List of Italian women artists

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

A

• Carla Accardi (1924–2014), abstractionist painter
• Eleonora Aguiari (born 1973), installation artist
• Angelica Veronica Airola (c.1590–1670), Baroque painter
• Quirina Alippi-Fabretti (1849–1919), painter
• Topazia Alliata (1913–2015), painter, writer
• Edina Altara (1898–1983), illustrator, decorator and fashion designer
• Giulia Andreani (born 1985), history painter
• Amalia de Angelis (fl. 1851–1871), painter
• Elena Anguissola (c.1532–1584), painter and nun
• Lucia Anguissola (c.1538–c.1565), painter
• Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532–1625), Renaissance painter
• Anna Maria Arduino (1633–1700), 17th century painter and writer and the Princess of Piombino from Messina, Sicily
• Simona Atzori (born 1974), painter and dancer born without arms

B

• Pippa Bacca (1974–2008), artist
• Bianca Bagnarelli (born 1988), Italian-French illustrator, writer
• Maria Maddalena Baldacci (1718–1782), painter
• Rosa Barba (born 1972), installation artist
• Helena Barbagelata (born 1991), artist
• Eleonora Bargili (18th century), pastellist
• Letizia Battaglia (1935–2022), photographer
• Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969), contemporary artist
• Aniella di Beltrano (1613–1649), Baroque painter
• Elisabetta Benato-Beltrami (1813–1888), painter, sculptor
• Daniela Benedini (born 1972), contemporary painter
• Mirella Bentivoglio (1922–2017), sculptor, poet, performance artist
• Laura Bernasconi (fl.1674), Baroque painter
• Rosalba Bernini (1762–1829), pastellist
• Antonia Bertucci-Pinelli (died c.1640), Baroque painter
• Carlotta de Bevilacqua (born 1957), lighting designer
• Rossella Biscotti (born 1978), visual artist, video maker
• Ernesta Legnani Bisi (1788–1859), painter and engraver
• Fulvia Bisi (1818–1911), painter
• Rita Boley Bolaffio (1898–1995), collage artist
• Clelia Bompiani (1848–1927), painter
• Monica Bonvicini (born 1965), sculptor, photographer, video artist, educator
• Giuseppina Quaglia Borghese (1765–1831), painter and pastellist
• Erma Bossi (1875–1952), painter
• Luigia Bozzini (19th century), religious painter
• Faustina Bracci Armellini (1785–1857), pastellist
• Antonietta Brandeis (1848–1926), painter
• Nina Breeder (born 1982), contemporary artist
• Plautilla Bricci (1616–1690), architect, painter
• Fatma Bucak (born 1984), contemporary artist
• Eufrasia Burlamacchi (1482–1548), manuscript illuminator
• Angiola Guglielma Butteri (died 1676), nun, painter

C

• Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676), nun, religious painter
• Margherita Caffi (1650–1710), flower painter
• Maria Callani (1778–1803), 18th century portrait painter, active in Parma.
• Suor Prudenza Cambi (died 1601), painter and nun
• Milena Canonero (born 1946), costume designer
• Ginevra Cantofoli (c.1608/1618–1672), Baroque painter
• Sister Luisa Capomazza (c.1600–1646), painter
• Benedetta Cappa (1897–1977), futurist artist
• Antonella Cappuccio (born 1944), costume designer
• Ghitta Carell (1899–1972), Hungarian-born Italian photographer
• Shola Carletti ( 21st century), painter and sculptor, active in India
• Marianna Carlevarijs (1703–1750), painter and pastellist
• Rosalba Carriera (1673–1757), painter
• Maria Vittoria Cassana (died 1711), painter
• Caterina Amigoni Castellini (18th century), pastellist
• Beatrice Catanzaro (born 1975), conceptual artist
• Catherine of Bologna (1413–1463), nun, artist, saint
• Nicoletta Ceccoli (born 1973), Sammarinese illustrator
• Giulia Centurelli (1832–1872), painter and poet
• Maria Suppioti Ceroni (1730–c.1773), pastellist
• Vittoria Chierici (born 1955), painter
• Caterina Cherubini (died 1811), miniaturist
• Amalia Ciardi Dupré (1934–2024), sculptor and painter
• Emma Ciardi (1879–1933), painter
• Barbara Ciardo (born 1983), comic book colorist
• Vittoria Cocito (1891–1971), painter and illustrator
• Marina Cicogna (1934–2023), film producer and photographer
• Maria Giovanna Clementi (1692–1761), portrait painter
• Daniela Comani (born 1965), multimedia artist
• Theresa Maria Coriolano (1620–1671), engraver
• Maddalena Corvina (1607–1664), painter and engraver
• Liliana Cossovel (1924–1984), painter, collagist
• Maria Cosway (1760–1838), Italian-English painter
• Mariangiola Criscuolo (c.1548–1630), Renaissance painter
• Maria Eufrasia della Croce (1597–1676), nun, painter

D

• Dadamaino (1930–2004), painter
• Isabella Maria dal Pozzo (fl. 1660s), painter
• Teodora Danti (c.1498–c.1573), painter, writer
• Caterina Davinio (born 1957), poet, novelist, new media artist
• Elena de' Grimani (born 1975), comic book artist and illustrator
• Lotus de Païni (1862–1953) painter, writer, sculptor, and occultist
• Yvonne De Rosa (born 1975), photographer
• Marianna Candidi Dionigi (1756–1826), painter and writer
• Anna Vittoria Dolara (1754–1827), nun, poet, painter
• Agnese Dolci (1635–1686), painter
• Valentina D'Urbano (born 1985), writer and illustrator
• Irene Parenti Duclos (1754–1795), painter, poet
• Amalia Ciardi Dupré (1934–2024), sculptor, painter

F

• Adriana Bisi Fabbri (1881–1918), painter
• Orsola Faccioli (1823–1906), painter
• Lucrina Fetti (c.1590–1651), painter
• Teresa Fioroni-Voigt (1799–1880), painter of miniatures
• Eva Fischer (1920–2015), Croatian-born Italian painter and engraver
• Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614), early professional painter
• Giovanna Fratellini (1666–1731), Baroque painter
• Chiara Fumai (1979–2017)
• Virginia von Fürstenberg (1974–2023), fashion designer

G

• Margarita Gabassi (mid-18th century), painter
• Anna Galeotti (1739–1773), engraver, painter
• Fede Galizia (1578–1630), pioneering still life Renaissance painter
• Federica Galli (1932–2009), printmaker
• Giola Gandini (1906–1941), painter
• Giovanna Garzoni (1600–1670), Baroque painter
• Francesca Genna (born 1967), printmaker
• Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c.1656), Baroque painter
• Costanza Ghilini (1754–1775), amateur painter and pastellist
• Caterina Ginnasi (1590–1660), Baroque painter
• Domiziana Giordano (born 1959), painter, actress, photographer and video artist
• Sofia Giordano (1778–1829), painter
• Gisella Giovenco (born 1946), painter and stylist
• Francesca Grilli (born 1978), visual artist, video maker
• Beatrice Ancillotti Goretti (1879–1937), painter
• Camilla Guerrieri (1628–after 1693), court painter
• Rosina Mantovani Gutti (1851–1943), painter, especially of children

H

• Domitilla Harding (fl. late 20th, early 21st century), furniture and fashion designer, also works with glass
• Adelita Husni-Bey (born 1985), visual artist, video maker

I

• Iaia (116–27 BC), Roman painter, engraver

K

• Elisabetta Keller (1891–1969), Italian-born Swiss painter and pastellist
• Kiyohara Tama (1861–1939), Japanese painter active in Sicily
• Elisa Koch (1833–1914), painter, pastellist

L

• Giulia Lama (1681–1747), painter
• Luisa Lambri (born 1969), photographer
• Ketty La Rocca (1938–1976), poet, visual artist
• Carla Lavatelli (1928–2006), portrait painter, abstract sculptor
• Bice Lazzari (1900–1981), painter
• Angelica Le Gru Perotti (1719–1776), painter
• Vittoria Ligari (1713–1783), painter
• Maria Cattarina Locatelli (died 1723), painter
• Barbara Longhi (1552–1638), painter

M

• Ortensia Poncarale Maggi (1732–1811), painter
• Francesca Magliani (born 1845), painter
• Lilla Maldura (fl. 1876–1887), painter
• Matilde Malenchini (1779–1858), portrait and genre painter
• Ada Mangilli (1863–1935), painter
• Anna Morandi Manzolini (1714–1774), anatomist, wax modeler
• Faustina Maratti (c.1679–1745), Baroque poet, painter
• Elisabetta Marchioni (fl. 1700), Venetian painter
• Clementina Marcovigi (1863–1887), painter
• Virginia Mariani (1824–1898), painter, ceramist
• Maria Martinetti (1864–1921), painter
• Luigia Massari (1810–1898), painter, embroiderer
• Giulia Masucci Fava (born 1858), painter
• Isabella Discalzi Mazzoni (fl. late 15th century), sculptor
• Margherita Pavesi Mazzoni (1930–2010), painter, sculptor and poet
• Carla Carli Mazzucato (born 1935), contemporary artist
• Marisa Merz (1931–2019), sculptor
• Giovanna Tacconi Messini (1717–1742), painter
• Madonna Fitta de Milano (17th century), painter
• Ottonella Mocellin (born 1966), photographer and video artist
• Tina Modotti (1896–1942), photographer, model and actress
• Maria Molin (18th century), pastellist
• Eleonora Monti (1727–1760), painter
• Sandra Moreschi (born 1946), designer of Jewish ceremonial art
• Emma Moretto (19th century), painter
• Marisa Mori (1900–1985), Futurist painter and printmaker
• Valentina Murabito (born 1981), photographer, visual artist

N

• Olga Napoli (1903–1955), painter
• Maria Giacomina Nazari (born 1724), painter
• Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588), nun, early female Renaissance painter
• Dianora Niccolini (born 1936), photographer
• Elena Nobili (1833–1900), figure painter
• Lila De Nobili (1916–2002), stage designer, costume designer and fashion illustrator
• Teresa Boccardi Nuytz (died 1837), pastellist

O

• Virginia Oldoini (1837–1899), photographer
• Maria Ormani (1428–c.1470), manuscript illustrator and nun
• Giuseppina Osenga (19th-century), painter
• Valentina Guidi Ottobri (artist) (born 1988), artist, curator

P

• Arcangela Paladini (1599–1622), painter
• Isabella Parasole (c.1570–c.1620), wood engraver
• Luigia Pascoli (1805–1882), painter
• Francesca Pasquali (born 1980), painter
• Rosalba Pedrina (born 1944), painter and teacher
• Itala Pellegrino (born 1865), painter
• Cinzia Pellin (born 1973), artist
• Lida Persili (19th century), painter
• Anna Bacherini Piattoli (1720–1788), painter
• Fanny Pieroni-Davenport (late 19th century), painter
• Isabella Piccini (1664–1732), engraver
• Sara Pichelli (born 1983), comics artist
• Margherita Pillini (late 19th century), painter
• Ida Pinto-Sezzi (born 1852), painter
• Laura Piranesi (1755–1785), engraver
• Paola Pivi (born 1971), multimedia artist
• Teresa del Po (1649–1716), painter
• Amalia Del Ponte (born 1936), multidisciplinary artist
• Carlotta Ida Popert (1848–1923), German-Italian painter, etcher
• Isabella Maria dal Pozzo (died 1700), painter

R

• Rabarama (born 1969), contemporary artist
• Baroness Annetta Radovska (19th century), painter
• Suor Barbara Ragnoni (1448–1533), nun, painter
• Elvira Raimondi (1866–1920), painter
• Carol Rama (1918–2015), painter
• Maria Angelica Razzi (16th century), nun, sculptor
• Emma Gaggiotti Richards (1825–1912), painter
• Elisa Rigutini Bulle (born 1859), painter
• Marietta Robusti (c.1560–1590), Renaissance painter
• Linda Rocchi (born 1857), painter
• Francesca Rognoni-Gratognini (1850–1938), landscape painter
• Juana Romani (1869–1924), painter
• Lalla Romano (1906–2001), novelist, poet, painter and journalist
• Paola Romano (1951–2021), painter and sculptor
• Valentina Romeo (born 1977), cartoonist, illustrator
• Diana de Rosa (1602–1643), painter
• Vicenza Giovanna Rovisi (1750–1824), late Baroque and Neoclassical painter

S

• Marina Sagona (born 1967), Italian-American artist
• Chiara Samugheo (1935–2022), photographer
• Felicità Sartori (c.1714–1760), painter and pastellist
• Beatrice Scaccia (born 1978), painter
• Maria Domenica Scanferla (1726–1763), painter and pastellist
• Teresa Scannabecchi (1662–1708), Baroque painter
• Lucrezia Scarfaglia (fl. 1677), painter
• Ida Botti Scifoni (1812–1844), painter, sculptor and designer
• Diana Scultori (1535–1612), engraver
• Marinella Senatore (born 1977), visual artist
• Floria Sigismondi (born 1965), Italian-Canadian photographer
• Luisa Silei (1825–1898), landscape painter
• Roberta Silva (born 1971), Trinidad and Tobago-born contemporary artist
• Nerina Simi (1890–1987), painter, art teacher
• Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665), Baroque painter
• Violante Beatrice Siries (1709–1783), painter
• Maria Spanò (born 1843), painter
• Irene di Spilimbergo (1540–1559), Renaissance painter
• Chiara Spinelli (1744–1823), pastellist
• Francesca Stuart Sindici (1858–c.1929), Spanish-Italian painter

T

• Patrizia Taddei (born 1948), Italian-born Sammarinese contemporary artist
• Celeste Tanfani (fl. 1735), pastellist
• Margherita Terzi (18th century), pastellist
• Caterina Tarabotti (active 1659), Baroque painter
• Maria Felice Tibaldi (1707–1770), painter
• Grazia Toderi (born 1963), video artist and photographer
• Lucia Casalini Torelli (1677–1762), painter
• Tatiana Trouvé (born 1968), contemporary artist

V

• Anna Maria Vaiani (died c.1655), engraver
• Grazia Varisco (born 1937), visual artist
• Chiara Varotari (1584–1663), Baroque painter
• Virginia Vezzi (1601–1638), painter
• Lella Vignelli (1934–2016), designer
• Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011), artist, architect, educator
• Teresa Berenice Vitelli (fl. 1706–1729), painter

W

• Bettina Werner (born 1965), artist working with salt

Z

• Maria Zacchè (born 1933), artist specializing in pen and ink drawings
• Gentile Zanardi (late 17th century), Baroque painter
• Silvia Ziche (born 1967), comic book artist and writer
• Laura Zuccheri (born 1971), comic artist, illustrator, and painter