# List of South African artists

The following is a list of artists from South Africa.

## A

* Larry Abramson (born 1954), South African-born Israeli artist
* Igshaan Adams (born 1982), textile artist
* Valerie Adler, painter and designer
* Bill Ainslie (1934–1989)
* Jane Alexander (born 1959)
* Siemon Allen (born 1971)
* Nils Andersen (1897–1972)
* Tyrone Appollis (born 1957)
* Dieter Aschenborn (1915–2002), Namibian-born
* Hans Aschenborn (1888–1931), German-born
* Uli Aschenborn (born 1947)
* Leigh Ashton (born 1956)

## B

* Beezy Bailey (born 1962)
* Kenneth Baker (1921–1996)
* Beverly Barkat (born 1966), South-African born Israeli visual artist
* Walter Battiss (1906–1982)
* Janko de Beer (born 1980)
* Charles Davidson Bell (1813–1882), Scottish-born painter, artist and stamp designer
* Deborah Bell (born 1957), sculptor, painter and mixed media artist
* Willie Bester (born 1956)
* Doris Bloom (born 1954), painter; incorporates performance art into her work
* Harry Bolus (1834–1911), botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist
* D. C. Boonzaier (1865–1950)
* Gregoire Boonzaier (1909–2005)
* Dineo Seshee Bopape (born 1981)
* Steven Bosch (born 1978)
* Cristina Boshoff (born 1980), singer
* Willem Boshoff (born 1951)
* Wim Botha (born 1974)
* Candice Breitz (born 1972)
* Lisa Brice (born 1968)
* Lesley-Ann Brandt, South African-American painter and visual artist (born 1981)
* Rhona Brown (1922–2014), botanical artist
* Winifred Brunton (1880–1959), painter, especially of Egyptian pharaohs

## C

* Sarah Calburn (born 1964)
* Norman Catherine (born 1949)
* Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010)
* Frans Claerhout, Belgian (1919–2006)
* Julia Rosa Clark (born 1975)
* Peter Clarke (1929–2014)
* Christo Coetzee (1929–2000)
* Ernest Cole (1940–1990)
* Gillian Condy (born 1952), botanical artist
* Ben Jay Crossman (born 1979)
* Tom Cullberg (born 1972)

## D

* Nerine Desmond (1908–1993)
* Mbali Dhlamini (born 1990), photographer
* Adriaan Diedericks (born 1990), sculptor
* Ethel May Dixie (1876–1973), botanical artist
* Marlene Dumas (born 1953)

## E

* Peter Eastman (born 1976)
* Fanie Eloff (1885–1947), sculptor
* Paul Emsley (born 1947), British portrait painter and lecturer
* Garth Erasmus (born 1956)

## F

* Dumile Feni (1939–1991), sculptor and printmaker
* Cyril Fradan (1928–1997), artist and designer, especially of acrylic paints incorporating various glazing techniques
* Abrie Fourie (born 1969), artist specialising in photography and digital media

## G

* Kendell Geers (born 1968)
* Michael Gitlin (born 1943), South African-born Israeli contemporary sculptor
* Allerley Glossop (1870–1955)
* David Goldblatt (1930–2018)
* Arthur Goldreich, South African-Israeli abstract painter (1929–1982)
* Frances Goodman (born 1975)

## H

* Caesar Carl Hans Henkel (1839–1913), German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist
* Matthew Hindley (born 1974)
* Nicholas Hlobo (born 1975), sculptor
* Robert Hodgins (1920–2010), English-born South African painter and printmaker
* Rosa Hope (1902–1972), English-born South African painter
* Pieter Hugo (born 1976), photographer

## J

* Gavin Jantjes (born 1948), painter
* Barbara Jeppe (1921–1999), botanical artist
* Gabriel de Jongh (1913–2004), Dutch-born South African painter
* Tinus de Jongh (1885–1942), painter

## K

* Nadav Kander (born 1961), photographer
* Anton Kannemeyer (born 1967)
* Hanns Katz (1892–1940), expressionist painter and graphic artist
* William Kentridge (born 1955)
* Wolf Kibel (1903–1938)
* David Koloane (1938–2019)
* Moses Kottler (1896–1977), painter and sculptor
* Ansel Krut (born 1959), painter based in London, UK
* David Kuijers (born 1962), painter, designer and illustrator

## L

* Maggie Laubser (1886–1973)
* Ralph Lazar (born 1967)
* Cythna Letty (1895–1985), botanical artist
* Carla Liesching (born 1985)
* Lippy Lipshitz (1903–1980), sculptor, painter, and printmaker
* Kai Lossgott (born 1980)

## M

* Noria Mabasa (born 1938)
* Fikile Magadlela (1952–2003)
* Esther Mahlangu (born 1935)
* Billy Mandindi (1967–2005)
* Anja Marais (born 1974)
* Amitabh Mitra (born 1955), Indian-born South Aftican painter, physician
* Louis Maqhubela (born 1939)
* Gerhard Marx (born 1976)
* Judith Mason (1938–2016), painter, sculptor and installation artist
* Kagiso Patrick Mautloa (born 1952)
* Johannes Petrus Meintjes (1923–1980), artist, author and historian
* John Meyer (born 1942), painter
* Ina Millman, artist and art teacher
* Anthony Morton (1923–2006)
* Nandipha Mntambo (born 1982)
* Santu Mofokeng (1956–2020)
* Zwelethu Mthethwa (born 1960), painter and photographer
* Zanele Muholi (born 1972)
* Brett Murray (born 1961)
* Credo Mutwa (1921–2020)

## N

* Hermann Niebuhr (born 1972), painter of primarily urban and rural landscapes
* Zelda Nolte (1929–2003), South African-British sculptor and woodblock printmaker
* Neo Ntsoma (born 1972)
* Thenjiwe Nkosi (born 1980), South African-American

## O

* Johan Oldert (1912–1984), painter and sculptor
* Ken Oosterbroek (1963–1994), photographer

## P

* Karabo Poppy (born 1992)
* Georgia Papageorge (born 1941)
* Charles Ernest Peers (1875–1944)
* George Pemba (1912–2001)
* Peet Pienaar (born 1971)
* Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (1886–1957)
* Barbara Pike (born 1933), botanical artist
* Stanley Pinker (1924–2012)
* Deborah Poynton (born 1970)
* Alexis Preller (1911–1975)

## R

* Gavin Rain (born 1971)
* Jo Ratcliffe
* Robin Rhode (born 1976)
* Dolf Rieser (1898–1983), South African-born British painter, printmaker, and teacher
* Tracey Rose (born 1974)
* David Rosen (1959–2014)
* Harold Rubin (1932–2020), South African-born Israeli artist
* Athi-Patra Ruga (born 1984)

## S

* Lesley Sachs (born 1958), South African- born Israeli figurative artist
* Ruth Sacks (born 1977)
* Claudette Schreuders (born 1973)
* Richard Scott (born 1968)
* Berni Searle (born 1964)
* Gerard Sekoto (1913–1993)
* Mary Sibande (born 1982)
* Penny Siopis (born 1953)
* Lucas Sithole (1931–1994)
* Cecil Skotnes (1926–2009)
* Sean Slemon (born 1978)
* Jo Smail (born 1943), South Africa-born American
* Kathryn Smith (born 1975)
* Frank Sydney Spears (1906–1991)
* Irma Stern (1894–1966)
* Paul Stopforth (born 1945)
* Mikhael Subotzky (born 1981)
* Lisa Swerling (born 1972), South African/British
* Helen Sebidi (born 1943)

## T

* Guy Tillim (born 1962), photographer
* Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913–2006)
* Lawrence Holme Twentyman (1783–1852), silversmith

## U

* Jeannette Unite (born 1964), Earth artist who paints and draws with minerals and mining detritus from the "Industrial Sublime"

## V

* Strijdom van der Merwe (born 1961), land artist
* Maurice van Essche (1906–1977), Belgian-born South African painter, oil, gouache, acrylic and water-color; inspired by time in Belgian Congo (1939), inter alia
* Anton van Wouw (1862–1945), Dutch-born South African sculptor
* Nontsikelelo (Lolo) Veleko (born 1977)
* Jan Vermeiren (born 1949), paintings mainly in oil on canvas, etchings and lithography
* Diane Victor (born 1964)
* Karlien de Villiers (born 1975)
* Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk (1853–1936), landscape painter

## W

* Jeremy Wafer (born 1953)
* Donovan Ward (born 1962)
* Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst (1920–1994), botanical artist
* James Webb (born 1975)
* Jean Welz (1900–1975)
* Sue Williamson (born 1941)
* Isaac Witkin (1936–2006), modern sculptor

## Z

* Cynthia Zukas (1931– 2024) , painter