List of South African artists

The following is a list of artists from South Africa.

A

 * Igshaan Adams (born 1982), textile artist
 * Bill Ainslie (1934–1989)
 * Jane Alexander (born 1959)
 * Siemon Allen (born 1971)
 * Nils Andersen (1897–1972)
 * Tyrone Appollis (born 1957)
 * Dieter Aschenborn (1915–2002)
 * Hans Aschenborn (1888–1931)
 * Uli Aschenborn (born 1947)
 * Leigh Ashton (born 1956)

B

 * Beezy Bailey (born 1962)
 * Kenneth Baker (1921–1996)
 * Walter Battiss (1906–1982)
 * Janko de Beer (born 1980)
 * Charles Davidson Bell (1813–1882), Scottish-born painter, artist and stamp designer
 * Deborah Bell (born 1957), sculptor, painter and mixed media artist
 * Willie Bester (born 1956)
 * Harry Bolus (1834–1911), botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist
 * D. C. Boonzaier (1865–1950)
 * Gregoire Boonzaier (1909–2005)
 * Dineo Seshee Bopape (born 1981)
 * Steven Bosch (born 1978)
 * Cristina Boshoff (born 1980), singer
 * Willem Boshoff (born 1951)
 * Wim Botha (born 1974)
 * Candice Breitz (born 1972)
 * Lisa Brice (born 1968)
 * Lesley-Ann Brandt (born 1981)
 * Rhona Brown (1922–2014), botanical artist
 * Winifred Brunton (1880–1959), painter, especially of Egyptian pharaohs

C

 * Sarah Calburn (born 1964)
 * Norman Catherine (born 1949)
 * Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010)
 * Frans Claerhout (1919–2006)
 * Julia Rosa Clark (born 1975)
 * Peter Clarke (1929–2014)
 * Christo Coetzee (1929–2000)
 * Ernest Cole (1940–1990)
 * Gillian Condy (born 1952), botanical artist
 * Ben Jay Crossman (born 1979)
 * Tom Cullberg (born 1972)

D

 * Nerine Desmond (1908–1993)
 * Mbali Dhlamini (born 1990), photographer
 * Adriaan Diedericks (born 1990), sculptor
 * Ethel May Dixie (1876–1973), botanical artist
 * Marlene Dumas (born 1953)

E

 * Peter Eastman (born 1976)
 * Fanie Eloff (1885-1947), sculptor
 * Paul Emsley (born 1947), portrait painter and lecturer
 * Garth Erasmus (born 1956)

F

 * Dumile Feni (1939–1991), sculptor and printmaker
 * Cyril Fradan (1928–1997), artist and designer, especially of acrylic paints incorporating various glazing techniques
 * Abrie Fourie (born 1969), artist specialising in photography and digital media

G

 * Kendell Geers (born 1968)
 * Allerley Glossop (1870–1955)
 * David Goldblatt (1930–2018)
 * Arthur Goldreich (1929–1982)
 * Frances Goodman (born 1975)

H

 * Caesar Carl Hans Henkel (1839–1913), German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist
 * Matthew Hindley (born 1974)
 * Nicholas Hlobo (born 1975), sculptor
 * Robert Hodgins (1920–2010), English-born South African painter and printmaker
 * Rosa Hope (1902–1972), English-born South African painter
 * Pieter Hugo (born 1976), photographer

J

 * Gavin Jantjes (born 1948), painter
 * Barbara Jeppe (1921–1999), botanical artist
 * Gabriel de Jongh (1913–2004)
 * Tinus de Jongh (1885–1942), painter

K

 * Anton Kannemeyer (born 1967)
 * William Kentridge (born 1955)
 * Wolf Kibel (1903–1938)
 * David Koloane (1938–2019)
 * Ansel Krut (born 1959), painter based in London, UK
 * David Kuijers (born 1962), painter, designer and illustrator

L

 * Maggie Laubser (1886–1973)
 * Ralph Lazar (born 1967)
 * Cythna Letty (1895–1985), botanical artist
 * Carla Liesching (born 1985)
 * Kai Lossgott (born 1980)

M

 * Noria Mabasa (born 1938)
 * Fikile Magadlela (1952–2003)
 * Esther Mahlangu (born 1935)
 * Billy Mandindi (1967–2005)
 * Anja Marais (born 1974)
 * Amitabh Mitra (born 1955) painter, physician
 * Louis Maqhubela (born 1939)
 * Gerhard Marx (born 1976)
 * Judith Mason (1938–2016), painter, sculptor and installation artist
 * Kagiso Patrick Mautloa (born 1952)
 * Johannes Petrus Meintjes (1923–1980), artist, author and historian
 * John Meyer (born 1942), painter
 * Ina Millman, artist and art teacher
 * Anthony Morton (1923–2006)
 * Nandipha Mntambo (born 1982)
 * Santu Mofokeng (1956–2020)
 * Zwelethu Mthethwa (born 1960), painter and photographer
 * Zanele Muholi (born 1972)
 * Brett Murray (born 1961)
 * Credo Mutwa (1921–2020)

N

 * Hermann Niebuhr (born 1972), painter of primarily urban and rural landscapes
 * Zelda Nolte (1929–2003 ), sculptor and woodblock printmaker
 * Neo Ntsoma (born 1972)
 * Thenjiwe Nkosi (born 1980)

O

 * Johan Oldert (1912–1984), painter and sculptor
 * Ken Oosterbroek (1963–1994), photographer

P

 * Karabo Poppy (born 1992)
 * Georgia Papageorge (born 1941)
 * Charles Ernest Peers (1875–1944)
 * George Pemba (1912–2001)
 * Peet Pienaar (born 1971)
 * Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (1886–1957)
 * Barbara Pike (born 1933), botanical artist
 * Stanley Pinker (1924–2012)
 * Deborah Poynton (born 1970)
 * Alexis Preller (1911–1975)

R

 * Gavin Rain (born 1971)
 * Jo Ratcliffe
 * Richard Rennie (1839–1905)
 * Robin Rhode (born 1976)
 * Dolf Rieser (1898–1983), South African-born British painter, printmaker, and teacher
 * Tracey Rose (born 1974)
 * David Rosen (1959–2014)
 * Athi-Patra Ruga (born 1984)

S

 * Ruth Sacks (born 1977)
 * Claudette Schreuders (born 1973)
 * Peter Schutz (1930–2017)
 * Richard Scott (born 1968)
 * Berni Searle (born 1964)
 * Gerard Sekoto (1913–1993)
 * Mary Sibande (born 1982)
 * Penny Siopis (born 1953)
 * Lucas Sithole (1931–1994)
 * Cecil Skotnes (1926–2009)
 * Sean Slemon (born 1978)
 * Jo Smail (born 1943)
 * Kathryn Smith (born 1975)
 * Frank Sydney Spears (1906–1991)
 * Irma Stern (1894–1966)
 * Paul Stopforth (born 1945)
 * Jack Stone (born 1986)
 * Richardt Strydom (born 1971)
 * Mikhael Subotzky (born 1981)
 * Lisa Swerling (born 1972)
 * Helen Sebidi (born 1943)

T

 * Guy Tillim (born 1962), photographer
 * Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913–2006)
 * Lawrence Holme Twentyman (1783–1852), silversmith

U

 * Jeannette Unite (born 1964), Earth artist who paints and draws with minerals and mining detritus from the "Industrial Sublime"

V

 * Strijdom van der Merwe (born 1961), land artist
 * Maurice van Essche (1906–1977), Belgian-born South African painter, oil, gouache, acrylic and water-color; inspired by time in Belgian Congo (1939), inter alia
 * Anton van Wouw (1862–1945), Dutch-born South African sculptor
 * Nontsikelelo (Lolo) Veleko (born 1977)
 * Jan Vermeiren (born 1949), paintings mainly in oil on canvas, etchings and lithography
 * Diane Victor (born 1964)
 * Karlien de Villiers (born 1975)
 * Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk (1853–1936), landscape painter

W

 * Jeremy Wafer (born 1953)
 * Donovan Ward (born 1962)
 * Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst (1920–1994), botanical artist
 * James Webb (born 1975)
 * Jean Welz (1900–1975)
 * Sue Williamson (born 1941)