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List of New Zealand women artists

Last updated January 18, 2026

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

A

Airini A'Court (born 1953), painter
Zena Abbott (1922–1993), weaver
Caroline Abraham (1809–1877), painter
Emily Acland (1830–1905), pioneer settler and watercolour painter
Avis Acres (1910–1994), painter, illustrator, writer
Florence Akins (1906–2012), metalworker and textile artist
Chrystabel Aitken (1904–2005), sculpture, jewellery, metalwork, linocuts
Gretchen Albrecht (born 1943), painter, sculptor
Edith Amituanai (born 1980), photographer
Gladys Anderson (born 19th century), painter
Hiria Anderson (born 1974), painter
Rita Angus (1908–1970), painter
Aina Apse (1926–2015), potter
Esther Archdall (1916–1999), textile artist
Mina Arndt (1885–1926), painter
Tanya Ashken (born 1939), sculptor and jeweller
Raewyn Atkinson (born 1955), ceramicist

B

Whero O Te Rangi Bailey (1935—2016), weaver and textile artist
Gertrude Ball (1879–1971), wood engraver and painter
Ria Bancroft (1907–1993), sculptor
Nola Barron (born 1931), potter
Pauline Bern (born 1952), jeweller
Phyllis Bethune (1899–1982), landscape painter
Vivien Bishop (born 1945), painter
Lisa Black (born 1982), mixed media sculptor
Margery Blackman (born 1930), weaver
Eden Bleazard (1855–1946), painter
Bessie Blomfield (1880–1984), painter
Constance Bolton (1884–1949), painter
Christine Boswijk (born 1939), ceramist
Olivia Spencer Bower (1905–1982), painter
Joanna Braithwaite (born 1962), painter
Jane Brenkley (1882–1973), painter, wood carver and embroiderer
Stella Brennan (born 1974), installation artist
Freda Brierley (born 1942), textile artist
Jude Broughan (born 1976), mixed media artist
Cath Brown (1933–2004), weaver and ceramicist
Helen Brown (1917–1986), painter
Pelenakeke Brown, multi-disciplinary artist
Kathleen Browne (1905–2007), painter
Mary-Louise Browne (born 1957), text-based conceptual artist
Annie Buckhurst (1894–1959), metalwork artist
Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), photographer
Emily Valentine Bullock (living), jeweller and creator of wearable art
Maude Burge (1865–1957), painter
Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows (born 1951), tapa cloth artist
Mirranda Burton (born 1973), printmaker and graphic novel illustrator
Fanny Buss (1910–1986), textile artist, fashion designer, printmaker and book illustrator
Debra Bustin (born 1957), visual artist
Grace Butler (1886–1962), landscape painter
Margaret Butler (1883–1947), sculptor

C

Helen Calder (born 1955), painter
Emma Camden (born 1966), glassworker
Corrie Cameron (1904–1993), printmaker and painter
Donna Campbell (born 1959), curator, weaver and textile artist
Jenny Campbell (1895–1970), painter
Rosemary Campbell (born 1941), painter
Ida Carey (1891–1982), painter and art teacher
Ruth Castle (born 1931), weaver
Vera Chapman (1885–1953), painter
Ellen Cheeseman (1848–1928), painter and botanist
Madeleine Child (born 1959), ceramist
Liyen Chong (born 1979), embroiderer, ceramacist and printmaker
Bessie Christie (1904–1983), painter
Fiona Clark (born 1954), photographer
Tangimoe Clay (born 1960), weaver and textile artist
Betty Clegg (1926–2009), watercolour painter
Edith Collier (1885–1964), painter
Alice Beville Collins (1884–1973), silversmith
Octavia Cook (born 1978), jeweller
Fiona Connor (born 1981), mixed media artist
Dale Copeland (born 1943), collage and assemblage artist
Ivy Copeland (1888–1961), painter
Stella Corkery (born 1960), artist and drummer
Paerau Corneal (born 1961), ceramicist
Bronwynne Cornish (born 1945), ceramist, sculptor, educator
Helen Crabb (1891–1972), pen and ink artist, painter and art teacher
Ann Culy (born 1952), jewellery designer
Vera Cummings (1891–1940), portrait painter
Betty Curnow (1911–2005), painter and printmaker

D

Lily Daff (1885–1945), painter and illustrator
Andrea Daly (born 1965), jeweller
Judy Darragh (born 1957), sculptor, assemblage artist, photographer, painter
Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951), sculptor, painter
May Davis (1914–1995), ceramicist
Eileen Olive Deste (1909–1986), photographer
Pip Devonshire (born 1966), weaver
Fran Dibble (born 1962), sculptor, painter
Ngila Dickson (born 1958), costume designer
Lynley Dodd (born 1941), children's book illustrator
Alison Duff (1914–2000), sculptor
Joan Dukes (1903–1993), illustrator
Sarah Dutt (living), mixed media artist
Dagmar Dyck (born 1972), printmaker, painter
Rona Dyer (1923–2021), painter and wood-engraver

E

Audrey Eagle (1925–2022), botanical illustrator
Gay Eaton (1933–2017), textile artist
Vanessa Wairata Edwards (born 1980), printmaker
Frances Dolina Ellis (1900–1971), artist, printmaker and teacher
Lorna Ellis (1903–1981), sculptor and ceramist
Jane Evans (1946–2012), painter
Claudia Pond Eyley (born 1946), painter, filmmaker

F

Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929), painter and writer
Lusi Faiva (living), stage performer and dancer
Nicola Farquhar (born 1972), painter
Joan Fear (1932–2022), painter
Irene Ferguson (born 1970), portrait painter
Di ffrench (1946–1999), photographic and performance artist
Ivy Fife (1905–1976), portrait painter
Frances Fletcher (1846–1935), painter
Luise Fong (born 1964), painter
Selina Foote (born 1985), painter
Tabatha Forbes (born 1972), botanical painter and textiles
Patricia France (1911–1995), abstract artist
Margaret Frankel (1902–1997), painter, potter, printmaker and art teacher
Jacqueline Fraser (born 1956), multidisciplinary artist
Hester Frood (1882–1971), painter and printmaker
Elizabeth Fuller (born 1957), illustrator

G

Joanne Gair (born c.1958), make-up artist
Briar Gardner (1879–1968), ceramicist
Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), sculptor and assemblage artist
Kay George (born 1954), painter
May Gilbert (1901–1977), printmaker and painter
Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999), painter
Star Gossage (born 1973), painter
Kohai Grace (born 1966), weaver
Joan Gragg (born 1943), painter and sculptor
Charlotte Graham (born 1972), painter
Ayesha Green (born 1987), painter and sculptor
Sarah Greenwood (1809–1889), painter

H

Alison Hale (born 1955), painter
Amy Merania Harper (1900–1998), photographer
Emily Harris (1837–1925), painter
Christine Harvey (living), tā moko artist
Niki Hastings-McFall (born 1959), artist and jeweller
Rhona Haszard (1901–1931), painter
Christine Hellyar (born 1947), sculptor, installation artist
Louise Henderson (1902–1994), painter
Rangimārie Hetet (1892–1995), weaver
Veranoa Hetet (born 1966), weaver
Georgina Hetley (1832–1898), painter
Avis Higgs (1918–2016), textile designer
Mabel Hill (1872–1956), painter
Bessie Hocken (1848–1933), painter and photographer
Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947), painter
Ola and Marie Höglund (Ola 1956–2024, Marie born 1955), glass artists
Katherine McLean Holmes (1849–1925), painter
Esther Studholme Hope (1885–1975), painter
Gabrielle Hope (1916–1962), painter
Jean Horsley (1913–1997), painter
Eleanor Hughes (1882–1959), painter
Alexis Hunter (1948–2014), contemporary painter, photographer
Mary Young Hunter (1872–1947), painter

I

Ana Iti (born 1989), contemporary artist working with sculpture, video and text

J

Nicola Jackson (born 1960), painter
Linda James (born 1951), painter
Helen Varley Jamieson (born 1966), digital media artist, writer
Eana Jeans (1890–1986), painter
Ellen Jeffreys (1827–1904), painter
Dorothy Jenkin (1892–1995), painter
Megan Jenkinson (born 1958), photographer
Jess Johnson (born 1979), drawer, animator
Nina Jones (1871–1926), painter

K

Robyn Kahukiwa (1938–2025), painter and illustrator
Emily Karaka (born 1952), painter
Annie Elizabeth Kelly (1877–1946), portrait painter
Flora Kelton (1925–2003), artist and sculptor
Robyn E. Kenealy (born 1983), comic creator
Martha King (1803–1897), painter
Susan Te Kahurangi King (born 1951), pencil/ink
Te Rongo Kirkwood (born 1973), glass designer
Denise Kum (born 1968), artist

L

Sarah Laing (born 1973), cartoonist and author
Lily Laita (born 1969), painter
Maureen Lander (born 1942), weaver and installation artist
Daisy Le Cren (1881–1951), painter
Rozana Lee (born 1970), artist
Saskia Leek (born 1970), painter
Ranginui Parewahawaha Leonard (1872–1984), weaver
Janet Lilo (born 1982), digital photography, video, and multimedia artist
Connie Lloyd (1895–1982), etcher
Bridie Lonie (born 1951/2), painter, academic and arts writer
Ida Mary Lough (1903–1985), weaver
Nikole Lowe (born 1973), tattoo artist
Caroline Lush (1854–1945), painter
Julia Lynch (1896–1975), portrait artist
Vivian Lynn (1931–2018), multidisciplinary artist

M

Sophia Augusta Moore (1861–1945), artist
Molly Macalister (1920–1979), painter, sculptor
Jeanne Macaskill (1931–2014), painter
Viola Macmillan Brown (1897–1981), painter
Marian Maguire (born 1962), lithographer
Rhea Maheshwari (born 1993), painter
Toi Te Rito Maihi (1937–2022), weaver
Dorothy Manning (1919–2012), painter
Lina Marsh (born 1972/73), multidisciplinary artist and musician
Sylvia Marsters (born 1962), painter
Mata Aho Collective (formed 2012), mixed-media artists
Liz Maw (born 1966), painter
Elizabeth McClure (born 1957), glass artist
Shona McFarlane (1929–2001), painter
Mary McIntyre (born 1928), painter
Lois McIvor (1930–2017), painter
Rachael McKenna (born 1971), photographer
Tui McLauchlan (1915–2004), painter
Tanja McMillan (Misery) (born 1982), graffiti artist, painter and sculptor
Sarah Ann McMurray (1848–1943), woodcarver
Ellen von Meyern (1882–1912), portrait painter
Judy Millar (born 1957), painter
Marjory Mills (1896–1987), painter, embroiderer
Margaret Milne (1917–2005), ceramicist
Sofia Minson (born 1984), painter
Merata Mita (1942–2010), filmmaker
Shona Moller, painter
Muriel Carrick Moody (1907–1991), sculptor, ceramist
Bev Moon (born 1968), artist
Peg Moorhouse (1917–2024), weaver and artist
Julia Morison (born 1952), multidisciplinary artist
Edith Emily Morris (1895–1965), jewellery designer, silversmith
Elise Mourant (1921–1990), painter
Marianne Muggeridge (born 1952), painter and screenprinter

N

Indira Neville (born 1973), comics artist, educator
Kate Newby (born 1979), installation artist
Jan Nigro (1919–2012), painter

O

Nina Oberg Humphries (born 1990), sculpture, photographer
Ani O'Neill (born 1971), artist
Daisy Osborn (1888–1957), painter, illustrator, jewellery designer
Rona Ngahuia Osborne (born 1974), painter, textile and clothing artist

P

Pacific Sisters, collective of artists, performers, fashion designers, jewellers and musicians
Evelyn Margaret Page (1899–1988), painter
Fiona Pardington (born 1961), photographer
Tania Patterson (born 1969), jeweller
Joanna Paul (1945–2003), visual artist, poet, filmmaker
Ruth Paul (born 1964), children's writer, illustrator
Patricia Charlotte Perrin (1921–1988), potter
Juliet Peter (1915–2010), potter and printmaker
Margot Philips (1902–1988), painter
Séraphine Pick (born 1964), painter
Judy Pickard (1921–2016), painter
Kim Pieters (born 1959), painter, musician and digital filmmaker
Molima Molly Pihigia (born 1950/51), weaver
Ada May Plante (1875–1950), painter
Diane Prince (born 1952), painter, weaver, installation art practitioner and set designer
Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver, writer

R

Rachael Rakena (born 1969), digital artist
Tia Ranginui, photographer based in Whanganui
Rosanna Raymond (born 1967), installation artist, poet, and cultural commentator.
Lisa Reihana (born 1964), video and multimedia artist
Rangimahora Reihana-Mete (1899–1993), weaver
Bridget Reweti (active since 2000s), photographer and moving image artist
Kura Te Waru Rewiri (born 1950), painter, educator
Pauline Rhodes (born 1937), sculptor, installation artist
Gwyneth Richardson (1896–1980), watercolour artist
Dolla Richmond (1861–1935), painter
Dorothy Robertson (died 1979), painter
Helen Rockel (born 1949), painter
Yvonne Rust (1922–2002), potter and painter
Frances Rutherford (1912–2006), painter

S

Kathleen Salmond (1895–1946), painter
E. Rosa Sawtell (1865–1940), painter
Emily Schuster (1927–1997), weaver
Carole Shepheard (born 1945), printmaker
Maud Winifred Sherwood (1880–1956), painter
Jeena Shin (born 1973), painter
Emily Siddell (born 1971), mixed-media artist
Sylvia Siddell (1941–2011), painter, etcher, screen-printer
Freda Simmonds (1912–1983), painter
Tiffany Singh (born 1978), installation artist
Susan Skerman ( 1928–2025), painter
Yvonne Sloan (born 1941), weaver, textile artist
Katherine Smyth, ceramicist
Ella Spicer (1876–1958), painter
Peggy Spicer (1908–1984), painter
Vida Steinert (1903–1999), painter
Helen Stewart (1900–1983), painter

T

Yuk King Tan (born 1971), artist
Mahiriki Tangaroa (born 1973), painter
Salome Tanuvasa, multi-disciplinary artist
Mary Taylor (born 1948), artist
Diggeress Te Kanawa (1920–2009), weaver
Cherie Templer (1856–1915), painter
Saffronn Te Ratana (born 1975), mixed media artist
Elizabeth Thomson (born 1955), painter
Margaret Thomson (1910–2005), filmmaker
Pauline Thompson (1942–2012), painter
Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe (born 1969), visual artist and arts administrator
Mollie Tripe (1870–1939), painter
Merylyn Tweedie (born 1953), multi-media artist
Marion Tylee (1906–1969), painter

U

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

V

Juliet Valpy (1835–1911), painter
Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959), painter, sculptor
Erica van Zon (born 1979), ceramicist
Lesley Vanderwalt (active 2010s), hair designer, make-up artist
Kathleen Vane (1891–1965), painter

W

Lisa Walker (born 1967), jeweller
Edith Wall (1904–2012), painter
Elizabeth Wallwork (1883–1969), painter
Emma Maria Walrond (1859–1943), painter
Enga Washbourn (1908–1988), painter
Ruth Watson (born 1962) photographer, sculptor, painter, installation artist and academic
Alice Waymouth (1884–1963), metalworker and artist
Marilynn Webb (1937–2021), printmaker, painter
Christine Webster (born 1958), visual artist and photographer
Ans Westra (1936–2023), photographer
Annie Julia White (1852–1932), painter
Robin White (born 1946), painter, printmaker
Violet Whiteman (1873–1952), painter
Alice Whyte (1885–1952), painter
Areta Wilkinson (born 1969), jeweller
Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937), sculptor, fibre artist
Mary Wirepa (1904–1971), painter
Christina Wirihana (born 1949), weaver
Hilda Wiseman (1894–1982), bookplate designer, painter, calligrapher
Sina Woolcott (1907–2003), potter

Y

Pauline Yearbury (1926–1977), Māori modernist art
Charlotte Youmans (1869–1957), painter
Adele Younghusband (1878–1969), painter, photographer

Z

Beth Zanders (1913–2009), painter

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