# List of New Zealand artists

The following is a list of New Zealand artists.
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* E
* F
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## A

* Airini A'Court (born 1953) – painter
* Brett a'Court (born 1968) – painter
* Zena Abbott (1922–1993) – weaver
* Caroline Abraham (1809–1877) – painter
* Laurence Aberhart (born 1949) – photographer
* Emily Acland (1830–1905) – pioneer settler and watercolour painter
* Avis Acres (1910–1994) – painter, illustrator, writer
* Laurence Aberhart (born 1949) – photographer
* Mark Adams (born 1949) – photographer
* Richard Adams (born 1957) – violinist and abstract painter
* Chrystabel Aitken (1904–2005) – sculptor and jeweller
* Florence Akins (1906–2012) – metalworker and textile artist
* Gretchen Albrecht (born 1943) – painter
* Peter Alger (born 1952) – ceramicist
* Jim Allen (1922–2023) – sculptor, carver and mixed media artist
* Edith Amituanai (born 1980) – photographer
* Gladys Anderson (19th century) – painter
* Hiria Anderson (born 1974) – painter
* Thomas Andrew (1855–1939) – photographer
* Rita Angus (1908–1970) – painter
* Billy Apple (1935–2021) – pop and conceptual artist
* Aina Apse (1926–2015) – potter
* Reweti Arapere (living) – illustrator, sculptor and painter
* Esther Archdall (1916–1999) – textile artist
* Mina Arndt (1885–1926) – painter
* Tanya Ashken (born 1939) – sculptor and jeweller
* Raewyn Atkinson (born 1955) – ceramicist
* Nabil Sabio Azadi (born 1991) – visual artist

## B

* John Badcock (born 1952) – contemporary artist
* Lindsey Baker (born 1953) - Painter
* Chris Bailey (born 1965) – sculptor and carver
* Whero O Te Rangi Bailey (1935–2016) – weaver and textile artist
* Kingsley Baird (living) – sculptor and designer
* Gertrude Ball (1879–1971) – wood engraver and painter
* Murray Ball (1939–2017) – cartoonist
* George Baloghy (born 1950) – painter
* William Bambridge (1820–1879) – photographer
* Ria Bancroft (1907–1993) – sculptor
* Barry Barclay (1944–2008) – filmmaker
* Nola Barron (born 1931) – potter
* Charles Decimus Barraud (1822–1897) – painter
* Paul Beadle (1917–1992) – sculptor and medallist
* Russell Beck (1941–2018) – sculptor and jade carver
* Richmond Beetham (1832–1912) – painter
* William Beetham (1809–1888) – portrait painter
* William J. Belcher (1883–1949) – painter
* Graham Bennett (born 1947) – sculptor
* Maurice Bennett (1957–2016) – toast artist
* Leo Bensemann (1912–1986) – illustrator, printer, typographer, publisher and editor
* Carlo Bergamini (1868–1934) – sculptor
* Pauline Bern (born 1952) – jeweller
* James Berry (1906–1979) – stamp and coin designer
* Phyllis Bethune (1899–1982) – painter
* Don Binney (1940–2012) – 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
* Charles Blomfield (1848–1926) – painter
* Constance Bolton (1884–1949) – painter
* Chris Booth (born 1948) – sculptor and installation artist
* Joe Bootham (1911–1986) – painter
* Levi Borgstrom (1919–2001) – woodturner
* Nigel Borell (born 1973) – Māori contemporary artist and curator
* Kobi Bosshard (born 1939) – jeweller
* Christine Boswijk (born 1939) – ceramicist
* James Boswell (1906–1971) – painter, cartoonist and draughtsman
* John Botica (born 1953) – pebble mosaic artist and designer
* Olivia Spencer Bower (1905–1982) – painter
* Violet Bowring (1890-1980) - painter, miniaturist
* Walter Armiger Bowring (1874 -1931) - painter and illustrator
* Arthur Merric Boyd (1862–1940) – painter
* George Boyd (1825–1886) – potter
* Joanna Braithwaite (born 1962) – painter
* Brian Brake (1927–1988) – photographer
* William Brassington (1801–1905) – stonemason and sculptor
* Luane Brauner (1959) painter
* Jane Brenkley (1882–1973) – painter, wood carver and embroiderer
* Stella Brennan (born 1974) – installation artist
* Louie Bretaña (born 1967) – multi-media artist and painter
* Barry Brickell (1935–2016) – potter
* Freda Brierley (born 1942) – weaver
* Matahi Brightwell (born 1952) – master carver
* Tungane Broadbent (born 1940) – tivaevae / tivaivai artist
* Greg Broadmore (born 1972) – concept designer and sculptor
* David Brokenshire (1925–2014) – ceramicist
* Jude Broughan (born 1976) – mixed media artist
* Cath Brown (1933–2004) – weaver and ceramicist
* Helen Brown (1917–1986) – painter
* Nigel Brown (born 1949) – painter
* Pelenakeke Brown – multi-disciplinary artist
* Peter Brown (1921–2005) – painter
* 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 – jeweller and creator of wearable art
* Brit Bunkley (born 1955) – sculptor, installation artist and digital/video artist
* Fanny Buss (1910–1986) – textile artist, fashion designer, printmaker and book illustrator
* Debra Bustin (born 1957) – visual artist
* Maude Burge (1865–1957) – painter
* Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows (born 1951) – tapa cloth artist
* Mirranda Burton (born 1973) – printmaker and graphic novel illustrator
* Grace Butler (1886–1962) – 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
* Steve Carr – video artist, sculptor and photographer
* Len Castle (1924–2011) – potter
* Ruth Castle (born 1931) – weaver
* Tim Chadwick (1962–2010) – painter and mixed media artist
* Vera Chapman (1885–1953) – painter
* Chris Charteris (born 1966) – jeweller
* Ellen Cheeseman (1848–1928) – painter and botanist
* Chen Weiming (born c. 1980) – sculptor
* Garth Chester (1916–1968) – furniture designer
* Madeleine Child (born 1959) – ceramicist
* Raymond Ching (born 1939) – painter
* Liyen Chong (born 1979) – embroiderer, ceramacist and printmaker
* Bessie Christie (1904–1983) – painter
* Joseph Churchward (1932–2013) – graphic designer and typographer
* Philip Clairmont (1949–1984) – painter
* Fiona Clark (born 1954) – photographer
* Russell Clark (1905–1966) – illustrator and sculptor
* Frank Edward Clarke (1849–1899) – scientific illustrator
* Tangimoe Clay (born 1960) – weaver and textile artist
* Betty Clegg (1926–2009) – watercolour painter
* James Coe (1917–2003) – industrial designer and painter
* Edith Collier (1885–1964) – painter
* Alice Beville Collins (1884–1973) – silversmith
* William Cooch (1898–1950) – stamp designer, printmaker, calligrapher and architect
* Octavia Cook (born 1978) – jeweller
* Jim Cooper (born 1956) – ceramicist
* Dale Copeland (born 1943) – collage and assemblage artist
* Ivy Copeland (1888–1961) – painter
* Stella Corkery (born 1960) – painter
* Paerau Corneal (born 1961) – ceramicist
* Bronwynne Cornish (born 1945) – ceramicist, sculptor, educator
* Frederick Daniel Cornwell (1875–1948) – painter
* Shane Cotton (born 1964) – painter
* Roy Cowan (1918–2006) – ceramicist and printmaker
* Helen Crabb (1891–1972) – pen and ink artist, painter and art teacher
* John Crichton (1917–1993) – furniture and interior designer
* Gordon Crook (1921–2011) – visual artist
* Bill Culbert (1935–2019) – painter, photographer, sculptor and installation artist
* Ann Culy (born 1952) – jeweller
* Vera Cummings (1891–1949) – painter
* Betty Curnow (1911–2005) – painter and printmaker

## D

* Philip Dadson (born 1946) – media artist
* Lily Daff (1885–1945) – painter and illustrator
* Andrea Daly (born 1965) – jeweller
* Judy Darragh (born 1957) – sculpture/installation
* Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951) – sculptor and painter
* May Davis (1914–1995) – ceramicist
* Neil Dawson (born 1948) – sculptor
* Melvin Day (1923–2016) – painter and scholar
* Eileen Olive Deste (1909–1986) – photographer
* Pip Devonshire (born 1966) – weaver
* Fran Dibble (born 1962) – painter and sculptor
* Paul Dibble (born 1943) – sculptor
* Rita Dibert ( born USA 1946) — painter, photographer and installation artist
* Ngila Dickson (born 1958) – costume designer
* Konstantin Dimopoulos (born 1954) – sculptor and visual artist
* Owen Dippie (living) – muralist and street artist
* Lynley Dodd (born 1941) – children's book illustrator
* John Drawbridge (1930–2005) – muralist
* Don Driver (1930–2011) – painter, sculptor and collage-maker/assemblist
* Andrew Drummond (born 1951) – painter and sculptor
* Sam Duckor-Jones (born 1982) – sculptor and poet
* Alison Duff (1914–2000) – sculptor
* Joan Dukes (1903–1993) – illustrator
* Sarah Dutt (living) – mixed media artist
* Dagmar Dyck (born 1972) – printmaker and painter
* Rona Dyer (1923–2021) – painter and wood-engraver

## E

* Audrey Eagle (1925–2022) – botanical illustrator
* Gay Eaton (1933–2017) – textile artist
* John Edgar (1950–2021) – sculptor and medallist
* Leon van den Eijkel (1940–2021) – sculptor and painter
* Frances Dolina Ellis (1900–1971) – artist, printmaker and teacher
* Frederick Vincent Ellis (1892–1961) – stained glass artist and art teacher
* Lorna Ellis (1903–1981) – sculptor and ceramist
* Martin Emond (1969–2004) – cartoon illustrator and painter
* Jane Evans (1946–2012) – painter
* Claudia Pond Eyley (born 1946) – painter, filmmaker

## F

* Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929) – painter and writer
* Richard Fairgray (born 1985) – author and illustrator
* Lusi Faiva – stage performer and dancer
* David Farquhar (1928–2007) – composer
* Nicola Farquhar (born 1972) – painter
* Joan Fear (1932–2022) – painter
* William Henry Feldon (1871–1945) – sculptor and monumental mason
* Charles Fell (1844–1918) – painter
* Fatu Feu'u (born 1946) – painter
* Irene Ferguson (born 1970) – portrait painter
* Di Ffrench (1946–1999) – photographic and performance artist
* Ivy Fife (1905–1976) – painter
* George Finey (1895–1987) – sketch artist, illustrator and painter
* John Nugent Fitch (1840–1927) – botanical illustrator and lithographer
* Fane Flaws (1951–2021) – painter, musician and multimedia artist
* Frances Fletcher (1846–1935) – painter
* Tony Fomison (1939–1990) – painter
* Luise Fong (born 1964) – abstract painter and educator
* Selina Foote (born 1985) – painter
* John Bevan Ford (1930–2005) – artist
* Patricia France (1911–1995) – abstract artist
* Margaret Frankel (1902–1997) – painter, potter, printmaker and art teacher
* Jacqueline Fraser (born 1956) – sculptor and installation artist
* Warwick Freeman (born 1953) – jeweller
* Marti Friedlander (1928–2016) – photographer
* Karl Fritsch (born 1963) – jeweller
* Dick Frizzell (born 1943) – printmaker, painter
* Hester Frood (1882–1971) – painter and printmaker
* Clive Fugill (born 1949) – wood carver
* Elizabeth Fuller (born 1957) – illustrator
* Steve Fullmer (born 1946) – ceramicist

## G

* Joanne Gair (born c.1958) – make-up artist
* Briar Gardner (1879–1968) – ceramicist
* Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) – sculptor and assemblage artist
* Regan Gentry (born 1976) – sculptor
* Ian George (1952–2015) – sculptor and painter
* Kay George (born 1954) – painter
* May Gilbert (1901–1977) – printmaker and painter
* John Alexander Gilfillan (1793–1864) – painter
* Lloyd Godman (born 1952) – photographer and environmental artist
* Katie Gold - potter
* Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999) – painter
* Charles Goldie (1870–1947) – painter
* Edmund Gouldsmith (1852–1932) – painter
* Star Gossage (born 1973) – painter
* Kohai Grace (born 1966) – weaver
* Joan Gragg (born 1943) – sculptor and painter
* Brett Graham (born 1967) – sculptor
* Charlotte Graham (born 1972) – painter
* Lyonel Grant (born 1957) – carver and sculptor
* Aston Greathead (1921–2012) – artist
* Ayesha Green (born 1987) – painter and sculptor
* Sarah Greenwood (1809–1889) – painter
* James Greig (1936–1986) – potter
* William Griffin (c.1811–1870) – painter
* Richard Gross (1882–1964) – sculptor
* John Gully (1819–1888) – painter

## H

* Robert Hague (born 1967) – sculptor and printmaker
* Alison Hale (born 1954/1955) – painter
* Caley Hall (born 1975) – painter
* Bill Hammond (1947–2021) – painter
* Pat Hanly (1932–2004) – painter
* Amy Merania Harper (1900–1998) – photographer
* Emily Cumming Harris (1836–1925) – painter
* Jeffrey Harris (born 1949) – painter
* Malcolm Harrison (1941–2007) – textile artist
* Christine Harvey (living) – tā moko artist
* Kenneth Hassall (1902 – 1970) - printmaker
* Niki Hastings-McFall (born 1959) – artist and jeweller
* Rhona Haszard (1901–1931) – painter
* Charles Heaphy (1820–1881) – painter
* Christine Hellyar (born 1947) – sculptor and installation artist
* Des Helmore (born 1940) – biological illustrator
* Kennaway Henderson (1879–1960) – illustrator and cartoonist
* Louise Henderson (1902–1994) – painter
* Rangimārie Hetet (1892–1995) – weaver
* Veranoa Hetet (born 1966) – weaver
* Georgina Burne Hetley (1832–1898) – painter
* Avis Higgs (1918–2016) – textile designer
* Mabel Hill (1872–1956) – painter
* Roland Hipkins (1894–1951) – painter and woodcutter
* Gavin Hitchings (born 1937) – jeweller
* Bessie Hocken (1848–1933) – painter and photographer
* Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) – painter
* W. M. Hodgkins (1833–1898) – painter
* Ola and Marie Höglund (born 1956, born 1955) – glass artists
* Katherine McLean Holmes (1849–1925) – painter
* Julian Hooper (born 1966) – painter
* Esther Studholme Hope (1885–1975) – painter
* Gabrielle Hope (1916–1962) – painter
* Jean Horsley (1913–1997) – painter
* Ralph Hotere (1931–2013) – painter, educator
* Charles Howorth (1856–1945) – painter
* Eleanor Hughes (1882–1959) – painter
* Alexis Hunter (1948–2014) – contemporary painter, photographer
* Mary Young Hunter (1872–1947) – painter

## I

* Humphrey Ikin (born 1957) – furniture designer
* Ioane Ioane (born 1962) – performance artist, filmmaker, painter, installation artist and sculptor
* Wilfrid Nelson Isaac (1893–1972) – jeweller, enameller, metalworker and art school director
* Tāme Iti (born 1952) – performance and installation artist, painter and sculptor

## 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
* Felix Runcie Kelly (1914–1994) – painter, muralist, cartoonist
* Robyn E. Kenealy (born 1983) – comic creator
* Bob Kerr (born 1951) – painter
* Richard Killeen (born 1946) – painter
* Martha King (1803–1897) – painter
* Susan Te Kahurangi King (born 1951) – pencil/ink
* Rangi Kipa (born 1966) – sculptor and carver
* Te Rongo Kirkwood (active since 2000s) – glass designer
* Tom Kreisler (1938-2002) – painter and poet
* Tony Kuepfer (born 1947) – glass artist
* 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
* Peter Lange (1802–1884) – ceramicist
* Daisy Le Cren (1881–1951) – painter
* Rozana Lee (born 1970) – artist
* Saskia Leek (born 1970) – painter
* Andy Leleisi'uao (born 1969) – painter
* Karl Leonard (born 1964) – carver and weaver
* Ranginui Parewahawaha Leonard (1872–1984) – weaver
* Janet Lilo (born 1982) – digital photography, video, and multimedia artist
* Gottfried Lindauer (1839–1926) – painter
* 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
* Phillip Luxton (born 1959) – ceramicist
* Len Lye (1901–1980) – sculptor, experimental film maker
* Julia Lynch (1896–1975) – portrait artist
* Vivian Lynn (1931–2018) – sculptor, paper and installation artist

## M

* Douglas MacDiarmid (1922–2020) – painter
* Molly Macalister (1920–1979) – sculptor
* Jeanne Macaskill (1931–2014) – painter
* Rhea Maheshwari (born 1993) – painter
* Tanja McMillan (Misery) (born 1982) – graffiti artist, painter, sculptor
* Allen Maddox (1948–2000) – painter
* Marian Maguire (born 1962) – lithographer
* Sam Mahon (born 1950) – sculptor
* Toi Te Rito Maihi (born 1937) – weaver
* Dorothy Manning (1919–2012) – painter
* Edgar Mansfield (1907–1996) – bookbinder
* Owen Mapp (born 1945) – carver and sculptor
* Lina Marsh (born 1972/73) – multidisciplinary artist and musician
* Sylvia Marsters (born 1963) – painter
* Josiah Martin (1843–1916) – photographer
* Mata Aho Collective (formed 2012) – mixed-media artists
* Karl Maughan (born 1964) - painter
* Liz Maw (born 1966) – painter
* Colin McCahon (1919–1987) – painter, museum curator, teacher
* Elizabeth McClure (born 1957) – glass artist
* Shona McFarlane (1929–2001) – painter
* Royce McGlashen (born 1949) – ceramicist
* Mary McIntyre (born 1928) – painter
* Peter McIntyre (1910–1995) – painter
* Raymond McIntyre (1879–1933) – artist and art critic
* Matthew McIntyre-Wilson (born 1973) – jeweller
* Lois McIvor (1930–2017) – painter
* Rachael McKenna (born 1950) – photographer
* Tui McLauchlan (1915–2004) – painter
* Sarah Ann McMurray (1848–1943) – woodcarver
* Ellen von Meyern (died c. 1912) – portrait painter
* Judy Millar (born 1957) – painter
* Marjory Mills (1896–1987) – watercolour painter, embroidery designer
* Margaret Milne (1917–2005) – ceramicist
* Sofia Minson (born 1984) – painter
* Merata Mita (1942–2010) – filmmaker
* Shona Moller – painter
* Tim Molloy – cartoonist
* Muriel Carrick Moody (1907–1991) – sculptor, ceramist
* Bev Moon, artist
* Geoff Moon (1915–2009) – photographer
* Peg Moorhouse (1917–2024) - weaver and artist
* Julia Morison (born 1952) – multidisciplinary artist
* Edith Emily Morris (1895–1965) – jewellery designer, silversmith
* Robin Morrison (1944–1993) – photographer
* Elise Mourant (1921–1990) – painter
* Milan Mrkusich (1925–2018) – painter
* Marianne Muggeridge (born 1952) – painter and screenprinter
* Michel Mulipola (born 1981) – comic artist
* Selwyn Muru (born 1937) – painter, sculptor and film / broadcasting

## N

* James Nairn (1859–1904) – painter
* Manos Nathan (1948–2015) – ceramicist
* Chester Nealie (born 1942) – ceramicist
* G. P. Nerli (1860–1926) – painter
* Indira Neville (born 1973) – comics artist
* Kate Newby (born 1979) – installation artist
* Guy Ngan (1926–2017) – painter and sculptor
* Peter Nicholls (born 1936) – sculptor
* Jan Nigro (1919–2012) – painter
* Buck Nin (1942–1996) – artist
* Shannon Novak (born 1979) – artist, curator

## O

* Nina Oberg Humphries (born 1990) – sculpture, photographer
* Kate Ogston (1852–1916) - painter
* Alfred Henry O'Keeffe (1858–1941) – artist
* Ani O'Neill (born 1971) – artist
* Richard Orjis (born 1979) – 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
* Alvin Pankhurst (born 1949) – painter
* Fiona Pardington (born 1961) – photographer
* Michael Parekowhai (born 1968) – sculptor
* John Parker (born 1947) – ceramicist
* J. S. Parker (1944–2017) – painter
* Richard Parker (born 1946) – ceramicist
* Reuben Paterson (born 1973) – artist
* Tania Patterson (born 1969) – jeweller
* Joanna Paul (1945–2003) – visual artist, poet, filmmaker
* Ruth Paul (born 1964) – children's writer, illustrator
* Edward William Payton (1859–1944) – photographer and painter
* Johnny Penisula (born 1955) – artist
* Graham Percy (1938–2008) – artist, illustrator
* Patricia Charlotte Perrin (1921–1988) – potter
* Juliet Peter (1915–2010) – ceramicist, illustrator, printmaker, painter
* 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
* Philip Robert Presants (1867–1942) – chromolithographer
* Alan Preston (born 1941) – jeweller
* Phil Price (born 1965) – sculptor
* Diane Prince (born 1952) – painter, weaver, installation art practitioner and set designer
* John Pule (born 1962) – artist, writer
* 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) – photographer
* 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, photographer and installation artist
* Gwyneth Richardson (1896–1980), watercolour artist
* Dolla Richmond (1861–1935) – painter
* Baye Riddell (born 1950) – ceramicist
* Martyn Roberts (born 1965/6) – lighting and set designer and photographer
* Dorothy Robertson (died 1979) – painter
* Horatio Gordon Robley (1840–1930) – 19th-century sketch artist and watercolourist
* Helen Rockel (born 1949) – painter
* Rick Rudd (born 1949) – ceramicist
* Yvonne Rust (1922–2002) – potter and painter
* Frances Rutherford (1912–2006) – painter

## S

* Raymond Sagapolutele (born 1971) – photographer
* Kathleen Salmond (1895–1946) – painter
* E. Rosa Sawtell (1865–1940) – painter
* Theo Schoon (1915–1985) – painter, carver, photographer
* Emily Schuster (1927–1997) – weaver
* Ian Scott (1945–2013) – painter
* Alfred Sharpe (1836–1908) – 19th-century painter
* Joe Sheehan (born 1976) – jeweller
* Carole Shepheard (born 1945) – printmaker
* Maud Winifred Sherwood (1880–1956) – painter
* Jeena Shin (born 1973) – painter
* Emily Siddell (born 1971) – mixed-media artist
* Peter Siddell (1935–2011) – 20th-century painter
* Sylvia Siddell (1941–2011) – painter
* Freda Simmonds (1912–1983) – painter
* Tiffany Singh (born 1978) – installation artist
* Susan Skerman (born 1928) – painter
* Yvonne Sloan (born 1941) – weaver, textile artist
* Michael Smither (born 1939) – painter and sculptor
* Katherine Smyth – ceramicist
* Ella Spicer (1876–1958) – painter
* Peggy Spicer (1908–1984) – painter
* John Calcott St Quentin (fl. 1863–1869) – painter, designer and workers' advocate
* Vida Steinert (1906–1999) – painter
* Helen Stewart (1900–1983) – painter
* Peter Stichbury (born 1969) – 20th-century painter
* Justin Summerton (born 1968) – painter
* Grahame Sydney (born 1948) – 20th-century painter

## T

* Wi Taepa (born 1946) – ceramicist
* Suzanne Tamaki – artist
* Yuk King Tan (born 1971) – artist
* Mahiriki Tangaroa (born 1973) – painter
* Tuāfale Tanoa’i - videographer & multi media
* Alfred James Tattersall (1861–1951) – photographer
* Mary Taylor (born 1948) – painter and etcher
* Saffronn Te Ratana (born 1975) – painter
* Ernest Heber Thompson (1891–1971) – painter
* Pauline Thompson (1942–2012) – painter
* Ray Thorburn (1937–2023) – painter and arts educator
* Yvonne Todd (born 1973) – photographer
* Mollie Tripe (1870–1939) – painter
* Philip Trusttum (born 1940) – painter
* Michel Tuffery (born 1966) – artist
* Telly Tuita (born 1980) – multi-media artist and painter
* Merylyn Tweedie (born 1953) – multi-media artist
* Marion Tylee (1900–1981) – painter
* Ana Tzarev (born 1937) – artist, businesswoman

## U

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

## V

* Juliet Valpy (1835–1911) – painter
* Petrus Van der Velden (1837–1913) – painter
* Ronnie van Hout (born 1962), New Zealand artist
* 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

* Taika Waititi (born 1975) – visual artist and filmmaker
* Lisa Walker (born 1967) – jeweller
* Edith Wall (1904–2012) – painter
* Elizabeth Wallwork (1883–1969) – painter
* Gordon Walters (1919–1995) – artist and graphic designer
* Emma Maria Walrond (1859–1943) – painter
* Enga Washbourn (1908–1988) – painter
* Harry Watson (born 1965) – carver and sculptor
* Ruth Watson (born 1962) – photographer, sculptor, painter, installation artist and academic
* Alice Waymouth (1884–1963) – metalworker and artist
* Chris Weaver (born 1956) – ceramicist
* Ben Webb (1976–2014) – painter
* Marilynn Webb (1937–2021) – printmaker, painter
* Christine Webster (born 1958) – visual artist and photographer
* Frank Weitzel (1905–1932) – printmaker and sculptor
* Tao Wells – community conceptualist
* Ans Westra (1936–2023) – photographer
* Annie Julia White (1852–1932) – painter
* Jonathan White (1938–2021) – painter
* Robin White (born 1946) — painter, printmaker
* Violet Whiteman (1873–1952) – painter
* Alice Whyte (1885–1952) – painter
* Areta Wilkinson (born 1969) – jeweller
* Howard Williams (born 1935) – ceramicist and art writer
* Arnold Manaaki Wilson (1928-2012) – contemporary sculptor
* Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937) – sculptor and installation artist
* Mary Wirepa (1904–1971) – painter
* Christina Wirihana (born 1949) – weaver
* Merilyn Wiseman (1941–2019) – ceramicist
* Brent Wong (born 1945) – surrealist painter
* Sina Woolcott (1907–2003) – potter
* Toss Woollaston (1910–1998) – painter
* Benjamin Work (born 1979) – sculptor, painter
* Douglas Wright (1956–2018) – dancer, choreographer
* Robert Henry Wynyard (1802–1864) – painter

## Y

* Pauline Yearbury (1926–1977) – Māori modernist artist
* Charlotte Youmans (1869–1957) – painter
* Wayne Youle (born 1974) – contemporary multi-media artist
* Adele Younghusband (1878–1969) – artist and photographer

## Z

* Beth Zanders (1913–2009) – painter