List of Australian artists
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Individual artists
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- Joyce Allan (1896–1966), scientific illustrator
- Micky Allan (born 1944), photographer
- Mary Cecil Allen (1893–1962), painter, writer
- Davida Allen (born 1951): painter, film maker and writer
- Tony Ameneiro (born 1959): artist, printmaker
- Rick Amor (born 1948): artist and figurative painter
- Aelita Andre (born 2007): painter
- Garry Andrews (born 1957): painter, printmaker and art teacher
- Concetta Antico (born 1960): painter and tetrachromat artist
- Howard Arkley (1951–1999): painter of houses, architecture, and suburbia
- Ian Armstrong (1923-2005): painter and printmaker
- Alison Marjorie Ashby (1901–1987), botanical artist
- James Ashton (1859–1935): artist and arts educator
- Julian Ashton (1851–1942): artist and teacher
- Will Ashton (1881-1963): artist and gallery director
- Mireille Astore (born 1961): artist, writer and film maker
- Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872), illustrator, botanist, writer
- Yvonne Audette (born 1930), painter
- J. Muir Auld (1879–1942): painter of landscapes and figure subjects
- Narelle Autio (born 1969), photographer
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- Thomas Baines (1820–1875): English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia
- Maringka Baker (born c. 1952), painter
- Normand Baker (1908—1955): artist, winner of 1937 Archibald Prize
- Arthur Baker-Clack (1877–1955): expatriate Impressionist painter of landscapes, resident of the Etaples art colony
- Marie-Claire Baldenweg (born 1954): Swiss–Australian contemporary artist
- Alice Marion Ellen Bale (1875–1955): exhibited with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors
- Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958), fashion designer, illustrator
- William Barak (1824–1903): Aboriginal artist of traditional Indigenous life and encounters with Europeans
- Irene Barberis (born 1953), English-born painter, installation artist, drawer
- Gwen Barringer (1882–1960), watercolourist
- Ethel Barringer (1883–1925), etcher
- Del Kathryn Barton (born 1972): artist, winner of 2008 and 2013 Archibald Prizes
- Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826): Austrian botanical illustrator
- John Beard (born 1943): painter, winner of 2006 Wynne Prize and 2007 Archibald Prize
- Christopher Beaumont (born 1961): still life painter
- Paddy Bedford (1922–2007): Indigenous artist and architect
- Clarice Beckett (1887–1935), painter
- Bianca Beetson: Aboriginal artist
- Marcus Beilby (born 1951): artist, winner of 1987 Sulman Prize
- George Bell (1878–1966): painter who studied in London and Paris
- Richard Bell (born 1953): painter who courted controversy
- Lisa Bellear (1961–2006), photographer, poet, dramatist, comedian
- Jean Bellette (1908–1991), painter
- Allana Beltran, performance artist
- Jason Benjamin (born 1971): painter, winner of 2005 Archibald Prize
- Anthony Bennett (born 1966): painter, Archibald Prize finalist 2008, 2009
- Gordon Bennett (1955–2014): Aboriginal artist
- Jane Bennett (born 1960), painter
- Moira Bertram (born 1929), comic artist, illustrator
- Kevin John Best (1932–2012): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM)
- Asher Bilu (born 1936): painter and sculptor
- Vivienne Binns (born 1940): artist, awarded the Order of Australia (OAM)
- Dorrit Black (1891–1951), painter, printmaker
- Charles Blackman (born 1928): landscape artist
- Freya Blackwood (born 1975), illustrator, special effects artist
- Florence Turner Blake (1873–1959), painter
- Godfrey Blow (born 1948): artist, founder of the Perth Stuckists
- Elise Blumann (1897–1990): German-born artist who achieved recognition as an Expressionist painter
- Thomas Bock (1793–1855): portraitist
- Wim Boissevain (born 1927): painter
- Susie Bootja Bootja Napaltjarri (c. 1935–2003), painter
- David Booker (born 1954): Australian contemporary sculptor
- Peter Booth (born 1940): figurative and abstract painter
- Marion Borgelt (born 1954): contemporary painter and mixed-media artist
- Polly Borland (born 1959), photographer
- Nancy Borlase (1914–2006): New Zealand-born landscape-based abstract painter and portraitist
- Stella Bowen (1893–1947), painter
- Arthur Boyd (1920–1999): portraitist, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
- David Boyd (1924–2011): artist of symbolic and historical paintings, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
- Doris Boyd (1888–1960), painter, ceramist
- Emma Minnie Boyd (1858–1936), painter
- Guy Boyd (1923–1988): sculptor, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
- Merric Boyd (1888–1959): ceramicist, painter, and sculptor, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
- Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923): landscape painter, member of the Boyd artistic dynasty
- John Brack (1920–1999): painter, member of Antipodeans Group
- Godwin Bradbeer (born 1950): figurative drawing
- Pat Brassington (born 1942), photographer, digital artist
- Kate Breakey, photographer
- Angela Brennan (born 1960), painter, ceramist
- Anmanari Brown, painter
- Andrew Browne (born 1960): figurative painter
- Lina Bryans (1909–2000), painter
- Charles David Jones Bryant (1883–1937): marine artist
- Ernest Buckmaster (1897–1968): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1932
- Norma Bull (1906–1980): painter, printmaker and etcher
- Rupert Bunny (1864–1947): painter of landscapes, figure studies, and scenes drawn from mythology and literature
- Jane Burton (born 1966), photographer
- Louis Buvelot (1814–1888): Swiss-born landscape painter who emigrated to Australia
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- Cressida Campbell (born 1960), printmaker
- Joan Campbell (1925–1997), ceramist
- Jane Cannan (1822–1861), painter, drawer
- J Carington Smith (1908–1972): artist and teacher from Tasmania who won the Archibald Prize in 1963
- James Howe Carse (c. 1819–1900): British–Australian painter who specialized in landscapes
- Judy Cassab (1920-2015): painter, twice won the Archibald Prize
- Gino Cavicchioli: Australian-born bust sculptor now living in Canada
- Harold Cazneaux (1878–1953): pictorialist photographer
- Alex Cearns, photographer
- Queenie Chan (born 1974), Hong Kong-born comic artist
- Deanne Cheuk, illustrator, designer, art director
- Nicholas Chevalier (1828–1902): Russian-born artist, illustrator in lithography and water-colour
- Ernest William Christmas (1863–1918)
- Peter Churcher (born 1964): painter of portraits and figures in a realistic style
- Bree Kristel Clarke, photographer
- Densey Clyne (born 1922), Welsh-born photographer, naturalist, writer
- George James Coates (1869–1930): portrait painter
- Ola Cohn (1892–1964), sculptor
- Bindi Cole (born 1975), photographer, video artist, installation artist
- Charles Conder (1868–1909): English-born painter of the Heidelberg School who emigrated to Australia
- Kevin Connor (born 1932): artist, two-time winner of the Archibald Prize
- Justine Cooper (born 1968), animator, video artist, photographer
- William T. Cooper (1934-2015): scientific painter of birds, recipient of a Gold Medal for Distinction in Natural History Art from The Academy of Natural Sciences, Drexel University
- Edith Corbet (1846–1920), landscape painter
- Olive Cotton (1911–2003): photographer
- Noel Counihan (1913–1986): social realist painter
- Virginia Coventry (born 1940), photographer
- Steve Cox (born 1958): painter and watercolourist
- Theodora Cowan (1868–1949), sculptor, painter
- Fred Cress (1938–2009): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1988
- Ray Crooke (1922-2015): portrait artist, Archibald Prize winner in 1969
- Grace Crowley (1890–1979): abstract artist
- Adam Cullen (1965–2012): artist, winner of the Archibald Prize in 2000
- Elisabeth Cummings (born 1934): multi-award-winning artist and teacher
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- John Dahlsen: contemporary environmental artist
- Roy Dalgarno (1910–2001): social realist artist
- Anne Dangar (1885–1951), painter, potter
- Dolly Nampijinpa Daniels (1936–2004), painter
- Alfred James Daplyn (1844-1926), painter
- William Dargie (1912–2003): painter especially of portrait paintings who won the Archibald Prize eight times
- Bessie Davidson (1879–1965), painter
- Olive Blanche Davies (1884–1976/7), botanical illustrator
- Paul Davies (born 1979), artist
- Lawrence Daws (born 1927): painter and printmaker of watercolour, drawing, screenprints, etchings and monotypes
- Janet Dawson (born 1935), painter
- Geoffrey de Groen (born 1938): painter of abstract art
- Roy De Maistre (1894–1968): artist who explored the relationship of colour harmony to musical harmony
- Destiny Deacon (born 1957), photographer
- Linda Dement (born 1960), photographer, digital artist
- Aileen Dent (1890–1978), painter
- Wolfgang Degenhardt (1924–1993): German-born artist often of religious art
- Paul Delprat (born 1942): painter and illustrator, Principal of the Julian Ashton Art School
- Maggie Diaz (born 1925), photographer
- Robert Dickerson (born 1924): figurative painter
- William Dobell (1899–1970): sculptor and painter who won the Archibald Prize three times
- Ken Done (born 1940): artist, especially of design work
- Annie Dorrington (1866–1926), painter, flag designer
- Matt Doust (1984–2013): artist, finalist in the 2011 Archibald Prize
- John Dowie (1915–2008): painter, sculptor and teacher
- Robert Hawker Dowling (1827–1886): colonial artist
- Russell Drysdale (1912–1981): painter of abstract and surrealist art
- Duel (born 1969): graffiti artist and break dancer
- Brian Dunlop (1938–2009): still life and figurative painter
- Max Dupain (1911–1992): photographer
- Elizabeth Durack (1915–2000): Western Australian artist and writer
- Ivan Durrant (born 1947): painter, performance artist and writer
- Olive Dutton Green (1878–1930), painter
- Geoffrey Dyer (born 1947): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2003
- Moya Dyring (1909–1967), painter
- Will Dyson (1880–1938): illustrator
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- Agnes Edwards (c.1873-1928): Aboriginal handicraft maker known for feather flowers.
- Margery Edwards (1933–1989), mixed media artist, painter
- Augustus Earle (1793–1832): London-born travel artist who spent time painting in Australia
- Bonita Ely (born 1946), performance artist
- Esther Erlich (born 1955): figurative painter, winner 1998 Moran prize and 2000 Archibald People's Choice Award
- Joyce Evans, photographer
- Lina Eve (born 1946): figurative painter, singer/songwriter, photographer, and film maker
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- Facter, aka Fletcher Andersen: street artist/painter
- Ian Fairweather (1891–1974): painter who combined western and Asian influences in his work
- Susan Fereday (born 1959): artist, photographer
- Simon Fieldhouse (born 1956): painter of architecture with whimsical characters
- Fiona Foley (born 1964): indigenous artist from Badtjala
- Sue Ford (1943–2009), photographer
- E. Phillips Fox (1865–1915): Naturalist painter
- Dale Frank (born 1959): contemporary artist
- Graham Fransella (born 1950)
- Kristian Fredrikson (1940–2005): New Zealand-born stage and costume designer
- Leonard French (born 1928): painter and stained glass artist
- Thomas Friedensen (1879–1931): English-born artist in watercolour and oils, active in Australia
- Donald Friend (1915–1989): artist, writer and diarist
- Ben Frost: visual and performing artist
- Douglas Fry (1872–1911): artist, especially of animal paintings
- Ella Fry (1916–1997), painter
- Sam Fullbrook (1922–2004): artist, won the Archibald Prize in 1974
- Florence Fuller (1867–1946): painter
- Albert Henry Fullwood (1863–1930): artist who worked in black and white, oils, and watercolour
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- Kiley Gaffney, performance artist, musician
- Silvana Gardner, visual artist, writer
- Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999): sculptor, primarily of found materials
- Marea Gazzard (1928–2013), sculptor, ceramist
- Francis Giacco (born 1955): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1993–1994
- Jeff Gilberthorpe (born 1939): English-born artist and art teacher
- Harry Pelling Gill (1855–1916): English-born artist and art teacher
- S T Gill (1818–1880): English-born draughtsman, watercolour painter, and photographer
- George Gittoes (born 1949): war artist using painting, drawing, photographs and video
- Shaun Gladwell (born 1972): video, performance, painting and sculpture
- James Gleeson (born 1915—2008): surrealist artist, poet, critic, writer and curator
- John Glover (1767–1849): English/colonial artist
- William Buelow Gould (1801–1853): English painter transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1826
- Peter Benjamin Graham (1925–1987): visual artist, printer, and art theorist
- Virginia Grayson (born 1967): visual artist, winner of the Dobell Drawing Prize
- Henry Gritten (c. 1818 – 1873): English painter
- Ann Grocott (born 1938): writer and painter
- Elioth Gruner (1882–1939): New Zealand-born painter, winner of the Wynne Prize seven times
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- Emma Hack (born 1972), photographer
- Basil Hadley (1940–2006): born London, UK, arrived to Australia in 1965, printmaker and painter
- Fiona Hall (born 1953): contemporary visual artist
- Deborah Halpern (born 1967), sculptor, mosaic artist, ceramist
- Michelle Hamer (born 1975): tapestry artist
- Lyn Hancock, photographer, writer
- Henry Hanke (1901–1989): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1934
- Marjorie Hann (1916–2011), South Australian cartoonist, painter and art teacher
- Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991): artist, printmaker and writer
- Albert J. Hanson (1866–1914): landscape painter in both oil and water-colour
- Nicholas Harding (born 1956): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 2001
- Lily Nungarrayi Yirringali Jurrah Hargraves (born 1930), painter
- Rolf Harris (born 1930): Impressionist painter, painted an official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in 2005
- Pro Hart (1928–2006): father of the Outback painting movement
- Ponch Hawkes, photographer
- Louise Hearman (born 1963): figurative painter
- Nada Herman-Witkamp (born 1965), painter
- Ivor Hele (1912–1993): war artist for the Australian War Memorial, five times Archibald Prize winner
- Euan Heng (born 1945): Scottish-born painter and printmaker
- Bill Henson (born 1955): contemporary photographic artist
- Petr Herel (born 1943): Czechoslovakia-born printmaker, painter
- Sali Herman (1898–1993): Swiss-born war artists artist
- Joy Hester (1920–1960): modernist painter
- Hans Heysen (1877–1968): German painter of watercolours of the bush
- Nora Heysen (1911–2003): artist, winner of the 1938 Archibald Prize for portraiture and the first women appointed as an official war artist
- Dale Hickey (born 1937): painter and teacher
- J J Hilder (1881–1916): watercolourist from the Heidelberg School
- Frank Hodgkinson (1919–2001): war artist
- Rayner Hoff (1894–1937): Isle of Man-born sculptor who lived and worked in Australia
- Robert Hollingworth (born 1947): painter, video artist, writer, novelist; winner of 1990 Sulman Prize
- Cherry Hood (born 1960): portraitist, won the 2002 Archibald Prize
- Chris Horder (born 1976): won the Young Emerging Artist Award in the 2011 Mosman Art Prize
- Marie Horseman (1911–1974), cartoonist, illustrator, fashion designer
- Valma Howell (1896–1979), painter, actress
- John Howley (born 1931): painter
- Genevieve Huard (born 1978), painter, illustrator
- Frank Hurley (1885–1962): photographer, filmmaker and adventurer
- Margot Hutcheson (born 1952), British-born painter
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- Kylie InGold (born 1962): painter of the fairy and fantasy genre
- Robert Ingpen (born 1936): graphic designer, illustrator, and author
- Mehwish Iqbal, Pakistani-born painter
- Adelaide Ironside (1831–1867), painter
- Pamela Irving (born 1960): ceramicist, mosaicist and writer
- Jean Isherwood (1911–2006), painter
- Linde Ivimey (born 1965), sculptor
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- Kenneth Jack (1924–2006): watercolour painter, and printmaker, member of RWS
- Robert Jacks (1943–2014): painter, sculptor and printmaker
- James R. Jackson (1882–1975): artist, primarily of Sydney harbor
- Ann James (born 1952), children's book illustrator, graphic designer
- Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James (1937-2011): ceramicist, painter and textile artist, Aboriginal artist
- Gil Jamieson (1934–1992): painter of figurative art works, landscape art works, and portraits
- Bob Jenyns (born 1944): humorous and figurative sculpture, painting, drawing and prints
- Natalie Jeremijenko (born 1966), installation artist
- Carol Jerrems (1949–1980), photographer
- Natasha Johns-Messenger, installation artist, photographer
- Guo Jian (born 1962): painter, sculptor, photographer
- George Johnson (born 1926): painter of modernist art, especially geometric abstraction
- Anne Jolliffe (born 1933), animator
- Justus Jörgensen (1893 – 1975): artist and architect
- Ellen Jose (born 1951), photographer, printmaker
- Anne Judell (born 1942 ): artist, winner of the 2011 Dobell Prize
- Robert Juniper (1929–2012): illustrator, art teacher, sculptor and printmaker
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- Louis Kahan (1905–2002): artist born in Vienna who won the Archibald Prize in 1962
- Shokufeh Kavani (born 1970), Iranian-born painter
- Hanna Kay, Israeli-born painter
- Jennifer Keeler-Milne (born 1961), painter, drawer
- Anwen Keeling (born 1976), portrait painter
- John Kelly (1965): artist
- Rik Kemp (born 1939)
- Roger Kemp (1907–1987): artist, especially of transcendental abstraction
- Franz Kempf (born 1926)
- Tjungkara Ken (born 1969), painter
- Caroline Kennedy-McCracken (born 1967), musician, painter, sculptor
- Rachel Khedoori (born 1964), painter, sculptor
- Toba Khedoori (born 1964), mixed media painter
- Sir Patrick Kilvington (1922–1990): artist of musters, round-ups and horses in motion
- Inge King (born 1915), German-born sculptor
- Leah King-Smith (born 1956), photographer
- Anita Klein (born 1960), painter, printmaker
- Robert Klippel, sculptor
- Anastasia Klose (born 1978), performance artist, installation artist
- Michael Kmit (1910–1981)
- Emily Kngwarreye (1910–1996): Aboriginal artist from the Utopia community
- William Dunn Knox (1820–1945): painter, member of the Victorian Artists Society
- Lisette Kohlhagen (1890–1969), painter
- Derek Kreckler (born 1952): multi-media visual artist
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- Vida Lahey (1882–1968), painter
- George Lambert (1873–1930): artist of portrait paintings and war artist
- Pat Larter (1936–1996), mail artist, photographer, performance artist, painter
- Janet Laurence (born 1947), mixed media artist, installation artist
- George Lawrence (1901–1981): painter in the impressionist style
- Sam Leach (born 1973): figurative painter, winner of 2010 Archibald Prize and Wynne Prize
- Alun Leach-Jones (born 1937): painter, sculptor, printmaker
- Bill Leak (born 1956): cartoonist and painter
- Percy Leason (1889–1959): cartoonist, painter
- Fred Leist (1878–1945): muralist and war artist
- John Lewin (1770–1819): English-born artist of natural history, active in Australia
- Ash Lieb (born 1982): digital artist, painter and writer
- Peter Lik (born 1959): fine art photographer
- Daryl Lindsay (1889–1976): sketcher, illustrator, and art critic
- Joan Lindsay: author
- Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961): artist specializing in etching and engraving
- Norman Lindsay (1879–1969): sculptor, writer, editorial cartoonist and scale modeler
- Ruby Lindsay (1885–1919), illustrator, painter
- Percy Lindsay (1870–1952): landscape painter, illustrator and cartoonist
- Anthony Lister (born 1980): artist specializing in street art, expressionism, and pop art
- W. Lister Lister (1859–1943): painter, won the Wynne Prize seven times
- Norman Lloyd (1895–1983): landscape painter
- Tony Lloyd (born 1970): figurative painter
- Sydney Long (1871–1955): painter, etcher, and teacher
- John Longstaff (1861–1941): painter, war artist and a five-time winner of the Archibald Prize
- Will Longstaff (1879–1953): painter and war artist
- Loongkoonan (born c. 1910), painter, Aboriginal elder
- Keith Looby (born 1940): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1984
- Steve Lopes (born 1971): figurative painter
- Josh Lord (born 1972): artist specializing in acrylic house paint
- Fiona Lowry (born 1974), painter
- Joseph Lycett (c. 1774 – 1827): English-born portrait and miniature painter, active in Australia
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- Bea Maddock (born 1934), printmaker, painter, installation artist
- Chips Mackinolty (born 1954): artist printmaking and journalist
- Euan MacLeod (born 1956): New Zealand artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1999
- Bea Maddock (born 1934): artist combining printing with encaustic painting and installation art
- Guy Maestri (born 1974): painter, winner of 2009 Archibald Prize
- Ma Mahood (1901–1989), painter, ceramist, printmaker
- Gillian Mann (1939–2007), printmaker
- Diane Mantzaris (born 1962), digital artist, printmaker
- Wandjuk Marika (1927–1987): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist, actor, composer and land rights activist
- Conrad Martens (1801–1878): English-born landscape artist active in Australia
- John Mawurndjul (born 1952): indigenous artist in a traditional painting technique rarrk
- Ursula Mayer (born 1970), multimedia artist based in London
- Daphne Mayo (1895–1982), sculptor
- Kathleen McArthur (1915–2001), botanical illustrator, environmentalist, naturalist
- Herbert McClintock (1906–1985): social realist artist
- Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890), painter, diarist
- Frederick McCubbin (1855–1917): painter of the Heidelberg School
- Francine McDougall, filmmaker, photographer
- Queenie McKenzie (c. 1920–1998), painter
- W B McIness (1889–1939): portrait painter, winner of the Archibald Prize seven times
- Arthur McIntyre (1945–2003): artist and art critic
- Alexander McKenzie (born 1971): painter, a six times finalist of the Archibald Prize
- Queenie McKenzie (1930–1998): artist
- Penny Meagher (1935–1995), painter
- Lilian Marguerite Medland (1880–1955), illustrator, painter
- Dora Meeson (1869–1955): painter
- Annemieke Mein (born 1944), Dutch-born textile artist
- Max Meldrum (1875–1955): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1939 and 1940
- Vladas Meskenas (born 1916): Sydney painter, born in Lithuania
- Bill Meyer (born 1942): artist who uses photography, film and music in his work
- mez (Mary-Anne Breeze): Australian-based Internet artist
- Margaret Michaelis-Sachs (1902–1985), Polish-born photographer
- Lewis Miller (born 1959): painter and visual artist, known for his portraits and figurative works, winner of 1998 Archibald Prize
- Benjamin Edwin Minns (1863–1937): watercolourist
- Jan Mitchell (1940–2008), painter, sculptor, illustrator, printmaker
- Robert Boyed Mitchell (1919–2002): abstract expressionist artist
- Joanne Mitchelson (born 1971), painter
- Tracey Moffat (born 1960): artist using primarily photography and video
- Jon Molvig (1923–1970): expressionist artist
- Reg Mombassa (born 1951): New Zealand-born artist and musician
- Milton Moon (born 1926): potter, teacher and author
- May and Mina Moore (1881–1931, 1882–1957), photographers
- Mirka Mora (born 1928), French-born painter, sculptor, mosaic artist
- Harriet Morgan (1830–1907), natural history illustrator
- Sally Morgan (born 1951): Aboriginal author, scriptwriter and contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
- Christine Morrow (born 1971), British-born visual artist
- Patricia Mullins (born 1952), children's book illustrator
- Arthur Murch (1902–1989): painter, winner of the Archibald Prize in 1949
- Vali Myers (1930–2003): artist who specialized in fine pen and ink drawings
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- Rosella Namok (born 1979), painter
- Albert Namatjira (1902–1959): Indigenous Australian artist
- Rosella Namok (born 1979): Indigenous Australian artist
- Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri (c. 1955–2008), painter
- Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri (born c. 1954), painter
- Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri (born c. 1948), painter
- Tjunkiya Napaltjarri (c. 1927–2009), painter
- Wintjiya Napaltjarri, painter
- Makinti Napanangka (c. 1930–2011): Indigenous Australian artist
- Dorothy Napangardi (died 2013), painter
- Lily Kelly Napangardi (born c. 1948), painter
- Yalti Napangati (born c. 1970), painter
- Girolamo Nerli (1860–1926)
- Norie Neumark, American-born sound artist
- Albert Ernest Newbury (1891–1941): landscape and portrait painter
- Ann Newmarch (born 1945), painter, printmaker, sculptor
- Helmut Newton (1920–2004): German-Australian fashion photographer noted for his nude studies of women
- June Newton (born 1923), photographer, actress
- Paul Newton (born 1961): portrait artist who has twice won the Archibald Prize
- Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961), painter
- Deborah Niland (born 1950)
- Kilmeny Niland (1950–2009)
- Sandro Nocentini (born 1966): painter
- Sidney Nolan (1917–1992): painter and printmaker
- Rosaleen Norton (1917–1979), painter, occultist
- Jill Nulty (born 1946), painter, art therapist
- Lena Nyadbi (born c. 1936), painter, installation artist
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- Kathleen O'Brien (1914–1991), comic artist, illustrator, fashion artist
- Kathleen O'Connor (1876–1968), New Zealand-born painter
- Peter O'Doherty (born 1958): musician and artist specializing in still life and suburbia
- Edward Officer (1871–1921): painter, Australian Art Association inaugural president
- Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991), Welsh-born illustrator, cartoonist, painter, author
- Bronwyn Oliver (1959–2006): sculptor
- Margaret Olley (1923–2011): painter specializing in still life
- Bernard Ollis (born 1951): contemporary painter
- John Olsen (born 1928): landscape painter who won the Archibald Prize in 2005
- Lin Onus (1948–1996): Scottish-Koori Aboriginal artist
- Rosemary Opala (1923–2008), illustrator, writer, nurse
- Mandy Ord (born 1974), comic artist
- Jill Orr, performance artist, photographer, installation artist
- Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960), children's book illustrator
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- Mike Parr (born 1945): performance artist and printmaker
- Allyson Parsons (born 1965): Australian Landscape Artist
- Peter Parsons (1951–1993): ceramic artist
- John Passmore (1904–1984): abstract expressionist painter
- John Peart (born 1945)
- John Perceval (1923–2000): artist of drawings, paintings, and ceramics
- Stieg Persson (born 1959): contemporary painter
- Gloria Petyarre (born 1946): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
- Jeanna Petyarre (born 1950), painter
- Kathleen Petyarre (born 1940), painter
- Nancy Petyarre (1938–2009): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
- Debra Phillips (born 1958), photographer, sculptor
- Patricia Piccinini (born 1965): mixed-media artist
- William Edwin Pidgeon (1909–1981): painter who won the Archibald Prize three times
- Julianne Pierce, new media artist, curator, art critic
- Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (1935–2013), ceramist
- W. C. Piguenit (1836–1914): landscape painter
- Anne Pincus (born 1961), painter, sculptor
- Evert Ploeg (born 1963): portrait painter
- Terrance Plowright (born 1949): contemporary and figurative sculptor
- Port Jackson Painter (active 1788–1790s): plant and animal watercolour artist(s) (identity unknown)
- Cedar Prest (born 1940): stained glass artist
- Margaret Preston (1875–1963): modernist painter and printmaker
- Thea Proctor (1879–1966): portrait painter and printmaker
- Geoffrey Proud (born 1946): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1990
- John Skinner Prout (1805–1876): English-born painter of lithographs, watercolours and oils
- Clifton Pugh (1924–1990): painter of landscapes and portraiture
- Minnie Pwerle (1910–2006): contemporary Indigenous Australian artist
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- Ben Quilty (born 1973): portrait painter and war artist, winner of 2011 Archibald Prize
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- Melinda Rackham (born 1959): sculptor and Internet artist
- John Radecki (1865–1955): stained glass artist working in Australia
- David Rankin (born 1946): New York-based painter
- Lloyd Rees (1895–1998): landscape painter
- Geoffrey Ricardo (born 1964): artist, printmaker and sculptor
- John Rigby (1922–2012): painter of tropical and bush landscapes, genre works and portraits
- Hilda Rix Nicholas (1884–1961): conservative post-impressionist painter
- Ian Roberts (born 1952): bird and native vegetation painter
- Tom Roberts (1856–1931): artist and a member of the Heidelberg School
- William Robinson (born 1936): painter and lithographer
- Andrew Rogers (born 1947): sculptor and land artist
- Herbert Rose (1890–1937): painter and etcher
- Ellis Rowan (1847–1922): naturalist and illustrator
- Dattilo Rubbo (1870–1955): Italian-born artist and art teacher
- Craig Ruddy (born 1968): painter of portraits, nudes and self studies, winner of 2004 Archibald Prize
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- Jenny Sages (born 1933): Chinese-born painter, freelance writer, and illustrator
- Tom Samek (born 1950): Czech-born muralist
- Hugh Sawrey (1919–1999): landscape artist and stockman
- Jörg Schmeisser (1942-2012): painter, printmaker and art teacher
- Joyce Scott (born 1942): drawing, oil painting and ceramics
- Udo Sellbach (1927-2006): artist, printmaker and art teacher
- Rebecca Shanahan: artist
- Martin Sharp (1942–2013): artist, underground cartoonist, songwriter and filmmaker
- Wendy Sharpe (born 1960): portraitist and war artist
- Gary Shead (born 1942): artist and filmmaker who won the Archibald Prize in 1992–1993
- Ben Shearer (born 1941): artist who specialises in watercolour painting of the Outback
- Heather Shimmen (born 1957): artist, printmaker
- Ivy Shore (1915–1999): painter, winner of Portia Geach Memorial Award
- Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007): photographer who specialised in architectural and industrial photography
- Jeffrey Smart (1921–2013): painter, known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes
- Tony Smibert (born 1949): painter who specialises in watercolour painting
- Bernard Smith (1916–2011): art historian, art critic and academic
- Grace Cossington Smith (1892–1984): artist and pioneer of modernist painting
- Eric Smith (born 1919): portraitist
- Joshua Smith (1905–1995): artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1944
- Clara Southern (1861–1940): painter
- Stelarc (born 1946): performance artist
- Constance Stokes (1906–1991): figurative painter
- Tim Storrier (born 1949): Australian landscape painter, winner of 2012 Archibald Prize
- Arthur Streeton (1867–1943): landscape painter
- William Strutt (1825–1915): English-born artist of figurative and history paintings
- Roger Swainston (born 1960): painter, naturalist and zoologist specialising in works of the underwater world
- Ricky Swallow (born 1974): sculptor
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- Violet Teague (1872–1951)
- Rover Thomas (c.1926–1998): one of two Aboriginal Australians to exhibit in the Venice Biennale in 1990, alongside Trevor Nickolls
- Nigel Thomson (1945–1999): artist of satirical paintings of society
- Mark Threadgold (born 1977): painter
- Imants Tillers (born 1950): visual art artist, curator and writer
- Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (1932–2002): painter, Aboriginal artist
- Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula
- Zoja Trofimiuk (born 1952): printmaker and sculptor, especially cast glass
- Albert Tucker (1914–1999): Expressionist painter
- Tony Tuckson (1921–1973): war-time pilot turned abstract expressionist painter
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- Tony Underhill (born 1923)
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- Hossein Valamanesh
- Eugene von Guerard (1811–1901): Austrian-born painter of landscapes active in Australia
- Jacques (Jac) van Rees (c. 1920–1989): Dutch-born painter
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- Thomas Wainewright (1794–1847): English author, serial killer, forger and painter transported to Van Dieman's Land
- John Walker (born 1939): English-born painter and printmaker producing native Oceanic art
- Wes Walters (born 1928): realist portrait painter and abstract artist
- Guy Warren (born 1921): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1985
- Barbara Weir (born 1945)
- William Westall (1781–1850): English-born landscape and botanical artist
- Bryan Westwood (1930–2000): portrait artist who won the Archibald Prize twice
- Charles Wheeler (1881–1977): painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1933
- Susan Dorothea White (born 1941): painter, sculptor, printmaker, author
- Brett Whiteley (1939–1992): prolific, multi-award-winning painter
- James V Wigley (1918–1999): painter of Aboriginal camp scenes and desert landscapes
- Leslie Wilkie (1878–1935): artist, curator, and member of Victorian Artists Society
- Fred Williams (1927–1982): painter and printmaker
- Jan Williamson: award-winning portraitist
- Marcus Wills (born 1972): painter, winner of 2006 Archibald Prize
- Shaun Wilson (born 1972): artist, film maker, academic, teacher, and curator
- Henry Winkles (1800–1860)
- Walter Withers : landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of impressionists
- Noel Wood (1912–2001): painter
- John Christie Wright (1889–1917): sculptor
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- John Zerunge Young (born 1956): Hong Kong-born Australian artist
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- Anne Zahalka
- Michael Zavros (born 1974)
- Salvatore Zofrea (born 1946): Italian-born painter of literary, historical and religious sources
Others
- Edmund Capon, arts administrator
- Betty Churcher, arts administrator
- Aubrey Gibson, collector and arts patron
- Ursula Hoff, art historian
- Robert Hughes, author and critic
- Alan McCulloch, author, critic, art historian, curator and arts administrator
- Gabrielle Pizzi, gallerist
- Ron Radford, arts administrator
- Marjorie Tipping, author and art historian
- Sydney Ure Smith, publisher and arts patron
- John Henry Young, gallery director, art dealer and collector
See also
Schools
References
External links
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