List of American women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in America or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. Included are recognized American women artists, known for creating artworks that are primarily visual in nature, in traditional media such as painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics as well as in more recently developed genres, such as installation art, performance art, conceptual art, digital art and video art.

A Mary Abbott (1921–2019), painter Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), photographer Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), Surrealist painter Marjorie Acker (1894–1985), painter Pat Adams (born 1928), painter Lillian Adelman (1899 – 1985), printmaker Kathleen Gemberling Adkison (1917–2010), abstract expressionist painter Ellen Wetherald Ahrens (1859 – ), illustrator, miniature painter, stained glass artist Ariele Alasko, designer, woodworker Grace Albee (1890–1985), printmaker Maxine Albro (1903–1966), painter, muralist, lithographer, mosaic artist, sculptor Mabel Alvarez (1891–1985), painter Jean Goodwin Ames (1903–1986), muralist, educator Laurie Anderson (born 1947), performance artist, musician Eleanor Antin (born 1935), performance artist, installation art Janine Antoni (born 1964), sculptor, installation artist Ida Applebroog (born 1929), painter, sculptor Mia Araujo, painter Diane Arbus (1923–1971), photographer Julie Ault (born 1957), collaborative artist, curator Lynne Avadenka, printmaker, book artist Alice Aycock (born 1946), sculptor Helene Aylon, (1931–2020), painter

B Carrie Ann Baade (born 1974), painter Alice Baber (1928–1982), painter Alexandra Backford (1942–2010), painter Lucy Bacon (1857–1932), painter Peggy Bacon (1895–1987), printmaker, painter, illustrator Gretchen Baer (born 1963), painter, performance artist Jo Baer (born 1929), painter Frances Bagley (born 1946), sculptor Margarete Bagshaw (1964–2015), painter, clay artist Jean Bales (1946–2004), painter, printmaker Rina Banerjee (born 1963), painter, sculptor Colette Bangert (born 1934), new media artist Hayley Barker (born 1973), painter Alice Pike Barney (1857–1931), painter Hannelore Baron (1926–1987), collage artist Jennifer Bartlett (born 1941), painter Mary Alice Barton (1917–2003), quilter Ruth Henshaw Bascom (1772–1848), folk art portraitist Isabel Bate (1909 – 1995), muralist Jean Cory Beall, (1909–1978), painter Betty Beaumont (born 1946), site-specific artist Cecilia Beaux (1855–1942), painter Aisha Tandiwe Bell, mixed media artist Caroline M. Bell (1874–1970), painter Emilie Benes Brzezinski (born 1932), sculptor Lynda Benglis (born 1941), sculptor Debra Bermingham (born 1953), interior scenes and still lifes Becca Bernstein (born 1977), painter Judith Bernstein (born 1942), feminist artist Helen Bershad (born 1934), abstract expressionist painter Linda Besemer (born 1957), abstract painter, video artist Rachel Bess (born ), painter Isabel Bishop (1902–1988), painter, printmaker Nell Blaine (1922–1996), painter Lucile Blanch (1895–1981), painter Erlena Chisolm Bland (1923–2009), painter Marie Bleck (1911–1949), printmaker Gertrude Bleiberg (1921–2001), painter Lucia Smith Carpenter Bliss (1823–1912), botanical artist Rebecca Bluestone (born 1953), tapestry artist Meghan Boody (born 1964), surrealist artist Margaret Boozer (born 1966), ceramist Nancy Borowick (born 1985), photographer Dorr Bothwell (1902–2000), painter, printmaker Margo Consuela Bors (born 1942), mural painter Pauline Boumphrey (1886–1959), sculptor Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), sculptor, printmaker Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), photographer Sandra Bowden (born 1943), painter Katherine Bowling (born 1955), landscape artist Lisa Bradley (born 1951), painter Gladys Ames Brannigan (1882–1944), painter, muralist Dorothy Braudy, painter Sarah Brayer (born 1957), painter, paper artist, printmaker Cornelia Breitenbach (1948–1984), textile artist Karen Breschi (born 1941), ceramic artist Bessie Marsh Brewer (1884–1952), painter, printmaker Anna Richards Brewster (1870–1952), painter Allyn Bromley (born 1928), printmaker Leigh Brooklyn (born 1987), figurative artist Caroline Shawk Brooks (1840–1913), sculptor Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), painter Joan Brown (1938–1990), painter Laura Bruce (born 1959), artist Emilija Bucik Razman (1935–2024), painter and illustrator Fran Bull (born 1938), painter, printmaker, sculptor, installation artist Barbara Burrage (1900–1989), printmaker Edith Woodman Burroughs (1871–1916), sculptor Lilian Thomas Burwell (born 1927), painter, sculptor Mary Buskirk (1931–2009), fiber artist Deborah Butterfield (born 1949), sculptor Kathy Butterly (born 1963), sculptor Charlot Byj (1920–1983), greeting card artist Charlie Bynar, (born 1966), watercolor painter

C Victoria Cabezas (born 1950), conceptual artist, photographer Nancy Calef, contemporary figure painter Sheila Cameron, contemporary graphic designer Floy Campbell (1873–1945), painter Pauline Campanelli (1943–2001), painter, writer Cristina Cardenas (born 1957), painter, printmaker Kate Carew (1869–1961), caricaturist Rhea Carmi (born 1942), abstract expressionist Virginia Cartwright (born 1943), ceramic artist Autumn Casey (born 1987), multimedia artist Mary Cassatt (1844–1926), painter, printmaker Eda Nemoede Casterton (1877–1969), painter Rosemarie Castoro (1939–2015), painter, sculptor Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012), sculptor, printmaker Vija Celmins (born 1938), painter, graphic artist, printmaker Aleah Chapin (born 1986), portrait painter Sarah Charlesworth (1947–2013), conceptual artist, photographer Louisa Chase (1951–2016), painter Judy Chicago (born 1939), installation artist, sculptor Marie Z. Chino (1907–1982), potter, ceramic artist Chryssa (1933–2013), sculptor Anne Chu (1959–2016), sculptor Alson S. Clark (1876–1949), painter Grace Clements (1905–1969), muralist, mosaic artist Caroline Morgan Clowes (1838–1904), painter Cora Cohen (born 1943), painter Hannah Cohoon (1788–1864), painter Max Colby (born 1990), textiles, installation artist Bethany Collins (born 1984), book artist Ethel Blanchard Collver (1875–1955), impressionist painter Gladys Emerson Cook (1899–1976), painter, illustrator Austine Wood Comarow (1942–2020), light artist Alice Cooper (1875–1937), sculptor Annette Corcoran (born 1930), graphic artist, ceramist Sue Jean Covacevich (1905–1998), painter Susanne Crane (born 1966), painter Susan Crile (born 1942), painter Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976), photographer Marian Curtis (1882–1944), painter

D Fra M. Dana (1874–1948), painter Jo Davidson (1883–1952), sculptor Eleanor Layfield Davis (1911–1985), painter, sculptor Helena Smith Dayton (1879–1960), painter, sculptor Rosetta DeBerardinis, contemporary painter Pat DeCaro (born 1951), painter Angel De Cora (1871–1919), painter, illustrator Mathilde De Cordoba (1882 – 1944), printmaker Elizabeth de Cuevas (1929–2023), French-born American Virginia Dehn (1922–2005), painter, printmaker Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994), sculptor, printmaker Perla de Leon (born 1952), photographer Jenny Eakin Delony (1866–1949), painter Elizabeth Demaray, sculptor Agnes Denes, (born 1931), conceptual artist Maya Deren (1917–1961), avant-garde filmmaker and theorist, photographer Mamie Deschillie (1920–2010), folk artist Lillian Desow-Fishbein (1921–2004), painter Heather Dewey-Hagborg (born 1982), information art, bio-hacker Lesley Dill (born 1950), multi-media artist Margaret Dillard, contemporary painter Francesca DiMattio (born 1981), painter, sculptor Edith Dimock (1876–1955), painter Eulabee Dix (1878–1961), miniatures painter Maria R. Dixon (?-1896), painter, illustrator Michele Oka Doner (born 1945), sculptor, printmaker, video artist Seena Donneson (1924–2020), sculptor Bailey Doogan (born 1941), painter Helen Thomas Dranga (1866–1940), painter Katherine S. Dreier (1877–1952), painter Rosalyn Drexler (1926–2025), painter Elsie Driggs (1898–1992), painter

E Margaret Fernie Eaton (1871–?), book plate illustrator Abastenia St. Leger Eberle (1878–1942), sculptor Sheila Elias (born 1945), installation artist Mary Endico (born 1954), watercolor painter Nita Engle (1925–2019), painter Janeil Engelstad, contemporary artist, curator Marisol Escobar (1930–2016), sculptor, printmaker Inka Essenhigh (born 1969), painter Dulah Marie Evans (1875–1951), painter, illustrator, printmaker, photographer, etcher Lin Evola (born 1950), sculptor

F Claire Falkenstein (1908–1997), sculptor Cornelia Adele Strong Fassett (1831–1898), portrait painter Sonya Fe (born 1952), painter Jo Feiler (born 1951), photographer Mildred Feinberg (1899–1990), painter Lauren Fensterstock (born 1975), installation artist, sculptor, goldsmith Lillian Prest Ferguson (1867–1955), Canadian-born painter Jackie Ferrara (born 1929), sculptor Rae Ferren (born 1929), impressionist painter Carole Feuerman (born 1945), sculptor Perle Fine (1905–1988), abstract painter Janet Fish (1938–2025), painter Alice Underwood Fitch (1862–1936) award-winning painter Audrey Flack (1931–2024), painter Hertha E. Flack (1916–2019), painter, philanthropist Lola Flash (born 1959), photographer Enid Foster (1895–1979), sculptor, performance artist Constance Edith Fowler (1907–1996), painter, printmaker Helen Frank (born 1930), painter, printmaker Jane Frank (1918–1986), painter Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), painter, printmaker Andrea Fraser (born 1965), performance artist Laura Gardin Fraser (1889–1966), sculptor Susie Frazier (born 1970), mixed media artist Helen C. Frederick (born 1945), printmaker Jane Freilicher (1924–2014), painter Edith Frohock (1917–1997), painter, printmaker Wilhelmina Weber Furlong (1878–1962), painter

G Wanda Gág (1893–1946), printmaker, illustrator Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), painter, mixed media artist Jacalyn Lopez Garcia (born 1953), multimedia artist Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837–1922), painter Sonia Gechtoff (1926–2018), painter Mary Gehr (1913–1997), painter, printmaker Nellie Huntington Gere (1868–1949), painter, illustrator Sybil Gibson (1908–1995), painter Ann Gillen, sculptor Ruth Gikow (1915–1982), muralist Helen Gilbert (1922–2002), painter, kinetic sculptor Charlotte Gilbertson (1922–2014), painter, printmaker Margaret Girvin Gillin (1833–1915), painter Jane Emmet de Glehn (1873–1961), painter Judith Godwin (1930–2021), painter Leah Golberstein, contemporary installation artist Margery E. Goldberg (born 1950), painter, sculptor Sarah Beth Goncarova (born 1980), painter, sculptor, installation artist Elizabeth Goodridge (1798–1882), miniatures painter Sarah Goodridge (1788–1853), miniatures painter Lori K. Gordon (born 1958), multi-media artist April Gornik (born 1953), painter Nancy Graves (1939–1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker Dorothy Grebenak (1913–1990), pop art, textile artist Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871–1954), illustrator Glenda Green (born 1945), painter Mary Sheppard Greene (1869–1958), painter, illustrator Molly Gregory (1914–2006), woodworker, furniture maker Lucila Villaseñor Grijalva, muralist Mimi Gross (born 1940), painter Jolán Gross-Bettelheim (1900–1972), printmaker Hilda Grossman Morris (1911–1991), sculptor MK Guth (born 1963), installation artist

H Hildegarde Haas (1926–2002), painter Carol Haerer (1933–2002), painter Lauren Halsey (born 1987), installation artist Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–2010), painter Helen Hardin (1943–1984), painter Tracy Harris (born 1958), painter Jan Harrison (born 1944), painter, sculptor Rachel Harrison (born 1966), sculptor, photographer Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), painter Jann Haworth (born 1942), sculptor Ana Lisa Hedstrom (b. 1943), fiber artist Mary Heebner (born 1951), painter Mary Heilmann (1940–2026), painter, sculptor