# List of performance artists

Performance art is a performance presented to an audience within a fine art context, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation.
This article lists notable performance artists.

## A

* Marina Abramović
* Vito Acconci
* Derrick Adams
* Theo Adams
* Bas Jan Ader
* Terry Adkins
* Laurie Anderson
* Eleanor Antin
* Marcel·lí Antúnez Roca
* Marilyn Arsem
* Ron Athey
* Abel Azcona

## B

* Franko B
* Magali Babin
* Gretchen Baer
* Blažej Baláž
* Matthew Barney
* Vanessa Beecroft
* Katherine Behar
* Rebecca Belmore
* Joseph Beuys
* Black Market International (BMI)
* Nicole Blackman
* Guy Bleus
* Mark Bloch
* Blue Man Group
* Kate Bornstein
* Leigh Bowery
* George Brecht
* Alexander Brener
* Stuart Brisley
* Robert Delford Brown
* Günter Brus
* Nancy Buchanan
* Chris Burden
* Nia Burks
* Józef Bury
* James Lee Byars

## C

* Cabaret Voltaire
* Meryn Cadell
* Sophie Calle
* Lisa Crystal Carver (Lisa Suckdog)
* Giuseppe Chiari
* Katherine Chronis
* Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi
* Marko Ciciliani
* Keith Cole
* Papo Colo
* Janani Cooray
* Costes
* COUM Transmissions (later Throbbing Gristle)

## D

* D Underbelly
* Bill Dan
* Dancenoise
* Vaginal Davis
* Robin Deacon
* Danny Devos
* Jess Dobkin
* Marco Donnarumma
* Doorika
* Die Tödliche Doris
* John Duncan

## E

* Rafa Esparza
* EXIT (members Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher later formed Crass)
* Valie Export

## F

* Zachary Fabri
* Deej Fabyc
* John Fare
* Brian Feldman
* Esther Ferrer
* Karen Finley
* Bob Flanagan
* Terry Fox
* Andrea Fraser
* Coco Fusco
* Chiara Fumai

## G

* Diamanda Galás
* Regina José Galindo
* Richard Gallo
* Harry Gamboa, Jr.
* Cheri Gaulke
* Jochen Gerz
* Gilbert and George
* Gob Squad
* Jack Goldstein
* Guillermo Gomez-Peña
* Hedwig Gorski
* Annabel Guérédrat and Henri Tauliaut
* Nadia Granados
* Johannes Grenzfurthner
* Peter Grzybowski

## H

* Lyn Hagan
* David Hammons
* Trenton Doyle Hancock
* Lyle Ashton Harris
* Maren Hassinger
* Vladimír Havlík
* Sharon Hayes
* Andreas Heusser
* Amy Hill
* EJ Hill
* Tehching Hsieh
* Dick Higgins
* Zhang Huan
* Holly Hughes
* Dan Hurlin

## I

* Industry of the Ordinary

## J

* Joan Jonas
* Jelili Atiku
* Kim Jones
* Juliacks
* Miranda July
* Colette Justine
* Zuzanna Janin

## K

* Alex Kahn
* Istvan Kantor
* Allan Kaprow
* Andy Kaufman
* Jonathon Keats
* Mike Kelley
* The Kipper Kids
* Kimsooja
* Ragnar Kjartansson
* Norbert Klassen
* Yves Klein
* Alison Knowles
* Mitchell Kriegman
* Yayoi Kusama
* Dan Kwong
* Siglinde Kallnbach

## L

* Tony Labat
* LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner
* Suzanne Lacy
* Maria Lalou
* LasTesis
* Lennie Lee
* Jorge de León
* Shaun El C. Leonardo
* David Leslie
* André Éric Létourneau
* Roberta Lima
* Kalup Linzy
* Artyom Loskutov
* James Luna
* Lydia Lunch

## M

* Alastair MacLennan
* Ann Magnuson
* Miki Malör
* Diane Mantzaris
* Deb Margolin
* María Evelia Marmolejo
* Gordon Matta-Clark
* Paul McCarthy
* Martha McDonald
* Mark McGowan
* Rita McKeough
* Dave McKenzie
* Elle Mehrmand
* Ana Mendieta
* Gabrielle Miller
* Tom Miller
* Eric Millikin
* Marta Minujín
* Orlando Mohorovic
* Linda Montano
* Frank Moore
* Charlotte Moorman
* Mr. Pacman
* Otto Muehl
* Tom Murrin

## N

* Mem Nahadr
* Bruce Nauman
* Senga Nengudi
* Josef Ng
* Lane Nishikawa
* Hermann Nitsch
* Tameka Norris
* Nsumi

## O

* Martin O'Brien
* Lorraine O’Grady
* Pat Oleszko
* Marisa Olson
* Roman Ondák
* Yoko Ono
* Dennis Oppenheim
* Jill Orr
* Orlan
* Tanja Ostojic
* Clifford Owens

## P

* Nam June Paik
* Gina Pane
* Rebecca Patek
* Petr Pavlensky
* Sarah Jane Pell
* Adam Pendleton
* PINK de Thierry
* Adrian Piper
* William Pope.L
* Genesis P-Orridge
* Michael Portnoy

## R

* Walid Raad
* Rammellzee
* Nelda Ramos
* Charles Recher
* Eric-Paul Riege
* Rachel Rosenthal
* Kira O' Reilly
* Jesusa Rodríguez
* Martha Rosler
* Monica Ross

## S

* Bryan Lewis Saunders
* Carolee Schneemann
* HA Schult
* Rudolf Schwarzkogler
* Erica Scourti
* Arleen Schloss
* Dread Scott
* Tino Sehgal
* David Sherry (artist)
* Shu Yang
* Willoughby Sharp
* Shozo Shimamoto
* Aliza Shvarts
* Lián Amaris Sifuentes
* Xaviera Simmons
* Vasan Sitthiket
* Joey Skaggs
* Barbara T. Smith
* Jack Smith
* Michael Smith
* Annegret Soltau
* Antonieta Sosa
* Annie Sprinkle
* Stevie Starr
* Stelarc
* Andre Stitt
* Angela Su
* Survival Research Laboratories
* Melati Suryodarmo

## T

* Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping
* Elena Tejada-Herrera
* Slaven Tolj
* Julie Tolentino
* Alessandra Torres
* Carmelita Tropicana
* Natasha Tsakos
* Wu Tsang
* Artur Tajber

## U

* Ulay

## V

* Armand Vaillancourt
* David Van Tieghem
* Natacha Voliakovsky
* Wolf Vostell
* VestAndPage
* Victor Dada

## W

* Monika Weiss
* Lee Wen
* Hannah Wilke
* David Wojnarowicz
* The World Famous Bushman
* John M. White

## X

* Márcia X

## Y

* Nil Yalter
* Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
* Yang Zhichao
* Yes Men
* Hennessy Youngman (aka Jayson Musson)

## Z

* Vahram Zaryan
* Zhu Yu
* Zheng Lianjie