# List of New Zealand women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in New Zealand or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
* Top
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Airini A'Court(born 1953), painter
* Zena Abbott (1922–1993), weaver
* Caroline Abraham (1809–1877), painter
* Emily Acland (1830–1905), pioneer settler and watercolour painter
* Avis Acres (1910–1994), painter, illustrator, writer
* Florence Akins (1906–2012), metalworker and textile artist
* Chrystabel Aitken (1904–2005), sculpture, jewellery, metalwork, linocuts
* Gretchen Albrecht (born 1943), painter, sculptor
* Edith Amituanai (born 1980), photographer
* Gladys Anderson (born 19th century), painter
* Hiria Anderson (born 1974), painter
* Rita Angus (1908–1970), painter
* Aina Apse (1926–2015), potter
* Esther Archdall (1916–1999), textile artist
* Mina Arndt (1885–1926), painter
* Tanya Ashken (born 1939), sculptor and jeweller
* Raewyn Atkinson (born 1955), ceramicist

## B

* Whero O Te Rangi Bailey (1935—2016), weaver and textile artist
* Gertrude Ball (1879–1971), wood engraver and painter
* Ria Bancroft (1907–1993), sculptor
* Nola Barron (born 1931), potter
* Pauline Bern (born 1952), jeweller
* Phyllis Bethune (1899–1982), landscape painter
* Vivien Bishop (born 1945), painter
* Lisa Black (born 1982), mixed media sculptor
* Margery Blackman (born 1930), weaver
* Eden Bleazard (1855–1946), painter
* Bessie Blomfield (1880–1984), painter
* Constance Bolton (1884–1949), painter
* Christine Boswijk (born 1939), ceramist
* Olivia Spencer Bower (1905–1982), painter
* Joanna Braithwaite (born 1962), painter
* Jane Brenkley (1882–1973), painter, wood carver and embroiderer
* Stella Brennan (born 1974), installation artist
* Freda Brierley (born 1942), textile artist
* Jude Broughan (born 1976), mixed media artist
* Cath Brown (1933–2004), weaver and ceramicist
* Helen Brown (1917–1986), painter
* Pelenakeke Brown, multi-disciplinary artist
* Kathleen Browne (1905–2007), painter
* Mary-Louise Browne (born 1957), text-based conceptual artist
* Annie Buckhurst (1894–1959), metalwork artist
* Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), photographer
* Emily Valentine Bullock (living), jeweller and creator of wearable art
* Maude Burge (1865–1957), painter
* Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows (born 1951), tapa cloth artist
* Mirranda Burton (born 1973), printmaker and graphic novel illustrator
* Fanny Buss (1910–1986), textile artist, fashion designer, printmaker and book illustrator
* Debra Bustin (born 1957), visual artist
* Grace Butler (1886–1962), landscape painter
* Margaret Butler (1883–1947), sculptor

## C

* Helen Calder (born 1955), painter
* Emma Camden (born 1966), glassworker
* Corrie Cameron (1904–1993), printmaker and painter
* Donna Campbell (born 1959), curator, weaver and textile artist
* Jenny Campbell (1895–1970), painter
* Rosemary Campbell (born 1941), painter
* Ida Carey (1891–1982), painter and art teacher
* Ruth Castle (born 1931), weaver
* Vera Chapman (1885–1953), painter
* Ellen Cheeseman (1848–1928), painter and botanist
* Madeleine Child (born 1959), ceramist
* Liyen Chong (born 1979), embroiderer, ceramacist and printmaker
* Bessie Christie (1904–1983), painter
* Fiona Clark (born 1954), photographer
* Tangimoe Clay (born 1960), weaver and textile artist
* Betty Clegg (1926–2009), watercolour painter
* Edith Collier (1885–1964), painter
* Alice Beville Collins (1884–1973), silversmith
* Octavia Cook (born 1978), jeweller
* Fiona Connor (born 1981), mixed media artist
* Dale Copeland (born 1943), collage and assemblage artist
* Ivy Copeland (1888–1961), painter
* Stella Corkery (born 1960), artist and drummer
* Paerau Corneal (born 1961), ceramicist
* Bronwynne Cornish (born 1945), ceramist, sculptor, educator
* Helen Crabb (1891–1972), pen and ink artist, painter and art teacher
* Ann Culy (born 1952), jewellery designer
* Vera Cummings (1891–1940), portrait painter
* Betty Curnow (1911–2005), painter and printmaker

## D

* Lily Daff (1885–1945), painter and illustrator
* Andrea Daly (born 1965), jeweller
* Judy Darragh (born 1957), sculptor, assemblage artist, photographer, painter
* Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951), sculptor, painter
* May Davis (1914–1995), ceramicist
* Eileen Olive Deste (1909–1986), photographer
* Pip Devonshire (born 1966), weaver
* Fran Dibble (born 1962), sculptor, painter
* Ngila Dickson (born 1958), costume designer
* Lynley Dodd (born 1941), children's book illustrator
* Alison Duff (1914–2000), sculptor
* Joan Dukes (1903–1993), illustrator
* Sarah Dutt (living), mixed media artist
* Dagmar Dyck (born 1972), printmaker, painter
* Rona Dyer (1923–2021), painter and wood-engraver

## E

* Audrey Eagle (1925–2022), botanical illustrator
* Gay Eaton (1933–2017), textile artist
* Vanessa Wairata Edwards (1980 -), printmaker
* Frances Dolina Ellis (1900–1971), artist, printmaker and teacher
* Lorna Ellis (1903–1981), sculptor and ceramist
* Jane Evans (1946–2012), painter
* Claudia Pond Eyley (born 1946), painter, filmmaker

## F

* Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929), painter and writer
* Lusi Faiva (living), stage performer and dancer
* Nicola Farquhar (born 1972), painter
* Joan Fear (1932–2022), painter
* Irene Ferguson (born 1970), portrait painter
* Di ffrench (1946–1999), photographic and performance artist
* Ivy Fife (1905–1976), portrait painter
* Frances Fletcher (1846–1935), painter
* Luise Fong (born 1964), painter
* Selina Foote (born 1985), painter
* Patricia France (1911–1995), abstract artist
* Margaret Frankel (1902–1997), painter, potter, printmaker and art teacher
* Jacqueline Fraser (born 1956), multidisciplinary artist
* Hester Frood (1882–1971), painter and printmaker
* Elizabeth Fuller (born 1957), illustrator

## G

* Joanne Gair (born c.1958), make-up artist
* Briar Gardner (1879–1968), ceramicist
* Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), sculptor and assemblage artist
* Kay George (born 1954), painter
* May Gilbert (1901–1977), printmaker and painter
* Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999), painter
* Star Gossage (born 1973), painter
* Kohai Grace (born 1966), weaver
* Joan Gragg (born 1943), painter and sculptor
* Charlotte Graham (born 1972), painter
* Ayesha Green (born 1987), painter and sculptor
* Sarah Greenwood (1809–1889), painter

## H

* Alison Hale (born 1954/1955), painter
* Amy Merania Harper (1900–1998), photographer
* Emily Harris (1837–1925), painter
* Christine Harvey (living), tā moko artist
* Niki Hastings-McFall (born 1959), artist and jeweller
* Rhona Haszard (1901–1931), painter
* Christine Hellyar (born 1947), sculptor, installation artist
* Louise Henderson (1902–1994), painter
* Rangimārie Hetet (1892–1995), weaver
* Veranoa Hetet (born 1966), weaver
* Georgina Hetley (1832–1898), painter
* Avis Higgs (1918–2016), textile designer
* Mabel Hill (1872–1956), painter
* Bessie Hocken (1848–1933), painter and photographer
* Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947), painter
* Ola and Marie Höglund (born 1956, born 1955), glass artists
* Katherine McLean Holmes (1849–1925), painter
* Esther Studholme Hope (1885–1975), painter
* Gabrielle Hope (1916–1962), painter
* Jean Horsley (1913–1997), painter
* Eleanor Hughes (1882–1959), painter
* Alexis Hunter (1948–2014), contemporary painter, photographer
* Mary Young Hunter (1872–1947), painter

## J

* Nicola Jackson (born 1960), painter
* Linda James (born 1951), painter
* Helen Varley Jamieson (born 1966), digital media artist, writer
* Eana Jeans (1890–1986), painter
* Ellen Jeffreys (1827–1904), painter
* Dorothy Jenkin (1892–1995), painter
* Megan Jenkinson (born 1958), photographer
* Jess Johnson (born 1979), drawer, animator
* Nina Jones (1871–1926), painter

## K

* Robyn Kahukiwa (born c. 1938), painter and illustrator
* Emily Karaka (born 1952), painter
* Annie Elizabeth Kelly (1877–1946), portrait painter
* Robyn E. Kenealy (born 1983), comic creator
* Martha King (1803–1897), painter
* Susan Te Kahurangi King (born 1951), pencil/ink
* Te Rongo Kirkwood (born 1973), glass designer
* Denise Kum (born 1968), artist

## L

* Sarah Laing (born 1973), cartoonist and author
* Lily Laita (born 1969), painter
* Maureen Lander (born 1942), weaver and installation artist
* Daisy Le Cren (1881–1951), painter
* Rozana Lee (born 1970), artist
* Saskia Leek (born 1970), painter
* Ranginui Parewahawaha Leonard (1872–1984), weaver
* Janet Lilo (born 1982), digital photography, video, and multimedia artist
* Connie Lloyd (1895–1982), etcher
* Bridie Lonie (born 1951/2), painter, academic and arts writer
* Ida Mary Lough (1903–1985), weaver
* Nikole Lowe (born 1973), tattoo artist
* Caroline Lush (1854–1945), painter
* Julia Lynch (1896–1975), portrait artist
* Vivian Lynn (1931–2018), multidisciplinary artist

## M

* Sophia Augusta Moore (1861-1945), artist
* Molly Macalister (1920–1979), painter, sculptor
* Jeanne Macaskill (1931–2014), painter
* Viola Macmillan Brown (1897–1981), painter
* Marian Maguire (born 1962), lithographer
* Rhea Maheshwari (born 1993), painter
* Toi Te Rito Maihi (born 1937), weaver
* Dorothy Manning (1919–2012), painter
* Lina Marsh (born 1972/73), multidisciplinary artist and musician
* Sylvia Marsters (born 1962), painter
* Mata Aho Collective (formed 2012), mixed-media artists
* Liz Maw (born 1966), painter
* Elizabeth McClure (born 1957), glass artist
* Shona McFarlane (1929–2001), painter
* Mary McIntyre (born 1928), painter
* Lois McIvor (1930–2017), painter
* Rachael McKenna (born 1971), photographer
* Tui McLauchlan (1915–2004), painter
* Tanja McMillan (Misery) (born 1982), graffiti artist, painter and sculptor
* Sarah Ann McMurray (1848–1943), woodcarver
* Ellen von Meyern (1882–1912), portrait painter
* Judy Millar (born 1957), painter
* Marjory Mills (1896–1987), painter, embroiderer
* Margaret Milne (1917–2005), ceramicist
* Sofia Minson (born 1984), painter
* Merata Mita (1942–2010), filmmaker
* Shona Moller, painter
* Muriel Carrick Moody (1907–1991), sculptor, ceramist
* Bev Moon, artist
* Peg Moorhouse (1917–2024), weaver and artist
* Julia Morison (born 1952), multidisciplinary artist
* Edith Emily Morris (1895–1965), jewellery designer, silversmith
* Elise Mourant (1921–1990), painter
* Marianne Muggeridge (born 1952), painter and screenprinter

## N

* Indira Neville (born 1973), comics artist, educator
* Kate Newby (born 1979), installation artist
* Jan Nigro (1919–2012), painter

## O

* Nina Oberg Humphries (born 1990), sculpture, photographer
* Ani O'Neill (born 1971), artist
* Daisy Osborn (1888–1957), painter, illustrator, jewellery designer
* Rona Ngahuia Osborne (born 1974), painter, textile and clothing artist

## P

* Pacific Sisters, collective of artists, performers, fashion designers, jewellers and musicians
* Evelyn Margaret Page (1899–1988), painter
* Fiona Pardington (born 1961), photographer
* Tania Patterson (born 1969), jeweller
* Joanna Paul (1945–2003), visual artist, poet, filmmaker
* Ruth Paul (born 1964), children's writer, illustrator
* Patricia Charlotte Perrin (1921–1988), potter
* Juliet Peter (1915–2010), potter and printmaker
* Margot Philips (1902–1988), painter
* Séraphine Pick (born 1964), painter
* Judy Pickard (1921–2016), painter
* Kim Pieters (born 1959), painter, musician and digital filmmaker
* Molima Molly Pihigia (born 1950/51), weaver
* Ada May Plante (1875–1950), painter
* Diane Prince (born 1952), painter, weaver, installation art practitioner and set designer
* Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver, writer

## R

* Rachael Rakena (born 1969), digital artist
* Rosanna Raymond (born 1967), installation artist, poet, and cultural commentator.
* Lisa Reihana (born 1964), video and multimedia artist
* Rangimahora Reihana-Mete (1899–1993), weaver
* Bridget Reweti (active since 2000s), photographer and moving image artist
* Kura Te Waru Rewiri (born 1950), painter, educator
* Pauline Rhodes (born 1937), sculptor, installation artist
* Gwyneth Richardson (1896–1980), watercolour artist
* Dolla Richmond (1861–1935), painter
* Dorothy Robertson (died 1979), painter
* Helen Rockel (born 1949), painter
* Yvonne Rust (1922–2002), potter and painter
* Frances Rutherford (1912–2006), painter

## S

* Kathleen Salmond (1895–1946), painter
* E. Rosa Sawtell (1865–1940), painter
* Emily Schuster (1927–1997), weaver
* Carole Shepheard (born 1945), printmaker
* Maud Winifred Sherwood (1880–1956), painter
* Jeena Shin (born 1973), painter
* Emily Siddell (born 1971), mixed-media artist
* Sylvia Siddell (1941–2011), painter, etcher, screen-printer
* Freda Simmonds (1912–1983), painter
* Tiffany Singh (born 1978), installation artist
* Susan Skerman (born 1928), painter
* Yvonne Sloan (born 1941), weaver, textile artist
* Katherine Smyth, ceramicist
* Ella Spicer (1876–1958), painter
* Peggy Spicer (1908–1984), painter
* Vida Steinert (1903–1999), painter
* Helen Stewart (1900–1983), painter

## T

* Yuk King Tan (born 1971), artist
* Mahiriki Tangaroa (born 1973), painter
* Salome Tanuvasa, multi-disciplinary artist
* Mary Taylor (born 1948), artist
* Diggeress Te Kanawa (1920–2009), weaver
* Cherie Templer (1856–1915), painter
* Saffronn Te Ratana (born 1975), mixed media artist
* Elizabeth Thomson (born 1955), painter
* Margaret Thomson (1910–2005), filmmaker
* Pauline Thompson (1942–2012), painter
* Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe (born 1969), visual artist and arts administrator
* Mollie Tripe (1870–1939), painter
* Merylyn Tweedie (born 1953), multi-media artist
* Marion Tylee (1906–1969), painter

## U

* Francis Upritchard (born 1976), sculptor and installation artist
* Colleen Waata Urlich (1939–2015), ceramicist

## V

* Juliet Valpy (1835–1911), painter
* Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959), painter, sculptor
* Erica van Zon (born 1979), ceramicist
* Lesley Vanderwalt (active 2010s), hair designer, make-up artist
* Kathleen Vane (1891–1965), painter

## W

* Lisa Walker (born 1967), jeweller
* Edith Wall (1904–2012), painter
* Elizabeth Wallwork (1883–1969), painter
* Emma Maria Walrond (1859–1943), painter
* Enga Washbourn (1908–1988), painter
* Ruth Watson (born 1962) photographer, sculptor, painter, installation artist and academic
* Alice Waymouth (1884–1963), metalworker and artist
* Marilynn Webb (1937–2021), printmaker, painter
* Christine Webster (born 1958), visual artist and photographer
* Ans Westra (1936–2023), photographer
* Annie Julia White (1852–1932), painter
* Robin White (born 1946), painter, printmaker
* Violet Whiteman (1873–1952), painter
* Alice Whyte (1885–1952), painter
* Areta Wilkinson (born 1969), jeweller
* Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937), sculptor, fibre artist
* Mary Wirepa (1904–1971), painter
* Christina Wirihana (born 1949), weaver
* Hilda Wiseman (1894–1982), bookplate designer, painter, calligrapher
* Sina Woolcott (1907–2003), potter

## Y

* Pauline Yearbury (1926–1977), Māori modernist art
* Charlotte Youmans (1869–1957), painter
* Adele Younghusband (1878–1969), painter, photographer

## Z

* Beth Zanders (1913–2009), painter