List of New Zealand women artists

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

A

• Thyra Avis Mary Acres (1910–1994), painter, illustrator, writer
• Gretchen Albrecht (born 1943), painter, sculptor
• Rita Angus (1908–1970), painter
• Raewyn Atkinson (born 1955), ceramicist

B

• Christine Boswijk (born 1939), ceramist
• Olivia Spencer Bower (1905–1982), English-born painter
• Freda Brierley (born 1942), textile artist

C

• Ruth Castle (born 1931), weaver
• Madeleine Child (born 1959), Australian-born ceramist
• Edith Collier (1885–1964), painter
• Bronwynne Cornish (born 1945), ceramist, sculptor, educator
• Ann Culy (born 1952), jewellery designer

D

• Judy Darragh (born 1957), sculptor, assemblage artist, photographer, painter
• Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951), sculptor, painter
• Dagmar Dyck (born 1972), printmaker, painter

E

• Audrey Eagle (born 1925), botanical illustrator
• Jane Evans, (1946–2012), painter

F

• Irene Ferguson (born 1970), portrait painter
• Jacqueline Fraser (born 1956), multidisciplinary artist
• Elizabeth Fuller (born 1957), illustrator

G

• Joanne Gair (born c.1958), make-up artist
• Sarah Greenwood (1809–1889), painter

H

• Rhona Haszard (1901–1931), painter
• Christine Hellyar (born 1947), sculptor, installation artist
• Louise Henderson (1902–1994), painter
• Rangimarie Hetet (1892–1995), weaver
• Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947), painter
• Alexis Hunter (1948–2014), contemporary painter, photographer
• Mary Young Hunter (1872–1947), painter

J

• Linda James (born 1951), English-born painter
• Helen Varley Jamieson (active since 1997), digital media artist, writer

K

• Robyn Kahukiwa (born c. 1938), painter and illustrator
• Susan Te Kahurangi King
• Te Rongo Kirkwood (active since 2000s), glass designer

L

• Lily Laita (born 1969), painter
• Titane Laurent (born 1964), painter, cartoonist
• Vivian Lynn (born 1931), multidisciplinary artist

M

• Jeanne Macaskill (1931–2014), painter
• Viola Macmillan Brown (1897–1981), painter
• Judy Millar (born 1957), painter
• Marjory Mills (1896–1987), painter, embroiderer
• Sofia Minson (born 1984), painter
• Muriel Carrick Moody (1907–1991), sculptor, ceramist
• Julia Morison (born 1952), multidisciplinary artist
• Edith Emily Morris (1895–1965), English-born jewellery designer, silversmith

I

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

P

• Joanna Paul (1945–2003), visual artist, poet, filmmaker
• Ruth Paul (born 1964), children's writer, illustrator
• Juliet Peter, potter and printmaker
• Séraphine Pick (born 1964), painter
• Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver, writer

R

• Rachael Rakena (born 1969), digital artist
• Lisa Reihana (born 1964), video and multimedia artist
• Kura Te Waru Rewiri (born 1950), painter, educator
• Dolla Richmond (1861–1935), painter
• Pauline Rhodes (born 1937), sculptor, installation artist

S

• Maud Winifred Sherwood (1880–1956), painter
• Emily Siddell (born 1971), mixed-media artist
• Yvonne Sloan (born 1941), weaver, textile artist

T

• Diggeress Te Kanawa (1920–2009), prominent weaver
• Mary Elizabeth Tripe (1870–1939), painter

U

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

V

• Juliet Valpy (1835–1911), painter
• Lesley Vanderwalt (active 2010s), hair designer, make-up artist

W

• Robin White, (born 1946), painter, printmaker
• Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937), sculptor, fibre artist
• Hilda Alexandra Wiseman (1894–1982), bookplate designer, painter, calligrapher

Y

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