# List of South African women artists

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

## A

* Clare Abbott (1921–2008), illustrator
* Valerie Adler, painter and designer
* Chrysoula Argyros (born 1954), painter
* Jane Alexander (born 1959), sculptor, installation artist
* Julia Anastasopoulos (born 1983), artist, illustrator, designer, actress
* Beth Diane Armstrong (born 1985), sculptor

## B

* Beverly Barkat (born 1966), South-African born Israeli visual artist
* Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818–1899), amateur scientist, painter, poet
* Myfanwy Bekker (active since the 1970s), painter, ceramist, now living in Plettenberg Bay.
* Deborah Bell (born 1957), painter, sculptor
* Doris Bloom (born 1954), painter; incorporates performance art into her work
* Frida Blumenberg (born 1935), sculptor
* Dineo Seshee Bopape (born 1981), multimedia artist
* Candice Breitz (born 1972), artist working with video and photography, educator
* Sarah Britten (born 1974), writer, lipstick artist
* Rhona Brown (1922–2014), botanical artist

## C

* Sarah Calburn (born 1964)
* Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010), abstract painter
* Julia Rosa Clark (born 1975), contemporary artist
* Gillian Condy (born 1953), botanical artist

## D

* Angela de Jesus (born 1982), visual artist, curator
* Mbali Dhlamini (born 1990)
* Ethel May Dixie (1876–1973), botanical artist
* Marlene Dumas (born 1953), visual artist, now in Amsterdam

## E

* Fanie Eloff (1885–1947), sculptor

## F

* Faith47 (born 1979), multimedia artist
* Marianne Fannin (1845–1938), Irish botanical artist, worked in South Africa

## G

* Ambra Gambale (active since 2010), jewellery designer
* Allerley Glossop (1870–1955), painter
* Frances Goodman (born 1975)
* Sophy Gray (1814–1871), artist, architect
* Liza Grobler (born 1974), mixed media artist
* Louise Guthrie (1879–1966), botanist, botanical artist

## H

* Cecil Higgs (1898–1986), painter
* Philippa Hobbs (born 1955), art historian, artist
* Rosa Hope (1902–1972), English-born South African painter

## J

* Barbara Jeppe (1921–1999), botanical artist
* Svea Josephy (born 1969), fine arts photographer, educator

## K

* Marlise Keith (born 1972), artist working in ink, pencil, acrylics

## L

* Maggie Laubser (1886–1973), painter, printmaker
* Cythna Letty (1895–1985), botanical artist
* Aileen Lipkin (1933–1994), painter, sculptor

## M

* Noria Mabasa (born 1938), sculptor, ceramist
* Esther Mahlangu (born 1935), Ndebele painter
* Anja Marais (born 1974), sculptor, multi-disciplinary artist
* Judith Mason (1938–2016), painter, mixed media artist, textile designer
* Jacki McInnes (born 1966), painter
* Ina Millman, artist and art teacher
* Nandipha Mntambo (born 1982), sculptor, video artist
* Sethembile Msezane (born 1991), visual artist, public speaker and performer
* Zanele Muholi (born 1972), photographer, video artist, installation artist

## N

* Allina Ndebele (born 1939), artist and weaver
* Robyn Nesbitt (born 1984), contemporary artist

## P

* Diana Page (born 1965), installation artist, now in Istanbul
* Carolyn Parton (born 1964), contemporary artist
* Barbara Pike (born 1933), botanical painter
* Karabo Poppy (born 1992), illustrator
* Deborah Poynton (born 1970), painter

## R

* Tracey Rose (born 1974), contemporary artist
* Arabella Elizabeth Roupell (1817–1914), British botanical artist working in South Africa

## S

* Ruth Sacks (born 1977), installation artist
* Berni Searle (born 1964), contemporary artist
* Katharine Saunders (1824-1901), British-born Colony of Natal botanical illustrator.
* Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi (born 1943), sculptor and painter in pastel, acrylic and oil paint
* Mary Sibande (born 1982), sculptor
* Penny Siopis (born 1953), painter, installation artist
* Buhlebezwe Siwani (born 1987), multidisciplinary artist
* Kathryn Smith (born 1975), artist, curator, researcher
* Doreen Southwood (born 1974), multimedia artist
* Mary Stainbank (1899–1996), sculptor
* Irma Stern (1894–1966), prominent painter
* Pamela Stretton (born 1980), digital artist
* Maud Sumner (1902–1985), painter

## T

* Jill Trappler (born 1957), painter, weaver, installation artist
* Alys Fane Trotter (1862–1961), Irish poet and artist, remembered for her illustrations of the Cape district

## U

* Jeannette Unite (born 1964), Earth mining artist, collects minerals, oxides for art materials and photographs industrial sites.

## V

* Marjorie van Heerden (born 1949), writer, illustrator
* Thelma Van Rensburg (born 1969), artist working with ink, pencil and charcoal
* Minnette Vári (born 1968), installation artist
* Diane Victor (born 1964), artist, printmaker

## W

* Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst (1920–1994), botanical artist
* Sue Williamson (born 1941), multimedia artist, curator

## Z

* Cynthia Zukas (1931– 2024) , painter