# List of Canadian women artists

This is a partial list of women artists who were born in Canada or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
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* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
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## A

* Andréanne Abbondanza-Bergeron, installation art
* Kirsten Abrahamson (born 1960), ceramist
* Una Stella Abrahamson (1922–1999), artist, writer
* KC Adams (born 1971), multimedia art
* Marilla Adams (1864–1966)
* Catherine Addai (fl 2019), Ghanaian-Canadian fashion designer
* Amelia Alcock-White (born 1981), painting
* Lady Eveline Marie Alexander (1821–1906), painter
* Vikky Alexander (born 1959), photography, video art
* Wilhelmina Alexander (1871–1961), painting
* Jocelyne Alloucherie (born 1947), sculpture
* Helen Andersen (1919–1995), painting
* Lois Andison, installation art
* Julie Andreyev (born 1962), multidisciplinary art
* Evelyn Andrus (1909–1972), photographer
* Jaime Angelopoulos, sculptor
* Sara Angelucci (born 1962), photography, video art
* Marie-Elmina Anger (1844–1901), painting
* Jennifer Angus (born 1961), installation art
* Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916–2003), textile artist
* Irene Kataq Angutitok (1914–1971), sculpture
* Margaret Uyauperq Aniksak (1907–1993), sculpture
* Danielle April (born 1949)
* Raymonde April (born 1953), photography
* Joi Arcand (born 1982), photography
* Kate Armstrong, net art, writing
* Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961), illustration
* Germaine Arnaktauyok (born 1946), printmaking, painting
* Myfanwy Ashmore (born 1970), new media art
* Shuvinai Ashoona (born 1961), drawing
* Asinnajaq (born 1991), video artist
* Barbara Astman (born 1950), photography, new media
* Melissa Auf der Maur (born 1972), photography

## B

* Lida Baday (born 1957), fashion designer
* Buseje Bailey, video and multi-media
* Unity Bainbridge (1916–2017), painting
* Anna P. Baker (1928–1985), painting
* Joan Balzar (1928–2016), painting
* Anna Banana (born 1940), performance art, stamp art, small press publishing
* Marian Penner Bancroft (born 1947), photography
* Marian Bantjes (born 1963), design, illustration, writing
* Annie Gardner Barr (1864–1921)
* Lorna Bauer (born 1980), multi-media artist
* Tammy Beauvais (fl 1999), indigenous fashion designer
* Fanny Wright Bayfield (1813/14–1891), botanical illustration
* Anong Beam (fl 2002), indigenous painter
* Micheline Beauchemin (1929–2009), textile arts
* Claire Beaulieu (born 1955), multi-media
* Marie-Hélène Beaulieu (born 1979), glass artist
* Betty Beaumont (born 1946), environmental art
* Kate Beaton (born 1983), comics artist
* Beaver Hall Group
* Sarah Beck, sculpture
* Sylvie Bélanger (1951–2020), video, photography, installation
* Christi Belcourt (born 1966), painting
* Rebecca Belmore (born 1960), performance, installation
* Lorraine Bénic (born 1937), painting, sculpture
* Cecilia Berkovic, mixed-media artist
* Rachel Berman (1946–2014), painting, illustration
* Judith Berry (born 1961), painting
* Edith Hallett Bethune (1890–1970), photographer
* Nia Faith Betty (born 2001), fashion designer
* Aggie Beynon, metalwork
* Olive Biller (1879–1957), painting, illustration
* Alexandra Biriukova (1895–1967), architect
* Yulia Biriukova (1897–1972), painting
* Mary E. Black (1895–1988), textile arts, writing
* Persimmon Blackbridge (born 1951), performance art, installation, video, sculpture, writing
* Valérie Blass (born 1967), sculpture
* Susanna Blunt (born 1955), painting
* Molly Bobak (1922–2014), printmaking, painting
* Eleanor Bond (born 1948), painting, printmaking, sculpture
* Marion Bond (1903–1965), painting
* Mary Borgstrom (1916–2019), ceramics, primitive pottery
* Diane Borsato (born 1973), performance, installation, photography, video
* Dianne Bos (born 1956), photographer
* Céline Boucher (born 1945), painting, drawing, sculpture
* Diana Boulay (born 1946), sculpture
* Marie-Claude Bouthillier (born 1960), contemporary artist
* Deanna Bowen (born 1969), video, installation, performance, sculpture, photography
* Fiona Bowie, film, video, photography, sculpture
* Shary Boyle (born 1972), sculpture, painting, performance
* Sheree Bradford-Lea (fl 1994), cartoonist
* Alexandra Bradshaw (1888–1981), watercolors
* Eva Theresa Bradshaw (1871–1938), painting
* Sandra Bromley, sculpture
* Reva Brooks (1913–2004), photography
* Vera Brosgol (born 1984), cartoonist
* Lorna Brown (born 1958), public art
* Karin Bubaš (born 1976), photography, painting
* Annemarie Buchmann-Gerber (1947–2015), textiles, fiber arts
* Krista Buecking (born 1982), sculpture, installation
* Tishynah Buffalo (fl 2010), indigenous fashion designer
* Angela Bulloch (born 1966), installation, sound
* Nina Bunjevac (born 1973), Serbian-Canadian cartoonist
* Della Burford (born 1946), painting, writing
* Kay Burns, performance, locative media, photography, sculpture, video
* Cathy Bursey-Sabourin (born 1957), design
* Cathy Busby (born 1958), printed matter
* Sheila Butler (born 1938), painting, printmaking

## C

* Geneviève Cadieux (born 1955), photography
* Sveva Caetani (1917–1994), watercolors
* Ghitta Caiserman-Roth (1923–2005), painting and printmaking
* Dorothy Caldwell (born 1948), fiber arts
* Chrystal Callahan, photography
* Elaine Cameron-Weir (born 1985), sculpture
* Dale Campbell (born 1954), carving
* Valerie Campbell-Harding (1932–2006), textile arts
* Nicole Camphaug (fl 2015), Inuk fashion designer
* Janet Cardiff (born 1957), sound installation
* Florence Carlyle (1864–1923), painting
* J.R. Carpenter (born 1972), hypermedia, writing
* Emily Carr (1871–1945), painting
* Geneviève Castrée (1981–2016), comics, illustration
* Mabel Cawthra (1871–1943), painting
* Christiane Chabot (born 1950), multidisciplinary
* Ruth Chambers (born 1960), installation art
* Millicent Mary Chaplin (1790–1858), watercolour
* Monique Charbonneau (1928–2014), painter
* Lyne Charlebois, photography
* Judy Chartrand (born 1959), ceramics, found object art, beadwork, quillwork
* Svetlana Chmakova (born 1979), comics
* Olivia Chow (born 1957), sculpture
* Delores Churchill (born 1929), weaving
* June Clark (artist) (born 1941), photography, sculpture and collage
* Paraskeva Clark (1898–1986), painting
* Dana Claxton (born 1959), filmmaking, photography, performance art
* Alberta Cleland (1876–1960), painting
* Wendy Coburn (1963–2015), sculpture
* Lynne Cohen (1944–2014), photography
* Martha Cole (born 1946), textiles, artist's books
* Susan Collett (born 1961), printmaker, ceramist
* Katherine Collins (born 1947), cartoonist, writer, composer
* Nicole Collins, painting, performance, video, sound art
* Petra Collins (born 1992), photography
* Nora Collyer (1898–1979), painting
* Stéphanie Colvey (born 1949), photography
* Edith Grace Coombs (1890–1986), painting
* Emily Coonan (1885–1971), painting
* Corno (1952–2016), painting
* Michèle Cournoyer (born 1943), animation
* Linda Craddock (born 1952), visual artist
* Kate Craig (1947–2002), video, performance art
* Sarah Lindley Crease (1826–1922), watercolors, botanical illustration
* Marlene Creates (born 1952), land-based installation
* Jill Culiner (born 1945), photography
* Jane Catherine Cummins (1841–1893), painting
* Ruth Cuthand (born 1954) painting, printmaking
* Randy Lee Cutler (born 1964), collage, performance, writing
* Colleen Cutschall (born 1951), Oglala-Sicangu Lakota multi-media artist
* Gertrude Spurr Cutts (1858–1941), painting
* Nina Czegledy, new media

## D

* Karen Dahl (born 1955), ceramics artist
* Greta Dale (1929–1978), sculptor
* Kathleen Daly (1898–1994), painter
* Madeleine Dansereau (1922–1991), jeweler
* Sylvia Daoust (1902–2004), sculptor
* Karin Davie (born 1965), painter
* Char Davies (born 1954), multimedia artist
* Sally Davies (born 1956), painter, photographer
* Olea Marion Davis (1899–1977), sculptor, ceramist
* Paloma Dawkins (fl 2015), cartoonist, video game designer
* Katherine Day (1889–1976), painter, printmaker
* Adriana de Barros (born 1976), illustrator, web designer, and poet
* Dora de Pedery-Hunt (1913–2008), sculptor
* Roseline Delisle (1952–2003), ceramic artist
* Jen Delos Reyes
* Angela DeMontigny (fl 1995), indigenous fashion designer
* Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan
* Simone Dénéchaud (1905–1974), painter
* Kady MacDonald Denton (born 1941), children's book illustrator
* Bonnie Devine (born 1952)
* Sarindar Dhaliwal (born 1953), multimedia artist
* Freda Diesing (1925–2002), carver
* Mary Dignam (1857–1938), painter
* Jess Dobkin (born 1970), performance artist
* Susan Dobson (born 1965), photographer and installation artist
* Katherine Dodds
* Melissa Doherty (born 1967), painter
* Eva Brook Donly (1867–1941), painter
* Audrey Capel Doray (born 1931), painter, printmaker, electronic artist, muralist, filmmaker
* Julie Doucet (1867–1941), painter
* Marie-Denise Douyon (born 1961), painter, illustrator
* Anne Macintosh Duff (1925–2022), watercolour artist
* Aleksandra Dulic (born 1973), interactive installation artist, performer
* Delree Dumont, painter
* Alma Duncan (1917–2004), painter, filmmaker
* Carol Dunlop (1946–1982), photographer
* Chantal duPont (1942–2019), multidisciplinary artist
* Dominique Dupuis (born 1987)
* Aganetha Dyck (born 1937), sculptor

## E

* Mary Alexandra Bell Eastlake (1854–1951), painter
* Jessica Eaton (born 1977), photographer
* Hayley Elsaesser, fashion designer
* Julie Enfield, photographer
* Panya Clark Espinal (born 1965), sculptor
* Kingmeata Etidlooie (1915–1989), visual artist and sculptor
* Leya Evelyn (born 1937), painter
* Janieta Eyre (born 1971), photographer

## F

* Lilias Farley (1907–1989), painter, sculptor, muralist
* Caroline Farncomb (1859–1951), painter
* Claire Fauteux (1889–1988), painter
* Holly Fay, painter
* Lillian Prest Ferguson (1867–1955), painter
* Marcelle Ferron (1924–2001), painter
* Julie Flett, painter
* Lita Fontaine, interdisciplinary artist
* Harriet Mary Ford (1859–1938), painter, muralist, jeweler
* Nita Forrest (1926–1996), painter
* Mina Forsyth (1921–1987), painter
* Hannah Franklin (born 1937), painter, sculptor
* Leanne Franson (born 1963), illustrator, cartoonist
* Maida Parlow French (1891–1977), artist and writer
* Vera Frenkel (born 1938), multidisciplinary artist
* Janine Fuller (born 1958)

## G

* Peggy Gale (born 1944), curator
* Millie Gamble (1887–1986), photographer
* Ariel Garten (born 1979), fashion designer, artist
* Marianna Gartner (born 1963), painter
* Alyne Gauthier-Charlebois (1908–1955), painter
* Marie-Louise Gay (born 1952), illustrator
* Erin Gee (born 1983), new media and interactive artist
* Rosemary Georgeson, multimedia artist
* Lise Gervais (1933–1998), painter, sculptor
* Karine Giboulo (born 1980), diorama artist
* Lorraine Gilbert (born 1955), photographer
* Melanie Gilligan (born 1979)
* Miriam Ginestier (born 1968), interdisciplinary performance curator
* Seema Goel, multidisciplinary artist
* Dina Goldstein (born 1969), photographer
* Betty Goodwin (1923–2008), painter, sculptor
* Hortense Gordon (1886–1961), abstract artist
* Pnina Granirer (born 1935), painter
* Jill Greenberg (born 1967), photographer
* Erica Deichmann Gregg (1913–2007), studio potter
* Dorothy Grant (fl 1988), indigenous fashion designer
* Angela Graurholz (born 1952), photographer
* Grimes (born 1988), visual artist
* Angela Grossmann (born 1955), painter
* Pia Guerra, comic book artist

## H

* Alice Mary Hagen (1872–1972), potter
* Clara Hagarty (1871–1958), painter
* Libby Hague (born 1950), installation artist
* Amanda K. Hale
* Elizabeth Amherst Hale (1774–1826), painter
* Jean Hall (1896–1982), architect, known for mechanical drawing
* Sarah Hall (born 1951), stained glass artist
* Henrietta Hamilton (1780–1857), painter
* Mary Riter Hamilton (1873–1954), painter
* Lyn Hancock, photojournalist, wildlife photographer
* Ann Alexandra Harbuz (1908–1989), folk artist
* Naomi Harris (born 1973), photographer
* Teva Harrison (1976–2019), graphic artist, illustrator
* Iris Hauser (born 1956), painter
* Iris Häussler (born 1962), installation artist
* Bobs Cogill Haworth (1900–1988), painter, potter
* Elora Hardy (fl 2010), fashion designer
* Eileen Hazell (1903–1984), sculptor, potter
* Estelle Hecht (died 1971), printer, gallery owner
* Janet Hetherington (born 1955)
* Prudence Heward (1896–1947), painter
* Annie Hewlett (1887–1974), artist and writer
* Faith Erin Hicks, cartoonist, animator
* Esther Hill (1895–1985), architect, designer
* Gilah Yelin Hirsch (born 1944), painter
* Marla Hlady (born 1965), painter, sculptor
* Adrianne Ho (fl 2021), fashion designer
* Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (1913–2009), portrait sculptor, medal designer, liturgical artist
* Heidi Hollinger (born 1968), photographer
* Margaret Lindsay Holton (born 1955), painter
* Risa Horowitz (born 1970), visual and media artist
* Yvonne McKague Housser (1897–1996), painter
* Barbara Howard (1926–2002), painter, engraver
* Ruth Howard (born 1957)
* Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon (1826–1874), painter
* Spring Hurlbut (born 1952), sculptor

## I

* Iola Abraham Ikkidluak (1936–2003), sculptor
* Dana Inkster, media artist, filmmaker
* Olive Mamak Innakatsik (1915–1994)
* Carole Itter (born 1939), sculptor, filmmaker
* Jane Isakson (born 1965), painter

## J

* Sarah Jackson (1924–2004), sculptor, digital artist
* Sybil Henley Jacobson (1881–1953), painter
* Ann James (1925–2011), sculptor, ceramist
* Aurora James (born 1984), fashion designer
* Tara Jarmon (fl 1990s), fashion designer
* Lucy Jarvis (1896–1985), painter
* Doreen Jensen (1933–2009), sculptor, curator
* Sophie Jodoin (born 1965), visual artist
* Laurel Johannesson
* Ursula Johnson (born 1980), multidisciplinary artist
* Gladys Johnston (1906–1983), landscape painter
* Lynn Johnston (born 1947), cartoonist
* G. B. Jones (born 1965), musician, artist and filmmaker
* Janet Jones (born 1952), painter
* Michaele Jordana (born 1947), painter
* Bushra Junaid, painter, curator

## K

* Victoria Kakuktinniq (born 1989), Inuk fashion designer
* Nomi Kaplan (born 1933), Lithuanian-Canadian photographer
* Zahra Kazemi (1948–2003), photographer
* Gertrude Kearns (born 1950), war artist
* Shelagh Keeley (born 1954)
* Siassie Kenneally (1969–2018)
* Marsha Kennedy (born 1951)
* Janice Kerbel (born 1969)
* Estelle Muriel Kerr (1879–1971)
* Katja MacLeod Kessin (1959–2006), painter
* Najat El-Khairy
* Arounna Khounnoraj, textile artist
* Jane Kidd (born 1952), tapestry artist
* Janet Kigusiuq (1926–2005)
* Alicia Killaly (1836–1908), painter
* Mabel Killam Day (1884–1960), artist
* Ada Gladys Killins (1901–1963), painter
* Winnifred Kingsford (1880–1947), sculptor
* Ada Florence Kinton (1859–1905)
* Ann Kipling (1934–2023)
* Germaine Koh (born 1967)
* Wanda Koop (born 1951), painter
* Elaine Kowalsky (1948–2005), printmaker
* Donna Kriekle (born 1945)
* Madeleine Isserkut Kringayak (1928–1984), sculptor
* Myra Kukiiyaut (1929–2006), Inuk artist
* Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter
* Anita Kunz (born 1956)

## L

* Sophie Labelle (fl 2013), cartoonist
* Françoise Labbé (1933–2001)
* Martha Ladly
* Laiwan (born 1961)
* Suzy Lake (born 1947)
* Gisèle Lamoureux (1942–2018), photographer
* Artis Lane (born 1927), painter
* Dawn Langstroth (born 1979), painter
* Anne Langton (1804–1893), painter
* Yvette Lapointe (1912–1994), pioneer of Quebec comics
* Christine Laptuta (born 1951), photographer
* Dinah Lauterman (1899–1945), sculptor
* Michelle LaVallee (born 1977)
* Marguerite Vincent Lawinonkié (1783–1865)
* Caroline Leaf (born 1946)
* Jo Lechay, painter
* Edeline Lee (fl 2016), fashion designer
* Sky Lee (born 1952)
* Jennifer Lefort (born 1976), painter
* Martha Stewart Leitch (1918–2015)
* Irène Legendre (1904–1992), painter
* Enid Legros-Wise (born 1943), ceramist
* Rita Letendre (1928–2021), painter
* Laura Letinsky (born 1962), photographer
* Marilyn Levine (1935–2005)
* Maud Lewis (1903–1970), painter
* Tau Lewis (born 1993), contemporary artist
* Mabel Lockerby (1882–1976), painter
* Judith Lodge (born 1941), painter and photographer
* Karen Lofgren (born 1976)
* Marion Long (1882–1970), painter
* Mary Longman (born 1964)
* Frances Loring (1887–1968)
* Michèle Lorrain (born 1960), painter and installation artist
* Irene Loughlin (born 1967)
* Helen Lucas (1931–2023)
* Alexandra Luke (1901–1967), painter
* Linda Lundström (born 1951), fashion designer
* Irene Luxbacher (born 1970)
* Laura Muntz Lyall (1860–1930), painter

## M

* Toshiko MacAdam (born 1940)
* Landon Mackenzie (born 1954), painter
* Myfanwy MacLeod (born 1961)
* Lani Maestro (born 1957)
* Liz Magor (born 1948)
* Jeannie Mah (born 1952)
* Christine Major (born 1966), painter
* Lorraine Malach (1933–2003), ceramist, painter
* Erin Manning (born 1969)
* Jovette Marchessault (1938–2012)
* Deborah Margo (born 1961), multimedia artist
* Tanya Mars (born 1948), performance and video artist
* Agnes Martin (1912–2004), painter
* Annie Martin
* Camille Martin (born 1956)
* Paryse Martin (born 1959)
* Jean Mathieson
* Mabel May (1877–1971), painter
* Elza Mayhew (1916–2004), sculptor
* Sanaz Mazinani (born 1978)
* Jo-Anne McArthur (born 1976), photographer
* Kelly McCallum (born 1979)
* Doris McCarthy (1910–2010), painter
* Jillian McDonald
* Susan McEachern (born 1951)
* Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (1866–1928), painter
* Florence Helena McGillivray (1864–1938), painter
* Barbara McGivern (1945–2019), painter
* Elizabeth McIntosh (born 1967)
* Rita McKeough (born 1951)
* Mary R. McKie (active 1840–1862), painter
* Ruth Gowdy McKinley (1931–1981), ceramist
* Sheila McKinnon, photographer
* Isabel McLaughlin (1903–2002), painter
* Helen McLean (1927–2017)
* Dayna McLeod (born 1972)
* Pegi Nicol MacLeod (1904–1949), painter
* Fannie Knowling McNeil (1869–1928)
* Helen McNicoll (1879–1915), painter
* Margaret Campbell Macpherson (1860–1931), painter
* Lucy Meeko (1929–2004), sculptor, printmaker, basket maker and seamstress
* Divya Mehra (born 1981)
* Sandra Meigs (born 1953), painter
* Barbara Meneley
* Olia Mishchenko (born 1980)
* Tricia Middleton (born 1972)
* Lorna Mills
* Carol Milne (born 1962)
* Lisa Milroy (born 1959), painter
* Allyson Mitchell (born 1967)
* Ellen Moffat (born 1954)
* Lorraine Monk (1922–2020), photographer
* Belinda Montgomery (born 1950), painter
* Geraldine Moodie (1854–1945), photographer
* Julie Moos (born 1966), photographer and art writer
* Shani Mootoo (born 1957), painter
* Kathleen Morris (1893–1986), painter
* Alexandra Morrison
* Rita Mount (1885–1967), painter
* Clara Mountcastle (1837–1908), painter
* Kathleen Munn (1887–1974), painter
* Paula Murray (born 1958)
* Nadia Myre (born 1974)

## N

* Melaw Nakehk'o, painter
* Agnes Nanogak (1925–2001)
* Mina Napartuk (1913–2001), Inuk fashion designer
* Imona Natsiapik (born 1966)
* Ellen Neel (1916–1966)
* Tracey Neuls
* Lilias Torrance Newton (1896–1980), painter
* Grace Nickel (born 1956), ceramist
* Marion Nicoll (1909–1985), painter
* Shelley Niro (born 1954), painter
* Marie-Paule Nolin (1908–1987), fashion designer
* Farah Nosh, photojournalist
* Guity Novin (born 1944), painter

## O

* Alanis Obomsawin (born 1932)
* Daphne Odjig (1919–2016), painter
* Ethel Ogden (1869–1902), painter and educator
* Katie Ohe (born 1937), sculptor
* Lucille Oille (1912–1997), sculptor, wood engraver and book illustrator
* Haruko Okano (born 1945), mixed-media artist
* Maudie Rachel Okittuq (born 1944), sculptor
* Kim Ondaatje (born 1928), painter
* Midi Onodera (born 1961)
* Jessie Oonark (1906–1985)
* Sheila Shaen Orr (born 1964)

## P

* P. K. Page (1916–2010), painter
* Mimi Parent (1924–2005)
* Edie Parker (born 1956)
* Helen Parsons Shepherd (1923–2008), painter
* Roula Partheniou (born 1977), contemporary artist
* Barbara Paterson (born 1935)
* Myfanwy Pavelic (1916–2007), portrait painter
* Jan Peacock (born 1955)
* Sophie Pemberton (1869–1959), painter
* Dany Pen (born 1986), artist, activist, and educator
* Rae Perlin (1910–2006), painter
* Vessna Perunovich (born 1960), painter, sculptor
* Nancy Petry (born 1931)
* Christiane Pflug (1936–1972), painter
* Ciara Phillips (born 1976)
* Paulette Phillips (born 1956)
* Rina Piccolo, cartoonist
* Marjorie Pigott (1904–1990)
* Bev Pike
* Susan Point (born 1952)
* Jane Ash Poitras (born 1951), painter
* Annie Pootoogook (1969–2016)
* Napachie Pootoogook (1938–2002), graphic artist
* Sharni Pootoogook (1922–2003), printmaker
* Alicia Popoff (1950–2015), painter
* Barbara Pratt (born 1963), painter
* Mary Pratt (1935–2018), painter
* Innukjuakju Pudlat (1913–1972), printmaker
* Lucy Pullen (born 1971), contemporary artist

## Q

* Mary Qayuaryuk (1908–1982), printmaker and midwife
* Lucy Qinnuayuak (1915–1982), graphic artist and printmaker
* Nathalie Quagliotto (born 1984)
* Ruth Qaulluaryuk (born 1932), Inuk textile artist
* Quilla (born 1982)

## R

* Rosemary Radcliffe (born 1949), painter
* Judy Radul (born 1962)
* Anirnik Ragee (born 1935), visual artist
* Nina Raginsky (born 1941), photographer
* Laura Evans Reid (1883-1951), painter
* Sheilah Wilson ReStack (born 1975) video artist
* Kina Reusch (1940–1988)
* Catherine Richards (born 1952)
* Sue Richards (1958–2014)
* Lynn Richardson
* Alix Cléo Roubaud (1952–1983), photographer
* Louise Robert (born 1941), painter
* Sarah Robertson (1891–1948), painter
* Christine Roche (born 1939), illustrator, cartoonist
* Danièle Rochon (born 1946), painter
* Dorothea Rockburne (born 1932), painter
* Ethel Rosenfield (1910–2000), sculptor
* Elizabeth Eaton Rosenthal (born 1941)
* Hilda Katherine Ross (1902–unknown), potter, painter, and educator
* Susan Ross (1915–2006), painter
* Mariette Rousseau-Vermette (1926–2006), tapestry artist
* Marina Roy, painter
* Lorna Russell (born 1933), painter
* Su Rynard (born 1961), video artist and film director

## S

* Pitaloosie Saila (1942–2021)
* Buffy Sainte-Marie (born 1941)
* Taslim Samji
* Eliyakota Samualie (1939–1987), graphic artist and sculptor
* Nicotye Samayualie (born 1983), graphic artist
* Anne Savage (1896–1971), painter
* Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922), painter
* Marian Dale Scott (1906–1993), painter
* Mary Scott (born 1948), painter
* Ethel Seath (1879–1963), painter
* Regina Seiden (1897–1991), painter
* Sandra Semchuck (born 1948), photographer
* Catherine Senitt (born 1945), painter
* Bojana Sentaler (fl 2000s), Serbian-Canadian fashion designer
* Susan Shantz (born 1957)
* Margaret Shelton (1915–1984)
* Erin Shirreff (born 1975)
* Henrietta Shore (1880–1963), painter
* Adele Sigguk (born 1961)
* Floria Sigismondi (born 1965), photographer
* Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850), painter
* Lorraine Simms (born 1956), painter
* Leah Singer, photographer and multimedia artist
* Clara Sipprell (1885–1975), photographer
* Cathy Sisler
* Ruby Slipperjack (born 1952), painter
* Edith Smith (1867–1954), painter
* Freda Pemberton Smith (1902–1991), painter
* Jori Smith (1907–2005), painter
* Frances-Anne Solomon (born 1966)
* Doris Huestis Speirs (1894–1989), painter
* Arlene Stamp (born 1938)
* Lisa Steele (born 1947)
* Noreen Stevens (born 1962), cartoonist
* Penelope Stewart
* Marie Elyse St. George (born 1929)
* Jana Sterbak (born 1955), sculptor
* Reva Stone (born 1944)
* Leesa Streifler (born 1957)
* Martha Sturdy (born 1942)
* Gio Swaby (born 1991)
* Magda Szabo (born 1934), painter

## T

* Tanya Tagaq (born 1975)
* Ernestine Tahedl (born 1940)
* Sylvia Tait (born 1932), painter
* Jillian Tamaki (born 1980)
* Mariko Tamaki (born 1975)
* Janice Tanton (born 1961)
* Monica Tap (born 1962), painter
* Ewa Tarsia (born 1959)
* Tanya Taylor (fl 2012), fashion designer
* Angotigolu Teevee (1910–1967), printmaker
* Ningeokuluk Teevee (born 1963)
* Althea Thauberger (born 1970), photographer
* Jeannie Thib (1955–2013), sculptor
* Jan Thornhill (born 1955)
* Mildred Valley Thornton (1890–1967), painter
* Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq (born 1941)
* Joanne Tod (born 1953)
* Gayla Trail (born 1973), photographer
* Sydney Strickland Tully (1860–1911)
* Camille Turner (born 1960)
* Natalie Turner
* Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok (1934–2012), sculptor
* Marion Tuu'luq (1910–2002), Inuk textile artist

## U

* Kartz Ucci (1961–2013)
* Malorie Urbanovitch (born 1988), fashion designer

## V

* Florence Vale (1909–2003), painter
* Liz Vandal (fl 1988), fashion designer
* Blanche Lemco van Ginkel (1923–2022)
* Claire Van Vliet (born 1933)
* Margaret Elizabeth Vanderhaeghe (1950–2012)
* Laura Vickerson (born 1959)
* Rita Vinieris (born 1964), fashion designer
* Lea Vivot (born 1948), sculptor

## W

* Marion Wagschal (born 1943), painter
* Carol Wainio (born 1955), painter
* Laurie Walker (1962–2011)
* Katherine Wallis (1861–1957), sculptor
* Edith Watson (1861–1943), photographer
* Barbara Weaver-Bosson (born 1953), painter
* Anna Weber (1814–1888), fraktur artist and needleworker
* Laura Wee Láy Láq (born 1952), ceramicist
* Susanna Haliburton Weldon (1817–1899), artist and ceramics collector
* Esther Wertheimer (1926–2016), sculptor
* Colette Whiten (born 1945), sculptor
* Diane Whitehouse (born 1940), painter
* Irene Whittome (born 1942)
* Joyce Wieland (1930–1998)
* Shirley Wiitasalo (born 1949), painter
* Tania Willard (born 1977)
* Jennifer Willet (born 1975), artist, researcher and curator
* Margaux Williamson (born 1976)
* Shannon Wilson fashion designer
* Winsom (born 1946), multimedia artist
* Chloe Wise (born 1990)
* Catherine Mary Wisnicki (1919–2014)
* Colleen Wolstenholme (born 1963), sculptor
* Elizabeth Wyn Wood (1903–1966), sculptor
* Kamila Wozniakowska (born 1956), painter
* Janice Wright-Cheney (born 1961)
* Mary E. Wrinch (1877–1969), painter
* Adrienne Wu (born 1990), fashion designer
* Florence Wyle (1881–1968), sculptor
* Dana Wyse (born 1965)

## Y

* Xiaojing Yan (born 1978)
* M. A. Yewdale (1908–2000)
* Jin-me Yoon (born 1960)
* Jinny Yu (born 1976), painter and installation artist

## Z

* Joy Zemel Long (1922–2018), painter
* Marguerite Porter Zwicker (1904–1993), painter
* Elizabeth Zvonar (born 1972), mixed-media artist