List of American women artists facts for kids

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This is a list of amazing women artists who were born in America or whose art is strongly connected to the United States. These artists are known for creating visual art in many different ways. They use traditional methods like painting, sculpting, photography, and printmaking. They also work in newer art forms such as installation art (creating art environments), performance art (art acted out live), conceptual art (art based on ideas), digital art (art made with computers), and video art.

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Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), a photographer known for her pictures of New York City.
Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), a Surrealist painter. Surrealism is an art style that explores dreams and imagination.
Pat Adams (born 1928), a painter.
Kathleen Gemberling Adkison (1917–2010), an abstract expressionist painter. This style uses colors and shapes to show feelings.
Irma Aguayo, a muralist, meaning she paints large artworks on walls.
Ariele Alasko, a designer and woodworker.
Grace Albee (1890–1985), a printmaker. Printmaking involves creating images by transferring ink from a surface to paper.
Maxine Albro (1903–1966), a painter, muralist, and sculptor.
Mabel Alvarez (1891–1985), a painter.
Laurie Anderson (born 1947), a performance artist and musician.
Eleanor Antin (born 1935), a performance artist and installation artist.
Janine Antoni (born 1964), a sculptor and installation artist.
Ida Applebroog (born 1929), a painter and sculptor.
Mia Araujo, a painter.
Diane Arbus (1923–1971), a photographer famous for her unique portraits.
Julie Ault (born 1957), an artist and curator who often works with others.
Lynne Avadenka, a printmaker and book artist.
Alice Aycock (born 1946), a sculptor.
Helene Aylon (1931–2020), a painter.

B

Carrie Ann Baade (born 1974), a painter.
Alice Baber (1928–1982), a painter.
Alexandra Backford (1942–2010), a painter.
Lucy Bacon (1857–1932), a painter.
Peggy Bacon (1895–1987), a printmaker, painter, and illustrator.
Gretchen Baer (born 1963), a painter and performance artist.
Jo Baer (born 1929), a painter.
Frances Bagley (born 1946), a sculptor.
Margarete Bagshaw (1964–2015), a painter and clay artist.
Jean Bales (1946–2004), a painter and printmaker.
Rina Banerjee (born 1963), a painter and sculptor.
Colette Bangert (born 1934), a new media artist, working with digital tools.
Hayley Barker (born 1973), a painter.
Alice Pike Barney (1857–1931), a painter.
Hannelore Baron (1926–1987), a collage artist. Collage is art made by gluing different materials together.
Jennifer Bartlett (born 1941), a painter.
Ruth Henshaw Bascom (1772–1848), a folk art portraitist. Folk art is often made by self-taught artists.
Isabel Bate (1909–1995), a muralist.
Jean Cory Beall (1909–1978), a painter.
Betty Beaumont (born 1946), a site-specific artist, creating art for a particular location.
Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), a painter.
Aisha Tandiwe Bell, a mixed media artist, using various materials.
Caroline M. Bell (1874–1970), a painter.
Emilie Benes Brzezinski (born 1932), a sculptor.
Lynda Benglis (born 1941), a sculptor.
Debra Bermingham (born 1953), known for interior scenes and still lifes.
Becca Bernstein (born 1977), a painter.
Judith Bernstein (born 1942), a feminist artist, whose art often addresses women's rights.
Helen Bershad (born 1934), an abstract expressionist painter.
Rachel Bess (born circa 1979), a painter.
Isabel Bishop (1902–1988), a painter and printmaker.
Nell Blaine (1922–1996), a painter.
Lucile Blanch (1895–1981), a painter.
Erlena Chisolm Bland (1923–2009), a painter.
Marie Bleck (1911–1949), a printmaker.
Gertrude Bleiberg (1921–2001), a painter.
Lucia Smith Carpenter Bliss (1823–1912), a botanical artist, drawing plants.
Rebecca Bluestone (born 1953), a tapestry artist, creating woven artworks.
Meghan Boody (born 1964), a surrealist artist.
Margaret Boozer (born 1966), a ceramist, working with clay.
Nancy Borowick (born 1985), a photographer.
Dorr Bothwell (1902–2000), a painter and printmaker.
Margo Consuela Bors (born 1942), a mural painter.
Pauline Boumphrey (1886–1959), a sculptor.
Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), a famous sculptor and printmaker.
Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), a pioneering photographer.
Sandra Bowden (born 1943), a painter.
Katherine Bowling (born 1955), a landscape artist, painting natural scenes.
Lisa Bradley (born 1951), a painter.
Gladys Ames Brannigan (1882–1944), a painter and muralist.
Dorothy Braudy, a painter.
Sarah Brayer (born 1957), a painter, paper artist, and printmaker.
Cornelia Breitenbach (1948–1984), a textile artist, working with fabrics.
Karen Breschi (born 1941), a ceramic artist.
Bessie Marsh Brewer (1884–1952), a painter and printmaker.
Anna Richards Brewster (1870–1952), a painter.
Allyn Bromley (born 1928), a printmaker.
Leigh Brooklyn (born 1987), a figurative artist, focusing on human figures.
Caroline Shawk Brooks (1840–1913), a sculptor.
Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), a painter.
Joan Brown (1938–1990), a painter.
Laura Bruce (born 1959), an artist.
Fran Bull (born 1938), a painter, printmaker, sculptor, and installation artist.
Barbara Burrage (1900–1989), a printmaker.
Edith Woodman Burroughs (1871–1916), a sculptor.
Lilian Thomas Burwell (born 1927), a painter and sculptor.
Mary Buskirk (1931–2009), a fiber artist, working with threads and fabrics.
Deborah Butterfield (born 1949), a sculptor, often making horse figures from wood.
Kathy Butterly (born 1963), a sculptor.
Charlot Byj (1920–1983), a greeting card artist.
Charlie Bynar (born 1966), a watercolor painter.

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Victoria Cabezas (born 1950), a conceptual artist and photographer.
Nancy Calef, a contemporary figure painter.
Sheila Cameron, a contemporary graphic designer.
Floy Campbell (1873–1945), a painter.
Pauline Campanelli (1943–2001), a painter and writer.
Cristina Cardenas (born 1957), a painter and printmaker.
Kate Carew (1869–1961), a caricaturist, drawing exaggerated portraits.
Rhea Carmi (born 1942), an abstract expressionist.
Virginia Cartwright (born 1943), a ceramic artist.
Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), a famous painter and printmaker, known for depicting women and children.
Eda Nemoede Casterton (1877–1969), a painter.
Rosemarie Castoro (1939–2015), a painter and sculptor.
Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), a sculptor and printmaker.
Vija Celmins (born 1938), a painter, graphic artist, and printmaker.
Aleah Chapin (born 1986), a portrait painter.
Sarah Charlesworth (1947–2013), a conceptual artist and photographer.
Louisa Chase (1951–2016), a painter.
Judy Chicago (born 1939), a pioneering installation artist and sculptor, known for her feminist art.
Marie Z. Chino (1907–1982), a potter and ceramic artist.
Chryssa (1933–2013), a sculptor.
Anne Chu (1959–2016), a sculptor.
Alson S. Clark (1876–1949), a painter.
Grace Clements (1905–1969), a muralist and mosaic artist.
Caroline Morgan Clowes (1838–1904), a painter.
Cora Cohen (born 1943), a painter.
Hannah Cohoon (1788–1864), a painter.
Max Colby (born 1990), a textiles and installation artist.
Bethany Collins (born 1984), a book artist.
Ethel Blanchard Collver (1875–1955), an impressionist painter. Impressionism focuses on capturing light and atmosphere.
Gladys Emerson Cook (1899–1976), a painter and illustrator.
Austine Wood Comarow (1942–2020), a light artist.
Alice Cooper (1875–1937), a sculptor.
Annette Corcoran (born 1930), a graphic artist and ceramist.
Sue Jean Covacevich (1905–1998), a painter.
Susanne Crane (born 1966), a painter.
Susan Crile (born 1942), a painter.
Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976), a photographer.
Marian Curtis (1882–1944), a painter.

D

Fra M. Dana (1874–1948), a painter.
Jo Davidson (1883–1952), a sculptor.
Eleanor Layfield Davis (1911–1985), a painter and sculptor.
Helena Smith Dayton (1879–1960), a painter and sculptor.
Rosetta DeBerardinis, a contemporary painter.
Pat DeCaro (born 1951), a painter.
Angel De Cora (1871–1919), a painter and illustrator.
Mathilde De Cordoba (1882–1944), a printmaker.
Elizabeth de Cuevas (1929–2023), a French-born American artist.
Virginia Dehn (1922–2005), a painter and printmaker.
Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994), a sculptor and printmaker.
Perla de Leon (born 1952), a photographer.
Jenny Eakin Delony (1866–1949), a painter.
Elizabeth Demaray, a sculptor.
Maya Deren (1917–1961), an avant-garde filmmaker and photographer.
Mamie Deschillie (1920–2010), a folk artist.
Lillian Desow-Fishbein (1921–2004), a painter.
Heather Dewey-Hagborg (born 1982), an information artist and bio-hacker, exploring art with data and biology.
Lesley Dill (born 1950), a multi-media artist.
Margaret Dillard, a contemporary painter.
Francesca DiMattio (born 1981), a painter and sculptor.
Edith Dimock (1876–1955), a painter.
Eulabee Dix (1878–1961), a miniatures painter, creating very small, detailed portraits.
Michele Oka Doner (born 1945), a sculptor, printmaker, and video artist.
Seena Donneson (1924–2020), a sculptor.
Bailey Doogan (born 1941), a painter.
Helen Thomas Dranga (1866–1940), a painter.
Katherine S. Dreier (1877–1952), a painter.
Rosalyn Drexler (born 1926), a painter.
Elsie Driggs (1898–1992), a painter.

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Margaret Fernie Eaton (1871–?), a book plate illustrator.
Abastenia St. Leger Eberle (1878–1942), a sculptor.
Sheila Elias (born 1945), an installation artist.
Mary Endico (born 1954), a watercolor painter.
Nita Engle (1925–2019), a painter.
Janeil Engelstad, a contemporary artist and curator.
Marisol Escobar (1930–2016), a sculptor and printmaker.
Inka Essenhigh (born 1969), a painter.
Dulah Marie Evans (1875–1951), a painter, illustrator, printmaker, and photographer.
Lin Evola (born 1950), a sculptor.

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Claire Falkenstein (1908–1997), a sculptor.
Cornelia Adele Strong Fassett (1831–1898), a portrait painter.
Sonya Fe (born 1952), a painter.
Jo Feiler (born 1951), a photographer.
Mildred Feinberg (1899–1990), a painter.
Lauren Fensterstock (born 1975), an installation artist, sculptor, and goldsmith.
Lillian Prest Ferguson (1867–1955), a Canadian-born painter.
Jackie Ferrara (born 1929), a sculptor.
Rae Ferren (born 1929), an impressionist painter.
Carole Feuerman (born 1945), a sculptor.
Perle Fine (1905–1988), an abstract painter.
Janet Fish (born 1938), a painter.
Alice Underwood Fitch (1862–1936), an award-winning painter.
Audrey Flack (born 1931), a painter.
Hertha E. Flack (1916–2019), a painter and philanthropist.
Lola Flash (born 1959), a photographer.
Enid Foster (1895–1979), a sculptor and performance artist.
Constance Edith Fowler (1907–1996), a painter and printmaker.
Helen Frank (born 1930), a painter and printmaker.
Jane Frank (1918–1986), a painter.
Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), a famous painter and printmaker, known for her abstract art.
Andrea Fraser (born 1965), a performance artist.
Laura Gardin Fraser (1889–1966), a sculptor.
Susie Frazier (born 1970), a mixed media artist.
Helen C. Frederick (born 1945), a printmaker.
Jane Freilicher (1924–2014), a painter.
Edith Frohock (1917–1997), a painter and printmaker.
Wilhelmina Weber Furlong (1878–1962), a painter.

G

Wanda Gág (1893–1946), a printmaker and illustrator.
Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), a painter and mixed media artist.
Jacalyn Lopez Garcia (born 1953), a multimedia artist.
Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837–1922), a painter.
Sonia Gechtoff (1926–2018), a painter.
Mary Gehr (1913–1997), a painter and printmaker.
Nellie Huntington Gere (1868–1949), a painter and illustrator.
Sybil Gibson (1908–1995), a painter.
Ann Gillen, a sculptor.
Ruth Gikow (1915–1982), a muralist.
Helen Gilbert (1922–2002), a painter and kinetic sculptor, making art that moves.
Charlotte Gilbertson (1922–2014), a painter and printmaker.
Margarete Garvin Gillin (1833–1915), a painter.
Jane Emmet de Glehn (1873–1961), a painter.
Judith Godwin (1930–2021), a painter.
Leah Golberstein, a contemporary installation artist.
Margery E. Goldberg (born 1950), a painter and sculptor.
Sarah Beth Goncarova (born 1980), a painter, sculptor, and installation artist.
Elizabeth Goodridge (1798–1882), a miniatures painter.
Sarah Goodridge (1788–1853), a miniatures painter.
Lori K. Gordon (born 1958), a multi-media artist.
April Gornik (born 1953), a painter.
Nancy Graves (1939–1995), a sculptor, painter, and printmaker.
Dorothy Grebenak (1913–1990), a pop art and textile artist. Pop art uses images from popular culture.
Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871–1954), an illustrator.
Glenda Green (born 1945), a painter.
Mary Sheppard Greene (1869–1958), a painter and illustrator.
Molly Gregory (1914–2006), a woodworker and furniture maker.
Lucila Villaseñor Grijalva, a muralist.
Mimi Gross (born 1940), a painter.
Jolán Gross-Bettelheim (1900–1972), a printmaker.
Hilda Grossman Morris (1911–1991), a sculptor.
MK Guth (born 1963), an installation artist.

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Hildegarde Haas (1926–2002), a painter.
Carol Haerer (1933–2002), a painter.
Lauren Halsey (born 1987), an installation artist.
Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–2010), a painter.
Helen Hardin (1943–1984), a painter.
Tracy Harris (born 1958), a painter.
Jan Harrison (born 1944), a painter and sculptor.
Rachel Harrison (born 1966), a sculptor and photographer.
Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), a painter.
Jann Haworth (born 1942), a sculptor.
Ana Lisa Hedstrom (born 1943), a fiber artist.
Mary Heebner (born 1951), a painter.
Carolyn Heller (1937–2011), a painter and decorative artist.
Nestor Hernández (1961–2006), a photographer.
Eva Hesse (1936–1970), a sculptor.
Cornelia Ellis Hildebrandt (1876–1962), a miniature painter.
Claude Raguet Hirst (1855–1942), a trompe-l'œil painter and woodworker. Trompe-l'œil means "deceive the eye," creating realistic illusions.
Beth Van Hoesen (1926–2010), a printmaker.
Camille Hoffman (born 1987), an installation artist.
Nancy Holt (1938–2014), a sculptor and installation artist.
Jenny Holzer (born 1950), a conceptual artist, known for using text in her art.
Edna Boies Hopkins (1872–1937), a woodblock printer.
Violet Hopkins (born 1973), a painter.
Naomi Louise Sunderland Hosterman (1903–1990), a painter.
Letitia Huckaby (born 1972), a photographer and mixed media artist.
Winnifred Hudson (1905–1996), an abstract painter.
Anita Huffington (born 1934), a sculptor.
Regina Olson Hughes (1895–1993), a botanical illustrator.
Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876–1973), a sculptor.
Luchita Hurtado (1920–2020), a painter.
Alice Clary Earle Hyde (1876–1943), a botanical artist.

J

Wendy W. Jacob (born 1958), a sculptor.
Lotte Jacobi (1896–1990), a photographer.
Laura Ann Jacobs (born 1960), a sculptor and mixed media artist.
Yvonne Jacquette (born 1934), a painter and printmaker.
Shirley Jaffe (1923–2016), a painter.
Terrell James (born 1955), a painter and sculptor.
Elizabeth James-Perry (born 1973), known for scrimshawing, which is carving on bone or ivory.
Angela Jansen (born 1929), a painter and sculptor.
Annette P. Jimerson (born 1966), a painter.
Cathy Josefowitz (1956–2014), a painter.
Joni T. Johnson (1934–1988), a painter.
Martina Johnson-Allen (born 1947), a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and educator.
Ida E. Jones, a painter.
Joan Jonas (born 1936), a video and performance artist.
Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), a painter.
Lorna Jordan (1954–2021), an environmental artist, creating art for natural spaces.
Joanne Julian, a contemporary mixed media artist.

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Florence Brevoort Kane (1895–1956), a sculptor.
Beth Katleman (born 1959), a sculptor.
Susan Kaprov (born 1946), a multi-disciplinary artist.
Gertrude Käsebier (1852–1934), a photographer.
Lila Katzen (1925–1998), a sculptor.
Betty Keener Archuleta (1928–1998), a painter.
Alice De Wolf Kellogg (1862–1900), a painter.
Mary Kelly (born 1941), a conceptual artist.
Greta Kempton (1901–1991), a portrait painter.
Catherine Kernan (born 1948), a painter.
Sandy Kessler Kaminski (born 1969), a painter and mixed-media artist.
Harriet A. Ketcham (1846–1890), a sculptor.
Ilah Marian Kibbey (1883–1957), a genre and landscape painter.
Karen Kilimnik (born 1955), a painter and installation artist.
Dorothy Stratton King (1909–2007), a painter and printmaker.
Emma B. King (1857–1933), an impressionist.
MaPo Kinnord (born 1960), a ceramic artist and sculptor.
Sam Kirk (born 1981), a street artist and muralist.
Mary Kirkwood (1904–1995), a portrait painter and muralist.
Marilyn Kirsch (born 1950), a painter.
Minnie Klavans (1915–1999), a painter.
Fay Kleinman (1912–2012), a painter.
Hedy Klineman, a contemporary portrait painter.
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856–1942), a painter.
Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), a painter.
Cynthia Knott (born 1952), a seascape painter.
Alison Knowles (born 1933), a Fluxus performance artist and printmaker. Fluxus is an art movement focused on simple, everyday actions as art.
Florence Koehler (1861–1944), a designer and jeweler.
Ida Kohlmeyer (1912–1997), a painter and sculptor.
Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), a painter.
Marni Kotak (born 1974), a performance artist.
Margia Kramer (born 1939), a mixed-media artist.
Lee Krasner (1908–1984), a painter.
LaVerne Krause (1924–1987), a printmaker and painter.
Barbara Kruger (born 1945), a photographer, graphic artist, and sculptor, known for her bold text and images.

L

Rachel Lachowicz (born 1964), a painter.
Suzanne Lacy (born 1945), known for installations, video, and performance art.
Anna Coleman Ladd (1878–1939), a sculptor.
Millie Rose Lalk (1895–1943), a painter.
Rosy Lamb (born 1973), a painter and sculptor.
Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), a famous photographer, known for her powerful images during the Great Depression.
Ellen Lanyon (1926–2013), a painter.
Abigail Larson (fl 2010s), an illustrator.
Barbara Latham (1896–1989), a painter, printmaker, and illustrator.
Louise Lawler (born 1947), a photographer.
Nancy Lawton (1950–2007), a silver point artist, drawing with a silver stylus.
Mary Le Ravin (1905–1992), a multimedia artist.
Doris Lee (1905–1983), a painter.
Zoe Leonard (born 1961), a photographer and visual artist.
Sherrie Levine (born 1947), a conceptual artist.
Fran Lew (born 1946), a painter.
Ann Lewis (born 1981), an artist.
Edmonia Lewis (1845–1911), a sculptor, one of the first African-American and Native American sculptors to gain fame.
Marcia Lewis (artist) (born 1949), a jewelry designer.
Maya Lin (born 1959), a famous installation artist and architect, known for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Pat Lipsky (born 1941), a painter.
Llanakila, a contemporary painter and digital artist.
Lucile Lloyd (1894–1941), a muralist.
Judith Lodge (born 1941), a painter and photographer.
Zoe Longfield (1924–2013), an abstract expressionist artist.
Angela Lorenz (born 1965), a book artist.
Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999), a painter.
Genevieve Springston Lynch (1891–1960), a painter.

M

Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (1909–2010), a painter.
Florence MacKubin (1857–1918), a portrait painter.
Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), a painter.
Claire Mahl Moore (1917–1988), a printmaker.
Silvia Malagrino (born 1950), a multimedia artist and filmmaker.
Maxine Martell (born 1937), an artist.
Agnes Martin (1912–2004), a painter.
Louise Martin (1911–1995), a photographer.
Maria Martinez (1887–1980), a famous potter and ceramist, known for her black-on-black pottery.
Soraida Martinez (born 1956), a painter.
Emily Mason (1932–2019), a painter.
Mercedes Matter (1913–2001), a painter.
Amanda Matthews (born 1968), a sculptor, painter, and public art designer.
Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917–2000), a painter.
Randi Matushevitz (born 1965), a painter.
Cornelia F. Maury (1866–1942), a portrait painter.
Brookie Maxwell (1956–2015), an artist and curator.
Nell Brooker Mayhew (1875–1940), a painter.
Paula McCartney (born 1971), known for her photographic works.
Renee McGinnis (born 1962), a painter.
Sarah McKenzie (born 1971), a painter.
Leza McVey (1907–1984), a ceramist.
Alexa Meade (born 1986), a body artist, painting directly on people to make them look like 2D paintings.
Nellie Meadows (1915–2006), an artist.
Donna Meistrich (born 1954), a painter, sculptor, and animator.
Dalila Paola Méndez (born 1975), a painter.
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), a performance artist.
Nora Chapa Mendoza (born 1932), an abstract painter.
Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), an actress, painter, and poet.
Geneva Mercer (1889–1984), a sculptor.
Betty Merken, a painter and printmaker, known for abstract geometric monotypes.
Katherine Merrill (1876–1962), a painter.
Deborah Mesa-Pelly (born 1968), a painter.
Anne Michalov (1904–2001), a printmaker.
Frances Myers, a printmaker.
Eleanore Mikus (1927–2017), a painter.
Melissa Miller (born 1951), a painter.
Joan Mitchell (1925–1992), a painter and printmaker.
Edna Zyl Modie (1886–1981), a painter.
Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991), a Fluxus and performance artist.
Rebecca Jo Morales (born 1962), a painter.
Dorothy Morang (1906–1994), a painter.
Ree Morton (1933–1977), a painter and sculptor.
Jill Moser (born 1956), a painter.
Grandma Moses (1860–1961), a famous folk painter who started painting later in life.
Ruth Mountaingrove (1923–2016), a photographer and poet.
Brenna Murphy (born 1986), an artist.
Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007), a painter and printmaker.
Grace H. Murray (1872–1944), a watercolor painter.
Laura Myntti (born 1962), a painter.
Caroline Mytinger (1897–1980), a painter.

N

Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985), a potter and ceramic artist.
Fannie Nampeyo (1900–1987), a potter and ceramic artist.
Iris Nampeyo (circa 1860–1942), a potter and ceramic artist.
Inez Nathaniel-Walker (1911–1990), an artist.
Alice Neel (1900–1984), a painter, known for her portraits.
Anne Neely (born 1946), a painter.
Deborah Nehmad (born 1952), a printmaker and mixed-media artist.
Pamela Nelson, a contemporary painter and installation artist.
Hương Ngô (born 1979), an installation artist and conceptual artist.
Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (1840–1879), an artist and sister of author Louisa May Alcott.
Gladys Nilsson (born 1940), a painter.
Ann Nooney (1900–1964), a printmaker.
Tameka Norris (born 1979), a performance artist.
Kenda North (born 1951), a photographer.

O

Violet Oakley (1874–1961), a muralist.
Linda Obermoeller (1941–1990), a portrait painter.
Noni Olabisi (1954–2022), a painter and muralist.
Mina Fonda Ochtman (1862–1924), a painter.
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), a very famous painter known for her large-scale flowers and desert landscapes.
Rose O'Neill (1874–1944), a comic strip artist, creator of the Kewpies.
Catherine Opie (born 1961), a photographer.
Sono Osato (born 1960), an artist.

P

Linda Pace (1945–2007), a contemporary metal artist.
Josephine Paddock (1885–1964), a painter.
Bashka Paeff (1894–1979), a sculptor.
Susanna Paine (1792–1862), a portrait painter.
Louise Parks (born 1945), a painter.
Irene E. Parmelee (1847–1934), a portrait painter.
Dellamarie Parrilli (born 1949), an abstract expressionist and action painter.
Clara Weaver Parrish (1861–1925), a painter, printmaker, and stained glass designer.
Betty Parsons (1900–1982), a painter and gallerist (someone who runs an art gallery).
Eunice Parsons (born 1916), a modernist collagist.
Pat Passlof (1928–2011), a painter.
Christina Patoski (born 1948), a photographer and video artist.
Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (1913–2007), a painter and art educator.
Leemour Pelli (born 1964), a painter.
Agnes Lawrence Pelton (1881–1961), a modernist painter.
Beverly Pepper (1924–2020), a sculptor and painter.
Isabelle Clark Percy West (1882–1976), a designer.
I. Rice Pereira (1902–1971), an abstract painter.
Eve Peri (1897–1966), a fiber artist.
Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933), a painter.
Elizabeth Peyton (born 1965), a painter.
Nan Phelps (1904–1990), a painter.
Mary Pillsbury Weston (1817–1895), a painter.
Eunice Pinney (1770–1849), a watercolor painter.
Adrian Piper (born 1948), a conceptual artist.
Vanessa Platacis (born 1973), a painter and installation artist.
Alethea Hill Platt (1860–1932), a painter.
Gloria Plevin (born 1934), a painter.
Stephanie Pogue (1944–2002), a printmaker.
Susan Mohl Powers (born 1944), a sculptor and painter.
Mary Elizabeth Price (1877–1965), a painter.
Ann Purcell (born 1941), a painter.

Q

Dextra Quotskuyva (born 1928), a potter and ceramic artist.

R

Raquel Rabinovich (born 1929), a painter and sculptor.
Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), a performance artist, choreographer, and dancer.
Chitra Ramanathan (born 1955), an abstract painter and art educator.
Sophy Regensburg (1885–1974), a naïve painter, known for simple, direct art.
Deborah Remington (1930–2010), a painter and printmaker.
Hilla Rebay (1890–1967), a painter.
Christie Repasy (born 1958), a floral painter.
Josephine L. Reichmann (1864–1938), a painter.
Robin Richmond (fl. 1980), a painter.
Jessie Beard Rickly (1895–1975), a painter.
Linda Ridgway (born 1947), a sculptor.
Judy Rifka (born 1945), a painter and video artist.
Erin M. Riley (born 1985), a weaver and tapestry artist.
Faith Ringgold (born 1930), a famous painter and fabric artist, known for her story quilts.
Anne Louise Gregory Ritter (1868–1929), a painter and ceramicist.
Deborah Roberts (born 1962), a painter.
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (1865–1929), a painter and potter.
Dorothea Rockburne (born 1932), a painter.
Anita Rodriguez (born 1941), a painter.
Julia Rommel (born 1980), an abstract painter.
Stephanie Rond (born 1973), a painter.
Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901–1980), a painter.
Christine Rosamond (1947–1994), a painter.
Esther Rose (1901–1990), a painter and calligrapher.
Martha Rosler (born 1943), known for video, photo-text, installation, and performance art.
Barbara Rossi (born 1940), a painter.
Susan Rothenberg (1945–2020), a painter and printmaker.
Suze Rotolo (1943–2011), a book artist and illustrator.
Brie Ruais (born 1982), a multi-media artist.
Meridel Rubenstein (born 1948), a photographer and installation artist.
Katie Ruiz (born 1984), a painter.
Rosa Rush (1905–1971), a printmaker.

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Alison Saar (born 1956), a sculptor and installation artist.
Betye Saar (born 1926), an assemblage artist, creating art from found objects.
Betty Sabo (1928–2016), a landscape painter and sculptor.
Kay Sage (1898–1963), a painter.
Anna M. Sands (1860–1927/1940), a painter.
Augusta Savage (1892–1962), a sculptor, important for the Harlem Renaissance.
Anne Savedge, a contemporary photographer.
Joanna E. Schanz, a basket weaver.
Kerri Scharlin, a painter and conceptual artist.
Lonny Schiff (born 1929), a collage artist.
Rachel Schmeidler, a multi-media artist.
Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), a performance artist.
Joan Schulze (born 1936), a textile artist.
Donna N. Schuster (1883–1953), a painter.
Ethel Schwabacher (1903–1984), a painter.
Barbara Schwartz (1949–2006), a painter and sculptor.
Lillian Schwartz (born 1927), a digital artist.
Janet Scudder (1869–1940), a sculptor.
Bernarda Bryson Shahn (1903–2004), a painter and lithographer.
Ann Leda Shapiro (born 1946), a painter.
Honoré Desmond Sharrer (1920–2009), a painter.
Susan Louise Shatter (1943–2011), a landscape painter.
Ruth Faison Shaw (1888–1969), a painter.
Judith Shea (born 1948), a sculptor.
Mary Michael Shelley (born 1950), a carver and painter.
Kara Shepherd (born 1911), a surrealist painter.
Cindy Sherman (born 1954), a famous photographer known for her self-portraits in different roles.
Sandra Sider (born 1946), a quilt artist and curator.
Lauren Silva (born 1987), a painter.
Laurie Simmons (born 1949), a photographer.
Lorna Simpson (born 1960), a photographer.
Schandra Singh (born 1977), a painter.
Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), a painter.
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (born 1940), a painter and printmaker.
Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935), an illustrator.
Kiki Smith (born 1954), a sculptor, printmaker, and multi-media artist.
Amanda Snyder (1894–1980), a painter and printmaker.
Joan Snyder (born 1940), a painter.
Judith Solodkin (born 1945), a printmaker.
Malia Solomon (1915–2005), a textile artist.
Kathleen Mary Spagnolo (1919–2016), a painter.
Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones (1885–1968), a painter.
Meredyth Sparks (born 1972), a multimedia artist.
Nancy Spero (1926–2009), a painter, printmaker, and collage artist.
Betty Spindler (born 1943), a ceramist.
Laura Splan (born 1973), a multimedia artist.
Molly Springfield (born 1977), a drawer.
Sharon Sprung (fl 2000s), a visual artist.
Linda St. Clair (born 1952), a wildlife painter.
Wendy Red Star (born 1981), a multimedia artist.
Anita Steckel (1930–2012), a graphic artist.
Marsha Steinberg (born 1946), a painter and etcher.
Monika Steiner (born 1972), a sculptor.
Bettina Steinke (1913–1999), a painter and muralist.
Pat Steir (born 1940), a painter.
Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), a painter.
Florine Stettheimer (1871–1944), a painter and set designer.
Beulah Stevenson (1890–1965), a painter.
Lizbeth Stewart (1948–2013), a ceramist.
Elena Stonaker (born 1985), a textile artist.
Georgianna Stout (born 1967), a graphic designer.
Renee Stout (born 1958), a sculptor.
Marjorie Strider (1931–2014), a sculptor.
Jane Stuart (1812–1888), a portrait painter.
Michelle Stuart (born 1933), a painter, sculptor, and photographer.
Dorothy Sturm (1910–1988), an illustrator and metal smith.
Altoon Sultan (born 1948), a painter.
Carol Sutton (born 1945), a painter.
Liza Sylvestre, a visual artist.

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Anne Tabachnick (1927–1995), a painter.
Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), a painter and surrealist.
Fay Morgan Taylor (1909–1990), a modernist artist.
Juliet Thompson (1873–1956), a painter.
Hannah Tompkins (1920–1995), a painter and printmaker.
Selina Trieff (1934–2015), an abstract artist.
Virginia True (1900–1989), a painter.
Anne Truitt (1921–2004), a sculptor.
Wu Tsang (born 1982), a filmmaker and performance artist.
Diane Tuckman (born 1939), a silk painter.
Mym Tuma (born 1940), a painter and mixed media artist.
Ruth Tunstall Grant (1945–2017), a painter.
Lynne Woods Turner (born 1951), an abstract painter.
Vadis Turner (born 1977), a mixed media and textile artist.
MJ Tyson (born 1986), a jewelry designer.

U

Ruth Pershing Uhler (1895–1967), a painter and curator.
Mierle Laderman Ukeles (born 1939), an installation artist.
Doris Ulmann (1882–1934), a photographer.
Audrey Ushenko (born 1945), a figurative painter.

V

Aramenta Dianthe Vail (1820–1888), a miniatures painter.
Clover Vail (born 1939), a print-maker.
Jessie Rose Vala (born 1977), an installation artist.
Lesley Vance (born 1977), a painter.
Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955), a sculptor.

W

Marion Wachtel (1875–1951), a painter.
Stacy Lynn Waddell (born 1966), a painter.
Carol Wald (1935–2000), an illustrator.
Kara Walker (born 1969), a famous painter, printmaker, and installation artist, known for her silhouette art.
Kay WalkingStick (born 1935), a painter.
Barbara Walch (born 1950), a ceramist.
Mildred Waltrip (1911–2004), an illustrator.
Nina B. Ward (1885–1944), a painter.
Nina de Creeft Ward (born 1933), a sculptor.
Lynda Watson (born 1940), a metalsmith.
Carol Wax (born 1953), a printmaker.
Andrea Way (born 1949), a painter and sculptor.
Stacey Lee Webber (born 1982), a metalsmith.
Mary Hortense Webster (1881–1965), a sculptor.
Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), a photographer.
Susan Weil (born 1930), a painter.
Clara Barck Welles (1869–1965), a silversmith.
Jean Wells (born 1949), a mosaic sculptor.
Bessie Wheeler (born 1876), a painter.
Candace Wheeler (1827–1923), an interior and textile designer.
Karen Wheeler (born 1955), a painter.
Lindsey White (born 1980), a multi-media artist.
Emmi Whitehorse (born 1957), a painter.
Elizabeth Whiteley (born 1945), a multi-media artist.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), a sculptor and founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Charmion Von Wiegand (1896–1983), a painter.
Harriet "Hattie" Elizabeth Wilcox (1869–1943), a ceramics artist.
Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), a multi-media artist.
Mary Rogers Williams (1857–1907), a painter.
Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002), a sculptor.
Cordelia Wilson (1873–1953), a painter.
Jane Wilson (1924–2015), a painter.
Mary Ann Wilson (fl. 1810–1825), a watercolor painter.
Jacqueline Winsor (born 1941), a sculptor.
Leona Wood (1921–2008), a painter.
Thelma Wood (1901–1970), a silverpoint artist.
Francesca Woodman (1958–1981), a photographer.
Anna Woodward (1868–1935), a painter.
Amy Namowitz Worthen (born 1946), a printmaker and engraver.
Antonia Wright (artist) (born 1979), a multi-media artist.
Patience Wright (1725–1786), a sculptor, known for her wax figures.
Henriette Wyeth (1907–1997), a painter.

Y

Enid Yandell (1870–1934), a sculptor.
Mary Agnes Yerkes (1886–1989), a painter.
Daisy Youngblood (born 1945), a ceramic artist and sculptor.
Judy Youngblood (born 1948), a painter.
Marlene Tseng Yu (born 1937), an abstract painter.
Lisa Yuskavage (born 1962), a painter.

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Dorian Zachai (1932–2015), a fiber artist.
Bhakti Ziek (born 1946), a textile artist.
Andrea Zittel (born 1965), a sculptor and installation artist.
Marguerite Zorach (1887–1968), a painter and textile artist.

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