List of Italian women artists

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

A

 * Carla Accardi (1924–2014), abstractionist painter
 * Eleonora Aguiari (born 1973), installation artist
 * Angelica Veronica Airola (c.1590–1670), Baroque painter
 * Quirina Alippi-Fabretti (1849–1919), painter
 * Topazia Alliata (1913–2015), painter, writer
 * Edina Altara (1898–1983), illustrator, decorator and fashion designer
 * Giulia Andreani (born 1985), history painter
 * Amalia de Angelis (fl. 1851–1871), painter
 * Elena Anguissola (c.1532–1584), painter and nun
 * Lucia Anguissola (c.1538–c.1565), painter
 * Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532–1625), Renaissance painter
 * Anna Maria Arduino (1633–1700), 17th century painter and writer and the Princess of Piombino from Messina, Sicily
 * Simona Atzori (born 1974), painter and dancer born without arms

B

 * Pippa Bacca (1974–2008), artist
 * Bianca Bagnarelli (born 1988), Italian-French illustrator, writer
 * Maria Maddalena Baldacci (1718–1782), painter
 * Rosa Barba (born 1972), installation artist
 * Helena Barbagelata (born 1991), artist
 * Eleonora Bargili (18th century), pastellist
 * Letizia Battaglia (born 1935), photographer
 * Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969), contemporary artist
 * Aniella di Beltrano (1613–1649), Baroque painter
 * Elisabetta Benato-Beltrami (1813–1888), painter, sculptor
 * Daniela Benedini (born 1972), contemporary painter
 * Mirella Bentivoglio (1922–2017), sculptor, poet, performance artist
 * Laura Bernasconi (fl.1674), Baroque painter
 * Rosalba Bernini (1762–1829), pastellist
 * Antonia Bertucci-Pinelli (died c.1640), Baroque painter
 * Carlotta de Bevilacqua (born 1957), lighting designer
 * Rossella Biscotti (born 1978), visual artist, video maker
 * Ernesta Legnani Bisi (1788–1859), painter and engraver
 * Fulvia Bisi (1818–1911), painter
 * Rita Boley Bolaffio (1898–1995), collage artist
 * Clelia Bompiani (1848–1927), painter
 * Monica Bonvicini (born 1965), sculptor, photographer, video artist, educator
 * Giuseppina Quaglia Borghese (1765–1831), painter and pastellist
 * Erma Bossi (1875–1952), painter
 * Luigia Bozzini (19th century), religious painter
 * Faustina Bracci Armellini (1785–1857), pastellist
 * Antonietta Brandeis (1848–1926), painter
 * Nina Breeder (born 1982), contemporary artist
 * Plautilla Bricci (1616–1690), architect, painter
 * Eufrasia Burlamacchi (1482–1548), manuscript illuminator
 * Angiola Guglielma Butteri (17th century), nun, painter

C

 * Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676), nun, religious painter
 * Margherita Caffi (1650–1710), flower painter
 * Maria Callani (1778–1803), 18th century portrait painter, active in Parma.
 * Suor Prudenza Cambi (died 1601), painter and nun
 * Milena Canonero (born 1946), costume designer
 * Ginevra Cantofoli (1618–1672), Baroque painter
 * Sister Luisa Capomazza (c.1600–1646), painter
 * Benedetta Cappa (1897–1977), futurist artist
 * Antonella Cappuccio (born 1944), costume designer
 * Ghitta Carell (1899–1972), Hungarian-born Italian photographer
 * Shola Carletti (fl. 21st century), painter and sculptor, active in India
 * Marianna Carlevarijs (1703–1750), painter and pastellist
 * Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757), painter
 * Maria Vittoria Cassana (died 1711), painter
 * Caterina Amigoni Castellini (18th century), pastellist
 * Beatrice Catanzaro (born 1975), conceptual artist
 * Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463), nun, artist, saint
 * Nicoletta Ceccoli (born 1973), San Marinian illustrator
 * Giulia Centurelli (1832–1872), painter and poet
 * Maria Suppioti Ceroni (1730–c.1773), pastellist
 * Vittoria Chierici (born 1955), painter
 * Caterina Cherubini (died 1811), miniaturist
 * Amalia Ciardi Dupré (born 1934), sculptor and painter
 * Emma Ciardi (1879–1933), painter
 * Vittoria Cocito (1891–1971), painter and illustrator
 * Marina Cicogna (born 1934), film producer and photographer
 * Barbara Ciardo (born 1983), comic book colorist
 * Maria Giovanna Clementi (1692–1761), portrait painter
 * Daniela Comani (born 1965), multimedia artist
 * Theresa Maria Coriolano (1620–1671), engraver
 * Maddalena Corvina (1607–1664), painter and engraver
 * Liliana Cossovel (1924–1984), painter, collagist
 * Maria Cosway (1760–1838), Italian-English painter
 * Mariangiola Criscuolo (c.1548–1630), Renaissance painter
 * Maria Eufrasia della Croce (1597–1676), nun, painter

D

 * Dadamaino (1930–2004), painter
 * Isabella Maria dal Pozzo (fl. 1660s), painter
 * Teodora Danti (c.1498–c.1573), painter, writer
 * Caterina Davinio (born 1957), poet, novelist, new media artist
 * Elena de' Grimani (born 1975), comic book artist and illustrator
 * Yvonne De Rosa (born 1975), photographer
 * Marianna Candidi Dionigi (1756–1826), painter and writer
 * Anna Vittoria Dolara (1754–1827), nun, poet, painter
 * Agnese Dolci (1635–1686), painter
 * Valentina D'Urbano (born 1985), writer and illustrator
 * Irene Parenti Duclos (1754–1795), painter, poet
 * Amalia Ciardi Dupré (born 1934), sculptor, painter

F

 * Adriana Bisi Fabbri (1881–1918), painter
 * Orsola Faccioli (1823–1906), painter
 * Lucrina Fetti (c.1590–1651), painter
 * Teresa Fioroni-Voigt (1799–1880), painter of miniatures
 * Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian-born Italian painter and engraver
 * Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614), early professional painter
 * Giovanna Fratellini (1666–1731), Baroque painter
 * Chiara Fumai (1979–2017)
 * Virginia von Fürstenberg (born 1974), fashion designer

G

 * Margarita Gabassi (mid-18th century), painter
 * Anna Galeotti (1739–1773), engraver, painter
 * Fede Galizia (1578–1630), pioneering still life Renaissance painter
 * Federica Galli (1932–2009), printmaker
 * Giola Gandini (1906–1941), painter
 * Giovanna Garzoni (1600–1670), Baroque painter
 * Francesca Genna (born 1967), printmaker
 * Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c.1656), Baroque painter
 * Costanza Ghilini (1754–1775), amateur painter and pastellist
 * Caterina Ginnasi (1590–1660), Baroque painter
 * Domiziana Giordano (born 1959), painter, actress, photographer and video artist
 * Sofia Giordano (1778–1829), painter
 * Gisella Giovenco (born 1946), painter and stylist
 * Francesca Grilli (born 1978), visual artist, video maker
 * Beatrice Ancillotti Goretti (1879–1937), painter
 * Rosina Mantovani Gutti (1851–1943), painter, especially of children

H

 * Domitilla Harding (fl. late 20th, early 21st century), furniture and fashion designer, also works with glass
 * Adelita Husni-Bey (born 1985), visual artist, video maker

I

 * Iaia (116–27 BC), Roman painter, engraver

K

 * Elisabetta Keller (1891–1969), Italian-born Swiss painter and pastellist
 * Kiyohara Tama (1861–1939), Japanese painter active in Sicily
 * Elisa Koch (1833–1914), painter, pastellist

L

 * Giulia Lama (born 1681), painter
 * Luisa Lambri (born 1969), photographer
 * Ketty La Rocca (1938–1976), poet, visual artist
 * Carla Lavatelli (1928–2006), portrait painter, abstract sculptor
 * Bice Lazzari (1900–1981), painter
 * Angelica Le Gru Perotti (1719–1776), painter
 * Vittoria Ligari (1713–1783), painter
 * Maria Cattarina Locatelli (died 1723), painter
 * Barbara Longhi (1552–1638), painter

M

 * Ortensia Poncarale Maggi (1732–1811), painter
 * Francesca Magliani (born 1845), painter
 * Lilla Maldura (fl. 1876–1887), painter
 * Matilde Malenchini (1779–1858), portrait and genre painter
 * Ada Mangilli (born 1863), painter
 * Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714–1774), anatomist, wax modeler
 * Faustina Maratti (c.1679–1745), Baroque poet, painter
 * Elisabetta Marchioni (fl. 1700), Venetian painter
 * Clementina Marcovigi (born 1863), painter
 * Virginia Mariani (1824–1898), painter, ceramist
 * Maria Martinetti (1864–1921), painter
 * Luigia Massari (1810–1898), painter, embroiderer
 * Giulia Masucci Fava (born 1858), painter
 * Isabella Discalzi Mazzoni (fl. late 15th century), sculptor
 * Margherita Pavesi Mazzoni (1930–2010), painter, sculptor and poet
 * Carla Carli Mazzucato (born 1935), contemporary artist
 * Marisa Merz (1931–2019), sculptor
 * Giovanna Tacconi Messini (1717–1742), painter
 * Madonna Fitta de Milano (17th century), painter
 * Otonella Mocellin (born 1966), photographer and video artist
 * Tina Modotti (1896–1942), photographer, model and actress
 * Maria Molin (18th century), pastellist
 * Eleonora Monti (1727–1760), painter
 * Sandra Moreschi (born 1946), designer of Jewish ceremonial art
 * Emma Moretto (19th century), painter
 * Marisa Mori (1900–1985), Futurist painter and printmaker
 * Valentina Murabito (born 1981), photographer, visual artist

N

 * Olga Napoli (1903–1955), painter
 * Maria Giacomina Nazari (born 1724), painter
 * Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588), nun, early female Renaissance painter
 * Dianora Niccolini (born 1936), photographer
 * Elena Nobili (1833–1900), figure painter
 * Lila De Nobili (1916–2002), stage designer, costume designer and fashion illustrator
 * Teresa Boccardi Nuytz (died 1837), pastellist

O

 * Virginia Oldoini (1837–1899), photographer
 * Maria Ormani (1428–c.1470), manuscript illustrator and nun
 * Giuseppina Osenga (19th-century), painter
 * Valentina Guidi Ottobri (artist) (born 1988), artist, curator

P

 * Arcangela Paladini (1599–1622), painter
 * Isabella Parasole (c.1570–c.1620), wood engraver
 * Luigia Pascoli (1805–1882), painter
 * Francesca Pasquali (born 1980), painter
 * Rosalba Pedrina (born 1944), painter and teacher
 * Itala Pellegrino (born 1865), painter
 * Cinzia Pellin (born 1973), artist
 * Lida Persili (19th century), painter
 * Anna Bacherini Piattoli (1720–1788), painter
 * Fanny Pieroni-Davenport (late 19th century), painter
 * Isabella Piccini (1664–1732), engraver
 * Sara Pichelli (born 1983), comics artist
 * Margherita Pillini (late 19th century), painter
 * Ida Pinto-Sezzi (born 1852), painter
 * Laura Piranesi (1755–1785), engraver
 * Angela Maria Pittetti (1690–1963), painter
 * Paola Pivi (born 1971), multimedia artist
 * Teresa del Po (1649–1716), painter
 * Amalia Del Ponte (born 1936), multidisciplinary artist
 * Carlotta Ida Popert (1848–1923), German-Italian painter, etcher
 * Isabella Maria dal Pozzo (died 1700), painter

R

 * Rabarama (born 1969), contemporary artist
 * Baroness Annetta Radovska (19th century), painter
 * Suor Barbara Ragnoni (15th century), nun, painter
 * Elvira Raimondi (1866–1920), painter
 * Carol Rama (1918–2015), painter
 * Maria Angelica Razzi (16th century), nun, sculptor
 * Emma Gaggiotti Richards (1825–1912), painter
 * Elisa Rigutini Bulle (born 1859), painter
 * Marietta Robusti (c.1560–1590), Renaissance painter
 * Linda Rocchi (born 1857), painter
 * Francesca Rognoni-Gratognini (born 1850), landscape painter
 * Juana Romani (1869–1924), painter
 * Lalla Romano (1906–2001), novelist, poet, painter and journalist
 * Paola Romano (born 1951), painter and sculptor
 * Valentina Romeo (born 1977), cartoonist, illustrator
 * Diana de Rosa (1602–1643), painter
 * Vicenza Giovanna Rovisi (1750–1824), late Baroque and Neoclassical painter

S

 * Marina Sagona (born 1967), Italian-American artist
 * Chiara Samugheo (1935–2022), photographer
 * Felicità Sartori (c.1714–1760), painter and pastellist
 * Beatrice Scaccia (born 1978), painter
 * Maria Domenica Scanferla (1726–1763), painter and pastellist
 * Teresa Scannabecchi (1662–1708), Baroque painter
 * Lucrezia Scarfaglia (fl. 1677), painter
 * Ida Botti Scifoni (1812–1844), painter, sculptor and designer
 * Diana Scultori (born 1535), engraver
 * Marinella Senatore (born 1977), visual artist
 * Floria Sigismondi (born 1965), Italian-Canadian photographer
 * Luisa Silei (1825–1898), landscape painter
 * Roberta Silva (born 1971), Trinidad and Tobago-born contemporary artist
 * Nerina Simi (1890–1987), painter, art teacher
 * Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665), Baroque painter
 * Violante Beatrice Siries (1709–1783), painter
 * Maria Spanò (born 1843), painter
 * Irene di Spilimbergo (1540–1559), Renaissance painter
 * Chiara Spinelli (1744–1823), pastellist
 * Francesca Stuart Sindici (1858–c.1929), Spanish-Italian painter

T

 * Patrizia Taddei (born 1948), Italian-born Sammarinese contemporary artist
 * Celeste Tanfani (fl. 1735), pastellist
 * Margherita Terzi (18th century), pastellist
 * Caterina Tarabotti (active 1659), Baroque painter
 * Maria Felice Tibaldi (born 1707), painter
 * Grazia Toderi (born 1963), video artist and photographer
 * Lucia Casalini Torelli (1677–1762), painter
 * Tatiana Trouvé (born 1968), contemporary artist

V

 * Anna Maria Vaiani (died c.1655), engraver
 * Grazia Varisco (born 1937), visual artist
 * Chiara Varotari (1584–1663), Baroque painter
 * Virginia Vezzi (1601–1638), painter
 * Lella Vignelli (1934–2016), designer
 * Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011), artist, architect, educator
 * Teresa Berenice Vitelli (fl. 1706–1729), painter

W

 * Bettina Werner (born 1965), artist working with salt

Z

 * Maria Zacchè (born 1933), artist specializing in pen and ink drawings
 * Gentile Zanardi (late 17th century), Baroque painter
 * Silvia Ziche (born 1967), comic book artist and writer
 * Laura Zuccheri (born 1971), comic artist, illustrator, and painter