List of Italian women artists

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

A Carla Accardi (1924–2014), abstractionist painter Eleonora Aguiari (born 1973), installation artist Angelica Veronica Airola (c.1590–1670), Baroque painter Quirina Alippi-Fabretti (1849–1919), painter Topazia Alliata (1913–2015), painter, writer Edina Altara (1898–1983), illustrator, decorator and fashion designer Giulia Andreani (born 1985), history painter Amalia de Angelis (fl. 1851–1871), painter Elena Anguissola (c.1532–1584), painter and nun Lucia Anguissola (c.1538–c.1565), painter Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532–1625), Renaissance painter Anna Maria Arduino (1633–1700), 17th century painter and writer and the Princess of Piombino from Messina, Sicily Simona Atzori (born 1974), painter and dancer born without arms

B Pippa Bacca (1974–2008), artist Bianca Bagnarelli (born 1988), Italian-French illustrator, writer Maria Maddalena Baldacci (1718–1782), painter Rosa Barba (born 1972), installation artist Helena Barbagelata (born 1991), artist Eleonora Bargili (18th century), pastellist Letizia Battaglia (1935–2022), photographer Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969), contemporary artist Aniella di Beltrano (1613–1649), Baroque painter Elisabetta Benato-Beltrami (1813–1888), painter, sculptor Daniela Benedini (born 1972), contemporary painter Mirella Bentivoglio (1922–2017), sculptor, poet, performance artist Laura Bernasconi (fl.1674), Baroque painter Rosalba Bernini (1762–1829), pastellist Antonia Bertucci-Pinelli (died c.1640), Baroque painter Carlotta de Bevilacqua (born 1957), lighting designer Rossella Biscotti (born 1978), visual artist, video maker Ernesta Legnani Bisi (1788–1859), painter and engraver Fulvia Bisi (1818–1911), painter Rita Boley Bolaffio (1898–1995), collage artist Clelia Bompiani (1848–1927), painter Monica Bonvicini (born 1965), sculptor, photographer, video artist, educator Giuseppina Quaglia Borghese (1765–1831), painter and pastellist Erma Bossi (1875–1952), painter Luigia Bozzini (19th century), religious painter Faustina Bracci Armellini (1785–1857), pastellist Antonietta Brandeis (1848–1926), painter Nina Breeder (born 1982), contemporary artist Plautilla Bricci (1616–1690), architect, painter Fatma Bucak (born 1984), contemporary artist Eufrasia Burlamacchi (1482–1548), manuscript illuminator Angiola Guglielma Butteri (died 1676), nun, painter

C Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676), nun, religious painter Margherita Caffi (1650–1710), flower painter Maria Callani (1778–1803), 18th century portrait painter, active in Parma. Suor Prudenza Cambi (died 1601), painter and nun Milena Canonero (born 1946), costume designer Ginevra Cantofoli (c.1608/1618–1672), Baroque painter Sister Luisa Capomazza (c.1600–1646), painter Benedetta Cappa (1897–1977), futurist artist Antonella Cappuccio (born 1944), costume designer Ghitta Carell (1899–1972), Hungarian-born Italian photographer Shola Carletti ( 21st century), painter and sculptor, active in India Marianna Carlevarijs (1703–1750), painter and pastellist Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757), painter Maria Vittoria Cassana (died 1711), painter Caterina Amigoni Castellini (18th century), pastellist Beatrice Catanzaro (born 1975), conceptual artist Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463), nun, artist, saint Nicoletta Ceccoli (born 1973), Sammarinese illustrator Giulia Centurelli (1832–1872), painter and poet Maria Suppioti Ceroni (1730–c.1773), pastellist Vittoria Chierici (born 1955), painter Caterina Cherubini (died 1811), miniaturist Amalia Ciardi Dupré (1934–2024), sculptor and painter Emma Ciardi (1879–1933), painter Barbara Ciardo (born 1983), comic book colorist Vittoria Cocito (1891–1971), painter and illustrator Marina Cicogna (1934–2023), film producer and photographer Maria Giovanna Clementi (1692–1761), portrait painter Daniela Comani (born 1965), multimedia artist Theresa Maria Coriolano (1620–1671), engraver Maddalena Corvina (1607–1664), painter and engraver Liliana Cossovel (1924–1984), painter, collagist Maria Cosway (1760–1838), Italian-English painter Mariangiola Criscuolo (c.1548–1630), Renaissance painter Maria Eufrasia della Croce (1597–1676), nun, painter

D Dadamaino (1930–2004), painter Isabella Maria dal Pozzo (fl. 1660s), painter Teodora Danti (c.1498–c.1573), painter, writer Caterina Davinio (born 1957), poet, novelist, new media artist Elena de' Grimani (born 1975), comic book artist and illustrator Lotus de Païni (1862–1953) painter, writer, sculptor, and occultist Yvonne De Rosa (born 1975), photographer Marianna Candidi Dionigi (1756–1826), painter and writer Anna Vittoria Dolara (1754–1827), nun, poet, painter Agnese Dolci (1635–1686), painter Valentina D'Urbano (born 1985), writer and illustrator Irene Parenti Duclos (1754–1795), painter, poet Amalia Ciardi Dupré (1934–2024), sculptor, painter

F Adriana Bisi Fabbri (1881–1918), painter Orsola Faccioli (1823–1906), painter Lucrina Fetti (c.1590–1651), painter Teresa Fioroni-Voigt (1799–1880), painter of miniatures Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian-born Italian painter and engraver Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614), early professional painter Giovanna Fratellini (1666–1731), Baroque painter Chiara Fumai (1979–2017) Virginia von Fürstenberg (1974–2023), fashion designer

G Margarita Gabassi (mid-18th century), painter Anna Galeotti (1739–1773), engraver, painter Fede Galizia (1578–1630), pioneering still life Renaissance painter Federica Galli (1932–2009), printmaker Giola Gandini (1906–1941), painter Giovanna Garzoni (1600–1670), Baroque painter Francesca Genna (born 1967), printmaker Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c.1656), Baroque painter Costanza Ghilini (1754–1775), amateur painter and pastellist Caterina Ginnasi (1590–1660), Baroque painter Domiziana Giordano (born 1959), painter, actress, photographer and video artist Sofia Giordano (1778–1829), painter Gisella Giovenco (born 1946), painter and stylist Francesca Grilli (born 1978), visual artist, video maker Beatrice Ancillotti Goretti (1879–1937), painter Camilla Guerrieri (1628–after 1693), court painter Rosina Mantovani Gutti (1851–1943), painter, especially of children

H Domitilla Harding (fl. late 20th, early 21st century), furniture and fashion designer, also works with glass Adelita Husni-Bey (born 1985), visual artist, video maker

I Iaia (116–27 BC), Roman painter, engraver

K Elisabetta Keller (1891–1969), Italian-born Swiss painter and pastellist Kiyohara Tama (1861–1939), Japanese painter active in Sicily Elisa Koch (1833–1914), painter, pastellist

L Giulia Lama (1681–1747), painter Luisa Lambri (born 1969), photographer Ketty La Rocca (1938–1976), poet, visual artist Carla Lavatelli (1928–2006), portrait painter, abstract sculptor Bice Lazzari (1900–1981), painter Angelica Le Gru Perotti (1719–1776), painter Vittoria Ligari (1713–1783), painter Maria Cattarina Locatelli (died 1723), painter Barbara Longhi (1552–1638), painter

M Ortensia Poncarale Maggi (1732–1811), painter Francesca Magliani (born 1845), painter Lilla Maldura (fl. 1876–1887), painter Matilde Malenchini (1779–1858), portrait and genre painter Ada Mangilli (1863–1935), painter Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714–1774), anatomist, wax modeler Faustina Maratti (c.1679–1745), Baroque poet, painter Elisabetta Marchioni (fl. 1700), Venetian painter Clementina Marcovigi (1863–1887), painter Virginia Mariani (1824–1898), painter, ceramist Maria Martinetti (1864–1921), painter Luigia Massari (1810–1898), painter, embroiderer Giulia Masucci Fava (born 1858), painter Isabella Discalzi Mazzoni (fl. late 15th century), sculptor Margherita Pavesi Mazzoni (1930–2010), painter, sculptor and poet Carla Carli Mazzucato (born 1935), contemporary artist Marisa Merz (1931–2019), sculptor Giovanna Tacconi Messini (1717–1742), painter Madonna Fitta de Milano (17th century), painter Ottonella Mocellin (born 1966), photographer and video artist Tina Modotti (1896–1942), photographer, model and actress Maria Molin (18th century), pastellist Eleonora Monti (1727–1760), painter Sandra Moreschi (born 1946), designer of Jewish ceremonial art Emma Moretto (19th century), painter Marisa Mori (1900–1985), Futurist painter and printmaker Valentina Murabito (born 1981), photographer, visual artist

N Olga Napoli (1903–1955), painter Maria Giacomina Nazari (born 1724), painter Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588), nun, early female Renaissance painter Dianora Niccolini (born 1936), photographer Elena Nobili (1833–1900), figure painter Lila De Nobili (1916–2002), stage designer, costume designer and fashion illustrator Teresa Boccardi Nuytz (died 1837), pastellist

O Virginia Oldoini (1837–1899), photographer Maria Ormani (1428–c.1470), manuscript illustrator and nun Giuseppina Osenga (19th-century), painter Valentina Guidi Ottobri (artist) (born 1988), artist, curator

P Arcangela Paladini (1599–1622), painter Isabella Parasole (c.1570–c.1620), wood engraver Luigia Pascoli (1805–1882), painter Francesca Pasquali (born 1980), painter Rosalba Pedrina (born 1944), painter and teacher Itala Pellegrino (born 1865), painter Cinzia Pellin (born 1973), artist Lida Persili (19th century), painter Anna Bacherini Piattoli (1720–1788), painter Fanny Pieroni-Davenport (late 19th century), painter Isabella Piccini (1664–1732), engraver Sara Pichelli (born 1983), comics artist Margherita Pillini (late 19th century), painter Ida Pinto-Sezzi (born 1852), painter Laura Piranesi (1755–1790), engraver Paola Pivi (born 1971), multimedia artist Teresa del Po (1649–1716), painter Amalia Del Ponte (born 1936), multidisciplinary artist Carlotta Ida Popert (1848–1923), German-Italian painter, etcher Isabella Maria dal Pozzo (died 1700), painter

R Rabarama (born 1969), contemporary artist Baroness Annetta Radovska (19th century), painter Suor Barbara Ragnoni (1448–1533), nun, painter Elvira Raimondi (1866–1920), painter Carol Rama (1918–2015), painter Maria Angelica Razzi (16th century), nun, sculptor Emma Gaggiotti Richards (1825–1912), painter Elisa Rigutini Bulle (born 1859), painter Marietta Robusti (c.1560–1590), Renaissance painter Linda Rocchi (born 1857), painter Francesca Rognoni-Gratognini (1850–1938), landscape painter Juana Romani (1869–1924), painter Lalla Romano (1906–2001), novelist, poet, painter and journalist Paola Romano (1951–2021), painter and sculptor Valentina Romeo (born 1977), cartoonist, illustrator Diana de Rosa (1602–1643), painter Vicenza Giovanna Rovisi (1750–1824), late Baroque and Neoclassical painter

S Marina Sagona (born 1967), Italian-American artist Chiara Samugheo (1935–2022), photographer Felicità Sartori (c.1714–1760), painter and pastellist Beatrice Scaccia (born 1978), painter Maria Domenica Scanferla (1726–1763), painter and pastellist Teresa Scannabecchi (1662–1708), Baroque painter Lucrezia Scarfaglia (fl. 1677), painter Ida Botti Scifoni (1812–1844), painter, sculptor and designer Diana Scultori (1535–1612), engraver Marinella Senatore (born 1977), visual artist Floria Sigismondi (born 1965), Italian-Canadian photographer Luisa Silei (1825–1898), landscape painter Roberta Silva (born 1971), Trinidad and Tobago-born contemporary artist Nerina Simi (1890–1987), painter, art teacher Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665), Baroque painter Violante Beatrice Siries (1709–1783), painter Maria Spanò (born 1843), painter Irene di Spilimbergo (1540–1559), Renaissance painter Chiara Spinelli (1744–1823), pastellist Francesca Stuart Sindici (1858–c.1929), Spanish-Italian painter

T Patrizia Taddei (born 1948), Italian-born Sammarinese contemporary artist Celeste Tanfani (fl. 1735), pastellist Margherita Terzi (18th century), pastellist Caterina Tarabotti (active 1659), Baroque painter Maria Felice Tibaldi (1707–1770), painter Grazia Toderi (born 1963), video artist and photographer Lucia Casalini Torelli (1677–1762), painter Tatiana Trouvé (born 1968), contemporary artist

V Anna Maria Vaiani (died c.1655), engraver