List of Australian artists

This is a list of Australian artists.

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, film maker 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 film maker
 * 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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 * 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 print maker
 * 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 (born 1927): painter
 * Peter Bonner (born 1964): artist
 * Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c. 1935–2003): painter
 * David Booker (born 1954): Australian contemporary sculptor
 * Jeremy Boot (born 1948): Australian 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 murallist
 * 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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 * 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 print maker
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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): Australian 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 (born 1947): 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
 * Sandy Edwards (born 1948): photographer
 * Bonita Ely (born 1946): performance artist
 * Neil Emmerson (born 1956)
 * Esther Erlich: figurative painter, winner 1998 Moran prize and 2000 Archibald People's Choice Award
 * Jessie Lavington Evans (1860–1943), painter
 * Joyce Evans (1929–2019): photographer
 * Lina Eve (born 1946): figurative painter, singer/songwriter, photographer, and film maker
 * 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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 * 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 (born 1939): 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): Australian 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 (1910–11 July 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): print maker 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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 * 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 (born 1956): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2001
 * Lily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves (born 1930): 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 (born 1943): 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 (born 1927): 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 (born 1931): 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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 * 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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 * 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: (born 1920) 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 (born 1944): 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: 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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 * 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)
 * Roger Kemp (1907–1987): artist, especially of transcendental abstraction
 * Franz Kempf (born 1926)
 * Tjungkara Ken (born 1969): 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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 * Vida Lahey (1882–1968): painter
 * Rosemary Laing (born 1959): 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, print maker, 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 (born 1945): 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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 * 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
 * Ursula Mayer (born 1970): multimedia artist based in London
 * 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): print maker, 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

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 * Bardayal 'Lofty' Nadjamerrek (1926–2009): painter
 * Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri (1926–1998): painter
 * Albert Namatjira (1902–1959): 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 (born c. 1948): 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 (born 1945): 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 (born c. 1936): painter, installation artist

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 * 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: New Zealand-based installation artist (born 1974)
 * 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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 * 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
 * Stieg Persson (born 1959): contemporary painter
 * Bruce Petty (1929–2023): political satirist and cartoonist
 * Gloria Petyarre (born 1946): 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 (born 1946): 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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 * 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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 * 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
 * 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 (born 1968): 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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 * 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): 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): Australian 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): Australian painter and art critic
 * Chern’ee Sutton (born 1996): Australian 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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 * 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): print maker
 * 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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 * Tony Underhill (1923–1977)

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 * Hossein Valamanesh (born 1949: Iranian-born contemporary artist
 * 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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 * 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 (born 1945): 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, film maker, 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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 * Ah Xian (born 1960): Chinese born artist

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 * 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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 * 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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