List of Canadian artists

The following is a list of Canadian artists working in visual or plastic media (including 20th-century artists working in video art, performance art, or other types of new media). See other articles for information on Canadian literature, music, cinema and culture. For more specific information on the arts in Canada, see Canadian art.

The Artists in Canada Reference Library provides an in-depth list of Canadian artists and the museums who feature them. The following is a brief list of some important Canadian artists and groups of artists:

Individuals

A

Kenojuak Ashevak

• Kirsten Abrahamson (born 1960), ceramist
• Marc Adornato (born 1977), painting, sculpting, performance and new media
• Manasie Akpaliapik (born 1955), sculptor
• M.J. Alexander (born 1961), artist
• Vikky Alexander (born 1959), artist
• Ralph Allen (1926–2019), artist, painter and printmaker
• Stephen Andrews (born 1956), artist
• Kay Angliss (1923–2004), printmaker, watercolour and fibre art
• Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916–2003), textile artist
• Danielle April (born 1949)
• Robert Archambeau (born 1933), ceramist
• Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961), painter
• Kenojuak Ashevak (1927–2003), artist and printmaker
• Myfanwy Ashmore (born 1970), new media artist
• Barbara Astman (born 1950), photography and new media

B

William Brymner

• Frédéric Back (1924–2013), painter, animator
• Joan Balzar (1928–2016), painter
• Marian Bantjes (born 1963), graphic designer, artist, illustrator, typographer, writer
• Bruce Barber (born 1950), multimedia installation artist
• Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Robert Bateman (born 1930), painter, naturalist
• Jay Battle (born 1966), Canadian-born sculptor now working in Salisbury, England
• Helen D. Beals (1897–1991), painter
• Carl Beam (1943–2005), painter
• Jackson Beardy (1944–1984), painter
• Charles Beil (1894–1976), sculptor
• Sylvie Bélanger (born 1951), installation artist
• Rebecca Belmore (born 1960), performance artist, installation artist
• Lorraine Bénic (born 1937), painter, sculptor
• Judith Berry (born 1961), painter
• Aggie Beynon, metalsmith
• David Bierk (1944–2002), painter
• David Blackwood (born 1941), printmaker
• David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter, video artist
• Molly Lamb Bobak (1920–2014), painter, printmaker
• Catherine Bolduc (born 1970), drawing, sculpture, installation, public art
• Theodosia Bond (1915–2009), photography
• Jordi Bonet (1932–1979), sculptor, muralist
• Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960), painter
• Simone Mary Bouchard (1912–1945), painter, textile artist
• Céline Boucher (born 1945)
• John Boxtel (born 1930), sculpture, woodcarving
• Shary Boyle (born 1972), sculpture, painting, drawing, performance
• Barry Bradfield (born 1981), cartoonist
• Roland Brener (1942–2006), sculptor
• Mark A. Brennan (born 1968), landscape painter
• AA Bronson (born 1946), mixed-media artist
• William Brymner (1855–1925), painter
• Karin Bubaš (born 1976), painter, photographer
• Cecil Tremayne Buller (1886–1973), printmaker
• Martin Bureau, multimedia
• Ralph Wallace Burton (1905–1983), painter
• Edward Burtynsky (born 1955), photographer
• Jack Bush (1909–1977), painter

C

Yucho Chow

• Elaine Cameron-Weir (born 1985), visual artist
• Janet Cardiff (born 1957), installation artist
• James Carl (born 1960), sculptor
• Florence Carlyle (1864–1923), painter
• Franklin Carmichael (1890–1945), member of the Group of Seven
• Emily Carr (1871–1945), painter
• Ian Carr-Harris (born 1941), installation artist
• Gino Cavicchioli (born 1957), sculptor, artist
• Christiane Chabot (born 1950), artist
• Cynthia Chalk (1913–2018), nature photography
• Jack Chambers (1931–1978), artist and filmmaker
• Robert Chaplin (born 1968), artist, publisher
• Benjamin Chee Chee (1944–1977), artist
• Yucho Chow (1876–1949), photographer
• Daniel Cockburn (born 1976), video artist, performance artist, film director
• Keith Cole, performance artist
• Nicole Collins, painter
• Alex Colville (1920–2013), painter
• Stephanie Comilang (born 1980), artist and filmmaker
• Christian Corbet (born 1966), painter, sculptor
• Sonia Cornwall (1919–2006), painter
• Bruno Cote (1940–2010), painter
• Douglas Coupland (born 1961), sculptural installation
• Josephine Crease (1864–1947), painter
• Marlene Creates (born 1952), artist
• Susan Reynolds Crease (1855–1947), painter and women's rights activist
• Donigan Cumming (born 1947), multimedia artist
• Greg Curnoe (1936–1992), painter, musician
• George Cuthbertson (1898–1969), marine artist, researcher, author

D

• Karen Dahl (born 1955) ceramist
• Greta Dale (1929–1978), sculptor
• Frederick Dally (1838–1914), photographer
• Ken Danby (1940–2007), painter
• Charles Daudelin (1920–2001), sculptor, painter
• Olea Marion Davis (1899–1977), ceramist, sculptor
• Raven Davis (born 1975), multimedia and mixed media artist
• Dennis Day (born 1960), video artist
• Forshaw Day (1837–1901), landscape artist, printmaker
• Nicholas Raphael de Grandmaison (1892–1978), painter
• Eric Deis (born 1979), photographer
• Roseline Delisle (1952–2003), ceramist
• Berthe des Clayes (1877–1968), painter
• Bonnie Devine (born 1952), Ojibway installation artist, performance artist, and sculptor
• Walter Dexter (1931–2015), ceramist
• Yuri Dojc (born 1946), photographer
• Stan Douglas (born 1960), installation artist
• Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986), sound artist, composer, painter
• Aganetha Dyck (born 1937), sculptor, installation artist
• Marcel Dzama (born 1974), artist

E

• Susan Edgerley (born 1960), glass artist
• Arthur Elliot (1809–1892), watercolourist
• Emily Louise Orr Elliott (1867–1952), oil painter and fashion designer
• Harold Elliott (1890-1968), painter
• Arthur John Ensor (1905–1995), painter
• Evergon (born 1946), photographer and photo-collage
• Paterson Ewen (1925–2002), painter
• Ivan Eyre (born 1935), painter

F

• Barker Fairley (1887–1986), painter, writer
• Lilias Farley (1907–1989), painter
• Geoffrey Farmer (born 1967), installation artist
• Caroline Farncomb (1859–1951), painter
• André Fauteux (born 1946), sculptor
• Marcelle Ferron (1924–2001), painter, glazier
• George Fertig (1915–1983), painter
• Peter Flinsch (1920–2010), painter, sculptor, television set designer
• Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1988 -1970), painter
• Margaret Frame (1903–1985), painter
• Leonard Frank (1870–1944), photographer
• Statira Elizabeth Frame (1870–1935), painter

G

• Louise Landry Gadbois (1896–1985), painter
• Yechel Gagnon (born 1973), mixed media artist
• Marianna Gartner (born 1963), painter
• Carlo Gentile (1835–1893), photographer
• Will Gill (born 1968), sculptor, painter, photographer and video artist
• Violet Gillett (1898–1996), painter
• Joseph Giunta (1911–2001), painter, collage/assemblage artist
• Gerald Gladstone (1929–2005), sculptor, painter
• Elaine Goble visual artist
• Eric Goldberg (1890–1969), painter
• Dina Goldstein (born 1969), visual artist
• Noam Gonick (born 1973), filmmaker
• Betty Goodwin (1923–2008), printmaker, sculptor, paint
• Hortense Gordon (1886–1961), painter
• K.M. Graham (1913–2008), painter
• Rodney Graham (born 1949), photographer, installation artist
• Pierre Granche (1948–1997), sculptor
• Angela Grossmann (born 1955), painter
• Aline Gubbay (1920–2005), photographer, art historian
• Suzanne Guité (1927–1981), sculptor, painter

H

Lawren Harris

• Samra Habib, photographer
• Bess Larkin Housser Harris, (1890–1969), painter
• Lawren Harris (1885–1970), painter
• Paul Hartal (born 1936), painter, poet
• Douglas Haynes (1936–2016)
• Fred Herzog (1930-2019), photographer
• Colleen Heslin (born 1976), painter
• Carle Hessay (1911–1978), painter
• Barbara Roe Hicklin (1918–2010), painter
• Gilah Yelin Hirsch (born 1944), multi-disciplinary artist
• William G. Hobbs (1927–2012), painter, historian
• Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (1913–2009), sculptor
• Edwin Holgate (1892–1977), painter
• Elsie Holloway (1882–1971), photographer
• Margaret Lindsay Holton (born 1955), painter, pinhole photographer, writer
• Frances Anne Hopkins (1838–1919), painter
• Robin Hopper (1939–2017), ceramist
• Robert Houle (born 1947), First Nations artist
• Barbara Howard, RCA (1926–2002), painter, wood engraver
• Alexander Hryshko (born 1980), photographer
• Simone Hudon-Beaulac (1905–1984), painter, printmaker

I

• Osuitok Ipeelee (1922–2005), sculptor
• Gershon Iskowitz (1921–1988), painter

J

• A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974), painter
• Sybil Henley Jacobson (1881–1953), British-born Canadian painter
• Mendelson Joe (born 1944), painter, musician
• G.B. Jones, illustrator, visual artist, experimental filmmaker
• Leonel Jules (born 1953), painter
• Brian Jungen (born 1970), sculptor, installation artist

K

Alicia Killaly

• Dusan Kadlec (1942–2018), painter
• Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), photographer
• Ali Kazimi (born 1961), filmmaker and media artist
• Shelagh Keeley (born 1956), visual artist
• Augustus Kenderdine (1870–1947), landscape and portrait artist
• Alicia Killaly (1836–1908), painter
• Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1926–1994), painting, performance, multi-media, photography
• Dorothy Knowles, (born 1927), painter
• John Koerner, (1913–2014), painter
• Germaine Koh (born 1967), conceptual artist
• Valérie Kolakis (born 1966), sculpture, installation
• Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872), painter
• Nobuo Kubota (born 1932), multimedia
• Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter
• William Kurelek (1927–1977), painter

L

Maud Lewis

• Stephen Lack (born 1946), actor, painter
• Sylvie Laliberté (born 1959), performance artist, video artist, musician
• Cal Lane (born 1968), sculptor
• Jules Lasalle (born 1957), sculptor
• Ozias Leduc (1864–1955), painter
• Elizabeth Lefort (1914–2005), tapestry artist
• Joseph Légaré (1795–1855), painter
• Enid Legros-Wise (born 1943), ceramist
• Jean Paul Lemieux (1904–1990), painter
• Michel Lemieux (born 1959), multimedia artist (film, video, performance)
• Serge Lemoyne (1941–1998), painter
• Beatrice Lennie (1905–1987), sculptor
• Laura L. Letinsky (born 1962), photographer
• Mark Lewis (born 1958), installation and film artist
• Maud Lewis (1903–1970), painter
• Robert Henry Lindsay (1868–1938), painter
• Robert Linsley (1952–2017), painter and writer
• Oleg Lipchenko (born 1957)
• Arthur Lismer (1885–1969), painter
• Glen Loates (born 1945), painter and coin designer
• Judith Lodge (born 1941), painter and photographer
• Karen Lofgren (born 1976), painter
• Victor Albert Long (1866-1938), portrait painter
• Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967), installation artist
• Attila Richard Lukacs (born 1962), painter
• James Lumbers (born 1929), painter
• Almuth Lütkenhaus (1930–1996)

M

• Landon Mackenzie (born 1954), painter
• Sarah Jean Munro Maclean (1873–1952), painter
• Rafał Malczewski (1892–1965), landscape and portrait painter
• Charles Marega (1871–1939), sculptor
• Âhasiw Maskêgon-Iskwêw (1958–2006), media artist
• Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (1866–1928), painter
• Arnaud Maggs (1926–2012), photographer
• Liz Magor (born 1948), visual artist
• Lorraine Malach (1933–2003), ceramist
• Jen Mann (born 1987), portrait artist
• Arthur N. Martin (1889–1961), painter
• Bernice Fenwick Martin (1902–1999), painter, printmaker
• Thomas Mower Martin (1838–1934), landscape painter
• Hannah Maynard (1834–1918), photographer
• Richard Maynard (1832–1907), photographer
• Doris McCarthy (1910–2010), painter, printmaker
• Ryan McCourt (born 1975), sculptor, designer
• Elizabeth McIntosh (born 1967), painter
• Rita McKeough (born 1951), installation and performance artist
• Helen McNicoll (1879–1915), painter
• Ray Mead (1921–1998), painter, member of Painters Eleven
• Ivar Mendez, photographer and sculptor
• Gwendolyn Mews (1893–1973), painter
• Janet Mitchell (1912-1998), painter
• Arnold Mikelson (1922–1984), wood sculptor
• Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004), painter
• David Milne (1882–1953), painter
• Ellen Moffat (born 1954), mixed media artist
• Esmaa Mohamoud (born 1992), sculptor and installation artist
• Leo Mol (1915–2009)
• Guido Molinari (1933–2004), painter
• E. Louise De Montigny-Giguère (1878–1969), sculptor
• Edmund Montague Morris (1871–1913), painter
• Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007), painter
• Rita Mount (1885–1967), painter
• Jean-Paul Mousseau (1927–1991), painter, ceramist, muralist
• Kathleen Munn (1887–1974), painter
• Will Munro (1975–2010), artist
• Paula Murray (born 1958), ceramist
• Robert Murray (born 1936), sculptor

N

Jack Nichols

• Mina Napartuk (1913–2001), textile artist
• Alison Houston Lockerbie Newton (1890–1967), painter
• Jack Nichols (1921–2009), painter
• Grace Nickel (born 1956), ceramist
• Arnold Nogy, painter
• Alice Nolin (1896–1967), sculptor
• Naveed Nour (born 1963), Iranian-Canadian/American photographer
• Elizabeth Styring Nutt (1870–1946), painter

O

• John O'Brien (1831–1891), marine painter
• Lucius Richard O'Brien (1832–1899), painter, illustrator, first President of the Royal Canadian Academy
• Will Ogilvie (1901–1989), painter, war artist, Order of Canada
• Katie Ohe (born 1937), sculptor
• Kim Ondaatje (born 1928), painter, filmmaker
• Nina May Owens (1869–1959), painter

P

• Charles Pachter (born 1942), artist, filmmaker, social commentator
• Aaron Paquette (born 1974), painter and writer
• Mimi Parent (1924–2005), painter
• Andrew James Paterson (born 1962), interdisciplinary artist
• Paul Peel (1860–1892), painter
• William Perehudoff (1918–2013), painter
• Marjorie Pigott (1904–1990), painter
• Robert Pilot (1898–1967), painter
• Narcisse Poirier (1883–1984), painter
• Christopher Pratt (born 1935), painter
• Mary Pratt (1935–2018), painter
• Ned Pratt (born 1964), photographer

R

Gladys Reeves

• George Raab (born 1948), printmaker
• Nina Raginsky (born 1941), photographer
• Gladys Reeves (1890–1974), photographer
• Don Reichert (1932–2013), painter, multimedia artist
• Bill Reid (1920–1998), sculptor
• Kelly Richardson (born 1972), video artist, photographer
• Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002), painter
• Mélanie Rocan (born 1980), painter
• David Rokeby (born 1960), new media artist
• William Ronald (1926–1998), painter
• Ethel Rosenfield (1910–2000), sculptor
• Endel Ruberg (1917–1989), artist, educator
• Erica Rutherford (1923–2008), painter, filmmaker, writer

S

• Carl Schaefer (1903–1995), painter, war artist
• Tony Scherman (born 1950), painter
• Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922), painter
• Jacques Schyrgens (born 1923), painter, illustrator
• Regina Seiden (1897–1991), painter
• Jack Shadbolt (1909–1998), painter
• Henrietta Shore (1880–1963), painter
• Coral Short (born 1973), performance artist
• Joe Shuster (1914–1992), cartoonist, co-creator of Superman
• Dave Sim (born 1956), comic book artist
• James Simpkins (1910–2004), cartoonist, illustrator, film strips
• Damien Smith (born 1969), visual artist
• Freda Pemberton Smith (1902–1991), painter
• Gord Smith (born 1937), sculptor
• Gordon A. Smith (1919–2020), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Jean Smith (born 1959), musician, painter, author
• Michael Snow (born 1929), painter, filmmaker, musician
• David G. Sorensen (1937–2011), painter, sculptor
• Gerald Squires (1937–2015), painter, printmaker, sculptor
• Helen Stadelbauer (1910–2006), painter
• Arlene Stamp (born 1938), two-dimensional artist and designer
• Owen Staples (1866–1949), painter, etcher, political cartoonist
• Barbara Steinman (born 1950), video and installation artist
• Godfrey Stephens (born 1939), painter, sculptor, boat builder
• Reva Stone (born 1944), digital artist
• Rudolf Stussi (born 1947), painter
• Jack Sures (1934–2018), ceramist
• Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1869–1937), painter, sculptor
• Ginny Stikeman (born 1941), filmmaker

T

• Ewa Tarsia, painter, printmaker
• Ningeokuluk Teevee (born 1963), illustrator
• Genevieve Thauvette (born 1985), photographer
• Jeff Thomas (born 1956), photo-based storyteller
• Tom Thomson (1877–1917), painter
• Gentile Tondino (1923–2001), painter
• Jackie Traverse (born 1969), painter
• Julie Tremble, animator, experimental videographer

U

• Ina D.D. Uhthoff (1889–1971), painter

V

• Armand Vaillancourt (born 1929), performance art, sculptor, painter
• Frederick Varley (1881–1969), painter
• Bill Vazan (born 1933), land art, sculptor, photographer, painter
• Claude Vermette (1930–2006), painter, ceramist
• Frederick Arthur Verner (1836–1928), painter
• Arthur Villeneuve (1910–1990), painter
• Ola Volo, muralist

W

• Ruth Salter Wainwright (1902–1984), painter
• Horatio Walker (1858–1938), painter
• Jeff Wall (born 1946), photographer
• Margaret Watkins (1884–1969), photographer
• Homer Watson (1855–1936), painter
• Phil R. White (born 1963), sculptor
• Peter and Catharine Whyte (1905–1966, 1906–1979), painters
• Joyce Wieland (1930–1998)
• Robert Wiens (born 1953), painter and sculptor
• Peter Wilkins (born 1968), multimedia artist
• Owen Williams (born 1973), artist and critic
• Yvonne Williams (1901–1997), stained glass artist
• Jeff Willmore (born 1954), painter and performance artist
• Robert Willms (born 1969)
• Anna Wong (1930–2013), printmaker
• Hilda Woolnough (1934–2007), etching and graphics
• Kamila Wozniakowska (born 1956), painter
• Andrew Wright (born 1971), multimedia artist
• Dana Wyse (born 1965), installation artist

X

• Gu Xiong (born 1953), multidisciplinary artist

Y

• Xiaojing Yan (born 1978), sculptor, installation artist
• Cecil Youngfox (1942–1987)

Z

• Jarko Zavi (1907–1987), ceramist
• Joy Zemel Long (1922–2018), painter
• Robert Zend (1929–1985), typewriter, collage, multimedia, and digital artist; concrete poet
• Lorena Ziraldo (born 1960), painter
• Edward "Ted" Fenwick Zuber (born 1932), painter, photographer

Groups

• Les Automatistes
• Canadian Group of Painters
• Eastern Group of Painters
• General Idea
• Group of Seven
• Painters Eleven
• Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. (informally known as "Indian Group of Seven")
• Regina Five
• The Royal Art Lodge

Dealers

• Max Stern (1904–1987), art dealer

See also

• List of Canadian painters
• List of Canadian women artists
• List of Canadian women photographers