List of New Zealand artists

The following is a list of New Zealand artists.

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• Airini A'Court (born 1953) – painter

• Brett a'Court (born 1968) – painter

• Zena Abbott (1922–1993) – weaver

• Caroline Abraham (1809–1877) – painter

• Laurence Aberhart (born 1949) – photographer

• Emily Acland (1830–1905) – pioneer settler and watercolour painter

• Avis Acres (1910–1994) – painter, illustrator, writer

• Laurence Aberhart (born 1949) – photographer

• Mark Adams (born 1949) – photographer

• Richard Adams (born 1957) – violinist and abstract painter

• Chrystabel Aitken (1904–2005) – sculptor and jeweller

• Florence Akins (1906–2012) – metalworker and textile artist

• Gretchen Albrecht (born 1943) – painter

• Peter Alger (born 1952) – ceramicist

• Jim Allen (1922–2023) – sculptor, carver and mixed media artist

• Edith Amituanai (born 1980) – photographer

• Gladys Anderson (19th century) – painter

• Hiria Anderson (born 1974) – painter

• Thomas Andrew (1855–1939) – photographer

• Rita Angus (1908–1970) – painter

• Billy Apple (1935–2021) – pop and conceptual artist

• Aina Apse (1926–2015) – potter

• Reweti Arapere (living) – illustrator, sculptor and painter

• Esther Archdall (1916–1999) – textile artist

• Mina Arndt (1885–1926) – painter

• Tanya Ashken (born 1939) – sculptor and jeweller

• Raewyn Atkinson (born 1955) – ceramicist

• Nabil Sabio Azadi (born 1991) – visual artist

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• John Badcock (born 1952) – contemporary artist

• Chris Bailey (born 1965) – sculptor and carver

• Whero O Te Rangi Bailey (1935–2016) – weaver and textile artist

• Kingsley Baird (living) – sculptor and designer

• Gertrude Ball (1879–1971) – wood engraver and painter

• Murray Ball (1939–2017) – cartoonist

• George Baloghy (born 1950) – painter

• William Bambridge (1820–1879) – photographer

• Ria Bancroft (1907–1993) – sculptor

• Barry Barclay (1944–2008) – filmmaker

• Nola Barron (born 1931) – potter

• Charles Decimus Barraud (1822–1897) – painter

• Paul Beadle (1917–1992) – sculptor and medallist

• Russell Beck (1941–2018) – sculptor and jade carver

• Richmond Beetham (1832–1912) – painter

• William Beetham (1809–1888) – portrait painter

• William J. Belcher (1883–1949) – painter

• Graham Bennett (born 1947) – sculptor

• Maurice Bennett (1957–2016) – toast artist

• Leo Bensemann (1912–1986) – illustrator, printer, typographer, publisher and editor

• Carlo Bergamini (1868–1934) – sculptor

• Pauline Bern (born 1952) – jeweller

• James Berry (1906–1979) – stamp and coin designer

• Phyllis Bethune (1899–1982) – painter

• Don Binney (1940–2012) – painter

• Vivien Bishop (born 1945) – painter

• Lisa Black (born 1982) – mixed media sculptor

• Margery Blackman (born 1930) – weaver

• Eden Bleazard (1855–1946) – painter

• Bessie Blomfield (1880–1984) – painter

• Charles Blomfield (1848–1926) – painter

• Constance Bolton (1884–1949) – painter

• Chris Booth (born 1948) – sculptor and installation artist

• Joe Bootham (1911–1986) – painter

• Levi Borgstrom (1919–2001) – woodturner

• Nigel Borell (born 1973) – Māori contemporary artist and curator

• Kobi Bosshard (born 1939) – jeweller

• Christine Boswijk (born 1939) – ceramicist

• James Boswell (1906–1971) – painter, cartoonist and draughtsman

• John Botica (born 1953) – pebble mosaic artist and designer

• Olivia Spencer Bower (1905–1982) – painter

• Violet Bowring (1890-1980) - painter, miniaturist

• Walter Armiger Bowring (1874 -1931) - painter and illustrator

• Arthur Merric Boyd (1862–1940) – painter

• George Boyd (1825–1886) – potter

• Joanna Braithwaite (born 1962) – painter

• Brian Brake (1927–1988) – photographer

• William Brassington (1801–1905) – stonemason and sculptor

• Jane Brenkley (1882–1973) – painter, wood carver and embroiderer

• Stella Brennan (born 1974) – installation artist

• Louie Bretaña (born 1967) – multi-media artist and painter

• Barry Brickell (1935–2016) – potter

• Freda Brierley (born 1942) – weaver

• Matahi Brightwell (born 1952) – master carver

• Tungane Broadbent (born 1940) – tivaevae / tivaivai artist

• Greg Broadmore (born 1972) – concept designer and sculptor

• David Brokenshire (1925–2014) – ceramicist

• Jude Broughan (born 1976) – mixed media artist

• Cath Brown (1933–2004) – weaver and ceramicist

• Helen Brown (1917–1986) – painter

• Nigel Brown (born 1949) – painter

• Pelenakeke Brown – multi-disciplinary artist

• Peter Brown (1921–2005) – painter

• Kathleen Browne (1905–2007) – painter

• Mary-Louise Browne (born 1957) – text-based conceptual artist

• Annie Buckhurst (1894 - 1959) – metalwork artist

• Jessie Buckland (1878–1939) – photographer

• Emily Valentine Bullock – jeweller and creator of wearable art

• Brit Bunkley (born 1955) – sculptor, installation artist and digital/video artist

• Fanny Buss (1910–1986) – textile artist, fashion designer, printmaker and book illustrator

• Debra Bustin (born 1957) – visual artist

• Maude Burge (1865–1957) – painter

• Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows (born 1951) – tapa cloth artist

• Mirranda Burton (born 1973) – printmaker and graphic novel illustrator

• Grace Butler (1886–1962) – painter

• Margaret Butler (1883–1947) – sculptor

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• Helen Calder (born 1955) – painter

• Emma Camden (born 1966) – glassworker

• Corrie Cameron (1904–1993) – printmaker and painter

• Donna Campbell (born 1959) – curator, weaver and textile artist

• Jenny Campbell (1895–1970) – painter

• Rosemary Campbell (born 1941) – painter

• Ida Carey (1891–1982) – painter and art teacher

• Steve Carr – video artist, sculptor and photographer

• Len Castle (1924–2011) – potter

• Ruth Castle (born 1931) – weaver

• Tim Chadwick (1962–2010) – painter and mixed media artist

• Vera Chapman (1885–1953) – painter

• Chris Charteris (born 1966) – jeweller

• Ellen Cheeseman (1848–1928) – painter and botanist

• Chen Weiming (born c. 1980) – sculptor

• Garth Chester (1916–1968) – furniture designer

• Madeleine Child (born 1959) – ceramicist

• Raymond Ching (born 1939) – painter

• Liyen Chong (born 1979) – embroiderer, ceramacist and printmaker

• Bessie Christie (1904–1983) – painter

• Joseph Churchward (1932–2013) – graphic designer and typographer

• Philip Clairmont (1949–1984) – painter

• Fiona Clark (born 1954) – photographer

• Russell Clark (1905–1966) – illustrator and sculptor

• Frank Edward Clarke (1849–1899) – scientific illustrator

• Tangimoe Clay (born 1960) – weaver and textile artist

• Betty Clegg (1926–2009) – watercolour painter

• James Coe (1917–2003) – industrial designer and painter

• Edith Collier (1885–1964) – painter

• Alice Beville Collins (1884–1973) – silversmith

• William Cooch (1898–1950) – stamp designer, printmaker, calligrapher and architect

• Octavia Cook (born 1978) – jeweller

• Jim Cooper (born 1956) – ceramicist

• Dale Copeland (born 1943) – collage and assemblage artist

• Ivy Copeland (1888–1961) – painter

• Stella Corkery (born 1960) – painter

• Paerau Corneal (born 1961) – ceramicist

• Bronwynne Cornish (born 1945) – ceramicist, sculptor, educator

• Frederick Daniel Cornwell (1875–1948) – painter

• Shane Cotton (born 1964) – painter

• Roy Cowan (1918–2006) – ceramicist and printmaker

• Helen Crabb (1891–1972) – pen and ink artist, painter and art teacher

• John Crichton (1917–1993) – furniture and interior designer

• Gordon Crook (1921–2011) – visual artist

• Bill Culbert (1935–2019) – painter, photographer, sculptor and installation artist

• Ann Culy (born 1952) – jeweller

• Vera Cummings (1891–1949) – painter

• Betty Curnow (1911–2005) – painter and printmaker

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• Philip Dadson (born 1946) – media artist

• Lily Daff (1885–1945) – painter and illustrator

• Andrea Daly (born 1965) – jeweller

• Judy Darragh (born 1957) – sculpture/installation

• Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951) – sculptor and painter

• May Davis (1914–1995) – ceramicist

• Neil Dawson (born 1948) – sculptor

• Melvin Day (1923–2016) – painter and scholar

• Eileen Olive Deste (1909–1986) – photographer

• Pip Devonshire (born 1966) – weaver

• Fran Dibble (born 1962) – painter and sculptor

• Paul Dibble (born 1943) – sculptor

• Ngila Dickson (born 1958) – costume designer

• Konstantin Dimopoulos (born 1954) – sculptor and visual artist

• Owen Dippie (living) – muralist and street artist

• Lynley Dodd (born 1941) – children's book illustrator

• John Drawbridge (1930–2005) – muralist

• Don Driver (1930–2011) – painter, sculptor and collage-maker/assemblist

• Andrew Drummond (born 1951) – painter and sculptor

• Sam Duckor-Jones (born 1982) – sculptor and poet

• Alison Duff (1914–2000) – sculptor

• Joan Dukes (1903–1993) – illustrator

• Sarah Dutt (living) – mixed media artist

• Dagmar Dyck (born 1972) – printmaker and painter

• Rona Dyer (1923–2021) – painter and wood-engraver

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• Audrey Eagle (1925–2022) – botanical illustrator

• Gay Eaton (1933–2017) – textile artist

• John Edgar (1950–2021) – sculptor and medallist

• Leon van den Eijkel (1940–2021) – sculptor and painter

• Frances Dolina Ellis (1900–1971) – artist, printmaker and teacher

• Frederick Vincent Ellis (1892–1961) – stained glass artist and art teacher

• Lorna Ellis (1903–1981) – sculptor and ceramist

• Martin Emond (1969–2004) – cartoon illustrator and painter

• Jane Evans (1946–2012) – painter

• Claudia Pond Eyley (born 1946) – painter, filmmaker

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• Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929) – painter and writer

• Richard Fairgray (born 1985) – author and illustrator

• Lusi Faiva – stage performer and dancer

• David Farquhar (1928–2007) – composer

• Nicola Farquhar (born 1972) – painter

• Joan Fear (1932–2022) – painter

• William Henry Feldon (1871–1945) – sculptor and monumental mason

• Charles Fell (1844–1918) – painter

• Fatu Feu'u (born 1946) – painter

• Irene Ferguson (born 1970) – portrait painter

• Di Ffrench (1946–1999) – photographic and performance artist

• Ivy Fife (1905–1976) – painter

• George Finey (1895–1987) – sketch artist, illustrator and painter

• John Nugent Fitch (1840–1927) – botanical illustrator and lithographer

• Fane Flaws (1951–2021) – painter, musician and multimedia artist

• Frances Fletcher (1846–1935) – painter

• Tony Fomison (1939–1990) – painter

• Luise Fong (born 1964) – abstract painter and educator

• Selina Foote (born 1985) – painter

• John Bevan Ford (1930–2005) – artist

• Patricia France (1911–1995) – abstract artist

• Margaret Frankel (1902–1997) – painter, potter, printmaker and art teacher

• Jacqueline Fraser (born 1956) – sculptor and installation artist

• Warwick Freeman (born 1953) – jeweller

• Marti Friedlander (1928–2016) – photographer

• Karl Fritsch (born 1963) – jeweller

• Dick Frizzell (born 1943) – printmaker, painter

• Hester Frood (1882–1971) – painter and printmaker

• Clive Fugill (born 1949) – wood carver

• Elizabeth Fuller (born 1957) – illustrator

• Steve Fullmer (born 1946) – ceramicist

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• Joanne Gair (born c.1958) – make-up artist

• Briar Gardner (1879–1968) – ceramicist

• Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) – sculptor and assemblage artist

• Regan Gentry (born 1976) – sculptor

• Ian George (1952–2015) – sculptor and painter

• Kay George (born 1954) – painter

• May Gilbert (1901–1977) – printmaker and painter

• John Alexander Gilfillan (1793–1864) – painter

• Lloyd Godman (born 1952) – photographer and environmental artist

• Katie Gold - potter

• Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999) – painter

• Charles Goldie (1870–1947) – painter

• Edmund Gouldsmith (1852–1932) – painter

• Star Gossage (born 1973) – painter

• Kohai Grace (born 1966) – weaver

• Joan Gragg (born 1943) – sculptor and painter

• Brett Graham (born 1967) – sculptor

• Charlotte Graham (born 1972) – painter

• Lyonel Grant (born 1957) – carver and sculptor

• Aston Greathead (1921–2012) – artist

• Ayesha Green (born 1987) – painter and sculptor

• Sarah Greenwood (1809–1889) – painter

• James Greig (1936–1986) – potter

• William Griffin (c.1811–1870) – painter

• Richard Gross (1882–1964) – sculptor

• John Gully (1819–1888) – painter

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• Robert Hague (born 1967) – sculptor and printmaker

• Alison Hale (born 1954/1955) – painter

• Caley Hall (born 1975) – painter

• Bill Hammond (1947–2021) – painter

• Pat Hanly (1932–2004) – painter

• Amy Merania Harper (1900–1998) – photographer

• Emily Cumming Harris (1836–1925) – painter

• Jeffrey Harris (born 1949) – painter

• Malcolm Harrison (1941–2007) – textile artist

• Christine Harvey (living) – tā moko artist

• Niki Hastings-McFall (born 1959) – artist and jeweller

• Rhona Haszard (1901–1931) – painter

• Charles Heaphy (1820–1881) – painter

• Christine Hellyar (born 1947) – sculptor and installation artist

• Des Helmore (born 1940) – biological illustrator

• Kennaway Henderson (1879–1960) – illustrator and cartoonist

• Louise Henderson (1902–1994) – painter

• Rangimārie Hetet (1892–1995) – weaver

• Veranoa Hetet (born 1966) – weaver

• Georgina Burne Hetley (1832–1898) – painter

• Avis Higgs (1918–2016) – textile designer

• Mabel Hill (1872–1956) – painter

• Roland Hipkins (1894–1951) – painter and woodcutter

• Gavin Hitchings (born 1937) – jeweller

• Bessie Hocken (1848–1933) – painter and photographer

• Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) – painter

• W. M. Hodgkins (1833–1898) – painter

• Ola and Marie Höglund (born 1956, born 1955) – glass artists

• Katherine McLean Holmes (1849–1925) – painter

• Julian Hooper (born 1966) – painter

• Esther Studholme Hope (1885–1975) – painter

• Gabrielle Hope (1916–1962) – painter

• Jean Horsley (1913–1997) – painter

• Ralph Hotere (1931–2013) – painter, educator

• Charles Howorth (1856–1945) – painter

• Eleanor Hughes (1882–1959) – painter

• Alexis Hunter (1948–2014) – contemporary painter, photographer

• Mary Young Hunter (1872–1947) – painter

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• Humphrey Ikin (born 1957) – furniture designer

• Ioane Ioane (born 1962) – performance artist, filmmaker, painter, installation artist and sculptor

• Wilfrid Nelson Isaac (1893–1972) – jeweller, enameller, metalworker and art school director

• Tāme Iti (born 1952) – performance and installation artist, painter and sculptor

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• Nicola Jackson (born 1960) – painter

• Linda James (born 1951) – painter

• Helen Varley Jamieson (born 1966) – digital media artist, writer

• Eana Jeans (1890–1986) – painter

• Ellen Jeffreys (1827–1904) – painter

• Dorothy Jenkin (1892–1995) – painter

• Megan Jenkinson (born 1958) – photographer

• Jess Johnson (born 1979) – drawer, animator

• Nina Jones (1871–1926) – painter

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• Robyn Kahukiwa (born c. 1938) – painter and illustrator

• Emily Karaka (born 1952) – painter

• Annie Elizabeth Kelly (1877–1946) – portrait painter

• Felix Runcie Kelly (1914–1994) – painter, muralist, cartoonist

• Robyn E. Kenealy (born 1983) – comic creator

• Bob Kerr (born 1951) – painter

• Richard Killeen (born 1946) – painter

• Martha King (1803–1897) – painter

• Susan Te Kahurangi King (born 1951) – pencil/ink

• Rangi Kipa (born 1966) – sculptor and carver

• Te Rongo Kirkwood (active since 2000s) – glass designer

• Tom Kreisler (1938-2002) – painter and poet

• Tony Kuepfer (born 1947) – glass artist

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• Sarah Laing (born 1973) – cartoonist and author

• Lily Laita (born 1969) – painter

• Maureen Lander (born 1942) – weaver and installation artist

• Peter Lange (1802–1884) – ceramicist

• Daisy Le Cren (1881–1951) – painter

• Saskia Leek (born 1970) – painter

• Andy Leleisi'uao (born 1969) – painter

• Karl Leonard (born 1964) – carver and weaver

• Ranginui Parewahawaha Leonard (1872–1984) – weaver

• Janet Lilo (born 1982) – digital photography, video, and multimedia artist

• Gottfried Lindauer (1839–1926) – painter

• Bridie Lonie (born 1951/2) – painter, academic and arts writer

• Ida Mary Lough (1903–1985) – weaver

• Nikole Lowe (born 1973) – tattoo artist

• Caroline Lush (1854–1945) – painter

• Phillip Luxton (born 1959) – ceramicist

• Len Lye (1901–1980) – sculptor, experimental film maker

• Julia Lynch (1896–1975) – portrait artist

• Vivian Lynn (1931–2018) – sculptor, paper and installation artist

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• Douglas MacDiarmid (1922–2020) – painter

• Molly Macalister (1920–1979) – sculptor

• Jeanne Macaskill (1931–2014) – painter

• Rhea Maheshwari (born 1993) – painter

• Tanja McMillan (Misery) (born 1982) – graffiti artist, painter, sculptor

• Allen Maddox (1948–2000) – painter

• Marian Maguire (born 1962) – lithographer

• Sam Mahon (born 1950) – sculptor

• Toi Te Rito Maihi (born 1937) – weaver

• Dorothy Manning (1919–2012) – painter

• Edgar Mansfield (1907–1996) – bookbinder

• Owen Mapp (born 1945) – carver and sculptor

• Lina Marsh (born 1972/73) – multidisciplinary artist and musician

• Sylvia Marsters (born 1963) – painter

• Josiah Martin (1843–1916) – photographer

• Mata Aho Collective (formed 2012) – mixed-media artists

• Karl Maughan (born 1964) - painter

• Liz Maw (born 1966) – painter

• Colin McCahon (1919–1987) – painter, museum curator, teacher

• Elizabeth McClure (born 1957) – glass artist

• Shona McFarlane (1929–2001) – painter

• Royce McGlashen (born 1949) – ceramicist

• Mary McIntyre (born 1928) – painter

• Peter McIntyre (1910–1995) – painter

• Raymond McIntyre (1879–1933) – artist and art critic

• Matthew McIntyre-Wilson (born 1973) – jeweller

• Lois McIvor (1930–2017) – painter

• Rachael McKenna (born 1950) – photographer

• Tui McLauchlan (1915–2004) – painter

• Sarah Ann McMurray (1848–1943) – woodcarver

• Ellen von Meyern (died c. 1912) – portrait painter

• Judy Millar (born 1957) – painter

• Marjory Mills (1896–1987) – watercolour painter, embroidery designer

• Margaret Milne (1917–2005) – ceramicist

• Sofia Minson (born 1984) – painter

• Merata Mita (1942–2010) – filmmaker

• Shona Moller – painter

• Tim Molloy – cartoonist

• Muriel Carrick Moody (1907–1991) – sculptor, ceramist

• Geoff Moon (1915–2009) – photographer

• Julia Morison (born 1952) – multidisciplinary artist

• Edith Emily Morris (1895–1965) – jewellery designer, silversmith

• Robin Morrison (1944–1993) – photographer

• Elise Mourant (1921–1990) – painter

• Milan Mrkusich (1925–2018) – painter

• Marianne Muggeridge (born 1952) – painter and screenprinter

• Michel Mulipola (born 1981) – comic artist

• Selwyn Muru (born 1937) – painter, sculptor and film / broadcasting

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• James Nairn (1859–1904) – painter

• Manos Nathan (1948–2015) – ceramicist

• Chester Nealie (born 1942) – ceramicist

• G. P. Nerli (1860–1926) – painter

• Indira Neville (born 1973) – comics artist

• Kate Newby (born 1979) – installation artist

• Guy Ngan (1926–2017) – painter and sculptor

• Peter Nicholls (born 1936) – sculptor

• Jan Nigro (1919–2012) – painter

• Buck Nin (1942–1996) – artist

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• Nina Oberg Humphries (born 1990) – sculpture, photographer

• Kate Ogston (1852–1916) - painter

• Alfred Henry O'Keeffe (1858–1941) – artist

• Ani O'Neill (born 1971) – artist

• Richard Orjis (born 1979) – artist

• Daisy Osborn (1888–1957) – painter, illustrator, jewellery designer

• Rona Ngahuia Osborne (born 1974) – painter, textile and clothing artist

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• Pacific Sisters – collective of artists, performers, fashion designers, jewellers and musicians

• Evelyn Margaret Page (1899–1988) – painter

• Alvin Pankhurst (born 1949) – painter

• Fiona Pardington (born 1961) – photographer

• Michael Parekowhai (born 1968) – sculptor

• John Parker (born 1947) – ceramicist

• J. S. Parker (1944–2017) – painter

• Richard Parker (born 1946) – ceramicist

• Reuben Paterson (born 1973) – artist

• Tania Patterson (born 1969) – jeweller

• Joanna Paul (1945–2003) – visual artist, poet, filmmaker

• Ruth Paul (born 1964) – children's writer, illustrator

• Edward William Payton (1859–1944) – photographer and painter

• Johnny Penisula (born 1955) – artist

• Graham Percy (1938–2008) – artist, illustrator

• Patricia Charlotte Perrin (1921–1988) – potter

• Juliet Peter (1915–2010) – ceramicist, illustrator, printmaker, painter

• Margot Philips (1902–1988), painter

• Séraphine Pick (born 1964) – painter

• Judy Pickard (1921–2016) – painter

• Kim Pieters (born 1959) – painter, musician and digital filmmaker

• Molima Molly Pihigia (born 1950/51) – weaver

• Ada May Plante (1875–1950) – painter

• Philip Robert Presants (1867–1942) – chromolithographer

• Alan Preston (born 1941) – jeweller

• Phil Price (born 1965) – sculptor

• Diane Prince (born 1952) – painter, weaver, installation art practitioner and set designer

• John Pule (born 1962) – artist, writer

• Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006) – weaver, writer

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• Rachael Rakena (born 1969) – digital artist

• Rosanna Raymond (born 1967) – installation artist, poet, and cultural commentator

• Lisa Reihana (born 1964) – photographer

• Rangimahora Reihana-Mete (1899–1993) – weaver

• Bridget Reweti (active since 2000s) – photographer and moving image artist

• Kura Te Waru Rewiri (born 1950), painter, educator

• Pauline Rhodes (born 1937) – sculptor, photographer and installation artist

• Gwyneth Richardson (1896–1980), watercolour artist

• Dolla Richmond (1861–1935) – painter

• Baye Riddell (born 1950) – ceramicist

• Martyn Roberts (born 1965/6) – lighting and set designer and photographer

• Dorothy Robertson (died 1979) – painter

• Horatio Gordon Robley (1840–1930) – 19th-century sketch artist and watercolourist

• Helen Rockel (born 1949) – painter

• Rick Rudd (born 1949) – ceramicist

• Yvonne Rust (1922–2002) – potter and painter

• Frances Rutherford (1912–2006) – painter

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• Raymond Sagapolutele (born 1971) – photographer

• Kathleen Salmond (1895–1946) – painter

• E. Rosa Sawtell (1865–1940) – painter

• Theo Schoon (1915–1985) – painter, carver, photographer

• Emily Schuster (1927–1997) – weaver

• Ian Scott (1945–2013) – painter

• Alfred Sharpe (1836–1908) – 19th-century painter

• Joe Sheehan (born 1976) – jeweller

• Carole Shepheard (born 1945) – printmaker

• Maud Winifred Sherwood (1880–1956) – painter

• Jeena Shin (born 1973) – painter

• Emily Siddell (born 1971) – mixed-media artist

• Peter Siddell (1935–2011) – 20th-century painter

• Sylvia Siddell (1941–2011) – painter

• Freda Simmonds (1912–1983) – painter

• Tiffany Singh (born 1978) – installation artist

• Susan Skerman (born 1928) – painter

• Yvonne Sloan (born 1941) – weaver, textile artist

• Michael Smither (born 1939) – painter and sculptor

• Katherine Smyth – ceramicist

• Ella Spicer (1876–1958) – painter

• Peggy Spicer (1908–1984) – painter

• John Calcott St Quentin – painter, designer and workers' advocate

• Vida Steinert (1906–1999) – painter

• Helen Stewart (1900–1983) – painter

• Peter Stichbury (born 1969) – 20th-century painter

• Justin Summerton (born 1968) – painter

• Grahame Sydney (born 1948) – 20th-century painter

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• Wi Taepa (born 1946) – ceramicist

• Suzanne Tamaki – artist

• Mahiriki Tangaroa (born 1973) – painter

• Tuāfale Tanoa’i - videographer & multi media

• Alfred James Tattersall (1861–1951) – photographer

• Mary Taylor (born 1948) – painter and etcher

• Saffronn Te Ratana (born 1975) – painter

• Ernest Heber Thompson (1891–1971) – painter

• Pauline Thompson (1942–2012) – painter

• Ray Thorburn (1937–2023) – painter and arts educator

• Yvonne Todd (born 1973) – photographer

• Mollie Tripe (1870–1939) – painter

• Philip Trusttum (born 1940) – painter

• Michel Tuffery (born 1966) – artist

• Telly Tuita (born 1980) – multi-media artist and painter

• Merylyn Tweedie (born 1953) – multi-media artist

• Marion Tylee (1900–1981) – painter

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• Francis Upritchard (born 1976) – sculptor and installation artist

• Colleen Waata Urlich (1939–2015) – ceramicist

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• Juliet Valpy (1835–1911) – painter

• Petrus Van der Velden (1837–1913) – painter

• Ronnie van Hout (born 1962), New Zealand artist

• Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959) – painter, sculptor

• Erica van Zon (born 1979) – ceramicist

• Lesley Vanderwalt (active 2010s) – hair designer, make-up artist

• Kathleen Vane (1891–1965) – painter

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• Taika Waititi (born 1975) – visual artist and filmmaker

• Lisa Walker (born 1967) – jeweller

• Edith Wall (1904–2012) – painter

• Elizabeth Wallwork (1883–1969) – painter

• Gordon Walters (1919–1995) – artist and graphic designer

• Emma Maria Walrond (1859–1943) – painter

• Enga Washbourn (1908–1988) – painter

• Harry Watson (born 1965) – carver and sculptor

• Ruth Watson (born 1962) – photographer, sculptor, painter, installation artist and academic

• Alice Waymouth (1884–1963) – metalworker and artist

• Chris Weaver (born 1956) – ceramicist

• Ben Webb (1976–2014) – painter

• Marilynn Webb (1937–2021) – printmaker, painter

• Christine Webster (born 1958) – visual artist and photographer

• Frank Weitzel (1905–1932) – printmaker and sculptor

• Tao Wells – community conceptualist

• Ans Westra (1936–2023) – photographer

• Annie Julia White (1852–1932) – painter

• Jonathan White (1938–2021) – painter

• Robin White (born 1946) — painter, printmaker

• Violet Whiteman (1873–1952) – painter

• Alice Whyte (1885–1952) – painter

• Areta Wilkinson (born 1969) – jeweller

• Howard Williams (born 1935) – ceramicist and art writer

• Arnold Manaaki Wilson (1928-2012) – contemporary sculptor

• Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937) – sculptor and installation artist

• Mary Wirepa (1904–1971) – painter

• Christina Wirihana (born 1949) – weaver

• Merilyn Wiseman (1941–2019) – ceramicist

• Brent Wong (born 1945) – surrealist painter

• Sina Woolcott (1907–2003) – potter

• Toss Woollaston (1910–1998) – painter

• Benjamin Work (born 1979) – sculptor, painter

• Douglas Wright (1956–2018) – dancer, choreographer

• Robert Henry Wynyard (1802–1864) – painter

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• Pauline Yearbury (1926–1977) – Māori modernist artist

• Charlotte Youmans (1869–1957) – painter

• Wayne Youle (born 1974) – contemporary multi-media artist

• Adele Younghusband (1878–1969) – artist and photographer

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• Beth Zanders (1913–2009) – painter