List of Spanish women artists explained

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

A

• Eulalia Abaitua Allende-Salazar (1853–1943), photographer
• Laia Abril (born 1986), photographer and writer
• Pilar Albarracín (born 1968), performance artist, installation artist, photographer
• Julia Alcayde y Montoya (1885–1939), painter
• Edith Alonso (born 1974), sound artist
• Begoña Ameztoy (born 1951), writer and painter
• Olga Andrino (born 1955), painter, sculptor
• Lola Anglada (1893–1984), writer and illustrator
• Elena Asins (1940–2015), visual artist and writer
• Pilar Aymerich i Puig (born 1943), photographer and photojournalist

B

• Carmen Babiano Méndez-Núñez (1852–1914), painter
• Isabel Bacardit (born 1960), painter
• Elena Bajo (born 1976), contemporary artist
• Antonia Bañuelos (1879–1926), painter
• Carmen Barbará (born 1933), comics artist and illustrator
• María Blanchard (1881–1932), painter
• Elena Blasco (born 1950), multidisciplinary artist
• Paula Bonet (born 1980), book illustrator and painter
• Elena Brockmann (1867–1946), historical painter
• Encarnación Bustillo Salomón (1876–1960), painter

C

• Lita Cabellut (born 1961), painter based in The Hague
• Carmen Calvo (born 1950), conceptual artist
• Purita Campos (1937–2019), cartoonist, illustrator and painter
• Roser Capdevila (born 1939), illustrator
• Esperanza Elena Caro (1906–1985), embroiderer
• Maria Luisa Carranque y Bonavía (18th century), pastellist
• Yolanda Castaño (born 1977), painter, literary critic and poet
• Rosana Castrillo Diaz (born 1971), drawer, sculptor, installation artist
• Carolina Ceca (born 1979), contemporary artist and art historian based in Tokyo
• Mari Chordà (born 1942), painter, poet, feminist
• La Chunga (born), flamenco dancer, painter
• Anabel Colazo (born 1993), illustrator and cartoonist
• Colita pseudonym of Isabel Steva i Hernández (born 1940), photographer
• Ana Corbero (born 1961), painter, sculptor
• Adelina Covián, contemporary painter
• Ángel María Cortellini (1819–1887), painter
• Angela de la Cruz (born 1965), artist
• Irene Cruz (born 1987), photographer

D

• María Dávila (born 1990), contemporary painter
• Isabel de Santiago (1666–1714), colonial painter
• Dora Dolz (1941–2008), painter, sculptor, ceramist
• Patricia Dauder, multidisciplinary artist

E

• Ende (10th century), manuscript illuminator
• Miriam Escofet (born 1967), portrait painter, now in England

F

• María Ángeles Fernández Cuesta (born 1950), outsider artist
• Patricia Fernández (born 1980), artist based in Los Angeles
• Asunción Ferrer y Crespí (died 1818), painter
• Esther Ferrer (born 1937), interdisciplinary artist, educator
• Alicia Framis (fl. from late 1990s), contemporary artist
• Fernanda Frances Arribas (1862–1939), still life and flower painter
• Victoria Francés (born 1982), illustrator

G

• Menchu Gal (1919–2008), painter
• Rosa Galcerán (1917–2015), cartoonist, advertising artist and poet
• Sofía Gandarias (1957–2016), painter
• Cristina García Rodero (born 1949), photographer
• Dora García (born 1965), contemporary artist
• Elvira Gascón (1911–2000), painter, engraver
• Alejandrina Gessler y Lacroix (1831–1907), painter
• Adela Ginés y Ortiz (1847–1923), painter
• Ana González (born 1970), fashion designer
• Marisa Gonzalez (born 1945), multimedia artist

H

• Bárbara María Hueva (1733–1772), painter
• María Juana Hurtado de Mendoza (died 1818), painter

I

• Cristina Iglesias (born 1956), installation artist and sculptor

J

• Concha Jerez (born 1941), pioneer in conceptual art
• Carmen Jiménez (1920–2016), painter, sculptor, academic
• Ana Juan (born 1961), illustrator, painter

L

• Carmen Laffón (1934–2021), figurative painter and sculptor
• Lalalimola (born 1984), illustrator
• Ouka Leele (born 1957), photographer
• Francesca Llopis (born 1956), mixed media artist
• Agustina González López (1891-1936), writer and artist from the Generation of '27
• Jil Love (fl. 2012), public performance art

M

• Maruja Mallo (1902–1995), painter
• Anna Manel·la (1950–2019), sculptor and painter
• Inka Martí (born 1964), journalist, writer and photographer
• Cristina Martín Lara (born 1972), photographer
• María Teresa Martín-Vivaldi (born 1955), painter and engraver
• Francisca Efigenia Meléndez y Durazzo (1770–1825), miniaturist and pastellist
• María Mencía (fl. from 1999), media artist
• Cristina de Middel (born 1975), documentary photographer
• Isabel Muñoz (born 1951), photographer
• Paloma Muñoz (born 1965), photographer, visual artist

N

• Nath-Sakura (born 1973), photographer
• Paloma Navares (active since the 1980s), interdisciplinary artist
• Eva Navarro (born 1967), painter
• Pilar Nouvilas i Garrigolas (1854–1938), painter
• Marina Núñez (born 1966), painter and academic

O

• Josefa de Óbidos (1630–1684), Spanish-born Portuguese painter
• Elena Odriozola (born 1967), illustrator of books for children and young adults
• Ana Oncina (born 1989), comic book illustrator and writer
• Cris Ortega (born 1980), painter, writer and comics artist
• Cristina Otero (born 1995), photographer

P

• Marta Palau Bosch (born 1934), Spanish-born tapestry and visual artist now based in Mexico
• Pepita Pardell (1928–2019), animator, cartoonist, illustrator and painter
• Ester Partegàs (born 1972), contemporary artist, now in New York
• Maria Pascual Alberich (1933–2011), illustrator
• María Luisa Pérez Herrero (1898–1934), painter
• Adriana Petit (born 1984), multidisciplinary artist
• Pepa Poch (born 1960), artist
• Núria Pompeia (1931–2016), cartoonist and writer
• Silvia Prada (active since 2002), illustrator, decorative artist, now in New York

Q

• Nuria Quevedo (born 1938), painter and graphic artist
• Isabel Quintanilla (1938–2017), visual artist

R

• Regina Raull (1928–2019), Spanish-born Mexican painter
• Moon Ribas (born 1985), avant-garde artist
• Lua Ribeira (born 1986), photographer
• Fina Rifà (fl. 1963), children's artist, illustrator
• María Luisa de la Riva y Callol-Muñoz (1865–1926), painter
• Luisa Roldán (1652–1706), Spain's first female Baroque sculptor
• Covadonga Romero Rodríguez (1917–2018), sculptor and painter

S

• Olga Sacharoff (1889‒1967), Georgian-born Spanish Surrealist painter
• Matilde Salvador i Segarra (1918–2007), composer, painter
• Isabel de Santiago (1666–c. 1714), Quito-born Spanish painter specializing in the Virgin and baby Jesus
• Ángeles Santos Torroella (1911–2013), Surrealist painter
• Mariana de Silva-Bazán y Sarmiento (1739–1784), aristocrat, poet, translator, painter
• Susana Solano (born 1946), sculptor
• Carme Solé Vendrell (born 1944), illustrator
• Elena Sorolla (1895–1975), sculptor and painter
• Francesca Stuart Sindici (1858–c. 1929), Spanish-Italian painter

T

• Josefina Tanganelli Plana (1904–1966), cartoonist and painter
• Trini Tinturé (born 1935), cartoonist and illustrator
• Josefa Teixidor i Torres (1875–1914), Catalan painter
• María Teresa Torras (1927–2009), Spanish-Venezuelan artist specializing in sculpture, textiles and metalwork
• Manuela Trasobares (born 1962), artist, opera singer, politician

U

• Amalia Ulman (born 1989), Argentinian-born Spanish artist now based in Los Angeles, US
• Carmina Useros (1928–2017), writer, ceramist and painter

V

• Remedios Varo Uranga (1908–1963), Spanish-Mexican para-surrealist painter
• Dolors Vázquez Aznar (1955–2014), realist painter and lawyer
• Lluïsa Vidal i Puig (1876–1918), Catalan painter

W

• Rosario Weiss Zorrilla (1814–1843), painter and engraver, known for portraits

Y

• Hisae Yanase (1943–2019), Japanese-born ceramist, based in Córdoba^[1]
• Puri Yáñez (born 1936), surrealist painter

W

• Rosario Weiss Zorrilla (1814–1843), painter and engraver

References

1. Web site: Muere Hisae Yanase, la artista japonesa que ancló su sonrisa en Córdoba. Miranda. Luis. 2019-05-21. sevilla. es. 2020-01-13.