Full List of South African Artists (2023)

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Wiki South Africa has made available a list of South African artists who are notable for their work in the field of visual arts.

This includes South African musicians, South African DJs, South African Photographers and many more. The list is incomplete though as more artists will be added

AKA

Bill Ainslie (1934-1989)
Jane Alexander (1959-)
Siemon Allen (1971-)
Nils Andersen (1897-1972)
Tyrone Appollis
Dieter Aschenborn (1915-2002)
Hans Aschenborn (1888-1931)
Uli Aschenborn (1947-)
Leigh Ashton (1975-)
Anathi
AKA

Beezy Bailey (1962-)
Kenneth Baker
Walter Battiss (1906-1982)
Charles Davidson Bell (1813-1882), Scottish-born painter, artist and stamp designer
Deborah Bell (1957-), sculptor, painter and mixed media artist
Willie Bester
Harry Bolus (1834-1911), botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist
D. C. Boonzaier (1865-1950)
Gregoire Boonzaier (1909-2005)
Dineo Seshee Bopape (1981-)
Steven Bosch (1978-)
Cristina Boshoff (1980-), singer
Willem Boshoff (1951-)
Wim Botha (1974-)
Candice Breitz (1972-)
Lisa Brice (1968-)
Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981-)
Rhona Brown (1920-), botanical artist
Winifred Brunton (1880-1959), painter, especially of Egyptian pharaohs
Bhizzer
Black coffee

Sarah Calburn (1964-)
Norman Catherine (1949-)
Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914-2010)
Frans Claerhout (1919-2006)
Julia Rosa Clark (1975-)
Peter Clarke (1929-)
Christo Coetzee (1929-2000)
Ernest Cole (1940-1990)
Ruann Coleman (1988-)
Gillian Condy (1952-), botanical artist
Tom Cullberg (1972-)
Cassper Nyovest (2004)
Chad da don

Stella Cilliers (1965-)

Nerine Desmond (1908-1993)
Adriaan Diedericks (born 1990), sculptor
Ethel May Dixie (1876-1973), botanical artist
Marlene Dumas (1953-)
DJ Tira

Peter Eastman
Paul Emsley (1947-), portrait painter and lecturer
Garth Erasmus
Hasan and Husain Essop (1985-)

Dumile Feni (1939-1991), sculptor and printmaker
Cyril Fradan (1928-?), artist and designer, especially of acrylic paints incorporating various glazing techniques
Abrie Fourie (1969-), artist specialising in photography and digital media

Kendell Geers (May 1968-)
Allerley Glossop (1870-1955)
David Goldblatt (1930–2018)
Arthur Goldreich (1929-1982), best young South African painter 1955
Frances Goodman (1975-)
Gemini major
Gigi Lamayne

Robert Hamblin (1969-), fine art photographer
Caesar Carl Hans Henkel (1839-1913), German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist
Matthew Hindley (1974-)
Nicholas Hlobo (1975-), sculptor
Robert Hodgins (1920-2010), English-born South African painter and printmaker^[2]
Rosa Hope (1902-1972), English-born South African painter
Pieter Hugo (1976), photographer

Gavin Jantjes (1948-), painter
Barbara Jeppe (1921-1999), botanical artist
Gabriel de Jongh
Tinus de Jongh (1885-1942), painter, father of Gabriel de Jongh

Anton Kannemeyer (1967-)
William Kentridge (1955-)
Wolf Kibel (1903-1938)
David Koloane (1938-)
Ansel Krut (1959-), painter based in London, UK
David Kuijers (1962-), painter, designer and illustrator
Kwesta (1988-)
Kid x
Kid tini

Maggie Laubser (1886-1973)
Ralph Lazar (1967-)
Cythna Letty (1895-1985), botanical artist
Carla Liesching (1985-)
Kai Lossgott (1980-)
Loyiso Bala

Noria Mabasa
Fikile Magadlela (1952-2003)
Esther Mahlangu (1935-)
Billy Mandindi
Anja Marais (1974-)
Louis Maqhubela
Elaine Marx
Gerhard Marx
Judith Mason
Kagiso Patrick Mautloa
Johannes Petrus Meintjes (1923-1980), artist, author and historian
John Meyer (1942-), painter
Anthony Morton (1992-)
Nandipha Mntambo (1982-)
Santu Mofokeng (1956-)
Zwelethu Mthethwa (1960-), painter and photographer
Zanele Muholi (1972-)
Brett Murray (1961-)
Credo Mutwa

Hermann Niebuhr (1972-), painter of primarily urban and rural landscapes
Zelda Nolte (1929-2003), sculptor and woodblock printmaker
Neo Ntsoma
Nasty C

Johan Oldert (1912-1984), painter and sculptor
Ken Oosterbroek (1963-1994), photographer

Georgia Papageorge
Charles Ernest Peers (1875-1944)
George Pemba
Peet Pienaar
Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef
Barbara Pike (1933-), botanical artist
Stanley Pinker
Deborah Poynton
Alexis Preller

Gavin Rain
Jo Ratcliffe
Richard Rennie
Robin Rhode (1976-)
Dolf Rieser (1898-1983), South African-born British painter, printmaker, and teacher
Tracey Rose (1974-)
David Rosen (1959-2014)
Athi-Patra Ruga (1984-)

Ruth Sacks (1977-)
Claudette Schreuders (1973-)
Peter Schutz
Richard Scott (1968-)
Berni Searle (1964-)
Gerard Sekoto (1913-1993)
Mary Sibande (1982-)
Penny Siopis (1953-)
Lucas Sithole
Cecil Skotnes (1926-)
Sean Slemon
Kathryn Smith (1975-)
Frank Sydney Spears (1906-1991)
Irma Stern (1894-1966)
Paul Stopforth (1945-)
Jack Stone (1986-)
Richardt Strydom (1971-)
Mikhael Subotzky (1981-)
Lisa Swerling (1972-)
Helen Sebidi (1943 – )

Guy Tillim (1962-), photographer
Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913-2006)
Lawrence Holme Twentyman (1783-1852), silversmith

Jeannette Unite (1964-), Earth artist who paints and draws with minerals and mining detritus from the “Industrial Sublime”

Strijdom van der Merwe (1961-), land artist
Maurice van Essche (1906-1977)
Nontsikelelo (Lolo) Veleko (1977-)
Jan Vermeiren (1949-), paintings mainly in oil on canvas, etchings and lithography
Diane Victor
Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk (1853-1936), landscape painter
André François van Vuuren (1945- )