List of women artists associated with Wales

This is a list of women artists who were born in Wales or whose artworks, or careers, are closely associated with Wales.

A

• Sadie Allen (1930–2017), painter, textile artist
• Edith Lovell Andrews (1886–1980), painter
• Manon Awst (born 1983), sculptor, performance artist

B

• Irene Bache (1901–1999) London-born artist who lived in Swansea from 1942
• Joan Baker (1922–2017), painter

C

• Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), Welsh artist, poet and novelist, working in Wales and Greece
• Felicity Charlton (1913–2009), Bristol-born artist who lived in Wales from 1939
• Melanie Counsell (born 1964), installation artist and sculptor.
• Glenys Cour (born 1924), painter and stained glass artist

D

• Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn (1834–1926), photographer
• Edith Downing (1857–1931), sculptor

E

• Mildred Eldridge (1909–1991), artist born in London who lived in Wales from 1939

F

• Laura Ford (born 1961), sculptor born in Cardiff

G

• Valerie Ganz (1936–2015), painter
• Esther Grainger (1912–1990), painter
• Lillian Griffith (1877–1972), sculptor
• Gwenny Griffiths (1867–1953), portrait painter

H

• Nina Hamnett (1890–1956), Tenby-born artist and artists' model, who exhibited at the Royal Academy
• Cicely Hey (1896–1980), English artist who lived in Llysfaen
• Nichola and Sarah Hope, artists known for their visual artwork
• Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996), Berkshire-born artist who lived in Penarth from an early age
• Joan Hutt (1913–1985), Hertfordshire-born painter who moved to live in North Wales in 1949
• Bethan Huws (born 1961)

J

• Eveline Annie Jenkins (1893–1976), botanical artist and illustrator
• Kathryn Jenkins (1961–2009), was a scholar and writer of Welsh hymns
• Gwen John (1876–1939), painter
• Christine Jones (born 1955), ceramicist
• Joy Farrall Jones (born 1933), painter and illustrator
• Shirley Jones (born 1934), printmaker, writer, poet, producer of Artists' Books

K

• Christine Kinsey (born 1942), painter

L

• Kate Lambert (born 1983), fashion designer
• Ruby Levick (c.1872–1940), sculptor
• Thyrza Anne Leyshon (1892–1996), miniature painter
• Doris Lindner (1896–1979), sculptor
• Eirian Llwyd (1951–2014), printmaker
• Mary Lloyd (1819–1896), sculptor
• Mary Lloyd Jones (born 1934), painter
• Sarah J. Lloyd (born 1896), landscape painter

M

• Helen Mackay (1897–1973), sculptor
• Edwina McGrail (born 1950), artist and poet
• Valerie Miles (1914–1999), painter and illustrator
• Eleri Mills (born 1955), painter
• Tracey Moberly (born 1964), multidisciplinary artist
• Mali Morris (born 1945)

N

• Liz Neal (born 1973), artist based in London
• Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960)

O

• Rachel Owen (1968–2016)
• Joan Oxland (1920–2009), painter

P

• Kusha Petts (1921–2003)
• Cherry Pickles (born 1950)

Q

• Mary Quant (1934–2023)

R

• Shani Rhys James (born 1953), Australia-born painter, moved to Wales after graduation
• Julie Roberts (born 1963), painter

S

• Helen Sear (born 1955), photographic artist
• Jane Simpson (born 1965), sculptor
• Annie Morgan Suganami (born 1952)
• Alia Syed (born 1964), Swansea-born artist and filmmaker, now living and working in London

W

• Mary White (1926–2013), ceramic artist
• Lucy Gwendolen Williams (1870–1955)
• Claudia Williams (born 1933), painter
• Margaret Lindsay Williams (1888–1960), portrait painter
• Annie Williams (born 1942), still life watercolour painter who grew up in Wales
• Sue Williams (born 1956), visual artist
• Caroline Catherine Wilkinson
  (1822–1881)
• Frances Elizabeth Wynne (1835–1907)
• Nancy Wynne-Jones (1922–2006), painter