List of Algerian women artists explained

This is a list of women artists who were born in Algeria or whose artwork is closely associated with that country.

B

• Baya (1931–1998), painter, ceramist
• Souhila Belbahar (born 1934), painter
• Myriam Ben (1928–2001), writer, painter
• Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869–1933), photographer
• Nadia Benbouta (born 1970), artist, combines unrelated elements
• Zohra Bensemra (born 1968), photographer
• Samta Benyahia (born 1950), plastic artist
• Zoulikha Bouabdellah (born 1977), plastic artist, videographer

H

• Mimi Hafida (active since 2010), poet, visual artist
• Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937–2020), painter^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

N

• Houria Niati (born 1948), installation artist

O

• Lydia Ourahmane (born 1992), visual and sound artist

S

• Zineb Sedira (born 1963), photographer and video artist

Z

• Fatma Zohra Zamoum (born 1967), writer, filmmaker and educator
• Amina Zoubir (born 1983), contemporary artist, filmmaker

Notes and References

1. Hans Karl Pesch und Ali Elhadj Tahar: Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Reportage aus der Mitte eines Künstlerlebens, U-Form Verlag, Solingen, 1982
2. Taieb Larak: Die Begnung einer Malerin mit einer Landschaft. Bettina Heinen-Ayech und Algerien, En-Nakhla, Algier 2017,
3. Ali Elhadj-Tahar and Haroun Ayech: Bettina, Dar el Kenz, Alger, 2016
4. Musée Public National Cirta: Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Le cinquantenaire de la peinture algerienne, Constantine, 2014