# List of Australian artists

This is a list of Australian artists.
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## A

* Anita Aarons (1912–2000): sculptor
* Harold Abbott (1906–1986): painter
* Ian Abdulla (1947–2011): Ngarrindjeri naive artist
* Abdul Abdullah (born 1986): multimedia artist
* Jack Absalom (1927–2019): artist, author and adventurer
* Louis Abrahams (1852–1903): painter, etcher
* Tate Adams (1922–2017): artist
* Joyce Allan (1896–1966): scientific illustrator
* Micky Allan (born 1944): photographer
* Beverly Allen (born 1945): botanical artist
* Davida Allen (born 1951): painter, filmmaker and writer
* Mary Cecil Allen (1893–1962): painter, writer
* Mary Morton Allport (1806–1895): lithographer, etcher and engraver, landscapes and miniatures
* Ernie Althoff (born 1950): musician, composer, instrument builder, and visual artist
* Tony Ameneiro (born 1959): artist, printmaker
* Rick Amor (born 1948): artist and figurative painter
* Roy Ananda (born 1980): sculptor
* Brook Andrew (born 1970): contemporary artist
* Daisy Andrews (c. 1934/1935–2015): Aboriginal painter
* Garry Andrews (born 1957): painter, printmaker and art teacher
* Gordon Andrews (1914–2001): industrial and graphic designer; designed Australia's first decimal banknotes
* George French Angas (1822–1886): painter
* James Angus (born 1970): sculptor
* Giulio Anivitti (1850–1881): artist, art teacher, portrait painter and gallery curator
* Douglas Annand (1903–1976): graphic designer and artist
* Len Annois (1906–1966): watercolors
* Jean Appleton (1911–2003): prize-winning painter, printmaker, art teacher
* Silvio Apponyi (born 1949): German-Australian sculptor
* Howard Arkley (1951–1999): painter of houses, architecture, and suburbia
* Hany Armanious (born 1962): artist
* Elizabeth Armstrong (1859–1930): artist and art teacher
* Ian Armstrong (1923–2005): painter and printmaker
* Raymond Arnold (born 1950)
* Alison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987): botanical artist
* James Ashton (1859–1935): artist and arts educator
* Julian Ashton (1851–1942): artist and teacher
* Julian Howard Ashton (1877–1964): journalist, writer, artist and critic
* Will Ashton (1881–1963): artist and gallery director
* Olive Ashworth (1915–2000): textile designer
* Estelle Asmodelle (born 1964): abstract artist, musician, and academic
* Cristina Asquith Baker (1868–1960)
* Mireille Astore (born 1961): artist, writer and filmmaker
* Michael Atchison OAM (1933–2009): South Australian cartoonist
* Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872): illustrator, botanist, writer
* Yvonne Audette (born 1930): painter
* J. Muir Auld (1879–1942): painter of landscapes and figure subjects
* Daryl Austin (born 1964): painter and arts education
* Narelle Autio (born 1969): photographer
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## B

* Joseph Backler (1813–1895): English-born Australian painter
* Herbert Badham (1899–1961): realist painter
* Thomas Baines (1820–1875): English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia
* Jeannie Baker (born 1950): English-born children's picture book author and artist
* Maringka Baker (born c. 1952): painter
* Normand Baker (1908–1955): artist, winner of 1937 Archibald Prize
* Arthur Baker-Clack (1877–1955): expatriate Impressionist painter of landscapes, resident of the Étaples art colony
* Marie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954): Swiss–Australian contemporary artist
* George Baldessin (1912–1978): Italian–Australian artist
* Alice Marian Ellen Bale (1875–1955): exhibited with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
* Percival Ball (1845–1900): English sculptor active in Australia
* Sydney Ball (1933–2017): abstract painter
* Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958): fashion designer, illustrator
* Rosalie (Ros) Edith Bandt (born 1951): composer, sound artist, academic and performer
* William Barak (1824–1903): Aboriginal artist of traditional Indigenous life and encounters with Europeans
* Irene Barberis (born 1953): English-born painter, installation artist, drawer
* Caroline Barker (1894–1988): painter
* Elsie Barlow (1876–1948): painter, printmaker
* Gustave Barnes (1877–1921): English violinist, painter and sculptor
* Virginia Barratt (born 1959): researcher, artist, writer and performer
* Jeremy Barrett (born 1936): artist
* Ethel Barringer (1883–1925): etcher
* Gwen Barringer (1882–1960): watercolourist
* Herbert Page Barringer (1886–1946): watercolourist
* Del Kathryn Barton (born 1972): artist, winner of 2008 and 2013 Archibald Prizes
* Margaret Baskerville (1861–1930): Victorian sculptor and painter
* Tom Bass (1916–2010): sculptor
* Edward La Trobe Bateman (1861–1897): painter, book illuminator, draughtsman and garden designer
* H. M. Bateman (1887–1970): humorous artist and cartoonist
* Piers Maxwell Dudley-Bateman (aka Piers Bateman)(1947–2015): landscape painter
* Terry Batt (born 1949): artist and sculptor
* Rex Battarbee (1893–1973): painter
* Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826): Austrian botanical illustrator
* Lionel Bawden (born 1974): artist
* Clark Beaumont (formed 2010) (Sarah Clark and Nicole Beaumont), video, performance art
* John Beard (born 1943): painter, winner of 2006 Wynne Prize and 2007 Archibald Prize
* John Watt Beattie (1859–1930): photographer
* Christopher Beaumont (born 1961): still life painter
* Clarice Beckett (1887–1935): painter
* Paddy Bedford (1922–2007): Indigenous artist and architect
* Bianca Beetson: Aboriginal artist
* Marcus Beilby (born 1951): artist, winner of 1987 Sulman Prize
* George Bell (1878–1966): painter who studied in London and Paris
* Richard Bell (born 1953): painter who courted controversy
* Robert Stewart Bell AM (1946–2018): artist in ceramics and textiles and arts curator
* Lisa Bellear (1961–2006): photographer, poet, dramatist, comedian
* Jean Bellette (1908–1991): painter
* Allana Beltran: performance artist
* Jason Benjamin (1971–2021): painter, winner of 2005 Archibald Prize
* Anthony Bennett (born 1966): painter, Archibald Prize finalist 2008, 2009
* Gordon Bennett (1955–2014): Aboriginal artist
* Jane Bennett (born 1960): painter
* Portia Mary Bennett (1898–1989): painter
* Stephen Benwell (born 1953): ceramicist
* Moira Bertram (1929–?): comic artist, illustrator
* Kevin Best (1932–2012): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM)
* Kate Beynon (born 1970): artist
* Charles Billich (born 1934): artist
* Asher Bilu (born 1936): painter and sculptor
* Vivienne Binns (born 1940): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM)
* Karna Maria Birmingham (1900–1987): artist, illustrator and printmaker
* Dorrit Black (1891–1951): painter, printmaker
* Charles Blackman (1928–2018): landscape artist
* Freya Blackwood (born 1975): illustrator, special effects artist
* Florence Turner Blake (1873–1959): painter
* Robin Blau (born 1946): design artist, sculptor, jeweller
* Peter Michael Blayney (1920–2014): artist
* Godfrey Blow (born 1948): artist, founder of the Perth Stuckists
* Elise Blumann (1897–1990): German-born artist who achieved recognition as an Expressionist painter
* Yvonne Boag (born 1954)
* Thomas Bock (1793–1855): portraitist
* Wim Boissevain (1927–2023): painter
* Peter Bonner (born 1964): artist
* Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c. 1935–2003): painter
* David Booker (born 1954): contemporary sculptor
* Jeremy Boot (born 1948): wildlife painter
* Peter Booth (born 1940): figurative and abstract painter
* Marion Borgelt (born 1954): contemporary painter and mixed-media artist
* Polly Borland (born 1959): photographer
* Nancy Borlase (1914–2006): New Zealand-born landscape-based abstract painter and portraitist
* Paul Boston (born 1952): artist
* Stella Bowen (1893–1947): painter
* William Leslie Bowles (1885–1954): sculptor and medallist
* Walter Armiger Bowring (1874–1931): painter and illustrator
* Arthur Boyd (1920–1999): portraitist, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
* Daniel Boyd (born 1982): painter, sculptor and installation artist
* David Boyd (1924–2011): artist of symbolic and historical paintings, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
* Doris Boyd (1888–1960): painter, ceramist
* Emma Minnie Boyd (1858–1936): painter
* Guy Boyd (1923–1988): sculptor, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
* Merric Boyd (1888–1959): ceramicist, painter, and sculptor, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
* Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923): landscape painter, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
* Robert Boynes (born 1943): contemporary painter
* John Brack (1920–1999): painter, member of Antipodeans Group
* Godwin Bradbeer (born 1950): figurative drawing
* Barbara Brash (1925–1998)
* Pat Brassington (born 1942): photographer, digital artist
* Dorothy Mary Braund (1926–2013): painter and printmaker
* Kate Breakey (born 1957): photographer
* Angela Brennan (born 1960): painter, ceramist
* Florence Broadhurst (1899–1977): designer
* Horace Brodzky (1885–1969): artist
* Gracius Broinowski (1837–1913): artist and ornithologist
* David Bromley (born 1960): artist
* Donald Brook (1927–2018): artist
* Anmanari Brown (born c. 1930): painter
* Nyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011): Wangkatjungka Indigenous Australian painter
* Paul Brown (born 1947): digital artist
* Andrew Browne (born 1960): figurative painter
* Richard Browne (1771–1824): artist and illustrator
* Lina Bryans (1909–2000): painter
* Charles David Jones Bryant (1883–1937): marine artist
* Ernest Buckmaster (1897–1968): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1932
* Elliott Ronald Bull (1942–1979): landscape painter and muralist
* Knud Bull (1811–1889): Norwegian painter and counterfeiter transported to Australia
* Norma Bull (1906–1980): painter, printmaker and etcher
* Rupert Bunny (1864–1947): painter of landscapes, figure studies, and scenes drawn from mythology and literature
* Ian Burn (1939–1993): conceptual artist
* Peter Burns (1924–2020): architect and artist
* Mirranda Burton (born 1973)
* Jane Burton (born 1966): photographer
* Charles Bush (1919–1989): painter
* William Bustard (1894–1973): stained glass artist
* Louis Buvelot (1814–1888): Swiss-born landscape painter who emigrated to Australia
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## C

* Nicholas Caire (1837–1916): photographer
* Peter Callas (born 1952): video artist
* H. H. Calvert (1870–1923): artist
* Cressida Campbell (born 1960): printmaker
* Joan Campbell (1925–1997): ceramist
* Robert Campbell (1902–1972): painter and gallery director
* Jane Cannan (1822–1861): painter, drawer
* James Cant (1911–1982): surrealist painter and teacher
* David Caon (born 1977): designer
* Jack Carington Smith (1908–1972): artist and teacher from Tasmania who won the Archibald Prize in 1963
* Ethel Carrick (1872–1952): painter
* Tom Carrington (1843–1918): journalist, political cartoonist and illustrator
* Milyika Carroll (born 1958)
* James Howe Carse (c. 1819–1900): British–Australian painter who specialized in landscapes
* Jeff Carter (1928–2010): photographer, filmmaker and author
* Maie Casey (1892–1983): aviator, poet, librettist, biographer, memoirist and artist
* Judy Cassab (1920–2015): painter, twice won the Archibald Prize
* John Cato (1926–2011): photographer and influential lecturer in photography.
* Angela Cavalieri
* Gino Cavicchioli (born 1957): Australian-born bust sculptor now living in Canada
* Neville Henry Cayley (1854–1903): bird artist, ornithologist
* Neville William Cayley (1886–1950): bird artist, author, ornithologist
* Harold Cazneaux (1878–1953): pictorialist photographer
* Alex Cearns: photographer
* Mutlu Çerkez (1964–2005): conceptual artist
* Queenie Chan (born 1980): Hong Kong-born comic artist
* Nicholas Chevalier (1828–1902): Russian-born artist, illustrator in lithography and water-colour
* Gunter Christmann (1936–2013): German-born Australian painter
* Ernest William Christmas (1863–1918)
* Betty Churcher (1931–2015): arts administrator and painter
* Peter Churcher (born 1964): painter of portraits and figures in a realistic style
* Marc Clark (1923–2021): sculptor and printmaker
* Bree Kristel Clarke: photographer
* Joseph Augustine Clarke (1844–1890): artist, painter, journal illustrator and arts-teacher
* Richard Clements (1951–1999): painter
* James Clifford (1936–1987): painter
* Robert Clinch (born 1957): painter and lithographer
* Romola Clifton (born 1935), Perth painter
* Densey Clyne (1922–2019): Welsh-born photographer, naturalist, writer
* George James Coates (1869–1930): portrait painter
* John Coburn (1925–2006): painter, teacher, tapestry designer and printmaker
* R. Sidney Cocks (1866–1939): artist
* Margaret Coen (1909–1993): artist
* Ola Cohn (1892–1964): sculptor
* Colin Colahan (1897–1987): painter and sculptor, died in Italy
* Bindi Cole (born 1975): photographer, video artist, installation artist
* Alfred Coleman (1890–1952): painter
* George Collingridge (1847–1931): writer and illustrator
* Albert Collins (1883–1951): painter, teacher and actor
* Amalie Sara Colquhoun (1894–1974): painter
* Charles Conder (1868–1909): English-born painter of the Heidelberg School who emigrated to Australia
* Daniel Connell (born 1970): artist
* Kevin Connor (born 1932): artist, two-time winner of the Archibald Prize
* Sylvia Convey (born 1948): painter
* Michael Cook (born 1968): photographic artist
* William Delafield Cook (1936–2015): artist
* Justine Cooper (born 1968): animator, video artist, photographer
* William T. Cooper (1934–2015): scientific painter of birds, recipient of a Gold Medal for Distinction in Natural History Art from The Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel University
* Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980): painter
* Edith Corbet (1846–1920): landscape painter
* Olive Cotton (1911–2003): photographer
* Noel Counihan (1913–1986): social realist painter
* Jack Courier (1915–2007)
* Virginia Coventry (born 1942): photographer
* Theodora Cowan (1868–1949): sculptor, painter
* Steve Cox (born 1958): painter and watercolourist
* Mimmo Cozzolino (born 1949): graphic designer and photo media artist
* Sybil Mary Frances Craig (1901–1989): painter
* Fred Cress (1938–2009): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1988
* Brenda Croft (born 1964): artist, photographer, curator
* Peggie Crombie (1901–1984): painter
* Ray Crooke (1922–2015): portrait artist, Archibald Prize winner in 1969
* Grace Crowley (1890–1979): abstract artist
* Francis R. Crozier (1883–1948): war records artist
* Adam Cullen (1965–2012): artist, winner of the Archibald Prize in 2000
* Frank Cullen (1926–2010) landscape artist
* Janet Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960): painter
* Elisabeth Cummings (born 1934): multi-award-winning artist and teacher
* James Waltham Curtis (c. 1839–1901): painter, illustrator, and photographic colourist
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## D

* Ante Dabro (born 1938): Croatian-born artist/sculptor and art teacher
* Johnnie Dady (born 1961): installation artist
* Lindsay Daen (1923–2001): New Zealand-born sculptor and artist
* John Dahlsen (born 1963): contemporary environmental artist
* Richard Daintree (1832–1878): photographer
* Roy Dalgarno (1910–2001): social realist artist
* Anne Dangar (1885–1951): painter, potter
* Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels (1936–2004): painter
* Aleks Danko (born 1950): performance artist and sculptor
* Alfred James Daplyn (1844–1926): painter
* William Dargie (1912–2003): painter especially of portrait paintings who won the Archibald Prize eight times
* Vicki Darken (1923–2014): landscape painter
* Malpiya Davey
* Bessie Davidson (1879–1965): painter
* David Davies (1864–1939): painter
* Edward Davies (1852–1927): architect and arts administrator
* Olive Blanche Davies (1884–1976/7): botanical illustrator
* Paul Davies (born 1979): artist
* John Davis (1936–1999): sculptor
* John (Francis) Davis (born 1958): artist
* Lawrence Daws (born 1927): painter and printmaker of watercolour, drawing, screenprints, etchings and monotypes
* Janet Dawson (born 1935): painter
* Phil Day (born 1973)
* Charles Hubert de Castella (1825–1907): Swiss-Australian writer, artist and winemaker
* Geoffrey de Groen (born 1938): painter of abstract art
* Rox De Luca (born 1963) contemporary environmental visual artist
* Roy De Maistre (1894–1968): artist who explored the relationship of colour harmony to musical harmony
* Destiny Deacon (1957–2024): photographer
* Andrew Dearman: photographer
* Wolfgang Degenhardt (1924–1993): German-born artist often of religious art
* Dennis Del Favero (born 1953): artist and academic
* Paul Delprat (born 1942): painter and illustrator, Principal of the Julian Ashton Art School
* Linda Dement (born 1960): photographer, digital artist
* Aileen Dent (1890–1978): painter
* Stuart Devlin (1931–2018): artist and metalworker
* William Dexter (1818–1860): English-Australian painter
* Maggie Diaz (1925–2016): photographer
* Robert Dickerson (1924–2015): figurative painter
* Desmond Digby (1933–2015): New Zealand-born stage designer, painter and illustrator of children's books
* Silvester Diggles (1817–1880): artist and musician
* William Dobell (1899–1970): sculptor and painter who won the Archibald Prize three times
* James Dodd (born 1977): painter, sculptor and street artist
* Ken Done (born 1940): artist, especially of design work
* Annie Dorrington (1866–1926): painter, flag designer
* Matt Doust (1984–2013): artist, finalist in the 2011 Archibald Prize
* John Dowie (1915–2008): painter, sculptor and teacher
* Julie Dowling (born 1969): Badimaya Australian artist
* Robert Hawker Dowling (1827–1886): colonial artist
* Margaret Dredge (1928–2001)
* Ada Driver (1868–1954): portrait photographer who ran a studio in Brisbane in the early twentieth century
* Russell Drysdale (1912–1981): painter of abstract and surrealist art
* William Duke (1814–1853): Irish-born Australian artist
* Karl Duldig (1902–1986): Austrian-Australian sculptor
* Slawa Duldig (1901–1975): Austrian-Australian inventor, artist, interior designer and teacher
* Brian Dunlop (1938–2009): still life and figurative painter
* Jan Dunn (ceramicist) (1940–2002): ceramicist
* Frank Dunne (1898–1937): cartoonist
* Max Dupain (1911–1992): photographer
* Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000): Western Australian artist and writer
* Ivan Durrant (born 1947): painter, performance artist and writer
* Benjamin Duterrau (1768–1851): English painter, etcher, engraver, sculptor and art lecturer who emigrated to Tasmania
* Ludwik Dutkiewicz (1921–2008): Ukrainian-born naturalized Australian artist
* Władysław Dutkiewicz (1918–1999): Polish-born naturalized Australian artist
* Olive Dutton Green (1878–1930): painter
* Geoffrey Dyer (1947–2020): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2003
* Moya Dyring (1909–1967): painter
* Ambrose Dyson (1876–1913): illustrator and political cartoonist
* Will Dyson (1880–1938): illustrator
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## E

* Augustus Earle (1793–1832): London-born travel artist who spent time painting in Australia
* Stephen Eastaugh (born 1960): artist
* Lindsay Edward (1919–2007): abstract artist, mosaicist and teacher
* Agnes Edwards (c. 1873–1928): Aboriginal handicraft maker known for feather flowers
* Margery Edwards (1933–1989): mixed media artist, painter
* McLean Edwards: painter and portraitist
* Sandy Edwards (born 1948): photographer
* Bonita Ely (born 1946): performance artist
* Neil Emmerson (born 1956)
* Esther Erlich: figurative painter
* Merran Esson (1950–2022): ceramic artist
* Jessie Lavington Evans (1860–1943), painter
* Joyce Evans (1929–2019): photographer
* Lina Eve (born 1946): figurative painter, singer/songwriter, photographer, and filmmaker
* Miles Evergood (1871–1939): artist
* Raymond Boultwood "Ray" Ewers (1917–1998): sculptor
* Gladstone Eyre (1862–1933): portrait artist and landscape painter
* John Eyre (1771–?): painter and engraver
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## F

* Facter, aka Fletcher Andersen: street artist/painter
* David Fairbairn (born 1949): painter and printmaker
* Ian Fairweather (1891–1974): painter who combined western and Asian influences in his work
* Grant Featherston (1922–1995): furniture designer
* Adrian Feint (1894–1971): artist, noted for his bookplate designs
* Susan Fereday (born 1959): artist, photographer
* Anne Ferran (born 1949): photographer
* Simon Fieldhouse (born 1956): painter of architecture with whimsical characters
* George Edmond Finey (1895–1987): New Zealand born artist
* Gerald Fitzgerald (1873–1935): artist
* Paul Desmond Fitzgerald (1922–2017): portrait painter
* Maude Edith Victoria Fleay (1869–1965): painter
* Emily Floyd (born 1972)
* Herbert 'Bert' Flugelman (1923–2013): sculptor
* Paul Foelsche (1931–1914): photographer
* Ellis D Fogg aka Roger Foley (born 1942): Lumino Kinetic, Light Artist
* Fiona Foley (born 1964): indigenous artist from Badtjala
* George Frederick Folingsby (1828–1891): Irish born Australian painter and art educator
* Nicholas Folland (born 1967): sculptor and arts educator
* Sue Ford (1943–2009): photographer
* Haughton Forrest (1826–1925): artist
* E. Phillips Fox (1865–1915): Naturalist painter
* Ivor Pengelly Francis (1906–1993): artist, art critic and teacher
* Dale Frank (born 1959): contemporary artist
* Graham Fransella (born 1950): figurative and abstract painter
* William Frater (1890–1974), Scottish-born stained-glass designer and modernist painter
* Kristian Fredrikson (1940–2005): New Zealand-born stage and costume designer
* Harold Freedman (1915–1999): artist, renowned for his work in public murals
* Leonard French (1928–2017): painter and stained glass artist
* Zoe Freney: painter, arts writer and arts educator
* Thomas Friedensen (1879–1931): English-born artist in watercolour and oils, active in Australia
* Donald Friend (1915–1989): artist, writer and diarist
* Frederick Frith (1819–1871): English-born painter and photographer
* Douglas Fry (1872–1911): artist, especially of animal paintings
* Ella Fry (1916–1997): painter
* Merrick Fry (born 1950): artist
* Sam Fullbrook (1922–2004): artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1974
* Florence Fuller (1867–1946): painter
* Albert Henry Fullwood (1863–1930): artist who worked in black and white, oils, and watercolour
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## G

* Kiley Gaffney (born 1970): performance artist, musician
* Ian Gardiner (1943–2008): artist
* Silvana Gardner: visual artist, writer
* Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999): sculptor, primarily of found materials
* Marea Gazzard (1928–2013): sculptor, ceramist
* Esmond George (1888–1959): SA watercolor artist, World War II war artist and art critic
* Francis Giacco (born 1955): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1993–1994
* Geoff Gibbons (born 1947): printmaker and arts educator
* May Gibbs (1877–1969): English Australian children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist
* Charles Web Gilbert (1867–1925): sculptor
* Kevin Gilbert (1933–1993)
* Jeff Gilberthorpe (1939–2021): English-born artist and art teacher
* Jackie Kurltjunyintja Giles (1944–2010): Manyjilyjarra painter
* Harry Pelling Gill (1855–1916): English-born artist and art teacher
* S. T. Gill (1818–1880): English-born draughtsman, watercolour painter, and photographer
* Hector Gilliland (1911–2002): watercolor landscapes
* George Gittoes (born 1949): war artist using painting, drawing, photographs and video
* Shaun Gladwell (born 1972): video, performance, painting and sculpture
* Michaela Gleave (born 1980); conceptual installations
* James Gleeson (1915–2008): surrealist artist, poet, critic, writer and curator
* Allan C. Glover (1900–1984): etcher and printmaker
* Harry Glover (artist) (c. 1810–1858): English artist in South Australia
* Henry H. Glover (c. 1827–1904): artist, son of above
* John Glover (artist) (1767–1849): English artist in Tasmania, not related
* Lloyd Godman (born 1952): photographer and environmental artist
* Duncan Goldfinch (1888–1960): painter
* John Charles Goodchild (1898–1980): painter and art educator
* Agnes Goodsir (1864–1939): portrait painter
* Richard Goodwin (born 1953): artist, architect and professor of fine arts and design
* Julie Gough (born 1965): artist, writer and curator
* William Buelow Gould (1801–1853): English painter transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1826
* Peter Gouldthorpe (born 1954): artist, children's picture book author and illustrator
* James William Govett (1910–1998): impressionist painter
* Peter Benjamin Graham (1925–1987): visual artist, printer, and art theorist
* Peter Sebastian Graham (born 1970): artist, painter, printmaker and sculptor
* Alma Nungarrayi Granites (1955–2017): artist
* Siv Grava (born 1967): artist, winner of Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
* Virginia Grayson (born 1967): visual artist, winner of the Dobell Drawing Prize
* Sasha Grbich: installation artist
* Denise Green (born 1946): painter
* Jillian Green (born 1975); artist
* Olive Dutton Green (1878–1930): artist
* Rona Green (born 1972): artist
* Tom Green (1913–1981): painter, printmaker and art teacher
* Victor Greenhalgh (1900–1983): sculptor and teacher
* Francis Greenway (1777–1837): English-born architect
* Garry Greenwood (1943–2005)
* Guy Grey-Smith (1916–1981): painter, printmaker and ceramicist
* Robert Grieve (1924–2006)
* Murray Griffin (1903–1992): printmaker and painter
* Mabel "May" Grigg (1885–1969): painter
* Henry Gritten (c. 1818–1873): English painter
* Ann Grocott (born 1938): writer and painter
* Elioth Gruner (1882–1939): New Zealand-born painter, winner of the Wynne Prize seven times
* Julia Gutman (born 1993): textile Artist and winner of 2023 Archibald Prize
* Rob Gutteridge (born 1954): English-born painter and arts educator
* Marjorie Gwynne (1886–1958): painter
* Harold Frederick Neville Gye (1888–1967): cartoonist
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## H

* Emma Hack (born 1972): photographer
* Basil Hadley (1940–2006): born London, UK, arrived to Australia in 1965, printmaker and painter
* Robert Hague (born 1967): New Zealand-born artist
* Fiona Hall (born 1953): contemporary visual artist
* Lindsay Bernard Hall (1859–1935): English-born Australian artist and art gallery director
* Deborah Halpern (born 1957): sculptor, mosaic artist, ceramist
* Stanislav "Stacha" Halpern (1919–1969): Polish Australian painter and sculptor
* Michelle Hamer (born 1975): tapestry artist
* Lyn Hancock: photographer, writer
* Henry Hanke (1901–1989): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1934
* Marjorie Hann (1916–2011): South Australian cartoonist, painter and art teacher
* Robert Hannaford (born 1944): realist artist
* Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991): artist, printmaker and writer
* Albert J. Hanson (1866–1914): landscape painter in both oil and water-colour
* Nicholas Harding (1956–2022): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2001
* Lily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves (1930–2018): painter
* Pro Hart (1928–2006): father of the Outback painting movement
* Cecil Hartt (1884–1930): cartoonist
* Edmund Arthur Harvey (1907–1994): British-born Australian artist
* Ponch Hawkes (born 1946): photographer
* Elaine Haxton (1909–1999): painter, printmaker, designer and commercial artist
* Louise Hearman (born 1963): figurative painter
* Ivor Hele (1912–1993): war artist for the Australian War Memorial, five times Archibald Prize winner
* Catherine Jenna Hendry (CJ Hendry) (born 1988): hyper-realistic, large-scale renderings using a scribbling technique
* Euan Heng (born 1945): Scottish-born painter and printmaker
* Lucien Henry (1850–1896): French painter in Sydney
* Bill Henson (born 1955): contemporary photographic artist
* Harold Herbert (1891–1945)
* Petr Herel (1943–2022): Czechoslovakia-born printmaker, painter
* Sali Herman (1898–1993): Swiss-born war artist
* Bernard Hesling (1905–1987): British-born muralist and painter
* Joy Hester (1920–1960): modernist painter
* Hans Heysen (1877–1968): German painter of watercolours of the bush
* Nora Heysen (1911–2003): 1938 Archibald Prize winner and first women official war artist
* Jacqueline Hick (1919–2004): painter
* Dale Hickey (born 1937): painter and teacher
* J. J. Hilder (1881–1916): watercolourist from the Heidelberg School
* Charles Hill (1824–1915): engraver, painter and arts educator
* Robin Hill (born 1932): artist and writer
* Merris Hillard (born 1949)
* Frank Hinder (1906–1992): painter, sculptor and art teacher
* Margel Hinder (1906–1995): Australian-American modernist sculptor
* Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack (1893–1965): German/Australian artist
* Robert Hitchcock (born 1944): sculptor
* Noela Hjorth (1940–2016): artist and builder of houses, known as living sculptures
* Robert Hoddle (1794–1881): surveyor and artist
* Christopher Hodges: artist and art gallery director
* Frank Hodgkinson (1919–2001): war artist
* Rayner Hoff (1894–1937): Isle of Man-born sculptor who lived and worked in Australia
* Robert Hollingworth (born 1947): painter, video artist, writer, novelist; winner of 1990 Sulman Prize
* Cherry Hood (born 1959): portraitist, won the 2002 Archibald Prize
* Gordon Hookey (born 1961): painter, sculptor
* Laurence Hope (1927–2016): artist
* Livingston York Yourtee "Hop" Hopkins (1846–1927): American-born cartoonist
* Chris Horder (born 1976): won the Young Emerging Artist Award in the 2011 Mosman Art Prize
* Marie Horseman (1911–1974): cartoonist, illustrator, fashion designer
* Henry Leonardus van den Houten (1801–1879): Dutch-Australian painter, lithographer and art teacher
* Valma Howell (1896–1979): painter, actress
* Laurence Hotham Howie (1876–1963): South Australian sculptor, painter, and art teacher
* John Howley (1931–2020): painter
* Frank Hurley (1885–1962): photographer, filmmaker and adventurer
* Polly Hurry (1883–1963): painter
* Margot Hutcheson (born 1952): British-born painter
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## I

* Nelson Illingworth (1862–1926): English-born sculptor
* Robert Ingpen (born 1936): graphic designer, illustrator, and author
* Adelaide Ironside (1831–1867): painter
* Pamela Irving (born 1960): ceramicist, mosaicist and writer
* Jean Isherwood (1911–2006): painter
* Linde Ivimey (born 1965): sculptor
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## J

* Kenneth Jack (1924–2006): watercolour painter, and printmaker, member of RWS
* Robert Jacks (1943–2014): painter, sculptor and printmaker
* James R. Jackson (1882–1975): artist, primarily of Sydney harbor
* Roy Jackson (1944–2013): artist
* Lionel Jago (1882–1953): artist
* Ann James (born 1952): children's book illustrator, graphic designer
* Louis Robert James (1920–1996): abstract painter in oils
* Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James (1937–2011): ceramicist, painter and textile artist, Aboriginal artist
* Gil Jamieson (1934–1992): painter of figurative art works, landscape art works, and portraits
* Bob Jenyns (1944–2015): humorous and figurative sculpture, painting, drawing and prints
* Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966): installation artist
* Reginald Jerrold-Nathan: portraits, esp. of political women
* Carol Jerrems (1949–1980): photographer
* Clytie Jessop (1929–2017): artist, actress, screenwriter and director
* Guo Jian (born 1962): painter, sculptor, photographer
* Natasha Johns-Messenger (1970—): installation artist, photographer
* George Johnson (1926–2021): painter of modernist art, especially geometric abstraction
* Roger Kirk Hayes Johnson (1922–1991): architect, planner, potter, painter, sculptor, writer and educator
* Anne Jolliffe (1933–2021): animator
* Eric Jolliffe (1907–2001): cartoonist and illustrator on outback themes
* Henry Jones (1826–1911): photographer
* Joe Jonsson (1890–1963): Swedish-born cartoonist
* Allan Jordan (1898–1982)
* Justus Jorgensen (1893–1975): artist and architect
* Ellen Jose (1951–2017): photographer, printmaker
* Loui Jover (born 1967): painter, artist
* Anne Judell (born 1942): artist, winner of the 2011 Dobell Prize
* Robert Juniper (1929–2012): illustrator, art teacher, sculptor and printmaker
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## K

* Louis Kahan (1905–2002): artist born in Vienna who won the Archibald Prize in 1962
* Kitty Kantilla (1928–2003): painter, printmaker, sculptor
* Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970): Iranian-born painter
* Barry Kay (1932–1985): stage and costume designer
* Hanna Kay: Israeli-born painter
* Ash Keating (born 1980): artist
* Jennifer Keeler-Milne (born 1961): painter, drawer
* Anwen Keeling (born 1976): portrait painter
* David Keeling (born 1951): artist
* John Kelly (born 1965): artist
* Rik Kemp (born 1939): cartoonist, illustrator
* Roger Kemp (1907–1987): artist, especially of transcendental abstraction
* Franz Kempf (1926–2020)
* Tjungkara Ken (born 1969): painter
* Billy Tjampijinpa Kenda (born c 1967): painter
* Caroline Kennedy-McCracken (born 1967): musician, painter, sculptor
* Rachel Khedoori (born 1964): painter, sculptor
* Toba Khedoori (born 1964): mixed media painter
* Patrick Kilvington (1922–1990): artist of musters, round-ups and horses in motion
* Grahame King (1915–2008): master printmaker
* Inge King (1915–2016): German-born sculptor
* Leah King-Smith (born 1956): photographer
* Barbie Kjar (born 1957): printmaker, drawer, painter
* Anita Klein (born 1960): painter, printmaker
* Robert Klippel (1920–2001): sculptor
* Anastasia Klose (born 1978): performance artist, installation artist
* Michael Kmit (1910–1981): Ukrainian painter who spent twenty-five years in Australia and died in Sydney
* Sue Kneebone: artist and arts educator
* Emily Kngwarreye (1910–1996): Aboriginal artist from the Utopia community
* William Dunn Knox (1820–1945): painter, member of the Victorian Artists Society
* Lisette Kohlhagen (1890–1969): painter
* Theo Koning (born 1950): Dutch-born Western Australian painter, sculptor, printmaker and art teacher
* Susan Kozma-Orlay (1913–2008): mid-century modernist designer
* Derek Kreckler (born 1952): multi-media visual artist
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## L

* Vida Lahey (1882–1968): painter
* Rosemary Laing (1959–2024): photographer
* George Lambert (1873–1930): artist of portrait paintings and war artist
* Pat Larter (1936–1996): mail artist, photographer, performance artist, painter
* Richard Larter (1929–2014): painter, often identified as one of Australia's few highly recognisable pop artists
* David Larwill (1956–2011): artist
* Janet Laurence (born 1947): mixed media artist, installation artist
* Peter Laverty (1926–2013): painter, printmaker, art educator and gallery director
* George Lawrence (1901–1981): painter in the impressionist style
* Donald Laycock (born 1931): painter
* Sam Leach (born 1973): figurative painter, winner of 2010 Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize
* Alun Leach-Jones (1937–2017): painter, sculptor, printmaker
* Bill Leak (1956–2017): cartoonist and painter
* Percy Leason (1889–1959): cartoonist, painter
* Lindy Lee (born 1954): sculptor, painter
* Derwent Lees (1884–1931): landscape painter
* Laurence Le Guay (1916–1990): photographer
* Fred Leist (1878–1945): muralist and war artist
* Kerrie Lester (1953–2016): artist
* Michael Leunig (1945–2024): cartoonist, poet and cultural commentator
* Margo Lewers (1908–1978): interdisciplinary abstract artist
* John Lewin (1770–1819): English-born artist of natural history, active in Australia
* Wilbraham Frederick Evelyn Liardet (1799–1878): hotelier, water-colour artist and historian
* Colonel William Light (1786–1839): British naval and army officer and a painter, the first Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia
* Peter Lik (born 1959): fine art photographer
* Kevin Lincoln (born 1941): artist
* Daryl Lindsay (1889–1976): sketcher, illustrator, and art critic
* Joan Lindsay (1896–1984): author
* Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961): artist specializing in etching and engraving
* Norman Lindsay (1879–1969): sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist and scale modeler
* Percy Lindsay (1870–1952): landscape painter, illustrator and cartoonist
* Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919): illustrator, painter
* Anthony Lister (born 1980): artist specializing in street art, expressionism, and pop art
* W. Lister Lister (1859–1943): painter, won the Wynne Prize seven times
* Norman Lloyd (1895–1983): landscape painter
* Tony Lloyd (born 1970): figurative painter
* Leonard Long (1911–2013): painter
* Sydney Long (1871–1955): painter, etcher, and teacher
* John Longstaff (1861–1941): painter, war artist and a five-time winner of the Archibald Prize
* Will Longstaff (1879–1953): painter and war artist
* Keith Looby (born 1940): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1984
* Loongkoonan (c. 1910–2018): painter, Aboriginal elder
* Steve Lopes (born 1971): figurative painter
* Josh Lord (born 1972): artist specializing in acrylic house paint
* Gretta Louw (born 1981): interdisciplinary artist working across digital media, installation, drawing, and textiles
* Fred Lowen ((1919–2005)): designer
* Fiona Lowry (born 1974): painter
* Joseph Lycett (c. 1774–1827): English-born portrait and miniature painter, active in Australia
* Elwyn (Jack) Lynn (1917–1997): artist, author, art critic and curator
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## M

* Andrew MacCormac (1826–1918): portrait painter
* Stewart Angus MacFarlane (born 1953): figurative painter
* Norman Macgeorge (1872–1952): artist and art critic
* William Priestly MacIntosh (1857–1930): sculptor
* Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal (1863–1931): sculptor and medallist
* Chips Mackinolty (born 1954): artist printmaking and journalist
* Euan MacLeod (born 1956): New Zealand artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1999
* William Macleod (1850–1929): artist and a partner in The Bulletin
* Matthew James MacNally (1873–1943): watercolourist
* Mary Macqueen (1912–1994): printmaker, mixed media artist
* Bea Maddock (1934–2016): artist combining printing with encaustic painting and installation art
* Guy Maestri (born 1974): painter, winner of 2009 Archibald Prize
* Ma Mahood (1901–1989): painter, ceramist, printmaker
* Jeffrey Makin (born 1943): artist, art critic, and Director of Port Jackson Press Australia
* David Malangi (1927–1999): bark painter, printmaker, carver, designer
* Henri Mallard (1884–1967): photographer
* Gillian Mann (1939–2007): printmaker
* Diane Mantzaris (born 1962): digital artist, printmaker
* Wakuthi Marawili (1921–2005): painter, bark painter
* Paul Margocsy (born 1945): watercolourist
* Banduk Marika (1954–2021): indigenous Australian artist and printmaker
* Wandjuk Marika (1927–1987): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist, actor, composer and land rights activist
* Stella Marks (1887–1985): best known as a portrait miniaturist
* Claude Marquet (1869–1920): political cartoonist
* Conrad Martens (1801–1878): English-born landscape artist active in Australia
* Monte Masi (born 1983): performance-based video artist
* John Mather (1848–1916): Scottish-Australian plein-air painter and etcher
* John Baxter Mather (1853–1940): Scottish-Australian journalist, newspaper proprietor, landscape painter and art critic
* John Mawurndjul (born 1952): indigenous artist in a traditional painting technique rarrk
* William James Maxwell (ca.1843–1903): Scottish-born sculptor
* Daphne Mayo (1895–1982): sculptor
* Kathleen McArthur (1915–2001): botanical illustrator, environmentalist, naturalist
* Herbert McClintock (1906–1985): social realist artist
* Francis McComas (1875–1938): Australian-born artist who spent most of his adult life in California
* Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890): painter, diarist
* Frederick McCubbin (1855–1917): painter of the Heidelberg School
* Louis McCubbin (1890–1952): war artist, landscape painter and gallery director
* Alan McLeod McCulloch (1907–1992): art historian and gallery director, cartoonist, and painter
* Francine McDougall: filmmaker, photographer
* Malcolm McGookin (born 1956): cartoonist, writer, painter, musician
* Raymond McGrath (1903–1977): architect, illustrator, printmaker and interior designer
* William Beckwith McInnes (1889–1939): portrait painter, winner of the Archibald Prize seven times
* Arthur McIntyre (1945–2003): artist and art critic
* Alexander McKenzie (born 1971): painter, a six times finalist of the Archibald Prize
* Queenie McKenzie (1930–1998): painter
* Tommy McRae (1835–1901): artist
* Clement Meadmore (1929–2005): Australian-American sculptor known for massive outdoor steel sculptures
* Penny Meagher (1935–1995): painter
* Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880–1955): illustrator, painter
* Charles Meere (1890–1961): English-Australian artist
* Dora Meeson (1869–1955): painter
* Annemieke Mein (born 1944): Dutch-born textile artist
* Max Meldrum (1875–1955): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1939 and 1940
* Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1855–1938): Australian-born artist, author, printmaker and illustrator
* Mary Cockburn Mercer (1882–1963): painter
* Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895): Anglo/Australian writer and illustrator, also known as Louisa Anne Twamley
* Bertha Merfield (1869–1921): painter and muralist
* Vladas Meskenas (1916–2020): Sydney painter, born in Lithuania
* Bill Meyer (born 1942): artist who uses photography, film and music in his work
* mez (Mary-Anne Breeze): Australian-based Internet artist
* Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985): Polish-born photographer
* Rodney Armour "Rod" Milgate (1934–2014): painter and playwright
* David Miller (born c.1950): painter
* Lewis Miller (born 1959): painter and visual artist, known for his portraits and figurative works, winner of 1998 Archibald Prize
* Peter Milne (born 1960): photographer and visual artist, known for documenting the Melbourne punk and comedy scenes in the 1970s and 80s
* Benjamin Edwin Minns (1863–1937): watercolourist
* Harold "Hal" Missingham (1906–1994): Australian artist, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1945 to 1971, and president of the Australian Watercolour Institute from 1952 to 1955
* Jan Mitchell (1940–2008): painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker
* Robert Boyed Mitchell (1919–2002): abstract expressionist artist
* Joanne Mitchelson (born 1971): painter
* Tracey Moffat (born 1960): artist using primarily photography and video
* Ernest Edward Moffitt (1871–1899): artist
* George Molnar (1910–1998): Hungarian-Australian cartoonist
* Jon Molvig (1923–1970): expressionist artist
* Reg Mombassa (born 1951): New Zealand-born artist and musician
* Milton Moon (1926–2019): potter, teacher and author
* Alan Moore (1914–2015): war artist
* David Moore (1927–2003): photographer and photojournalist.
* May and Mina Moore (1881–1931, 1882–1957): photographers
* Mirka Mora (1928–2018): French-born painter, sculptor, mosaic artist
* Harriet Morgan (1830–1907): natural history illustrator
* Sally Morgan (born 1951): Aboriginal author, scriptwriter and contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
* George Pitt Morison (1861–1946): painter and engraver
* Ethel Jackson Morris (1891–1985): illustrator
* Joan Morrison (1911–1969), cartoonist and book illustrator
* Christine Morrow (born 1971): British-born visual artist
* Gareth Morse (1932–2023): Welsh-born landscape painter, art critic and educator
* Grant Mudford (born 1944): photographer
* Sally M. Nangala Mulda (born 1957): artist
* Patricia Mullins (born 1952): children's book illustrator
* Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (c.1936–2002): contemporary artist
* Evonne Munuyngu, (born 1960): weaver
* Arthur Murch (1902–1989): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1949
* Les Murdoch (born 1957), pioneer of Aboriginal Op art Surrealism
* Wendy Murray (artist) (born 1974): printmaker, painter, arts educator
* Vali Myers (1930–2003): artist who specialized in fine pen and ink drawings
* Patricia Moran (1944–2017): painter
* Bruce Munro (born 1959): dual nationality (Australian/Great Britain), primary medium light
* Tanya Myshkin (born 1961): printmaker

## N

* Bardayal 'Lofty' Nadjamerrek (1926–2009): painter
* Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (1926–1998): painter
* Albert Namatjira (1902–1959): Indigenous Australian artist
* Vincent Namatjira (born 1983): Indigenous Australian artist
* Rosella Namok (born 1979): Indigenous Australian artist
* Eubena Nampitjin (1921–2013): painter, teacher
* Narputta Nangala (1933–2010)
* Frank Arthur Nankivell (1869–1959): artist and political cartoonist
* Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1955–2008): painter
* Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1954–2011): painter
* Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri (c. 1948–2022): painter
* Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (c. 1927–2009): painter
* Wintjiya Napaltjarri (c. 1923–1934–2014): painter
* Makinti Napanangka (c. 1930–2011): indigenous Australian artist
* Dorothy Napangardi (early 1950s–2013): painter
* Lily Kelly Napangardi (born c. 1948): painter
* Yalti Napangati (born c. 1970): painter
* Yuhana Nashmi: Iraqi-Australian ceramicist, sculptor, painter
* Simeon Nelson (born 1964): sculptor and transdisciplinary artist
* Girolamo Nerli (1860–1926)
* Norie Neumark: American-born sound artist
* Albert Ernest Newbury (1891–1941): landscape and portrait painter
* Ann Newmarch (1945–2022): painter, printmaker, sculptor
* Marc Newson (born 1963): designer
* Helmut Newton (1920–2004): German-Australian fashion photographer noted for his nude studies of women
* June Newton (1923–2021): photographer, actress
* Paul Newton (born 1961): portrait artist who has twice won the Archibald Prize
* Mavis Ngallametta (1944–2019)
* Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961): painter
* Peter Nicholson (born 1946): political cartoonist, caricaturist and sculptor
* Deborah Niland (born 1950)
* Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009)
* Sandro Nocentini (born 1966): painter
* Sidney Nolan (1917–1992): painter and printmaker
* Elizabeth May Norriss, later Bess Norriss Tait (1878–1939): artist
* James Northfield (1887–1973): graphic artist
* Rosaleen Norton (1917–1979): painter, occultist
* Naata Nungurrayi (born 1932): artist
* Charles Nuttall (1872–1934): artist noted for his illustrations
* Lena Nyadbi (c. 1936–2024): painter, installation artist
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## O

* Carla O'Brien: installation artist
* Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991): comic artist, illustrator, fashion artist
* Kathleen O'Connor (1876–1968): New Zealand-born painter
* Gabby O'Connor (born 1974): New Zealand-based installation artist
* Peter O'Doherty (born 1958): musician and artist specializing in still life and suburbia
* Edward Officer (1871–1921): painter, Australian Art Association inaugural president
* John Armstrong Ogburn (1925–2010): painter.
* Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991): Welsh-born illustrator, cartoonist, painter, author
* Dorothea "Dora" Adela Ohlfsen-Bagge (1869–1948): pianist, painter, sculptor, spy and particularly a medallist
* Bronwyn Oliver (1959–2006): sculptor
* Margaret Olley (1923–2011): painter specializing in still life
* Bernard Ollis (born 1951): contemporary painter
* John Olsen (1928–2023): landscape painter who won the Archibald Prize in 2005
* Lin Onus (1948–1996): Scottish–Koori Aboriginal artist
* Rosemary Opala (1923–2008): illustrator, writer, nurse
* Desiderius Orban (1884–1986): Hungarian-Australian painter, printmaker and teacher
* Christopher Orchard (born 1950): artist and arts educator
* Mandy Ord (born 1974): comic artist
* Raquel Ormella (born 1969): multimedia artist
* George Cross Thomas Orr (1882–1933): watercolourist
* Jill Orr (born 1952): performance artist, photographer, installation artist
* Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja-Kotkowski (1922–1994): Polish-Australian artist best known for his ground-breaking work in chromasonics, laser kinetics and 'sound and image' productions
* Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960): children's book illustrator
* Robert Owen (born 1937): artist and curator
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## P

* Josonia Palaitis: artist
* Wendy Paramor (1938–1975): artist
* Trent Parke (born 1971): photographer
* Roy Parkinson (1901–1945): watercolour artist
* Lenton Parr (1924–2003): sculptor and teacher
* Mike Parr (born 1945): performance artist and printmaker
* Peter Parsons (ceramic artist) (1951–1993): ceramic artist
* John Passmore (1904–1984): abstract expressionist painter
* Klytie Pate (1912–2010): studio potter
* John Ford Paterson (1851–1912): Scottish-born Australian artist
* Ambrose McCarthy Patterson (1877–1966): painter and printmaker
* Frances Wildt Pavlu (died 2016): art jeweller
* John Peart (1945–2013)
* Tom Peerless (1858–1896): artist
* John Perceval (1923–2000): artist of drawings, paintings, and ceramics
* Billy Benn Perrurle (c 1943–2012): artist
* Stieg Persson (born 1959): contemporary painter
* Bruce Petty (1929–2023): political satirist and cartoonist
* Gloria Petyarre (1942–2021): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
* Jeanna Petyarre (born 1950): painter
* Kathleen Petyarre (1940–2018): painter
* Nancy Petyarre (1938–2009): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
* Debra Phillips (born 1958): photographer, sculptor
* Patricia Piccinini (born 1965): mixed-media artist
* Shane Pickett (1957–2010): Nyoongar artist
* William Edwin Pidgeon (1909–1981): painter who won the Archibald Prize three times
* Julianne Pierce: new media artist, curator, art critic
* Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), ceramist
* W. C. Piguenit (1836–1914): landscape painter
* Anne Pincus (born 1961): painter, sculptor
* Carl Plate (1909–1977): painter, collage artist, sculptor, printmaker
* Evert Ploeg (born 1963): portrait painter
* Terrance Plowright (born 1949): contemporary and figurative sculptor
* Leif Podhajsky (born ?): graphic designer
* Axel Poignant (1906–1986): photographer
* Leon Pole (1871–1951): artist associated with the Heidelberg School
* Rodney Pople (born 1952): artist
* Pietro Porcelli (1872–1943): Italian-born sculptor
* Port Jackson Painter (active 1788–1790s): plant and animal watercolour artist(s) (identity unknown)
* Arthur Ted Powell (born 1947): landscape painter and printmaker
* Harold Septimus Power (1877–1951): artist
* Dr John Joseph Wardell Power (1881–1943): Modernist artist
* Cedar Prest (born 1940): stained glass artist
* Margaret Preston (1875–1963): modernist painter and printmaker
* Reg Preston (1917–2000): potter
* Thea Proctor (1879–1966): portrait painter and printmaker
* Geoffrey Proud (1946–2022): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990
* John Skinner Prout (1805–1876): English-born painter of lithographs, watercolours and oils
* Oswald Pryor (1881–1971): cartoonist
* Clifton Pugh (1924–1990): painter of landscapes and portraiture
* Shirley Purdie (born 1948): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
* Peter Purves Smith (1912–1949): painter
* Minnie Pwerle (1910–2006): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
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## Q

* Ben Quilty (born 1973): portrait painter and war artist, winner of 2011 Archibald Prize
* James Peter Quinn (1869–1951): portrait painter
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## R

* Melinda Rackham (born 1959): sculptor and Internet artist
* John Radecki (1865–1955): stained glass artist working in Australia
* Isobel "Iso" Rae (1860–1940): impressionist painter
* John Rae (1813–1900): administrator, painter and author
* Hugh Ramsay (1877–1906): artist
* Richard John Randall (1869–1906): artist
* David Rankin (born 1946): New York-based painter
* Stanislav Rapotec AM (1913–1997): artist
* Henry Rayner (1902–1957): Australian artist known for his drypoint etchings
* Norma Redpath OBE (1928–2013): painter and sculptor
* Richard Read Sr. (ca. 1765 – ca. 1829): British-born artist who was sent to Australia as a convict.
* David Jay Reed (born 1950): artist, photographer, graphic designer
* Lloyd Rees (1895–1998): landscape painter
* Alison Baily Rehfisch (1900–1974): painter
* Anton Riebe (1904–1987): landscape painter
* Virgil Reilly (1892–1974): cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator
* Gladys Reynell (1881–1956): one of South Australia's earliest potters
* Jon Rhodes (born 1947): photographer
* Geoffrey Ricardo (born 1964): artist, printmaker and sculptor
* Charles Douglas Richardson (1853–1932): Victorian sculptor and painter
* William Ricketts (1898–1993): potter and sculptor of the arts and crafts movement
* John Rigby (1922–2012): painter of tropical and bush landscapes, genre works and portraits
* Paul Crispin Rigby AM (1924–2006): cartoonist
* Michael Riley (1960–2004): photographer, documentary filmmaker
* Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (1936–2002): painter
* Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961): conservative post-impressionist painter
* Douglas Roberts (1919–1976): painter and art critic
* Ian Roberts (born 1952): bird and native vegetation painter
* Tom Roberts (1856–1931): artist and a member of the Heidelberg School
* Lynne Roberts-Goodwin (born 1954): photographer, video and installation artist
* Freda Rhoda Robertshaw (1916–1997): artist
* Ronald Charles Robertson-Swann OAM (born 1941): sculptor
* Julia Robinson (born 1981): sculptor
* William Robinson (born 1936): painter and lithographer
* Charles Rodius (1802–1860): German-born artist, printmaker and architect
* Florence Aline Rodway (1881–1971): artist best known for her portraits
* Lisa Roet (born 1967): artist
* Andrew Rogers (born 1947): sculptor and land artist
* Robert Rooney (1937–2017): artist and art critic
* Herbert Rose (1890–1937): painter and etcher
* Daisy Mary Rossi (1879–1974): artist, interior designer and writer
* Dick Roughsey (1920–1985): painter
* Ellis Rowan (1847–1922): naturalist and illustrator
* Julie Rrap (born 1950): contemporary artist
* Dattilo Rubbo (1870–1955): Italian-born artist and art teacher
* Craig Ruddy (1968–2022): painter of portraits, nudes and self studies, winner of 2004 Archibald Prize
* James Newton Russell AM MBE (1909–2001): cartoonist
* John Peter Russell (1858–1930): impressionist painter
* Robert Russell (1808–1900): architect and surveyor
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## S

* Jenny Sages (born 1933): Chinese-born painter, freelance writer, and illustrator
* Loudon Sainthill (1918–1969): artist and stage and costume designer
* William Arthur Salmon (1928–2018): painter
* Tom Samek (1950–2021): Czech-born muralist
* Gareth Sansom (born 1939): artist, painter, printmaker and collagist
* Hugh Sawrey (1919–1999): landscape artist and stockman
* Jan Hendrik Scheltema (1861–1941): Dutch-born landscape and livestock painter.
* Jörg Schmeisser (1942–2012): painter, printmaker and art teacher
* Joyce Scott (born 1942): drawing, oil painting and ceramics
* Montague Scott (1835–1909): artist
* Ken Searle (born 1951): artist
* Brian Seidel (1928–2019): painter and teacher
* Udo Sellbach (1927–2006): artist, printmaker and art teacher
* Gert Sellheim (1901–1970): German-Australian artist who won the Sulman Prize in 1939
* Jan Senbergs (born as Jānis Šēnbergs in Latvia, 1939–2024): artist and printmaker
* Dora Serle (1875–1968): painter
* Peter Serwan (born 1962): artist and teacher
* Rebecca Shanahan: artist
* Martin Sharp (1942–2013): artist, underground cartoonist, songwriter and filmmaker
* Peter Sharp (born 1964): specialises in drawing
* Raelene Sharp (born 1957): portrait painter Archibald Prize Packing Room Winner 2012
* Wendy Sharpe (born 1960): portraitist and war artist
* Gary Shead (born 1942): artist and filmmaker who won the Archibald Prize in 1992–1993
* Ben Shearer (born 1941): artist who specialises in watercolour painting of the Outback
* Shen Jiawei (born 1948): Chinese Australian painter and winner of the 2006 Sir John Sulman Prize
* Kathleen Shillam AM (1916–2002): English-born sculptor
* Leonard George Shillam AM (1915–2005): sculptor
* Heather Shimmen (born 1957): artist, printmaker
* John Shirlow (1869–1936): artist
* Athol Shmith (1914–1990): studio portrait and fashion photographer and photography educator
* Ivy Shore (1915–1999): painter, winner of Portia Geach Memorial Award
* Andrew Sibley (1933–2015): English-born artist
* Allan F. Sierp (1905–1982): artist and author
* Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007): photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography
* Achille Simonetti (1838–1900): Italian-born sculptor
* Norah Simpson (1895–1974): modernist painter
* Darren Siwes (born 1968): photographer, painter
* Rein Slagmolen (1916–1999): Dutch-Australian artist and sculptor
* Matthew Sleeth (born 1972:) visual artist and filmmaker
* Jeffrey Smart (1921–2013): painter, known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes
* Sally Smart (born 1960): known for her large-scale assemblage installations that address gender and identity politics
* Tony Smibert (born 1949): painter who specialises in watercolour painting
* Bernard Smith (1916–2011): art historian, art critic and academic
* Eric Smith (1919–2017): portraitist
* Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984): artist and pioneer of modernist painting
* Joshua Smith (1905–1995): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1944
* Mervyn Ashmore Smith OAM (1904–1994): artist
* Douglas Snelling (1916–1985): architect and furniture designer
* Lance Solomon (1913–1989): painter, noted for his landscapes
* David Henry Souter (1862–1935): artist and journalist
* Clara Southern (1861–1940): painter
* Percy Spence (1868–1933): artist
* John Spooner (born 1946): journalist and illustrator
* Ethel Spowers (1890–1947): artist associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art
* William Stanford (1839–1880): sculptor
* Stelarc (born 1946): performance artist
* Ronald Steuart (1898–1988): watercolourist
* Paddy Japaljarri Stewart (1935–2013): indigenous artist from Mungapunju
* Constance Stokes (1906–1991): figurative painter
* Loribelle Spirovski (born 1990): Filipino-born visual artist
* Kunmanara Stewart (c.1935–2012): indigenous Pitjantjatjara artist
* Margaret Stones AM MBE (1920–2018): botanical illustrator
* Tim Storrier (born 1949): landscape painter, winner of 2012 Archibald Prize
* David Edgar Strachan (1919–1970): painter, printmaker and teacher
* George Strafford (c.1820–1896): artist and engraver
* Arthur Streeton (1867–1943): landscape painter
* Mark Strizic (1928–2012): Croatian-Australian photographer and artist
* William Strutt (1825–1915): English-born artist of figurative and history paintings
* Douglas Stubbs (1927–2008): artist
* Reginald Sturgess (1892–1932): artist
* Charles Summers (1825–1878): English-born sculptor, creator of the memorial to the explorers Burke and Wills
* Jane Sutherland (1853–1928): landscape painter
* Ruth Sutherland (1884–1948): painter and art critic
* Chern’ee Sutton (born 1996): painter, known for her colourful 3D painting style.
* Roger Swainston (born 1960): painter, naturalist and zoologist specialising in works of the underwater world
* Ricky Swallow (born 1974): sculptor
* Estelle Mary (Jo) Sweatman (1872–1956): painter
* Eveline Syme (1888–1961): artist associated with the Grosvenor School of Modern Art
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## T

* Laurens Tan (born 1950): multidisciplinary artist
* Ronald Peter Tandberg (1943–2018): illustrator and political cartoonist
* Les Tanner (1927–2001): cartoonist and journalist
* Howard Taylor AM (1918–2001): painter, potter, graphic artist and teacher of art
* Violet Teague (1872–1951): artist, noted for her painting and printmaking
* Henri Tebbitt (1854–1927): English-Australian painter
* Kathy Temin (born 1968): artist who uses synthetic fur to create sculptural objects and installations
* Arlene Textaqueen (born 1975): works on paper with felt-tip marker pens
* Eric Thake (1904–1982): surrealist artist
* Harold Thomas (born 1947): artist and activist
* Margaret Thomas (1842–1929): English-born Australian travel writer, poet and artist
* Rover Thomas (c.1926–1998): one of two Aboriginal Australians to exhibit in the Venice Biennale in 1990, alongside Trevor Nickolls
* Stu Thomas (born 1967): Visual artist, musician.
* Christian Thompson (born 1978): artist
* Nigel Thomson (1945–1999): artist of satirical paintings of society
* Lesbia Thorpe (1919–2009); printmaker
* Mark Threadgold (born 1977): painter
* Imants Tillers (born 1950): visual art artist, curator and writer
* Freddie Timms (1946–2017): painter
* Richard Kelly Tipping (born 1949): poet and artist working between image and language
* Kaapa Mbitjana Tjampitjinpa (1925–1989): painter
* Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932–2002): painter, Aboriginal artist
* Whiskey Tjukangku (born c. 1939): artist
* Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula (c.1938/1942–2001)
* Aida Tomescu (born 1955): contemporary artist
* Mary Tonkin (born 1973): artist, winner of the 2002 Dobell Prize
* Jessie Constance Alicia Traill (1881–1967): printmaker
* Vernon Treweeke (1939–2015): psychedelic artist
* Percy Trezise AM (1923–2005): pilot, painter, explorer and writer
* J. W. Tristram (1870–1938): artist
* Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952): printmaker and sculptor, especially cast glass
* Percy Trompf (1902–1964): graphic artist
* Marie Tuck (1866–1947): artist and art educator
* Ruth Tuck OAM (1914–2008): modernist painter
* Albert Tucker (1914–1999): Expressionist painter
* Tudor St George Tucker (1862–1906): painter
* Tony Tuckson (1921–1973): war-time pilot turned abstract expressionist painter
* Peter Tully (1947–1992): jeweller, designer and artistic director
* James Alfred Turner (1850–1908): painter
* Isabel May Tweddle (1875–1945): painter
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## U

* Tony Underhill (1923–1977)
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## V

* Angela Valamanesh (born 1953): ceramicist and mixed-media artist
* Hossein Valamanesh (1949–2022): Iranian-born mixed-media artist and sculptor
* May Vale (1862–1945): painter
* Henri Benedictus van Raalte (1881–1929): known as H. van Raalte, English-born artist and printmaker
* Danila Vassilieff (1897–1958): Russian-born painter and sculptor
* John Vickery (1906–1983): artist
* Julie Elizabeth Agnes Vieusseux (1820–1878): painter and educator
* Alfred James Vincent (1874–1915): cartoonist
* Eugene von Guerard (1811–1901): Austrian-born painter of landscapes active in Australia
* Savanhdary Vongpoothorn (born 1971): Laotian-born Australian painter
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## W

* Robert Wade (1930–2024): watercolour artist
* David Wadelton (born 1955): artist
* Thomas Wainewright (1794–1847): English author, serial killer, forger and painter transported to Van Dieman's Land
* Roland Wakelin (1887–1971): New Zealand-born painter and teacher
* Megan Walch (born 1967): painter
* Anna Frances Walker (1830–1913) watercolorist, botanical illustrator
* John Walker (born 1939): English-born painter and printmaker producing native Oceanic art
* Rose A. Walker (1879–1942): painter and miniaturist
* Stephen Walker (1927–2014): sculptor
* Robin Wallace-Crabbe (born 1938): curator, literary reviewer, cartoonist, illustrator, book designer, publisher and a commenter on art
* Mervyn Napier Waller CMG OBE (1893–1972): muralist, mosaicist and painter in stained glass and other media
* Wes Walters (1928–2014): realist portrait painter and abstract artist
* Ania Walwicz (1951–2020): poet, prose writer, and visual artist
* Billy Wara (1920–2008): sculptor, woodworker
* Frederick Charles Ward (1900–1990): designer
* Guy Warren (1921–2024): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1985
* Sera Waters (born 1979): textile artist, arts writer and arts educator
* Thomas Watling (1762–1814): painter and illustrator
* Jennifer Watson (born 1951): artist known for her paintings that combine text and images
* Judy Watson (born 1959): artist
* Judy Napangardi Watson (1921–2004): painter
* Tommy Watson (c.1935–2017): painter
* James Laurence Watts (1849–1925): sculptor
* Betty Temple Watts (1901–1992): scientific illustrator
* Peter Wegner (born 1953): New Zealand born figurative painter, sculptor, and draughtsman
* Barbara Weir (1945–2023): painter
* William Westall (1781–1850): English-born landscape and botanical artist
* Bradd Westmoreland (born 1975): painter
* Bryan Westwood (1930–2000): portrait artist who won the Archibald Prize twice
* Charles Wheeler (1881–1977): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1933
* George Whinnen (1891–1950): painter
* Kaylene Whiskey: artist
* Anthony White (born 1976): painter
* Cecil John White (1900–1986): New Zealand born cartoonist, known under the pen name Unk White
* James White (1861–1918): sculptor, winner of the Wynne Prize in 1902
* Susan Dorothea White (born 1941): painter, sculptor, printmaker, author
* Brett Whiteley (1939–1992): prolific, multi-award-winning painter
* James V Wigley (1918–1999): painter of Aboriginal camp scenes and desert landscapes
* Leslie Wilkie (1878–1935): artist, curator, and member of Victorian Artists Society
* Fred Williams (1927–1982): painter and printmaker
* Jan Williamson: award-winning portraitist
* Marcus Wills (born 1972): painter, winner of 2006 Archibald Prize
* Dora Wilson (1883–1946): British-born artist, best known for etchings and street scenes
* Eric Wilson (1911–1946): painter
* Shaun Wilson (born 1972): artist, filmmaker, academic, teacher, and curator
* William Hardy Wilson (1881–1955): architect, artist and author
* Henry Winkles (1800–1860)
* Walter Withers (1854–1914): landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of impressionists
* Noel Wood (1912–2001): painter
* Rex Wood (1906–1970): artist who lived for many years in Portugal
* Robert Raymond (Bob) Woodward AM (1923–2010): architect and fountain designer
* John Christie Wright (1889–1917): sculptor
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## X

* Ah Xian (born 1960): Chinese born artist
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## Y

* Paji Honeychild Yankarr (c.1912–2004): painter
* Yirawala (c.1897–1976): painter
* John Zerunge Young (born 1956): Hong Kong-born Australian artist
* Blamire Young (1862–1935): artist
* William Young (1875–1944): artist
* Gulumbu Yunupingu (c.1943–2012): Australian Aboriginal artist and women's leader from the Yolngu people
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## Z

* Anne Zahalka (born 1957): photographer
* Michael Zavros (born 1974): artist
* Victor Zelman (1877–1960): painter and etcher
* Hongbin Zhao (born 1952): Shanghai born artist
* Teisutis 'Joe' Zikaras (1922–1991): Lithuanian-born sculptor
* Salvatore Zofrea (born 1946): Italian-born painter of literary, historical and religious sources
* Reinis Zusters (1919–1999) artist and architect
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