List of South African women artists explained
This is a list of women artists who were born in South Africa or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
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- 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
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D
F
- Faith47 (born 1979), multimedia artist
- Marianne Fannin (1845–1938), Irish botanical artist, worked in South Africa
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K
- Marlise Keith (born 1972), artist working in ink, pencil, acrylics
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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
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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.
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