# List of Brazilian women artists

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

## A

* Zina Aita (1900–1967), Italian-Brazilian modernist painter
* Georgina de Albuquerque (1885–1962), Impressionist painter
* Mara Alvares (born 1948), contemporary artist
* Marina Amaral (born 1994), known for colorization of historical photographs
* Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), modernist painter
* Abigail de Andrade (1864–1890), painter
* Amanda Maciel Antunes (fl 2000s), costume designer
* Camila Alves (born 1982), fashion designer
* Maria Auxiliadora (1935–1974), painter

## B

* Brígida Baltar (c.1959–2022), visual artist
* Ladjane Bandeira (1927–1999), painter, art director
* Tatiana Blass (born 1979), contemporary artist
* Vera Chaves Barcellos (born 1938), visual artist
* Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), painter
* Lenora de Barros (born 1953), contemporary artist
* Edith Behring (1916–1996), painter
* Alice Brill (1920–2013), German-Brazilian painter and photographer
* Elisa Bracher (born 1965), sculptor

## C

* Carlota De Camargo Nascimento (1904–1974), sculptor
* Marina Camargo (born 1980), multimedia artist
* Maria Cândido (born 1939), artist working with clay
* Josely Carvalho (born 1942), multimedia artist
* Leda Catunda (born 1961), painter, engraver, educator
* Catia Chien (fl 2007), illustrator
* Sandra Cinto (born 1968), contemporary artist
* Lygia Clark (1920–1988), painter, installation artist
* Mariza Dias Costa (1952–2019), cartoonist
* Tereza Costa Rêgo (1929–2020), painter

## D

* Liliane Dardot (born 1946), painter
* Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914–1979), painter, illustrator, engraver

## E

* Sonia Ebling (1918–2006), sculptor
* Laura Erber (born 1979), video artist, writer

## F

* Bea Feitler (1938–1982), book cover and catalogue designer
* Julieta de França (1870–1951), sculptor
* Angela Freiberger (born 1953), sculptor, performance artist
* Iole de Freitas (born 1945), sculptor, engraver, installation artist

## G

* Anna Bella Geiger (born 1933), multidisciplinary artist, educator
* Olívia Guedes Penteado (1872–1934), art patron, activist
* Sonia Gomes (born 1948), sculptor
* Carmela Gross (born 1946), visual artist

## H

* Eli Heil (1929–2017), painter, sculptor, ceramist

## J

* Adriana Janacópulos (1897–c.1978), sculptor

## K

* Renina Katz (1925–2025), printmaker, painter
* Eleonore Koch (1926–2018), painter, sculptor

## L

* Felícia Leirner (1904–1996), sculptor
* Sheila Leirner (born 1948), curator, art critic, activist
* Juliana Cerqueira Leite (born 1981), sculptor
* Ju Loyola (born 1979), cartoonist, illustrator
* Renata Lucas (born 1971), painter
* Mariannita Luzzati (born 1963), painter, engraver, video artist

## M

* Solange Magalhães (born 1939), French-born Brazilian painter
* Anita Malfatti (1889–1964), modernist painter
* Cinthia Marcelle (born 1974), multimedia artist
* Maria Martins (1894–1973), sculptor
* Sylvia Martins (born 1956), painter
* Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), sculptor
* Alessandra Meskita (fl 2007), fashion designer
* Alice Miceli (born 1980), video artist
* Beatriz Milhazes (born 1960), painter
* Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914–1979), painter, illustrator, printmaker

## N

* Ananda Nahu (born 1985), street artist
* Naza (born 1955), abstract painter
* Constancia Nery (born 1936), naive art painter
* Rivane Neuenschwander (born 1967), contemporary artist
* Teresa Nicolao (born 1928), painter, set designer
* Lucia Nogueira (1950–1998), painter

## O

* Tomie Ohtake (1913–2015), Japanese-Brazilian painter, sculptor, print maker
* Christina Oiticica (born 1951), painter
* Lydia Okumura (born 1948), abstract painter
* Camila Oliveira Fairclough (born 1979), visual artist
* Fayga Ostrower (1920–2001), Polish-born Brazilian engraver, painter, educator

## P

* Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943), painter, sculptor, now in the UK
* Shirley Paes Leme (born 1955), printmaker, sculptor, and educator
* Lygia Pape (1927–2004), sculptor, engraver, filmmaker
* Letícia Parente (1930–1991), video artist
* Regina Parra (born 1981), contemporary artist
* Rosana Paulino (born 1967), visual artist, educator and curator
* Marianne Peretti (born 1927), French-Brazilian sculptor, muralist and stained glass artist
* Wanda Pimentel (1943–2019), painter
* Luiza Prado (born 1988), multidisciplinary artist

## Q

* Anna Letycia Quadros (1929–2018), painter

## R

* Madalena dos Santos Reinbolt (1919–1977), painter, textile artist

## S

* Neide Sá (born 1940), painter
* Gretta Sarfaty (fl 1970s), Greek-Brazilian painter and multimedia artist
* Katie van Scherpenberg (born 1940), painter
* Regina Silveira (born 1939), painter
* Luzia Simons (born 1953), painter
* Camila Soato (born 1985), oil painter
* Nathália Suellen (born 1989), digital artist

## T

* Amelia Toledo (1926–2017), sculptor, painter
* Clarissa Tossin (born 1973), painter
* Celeida Tostes (1929–1995), sculptor, ceramist
* Iracema Trevisan (born 1982), fashion designer
* Isabelle Tuchband (born 1968), plastic artist
* Yara Tupynambá (born 1932), painter

## V

* Adriana Varejão (born 1964), painter, drawer, sculptor and installation artist
* Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, video-artist, photographer
* Nicolina Vaz de Assis (1874–1941), sculptor
* Fernanda Viégas (born 1971), graphical designer
* Mary Vieira (1927–2001), sculptor

## W

* Hilde Weber (1913–1994), cartoonist, illustrator
* Bertha Worms (1868–1937), French-Brazilian painter

## X

* Márcia X (1959–2005), performance artist
* Niobe Xandó (1915–2010), painter

## Z

* Carla Zaccagnini (born 1973), painter and curator