List of New Zealand women artists

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

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• Airini A'Court(born 1953), painter

• Zena Abbott (1922–1993), weaver

• Caroline Abraham (1809–1877), painter

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

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

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

• Chrystabel Aitken (1904–2005), sculpture, jewellery, metalwork, linocuts

• Gretchen Albrecht (born 1943), painter, sculptor

• Edith Amituanai (born 1980), photographer

• Gladys Anderson (born 19th century), painter

• Hiria Anderson (born 1974), painter

• Rita Angus (1908–1970), painter

• Aina Apse (1926–2015), potter

• Esther Archdall (1916–1999), textile artist

• Mina Arndt (1885–1926), painter

• Tanya Ashken (born 1939), sculptor and jeweller

• Raewyn Atkinson (born 1955), ceramicist

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

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

• Ria Bancroft (1907–1993), sculptor

• Nola Barron (born 1931), potter

• Pauline Bern (born 1952), jeweller

• Phyllis Bethune (1899–1982), landscape 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

• Constance Bolton (1884–1949), painter

• Christine Boswijk (born 1939), ceramist

• Olivia Spencer Bower (1905–1982), painter

• Joanna Braithwaite (born 1962), painter

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

• Stella Brennan (born 1974), installation artist

• Freda Brierley (born 1942), textile artist

• Jude Broughan (born 1976), mixed media artist

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

• Helen Brown (1917–1986), painter

• Pelenakeke Brown, multi-disciplinary artist

• 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 (living), jeweller and creator of wearable art

• Maude Burge (1865–1957), painter

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

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

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

• Debra Bustin (born 1957), visual artist

• Grace Butler (1886–1962), landscape 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

• Ruth Castle (born 1931), weaver

• Vera Chapman (1885–1953), painter

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

• Madeleine Child (born 1959), ceramist

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

• Bessie Christie (1904–1983), painter

• Fiona Clark (born 1954), photographer

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

• Betty Clegg (1926–2009), watercolour painter

• Edith Collier (1885–1964), painter

• Alice Beville Collins (1884–1973), silversmith

• Octavia Cook (born 1978), jeweller

• Fiona Connor (born 1981), mixed media artist

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

• Ivy Copeland (1888–1961), painter

• Stella Corkery (born 1960), artist and drummer

• Paerau Corneal (born 1961), ceramicist

• Bronwynne Cornish (born 1945), ceramist, sculptor, educator

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

• Ann Culy (born 1952), jewellery designer

• Vera Cummings (1891–1940), portrait painter

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

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

• Andrea Daly (born 1965), jeweller

• Judy Darragh (born 1957), sculptor, assemblage artist, photographer, painter

• Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951), sculptor, painter

• May Davis (1914–1995), ceramicist

• Eileen Olive Deste (1909–1986), photographer

• Pip Devonshire (born 1966), weaver

• Fran Dibble (born 1962), sculptor, painter

• Ngila Dickson (born 1958), costume designer

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

• Alison Duff (1914–2000), sculptor

• Joan Dukes (1903–1993), illustrator

• Sarah Dutt (living), mixed media artist

• Dagmar Dyck (born 1972), printmaker, 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

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

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

• Jane Evans (1946–2012), painter

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

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• Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929), painter and writer

• Lusi Faiva (living), stage performer and dancer

• Nicola Farquhar (born 1972), painter

• Joan Fear (1932–2022), painter

• Irene Ferguson (born 1970), portrait painter

• Di ffrench (1946–1999), photographic and performance artist

• Ivy Fife (1905–1976), portrait painter

• Frances Fletcher (1846–1935), painter

• Luise Fong (born 1964), painter

• Selina Foote (born 1985), painter

• Patricia France (1911–1995), abstract artist

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

• Jacqueline Fraser (born 1956), multidisciplinary artist

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

• Elizabeth Fuller (born 1957), illustrator

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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

• Kay George (born 1954), painter

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

• Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999), painter

• Star Gossage (born 1973), painter

• Kohai Grace (born 1966), weaver

• Joan Gragg (born 1943), painter and sculptor

• Charlotte Graham (born 1972), painter

• Ayesha Green (born 1987), painter and sculptor

• Sarah Greenwood (1809–1889), painter

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• Alison Hale (born 1954/1955), painter

• Amy Merania Harper (1900–1998), photographer

• Emily Harris (1837–1925), painter

• Christine Harvey (living), tā moko artist

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

• Rhona Haszard (1901–1931), painter

• Christine Hellyar (born 1947), sculptor, installation artist

• Louise Henderson (1902–1994), painter

• Rangimārie Hetet (1892–1995), weaver

• Veranoa Hetet (born 1966), weaver

• Georgina Hetley (1832–1898), painter

• Avis Higgs (1918–2016), textile designer

• Mabel Hill (1872–1956), painter

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

• Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947), painter

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

• Katherine McLean Holmes (1849–1925), painter

• Esther Studholme Hope (1885–1975), painter

• Gabrielle Hope (1916–1962), painter

• Jean Horsley (1913–1997), painter

• Eleanor Hughes (1882–1959), painter

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

• Mary Young Hunter (1872–1947), painter

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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

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

• Martha King (1803–1897), painter

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

• Te Rongo Kirkwood (born 1973), glass designer

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• Sarah Laing (born 1973), cartoonist and author

• Lily Laita (born 1969), painter

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

• Daisy Le Cren (1881–1951), painter

• Saskia Leek (born 1970), painter

• Ranginui Parewahawaha Leonard (1872–1984), weaver

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

• Connie Lloyd (1895–1982), etcher

• 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

• Julia Lynch (1896–1975), portrait artist

• Vivian Lynn (1931–2018), multidisciplinary artist

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• Molly Macalister (1920–1979), painter, sculptor

• Jeanne Macaskill (1931–2014), painter

• Viola Macmillan Brown (1897–1981), painter

• Marian Maguire (born 1962), lithographer

• Rhea Maheshwari (born 1993), painter

• Toi Te Rito Maihi (born 1937), weaver

• Dorothy Manning (1919–2012), painter

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

• Sylvia Marsters (born 1962), painter

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

• Liz Maw (born 1966), painter

• Elizabeth McClure (born 1957), glass artist

• Shona McFarlane (1929–2001), painter

• Mary McIntyre (born 1928), painter

• Lois McIvor (1930–2017), painter

• Rachael McKenna (born 1971), photographer

• Tui McLauchlan (1915–2004), painter

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

• Sarah Ann McMurray (1848–1943), woodcarver

• Ellen von Meyern (1882–1912), portrait painter

• Judy Millar (born 1957), painter

• Marjory Mills (1896–1987), painter, embroiderer

• Margaret Milne (1917–2005), ceramicist

• Sofia Minson (born 1984), painter

• Merata Mita (1942–2010), filmmaker

• Shona Moller, painter

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

• Julia Morison (born 1952), multidisciplinary artist

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

• Elise Mourant (1921–1990), painter

• Marianne Muggeridge (born 1952), painter and screenprinter

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• Indira Neville (born 1973), comics artist, educator

• Kate Newby (born 1979), installation artist

• Jan Nigro (1919–2012), painter

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

• Ani O'Neill (born 1971), 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

• Fiona Pardington (born 1961), photographer

• Tania Patterson (born 1969), jeweller

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

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

• Patricia Charlotte Perrin (1921–1988), potter

• Juliet Peter (1915–2010), potter and printmaker

• 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

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

• 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), video and multimedia artist

• 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, installation artist

• Gwyneth Richardson (1896–1980), watercolour artist

• Dolla Richmond (1861–1935), painter

• Dorothy Robertson (died 1979), painter

• Helen Rockel (born 1949), painter

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

• Frances Rutherford (1912–2006), painter

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• Kathleen Salmond (1895–1946), painter

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

• Emily Schuster (1927–1997), weaver

• Carole Shepheard (born 1945), printmaker

• Maud Winifred Sherwood (1880–1956), painter

• Jeena Shin (born 1973), painter

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

• Sylvia Siddell (1941–2011), painter, etcher, screen-printer

• Freda Simmonds (1912–1983), painter

• Tiffany Singh (born 1978), installation artist

• Susan Skerman (born 1928), painter

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

• Katherine Smyth, ceramicist

• Ella Spicer (1876–1958), painter

• Peggy Spicer (1908–1984), painter

• Vida Steinert (1903–1999), painter

• Helen Stewart (1900–1983), painter

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• Mahiriki Tangaroa (born 1973), painter

• Salome Tanuvasa, multi-disciplinary artist

• Mary Taylor (born 1948), artist

• Diggeress Te Kanawa (1920–2009), weaver

• Cherie Templer (1856–1915), painter

• Saffronn Te Ratana (born 1975), mixed media artist

• Elizabeth Thomson (born 1955), painter

• Margaret Thomson (1910–2005), filmmaker

• Pauline Thompson (1942–2012), painter

• Ela To'omaga-Kaikilekofe (born 1969), visual artist and arts administrator

• Mollie Tripe (1870–1939), painter

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

• Marion Tylee (1906–1969), 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

• 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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• Lisa Walker (born 1967), jeweller

• Edith Wall (1904–2012), painter

• Elizabeth Wallwork (1883–1969), painter

• Emma Maria Walrond (1859–1943), painter

• Enga Washbourn (1908–1988), painter

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

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

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

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

• Ans Westra (1936–2023), photographer

• Annie Julia White (1852–1932), painter

• Robin White (born 1946), painter, printmaker

• Violet Whiteman (1873–1952), painter

• Alice Whyte (1885–1952), painter

• Areta Wilkinson (born 1969), jeweller

• Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937), sculptor, fibre artist

• Mary Wirepa (1904–1971), painter

• Christina Wirihana (born 1949), weaver

• Hilda Wiseman (1894–1982), bookplate designer, painter, calligrapher

• Sina Woolcott (1907–2003), potter

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• Pauline Yearbury (1926–1977), Māori modernist art

• Charlotte Youmans (1869–1957), painter

• Adele Younghusband (1878–1969), painter, photographer

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• Beth Zanders (1913–2009), painter