List of performance artists
Appearance
Performance art is a term usually reserved to refer to a kind of avant-garde or conceptual art which grew out of the visual arts. Mainstream activities such as theater, dance, music, and circus-related performances such as fire breathing, juggling, and gymnastics are normally known as the performing arts.
Performance artists with Wikipedia entries include
A
B
- Franko B
- Magali Babin
- Blažej Baláž
- Troy Banarzi
- Artur Barrio
- Joseph Beuys
- Nicole Blackman
- Black Sun Productions
- Mark Bloch
- Blue Man Group
- Kate Bornstein
- Leigh Bowery
- George Brecht
- Alexander Brener
- Stuart Brisley
- Robert Delford Brown
- Chris Burden
- Nao Bustamante
C
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Giuseppe Chiari
- Katherine Chronis
- Lisa Crystal Carver (Lisa Suckdog)
- Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi
- Costes
- Paul Couillard
- COUM Transmissions (later Throbbing Gristle)
D
- D Underbelly
- Bill Dan
- Vaginal Davis
- Danielle Dax
- Danny Devos
- Jess Dobkin
- Doorika
- Die Tödliche Doris
- John Duncan
E
- Tony Eveready
- EXIT (members Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher later formed Crass)
F
G
- Diamanda Galás
- Regina José Galindo
- Harry Gamboa, Jr.
- Cheri Gaulke
- Gilbert and George
- Jack Goldstein
- Guillermo Gomez-Peña
- Hedwig Gorski
- Paul Grégoire
- Peter Grzybowski
- gyrl grip
H
J
K
- Alex Kahn
- Istvan Kantor / Monty Cantsin
- Allan Kaprow
- Wladyslaw Kazmierczak
- Andy Kaufman
- Jonathon Keats
- The Kipper Kids
- Yves Klein
- Alison Knowles
- Helene Kvint
- Dan Kwong
- Siglinde Kallnbach
L
M
- Miki Malör
- Mark McGowan
- Piero Manzoni
- Gordon Matta-Clark
- Paul McCarthy
- Justin McKeown
- Ursula Merchant
- Orlando Mohorovic
- Linda Montano
- Frank Moore
- Charlotte Moorman
- Mr. Pacman
- Otto Muehl
N
O
P
R
S
- Carolee Schneemann
- David Sherry
- Shu Yang
- Lián Amaris Sifuentes
- Joey Skaggs
- Jack Smith
- Litsa Spathi
- Annie Sprinkle
- Stelarc
- Andre Stitt
- Survival Research Laboratories