List of Brazilian women artists

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

A

 * Zina Aita (1900–1967), Italian-Brazilian modernist painter
 * Georgina de Albuquerque (1885–1962), Impressionist painter
 * Mara Alvares (born 1948), contemporary artist
 * Marina Amaral (born 1994), known for colorization of historical photographs
 * Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), modernist painter
 * Abigail de Andrade (1864–1890), painter
 * Amanda Maciel Antunes (fl 2000s), costume designer
 * Camila Alves (born 1982), fashion designer
 * Maria Auxiliadora (1935–1974), painter

B

 * Brígida Baltar (c.1959–2022), visual artist
 * Ladjane Bandeira (1927–1999), painter, art director
 * Tatiana Blass (born 1979), contemporary artist
 * Vera Chaves Barcellos (born 1938), visual artist
 * Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), painter
 * Lenora de Barros (born 1953), contemporary artist
 * Edith Behring (1916–1996), painter
 * Alice Brill (1920–2013), German-Brazilian painter and photographer
 * Elisa Bracher (born 1965), sculptor

C

 * Carlota De Camargo Nascimento (1904–1974), sculptor
 * Marina Camargo (born 1980), multimedia artist
 * Maria Cândido (born 1939), artist working with clay
 * Josely Carvalho (born 1942), multimedia artist
 * Leda Catunda (born 1961), painter, engraver, educator
 * Catia Chien (fl 2007), illustrator
 * Sandra Cinto (born 1968), contemporary artist
 * Lygia Clark (1920–1988), painter, installation artist
 * Mariza Dias Costa (1952–2019), cartoonist
 * Tereza Costa Rêgo (1929–2020), painter

D

 * Liliane Dardot (born 1946), painter
 * Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914–1979), painter, illustrator, engraver

E

 * Sonia Ebling (1918–2006), sculptor
 * Laura Erber (born 1979), video artist, writer

F

 * Bea Feitler (1938–1982), book cover and catalogue designer
 * Julieta de França (1870–1951), sculptor
 * Angela Freiberger (born 1953), sculptor, performance artist
 * Iole de Freitas (born 1945), sculptor, engraver, installation artist

G

 * Anna Bella Geiger (born 1933), multidisciplinary artist, educator
 * Olívia Guedes Penteado (1872–1934), art patron, activist
 * Sonia Gomes (born 1948), sculptor
 * Carmela Gross (born 1946), visual artist

H

 * Eli Heil (1929–2017), painter, sculptor, ceramist

J

 * Adriana Janacópulos (1897–c.1978), sculptor

K

 * Renina Katz (born 1925), printmaker, painter
 * Eleonore Koch (1926–2018), painter, sculptor

L

 * Felícia Leirner (1904–1996), sculptor
 * Sheila Leirner (born 1948), curator, art critic, activist
 * Juliana Cerqueira Leite (born 1981), sculptor
 * Ju Loyola (born 1979), cartoonist, illustrator
 * Renata Lucas (born 1971), painter
 * Mariannita Luzzati (born 1963), painter, engraver, video artist

M

 * Solange Magalhães (born 1939), French-born Brazilian painter
 * Anita Malfatti (1889–1964), modernist painter
 * Cinthia Marcelle (born 1974), multimedia artist
 * Maria Martins (1894–1973), sculptor
 * Sylvia Martins (born 1956), painter
 * Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), sculptor
 * Alessandra Meskita (fl 2007), fashion designer
 * Alice Miceli (born 1980), video artist
 * Beatriz Milhazes (born 1960), painter
 * Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914–1979), painter, illustrator, printmaker

N

 * Ananda Nahu (born 1985), street artist
 * Naza (born 1955), abstract painter
 * Constancia Nery (born 1936), naive art painter
 * Rivane Neuenschwander (born 1967), contemporary artist
 * Teresa Nicolao (born 1928), painter, set designer
 * Lucia Nogueira (1950–1998), painter

O

 * Tomie Ohtake (1913–2015), Japanese-Brazilian painter, sculptor, print maker
 * Christina Oiticica (born 1951), painter
 * Lydia Okumura (born 1948), abstract painter
 * Camila Oliveira Fairclough (born 1979), visual artist
 * Fayga Ostrower (1920–2001), Polish-born Brazilian engraver, painter, educator

P

 * Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943), painter, sculptor, now in the UK
 * Shirley Paes Leme (born 1955), printmaker, sculptor, and educator
 * Lygia Pape (1927–2004), sculptor, engraver, filmmaker
 * Letícia Parente (1930–1991), video artist
 * Regina Parra (born 1981), contemporary artist
 * Rosana Paulino (born 1967), visual artist, educator and curator
 * Marianne Peretti (born 1927), French-Brazilian sculptor, muralist and stained glass artist
 * Wanda Pimentel (1943–2019), painter
 * Luiza Prado (born 1988), multidisciplinary artist

Q

 * Anna Letycia Quadros (1929–2018), painter

R

 * Madalena dos Santos Reinbolt (1919–1977), painter, textile artist

S

 * Neide Sá (born 1940), painter
 * Gretta Sarfaty (fl 1970s), Greek-Brazilian painter and multimedia artist
 * Katie van Scherpenberg (born 1940), painter
 * Regina Silveira (born 1939), painter
 * Luzia Simons (born 1953), painter
 * Camila Soato (born 1985), oil painter
 * Nathália Suellen (born 1989), digital artist

T

 * Amelia Toledo (1926–2017), sculptor, painter
 * Clarissa Tossin (born 1973), painter
 * Celeida Tostes (1929–1995), sculptor, ceramist
 * Iracema Trevisan (born 1982), fashion designer
 * Isabelle Tuchband (born 1968), plastic artist
 * Yara Tupynambá (born 1932), painter

V

 * Adriana Varejão (born 1964), painter, drawer, sculptor and installation artist
 * Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, video-artist, photographer
 * Nicolina Vaz de Assis (1874–1941), sculptor
 * Fernanda Viégas (born 1971), graphical designer
 * Mary Vieira (1927–2001), sculptor

W

 * Hilde Weber (1913–1994), cartoonist, illustrator
 * Bertha Worms (1868–1937), French-Brazilian painter

X

 * Márcia X (1959–2005), performance artist
 * Niobe Xandó (1915–2010), painter

Z

 * Carla Zaccagnini (born 1973), painter and curator