This is a list of women artists who were born in Brazil or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
A Zina Aita (1900–1967), Italian-Brazilian modernist painter Georgina de Albuquerque (1885–1962), Impressionist painter Mara Alvares (born 1948), contemporary artist Marina Amaral (born 1994), known for colorization of historical photographs Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), modernist painter Abigail de Andrade (1864–1890), painter Amanda Maciel Antunes (fl 2000s), costume designer Camila Alves (born 1982), fashion designer Maria Auxiliadora (1935–1974), painter
B Brígida Baltar (c.1959–2022), visual artist Ladjane Bandeira (1927–1999), painter, art director Tatiana Blass (born 1979), contemporary artist Vera Chaves Barcellos (born 1938), visual artist Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), painter Lenora de Barros (born 1953), contemporary artist Edith Behring (1916–1996), painter Alice Brill (1920–2013), German-Brazilian painter and photographer Elisa Bracher (born 1965), sculptor
C Carlota De Camargo Nascimento (1904–1974), sculptor Marina Camargo (born 1980), multimedia artist Maria Cândido (born 1939), artist working with clay Josely Carvalho (born 1942), multimedia artist Leda Catunda (born 1961), painter, engraver, educator Catia Chien (fl 2007), illustrator Sandra Cinto (born 1968), contemporary artist Lygia Clark (1920–1988), painter, installation artist Mariza Dias Costa (1952–2019), cartoonist Tereza Costa Rêgo (1929–2020), painter
D Liliane Dardot (born 1946), painter Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914–1979), painter, illustrator, engraver
E Sonia Ebling (1918–2006), sculptor Laura Erber (born 1979), video artist, writer
F Bea Feitler (1938–1982), book cover and catalogue designer Julieta de França (1870–1951), sculptor Angela Freiberger (born 1953), sculptor, performance artist Iole de Freitas (born 1945), sculptor, engraver, installation artist
G Anna Bella Geiger (born 1933), multidisciplinary artist, educator Olívia Guedes Penteado (1872–1934), art patron, activist Sonia Gomes (born 1948), sculptor Carmela Gross (born 1946), visual artist
H Eli Heil (1929–2017), painter, sculptor, ceramist
J Adriana Janacópulos (1897–c.1978), sculptor
K Renina Katz (1925–2025), printmaker, painter Eleonore Koch (1926–2018), painter, sculptor
L Felícia Leirner (1904–1996), sculptor Sheila Leirner (born 1948), curator, art critic, activist Juliana Cerqueira Leite (born 1981), sculptor Ju Loyola (born 1979), cartoonist, illustrator Renata Lucas (born 1971), painter Mariannita Luzzati (born 1963), painter, engraver, video artist
M Solange Magalhães (born 1939), French-born Brazilian painter Anita Malfatti (1889–1964), modernist painter Cinthia Marcelle (born 1974), multimedia artist Maria Martins (1894–1973), sculptor Sylvia Martins (born 1956), painter Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), sculptor Alessandra Meskita (fl 2007), fashion designer Alice Miceli (born 1980), video artist Beatriz Milhazes (born 1960), painter Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914–1979), painter, illustrator, printmaker
N Ananda Nahu (born 1985), street artist Naza (born 1955), abstract painter Constancia Nery (born 1936), naive art painter Rivane Neuenschwander (born 1967), contemporary artist Teresa Nicolao (born 1928), painter, set designer Lucia Nogueira (1950–1998), painter
O Tomie Ohtake (1913–2015), Japanese-Brazilian painter, sculptor, print maker Christina Oiticica (born 1951), painter Lydia Okumura (born 1948), abstract painter Camila Oliveira Fairclough (born 1979), visual artist Fayga Ostrower (1920–2001), Polish-born Brazilian engraver, painter, educator
P Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943), painter, sculptor, now in the UK Shirley Paes Leme (born 1955), printmaker, sculptor, and educator Lygia Pape (1927–2004), sculptor, engraver, filmmaker Letícia Parente (1930–1991), video artist Regina Parra (born 1981), contemporary artist Rosana Paulino (born 1967), visual artist, educator and curator Marianne Peretti (1927–2022), French-Brazilian sculptor, muralist and stained glass artist Wanda Pimentel (1943–2019), painter Luiza Prado (born 1988), multidisciplinary artist
Q Anna Letycia Quadros (1929–2018), painter
R Madalena dos Santos Reinbolt (1919–1977), painter, textile artist
S Neide Sá (born 1940), painter Gretta Sarfaty (fl 1970s), Greek-Brazilian painter and multimedia artist Katie van Scherpenberg (1940–2025), painter Regina Silveira (born 1939), painter Luzia Simons (born 1953), painter Camila Soato (born 1985), oil painter Nathália Suellen (born 1989), digital artist
T Amelia Toledo (1926–2017), sculptor, painter Clarissa Tossin (born 1973), painter Celeida Tostes (1929–1995), sculptor, ceramist Iracema Trevisan (born 1982), fashion designer Isabelle Tuchband (born 1968), plastic artist Yara Tupynambá (born 1932), painter
V Adriana Varejão (born 1964), painter, drawer, sculptor and installation artist Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, video-artist, photographer Nicolina Vaz de Assis (1874–1941), sculptor Fernanda Viégas (born 1971), graphical designer Mary Vieira (1927–2001), sculptor
W Hilde Weber (1913–1994), cartoonist, illustrator Bertha Worms (1868–1937), French-Brazilian painter
X Márcia X (1959–2005), performance artist Niobe Xandó (1915–2010), painter
Z Carla Zaccagnini (born 1973), painter and curator