List of New Zealand artists

The following is a list of New Zealand artists.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Airini A'Court (born 1953) – painter
• 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

B

• 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
• Gertrude Ball (1879–1971) – wood engraver and painter
• 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
• Luane Brauner (1959) painter
• 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
• Matahi Brightwell (born 1952) – master carver
• 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
• Brit Bunkley (born 1955) – sculptor, installation artist and digital/video artist
• 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

C

• 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

D

• 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
• Rita Dibert ( born USA 1946) — painter, photographer and installation artist
• 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 (living) – mixed media artist
• Dagmar Dyck (born 1972) – printmaker and painter
• Rona Dyer (1923–2021) – painter and wood-engraver

E

• 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

F

• 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

G

• 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
• Kay George (born 1954) – painter
• May Gilbert (1901–1977) – printmaker and painter
• John Alexander Gilfillan (1793–1864) – painter
• Lloyd Godman (born 1952) – photographer and environmental artist
• Katie Gold - potter
• 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

H

• 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
• Emily Cumming Harris (1836–1925) – painter
• Jeffrey Harris (born 1949) – painter
• Malcolm Harrison (1941–2007) – textile artist
• Christine Harvey (living) – tā moko artist
• Kenneth Hassall (1902 – 1970) - printmaker
• 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
• Alexis Hunter (1948–2014) – contemporary painter, photographer
• Mary Young Hunter (1872–1947) – painter

I

• 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

• 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

• 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

L

• 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

• Douglas MacDiarmid (1922–2020) – painter
• Molly Macalister (1920–1979) – sculptor
• Jeanne Macaskill (1931–2014) – painter
• Rhea Maheshwari (born 1993) – 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
• Karl Maughan (born 1964) - painter
• 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
• Bev Moon, artist
• Geoff Moon (1915–2009) – photographer
• Peg Moorhouse (1917–2024) - weaver and artist
• 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

N

• 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

O

• Nina Oberg Humphries (born 1990) – sculpture, photographer
• 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

P

• 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

R

• 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

S

• 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
• 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

T

• 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
• Ray Thorburn (1937–2023) – painter and arts educator
• 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

U

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

V

• Juliet Valpy (1835–1911) – painter
• Petrus Van der Velden (1837–1913) – painter
• Ronnie van Hout (born 1962), New Zealand artist
• 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

W

• 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
• Harry Watson (born 1965) – carver and sculptor
• 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
• Frank Weitzel (1905–1932) – printmaker and sculptor
• 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

Y

• Pauline Yearbury (1926–1977) – Māori modernist artist
• Charlotte Youmans (1869–1957) – painter
• Wayne Youle (born 1974) – contemporary multi-media artist
• Adele Younghusband (1878–1969) – artist and photographer

Z

• Beth Zanders (1913–2009) – painter

See also

• List of New Zealand women artists
• New Zealand art