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[]

Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), photographer
Gertrude Abercrombie (1909–1977), Surrealist painter
Marjorie Acker (1894–1985), painter
Pat Adams (born 1928), painter
Kathleen Gemberling Adkison (1917–2010), abstract expressionist painter
Irma Aguayo, muralist
Ariele Alasko, designer, woodworker
Grace Albee (1890–1985), printmaker
Maxine Albro (1903–1966), painter, muralist, lithographer, mosaic artist, sculptor
Mabel Alvarez (1891–1985), painter
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
Ruth Henshaw Bascom (1772–1848), folk art portraitist
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
Rachel Bess (born c. 1979), painter
Isabel Bishop (1902–1988), painter, printmaker
Nell Blaine (1922–1996), painter
Lucile Blanch (1895–1981), painter
Erlena Chisolm Bland (1923–2009), painter
Gertrude Bleiberg (1921–2001), painter
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
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
Fran Bull (born 1938), painter, printmaker, sculptor, installation artist
Edith Woodman Burroughs (1871–1916), sculptor
Lilian Thomas Burwell (born 1927), painter, sculptor
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
Kate Carew (1869–1961), caricaturist
Rhea Carmi (born 1942), abstract expressionist
Virginia Cartwright (born 1943), ceramic 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
Bethany Collins (born 1984), book artist
Ethel Blanchard Collver (1875–1955), impressionist painter
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

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
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
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
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 (born 1926), 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
Jackie Ferrara (born 1929), sculptor
Carole Feuerman (born 1945), sculptor
Perle Fine (1905–1988), abstract painter
Janet Fish (born 1938), painter
Audrey Flack (born 1931), painter
Hertha E. Flack (1916–2019), painter, philanthropist
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
Ruth Gikow (1915–1982), muralist
Helen Gilbert (1922–2002), painter, kinetic sculptor
Charlotte Gilbertson (1922–2014), painter, printmaker
Margarete Garvin 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
Lucila Villaseñor Grijalva, muralist
Mimi Gross (born 1940), painter
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
Mary Heebner (born 1951), painter
Carolyn Heller (1937–2011), painter, decorative artist
Nestor Hernández (1961–2006), photographer
Eva Hesse (1936–1970), sculptor
Cornelia Ellis Hildebrandt (1876–1962), miniature painter
(born 1961), painter
Claude Raguet Hirst (1855–1942), trompe-l'œil painter, woodworker
Beth Van Hoesen (1926–2010), printmaker
Camille Hoffman (born 1987), installation artist
Nancy Holt (1938–2014), sculptor, installation artist
Jenny Holzer (born 1950), conceptual artist
Edna Boies Hopkins (1872–1937), woodblock printer
Violet Hopkins (born 1973), painter
Naomi Louise Sunderland Hosterman (1903–1990), painter
Letitia Huckaby (born 1972), photographer, mixed media
Winnifred Hudson (1905–1996), abstract painter
Anita Huffington (born 1934), sculptor
Regina Olson Hughes (1895–1993), botanical illustrator
Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876–1973), sculptor
Luchita Hurtado (1920–2020), painter
Alice Clary Earle Hyde (1876-1943), botanical artist

J[]

Wendy W. Jacob (born 1958), sculptor
Laura Ann Jacobs (born 1960), sculptor, mixed media artist
Yvonne Jacquette (born 1934), painter, printmaker
Shirley Jaffe (1923–2016), painter
Terrell James (born 1955), painter, sculptor
Angela Jansen (born 1929), painter, sculptor
Annette P. Jimerson (born 1966), painter
Cathy Josefowitz (1956–2014), painter
Joni T. Johnson (1934–1988), painter
Joan Jonas (born 1936), video, performance artist, other media
Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), painter
Lorna Jordan (1954–2021), environmental artist
Joanne Julian, contemporary mixed media artist

K[]

Susan Kaprov (born 1946), multi-disciplinary artist
Gertrude Käsebier (1852–1934), photographer
Lila Katzen (1925–1998), sculptor
Betty Keener Archuleta (1928–1998), painter
Alice De Wolf Kellogg (1862–1900), painter
Mary Kelly (born 1941), conceptual artist
Greta Kempton (1901–1991), portrait painter
Catherine Kernan (born 1948), painter
Sandy Kessler Kaminski (born 1969), painter, mixed-media artist
Ilah Marian Kibbey (1883–1957), genre and landscape painter
Karen Kilimnik (born 1955), painter, installation artist
Dorothy Stratton King (1909–2007), painter, printmaker
Emma B. King (1857–1933), impressionist
MaPo Kinnord (born 1960), ceramic artist, sculptor
Sam Kirk (born 1981), street artist, muralist
Mary Kirkwood (1904–1995), portrait painter, muralist
Marilyn Kirsch (born 1950), painter
Minnie Klavans (1915-1999), painter
Fay Kleinman (1912–2012), painter
Hedy Klineman, contemporary portrait painter
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856–1942), painter
Gwendolyn Knight (1914–2005), painter
Cynthia Knott (born 1952), seascape painter
Alison Knowles (born 1933), Fluxus performance artist, printmaker
Florence Koehler (1861–1944), designer, jeweler
Ida Kohlmeyer (1912–1997), painter, sculptor
Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989), painter
Marni Kotak (born 1974), performance artist
Margia Kramer (born 1939), mixed-media artist
Lee Krasner (1908–1984), painter
LaVerne Krause (1924–1987), printmaker, painter
Barbara Kruger (born 1945), photographer, graphic artist, sculptor

L[]

Rachel Lachowicz (born 1964), painter
Suzanne Lacy (born 1945), installations, video, performance artist
Anna Coleman Ladd (1878–1939), sculptor
Millie Rose Lalk (1895–1943), painter
Rosy Lamb (born 1973), painter, sculptor
Dorothea Lange (1895–1965), photographer
Ellen Lanyon (1926–2013), painter
Barbara Latham (1896–1989), painter, printmaker, illustrator
Louise Lawler (born 1947), photographer
Nancy Lawton (1950–2007), silver point artist
Mary Le Ravin (1905–1992), multimedia artist
Doris Lee (1905–1983), painter
Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer, visual artist
Sherrie Levine (born 1947), conceptual artist
Fran Lew (born 1946), painter
Ann Lewis (born 1981)
Edmonia Lewis (1845–1911), sculptor
Maya Lin (born 1959), installation artist
Pat Lipsky (born 1941), painter
Llanakila, contemporary painter, digital artist
Lucile Lloyd (1894–1941), muralist
Judith Lodge (born 1941), painter, photographer
Zoe Longfield (1924–2013), abstract expressionist artist
Angela Lorenz (born 1965), book artist
Helen Lundeberg (1908–1999), painter
Genevieve Springston Lynch (1891–1960), painter

M[]

Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (1909–2010), painter
Florence MacKubin (1857–1918), portrait painter
Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), painter
Silvia Malagrino (born 1950), multimedia artist, filmmaker
Maxine Martell (born 1937)
Agnes Martin (1912–2004), painter
Louise Martin (1911-1995), photographer
Maria Martinez (1887–1980), potter, ceramist
Soraida Martinez (born 1956), painter
Emily Mason (1932–2019), painter
Mercedes Matter (1913–2001), painter
Amanda Matthews (born 1968), sculptor, painter, public art designer
Louisa Matthíasdóttir (1917–2000), painter
Randi Matushevitz (born 1965), painter
Cornelia F. Maury (1866–1942), portrait painter
Brookie Maxwell (1956–2015), artist, curator
Nell Brooker Mayhew (1875–1940), painter
Paula McCartney (born 1971), photographic works
Renee McGinnis (born 1962), painter
Sarah McKenzie (born 1971), painter
Alexa Meade (born 1986), body artist
Nellie Meadows (1915–2006), artist
Donna Meistrich (born 1954), painter, sculptor, animator
Dalila Paola Méndez (born 1975), painter
Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), performance artist
Nora Chapa Mendoza (born 1932), abstract painter
Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), actress, painter, poet
Geneva Mercer (1889–1984), sculptor
Betty Merken, painter, printmaker, abstract geometric monotypes
Deborah Mesa-Pelly (born 1968), painter
Frances Myers, printmaker
Eleanore Mikus (1927–2017), painter
Melissa Miller (born 1951), painter
Joan Mitchell (1925–1992), painter, printmaker
Edna Zyl Modie (1886–1981), painter
Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991), Fluxus, performance artist
Rebecca Jo Morales (born 1962), painter
Dorothy Morang (1906–1994), painter
Ree Morton (1933–1977), painter, sculptor
Jill Moser (born 1956), painter
Grandma Moses (1860–1961), painter
Ruth Mountaingrove (1923–2016), photographer, poet
Brenna Murphy (born 1986), psychedelic art
Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007), painter, printmaker
Grace H. Murray (1872–1944), watercolor painter
Laura Myntti (born 1962), painter
Caroline Mytinger (1897–1980), painter

N[]

Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985), potter, ceramic artist
Fannie Nampeyo (1900–1987), potter, ceramic artist
Iris Nampeyo (c. 1860–1942), potter, ceramic artist
Inez Nathaniel-Walker (1911-1990), artist
Alice Neel (1900–1984), painter
Anne Neely (born 1946), painter
Deborah Nehmad (born 1952), printmaker, mixed-media artist
Pamela Nelson, contemporary painter, installation artist
Abigail May Alcott Nieriker (1840–1879), artist
Gladys Nilsson (born 1940), painter
Tameka Norris (born 1979), performance artist
Kenda North (born 1951), photographer

O[]

Violet Oakley (1874–1961), muralist
Linda Obermoeller (1941–1990), portrait painter
Mina Fonda Ochtman (1862–1924), painter
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986), painter
Rose O'Neill (1874–1944), comic strip artist
Catherine Opie (born 1961), photographer
Sono Osato (born 1960), artist

P[]

Josephine Paddock (1885–1964), painter
Bashka Paeff (1894–1979), sculptor
Susanna Paine (1792–1862), portrait painter
Louise Parks (born 1945), painter
Irene E. Parmelee (1847–1934), portrait painter
Dellamarie Parrilli (born 1949), abstract expressionist, action painter
Clara Weaver Parrish (1861–1925), painter, printmaker, stained glass designer
Betty Parsons (1900–1982), painter, gallerist
Eunice Parsons (born 1916), modernist collagist
Pat Passlof (1928–2011), painter
Christina Patoski (born 1948), photographer, video artist
Ruthe Katherine Pearlman (1913–2007), painter, art educator
Leemour Pelli (born 1964). painter
Agnes Lawrence Pelton (1881–1961), modernist painter
Beverly Pepper (1924–2020), sculptor, painter
Isabelle Clark Percy West (1882–1976), designer
I. Rice Pereira (1902–1971), abstract painter
Lilla Cabot Perry (1848–1933), painter
Elizabeth Peyton (born 1965), painter
Nan Phelps (1904–1990), painter
Eunice Pinney (1770–1849), watercolor painter
Adrian Piper (born 1948), conceptual artist
Vanessa Platacis (born 1973), painter and installation artist
Alethea Hill Platt (1860–1932), painter
Gloria Plevin (born 1934), painter
Stephanie Pogue (1944–2002), printmaker
Susan Mohl Powers (born 1944), sculptor, painter
Mary Elizabeth Price (1877–1965), painter
Ann Purcell (born 1941), painter

Q[]

Dextra Quotskuyva (born 1928), potter, ceramic artist

R[]

Raquel Rabinovich (born 1929), painter, sculptor
Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), performance artist, choreographer, dancer
Sophy Regensburg (1885–1974), naïve painter
Deborah Remington (1930–2010), painter, printmaker
Christie Repasy (born 1958), floral painter
Linda Ridgway (born 1947), sculptor
Judy Rifka (born 1945), painter, video artist
Faith Ringgold (born 1930), painter, fabric artist
Anne Louise Gregory Ritter (1868–1929), painter, ceramicist
Adelaide Alsop Robineau (1865–1929), painter, potter
Dorothea Rockburne (born 1932), painter
Anita Rodriguez (born 1941), painter
Julia Rommel (born 1980), abstract painter
Stephanie Rond (born 1973), painter
Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901–1980), painter
Christine Rosamond (1947–1994), painter
Esther Rose (1901–1990), painter, calligrapher
Martha Rosler (born 1943), video, photo-text, installation, performance art
Barbara Rossi (born 1940), painter
Susan Rothenberg (1945–2020), painter, printmaker
Suze Rotolo (1943–2011), book artist, illustrator
Meridel Rubenstein (born 1948), photographer, installation artist
Katie Ruiz (born 1984), painter

S[]

Alison Saar (born 1956), sculptor, installation artist
Betye Saar (born 1926), assemblage artist
Betty Sabo (1928–2016), landscape painter, sculptor
Kay Sage (1898–1963), painter
Anna M. Sands (1860–1927/1940), painter
Augusta Savage (1892–1962), sculptor
Anne Savedge, contemporary photographer
Kerri Scharlin, painter and conceptual artist
Lonny Schiff (born 1929), collage artist
Rachel Schmeidler, multi-media artist
Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019), performance artist
Joan Schulze (born 1936), textile artist
Donna N. Schuster (1883–1953), painter
Ethel Schwabacher (1903–1984), painter
Barbara Schwartz (1949–2006), painter, sculptor
Lillian Schwartz (born 1927), digital artist
Janet Scudder (1869–1940), sculptor
Bernarda Bryson Shahn (1903–2004), painter, lithographer
Ann Leda Shapiro (born 1946), painter
Honoré Desmond Sharrer (1920–2009), painter
Susan Louise Shatter (1943–2011), landscape painter
Ruth Faison Shaw (1888–1969), painter
Judith Shea (born 1948), sculptor
Mary Michael Shelley (born 1950), carver, painter
Kara Shepherd (born 1911), surrealist painter
Cindy Sherman (born 1954), photographer
Lauren Silva (born 1987), painter
Laurie Simmons (born 1949), photographer
Lorna Simpson (born 1960), photographer
Schandra Singh (born 1977), painter
Sylvia Sleigh (1916–2010), painter
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (born 1940), painter, printmaker
Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935), illustrator
Kiki Smith (born 1954), sculptor, printmaker, multi-media
Amanda Snyder (1894–1980), painter, printmaker
Joan Snyder (born 1940), painter
Judith Solodkin (born 1945), printmaker
Malia Solomon (1915–2005), textile artist
Kathleen Mary Spagnolo (1919–2016), painter
Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones (1885–1968), painter
Meredyth Sparks (born 1972), multimedia artist
Nancy Spero (1926–2009), painter, printmaker, collage artist
Betty Spindler (born 1943), ceramist
Laura Splan (born 1973), multimedia artist
Molly Springfield (born 1977), drawer
Linda St. Clair (born 1952), wildlife painter
Wendy Red Star (born 1981), multimedia artist
Anita Steckel (1930–2012), graphic artist
Marsha Steinberg (born 1946), painter, etcher
Monika Steiner (born 1972), sculptor
Bettina Steinke (1913–1999), painter, muralist
Pat Steir (born 1940), painter
Hedda Sterne (1910–2011), painter
Lizbeth Stewart (1948–2013), ceramist
Elena Stonaker (born 1985), textile artist
Georgianna Stout (born 1967), graphic designer
Renee Stout (born 1958), sculptor
Marjorie Strider (1931–2014), sculptor
Jane Stuart (1812–1888), portrait painter
Michelle Stuart (born 1933), painter, sculptor, photographer
Altoon Sultan (born 1948), painter
Carol Sutton (born 1945), painter
Liza Sylvestre, visual artist

T[]

Anne Tabachnick (1927–1995), painter
Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), painter, surrealist
Fay Morgan Taylor (1909–1990), modernist artist
Juliet Thompson (1873–1956), painter
Hannah Tompkins (1920–1995), painter, printmaker
Selina Trieff (1934–2015), abstract artist
Virginia True (1900–1989), painter
Anne Truitt (1921–2004), sculptor
Wu Tsang (born 1982), filmmaker, performance artist
Diane Tuckman (born 1939), silk painter
Mym Tuma (born 1940), painter, mixed media
Ruth Tunstall Grant (1945–2017), painter
Lynne Woods Turner (born 1951), abstract painter
Vadis Turner (born 1977), mixed media, textile artist

U[]

Ruth Pershing Uhler (1895–1967), painter, curator
Mierle Laderman Ukeles (born 1939), installation artist
Audrey Ushenko (born 1945), figurative painter

V[]

Aramenta Dianthe Vail (1820–1888), miniatures painter
Clover Vail (born 1939), print-maker
Jessie Rose Vala (born 1977), installation artist
Lesley Vance (born 1977), painter
Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872–1955), sculptor

W[]

Marion Wachtel (1875–1951), painter
Stacy Lynn Waddell (born 1966), painter
Carol Wald (1935–2000), illustrator
Kara Walker (born 1969), painter, printmaker, installation artist
Mildred Waltrip (1911–2004), illustrator
Nina B. Ward (1885–1944), painter
Carol Wax (born 1953), printmaker
Andrea Way (born 1949), painter, sculptor
Stacey Lee Webber (born 1982), metalsmith
Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), photographer
Susan Weil (born 1930), painter
Clara Barck Welles (1869–1965), silversmith
Jean Wells (born 1949), mosaic sculptor
Bessie Wheeler (born 1876), painter
Candace Wheeler (1827–1923), interior and textile designer
Karen Wheeler (born 1955), painter
Lindsey White (born 1980), multi-media artist
Elizabeth Whiteley (born 1945), multi-media artist
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), sculptor
Charmion Von Wiegand (1896–1983), painter
Harriet "Hattie" Elizabeth Wilcox (1869–1943), ceramics artist
Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), multi-media artist
Mary Rogers Williams (1857–1907), painter
Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002), sculptor
Cordelia Wilson (1873–1953), painter
Jane Wilson (1924–2015), painter
Mary Ann Wilson (fl. 1810–1825), watercolor painter
Jacqueline Winsor (born 1941), sculptor
Leona Wood (1921–2008), painter
Thelma Wood (1901–1970), silverpoint artist
Francesca Woodman (1958–1981), photographer
Anna Woodward (1868–1935), painter
Amy Namowitz Worthen (born 1946), printmaker, engraver
Patience Wright (1725–1786), sculptor
Henriette Wyeth (1907–1997), painter

Y[]

Enid Yandell (1870–1934), sculptor
Mary Agnes Yerkes (1886–1989), painter
Daisy Youngblood (born 1945), ceramic artist, sculptor
Judy Youngblood (born 1948, painter
Marlene Tseng Yu (born 1937), abstract painter
Lisa Yuskavage (born 1962), painter

Z[]

Bhakti Ziek (born 1946), textile artist
Andrea Zittel (born 1965), sculptor, installation artist
Marguerite Zorach (1887–1968), painter, textile artist