List of South African women artists

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

A

 * Clare Abbott (active since the 1980s), illustrator
 * Valerie Adler, painter and designer
 * Chrysoula Argyros (born 1954), painter
 * Jane Alexander (born 1959), sculptor, installation artist
 * Julia Anastasopoulos (born 1983), artist, illustrator, designer, actress
 * Beth Diane Armstrong (born 1985), sculptor

B

 * Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818–1899), amateur scientist, painter, poet
 * Myfanwy Bekker (active since the 1970s), painter, ceramist, now living in Plettenberg Bay.
 * Deborah Bell (born 1957), painter, sculptor
 * Frida Blumenberg (born 1935), sculptor
 * Dineo Seshee Bopape (born 1981), multimedia artist
 * Candice Breitz (born 1972), artist working with video and photography, educator
 * Sarah Britten (born 1974), writer, lipstick artist
 * Rhona Brown (1922–2014), botanical artist

C

 * Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010), abstract painter
 * Julia Rosa Clark (born 1975), contemporary artist
 * Gillian Condy (born 1953), botanical artist

D

 * Angela de Jesus (born 1982), visual artist, curator
 * Mbali Dhlamini (born 1990)
 * Ethel May Dixie (1876–1973), botanical artist
 * Marlene Dumas (born 1953), visual artist, now in Amsterdam

F

 * Faith47 (born 1979), multimedia artist
 * Marianne Fannin (1845–1938), Irish botanical artist, worked in South Africa

G

 * Ambra Gambale (active since 2010), jewellery designer
 * Allerley Glossop (1870–1955), painter
 * Sophy Gray (1814–1871), artist, architect
 * Liza Grobler (born 1974), mixed media artist
 * Louise Guthrie (1879–1966), botanist, botanical artist

H

 * Cecil Higgs (1898–1986), painter
 * Philippa Hobbs (born 1955), art historian, artist
 * Rosa Hope (1902–1972), English-born South African painter

J

 * Barbara Jeppe (1921–1999), botanical artist
 * Svea Josephy (born 1969), fine arts photographer, educator

K

 * Marlise Keith (born 1972), artist working in ink, pencil, acrylics

L

 * Karin M. Lijnes (born 1955), mixed media and ceramics.
 * Maggie Laubser (1886–1973), painter, printmaker
 * Cythna Letty (1895–1985), botanical artist

M

 * Noria Mabasa (born 1938), sculptor, ceramist
 * Esther Mahlangu (born 1935), Ndebele painter
 * Anja Marais (born 1974), sculptor, multi-disciplinary artist
 * Judith Mason (1938–2016), painter, mixed media artist, textile designer
 * Jacki McInnes (born 1966), painter
 * Nandipha Mntambo (born 1982), sculptor, video artist
 * Sethembile Msezane (born 1991), visual artist, public speaker and performer
 * Zanele Muholi (born 1972), photographer, video artist, installation artist

N

 * Allina Ndebele (born 1939), artist and weaver
 * Robyn Nesbitt (born 1984), contemporary artist

P

 * Diana Page (born 1965), installation artist, now in Istanbul
 * Carolyn Parton (born 1964), contemporary artist
 * Barbara Pike (born 1933), botanical painter
 * Karabo Poppy (born 1992), illustrator
 * Deborah Poynton (born 1970), painter

R

 * Tracey Rose (born 1974), contemporary artist
 * Arabella Elizabeth Roupell (1817–1914), British botanical artist working in South Africa

S

 * Ruth Sacks (born 1977), installation artist
 * Berni Searle (born 1964), contemporary artist
 * Katharine Saunders (1824-1901), British-born Colony of Natal botanical illustrator.
 * Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi (born 1943), sculptor and painter in pastel, acrylic and oil paint
 * Mary Sibande (born 1982), sculptor
 * Penny Siopis (born 1953), painter, installation artist
 * Buhlebezwe Siwani (born 1987), multidisciplinary artist
 * Kathryn Smith (born 1975), artist, curator, researcher
 * Doreen Southwood (born 1974), multimedia artist
 * Mary Stainbank (1899–1996), sculptor
 * Irma Stern (1894–1966), prominent painter
 * Pamela Stretton (born 1980), digital artist
 * Maud Sumner (1902–1985), painter

T

 * Jill Trappler (born 1957), painter, weaver, installation artist
 * Alys Fane Trotter (1862–1961), Irish poet and artist, remembered for her illustrations of the Cape district

U

 * Jeannette Unite (born 1964), Earth mining artist, collects minerals, oxides for art materials and photographs industrial sites.

V

 * Marjorie van Heerden (born 1949), writer, illustrator
 * Thelma Van Rensburg (born 1969), artist working with ink, pencil and charcoal
 * Minnette Vári (born 1968), installation artist
 * Diane Victor (born 1964), artist, printmaker

W

 * Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst (1920–1994), botanical artist
 * Sue Williamson (born 1941), multimedia artist, curator