# List of Spanish women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Spain or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

## A

* Eulalia Abaitua Allende-Salazar (1853–1943), photographer
* Laia Abril (born 1986), photographer and writer
* María del Adalid (1873-1930), painter
* Pilar Albarracín (born 1968), performance artist, installation artist, photographer
* Julia Alcayde y Montoya (1885–1939), painter
* Edith Alonso (born 1974), sound artist
* Begoña Ameztoy (born 1951), writer and painter
* Olga Andrino (born 1955), painter, sculptor
* Lola Anglada (1893–1984), writer and illustrator
* Elena Asins (1940–2015), visual artist and writer
* Pilar Aymerich i Puig (born 1943), photographer and photojournalist

## B

* Carmen Babiano Méndez-Núñez (1852–1914), painter
* Isabel Bacardit (born 1960), painter
* Elena Bajo (born 1976), contemporary artist
* Antonia Bañuelos (1879–1926), painter
* Carmen Barbará (born 1933), comics artist and illustrator
* María Blanchard (1881–1932), painter
* Elena Blasco (born 1950), multidisciplinary artist
* Paula Bonet (born 1980), book illustrator and painter
* Elena Brockmann (1867–1946), historical painter
* Encarnación Bustillo Salomón (1876–1960), painter

## C

* Lita Cabellut (born 1961), painter based in The Hague
* Carmen Calvo (born 1950), conceptual artist
* Purita Campos (1937–2019), cartoonist, illustrator and painter
* Roser Capdevila (born 1939), illustrator
* Esperanza Elena Caro (1906–1985), embroiderer
* Maria Luisa Carranque y Bonavía (18th century), pastellist
* Yolanda Castaño (born 1977), painter, literary critic and poet
* Carolina del Castillo Díaz (1867–1933), painter
* Rosana Castrillo Diaz (born 1971), drawer, sculptor, installation artist
* Carolina Ceca (born 1979), contemporary artist and art historian based in Tokyo
* Mari Chordà (born 1942), painter, poet, feminist
* La Chunga (born c. 1938), flamenco dancer, painter
* Anabel Colazo (born 1993), illustrator and cartoonist
* Colita (born 1940), pseudonym of Isabel Steva i Hernández, photographer
* Ana Corbero (born 1961), painter, sculptor
* Adelina Covián, contemporary painter
* Ángel María Cortellini (1819–1887), painter
* Angela de la Cruz (born 1965), artist
* Irene Cruz (born 1987), photographer

## D

* María Dávila (born 1990), contemporary painter
* Isabel de Santiago (1666–1714), colonial painter
* Dora Dolz (1941–2008), painter, sculptor, ceramist
* Patricia Dauder, multidisciplinary artist

## E

* Ende (10th century), manuscript illuminator
* Miriam Escofet (born 1967), portrait painter, now in England

## F

* María Ángeles Fernández Cuesta (born 1950), outsider artist
* Patricia Fernández (born 1980), artist based in Los Angeles
* Asunción Ferrer y Crespí (died 1818), painter
* Esther Ferrer (born 1937), interdisciplinary artist, educator
* Alicia Framis (fl. from late 1990s), contemporary artist
* Fernanda Frances Arribas (1862–1939), still life and flower painter
* Victoria Francés (born 1982), illustrator

## G

* Menchu Gal (1919–2008), painter
* Rosa Galcerán (1917–2015), cartoonist, advertising artist and poet
* Sofía Gandarias (1957–2016), painter
* Cristina García Rodero (born 1949), photographer
* Dora García (born 1965), contemporary artist
* Elvira Gascón (1911–2000), painter, engraver
* Alejandrina Gessler y Lacroix (1831–1907), painter
* Adela Ginés y Ortiz (1847–1923), painter
* Ana González (born 1970), fashion designer
* Marisa Gonzalez (born 1945), multimedia artist

## H

* Bárbara María Hueva (1733–1772), painter
* María Juana Hurtado de Mendoza (died 1818), painter

## I

* Cristina Iglesias (born 1956), installation artist and sculptor

## J

* Concha Jerez (born 1941), pioneer in conceptual art
* Carmen Jiménez (1920–2016), painter, sculptor, academic
* Ana Juan (born 1961), illustrator, painter

## L

* Carmen Laffón (1934–2021), figurative painter and sculptor
* Lalalimola (born 1984), illustrator
* Ouka Leele (born 1957), photographer
* Francesca Llopis (born 1956), mixed media artist
* Agustina González López (1891-1936), writer and artist from the Generation of '27
* Jil Love (fl. 2012), public performance art

## M

* Maruja Mallo (1902–1995), painter
* Anna Manel·la (1950–2019), sculptor and painter
* Inka Martí (born 1964), journalist, writer and photographer
* Cristina Martín Lara (born 1972), photographer
* María Teresa Martín-Vivaldi (born 1955), painter and engraver
* Francisca Efigenia Meléndez y Durazzo (1770–1825), miniaturist and pastellist
* María Mencía (fl. from 1999), media artist
* Cristina de Middel (born 1975), documentary photographer
* Isabel Muñoz (born 1951), photographer
* Paloma Muñoz (born 1965), photographer, visual artist

## N

* Nath-Sakura (born 1973), photographer
* Paloma Navares (active since the 1980s), interdisciplinary artist
* Eva Navarro (born 1967), painter
* Pilar Nouvilas i Garrigolas (1854–1938), painter
* Marina Núñez (born 1966), painter and academic

## O

* Josefa de Óbidos (1630–1684), Spanish-born Portuguese painter
* Elena Odriozola (born 1967), illustrator of books for children and young adults
* Ana Oncina (born 1989), comic book illustrator and writer
* Cris Ortega (born 1980), painter, writer and comics artist
* Cristina Otero (born 1995), photographer

## P

* Marta Palau Bosch (born 1934), Spanish-born tapestry and visual artist now based in Mexico
* Pepita Pardell (1928–2019), animator, cartoonist, illustrator and painter
* Ester Partegàs (born 1972), contemporary artist, now in New York
* Maria Pascual Alberich (1933–2011), illustrator
* María Luisa Pérez Herrero (1898–1934), painter
* Adriana Petit (born 1984), multidisciplinary artist
* Pepa Poch (born 1960), artist
* Núria Pompeia (1931–2016), cartoonist and writer
* Silvia Prada (active since 2002), illustrator, decorative artist, now in New York

## Q

* Nuria Quevedo (born 1938), painter and graphic artist
* Isabel Quintanilla (1938–2017), visual artist

## R

* Regina Raull (1928–2019), Spanish-born Mexican painter
* Moon Ribas (born 1985), avant-garde artist
* Lua Ribeira (born 1986), photographer
* Fina Rifà (fl. 1963), children's artist, illustrator
* María Luisa de la Riva y Callol-Muñoz (1865–1926), painter
* Luisa Roldán (1652–1706), Spain's first female Baroque sculptor
* Covadonga Romero Rodríguez (1917–2018), sculptor and painter

## S

* Olga Sacharoff (1889‒1967), Georgian-born Spanish Surrealist painter
* Matilde Salvador i Segarra (1918–2007), composer, painter
* Isabel de Santiago (1666–c. 1714), Quito-born Spanish painter specializing in the Virgin and baby Jesus
* Ángeles Santos Torroella (1911–2013), Surrealist painter
* Mariana de Silva-Bazán y Sarmiento (1739–1784), aristocrat, poet, translator, painter
* Susana Solano (born 1946), sculptor
* Carme Solé Vendrell (born 1944), illustrator
* Elena Sorolla (1895–1975), sculptor and painter
* Francesca Stuart Sindici (1858–c. 1929), Spanish-Italian painter

## T

* Josefina Tanganelli Plana (1904–1966), cartoonist and painter
* Trini Tinturé (born 1935), cartoonist and illustrator
* Josefa Teixidor i Torres (1875–1914), Catalan painter
* María Teresa Torras (1927–2009), Spanish-Venezuelan artist specializing in sculpture, textiles and metalwork
* Manuela Trasobares (born 1962), artist, opera singer, politician

## U

* Amalia Ulman (born 1989), Argentinian-born Spanish artist now based in Los Angeles, US
* Carmina Useros (1928–2017), writer, ceramist and painter

## V

* Remedios Varo Uranga (1908–1963), Spanish-Mexican para-surrealist painter
* Dolors Vázquez Aznar (1955–2014), realist painter and lawyer
* Lluïsa Vidal i Puig (1876–1918), Catalan painter

## W

* Rosario Weiss Zorrilla (1814–1843), painter and engraver, known for portraits

## Y

* Hisae Yanase (1943–2019), Japanese-born ceramist, based in Córdoba
* Puri Yáñez (born 1936), surrealist painter

## W

* Rosario Weiss Zorrilla (1814–1843), painter and engraver