List of New Zealand women artists
Appearance
This is a list of women artists who were born in New Zealand or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
A
- Thyra Avis Mary Acres (1910–1994), painter, illustrator, writer
- Gretchen Albrecht (born 1943), painter, sculptor
- Rita Angus (1908–1970), painter
- Raewyn Atkinson (born 1955), ceramicist
B
- Christine Boswijk (born 1939), ceramist
- Olivia Spencer Bower (1905–1982), English-born painter
- Freda Brierley (born 1942), textile artist
C
- Ruth Castle (born 1931), weaver
- Madeleine Child (born 1959), Australian-born ceramist
- Edith Collier (1885–1964), painter
- Bronwynne Cornish (born 1945), ceramist, sculptor, educator
- Ann Culy (born 1952), jewellery designer
D
- Judy Darragh (born 1957), sculptor, assemblage artist, photographer, painter
- Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951), sculptor, painter
- Dagmar Dyck (born 1972), printmaker, painter
E
- Audrey Eagle (born 1925), botanical illustrator
- Jane Evans, (1946–2012), painter
F
- Irene Ferguson (born 1970), portrait painter
- Jacqueline Fraser (born 1956), multidisciplinary artist
- Elizabeth Fuller (born 1957), illustrator
G
- Joanne Gair (born c.1958), make-up artist
- Sarah Greenwood (1809–1889), painter
H
- Rhona Haszard (1901–1931), painter
- Christine Hellyar (born 1947), sculptor, installation artist
- Louise Henderson (1902–1994), painter
- Rangimarie Hetet (1892–1995), weaver
- Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947), painter
- Alexis Hunter (1948–2014), contemporary painter, photographer
- Mary Young Hunter (1872–1947), painter
J
- Linda James (born 1951), English-born painter
- Helen Varley Jamieson (active since 1997), digital media artist, writer
K
- Robyn Kahukiwa (born c. 1938), painter and illustrator
- Susan Te Kahurangi King
- Te Rongo Kirkwood (active since 2000s), glass designer
L
- Lily Laita (born 1969), painter
- Titane Laurent (born 1964), painter, cartoonist
- Vivian Lynn (born 1931), multidisciplinary artist
M
- Jeanne Macaskill (1931–2014), painter
- Viola Macmillan Brown (1897–1981), painter
- Judy Millar (born 1957), painter
- Marjory Mills (1896–1987), painter, embroiderer
- Sofia Minson (born 1984), painter
- Muriel Carrick Moody (1907–1991), sculptor, ceramist
- Julia Morison (born 1952), multidisciplinary artist
- Edith Emily Morris (1895–1965), English-born jewellery designer, silversmith
I
- Indira Neville (born 1973), comics artist, educator
P
- Joanna Paul (1945–2003), visual artist, poet, filmmaker
- Ruth Paul (born 1964), children's writer, illustrator
- Juliet Peter, potter and printmaker
- Séraphine Pick (born 1964), painter
- Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver, writer
R
- Rachael Rakena (born 1969), digital artist
- Lisa Reihana (born 1964), video and multimedia artist
- Kura Te Waru Rewiri (born 1950), painter, educator
- Dolla Richmond (1861–1935), painter
- Pauline Rhodes (born 1937), sculptor, installation artist
S
- Maud Winifred Sherwood (1880–1956), painter
- Emily Siddell (born 1971), mixed-media artist
- Yvonne Sloan (born 1941), weaver, textile artist
T
- Diggeress Te Kanawa (1920–2009), prominent weaver
- Mary Elizabeth Tripe (1870–1939), painter
U
- Francis Upritchard (born 1976), sculptor and installation artist
V
- Juliet Valpy (1835–1911), painter
- Lesley Vanderwalt (active 2010s), hair designer, make-up artist
W
- Robin White, (born 1946), painter, printmaker
- Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937), sculptor, fibre artist
- Hilda Alexandra Wiseman (1894–1982), bookplate designer, painter, calligrapher
Y
- Adele Younghusband (1878–1969), painter, photographer