List_of_New_Zealand_artists Knowpia

The following is a list of New Zealand artists.

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Brett a'Court (born 1968) – painter
Zena Abbott (1922–1993) – weaver
Caroline Abraham (1809–1877) – painter
Laurence Aberhart (born 1949) – photographer
Emily Acland (1830–1905) – pioneer settler and watercolour painter
Avis Acres (1910–1994) – painter, illustrator, writer
Laurence Aberhart (born 1949) – photographer
Mark Adams (born 1949) – photographer
Richard Adams (born 1957) – violinist and abstract painter
Chrystabel Aitken (1904–2005) – sculptor and jeweller
Florence Akins (1906–2012) – metalworker and textile artist
Gretchen Albrecht (born 1943) – painter
Peter Alger (born 1952) – ceramicist
Jim Allen (1922–2023) – sculptor, carver and mixed media artist
Edith Amituanai (born 1980) – photographer
Gladys Anderson (19th century) – painter
Hiria Anderson (born 1974) – painter
Thomas Andrew (1855–1939) – photographer
Rita Angus (1908–1970) – painter
Billy Apple (1935–2021) – pop and conceptual artist
Aina Apse (1926–2015) – potter
Reweti Arapere (living) – illustrator, sculptor and painter
Esther Archdall (1916–1999) – textile artist
Mina Arndt (1885–1926) – painter
Tanya Ashken (born 1939) – sculptor and jeweller
Raewyn Atkinson (born 1955) – ceramicist
Nabil Sabio Azadi (born 1991) – visual artist

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John Badcock (born 1952) – contemporary artist
Chris Bailey (born 1965) – sculptor and carver
Whero O Te Rangi Bailey (1935–2016) – weaver and textile artist
Kingsley Baird (living) – sculptor and designer
Murray Ball (1939–2017) – cartoonist
George Baloghy (born 1950) – painter
William Bambridge (1820–1879) – photographer
Ria Bancroft (1907–1993) – sculptor
Barry Barclay (1944–2008) – filmmaker
Nola Barron (born 1931) – potter
Charles Decimus Barraud (1822–1897) – painter
Paul Beadle (1917–1992) – sculptor and medallist
Russell Beck (1941–2018) – sculptor and jade carver
Richmond Beetham (1832–1912) – painter
William Beetham (1809–1888) – portrait painter
William J. Belcher (1883–1949) – painter
Graham Bennett (born 1947) – sculptor
Maurice Bennett (1957–2016) – toast artist
Leo Bensemann (1912–1986) – illustrator, printer, typographer, publisher and editor
Carlo Bergamini (1868–1934) – sculptor
Pauline Bern (born 1952) – jeweller
James Berry (1906–1979) – stamp and coin designer
Phyllis Bethune (1899–1982) – painter
Don Binney (1940–2012) – painter
Vivien Bishop (born 1945) – painter
Lisa Black (born 1982) – mixed media sculptor
Margery Blackman (born 1930) – weaver
Eden Bleazard (1855–1946) – painter
Bessie Blomfield (1880–1984) – painter
Charles Blomfield (1848–1926) – painter
Constance Bolton (1884–1949) – painter
Chris Booth (born 1948) – sculptor and installation artist
Joe Bootham (1911–1986) – painter
Levi Borgstrom (1919–2001) – woodturner
Nigel Borell (born 1973) – Māori contemporary artist and curator
Kobi Bosshard (born 1939) – jeweller
Christine Boswijk (born 1939) – ceramicist
James Boswell (1906–1971) – painter, cartoonist and draughtsman
John Botica (born 1953) – pebble mosaic artist and designer
Olivia Spencer Bower (1905–1982) – painter
Violet Bowring (1890-1980) - painter, miniaturist
Walter Armiger Bowring (1874 -1931) - painter and illustrator
Arthur Merric Boyd (1862–1940) – painter
George Boyd (1825–1886) – potter
Joanna Braithwaite (born 1962) – painter
Brian Brake (1927–1988) – photographer
William Brassington (1801–1905) – stonemason and sculptor
Jane Brenkley (1882–1973) – painter, wood carver and embroiderer
Stella Brennan (born 1974) – installation artist
Louie Bretaña (born 1967) – multi-media artist and painter
Barry Brickell (1935–2016) – potter
Freda Brierley (born 1942) – weaver
Brit Bunkley (born 1955) – sculptor, installation artist and digital/video artist
Tungane Broadbent (born 1940) – tivaevae / tivaivai artist
Greg Broadmore (born 1972) – concept designer and sculptor
David Brokenshire (1925–2014) – ceramicist
Jude Broughan (born 1976) – mixed media artist
Cath Brown (1933–2004) – weaver and ceramicist
Helen Brown (1917–1986) – painter
Nigel Brown (born 1949) – painter
Pelenakeke Brown – multi-disciplinary artist
Peter Brown (1921–2005) – painter
Kathleen Browne (1905–2007) – painter
Mary-Louise Browne (born 1957) – text-based conceptual artist
Annie Buckhurst (1894 - 1959) – metalwork artist
Jessie Buckland (1878–1939) – photographer
Emily Valentine Bullock – jeweller and creator of wearable art
Fanny Buss (1910–1986) – textile artist, fashion designer, printmaker and book illustrator
Debra Bustin (born 1957) – visual artist
Maude Burge (1865–1957) – painter
Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows (born 1951) – tapa cloth artist
Mirranda Burton (born 1973) – printmaker and graphic novel illustrator
Grace Butler (1886–1962) – painter
Margaret Butler (1883–1947) – sculptor

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Helen Calder (born 1955) – painter
Emma Camden (born 1966) – glassworker
Corrie Cameron (1904–1993) – printmaker and painter
Donna Campbell (born 1959) – curator, weaver and textile artist
Jenny Campbell (1895–1970) – painter
Rosemary Campbell (born 1941) – painter
Ida Carey (1891–1982) – painter and art teacher
Steve Carr – video artist, sculptor and photographer
Len Castle (1924–2011) – potter
Ruth Castle (born 1931) – weaver
Tim Chadwick (1962–2010) – painter and mixed media artist
Vera Chapman (1885–1953) – painter
Chris Charteris (born 1966) – jeweller
Ellen Cheeseman (1848–1928) – painter and botanist
Chen Weiming (born c. 1980) – sculptor
Garth Chester (1916–1968) – furniture designer
Madeleine Child (born 1959) – ceramicist
Raymond Ching (born 1939) – painter
Liyen Chong (born 1979) – embroiderer, ceramacist and printmaker
Bessie Christie (1904–1983) – painter
Joseph Churchward (1932–2013) – graphic designer and typographer
Philip Clairmont (1949–1984) – painter
Fiona Clark (born 1954) – photographer
Russell Clark (1905–1966) – illustrator and sculptor
Frank Edward Clarke (1849–1899) – scientific illustrator
Tangimoe Clay (born 1960) – weaver and textile artist
Betty Clegg (1926–2009) – watercolour painter
James Coe (1917–2003) – industrial designer and painter
Edith Collier (1885–1964) – painter
Alice Beville Collins (1884–1973) – silversmith
William Cooch (1898–1950) – stamp designer, printmaker, calligrapher and architect
Octavia Cook (born 1978) – jeweller
Jim Cooper (born 1956) – ceramicist
Dale Copeland (born 1943) – collage and assemblage artist
Ivy Copeland (1888–1961) – painter
Stella Corkery (born 1960) – painter
Paerau Corneal (born 1961) – ceramicist
Bronwynne Cornish (born 1945) – ceramicist, sculptor, educator
Frederick Daniel Cornwell (1875–1948) – painter
Shane Cotton (born 1964) – painter
Roy Cowan (1918–2006) – ceramicist and printmaker
Helen Crabb (1891–1972) – pen and ink artist, painter and art teacher
John Crichton (1917–1993) – furniture and interior designer
Gordon Crook (1921–2011) – visual artist
Bill Culbert (1935–2019) – painter, photographer, sculptor and installation artist
Ann Culy (born 1952) – jeweller
Vera Cummings (1891–1949) – painter
Betty Curnow (1911–2005) – painter and printmaker

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Philip Dadson (born 1946) – media artist
Lily Daff (1885–1945) – painter and illustrator
Andrea Daly (born 1965) – jeweller
Judy Darragh (born 1957) – sculpture/installation
Shona Rapira Davies (born 1951) – sculptor and painter
May Davis (1914–1995) – ceramicist
Neil Dawson (born 1948) – sculptor
Melvin Day (1923–2016) – painter and scholar
Eileen Olive Deste (1909–1986) – photographer
Pip Devonshire (born 1966) – weaver
Fran Dibble (born 1962) – painter and sculptor
Paul Dibble (born 1943) – sculptor
Ngila Dickson (born 1958) – costume designer
Konstantin Dimopoulos (born 1954) – sculptor and visual artist
Owen Dippie (living) – muralist and street artist
Lynley Dodd (born 1941) – children's book illustrator
John Drawbridge (1930–2005) – muralist
Don Driver (1930–2011) – painter, sculptor and collage-maker/assemblist
Andrew Drummond (born 1951) – painter and sculptor
Sam Duckor-Jones (born 1982) – sculptor and poet
Alison Duff (1914–2000) – sculptor
Joan Dukes (1903–1993) – illustrator
Sarah Dutt
Dagmar Dyck (born 1972) – printmaker and painter

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Audrey Eagle (1925–2022) – botanical illustrator
Gay Eaton (1933–2017) – textile artist
John Edgar (1950–2021) – sculptor and medallist
Leon van den Eijkel (1940–2021) – sculptor and painter
Frances Dolina Ellis (1900–1971) – artist, printmaker and teacher
Frederick Vincent Ellis (1892–1961) – stained glass artist and art teacher
Lorna Ellis (1903–1981) – sculptor and ceramist
Martin Emond (1969–2004) – cartoon illustrator and painter
Jane Evans (1946–2012) – painter
Claudia Pond Eyley (born 1946) – painter, filmmaker

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Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929) – painter and writer
Richard Fairgray (born 1985) – author and illustrator
Lusi Faiva – stage performer and dancer
David Farquhar (1928–2007) – composer
Nicola Farquhar (born 1972) – painter
Joan Fear (1932–2022) – painter
William Henry Feldon (1871–1945) – sculptor and monumental mason
Charles Fell (1844–1918) – painter
Fatu Feu'u (born 1946) – painter
Irene Ferguson (born 1970) – portrait painter
Di Ffrench (1946–1999) – photographic and performance artist
Ivy Fife (1905–1976) – painter
George Finey (1895–1987) – sketch artist, illustrator and painter
John Nugent Fitch (1840–1927) – botanical illustrator and lithographer
Fane Flaws (1951–2021) – painter, musician and multimedia artist
Frances Fletcher (1846–1935) – painter
Tony Fomison (1939–1990) – painter
Luise Fong (born 1964) – abstract painter and educator
Selina Foote (born 1985) – painter
John Bevan Ford (1930–2005) – artist
Patricia France (1911–1995) – abstract artist
Margaret Frankel (1902–1997) – painter, potter, printmaker and art teacher
Jacqueline Fraser (born 1956) – sculptor and installation artist
Warwick Freeman (born 1953) – jeweller
Marti Friedlander (1928–2016) – photographer
Karl Fritsch (born 1963) – jeweller
Dick Frizzell (born 1943) – printmaker, painter
Hester Frood (1882–1971) – painter and printmaker
Clive Fugill (born 1949) – wood carver
Elizabeth Fuller (born 1957) – illustrator
Steve Fullmer (born 1946) – ceramicist

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Joanne Gair (born c.1958) – make-up artist
Briar Gardner (1879–1968) – ceramicist
Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) – sculptor and assemblage artist
Regan Gentry (born 1976) – sculptor
Ian George (1952–2015) – sculptor and painter
John Alexander Gilfillan (1793–1864) – painter
Lloyd Godman (born 1952) – photographer and environmental artist
Suzanne Goldberg (1940–1999) – painter
Charles Goldie (1870–1947) – painter
Edmund Gouldsmith (1852–1932) – painter
Star Gossage (born 1973) – painter
Kohai Grace (born 1966) – weaver
Joan Gragg (born 1943) – sculptor and painter
Brett Graham (born 1967) – sculptor
Charlotte Graham (born 1972) – painter
Lyonel Grant (born 1957) – carver and sculptor
Aston Greathead (1921–2012) – artist
Ayesha Green (born 1987) – painter and sculptor
Sarah Greenwood (1809–1889) – painter
James Greig (1936–1986) – potter
William Griffin (c.1811–1870) – painter
Richard Gross (1882–1964) – sculptor
John Gully (1819–1888) – painter

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Robert Hague (born 1967) – sculptor and printmaker
Alison Hale (born 1954/1955) – painter
Caley Hall (born 1975) – painter
Bill Hammond (1947–2021) – painter
Pat Hanly (1932–2004) – painter
Amy Merania Harper (1900–1998) – photographer
Claire Harris – photographer and mixed media artist
Emily Cumming Harris (1836–1925) – painter
Jeffrey Harris (born 1949) – painter
Malcolm Harrison (1941–2007) – textile artist
Christine Harvey (living) – tā moko artist
Niki Hastings-McFall (born 1959) – artist and jeweller
Rhona Haszard (1901–1931) – painter
Charles Heaphy (1820–1881) – painter
Christine Hellyar (born 1947) – sculptor and installation artist
Des Helmore (born 1940) – biological illustrator
Kennaway Henderson (1879–1960) – illustrator and cartoonist
Louise Henderson (1902–1994) – painter
Rangimārie Hetet (1892–1995) – weaver
Veranoa Hetet (born 1966) – weaver
Georgina Burne Hetley (1832–1898) – painter
Avis Higgs (1918–2016) – textile designer
Mabel Hill (1872–1956) – painter
Roland Hipkins (1894–1951) – painter and woodcutter
Gavin Hitchings (born 1937) – jeweller
Bessie Hocken (1848–1933) – painter and photographer
Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) – painter
W. M. Hodgkins (1833–1898) – painter
Ola and Marie Höglund (born 1956, born 1955) – glass artists
Katherine McLean Holmes (1849–1925) – painter
Julian Hooper (born 1966) – painter
Esther Studholme Hope (1885–1975) – painter
Gabrielle Hope (1916–1962) – painter
Jean Horsley (1913–1997) – painter
Ralph Hotere (1931–2013) – painter, educator
Charles Howorth (1856–1945) – painter
Eleanor Hughes (1882–1959) – painter
Nina Oberg Humphries (born 1990) – sculpture, photographer
Alexis Hunter (1948–2014) – contemporary painter, photographer
Mary Young Hunter (1872–1947) – painter

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Humphrey Ikin (born 1957) – furniture designer
Ioane Ioane (born 1962) – performance artist, filmmaker, painter, installation artist and sculptor
Wilfrid Nelson Isaac (1893–1972) – jeweller, enameller, metalworker and art school director
Tāme Iti (born 1952) – performance and installation artist, painter and sculptor

J edit

Nicola Jackson (born 1960) – painter
Linda James (born 1951) – painter
Helen Varley Jamieson (born 1966) – digital media artist, writer
Eana Jeans (1890–1986) – painter
Ellen Jeffreys (1827–1904) – painter
Dorothy Jenkin (1892–1995) – painter
Megan Jenkinson (born 1958) – photographer
Jess Johnson (born 1979) – drawer, animator
Nina Jones (1871–1926) – painter

K edit

Robyn Kahukiwa (born c. 1938) – painter and illustrator
Emily Karaka (born 1952) – painter
Annie Elizabeth Kelly (1877–1946) – portrait painter
Felix Runcie Kelly (1914–1994) – painter, muralist, cartoonist
Robyn E. Kenealy (born 1983) – comic creator
Bob Kerr (born 1951) – painter
Richard Killeen (born 1946) – painter
Martha King (1803–1897) – painter
Susan Te Kahurangi King (born 1951) – pencil/ink
Rangi Kipa (born 1966) – sculptor and carver
Te Rongo Kirkwood (active since 2000s) – glass designer
Tom Kreisler (1938-2002) – painter and poet
Tony Kuepfer (born 1947) – glass artist

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Sarah Laing (born 1973) – cartoonist and author
Lily Laita (born 1969) – painter
Maureen Lander (born 1942) – weaver and installation artist
Peter Lange (1802–1884) – ceramicist
Daisy Le Cren (1881–1951) – painter
Saskia Leek (born 1970) – painter
Andy Leleisi'uao (born 1969) – painter
Karl Leonard (born 1964) – carver and weaver
Ranginui Parewahawaha Leonard (1872–1984) – weaver
Janet Lilo (born 1982) – digital photography, video, and multimedia artist
Gottfried Lindauer (1839–1926) – painter
Bridie Lonie (born 1951/2) – painter, academic and arts writer
Ida Mary Lough (1903–1985) – weaver
Nikole Lowe (born 1973) – tattoo artist
Caroline Lush (1854–1945) – painter
Phillip Luxton (born 1959) – ceramicist
Len Lye (1901–1980) – sculptor, experimental film maker
Julia Lynch (1896–1975) – portrait artist
Vivian Lynn (1931–2018) – sculptor, paper and installation artist

M edit

Douglas MacDiarmid (1922–2020) – painter
Molly Macalister (1920–1979) – sculptor
Jeanne Macaskill (1931–2014) – painter
Tanja McMillan (Misery) (born 1982) – graffiti artist, painter, sculptor
Allen Maddox (1948–2000) – painter
Marian Maguire (born 1962) – lithographer
Sam Mahon (born 1950) – sculptor
Toi Te Rito Maihi (born 1937) – weaver
Dorothy Manning (1919–2012) – painter
Edgar Mansfield (1907–1996) – bookbinder
Owen Mapp (born 1945) – carver and sculptor
Lina Marsh (born 1972/73) – multidisciplinary artist and musician
Sylvia Marsters (born 1963) – painter
Josiah Martin (1843–1916) – photographer
Mata Aho Collective (formed 2012) – mixed-media artists
Liz Maw (born 1966) – painter
Colin McCahon (1919–1987) – painter, museum curator, teacher
Elizabeth McClure (born 1957) – glass artist
Shona McFarlane (1929–2001) – painter
Royce McGlashen (born 1949) – ceramicist
Mary McIntyre (born 1928) – painter
Peter McIntyre (1910–1995) – painter
Raymond McIntyre (1879–1933) – artist and art critic
Matthew McIntyre-Wilson (born 1973) – jeweller
Lois McIvor (1930–2017) – painter
Rachael McKenna (born 1950) – photographer
Tui McLauchlan (1915–2004) – painter
Sarah Ann McMurray (1848–1943) – woodcarver
Ellen von Meyern (died c. 1912) – portrait painter
Judy Millar (born 1957) – painter
Marjory Mills (1896–1987) – watercolour painter, embroidery designer
Margaret Milne (1917–2005) – ceramicist
Sofia Minson (born 1984) – painter
Merata Mita (1942–2010) – filmmaker
Shona Moller – painter
Tim Molloy – cartoonist
Muriel Carrick Moody (1907–1991) – sculptor, ceramist
Geoff Moon (1915–2009) – photographer
Julia Morison (born 1952) – multidisciplinary artist
Edith Emily Morris (1895–1965) – jewellery designer, silversmith
Robin Morrison (1944–1993) – photographer
Elise Mourant (1921–1990) – painter
Milan Mrkusich (1925–2018) – painter
Marianne Muggeridge (born 1952) – painter and screenprinter
Michel Mulipola (born 1981) – comic artist
Selwyn Muru (born 1937) – painter, sculptor and film / broadcasting

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James Nairn (1859–1904) – painter
Manos Nathan (1948–2015) – ceramicist
Chester Nealie (born 1942) – ceramicist
G. P. Nerli (1860–1926) – painter
Indira Neville (born 1973) – comics artist
Kate Newby (born 1979) – installation artist
Guy Ngan (1926–2017) – painter and sculptor
Peter Nicholls (born 1936) – sculptor
Jan Nigro (1919–2012) – painter
Buck Nin (1942–1996) – artist

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Kate Ogston (1852–1916) - painter
Alfred Henry O'Keeffe (1858–1941) – artist
Ani O'Neill (born 1971) – artist
Richard Orjis (born 1979) – artist
Daisy Osborn (1888–1957) – painter, illustrator, jewellery designer
Rona Ngahuia Osborne (born 1974) – painter, textile and clothing artist

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Pacific Sisters – collective of artists, performers, fashion designers, jewellers and musicians
Evelyn Margaret Page (1899–1988) – painter
Alvin Pankhurst (born 1949) – painter
Fiona Pardington (born 1961) – photographer
Michael Parekowhai (born 1968) – sculptor
John Parker (born 1947) – ceramicist
J. S. Parker (1944–2017) – painter
Richard Parker (born 1946) – ceramicist
Reuben Paterson (born 1973) – artist
Tania Patterson (born 1969) – jeweller
Joanna Paul (1945–2003) – visual artist, poet, filmmaker
Ruth Paul (born 1964) – children's writer, illustrator
Edward William Payton (1859–1944) – photographer and painter
Johnny Penisula (born 1955) – artist
Graham Percy (1938–2008) – artist, illustrator
Patricia Charlotte Perrin (1921–1988) – potter
Juliet Peter (1915–2010) – ceramicist, illustrator, printmaker, painter
Margot Philips (1902–1988), painter
Séraphine Pick (born 1964) – painter
Judy Pickard (1921–2016) – painter
Kim Pieters (born 1959) – painter, musician and digital filmmaker
Molima Molly Pihigia (born 1950/51) – weaver
Ada May Plante (1875–1950) – painter
Philip Robert Presants (1867–1942) – chromolithographer
Alan Preston (born 1941) – jeweller
Phil Price (born 1965) – sculptor
Diane Prince (born 1952) – painter, weaver, installation art practitioner and set designer
John Pule (born 1962) – artist, writer
Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006) – weaver, writer

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Rachael Rakena (born 1969) – digital artist
Rosanna Raymond (born 1967) – installation artist, poet, and cultural commentator
Lisa Reihana (born 1964) – photographer
Rangimahora Reihana-Mete (1899–1993) – weaver
Bridget Reweti (active since 2000s) – photographer and moving image artist
Kura Te Waru Rewiri (born 1950), painter, educator
Pauline Rhodes (born 1937) – sculptor, photographer and installation artist
Gwyneth Richardson (1896–1980), watercolour artist
Dolla Richmond (1861–1935) – painter
Baye Riddell (born 1950) – ceramicist
Martyn Roberts (born 1965/6) – lighting and set designer and photographer
Dorothy Robertson (died 1979) – painter
Horatio Gordon Robley (1840–1930) – 19th-century sketch artist and watercolourist
Helen Rockel (born 1949) – painter
Rick Rudd (born 1949) – ceramicist
Yvonne Rust (1922–2002) – potter and painter
Frances Rutherford (1912–2006) – painter

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Raymond Sagapolutele (born 1971) – photographer
Kathleen Salmond (1895–1946) – painter
E. Rosa Sawtell (1865–1940) – painter
Theo Schoon (1915–1985) – painter, carver, photographer
Emily Schuster (1927–1997) – weaver
Ian Scott (1945–2013) – painter
Alfred Sharpe (1836–1908) – 19th-century painter
Joe Sheehan (born 1976) – jeweller
Carole Shepheard (born 1945) – printmaker
Maud Winifred Sherwood (1880–1956) – painter
Jeena Shin (born 1973) – painter
Emily Siddell (born 1971) – mixed-media artist
Peter Siddell (1935–2011) – 20th-century painter
Sylvia Siddell (1941–2011) – painter
Freda Simmonds (1912–1983) – painter
Tiffany Singh (born 1978) – installation artist
Susan Skerman (born 1928) – painter
Yvonne Sloan (born 1941) – weaver, textile artist
Michael Smither (born 1939) – painter and sculptor
Katherine Smyth – ceramicist
Ella Spicer (1876–1958) – painter
Peggy Spicer (1908–1984) – painter
John Calcott St Quentin (fl. 1863–1869) – painter, designer and workers' advocate^[1]
Vida Steinert (1906–1999) – painter
Helen Stewart (1900–1983) – painter
Peter Stichbury (born 1969) – 20th-century painter
Justin Summerton (born 1968) – painter
Grahame Sydney (born 1948) – 20th-century painter

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Wi Taepa (born 1946) – ceramicist
Suzanne Tamaki – artist
Mahiriki Tangaroa (born 1973) – painter
Tuāfale Tanoa’i - videographer & multi media
Alfred James Tattersall (1861–1951) – photographer
Mary Taylor (born 1948) – painter and etcher
Saffronn Te Ratana (born 1975) – painter
Ernest Heber Thompson (1891–1971) – painter
Pauline Thompson (1942–2012) – painter
Yvonne Todd (born 1973) – photographer
Mollie Tripe (1870–1939) – painter
Philip Trusttum (born 1940) – painter
Michel Tuffery (born 1966) – artist
Telly Tuita (born 1980) – multi-media artist and painter
Merylyn Tweedie (born 1953) – multi-media artist
Marion Tylee (1900–1981) – painter

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Francis Upritchard (born 1976) – sculptor and installation artist
Colleen Waata Urlich (1939–2015) – ceramicist

V edit

Juliet Valpy (1835–1911) – painter
Petrus Van der Velden (1837–1913) – painter
Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959) – painter, sculptor
Erica van Zon (born 1979) – ceramicist
Lesley Vanderwalt (active 2010s) – hair designer, make-up artist
Kathleen Vane (1891–1965) – painter

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Taika Waititi (born 1975) – visual artist and filmmaker
Lisa Walker (born 1967) – jeweller
Edith Wall (1904–2012) – painter
Elizabeth Wallwork (1883–1969) – painter
Gordon Walters (1919–1995) – artist and graphic designer
Emma Maria Walrond (1859–1943) – painter
Enga Washbourn (1908–1988) – painter
Ruth Watson (born 1962) – photographer, sculptor, painter, installation artist and academic
Alice Waymouth (1884–1963) – metalworker and artist
Chris Weaver (born 1956) – ceramicist
Ben Webb (1976–2014) – painter
Marilynn Webb (1937–2021) – printmaker, painter
Christine Webster (born 1958) – visual artist and photographer
Tao Wells – community conceptualist
Ans Westra (1936–2023) – photographer
Annie Julia White (1852–1932) – painter
Jonathan White (1938–2021) – painter
Robin White (born 1946) — painter, printmaker
Violet Whiteman (1873–1952) – painter
Alice Whyte (1885–1952) – painter
Areta Wilkinson (born 1969) – jeweller
Howard Williams (born 1935) – ceramicist and art writer
Arnold Manaaki Wilson (1928-2012) – contemporary sculptor
Judy McIntosh Wilson (born 1937) – sculptor and installation artist
Mary Wirepa (1904–1971) – painter
Christina Wirihana (born 1949) – weaver
Merilyn Wiseman (1941–2019) – ceramicist
Brent Wong (born 1945) – surrealist painter
Sina Woolcott (1907–2003) – potter
Toss Woollaston (1910–1998) – painter
Benjamin Work (born 1979) – sculptor, painter
Douglas Wright (1956–2018) – dancer, choreographer
Robert Henry Wynyard (1802–1864) – painter