List of Australian women artists

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

A

 * Anita Aarons (1912–2000), sculptor
 * Prue Acton (born 1943), fashion designer
 * Yilpi Adamson (born 1954), textile artist, painter
 * Hoda Afshar (born 1983), Iranian born, photographer
 * Alison Alder (born 1958), screenprinter
 * Joyce Allan (1896–1966), scientific illustrator
 * Micky Allan (born 1944), photographer
 * Beverly Allen (born 1945), botanical artist
 * Davida Allen (born 1951), painter, filmmaker, writer
 * Mary Cecil Allen (1893–1962), painter, writer
 * Lily Allport (1860–1949), oil painter, watercolourist
 * Edith Susan Gerard Anderson (1880–1961), painter, artist's model, writer
 * Ethel Anderson (1883–1958), painter and writer
 * Daisy Andrews (c. 1934/1935–2015), painter
 * Jean Appleton (1911–2003), painter, print maker
 * Jean Baptiste Apuatimi (1940–2013), painter
 * Kerry Argent (born 1960), illustrator
 * Elizabeth Armstrong (1859–1930), painter
 * Alison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987), botanical artist
 * Olive Ashworth (1915–2000), artist, textile designer, photographer
 * Cristina Asquith Baker (1868–1960), painter, print maker
 * Mireille Astore (born 1961), Lebanese-born photographer, sculptor, performance artist, writer
 * Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872), illustrator, botanist, writer
 * Yvonne Audette (born 1930), painter
 * Australian poster collectives, 1960s, 70s and 80s, women were leaders in the poster collective movement
 * Narelle Autio (born 1969), photographer

B

 * Jeannie Baker (born 1950), British-born author and illustrator
 * Maringka Baker (born c. 1952), painter
 * Marie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954), Swiss-born painter
 * Alice Marian Ellen Bale (1875–1955), painter
 * Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958), fashion designer, illustrator
 * Jenny Bannister (born 1954), fashion designer
 * Shirley Barber (1935–2023), author and illustrator
 * Irene Barberis (born 1953), English-born painter, installation artist, drawer
 * Agnes Barker (1907–2008), potter, craftworker
 * Caroline Barker (1894–1988), painter
 * Elsie Barlow (1876–1948), painter, printmaker
 * Gwen Barringer (1882–1960), watercolourist
 * Ethel Barringer (1883–1925), etcher
 * Nadia Bartel (born 1985), fashion designer
 * Del Kathryn Barton (born 1972), painter
 * Margaret Francis Ellen Baskerville (1861–1930), sculptor, painter
 * Zara Bate (1909–1989), fashion designer
 * Clarice Beckett (1887–1935), painter
 * Bianca Beetson, sculptor, painter, installation artist, photographer, ceramist
 * Dianne Beevers (born 1946), painter, printmaker, jeweller
 * Eugenie Keefer Bell (born 1951), jewellery designer, maker
 * Lisa Bellear (1961–2006), photographer, poet, dramatist, comedian
 * Jean Bellette (1908–1991), painter
 * Allana Beltran, performance artist
 * Charmaine Bennell (fl 2000s), illustrator
 * Jane Bennett (born 1960), painter
 * Portia Mary Bennett (1898–1989), painter
 * Eva Benson (1875–1949), sculptor
 * Danelle Bergstrom (born 1957), painter
 * Martha Berkeley (1813–1899), painter
 * Lauren Berkowitz (born 1965), painter
 * Dorothy Berry (born 1942), pastel artist
 * Moira Bertram (born 1929), comic artist, illustrator
 * Susan Betts, artist and illustrator
 * Kate Beynon (born 1970), Hong Kong born, painter
 * Annette Bezor (1950–2020), painter
 * Vivienne Binns (born 1940), painter
 * Rowena Birkett (1860–1915) scientific illustrator and artist
 * Karna Maria Birmingham (1900–1987), painter, illustrator and print maker
 * Dorrit Black (1891–1951), painter, printmaker
 * Freya Blackwood (born 1975), illustrator, special effects artist
 * Florence Turner Blake (1873–1959), painter
 * Susannah Blaxill (fl 2000s), botanical artist
 * Elise Blumann (1897–1990), painter
 * Yvonne Boag (born 1954), painter
 * Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative (1987–), founded by ten Aboriginal artists, six of whom are women
 * Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c. 1935–2003), painter
 * Marion Borgelt (born 1954), painter, installation artist, mixed media artist
 * Polly Borland (born 1959), photographer
 * Nancy Borlase (1914–2006), painter, art critic
 * Paula Bossio (fl 2000), illustrator
 * G. W. Bot (born 1954), printmaker, sculptor, painter, graphic artist
 * Penny Bovell (born 1956), painter, art historian
 * Stella Bowen (1893–1947), painter
 * Violet Bowring (1890–1980), painter and miniaturist
 * Doris Boyd (1888–1960), painter, ceramist
 * Edith Susan Boyd (1880–1961), painter and dramatist
 * Emma Minnie Boyd (1858–1936), painter
 * Yvonne Boyd artist (1920–2013), art patron, and philanthropist
 * Tega Brain (fl 2012), digital artist
 * Joan Brassil (1919–2005), installation artist
 * Pat Brassington (born 1942), photographer, digital artist
 * Dorothy Mary Braund (1926–2013), painter
 * Kate Breakey (born 1957), photographer
 * Angela Brennan (born 1960), painter, ceramist
 * Lauren Brincat (born 1980), performance, installation artist
 * Florence Broadhurst (1899–1977), painter, fabric and wallpaper designer
 * Anmanari Brown, painter
 * Nyuju Stumpy Brown (1924–2011), indigenous painter
 * Janet Burchill (born 1955), contemporary artist, multiple disciplines
 * Lina Bryans (1909–2000), painter
 * Norma Bull (1906–1980), painter, printmaker, etcher
 * Frances Mary Burke (1904–1994), textile designer
 * Jane Burton (born 1966), photographer
 * Jessamine Buxton (1895–1966), painter and sculptor

C

 * Barbara Campbell (born 1961), performance and installation artist
 * Cressida Campbell (born 1960), printmaker
 * Joan Campbell (1925–1997), ceramist
 * Jane Cannan (1822–1861), painter, drawer
 * Frances Cannon (born 1992), painter, drawer
 * María Fernanda Cardoso (born 1963) installation artist
 * Ethel Carrick (1872–1952), painter
 * Milyika Carroll (born 1958), Aboriginal artist
 * Karen Casey (1856–2021), interdisciplinary Palawa artist
 * Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1892–1983), painter, illustrator
 * Judy Cassab (1920–2015), Austrian-born painter
 * Alex Cearns, photographer
 * Queenie Chan (born 1980), Hong Kong-born comic artist
 * Alice Chapman (1860–1929), painter
 * Dora Chapman (1911–1995), painter, silk-screen printer, potter and art teacher
 * Susien Chong (fl 2000s), fashion designer
 * Connie Christie (1908–1989), children's writer/illustrator, photographer and commercial artist
 * Julia Church (born 1959), painter, printmaker, graphic designer
 * Betty Churcher (1931–2015), painter and arts administrator
 * Margaret Cilento (1923–2006), painter, printmaker
 * Bree Kristel Clarke, photographer
 * Maree Clarke (fl 1990s), Aboriginal artist
 * Sarah-Jane Clarke (fl 1999), fashion designer
 * Lorna Jane Clarkson (born 1964), fashion designer
 * Thelma Clune (1900–1992), sculptor, painter
 * Densey Clyne (1922–2019), Welsh-born photographer, naturalist, writer
 * Elaine Coghlan (1897–1989), painter, print maker
 * Kay Cohen (born 1952), fashion designer
 * Ola Cohn (1892–1964), sculptor
 * Bindi Cole (born 1975), photographer, video artist, installation artist
 * Amalie Sara Colquhoun (1894–1974), painter, stained glass artist
 * Sarah Contos, artist, installation artist
 * Sylvia Convey (born 1948), Latvian-born painter and print maker
 * Justine Cooper (born 1968), animator, video artist, photographer
 * Jenny Coopes (born 1945), cartoonist
 * Megan Cope (born 1982), Aboriginal artist, sculptor, video artist
 * Yvette Coppersmith (born 1980) painter
 * Edith Corbet (1846–1920), landscape painter
 * Olive Cotton (1911–2003), photographer
 * Virginia Coventry (born 1942), photographer
 * Theodora Cowan (1868–1949), sculptor, painter
 * Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), painter, illustrator
 * Sybil Craig (1901–1989), painter
 * Keri Craig-Lee (born 1958), fashion designer
 * Brenda L Croft (born 1964), artist, curator, writer, educator
 * Peggie Crombie (1901–1984), modernist painter
 * Grace Crowley (1890–1979), painter
 * Cecily Crozier (1911–2006), artist, poet, literary editor
 * Philippa Cullen (1950–1975), performance artist
 * Janet Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960), painter
 * Elisabeth Cummings (born 1934), painter
 * Nici Cumpston (born 1963), painter, photographer
 * Virginia Cuppaidge (born 1943), contemporary abstract expressionist painter
 * Dagmar Evelyn Cyrulla (fl 1988), painter

D

 * Anne Dangar (1885–1951), painter, potter
 * Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels (1936–2004), painter
 * Beatrice Darbyshire (1901–1988), artist, printmaker
 * Vicki Darken (1923–2014), landscape painter
 * Liz Davenport (born 1945), fashion designer
 * Malpiya Davey (fl 2000s), aboriginal ceramist
 * Bessie Davidson (1879–1965), painter
 * Olive Blanche Davies (1884–1976/7), botanical illustrator
 * Pulpurru Davies (born 1940s), aboriginal artist
 * Debra Dawes (born 1955), painter
 * Janet Dawson (born 1935), painter
 * eX De Medici (born 1959), visual artist
 * Destiny Deacon (1957–2024), photographer
 * Rachel Dean (fl 2010), fashion designer
 * Una Deerbon (1882–1972), potter
 * Linda Dement (born 1960), photographer, digital artist
 * Aileen Dent (1890–1978), painter
 * Maggie Diaz (1925–2016), photographer
 * Karla Dickens (born 1967), installation artist
 * Dorothy Djukulul (born 1942), painter and installation artist
 * Rosemary Dobson (1920–2012), illustrator
 * Margaret Dodd (1941– ), artist who works in ceramics and film/video
 * Shay Docking (1928–1998), landscape drawing
 * Annie Dorrington (1866–1926), painter, flag designer
 * Mel Douglas (born 1978), glass artist
 * Margaret Dredge (1928–2001), painter, print maker
 * Pippin Drysdale (born 1943), ceramist
 * Slawa Duldig (1901–1975), painter, interior designer
 * Lesley Dumbrell (born 1941), abstract painter
 * Jan Dunn (1940–2002), ceramicist, potter, teacher
 * Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000), painter, writer
 * Olive Dutton Green (1878–1930), painter
 * Mikala Dwyer (born 1959), sculptor
 * Anne Dybka (1922–2007), English-born Australian glass engraver
 * Moya Dyring (1909–1967), painter

E

 * Helen Eager (born 1952), painter, printmaker
 * Leona Edmiston (fl 2001), fashion designer
 * Margery Edwards (1933–1989), mixed media artist, painter
 * Pip Edwards (born 1980), fashion designer
 * Mary Edwell-Burke (1894–1988), painter
 * Bernice E. Edwell (1880–1962), painter
 * Sharyn Egan (born 1957), painter, sculptor, weaver
 * Frances Dolina Ellis (1900–1971), artist, printmaker, teacher
 * Bonita Ely (born 1946), performance artist
 * Patricia Englund (1922–2004), painter and potter
 * Esther Erlich (born 1955), painter
 * Jessie Lavington Evans (1860–1943), painter
 * Joyce Evans (1929–2019), photographer
 * Megan Evans (fl 2000s), interdisciplinary artist
 * Mary Alice Evatt (1898–1973), painter, arts patron
 * Lina Eve (born 1946), painter, photographer, filmmaker, singer
 * Joyce Vera Mary Ewart (1916–1964), painter, graphic artist, teacher

F

 * Cherine Fahd (born 1974), photography, video performance
 * Mary Featherston (born 1943) interior designer, furniture designer, children's play and learning designer
 * Anne Ferran (born 1949), photographer
 * Susan Fereday (1810–1878), botanical artist
 * Susan Fereday (born 1959), photographer, installation artist
 * Tania Ferrier (born 1958), painter, installation artist, feminist fashion
 * Claire Field (fl 2010s), visual artist, curator
 * Janet Fieldhouse (born 1971), ceramic artist
 * Mary Finnin (1906–1992), painter and poet
 * Flamingo Park Frock Salon (1973–1992), Jenny Kee, Linda Jackson, fashion designers
 * Maude Edith Victoria Fleay (1869–1965), wildlife painter
 * Rosie Nangala Fleming (born 1928), painter
 * Emily Floyd (born 1972), public artist, sculptor, printmaker
 * Fiona Foley (born 1964), painter, printmaker, photographer, sculptor, installation artist
 * Sue Ford (1943–2009), photographer
 * Dorothea Francis (1903–1976), painter and illustrator
 * Camilla Franks (born 1976), fashion designer
 * Virginia Fraser (1947–2021), filmmaker, writer, curator, advocate for women artists
 * Zoe Freney, painter
 * Ella Fry (1916–1997), painter
 * Florence Fuller (1867–1946), South African-born painter
 * Mari Funaki (1950–2010), Japanese-born contemporary jeweller, metal-smith, sculptor

G

 * Sally Gabori / Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda (1924–2015) artist
 * Kiley Gaffney (living), performance artist, musician
 * Silvana Gardner (born 1942), visual artist, writer
 * Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999), New Zealand-born sculptor
 * Marea Gazzard (1928–2013), sculptor, ceramist
 * Portia Geach (1873–1959), portrait painter, feminist
 * Anne Geddes (born 1956), photographer
 * Mary Gedye (1834–1876), painter
 * Karen Gee (born 1973), fashion designer
 * Diena Georgetti (born 1966), contemporary painter
 * Kate Geraghty (born 1972), photographer
 * Lisa Gervasoni (born 1969), photographer, strategic planner
 * May Gibbs (1877–1969), children's book illustrator, cartoonist, author
 * Topsy Gibson Napaltjarri (born c. 1950), indigenous artist
 * Enid Gilchrist (c. 1917–2007), fashion designer
 * Simryn Gill (born 1959) sculpture, photography, drawing, writing, publishing
 * Valerie Glover (fl 2002), collage artist using acrylics and mixed media
 * Anna Glynn (born 1958), contemporary visual artist
 * Mira Gojak (born 1963), sculptor
 * Agnes Goodsir (1864–1939), portrait painter
 * Lisa Gorman (fl 1999), fashion designer
 * Agatha Gothe-Snape (born 1980), artist (various media)
 * Elizabeth Gower (born 1952), abstract artist
 * Alma Nungarrayi Granites (1955–2017), Warlpiri artist
 * Jacqui Grantford (born 1967), painter, illustrator
 * Siv Grava (born 1954), visual artist
 * Elizabeth Gray (1837–1903), Irish-born painter, etcher
 * Virginia Grayson (born 1967), visual artist, winner of the Dobell Drawing Prize
 * Juli Grbac (born 1978), fashion designer
 * Denise Green (born 1946), painter
 * Jillian Green (born 1975), artist who explores spiritual themes
 * Rona Green (born 1972), printmaker, painter, drawer, sculptor
 * Nicki Greenberg (born 1974), comic artist, illustrator
 * Lola Greeno (1946– ), artist, curator and arts worker of Aboriginal descent
 * Melanie Greensmith (born 1964), fashion designer
 * Ina Gregory (1874–1964), painter
 * Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961) artist, architect
 * Rhiana Griffith (born 1989), actress and painter
 * May Grigg (1885–1969), painter
 * Ann Grocott (born 1938), writer and painter
 * Joan Grounds (born 1939), ceramics, sculpture, sound art, film, performance art
 * Nornie Gude (1915–2002), painter
 * Henrietta Maria Gulliver (1886–1945), painter
 * Malaluba Gumana (born 1953), Aboriginal painter
 * Norah Gurdon (1882–1974), painter
 * Margaret Gurney (born 1943), painter, graphic artist
 * Julia Gutman (born 1993), painter, textile artist

H

 * Emma Hack (born 1972), photographer
 * Marie Hagerty (born 1964), artist, painter and teacher
 * Jenny Hale (born 1959), children's book illustrator, author
 * Fiona Margaret Hall (born 1953), photographer, sculptor
 * Deborah Halpern (born 1957), sculptor, mosaic artist, ceramist
 * Tina Haim-Wentscher (1887–1974), German-Australian sculptor
 * Alice Hambidge (1869–1947), painter
 * Michelle Hamer (born 1975), textile artist
 * Misses Jane and Mary Hampson (Jane 1873–1950, Mary 1868–1944), quilt makers
 * Lyn Hancock (born 1938), photographer, writer
 * Marjorie Hann (1916–2011), commercial artist and cartoonist
 * Tsering Hannaford (born 1987), painter
 * Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991), painter, printmaker, writer
 * Florence May Harding (1908–1971), print maker, illustrator
 * Lily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves (1930–2018), painter
 * Melinda Harper (born 1965), abstract artist
 * Katherine Hattam (born 1950), painter
 * Ponch Hawkes (born 1946), photographer
 * Maude Haydon (1886–1978), pastoral and landscape artist
 * Elaine Haxton (1909–1999), painter, print maker, commercial artist
 * Claire Healy (born 1971), installation artist in collaboration with Sean Cordeiro
 * Louise Hearman (born 1963), painter
 * Marcella Hempel (1915-2010), textile artist, second generation Bauhaus master weaver and lecturer in textiles
 * Belynda Henry, landscape artist
 * Deirdre Henty-Creer (1918–2012), painter
 * Mona Hessing (1933–2001), fibre artist and weaver
 * Joy Hester (1920–1960), painter, poet
 * Nora Heysen (1911–2003), painter
 * Jacqueline Hick (1919–2004), painter
 * Alannah Hill (born 1962), fashion designer
 * Elvie Hill (1917–2018), fashion designer
 * Kit Hiller (born 1948), linocut printer, oil painter
 * Margel Hinder (1906–1995), Australian-American modernist sculptor
 * Alice Hinton-Bateup (born 1950), artist, printmaker
 * Rhyl Hinwood (born 1940), sculptor
 * Noela Hjorth (1940–2016), painter, sculptor
 * Lisa Ho (born 1960), fashion designer
 * Naomi Hobson (born 1979), painter
 * Edith Lilla Holmes (1893–1973), painter
 * Elizabeth Honey (born 1947), illustrator
 * Paji Honeychild Yankarr (c. 1912–2004), aboriginal artist
 * Greer Honeywill (born 1945), conceptual artist
 * Cherry Hood (born 1950), painter
 * Judy Horacek (born 1961), cartoonist
 * Margaret Horder (1903–1978), artist, children's book illustrator
 * Marie Horseman (1911–1974), cartoonist, illustrator, fashion designer
 * Valma Howell (1896–1979), painter, actress
 * Polly Hurry (1883–1963), painter
 * Margot Hutcheson (born 1952), British-born painter

I

 * Adelaide Ironside (1831–1867), painter
 * Pamela Irving (born 1960), ceramist, sculptor, printmaker
 * Jean Isherwood (1911–2006), painter
 * Linde Ivimey (born 1965), sculptor

J

 * Ethel Jackson Morris (1891–1995), illustrator
 * Linda Jackson (born 1950), fashion designer
 * Ann James (born 1952), children's book illustrator, graphic designer
 * Beril Jents (1918–2013), fashion designer
 * Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966), installation artist
 * Carol Jerrems (1949–1980), photographer
 * Natasha Johns-Messenger (born 1970), installation artist, photographer
 * Helen Johnson (born 1979), painter, academic
 * Anne Jolliffe (1933–2021), animator
 * Peggy Napangardi Jones (1951–2014), painter
 * Ellen Jose (1951–2017), photographer, printmaker
 * Narelle Jubelin (born 1960), sculptor, printmaker, multimedia installation artist
 * Anne Judell (born 1942), drawer
 * Mabel Juli (born c. 1933), painter
 * Kate Just (born 1974), US-born, sculptor, textile artist

K

 * Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), Iranian-born painter
 * Hanna Kay (living), Israeli-born painter
 * Jenny Kee (born 1947), fashion designer
 * Jennifer Keeler-Milne (born 1961), painter, drawer
 * Anwen Keeling (born 1976), portrait painter
 * Josepha Petrick Kemarre (born 1940s or 1950s), indigenous artist and painter
 * Tjungkara Ken (born 1969), painter
 * Caroline Kennedy-McCracken (born 1967), musician, painter, sculptor
 * Lucy Napaljarri Kennedy (born 1926), indigenous artist and painter
 * Rachel Khedoori (born 1964), painter, sculptor
 * Toba Khedoori (born 1964), mixed media painter
 * Ethel A. King (1879–1939), scientific illustrator
 * Inge King (1915–2016), German-born sculptor
 * Leah King-Smith (born 1956), photographer
 * Linda Klarfeld (born 1976), sculptor
 * Anita Klein (born 1960), painter, printmaker
 * Anastasia Klose (born 1978), performance artist, installation artist
 * Sue Kneebone (born 1963), ceramicist, mixed media, photomontage
 * Emily Kngwarreye (1910–1996), artist, batiks, painter
 * Lisette Kohlhagen (1890–1969), painter
 * Yvonne Koolmatrie (born 1944), weaver
 * Eveline Kotai (born 1950), collage artist
 * Maria Kozic (1957– ), feminist painter, sculptor, designer, musician, and video artist
 * Angkuna Kulyuru (born 1943), Aboriginal batik artist and print maker

L

 * Vida Lahey (1882–1968), painter
 * Rosemary Laing (born 1959), photographer
 * Claire Lambe (born 1962), sculptor
 * Pat Larter (1936–1996), mail artist, photographer, performance artist, painter
 * Janet Laurence (born 1947), mixed media artist, installation artist
 * Simone LeAmon (born 1971), designer, artist, curator
 * Helen Lempriere (1907–1991), painter
 * Alison Lester (born 1952), illustrator
 * Sandra Leveson (born 1944), painter, print maker
 * Dorothy Leviny (1881–1968), painter and metalworker
 * Mary Leunig (born 1950), cartoonist
 * Madeline Lewellin (1854–1944), painter, plant collector
 * Margo Lewers (1908–1978), interdisciplinary abstract artist
 * Bettina Liano (born 1966), fashion designer
 * Kay Lindjuwanga (born 1957), bark painter
 * Joan Lindsay (1896–1984), writer and visual artist
 * Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919), illustrator, painter
 * Mary Elizabeth Livingston (1857–1913), painter
 * Pamela Lofts (1949–2012), children's book illustrator, artist
 * Loongkoonan (c. 1910–2018), painter, Aboriginal elder
 * Gretta Louw (born 1981), multimedia and digital artist
 * Mildred Lovett (1880–1955), china painter
 * Fiona Lowry (born 1974), painter
 * Valerie Lynch Napaltjarri (born 1970), painter, print maker

M

 * Gail Mabo (born 1965), visual artist
 * Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004), illustrator
 * Constance Jenkins Macky (1883–1961), Australian-American painter
 * Shirley Macnamara (born 1949), textile sculptor, painter
 * Mary Macqueen (1912–1994), printmaker, drawing, mixed media artist
 * Rosemary Madigan (1926–2019) sculptor, stonecarver, woodcarver
 * Ruth Maddison (born 1945) photographer
 * Bea Maddock (1934–2016), printmaker, painter, installation artist
 * Maguerite Mahood (1901–1989), painter, ceramist, printmaker
 * Hilarie Mais (born 1952), abstract painter, sculptor
 * Gillian Mann (1939–2007), printmaker
 * Diane Mantzaris (born 1962), digital artist, printmaker
 * Nonggirrnga Marawili (c. 1939–2023) painter, printmaker
 * Banduk Marika (1954–2021), artist, printmaker
 * Stella Marks (1887–1985), painter
 * Linda Marrinon (born 1959), painter, sculptor
 * Mandy Martin (1952–2021), contemporary painter, printmaker and teacher
 * Virginia Martin (fl 2010), fashion designer
 * Nerine Martini (1968–2019), installation artist
 * Jenni Kemarre Martiniello (born 1949), Aboriginal glass artist
 * Mervinia Masterman (1901–1998), illustrator
 * Helen Maudsley (born 1927), painter, visual essayist
 * Galuma Maymuru (born 1951), painter
 * Daphne Mayo (1895–1982), sculptor
 * Kathleen McArthur (1915–2001), botanical illustrator, environmentalist, naturalist
 * Alice McCall (fl 2004), fashion designer
 * Jennifer McCamley (born 1957), conceptual artist
 * Marie McMahon (born 1953) artist, printmaker
 * Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890), painter, diarist
 * Francine McDougall (living), filmmaker, photographer
 * Erica McGilchrist (1926–2014), painter, set and costume designer
 * Queenie McKenzie (c. 1920–1998), painter
 * Niah McLeod (born 1991), indigenous contemporary artist
 * Lucy McRae (born 1979), multimedia scientific fiction artist
 * Penny Meagher (1935–1995), painter
 * Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880–1955), illustrator, painter
 * June Mendoza (1924–2024), portrait painter
 * Dora Meeson (1869–1955), painter
 * Annemieke Mein (born 1944), Dutch-born textile artist
 * Wolla Meranda (1863–1951), writer and illustrator
 * Mary Cockburn Mercer (1882–1963), painter
 * Bertha Merfield (1869–1921), painter, muralist
 * Lara Merrett (born 1971), visual artist
 * Angelica Mesiti (born 1976), video artist
 * Sanné Mestrom (born 1979), sculptor
 * Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), Polish-born photographer
 * Jan Mitchell (1940–2008), painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker
 * Joanne Mitchelson (born 1971), painter
 * Tracey Moffatt (born 1960), photographer, filmmaker, video artist
 * Cheryl Moggs (living), watercolour painter, teacher
 * Anne Montgomery (1908–1991), painter, print maker, muralist
 * May and Mina Moore (May 1881–1931, Minna 1882–1957), photographers
 * Mirka Mora (1928–2018), French-born painter, sculptor, mosaic artist
 * Patricia Moran (1944–2017), painter
 * Harriet Morgan (1830–1907), natural history illustrator
 * Sally Morgan (born 1951), illustrator, author, dramatist
 * Joan Morrison (1911–1969), cartoonist and book illustrator
 * Christine Morrow (born 1971), British-born visual artist
 * Eirene Mort (1879–1977), artist, art teacher, printmaker, cartoonist, fashion designer
 * Celeste Mountjoy (living), artist, illustrator
 * Patricia Mullins (born 1952), children's book illustrator
 * Rerrkirrwanga Mununggurr (born 1971), bark painting
 * Josephine Muntz Adams (1862–1949), painter
 * Marrnyula Mununggurr (born 1964), Aboriginal painter
 * Rerrkirrwanga Mununggurr (born 1971), Aboriginal painter
 * Alice Jane Muskett (1869–1936), painter
 * Vali Myers (1930–2003), visual artist and dancer

N

 * Doreen Reid Nakamarra (c. 1955–2009), painter
 * Ruth Nalmakarra (born 1954), indigenous painter and weaver
 * Rosella Namok (born 1979), painter
 * Narputta Nangala (1933–2010), painter
 * Yinarupa Nangala (born c. 1961), indigenous painter
 * Biddy Rockman Napaljarri (born c. 1940), Warlpiri indigenous artist and painter
 * Kitty Pultara Napaljarri (born c. 1930), indigenous painter
 * Louisa Napaljarri (1930–2001), Warlpiri indigenous artist and painter
 * Mona Rockman Napaljarri (born c. 1924), indigenous painter and potter
 * Ada Andy Napaltjarri (born c. 1954), indigenous painter
 * Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1955–2008), painter
 * Eileen Napaltjarri (born 1956), indigenous painter
 * Helen Nelson Napaljarri (born c. 1949), Aboriginal painter
 * Norah Nelson Napaljarri (born 1956), Warlpiri indigenous artist and painter
 * Sheila Brown Napaljarri (c. 1940–2003), indigenous painter
 * Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1954–2011), painter
 * Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri (c. 1948–2022), painter
 * Nora Andy Napaltjarri (born c. 1957), indigenous painter
 * Parara Napaltjarri (1944–2003), indigenous painter
 * Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (c. 1927–2009), painter
 * Wintjiya Napaltjarri (c. 1923–1934–2014), painter
 * Makinti Napanangka (1930–2011), Pintupi indigenous artist and painter
 * Dorothy Napangardi (c. 1950s–2013), painter
 * Pansy Napangardi (born 1948), indigenous painter
 * Lily Kelly Napangardi (born c. 1948), painter
 * Yalti Napangati (born c. 1970), painter
 * Nell (born 1975) artist, performance, video, sculpture, painting
 * Jan Nelson (born 1955), sculptor, photographer, painter
 * Norah Nelson Napaljarri (born 1956), indigenous painter
 * Norie Neumark (living), American-born sound artist
 * Lucy Newell (1906–1987), painter, textile printer
 * Ann Newmarch (1945–2022), painter, printmaker, sculptor
 * June Newton (1923–2021), photographer, actress
 * Kathleen Ngale (born c. 1930), aboriginal Batik artist and painter
 * Mavis Ngallametta (1944–2019), painter, weaver
 * Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painter
 * Philippa Nikulinsky (1942), painter, illustrator
 * Deborah Niland (born 1950), children's book illustrator, author
 * Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009), painter, illustrator
 * Rose Nolan (born 1959) visual artist
 * Susan Norrie (born 1953) painter, video artist
 * Bess Norriss (1878–1939), artist
 * Rosaleen Norton (1917–1979), painter, occultist
 * Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi (born 1967), contemporary indigenous artist
 * Naata Nungurrayi (born 1932), indigenous painter
 * Lena Nyadbi (born c. 1936), painter, installation artist

O

 * Denese Oates (born 1955), sculptor
 * Carla O'Brien (living), installation artist
 * Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991), comic artist, illustrator, fashion artist
 * Mel O'Callaghan (born 1975) contemporary artist, video, performance, sculpture, installation, painting
 * Ailsa O'Connor (1921–1980), sculptor, painter, teacher, activist
 * Kathleen O'Connor (1876–1968), New Zealand-born painter
 * Helen Ogilvie (1902–1993), painter, printmaker
 * Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born illustrator, cartoonist, painter, author
 * Dora Ohlfsen-Bagge (1869–1948), sculptor and medallist
 * Bronwyn Oliver (1959–2006), sculptor
 * Narelle Oliver (1960–2016), painter, print maker, illustrator
 * Margaret Olley (1923–2011), painter
 * Rosemary Opala (1923–2008), illustrator, writer, nurse
 * Mandy Ord (born 1974), comic artist
 * Raquel Ormella (born 1969), multimedia artist
 * Jan Ormerod (1946–2013), illustrator
 * Jill Orr (born 1952), performance artist, photographer, installation artist
 * Maria Josette Orsto (1962–2020) painter, printmaker, sculptor
 * Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960), children's book illustrator
 * Brigita Ozolins, installation artist and art educator

P

 * Ewa Pachucka (1936–2020), textile artist, sculptor
 * Margaret Paice (1920–2016), commercial artist, illustrator
 * Josonia Palaitis (born 1949), painter
 * Polixeni Papapetrou (1960–2018), photographer
 * Wendy Paramor (1938–1975), painter, sculptor
 * Jacki Parry (born 1941), painter, print maker
 * Klytie Pate (1912–2010), ceramist
 * Esther Paterson (1892–1971), painter, cartoonist, book illustrator
 * Anelia Pavlova (born 1956), Bulgarian-born painter, printmaker, illustrator, ceramist
 * Sue Pedley (born 1954), multimedia artist
 * Adelaide Perry (1891–1973), artist, printmaker, art teacher
 * Katie Perry (born 1980), fashion designer
 * Gloria Petyarre (1942–2021), painter
 * Jeanna Petyarre (born 1950), painter
 * Kathleen Petyarre (c. 1940–2018), painter
 * Jeanna Petyarre (born 1950), painter
 * Nancy Petyarre (died 2009), painter
 * Caroline Phillips (born 1966), sculptor
 * Debra Phillips (born 1958), photographer, sculptor
 * Frances Phoenix (1950–2017), artist, needlework, poster designer
 * Patricia Piccinini (born 1965), mixed media artist, painter, sculptor, digital artist, installation artist
 * Julianne Pierce (living), new media artist, curator, art critic
 * Rosslynd Piggott (born 1958), installation artist. painter
 * Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), ceramist
 * Anne Pincus (born 1961), painter, sculptor
 * Lillian Louisa Pitts (1872–1947), photographer
 * Kerrie Poliness (born 1962), conceptual artist
 * Elizabeth Presa (born 1956), visual artist
 * Margaret Preston (1875–1963), painter, printmaker
 * Jane Price (1860–1948), painter
 * Thea Proctor (1879–1966), painter
 * Betty Kuntiwa Pumani (born 1963), painter
 * Angelina Pwerle (born c. 1946), painter
 * Minnie Pwerle (died 2006), painter
 * Mabel Pye (1894–1982), painter, print maker

Q

 * Mandy Quadrio, contemporary artist

R

 * Melinda Rackham (born 1959), digital artist
 * Stephanie Radok (born 1954), artist, writer, curator
 * Iso Rae (1860–1940), impressionist painter
 * Tamara Ralph (born 1981), fashion designer
 * Jessica Rankin (born 1971), embroiderer
 * Eugenia Raskopoulos (born 1959), photography, video art
 * r e a (born 1962), photographer, installation artist
 * Geraldine Rede (1874–1943), artist
 * Jacky Redgate (born 1955), sculptor, installation artist, photographer
 * Norma Redpath (1928–2013), painter, sculptor
 * Alison Rehfisch (1900–1974), painter
 * Gladys Reynell (1881–1956), potter
 * Kate Rich (living), sound artist, video artist
 * Sally Rippin, children's writer and illustrator
 * Therese Ritchie (born 1961), contemporary artist, writer, graphic designer
 * Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painter
 * Freda Rhoda Robertshaw (1916–1997), artist, painter
 * Peggy Rockman Napaljarri (born c.1940), indigenous artist and painter
 * Toni Robertson (born 1953), visual artist, art historian printmaker
 * Amanda Robins (born 1961), painter, drawer
 * Julia Robinson (born 1981), sculptor, textile artist
 * Florence Aline Rodway (1881–1971), painter, drawer, portrait artist
 * Lisa Roet (born 1967), sculptor, drawer, photographer, filmmaker
 * Romance was born (founded 2005), fashion house, designers Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales
 * Madeleine Rosca (born 1977), comic artist
 * Anne Ross (born 1959), fanciful bronze sculptures
 * Joan Ross (born 1961), mixed media painter
 * Maggie Napaljarri Ross (born c.1940), aboriginal painter
 * Celia Rosser (born 1930), botanical illustrator
 * Daisy Rossi (1879–1974), painter, interior designer
 * Caroline Rothwell (born 1967), sculptor, installation artist
 * Cybele Rowe (born 1963), ceramist
 * Rachel Roxburgh (1915–1991), painter, potter
 * Julie Rrap (born 1950), photographer, sculptor, painter
 * Carol Rudyard (1922–2021), visual artist
 * Nura Rupert (born c. 1933), printmaker, painter
 * Lola Ryan (1925–2003), shellworker
 * Rosemary Ryan (1926–1996), painter
 * Therese Ryder (born 1946), painter, linguist

S

 * Jenny Sages (born 1933), Chinese-born painter, illustrator
 * Yhonnie Scarce (born 1973), glass artist
 * Margaret Scobie (born 1948), aboriginal artist and painter
 * Joyce Scott (born 1938), painter and ceramist
 * Helena Scott (1832–1910), natural history illustrator
 * Nicola Scott (living), comic artist
 * Sheila Scotter (1920–2012), fashion designer
 * Margaret Senior (1917–1995), illustrator
 * Dora Serle (1875–1968), painter
 * Raelene Sharp (born 1957), portrait painter
 * Wendy Sharpe (born 1960), painter
 * Heather Shimmen (born 1957), painter, printmaker
 * Ivy Shore (1915–1999), painter
 * Irena Sibley (1943–2009), painter, illustrator
 * Dawn Sime (1932–2001), abstract painter
 * Norah Simpson (1895–1974), painter
 * Alexia Sinclair (born 1976), photographer
 * Sally Smart (born 1960), assemblage installation artist
 * Gemma Smith (born 1978), painter, sculptor
 * Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984), painter, illustrator
 * Treania Smith (1901–1990), painter, sculptor, art dealer and gallery owner
 * Wendy Solling (1926–2002), sculptor
 * Clara Southern (1861–1940), painter
 * Bianca Spender (born 1977), fashion designer
 * Ruby Spowart (born 1928), photographer
 * Ethel Spowers (1890–1947), printmaker, illustrator
 * Robyn Stacey (born 1952), photographer, photo-artist
 * Paula Stafford (1920–2022), fashion designer
 * Miriam Stannage (1939–2016), painter, printmaker, photographer
 * Madonna Staunton (1938–2019), artist, poet
 * Sophie Steffanoni (1873–1906), landscape painter, embroiderer
 * June Ethel Stephenson (1914–1999), painter, printmaker
 * Amanda Stewart (born 1959), performance artist, poet
 * Janet Agnes Cumbrae Stewart (1883–1960), painter
 * Kunmanara Stewart (c.1938–2012), indigenous artist and painter
 * Mary Stoddard (1852–1901), Scottish-born painter
 * Constance Stokes (1906–1991), painter, drawer
 * Dorothy Stoner (1904–1992), painter
 * Marina Strocchi (born 1961), painter
 * Nora Sumberg (born 1956), landscape painter
 * Jane Sutherland (1853–1928), landscape painter
 * Ruth Sutherland (1884–1948), painter
 * Chern'ee Sutton (born 1996), contemporary visual artist
 * Heather B. Swann (born 1961), sculptor
 * Jo Sweatman (1872–1956), painter
 * Linda Syddick Napaltjarri (born c. 1937), painter
 * Eveline Winifred Syme (1888–1961), painter, printmaker

T

 * Takariya Napaltjarri (born c. 1960), indigenous artist and painter
 * Jane Tanner (born 1946), children's book illustrator
 * Tjunkaya Tapaya (born 1947), aboriginal batik artist
 * Ruth Tarvydas (c. 1947–2014), fashion designer
 * Latai Taumoepeau (born 1972), contemporary artist
 * Pulya Taylor (born 1931), sculptor, craftsmaker, woodworker
 * Stephanie Taylor (1899–1974), artist, printmaker, gallerist, lecturer, art writer, broadcaster
 * Violet Teague (1872–1951), painter, mural designer
 * Kathy Temin (born 1968), synthetic fur artist
 * Betty Temple Watts (1901–1992), illustrator
 * Thancoupie (1937–2011) sculptor, artist
 * Shona Joy Thatcher (fl 2000), fashion designer
 * Margaret Thomas (1842–1929), painter, writer
 * Ann Thomson (born 1933), painter and sculptor
 * Lesbia Thorpe (1919–2009), printmaker
 * Emma Timbery (c. 1842–1916), shellworker
 * Esme Timbery (1931–2023), shellworker
 * Wingu Tingima (died 2010), painter
 * Tjanpi Desert Weavers (from 1995) weavers
 * Topsy Tjulyata (born 1931), sculptor, craftsmaker, woodworker
 * Jasmine Togo-Brisby (born 1982), sculptor
 * Sophia Tolli (fl 2006), fashion designer
 * Aida Tomescu (born 1955), Romanian-born painter
 * Mollie Tomlin (1923–2009), painter
 * Mary Tonkin (born 1973), drawer
 * Jessie Traill (1881–1967), printmaker, painter
 * Barbara Tribe (1913–2000), sculptor, painter
 * Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952), Czech-born sculptor, printmaker
 * Marie Tuck (1866–1947), painter, art educator
 * Ruth Tuck (1914–2008), painter
 * Maringka Tunkin (born 1959) artist, painter
 * Mazie Turner (1954–2014) painter, photographer, sculptor
 * Isabel May Tweddle (1875–1945), painter

U

 * Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann (born 1950), painter, educator

V

 * May Vale (1862–1945), painter
 * Lesley Vanderwalt (living), makeup artist
 * Vicki Varvaressos (born 1949), painter
 * Vexta (living), stencil artist, street artist
 * Julie Vieusseux (1820–1878), painter
 * Savanhdary Vongpoothorn (born 1971), Laotian-born painter

W

 * Megan Walch (born 1967), painter
 * Anna Frances Walker (1830–1913), illustrator
 * Rose A. Walker (1879–1942), painter
 * Theresa Walker (1807–1876), sculptor, wax modeller
 * Anne Wallace (born 1970), painter
 * Kathleen Kemarre Wallace (born 1948), indigenous painter, custodian
 * Christian Waller (1894–1954), painter, writer, printmaker, illustrator, book designer, woodcutter, stained-glass artist
 * Lynette Wallworth (living), installation artist
 * Joan Walsh-Smith (born 1946), sculptor
 * Ania Walwicz (1951–2020), visual artist, poet
 * Rosie Ware (born 1959), textile designer, printmaker
 * Sera Waters (born 1979), textile artist, arts writer, arts educator
 * Jenny Watson (born 1951), painter
 * Judy Watson (born 1959), multimedia artist
 * Lilla Watson (born 1940), mixed media artist
 * Betty Temple Watts (1901–1992), scientific illustrator
 * Louise Weaver (born 1966), mixed media artist
 * Johanna Weigel (1847–1940), fashion designer
 * Barbara Weir (c. 1945–2023), Aboriginal painter
 * Carlene West (born c. 1945), painter
 * Katie West (living), interdisciplinary artist
 * Kaylene Whiskey (fl 2010s), indigenous artist
 * Ilka White (living), textile artist, sculptor
 * Susan Dorothea White (born 1941), painter, sculptor, printmaker
 * Wendy Whiteley (born 1941), landscape artist, flower artist
 * Ada Whiting (1859–1953), painter, miniaturist
 * Anne Wienholt (1920–2018), painter, sculptor, printmaker
 * Normana Wight (born 1936), painter, printmaker
 * Cathy Wilcox (born 1963), comic artist, children's book illustrator
 * Dora Wilson (1883–1946), British-born Australian painter and print maker
 * Ju Ju Wilson (born 1960), contemporary indigenous artist
 * Regina Pilawuk Wilson (born 1948), Aboriginal artist
 * Justene Williams (born 1970), photographer, multimedia artist
 * Jan Williamson (living), painter
 * Ruby Tjangawa Williamson (c. 1940–2017), painter, woodworker
 * Dora Wilson (1883–1946), British-Australian painter and print maker
 * Margery Withers (1894–1966), painter
 * Women's Domestic Needlework Group est 1976, traditional craft work
 * Maeve Woods (born 1933), painter, collage artist
 * Pauline Nakamarra Woods (born 1949), Aboriginal artist and painter
 * Tjayanka Woods (born c. 1935), painter, weaver
 * Margaret Worth (born 1944), painter, screenprinter, sculptor
 * Judith Wright (born 1945), painter, videomaker, sculptor, printmaker

X

 * Bin Xie (born 1957), Chinese-born painter

Y

 * Paji Honeychild Yankarr (c. 1912–2004), painter
 * Noela Young (1930–2018), book illustrator and children's author
 * Yaritji Young (born c. 1956) painter
 * Gulumbu Yunupingu (1943–2012), indigenous artist
 * Nancy Gaymala Yunupingu (c.1935–2005), indigenous bark painter and print maker
 * Nyapanyapa Yunupingu (c. 1945–2021), painter

Z

 * Anne Zahalka (born 1957), photographer
 * Carla Zampatti (1942–2021), fashion designer
 * Aheda Zanetti (born 1967), fashion designer