List of performance artists

Performance art is a performance presented to an audience within a fine art context, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation.

This article lists notable performance artists.

A

 * Marina Abramović
 * Vito Acconci
 * Derrick Adams
 * Theo Adams
 * Terry Adkins
 * Laurie Anderson
 * Eleanor Antin
 * Marcel·lí Antúnez Roca
 * Marilyn Arsem
 * Ron Athey
 * Abel Azcona

B

 * Franko B
 * Magali Babin
 * Gretchen Baer
 * Blažej Baláž
 * Matthew Barney
 * Artur Barrio
 * Vanessa Beecroft
 * Katherine Behar
 * Rebecca Belmore
 * Joseph Beuys
 * Björk
 * Black Market International (BMI)
 * Nicole Blackman
 * Guy Bleus
 * Mark Bloch
 * Blue Man Group
 * Eric Bogosian
 * Kate Bornstein
 * Leigh Bowery
 * George Brecht
 * Alexander Brener
 * Stuart Brisley
 * Robert Delford Brown
 * Günter Brus
 * Chris Burden
 * Nia Burks
 * Józef Bury
 * James Lee Byars

C

 * Cabaret Voltaire
 * Meryn Cadell
 * Sophie Calle
 * Lisa Crystal Carver (Lisa Suckdog)
 * Giuseppe Chiari
 * Katherine Chronis
 * Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi
 * Marko Ciciliani
 * Keith Cole
 * Papo Colo
 * Janani Cooray
 * Costes
 * Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips
 * COUM Transmissions (later Throbbing Gristle)

D

 * D Underbelly
 * Bill Dan
 * Dancenoise
 * Vaginal Davis
 * Danielle Dax
 * Robin Deacon
 * Danny Devos
 * Jess Dobkin
 * Marco Donnarumma
 * Doorika
 * Die Tödliche Doris
 * John Duncan

E

 * Rafa Esparza
 * EXIT (members Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher later formed Crass)
 * Valie Export

F

 * Zachary Fabri
 * Deej Fabyc
 * John Fare
 * Brian Feldman
 * Esther Ferrer
 * Karen Finley
 * Andrea Fraser
 * Coco Fusco
 * Chiara Fumai

G

 * Diamanda Galás
 * Regina José Galindo
 * Richard Gallo
 * Harry Gamboa, Jr.
 * Cheri Gaulke
 * Jochen Gerz
 * Gilbert and George
 * Gob Squad
 * Jack Goldstein
 * Guillermo Gomez-Peña
 * Hedwig Gorski
 * Annabel Guérédrat and Henri Tauliaut
 * Nadia Granados
 * Paul Grégoire
 * Johannes Grenzfurthner
 * Peter Grzybowski

H

 * Lyn Hagan
 * David Hammons
 * Trenton Doyle Hancock
 * Lyle Ashton Harris
 * Maren Hassinger
 * Vladimír Havlík
 * Andreas Heusser
 * Amy Hill
 * EJ Hill
 * Tehching Hsieh
 * Dick Higgins
 * Zhang Huan
 * Holly Hughes
 * Dan Hurlin

I

 * Industry of the Ordinary

J

 * Joan Jonas
 * Jelili Atiku
 * Kim Jones
 * Juha
 * Juliacks
 * Miranda July
 * Colette Justine
 * Zuzanna Janin

K

 * Alex Kahn
 * Istvan Kantor
 * Allan Kaprow
 * Andy Kaufman
 * Jonathon Keats
 * Mike Kelley
 * The Kipper Kids
 * Kimsooja
 * Ragnar Kjartansson
 * Norbert Klassen
 * Yves Klein
 * Alison Knowles
 * Mitchell Kriegman
 * Yayoi Kusama
 * Dan Kwong
 * Siglinde Kallnbach

L

 * Tony Labat
 * LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner
 * Suzanne Lacy
 * Maria Lalou
 * LasTesis
 * Lennie Lee
 * Jorge de León
 * Shaun El C. Leonardo
 * David Leslie
 * André Éric Létourneau
 * Roberta Lima
 * Kalup Linzy
 * Artyom Loskutov
 * James Luna
 * Lydia Lunch

M

 * Alastair MacLennan
 * Ann Magnuson
 * Miki Malör
 * Diane Mantzaris
 * Piero Manzoni
 * Deb Margolin
 * María Evelia Marmolejo
 * Gordon Matta-Clark
 * Paul McCarthy
 * Martha McDonald
 * Mark McGowan
 * Rita McKeough
 * Dave McKenzie
 * Elle Mehrmand
 * Ana Mendieta
 * Gabrielle Miller
 * Tom Miller
 * Orlando Mohorovic
 * Linda Montano
 * Frank Moore
 * Charlotte Moorman
 * Mr. Pacman
 * Otto Muehl
 * Tom Murrin

N

 * Mem Nahadr
 * Senga Nengudi
 * Ugo Nespolo
 * Josef Ng
 * Lane Nishikawa
 * Hermann Nitsch
 * Tameka Norris
 * Nsumi

O

 * Martin O'Brien
 * Lorraine O’Grady
 * Pat Oleszko
 * Marisa Olson
 * Roman Ondák
 * Yoko Ono
 * Dennis Oppenheim
 * Jill Orr
 * Orlan
 * Tanja Ostojic
 * Clifford Owens

P

 * Nam June Paik
 * Andrea Pagnes
 * Panamarenko
 * Gina Pane
 * Rebecca Patek
 * Sarah Jane Pell
 * Adam Pendleton
 * PINK de Thierry
 * Adrian Piper
 * William Pope.L
 * Genesis P-Orridge
 * Michael Portnoy

R

 * Walid Raad
 * Rammellzee
 * Nelda Ramos
 * Charles Recher
 * Eric-Paul Riege
 * Rachel Rosenthal
 * Kira O' Reilly
 * Jesusa Rodríguez
 * Martha Rosler
 * Monica Ross

S

 * Bryan Lewis Saunders
 * Carolee Schneemann
 * HA Schult
 * Rudolf Schwarzkogler
 * Erica Scourti
 * Arleen Schloss
 * Dread Scott
 * Tino Sehgal
 * David Sherry (artist)
 * Shu Yang
 * Willoughby Sharp
 * Shozo Shimamoto
 * Lián Amaris Sifuentes
 * Xaviera Simmons
 * Vasan Sitthiket
 * Joey Skaggs
 * Barbara T. Smith
 * Jack Smith
 * Michael Smith
 * Annegret Soltau
 * Antonieta Sosa
 * Annie Sprinkle
 * Stevie Starr
 * Stelarc
 * Verena Stenke
 * Andre Stitt
 * Angela Su
 * Survival Research Laboratories
 * Melati Suryodarmo

T

 * Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping
 * Elena Tejada-Herrera
 * Slaven Tolj
 * Julie Tolentino
 * Alessandra Torres
 * Carmelita Tropicana
 * Natasha Tsakos
 * Wu Tsang
 * Artur Tajber

V

 * Armand Vaillancourt
 * David Van Tieghem
 * Natacha Voliakovsky
 * Wolf Vostell
 * VestAndPage
 * Victor Dada

W

 * Monika Weiss
 * Lee Wen
 * Hannah Wilke
 * David Wojnarowicz
 * The World Famous Bushman
 * John M. White

X

 * Márcia X

Y

 * Nil Yalter
 * Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
 * Yang Zhichao
 * Yes Men
 * Hennessy Youngman (aka Jayson Musson)

Z

 * Vahram Zaryan
 * Zhu Yu
 * Zheng Lianjie