List of Brazilian women artists explained

This is a list of women artists who were born in Brazil or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.

A

• Zina Aita (1900–1967), Italian-Brazilian modernist painter
• Georgina de Albuquerque (1885–1962), Impressionist painter
• Mara Alvares (born 1948), contemporary artist
• Marina Amaral (born 1994), known for colorization of historical photographs
• Tarsila do Amaral (1886–1973), modernist painter
• Abigail de Andrade (1864–1890), painter
• Amanda Maciel Antunes (fl 2000s), costume designer
• Camila Alves (born 1982), fashion designer
• Maria Auxiliadora (1935–1974), painter

B

• Brígida Baltar (c.1959–2022), visual artist
• Ladjane Bandeira (1927–1999), painter, art director
• Tatiana Blass (born 1979), contemporary artist
• Vera Chaves Barcellos (born 1938), visual artist
• Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), painter
• Lenora de Barros (born 1953), contemporary artist
• Edith Behring (1916–1996), painter
• Alice Brill (1920–2013), German-Brazilian painter and photographer
• Elisa Bracher (born 1965), sculptor

C

• Carlota De Camargo Nascimento (1904–1974), sculptor
• Marina Camargo (born 1980), multimedia artist
• Maria Cândido (born 1939), artist working with clay
• Josely Carvalho (born 1942), multimedia artist
• Leda Catunda (born 1961), painter, engraver, educator
• Catia Chien (fl 2007), illustrator
• Sandra Cinto (born 1968), contemporary artist
• Lygia Clark (1920–1988), painter, installation artist
• Mariza Dias Costa (1952–2019), cartoonist
• Tereza Costa Rêgo (1929–2020), painter

D

• Liliane Dardot (born 1946), painter
• Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914–1979), painter, illustrator, engraver

E

• Sonia Ebling (1918–2006), sculptor
• Laura Erber (born 1979), video artist, writer

F

• Bea Feitler (1938–1982), book cover and catalogue designer
• Julieta de França (1870–1951), sculptor
• Angela Freiberger (born 1953), sculptor, performance artist
• Iole de Freitas (born 1945), sculptor, engraver, installation artist

G

• Anna Bella Geiger (born 1933), multidisciplinary artist, educator
• Olívia Guedes Penteado (1872–1934), art patron, activist
• Sonia Gomes (born 1948), sculptor
• Carmela Gross (born 1946), visual artist

H

• Eli Heil (1929–2017), painter, sculptor, ceramist

J

• Adriana Janacópulos (1897–c.1978), sculptor

K

• Renina Katz (born 1925), printmaker, painter
• Eleonore Koch (1926–2018), painter, sculptor

L

• Felícia Leirner (1904–1996), sculptor
• Sheila Leirner (born 1948), curator, art critic, activist
• Juliana Cerqueira Leite (born 1981), sculptor
• Ju Loyola (born 1979), cartoonist, illustrator
• Renata Lucas (born 1971), painter
• Mariannita Luzzati (born 1963), painter, engraver, video artist

M

• Solange Magalhães (born 1939), French-born Brazilian painter
• Anita Malfatti (1889–1964), modernist painter
• Cinthia Marcelle (born 1974), multimedia artist
• Maria Martins (1894–1973), sculptor
• Sylvia Martins (born 1956), painter
• Lia Menna Barreto (born 1959), sculptor
• Alessandra Meskita (fl 2007), fashion designer
• Alice Miceli (born 1980), video artist
• Beatriz Milhazes (born 1960), painter
• Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914–1979), painter, illustrator, printmaker

N

• Ananda Nahu (born 1985), street artist
• Naza (born 1955), abstract painter
• Constancia Nery (born 1936), naive art painter
• Rivane Neuenschwander (born 1967), contemporary artist
• Teresa Nicolao (born 1928), painter, set designer
• Lucia Nogueira (1950–1998), painter

O

• Tomie Ohtake (1913–2015), Japanese-Brazilian painter, sculptor, print maker
• Christina Oiticica (born 1951), painter
• Lydia Okumura (born 1948), abstract painter
• Camila Oliveira Fairclough (born 1979), visual artist
• Fayga Ostrower (1920–2001), Polish-born Brazilian engraver, painter, educator

P

• Ana Maria Pacheco (born 1943), painter, sculptor, now in the UK
• Shirley Paes Leme (born 1955), printmaker, sculptor, and educator
• Lygia Pape (1927–2004), sculptor, engraver, filmmaker
• Letícia Parente (1930–1991), video artist
• Regina Parra (born 1981), contemporary artist
• Rosana Paulino (born 1967), visual artist, educator and curator
• Marianne Peretti (born 1927), French-Brazilian sculptor, muralist and stained glass artist
• Wanda Pimentel (1943–2019), painter
• Luiza Prado (born 1988), multidisciplinary artist

Q

• Anna Letycia Quadros (1929–2018), painter

R

• Madalena dos Santos Reinbolt (1919–1977), painter, textile artist

S

• Neide Sá (born 1940), painter
• Gretta Sarfaty (fl 1970s), Greek-Brazilian painter and multimedia artist
• Katie van Scherpenberg (born 1940), painter
• Regina Silveira (born 1939), painter
• Luzia Simons (born 1953), painter
• Camila Soato (born 1985), oil painter
• Nathália Suellen (born 1989), digital artist

T

• Amelia Toledo (1926–2017), sculptor, painter
• Clarissa Tossin (born 1973), painter
• Celeida Tostes (1929–1995), sculptor, ceramist
• Iracema Trevisan (born 1982), fashion designer
• Isabelle Tuchband (born 1968), plastic artist
• Yara Tupynambá (born 1932), painter

V

• Adriana Varejão (born 1964), painter, drawer, sculptor and installation artist
• Cybèle Varela (born 1943), painter, video-artist, photographer
• Nicolina Vaz de Assis (1874–1941), sculptor
• Fernanda Viégas (born 1971), graphical designer
• Mary Vieira (1927–2001), sculptor

W

• Hilde Weber (1913–1994), cartoonist, illustrator
• Bertha Worms (1868–1937), French-Brazilian painter

X

• Márcia X (1959–2005), performance artist
• Niobe Xandó (1915–2010), painter

Z

• Carla Zaccagnini (born 1973), painter and curator