# List of Chinese women artists

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

## A

* A Ge (born 1948), print-maker, also known as Deng Mingying

## B

* Bingyi (born 1975), painter
* Bu Hua (born 1973), digital artist

## C

* Cai Han (1647-1686), landscape painter
* Cai Jin (born 1965), painter
* Cai Lanying (1918-2005), paper-cut artist
* Cao Fei (born 1978), multimedia artist
* Cao Miaoqing (14th Century), poet, calligrapher, and musician
* Cao Yu (born 1988), visual artist
* Cao Zhenxiu (active late 18th Century), poet, painter, calligrapher
* Chai Jingyi (17th Century), poet, painter
* Chang Ch'ung-ho or Zhang Chonghe (1914–2015), Chinese-American poet, painter, calligrapher
* Georgette Chen (1906-1993), Chinese-Singaporean modern art painter
* Chen Jin (1907-1998), first Taiwanese painter to achieve national recognition
* Chen Ke (born 1978), painter
* Movana Chen (born 1975), paper knitting artist
* Chen Peiqiu (1922-2020), best-selling woman painter of her day
* Chen Shu (1660–1736), Qing dynasty painter
* Chen Xiaocui (1902-1967), poet, painter, and calligrapher
* Cheng Changwen (Tang Dynasty), poet and calligrapher
* Cheong Jägerroos, Canal (1968-), painter and conceptual artist
* Choi Yan-chi (born 1949), Hong Kong installation artist
* Irene Chou (1924–2011), calligrapher and painter
* Chow Chung-cheng (1908–1996), finger painter, writer
* Katherine Choy (1927-1958), ceramist

## D

* Ding Yu (Qing Dynasty), painter
* Dong Xiaowan (1623-1651), painter, poet, and courtesan, also known as Dong Qinglian

## F

* Fan Tchunpi (1898–1986), painter and ceramicist
* Fang Wanyi (1732-1779), poet and painter
* Fang Zhaoling (1914-2006), painter and calligrapher, also known as Lydia Fong
* Fu Daokun (fl. 1626), painter

## G

* Gu Erniang (Qing Dynasty), inkstone artist
* Gu Hengbo (1619-1664), Gējì, poet and painter
* Guan Daosheng (1262–1319), "the most famous female painter in Chinese history."
* Guan Zilan (1903–1986), avant-garde painter, also known as Violet Kwan

## H

* Han Yajuan (born 1980), contemporary artist
* He Xiangning (1878–1972), feminist, politician, painter, poet
* He Zhihong (born 1970), book illustrator
* Hu Jieqing (1905-2001)
* Huang Daopo (c.1245-1330), textile artist

## J

* Aowen Jin (active since 2010), Chinese-born British artist

## K

* Kan Xuan (born 1972), visual artist
* Kang Tongbi (1887-1969), daughter of Kang Youwei, better known as a political activist

## L

* Jun T. Lai (born 1953), sculptor and painter
* Jaffa Lam (born 1973), contemporary artist
* Li Chevalier (born 1961) painting, installation; Chinese-born French artist (诗蓝 in Chinese)
* Li Shuang (born 1957), contemporary artist
* Li Xinmo (born 1976), contemporary artist
* Li Yin (c.1610—1685), Ming dynasty Gējì, artist, and poet.
* Liang Xueqing (active early 20th Century)
* Liao Jingwen (1923–2015), calligrapher and curator of the Xu Beihong Memorial Museum
* Pixy Liao (born 1979)
* Lin Xue (active 17th Century), painter and Gējì, also known as Lin Tiansu
* Ling Shuhua (1900-1990), Modernist writer and painter
* Beili Liu (born 1974), contemporary visual artist, installation and performance
* Liu Rushi (1618-1644), Gējì, poet, writer and female leader
* Lou Zhenggang (born 1966)
* Lu Xiaoman (1903-1965), painter, poet, opera singer
* Luo Wei (born 1989), contemporary artist

## M

* Ma Quan (18th Century), bird and flower painter, relative of Ma Yuanyu
* Ma Shouzhen (c.1548–1604), Gējì, painter, poet and playwright, also known as Ma Xianglan
* Mok Hing Ling, ink painter

## N

* Nie Ou (born 1948), painter

## P

* Pan Yuliang (1895-1977), first women to paint in Western style
* Peng Wei (born 1974), contemporary artist

## Q

* Qiu Zhu (active 16th Century), painter, daughter of Qiu Ying

## S

* Shen Shou (1874–1921), embroiderer
* Sun Duoci (1912–1975), painter

## T

* Mary Tape (1857-1934) civil rights activist, amateur painter and photographer
* Tseng Yu-ho (1924–2017), also known as Betty Ecke

## W

* Wang Henei (1912–2000), sculptor, born Renée June-Nikel in Paris
* Yuhua Shouzhi Wang (born 1966), painter
* Wang Zhaoyuan (1763-1851), scholar and calligrapher
* Wei Shuo (272-349), calligrapher, teacher of Wang Xizhi
* Wen Shu (1595–1634), painter, great-granddaughter of Wen Zhengming
* Evan Siu Ping Wu (active since 2012), painter

## X

* Xiao Lu (born 1962), installation and video artist
* Xin Fengxia (1927–1998), pingju actress, painter, writer
* Xue Susu (c.1564–1650), Gējì, painter, poet and Go player

## Y

* Yang Meizi (1162-1233), Southern Song Empress, calligrapher, painter
* Yang Wan (c.1602-1644), Gējì poet and calligrapher
* Yin Xiuzhen (born 1963), sculptor and installation artist
* Ying Miao (born 1985), Internet artist
* Yun Bing (18th Century), granddaughter of Yun Shouping
* Yun Zhu (1771-1833), niece of Yun Bing

## Z

* Zhang Huaicun (born 1972), painter, writer and poet
* Zhou Shuxi (1624-1705), painter, renowned in the flower and bird genre
* Zimei (active since 1999), multidisciplinary artist, musician