1871–1958), painterEdith Susan Gerard Anderson (1880–1961), painter, artist's model, writerEthel Anderson (1883–1958), painter and writerDaisy Andrews (c. 1934/1935–2015), painterJean Appleton (1911–2003), painter, print makerJean Baptiste Apuatimi (1940–2013), painterKerry Argent (born 1960), illustratorElizabeth Armstrong (1859–1930), painterAlison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987), botanical artistOlive Ashworth (1915–2000), artist, textile designer, photographerCristina Asquith Baker (1868–1960), painter, print makerMireille Astore (born 1961), Lebanese-born photographer, sculptor, performance artist, writerLouisa Atkinson (1834–1872), illustrator, botanist, writerYvonne Audette (born 1930), painterAustralian poster collectives , 1960s, 70s and 80s, women were leaders in the poster collective movementNarelle Autio (born 1969), photographer
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Jeannie Baker (born 1950), British-born author and illustratorMaringka Baker (born c. 1952), painterMarie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954), Swiss-born painterAlice Marian Ellen Bale (1875–1955), painterBronwyn Bancroft (born 1958), fashion designer, illustratorJenny Bannister (born 1954), fashion designerShirley Barber (1935–2023), author and illustratorIrene Barberis (born 1953), English-born painter, installation artist, drawerAgnes Barker (1907–2008), potter, craftworkerCaroline Barker (1894–1988), painterElsie Barlow (1876–1948), painter, printmakerGwen Barringer (1882–1960), watercolouristEthel Barringer (1883–1925), etcherNadia Bartel (born 1985), fashion designerDel Kathryn Barton (born 1972), painterMargaret Francis Ellen Baskerville (1861–1930), sculptor, painterZara Bate (1909–1989), fashion designerClarice Beckett (1887–1935), painterBianca Beetson , sculptor, painter, installation artist, photographer, ceramistDianne Beevers (born 1946), painter, printmaker, jewellerEugenie Keefer Bell (born 1951), jewellery designer, makerLisa Bellear (1961–2006), photographer, poet, dramatist, comedianJean Bellette (1908–1991), painterAllana Beltran , performance artistCharmaine Bennell (fl 2000s), illustratorJane Bennett (born 1960), painterPortia Mary Bennett (1898–1989), painterEva Benson (1875–1949), sculptorDanelle Bergstrom (born 1957), painterMartha Berkeley (1813–1899), painterLauren Berkowitz (born 1965), painterDorothy Berry (born 1942), pastel artistMoira Bertram (born 1929), comic artist, illustratorSusan Betts , artist and illustratorKate Beynon (born 1970), Hong Kong born, painterAnnette Bezor (1950–2020), painterVivienne Binns (born 1940), painterRowena Birkett (1860–1915), scientific illustrator and artistKarna Maria Birmingham (1900–1987), painter, illustrator and print makerDorrit Black (1891–1951), painter, printmakerFreya Blackwood (born 1975), illustrator, special effects artistFlorence Turner Blake (1873–1959), painterSusannah Blaxill (fl 2000s), botanical artistElise Blumann (1897–1990), painterYvonne Boag (born 1954), painterBoomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative (1987–), founded by ten Aboriginal artists, six of whom are womenSusie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c. 1935–2003), painterMarion Borgelt (born 1954), painter, installation artist, mixed media artistPolly Borland (born 1959), photographerNancy Borlase (1914–2006), painter, art criticPaula Bossio (fl 2000), illustratorG. W. Bot (born 1954), printmaker, sculptor, painter, graphic artistPenny Bovell (born 1956), painter, art historianStella Bowen (1893–1947), painterViolet Bowring (1890–1980), painter and miniaturistDoris Boyd (1888–1960), painter, ceramistEdith Susan Boyd (1880–1961), painter and dramatistEmma Minnie Boyd (1858–1936), painterYvonne Boyd artist (1920–2013), art patron, and philanthropistTega Brain (fl 2012), digital artistJoan Brassil (1919–2005), installation artistPat Brassington (born 1942), photographer, digital artistDorothy Mary Braund (1926–2013), painterKate Breakey (born 1957), photographerAngela Brennan (born 1960), painter, ceramistLauren Brincat (born 1980), performance, installation artistFlorence Broadhurst (1899–1977), painter, fabric and wallpaper designerAnmanari Brown , painterNyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011), indigenous painterJanet Burchill (born 1955), contemporary artist, multiple disciplinesLina Bryans (1909–2000), painterNorma Bull (1906–1980), painter, printmaker, etcherFrances Mary Burke (1904–1994), textile designerJane Burton (born 1966), photographerJessamine Buxton (1895–1966), painter and sculptor
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Enid Cambridge (1903–1976), artist and art teacherBarbara Campbell (born 1961), performance and installation artistCressida Campbell (born 1960), printmakerJoan Campbell (1925–1997), ceramistJane Cannan (1822–1861), painter, drawerFrances Cannon (born 1992), painter, drawerMaría Fernanda Cardoso (born 1963), installation artistEthel Carrick (1872–1952), painterMilyika Carroll (born 1958), Aboriginal artistKaren Casey (1856–2021), interdisciplinary Palawa artistMaie Casey, Baroness Casey (1892–1983), painter, illustratorJudy Cassab (1920–2015), Austrian-born painterAlex Cearns , photographerQueenie Chan (born 1980), Hong Kong-born comic artistAlice Chapman (1860–1929), painterDora Chapman (1911–1995), painter, silk-screen printer, potter and art teacherSusien Chong (fl 2000s), fashion designerConnie Christie (1908–1989), children's writer/illustrator, photographer and commercial artistJulia Church (born 1959), painter, printmaker, graphic designerBetty Churcher (1931–2015), painter and arts administratorMargaret Cilento (1923–2006), painter, printmakerBree Kristel Clarke , photographerMaree Clarke (fl 1990s), Aboriginal artistSarah-Jane Clarke (fl 1999), fashion designerLorna Jane Clarkson (born 1964), fashion designerThelma Clune (1900–1992), sculptor, painterDensey Clyne (1922–2019), Welsh-born photographer, naturalist, writerElaine Coghlan (1897–1989), painter, print makerKay Cohen (born 1952), fashion designerOla Cohn (1892–1964), sculptorBindi Cole (born 1975), photographer, video artist, installation artistAmalie Sara Colquhoun (1894–1974), painter, stained glass artistSarah Contos , artist, installation artistSylvia Convey (born 1948), Latvian-born painter and print makerJustine Cooper (born 1968), animator, video artist, photographerJenny Coopes (born 1945), cartoonistMegan Cope (born 1982), Aboriginal artist, sculptor, video artistYvette Coppersmith (born 1980), painterEdith Corbet (1846–1920), landscape painterOlive Cotton (1911–2003), photographerVirginia Coventry (born 1942), photographerTheodora Cowan (1868–1949), sculptor, painterGrace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), painter, illustratorSybil Craig (1901–1989), painterKeri Craig-Lee (born 1958), fashion designerBrenda L Croft (born 1964), artist, curator, writer, educatorPeggie Crombie (1901–1984), modernist painterGrace Crowley (1890–1979), painterCecily Crozier (1911–2006), artist, poet, literary editorPhilippa Cullen (1950–1975), performance artistJanet Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960), painterElisabeth Cummings (born 1934), painterNici Cumpston (born 1963), painter, photographerVirginia Cuppaidge (born 1943), contemporary abstract expressionist painterDagmar Evelyn Cyrulla (fl 1988), painter
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Anne Dangar (1885–1951), painter, potterDolly Nampijinpa Daniels (1936–2004), painterBeatrice Darbyshire (1901–1988), artist, printmakerVicki Darken (1923–2014), landscape painterLiz Davenport (born 1945), fashion designerMalpiya Davey (fl 2000s), aboriginal ceramistBessie Davidson (1879–1965), painterOlive Blanche Davies (1884–1976/7), botanical illustratorPulpurru Davies (born 1940s), aboriginal artistDebra Dawes (born 1955), painterJanet Dawson (born 1935), paintereX De Medici (born 1959), visual artistDestiny Deacon (1957–2024), photographerRachel Dean (fl 2010), fashion designerUna Deerbon (1882–1972), potterLinda Dement (born 1960), photographer, digital artistAileen Dent (1890–1978), painterMaggie Diaz (1925–2016), photographerKarla Dickens (born 1967), installation artistDorothy Djukulul (born 1942), painter and installation artistRosemary Dobson (1920–2012), illustratorMargaret Dodd (1941– ), artist who works in ceramics and film/videoShay Docking (1928–1998), landscape drawingAnnie Dorrington (1866–1926), painter, flag designerMel Douglas (born 1978), glass artistMargaret Dredge (1928–2001), painter, print makerPippin Drysdale (born 1943), ceramistSlawa Duldig (1901–1975), painter, interior designerLesley Dumbrell (born 1941), abstract painterJan Dunn (1940–2002), ceramicist, potter, teacherElizabeth Durack (1915–2000), painter, writerOlive Dutton Green (1878–1930), painterMikala Dwyer (born 1959), sculptorAnne Dybka (1922–2007), English-born Australian glass engraverMoya Dyring (1909–1967), painter
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Helen Eager (born 1952), painter, printmakerLeona Edmiston (fl 2001), fashion designerMargery Edwards (1933–1989), mixed media artist, painterPip Edwards (born 1980), fashion designerMary Edwell-Burke (1894–1988), painterBernice E. Edwell (1880–1962), painterSharyn Egan (born 1957), painter, sculptor, weaverFrances Dolina Ellis (1900–1971), artist, printmaker, teacherBonita Ely (born 1946), performance artistPatricia Englund (1922–2004), painter and potterEsther Erlich (born 1955), painterJessie Lavington Evans (1860–1943), painterJoyce Evans (1929–2019), photographerMegan Evans (fl 2000s), interdisciplinary artistMary Alice Evatt (1898–1973), painter, arts patronLina Eve (born 1946), painter, photographer, filmmaker, singerJoyce Vera Mary Ewart (1916–1964), painter, graphic artist, teacher
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Cherine Fahd (born 1974), photography, video performanceMary Featherston (born 1943), interior designer, furniture designer, children's play and learning designerAnne Ferran (born 1949), photographerSusan Fereday (1810–1878), botanical artistSusan Fereday (born 1959), photographer, installation artistTania Ferrier (born 1958), painter, installation artist, feminist fashionClaire Field (fl 2010s), visual artist, curatorJanet Fieldhouse (born 1971), ceramic artistMary Finnin (1906–1992), painter and poetFlamingo Park Frock Salon (1973–1992), Jenny Kee, Linda Jackson, fashion designersMaude Edith Victoria Fleay (1869–1965), wildlife painterRosie Nangala Fleming (born 1928), painterEmily Floyd (born 1972), public artist, sculptor, printmakerFiona Foley (born 1964), painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor, installation artistSue Ford (1943–2009), photographerDorothea Francis (1903–1976), painter and illustratorCamilla Franks (born 1976), fashion designerVirginia Fraser (1947–2021), filmmaker, writer, curator, advocate for women artistsZoe Freney , painterElla Fry (1916–1997), painterFlorence Fuller (1867–1946), South African-born painterMari Funaki (1950–2010), Japanese-born contemporary jeweller, metal-smith, sculptor
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Sally Gabori / Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda (1924–2015), artistKiley Gaffney (living), performance artist, musicianSilvana Gardner (born 1942), visual artist, writerRosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), New Zealand-born sculptorMarea Gazzard (1928–2013), sculptor, ceramistPortia Geach (1873–1959), portrait painter, feministAnne Geddes (born 1956), photographerMary Gedye (1834–1876), painterKaren Gee (born 1973), fashion designerDiena Georgetti (born 1966), contemporary painterKate Geraghty (born 1972), photographerLisa Gervasoni (born 1969), photographer, strategic plannerMay Gibbs (1877–1969), children's book illustrator, cartoonist, authorTopsy Gibson Napaltjarri (born c. 1950), indigenous artistEnid Gilchrist (c. 1917–2007), fashion designerSimryn Gill (born 1959), sculpture, photography, drawing, writing, publishingValerie Glover (fl 2002), collage artist using acrylics and mixed mediaAnna Glynn (born 1958), contemporary visual artistMira Gojak (born 1963), sculptorAgnes Goodsir (1864–1939), portrait painterLisa Gorman (fl 1999), fashion designerAgatha Gothe-Snape (born 1980), artist (various media)Elizabeth Gower (born 1952), abstract artistAlma Nungarrayi Granites (1955–2017), Warlpiri artistJacqui Grantford (born 1967), painter, illustratorSiv Grava (born 1954), visual artistElizabeth Gray (1837–1903), Irish-born painter, etcherVirginia Grayson (born 1967), visual artist, winner of the Dobell Drawing PrizeJuli Grbac (born 1978), fashion designerDenise Green (born 1946), painterJillian Green (born 1975), artist who explores spiritual themesRona Green (born 1972), printmaker, painter, drawer, sculptorNicki Greenberg (born 1974), comic artist, illustratorLola Greeno (1946– ), artist, curator and arts worker of Aboriginal descentMelanie Greensmith (born 1964), fashion designerIna Gregory (1874–1964), painterMarion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), artist, architectRhiana Griffith (born 1989), actress and painterMay Grigg (1885–1969), painterAnn Grocott (born 1938), writer and painterJoan Grounds (born 1939), ceramics, sculpture, sound art, film, performance artNornie Gude (1915–2002), painterHenrietta Maria Gulliver (1886–1945), painterMalaluba Gumana (born 1953), Aboriginal painterNorah Gurdon (1882–1974), painterMargaret Gurney (born 1943), painter, graphic artistJulia Gutman (born 1993), painter, textile artist
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Emma Hack (born 1972), photographerMarie Hagerty (born 1964), artist, painter and teacherJenny Hale (born 1959), children's book illustrator, authorFiona Margaret Hall (born 1953), photographer, sculptorDeborah Halpern (born 1957), sculptor, mosaic artist, ceramistTina Haim-Wentscher (1887–1974), German-Australian sculptorAlice Hambidge (1869–1947), painterMichelle Hamer (born 1975), textile artistMisses Jane and Mary Hampson (Jane 1873–1950, Mary 1868–1944), quilt makersLyn Hancock (born 1938), photographer, writerMarjorie Hann (1916–2011), commercial artist and cartoonistTsering Hannaford (born 1987), painterBarbara Hanrahan (1939–1991), painter, printmaker, writerFlorence May Harding (1908–1971), print maker, illustratorLily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves (1930–2018), painterMelinda Harper (born 1965), abstract artistKatherine Hattam (born 1950), painterPonch Hawkes (born 1946), photographerMaude Haydon (1886–1978), pastoral and landscape artistElaine Haxton (1909–1999), painter, print maker, commercial artistClaire Healy (born 1971), installation artist in collaboration with Sean CordeiroLouise Hearman (born 1963), painterMarcella Hempel (1915–2010), textile artist, second generation Bauhaus master weaver and lecturer in textilesBelynda Henry , landscape artistDeirdre Henty-Creer (1918–2012), painterMona Hessing (1933–2001), fibre artist and weaverJoy Hester (1920–1960), painter, poetNora Heysen (1911–2003), painterJacqueline Hick (1919–2004), painterAlannah Hill (born 1962), fashion designerElvie Hill (1917–2018), fashion designerKit Hiller (born 1948), linocut printer, oil painterMargel Hinder (1906–1995), Australian-American modernist sculptorAlice Hinton-Bateup (born 1950), artist, printmakerRhyl Hinwood (born 1940), sculptorNoela Hjorth (1940–2016), painter, sculptorLisa Ho (born 1960), fashion designerNaomi Hobson (born 1979), painterEdith Lilla Holmes (1893–1973), painterElizabeth Honey (born 1947), illustratorPaji Honeychild Yankarr (c. 1912–2004), aboriginal artistGreer Honeywill (born 1945), conceptual artistCherry Hood (born 1950), painterJudy Horacek (born 1961), cartoonistMargaret Horder (1903–1978), artist, children's book illustratorMarie Horseman (1911–1974), cartoonist, illustrator, fashion designerValma Howell (1896–1979), painter, actressPolly Hurry (1883–1963), painterMargot Hutcheson (born 1952), British-born painter
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Ethel Jackson Morris (1891–1995), illustratorLinda Jackson (born 1950), fashion designerAnn James (born 1952), children's book illustrator, graphic designerBeril Jents (1918–2013), fashion designerNatalie Jeremijenko (born 1966), installation artistCarol Jerrems (1949–1980), photographerNatasha Johns-Messenger (born 1970), installation artist, photographerHelen Johnson (born 1979), painter, academicAnne Jolliffe (1933–2021), animatorPeggy Napangardi Jones (1951–2014), painterEllen Jose (1951–2017), photographer, printmakerNarelle Jubelin (born 1960), sculptor, printmaker, multimedia installation artistAnne Judell (born 1942), drawerMabel Juli (born c. 1933), painterKate Just (born 1974), US-born, sculptor, textile artist
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Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), Iranian-born painterHanna Kay (living), Israeli-born painterJenny Kee (born 1947), fashion designerJennifer Keeler-Milne (born 1961), painter, drawerAnwen Keeling (born 1976), portrait painterJosepha Petrick Kemarre (born 1940s or 1950s), indigenous artist and painterTjungkara Ken (born 1969), painterCaroline Kennedy-McCracken (born 1967), musician, painter, sculptorLucy Napaljarri Kennedy (born 1926), indigenous artist and painterRachel Khedoori (born 1964), painter, sculptorToba Khedoori (born 1964), mixed media painterEthel A. King (1879–1939), scientific illustratorInge King (1915–2016), German-born sculptorLeah King-Smith (born 1956), photographerLinda Klarfeld (born 1976), sculptorAnita Klein (born 1960), painter, printmakerAnastasia Klose (born 1978), performance artist, installation artistSue Kneebone (born 1963), ceramicist, mixed media, photomontageEmily Kngwarreye (1910–1996), artist, batiks, painterLisette Kohlhagen (1890–1969), painterJustine Kong Sing (1868–1960), miniaturistYvonne Koolmatrie (born 1944), weaverEveline Kotai (born 1950), collage artistMaria Kozic (1957– ), feminist painter, sculptor, designer, musician, and video artistAngkuna Kulyuru (born 1943), Aboriginal batik artist and print maker
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Vida Lahey (1882–1968), painterRosemary Laing (born 1959), photographerClaire Lambe (born 1962), sculptorPat Larter (1936–1996), mail artist, photographer, performance artist, painterJanet Laurence (born 1947), mixed media artist, installation artistSimone LeAmon (born 1971), designer, artist, curatorHelen Lempriere (1907–1991), painter[ 1] Alison Lester (born 1952), illustratorSandra Leveson (born 1944), painter, print makerDorothy Leviny (1881–1968), painter and metalworkerMary Leunig (born 1950), cartoonistMadeline Lewellin (1854–1944), painter, plant collectorMargo Lewers (1908–1978), interdisciplinary abstract artistBettina Liano (born 1966), fashion designerKay Lindjuwanga (born 1957), bark painterJoan Lindsay (1896–1984), writer and visual artistRuby Lindsay (1885–1919), illustrator, painterMary Elizabeth Livingston (1857–1913), painterPamela Lofts (1949–2012), children's book illustrator, artistLoongkoonan (c. 1910–2018), painter, Aboriginal elderGretta Louw (born 1981), multimedia and digital artistMildred Lovett (1880–1955), china painterFiona Lowry (born 1974), painterValerie Lynch Napaltjarri (born 1970), painter, print maker
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Gail Mabo (born 1965), visual artistElisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004), illustratorConstance Jenkins Macky (1883–1961), Australian-American painterShirley Macnamara (born 1949), textile sculptor, painterMary Macqueen (1912–1994), printmaker, drawing, mixed media artistRosemary Madigan (1926–2019), sculptor, stonecarver, woodcarverRuth Maddison (born 1945), photographerBea Maddock (1934–2016), printmaker, painter, installation artistMaguerite Mahood (1901–1989), painter, ceramist, printmakerHilarie Mais (born 1952), abstract painter, sculptorGillian Mann (1939–2007), printmakerDiane Mantzaris (born 1962), digital artist, printmakerNonggirrnga Marawili (c. 1939–2023), painter, printmakerBanduk Marika (1954–2021), artist, printmakerStella Marks (1887–1985), painterLinda Marrinon (born 1959), painter, sculptorMandy Martin (1952–2021), contemporary painter, printmaker and teacherVirginia Martin (fl 2010), fashion designerNerine Martini (1968–2019), installation artistJenni Kemarre Martiniello (born 1949), Aboriginal glass artistMervinia Masterman (1901–1998), illustratorHelen Maudsley (born 1927), painter, visual essayistGaluma Maymuru (born 1951), painterDaphne Mayo (1895–1982), sculptorKathleen McArthur (1915–2001), botanical illustrator, environmentalist, naturalistAlice McCall (fl 2004), fashion designerJennifer McCamley (born 1957), conceptual artistMarie McMahon (born 1953), artist, printmakerGeorgiana McCrae (1804–1890), painter, diaristFrancine McDougall (living), filmmaker, photographerErica McGilchrist (1926–2014), painter, set and costume designerQueenie McKenzie (c. 1920–1998), painterNiah McLeod (born 1991), indigenous contemporary artistLucy McRae (born 1979), multimedia scientific fiction artistPenny Meagher (1935–1995), painterLilian Marguerite Medland (1880–1955), illustrator, painterJune Mendoza (1924–2024), portrait painterDora Meeson (1869–1955), painterAnnemieke Mein (born 1944), Dutch-born textile artistWolla Meranda (1863–1951), writer and illustratorMary Cockburn Mercer (1882–1963), painterBertha Merfield (1869–1921), painter, muralistLara Merrett (born 1971), visual artistAngelica Mesiti (born 1976), video artistSanné Mestrom (born 1979), sculptorMargaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), Polish-born photographerJan Mitchell (1940–2008), painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmakerJoanne Mitchelson (born 1971), painterTracey Moffatt (born 1960), photographer, filmmaker, video artistCheryl Moggs (living), watercolour painter, teacherAnne Montgomery (1908–1991), painter, print maker, muralistMay and Mina Moore (May 1881–1931, Minna 1882–1957), photographersMirka Mora (1928–2018), French-born painter, sculptor, mosaic artistPatricia Moran (1944–2017), painterHarriet Morgan (1830–1907), natural history illustratorSally Morgan (born 1951), illustrator, author, dramatistJoan Morrison (1911–1969), cartoonist and book illustratorChristine Morrow (born 1971), British-born visual artistEirene Mort (1879–1977), artist, art teacher, printmaker, cartoonist, fashion designerCeleste Mountjoy (living), artist, illustratorPatricia Mullins (born 1952), children's book illustratorRerrkirrwanga Mununggurr (born 1971), bark paintingJosephine Muntz Adams (1862–1949), painterMarrnyula Mununggurr (born 1964), Aboriginal painterRerrkirrwanga Mununggurr (born 1971), Aboriginal painterAlice Jane Muskett (1869–1936), painterVali Myers (1930–2003), visual artist and dancer
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Doreen Reid Nakamarra (c. 1955–2009), painterRuth Nalmakarra (born 1954), indigenous painter and weaverRosella Namok (born 1979), painterNarputta Nangala (1933–2010), painterYinarupa Nangala (born c. 1961), indigenous painterBiddy Rockman Napaljarri (born c. 1940), Warlpiri indigenous artist and painterKitty Pultara Napaljarri (born c. 1930), indigenous painterLouisa Napaljarri (1930–2001), Warlpiri indigenous artist and painterMona Rockman Napaljarri (born c. 1924), indigenous painter and potterAda Andy Napaltjarri (born c. 1954), indigenous painterDaisy Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1955–2008), painterEileen Napaltjarri (born 1956), indigenous painterHelen Nelson Napaljarri (born c. 1949), Aboriginal painterNorah Nelson Napaljarri (born 1956), Warlpiri indigenous artist and painterSheila Brown Napaljarri (c. 1940–2003), indigenous painterMolly Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1954–2011), painterNgoia Pollard Napaltjarri (c. 1948–2022), painterNora Andy Napaltjarri (born c. 1957), indigenous painterParara Napaltjarri (1944–2003), indigenous painterTjunkiya Napaltjarri (c. 1927–2009), painterWintjiya Napaltjarri (c. 1923–1934–2014), painterMakinti Napanangka (1930–2011), Pintupi indigenous artist and painterDorothy Napangardi (c. 1950s–2013), painterPansy Napangardi (born 1948), indigenous painterLily Kelly Napangardi (born c. 1948), painterYalti Napangati (born c. 1970), painterNell (born 1975), artist, performance, video, sculpture, paintingJan Nelson (born 1955), sculptor, photographer, painterNorah Nelson Napaljarri (born 1956), indigenous painterNorie Neumark (living), American-born sound artistLucy Newell (1906–1987), painter, textile printerAnn Newmarch (1945–2022), painter, printmaker, sculptorJune Newton (1923–2021), photographer, actressKathleen Ngale (born c. 1930), aboriginal Batik artist and painterMavis Ngallametta (1944–2019), painter, weaverHilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painterPhilippa Nikulinsky (1942), painter, illustratorDeborah Niland (born 1950), children's book illustrator, authorKilmeny Niland (1950–2009), painter, illustratorRose Nolan (born 1959), visual artistSusan Norrie (born 1953), painter, video artistBess Norriss (1878–1939), artistRosaleen Norton (1917–1979), painter, occultistGabriella Possum Nungurrayi (born 1967), contemporary indigenous artistNaata Nungurrayi (born 1932), indigenous painterLena Nyadbi (born c. 1936), painter, installation artist
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Denese Oates (born 1955), sculptorCarla O'Brien (living), installation artistKathleen O'Brien (1914–1991), comic artist, illustrator, fashion artistMel O'Callaghan (born 1975), contemporary artist, video, performance, sculpture, installation, paintingAilsa O'Connor (1921–1980), sculptor, painter, teacher, activistKathleen O'Connor (1876–1968), New Zealand-born painterHelen Ogilvie (1902–1993), painter, printmakerPixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born illustrator, cartoonist, painter, authorDora Ohlfsen-Bagge (1869–1948), sculptor and medallistBronwyn Oliver (1959–2006), sculptorNarelle Oliver (1960–2016), painter, print maker, illustratorMargaret Olley (1923–2011), painterRosemary Opala (1923–2008), illustrator, writer, nurseMandy Ord (born 1974), comic artistRaquel Ormella (born 1969), multimedia artistJan Ormerod (1946–2013), illustratorJill Orr (born 1952), performance artist, photographer, installation artistMaria Josette Orsto (1962–2020), painter, printmaker, sculptorIda Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960), children's book illustratorBrigita Ozolins , installation artist and art educator
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Ewa Pachucka (1936–2020), textile artist, sculptorMargaret Paice (1920–2016), commercial artist, illustratorJosonia Palaitis (born 1949), painterPolixeni Papapetrou (1960–2018), photographerWendy Paramor (1938–1975), painter, sculptorJacki Parry (born 1941), painter, print makerKlytie Pate (1912–2010), ceramistEsther Paterson (1892–1971), painter, cartoonist, book illustratorAnelia Pavlova (born 1956), Bulgarian-born painter, printmaker, illustrator, ceramistSue Pedley (born 1954), multimedia artistAdelaide Perry (1891–1973), artist, printmaker, art teacherKatie Perry (born 1980), fashion designerGloria Petyarre (1942–2021), painterJeanna Petyarre (born 1950), painterKathleen Petyarre (c. 1940–2018), painterJeanna Petyarre (born 1950), painterNancy Petyarre (died 2009), painterCaroline Phillips (born 1966), sculptorDebra Phillips (born 1958), photographer, sculptorFrances Phoenix (1950–2017), artist, needlework, poster designerPatricia Piccinini (born 1965), mixed media artist, painter, sculptor, digital artist, installation artistJulianne Pierce (living), new media artist, curator, art criticRosslynd Piggott (born 1958), installation artist. painterGwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), ceramistAnne Pincus (born 1961), painter, sculptorLillian Louisa Pitts (1872–1947), photographerKerrie Poliness (born 1962), conceptual artistElizabeth Presa (born 1956), visual artistMargaret Preston (1875–1963), painter, printmakerJane Price (1860–1948), painterThea Proctor (1879–1966), painterBetty Kuntiwa Pumani (born 1963), painterAngelina Pwerle (born c. 1946), painterMinnie Pwerle (died 2006), painterMabel Pye (1894–1982), painter, print maker
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Melinda Rackham (born 1959), digital artistStephanie Radok (born 1954), artist, writer, curatorIso Rae (1860–1940), impressionist painterTamara Ralph (born 1981), fashion designerJessica Rankin (born 1971), embroidererEugenia Raskopoulos (born 1959), photography, video artr e a (born 1962), photographer, installation artistGeraldine Rede (1874–1943), artistJacky Redgate (born 1955), sculptor, installation artist, photographerNorma Redpath (1928–2013), painter, sculptorAlison Rehfisch (1900–1974), painterGladys Reynell (1881–1956), potterKate Rich (living), sound artist, video artistSally Rippin , children's writer and illustratorTherese Ritchie (born 1961), contemporary artist, writer, graphic designerHilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painterFreda Rhoda Robertshaw (1916–1997), artist, painterPeggy Rockman Napaljarri (born c.1940), indigenous artist and painterToni Robertson (born 1953), visual artist, art historian printmakerAmanda Robins (born 1961), painter, drawerJulia Robinson (born 1981), sculptor, textile artistFlorence Aline Rodway (1881–1971), painter, drawer, portrait artistLisa Roet (born 1967), sculptor, drawer, photographer, filmmakerRomance was born (founded 2005), fashion house, designers Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales Madeleine Rosca (born 1977), comic artistAnne Ross (born 1959), fanciful bronze sculpturesJoan Ross (born 1961), mixed media painterMaggie Napaljarri Ross (born c.1940), aboriginal painterCelia Rosser (born 1930), botanical illustratorDaisy Rossi (1879–1974), painter, interior designerCaroline Rothwell (born 1967), sculptor, installation artistCybele Rowe (born 1963), ceramistRachel Roxburgh (1915–1991), painter, potterJulie Rrap (born 1950), photographer, sculptor, painterCarol Rudyard (1922–2021), visual artistNura Rupert (born c. 1933), printmaker, painterLola Ryan (1925–2003), shellworkerRosemary Ryan (1926–1996), painterTherese Ryder (born 1946), painter, linguist
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Jenny Sages (born 1933), Chinese-born painter, illustratorKathleen Sauerbier (1903–1991), modernist artistYhonnie Scarce (born 1973), glass artistMargaret Scobie (born 1948), aboriginal artist and painterJoyce Scott (born 1938), painter and ceramistHelena Scott (1832–1910), natural history illustratorNicola Scott (living), comic artistSheila Scotter (1920–2012), fashion designerMargaret Senior (1917–1995), illustratorDora Serle (1875–1968), painterRaelene Sharp (born 1957), portrait painterWendy Sharpe (born 1960), painterHeather Shimmen (born 1957), painter, printmakerIvy Shore (1915–1999), painterIrena Sibley (1943–2009), painter, illustratorDawn Sime (1932–2001), abstract painterNorah Simpson (1895–1974), painterAlexia Sinclair (born 1976), photographerSally Smart (born 1960), assemblage installation artistGemma Smith (born 1978), painter, sculptorGrace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), painter, illustratorTreania Smith (1901–1990), painter, sculptor, art dealer and gallery ownerWendy Solling (1926–2002), sculptorClara Southern (1861–1940), painterBianca Spender (born 1977), fashion designerRuby Spowart (born 1928), photographerEthel Spowers (1890–1947), printmaker, illustratorRobyn Stacey (born 1952), photographer, photo-artistPaula Stafford (1920–2022), fashion designerMiriam Stannage (1939–2016), painter, printmaker, photographerMadonna Staunton (1938–2019), artist, poetSophie Steffanoni (1873–1906), landscape painter, embroidererJune Ethel Stephenson (1914–1999), painter, printmakerAmanda Stewart (born 1959), performance artist, poetJanet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960), painterKunmanara Stewart (c.1938–2012), indigenous artist and painterMary Stoddard (1852–1901), Scottish-born painterConstance Stokes (1906–1991), painter, drawerDorothy Stoner (1904–1992), painterMarina Strocchi (born 1961), painterNora Sumberg (born 1956), landscape painterJane Sutherland (1853–1928), landscape painterRuth Sutherland (1884–1948), painterChern'ee Sutton (born 1996), contemporary visual artistHeather B. Swann (born 1961), sculptorJo Sweatman (1872–1956), painterLinda Syddick Napaltjarri (born c. 1937), painterEveline Winifred Syme (1888–1961), painter, printmaker
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Takariya Napaltjarri (born c. 1960), indigenous artist and painterJane Tanner (born 1946), children's book illustratorTjunkaya Tapaya (born 1947), aboriginal batik artistRuth Tarvydas (c. 1947–2014), fashion designerLatai Taumoepeau (born 1972), contemporary artistPulya Taylor (born 1931), sculptor, craftsmaker, woodworkerStephanie Taylor (1899–1974), artist, printmaker, gallerist, lecturer, art writer, broadcasterViolet Teague (1872–1951), painter, mural designerKathy Temin (born 1968), synthetic fur artistBetty Temple Watts (1901–1992), illustratorThancoupie (1937–2011), sculptor, artistShona Joy Thatcher (fl 2000), fashion designerMargaret Thomas (1842–1929), painter, writerAnn Thomson (born 1933), painter and sculptorLesbia Thorpe (1919–2009), printmakerEmma Timbery (c. 1842–1916), shellworkerEsme Timbery (1931–2023), shellworkerWingu Tingima (died 2010), painterTjanpi Desert Weavers (from 1995), weaversTopsy Tjulyata (born 1931), sculptor, craftsmaker, woodworkerJasmine Togo-Brisby (born 1982), sculptorSophia Tolli (fl 2006), fashion designerAida Tomescu (born 1955), Romanian-born painterMollie Tomlin (1923–2009), painterMary Tonkin (born 1973), drawerJessie Traill (1881–1967), printmaker, painterEllen Trevorrow (born 1955), Ngarrindjeri weaverBarbara Tribe (1913–2000), sculptor, painterZoja Trofimiuk (born 1952), Czech-born sculptor, printmakerMarie Tuck (1866–1947), painter, art educatorRuth Tuck (1914–2008), painterMaringka Tunkin (born 1959), artist, painterMazie Turner (1954–2014), painter, photographer, sculptorIsabel May Tweddle (1875–1945), painter
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Megan Walch (born 1967), painterAnna Frances Walker (1830–1913), illustratorRose A. Walker (1879–1942), painterTheresa Walker (1807–1876), sculptor, wax modellerAnne Wallace (born 1970), painterKathleen Kemarre Wallace (born 1948), indigenous painter, custodianChristian Waller (1894–1954), painter, writer, printmaker, illustrator, book designer, woodcutter, stained-glass artistLynette Wallworth (living), installation artistJoan Walsh-Smith (born 1946), sculptorAnia Walwicz (1951–2020), visual artist, poetRosie Ware (born 1959), textile designer, printmakerSera Waters (born 1979), textile artist, arts writer, arts educatorJenny Watson (born 1951), painterJudy Watson (born 1959), multimedia artistLilla Watson (born 1940), mixed media artistBetty Temple Watts (1901–1992), scientific illustratorLouise Weaver (born 1966), mixed media artistJohanna Weigel (1847–1940), fashion designerBarbara Weir (c. 1945–2023), Aboriginal painterCarlene West (born c. 1945), painterKatie West (living), interdisciplinary artistKaylene Whiskey (fl 2010s), indigenous artistIlka White (living), textile artist, sculptorSusan Dorothea White (born 1941), painter, sculptor, printmakerWendy Whiteley (born 1941), landscape artist, flower artistAda Whiting (1859–1953), painter, miniaturistAnne Wienholt (1920–2018), painter, sculptor, printmakerNormana Wight (born 1936), painter, printmakerCathy Wilcox (born 1963), comic artist, children's book illustratorDora Wilson (1883–1946), British-born Australian painter and print makerJu Ju Wilson (born 1960), contemporary indigenous artistRegina Pilawuk Wilson (born 1948), Aboriginal artistJustene Williams (born 1970), photographer, multimedia artistJan Williamson (living), painterRuby Tjangawa Williamson (c. 1940–2017), painter, woodworkerDora Wilson (1883–1946), British-Australian painter and print makerMargery Withers (1894–1966), painterWomen's Domestic Needlework Group est 1976, traditional craft workMaeve Woods (born 1933), painter, collage artistPauline Nakamarra Woods (born 1949), Aboriginal artist and painterTjayanka Woods (born c. 1935), painter, weaverMargaret Worth (born 1944), painter, screenprinter, sculptorJudith Wright (born 1945), painter, videomaker, sculptor, printmaker
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Bin Xie (born 1957), Chinese-born painter
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References
^ Hetherington, Les, "Lempriere, Helen Dora (1907–1991)" , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 14 June 2021
Lists of women artists by nationality