List of Scottish women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in or are closely associated with Scotland.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Janet Macdonald Aitken (1873–1941), painter
• Ann Dunlop Alexander (1896–1969), painter, illustrator
• Lena Alexander (1899–1983), painter
• Jessie Algie (1859–1927), flower painter
• Mary Parsons Reid Allan (1917–2002), painter
• Marion Ancrum (fl. 1885–1919), painter
• Anne Anderson (1874–1952), illustrator
• Louise Gibson Annand (1915–2012), painter, filmmaker
• Hazel Armour (1894–1985), sculptor, medallist
• Mary Nicol Neill Armour (1902–2000), painter
• Annie R. Merrylees Arnold (fl. 1890s–1930s), miniature painter
• Susan Ashworth (fl. 1860–1880), painter
• Joan Ayling (1907–1993), miniature painter

B

• Isabel Brodie Babianska (1920–2006), painter, costume designer, set designer, illustrator
• Barbara Balmer (1929–2017), painter
• Elizabeth Balneaves (1911–2006), painter, writer, filmmaker
• Violet Banks (1896–1985), painter
• Claire Barclay (born 1968), installation artist, printmaker, sculptor
• Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004), abstract painter
• Mardi Barrie (1930–2004), painter
• Johanna Basford (born 1983), illustrator
• Penelope Beaton (1886–1963), painter
• Katherine Arthur Behenna (1860–1924), U.S.-based portrait artist
• Christine Berrie, illustrator
• Anne Bevan (born 1965), visual artist, sculptor
• Helen Biggar (1909–1953), sculptor
• Ann Spence Black (1861–1947), painter
• Karla Black (born 1972), sculptor
• Elizabeth Blackadder (1931–2021), painter, printmaker
• Jemima Blackburn (1823–1909), painter, illustrator
• Elizabeth Blackwell (1707–1758), botanical illustrator
• Yvonne Boag (born 1954), painter
• Phyllis Bone (1894–1972), sculptor
• Christine Borland (born 1965), medical-themed contemporary artist
• Mary Bright (1956–2002), Scottish curtain designer
• Julie Brook (born 1961), sculptor, painter, installation artist
• Helen Paxton Brown (1876–1956), painter, embroiderer
• Margaret Oliver Brown (1912–1990), painter, illustrator
• Elizabeth York Brunton (1880–c.1960), painter, printmaker
• Mary Rose Hill Burton (1857–1900), painter
• Nancy Jane Burton (1891–1972), painter

C

• Joyce W. Cairns (born 1947), painter
• Katharine Cameron (1874–1965), landscape painter
• Mary Cameron (1865–1921), painter
• Liza Campbell (born 1959), engraver, calligrapher, writer
• Evelyn Carslaw (1881–1968), landscape painter
• Gayle Chong Kwan (born 1973), photographer, installation artist, video artist
• Margery Clinton (1931–2005), ceramist, glass artist
• Gertrude Mary Coventry (1886–1964), portrait painter
• Jean Hunter Cowan (1882–1967), sculptor, painter
• Victoria Crowe (born 1945), painter

D

• Claire Dalby (born 1944), painter, illustrator
• Anne Davidson (1937–2008), sculptor
• Majel Davidson (1885–1969), potter, painter
• Mary C. Davidson (1865–1951), painter
• Mabel Dawson (1887–1965), painter
• Stansmore Dean Stevenson (1866–1944), painter
• Helen Denerley (born 1956), sculptor
• Marion Deuchars (born 1964), illustrator, writer
• de Courcy Lewthwaite Dewar (1878–1959), enamelist, metalworker
• Jessie Alexandra Dick (1896–1976), painter, teacher
• Isobelle Ann Dods-Withers (1876–1939), painter
• Jacqueline Donachie (born 1969), photographer, sculptor, installation artist
• Kaye Donachie (born 1970), painter
• Kate Downie (born 1958), American-born painter, printmaker
• Jean Duncan (1933–2018), painter, printmaker

E

• Joan Eardley (1921–1963), painter
• Marjorie Evans (c.1850–1907), painter

F

• Christian Jane Fergusson (1876–1957), painter
• Margaret Cross Primrose Findlay (1902–1968), sculptor and modeller
• Anne Finlay (1898–1963), painter
• Beth Fisher (born 1944), American-born print artist based in Scotland
• Anne Forbes (1745–1834), portrait painter
• Nikki Forrest (born 1964), Canadian-based illustrator, installation artist, sound artist
• Rose Frain, painter, sculptor, installation artist
• Hannah Frank (1908–2008), sculptor
• Jo Fraser (born 1986), painter
• Annie French (1873–1965), painter, engraver, illustrator, designer

G

• Floris Gillespie (1882–1967), painter
• Janetta Gillespie (1876–1956), painter
• Margaret Gillies (1803–1887), painter
• Henrietta Gilmour (1852–1926), Canadian-born photographer
• Constance Gordon-Cumming (1837–1924), painter, writer
• Mary Grant (1831–1908), sculptor
• Norah Neilson Gray (1882–1931), painter

H

• Maggie Hamilton (1867–1952), painter
• Gwen Hardie (born 1962), painter
• Claire Harrigan (born 1964), painter
• Josephine Haswell Miller (1890–1975), painter
• Mairi Hedderwick (born 1939), illustrator, writer
• Ann Henderson (1921–1976), sculptor
• Mary Balfour Herbert (1817–1893), watercolour painter
• Amelia Robertson Hill (1821–1904), sculptor
• Margaret Ross Hislop (1894–1972), oil painter
• Gwynneth Holt (1909–1995), sculptor
• Louise Hopkins (born 1965), English-born painter, printmaker
• Anna Hotchkis (1885–1984), painter, writer
• Beatrice Huntington (1889–1998), painter, sculptor, musician
• Moira Huntly (born 1932), painter

I

• Esther Inglis (1571–1624), painter, calligrapher, embroiderer, writer

J

• Dorothy Johnstone (1892–1980), painter

K

• Violet McNeish Kay (1914–1971), landscape painter
• Jeka Kemp (1876–1966), painter
• Jessie Keppie (1868–1951), watercolour painter
• Annabel Kidston (1896–1981), etcher, painter
• Anna King (born 1984), landscape painter
• Jessie M. King (1875–1949), illustrator, jewellery designer, fashion designer
• Lady Caroline Kininmonth (1907–1978), painter

L

• Annie Rose Laing (1869–1946), painter
• Elspeth Lamb (born 1951), printmaker
• Eileen Lawrence (born 1946), painter, printmaker
• Bet Low (1924–2007), painter

M

• Ann Macbeth (1875–1948), English-born embroiderer
• Frances MacDonald (1873–1921), painter, embroiderer, illustrator, textile artist
• Shona Macdonald (born 1969), contemporary artist
• Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1865–1933), painter, designer
• Esther Blaikie MacKinnon (1885–1934), painter, engraver
• Chica Macnab (1889–1980), painter, engraver
• Bessie MacNicol (1869–1904), painter
• Jessie M. McGeehan (1872–1950), painter
• Alison McKenzie (1907–1982), painter, printmaker
• Lucy McKenzie (born 1977), painter
• Abigail McLellan (1969–2009), painter
• Mary McMurtrie (1902–2003), botanical artist
• Caroline McNairn (1955–2010), painter
• Margaret Mellis (1914–2009), Chinese-born painter
• Grace Wilson Melvin (c.1882–1977), artist, teacher
• Catriona Millar (born 1956), painter
• Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980), engraver, illustrator
• Lady Marianne Isobel Moncrieff (1875–1961), glass designer
• Victoria Morton (born 1971), painter, sculptor
• Sheila Mullen (born 1942), painter

N

• Mary Nimmo Moran (1822–1899), U.S.-based landscape artist, engraver
• Anne Nasmyth (1798–1874), Scottish landscape artist
• Barbara Nasmyth (1790–1870), Scottish landscape artist
• Charlotte Nasmyth (1804–1884), Scottish landscape artist
• Jane Nasmyth (1788–1867), Scottish landscape artist
• Jessie Newbery (1864–1948), embroiderer, textile artist

O

• Elizabeth Ogilvie (born 1946), sculptor, environmental artist

P

• Aileen Paterson (1934–2018), illustrator, writer
• Emily Murray Paterson (1855–1934), painter
• Katie Paterson (born 1981), mixed media artist
• Viola Paterson (1899–1981), painter and woodcut printer
• Deborah Phillips (born 1965), painter
• Susan Philipsz (born 1965), sound artist, installation artist
• Mabel Pryde (1871–1918), painter
• Della Purves (1945–2008), botanical artist

R

• Barbara Rae (born 1943), painter, printmaker
• Arabella Rankin (1871–c.1935), printmaker
• Catherine Read (1723–1778), portrait painter
• Anne Redpath (1895–1965), painter
• Christina Robertson (1796–1854), Russian court painter

S

• Concordia Scott (1924–2014), sculptor, nun
• Elaine Shemilt (born 1954), printmaker, video artist, photographer
• Lucy Skaer (born 1975), sculptor, painter, filmmaker
• Dorothy Carleton Smyth (1880–1933), painter, stained glass artist, costume designer
• Pamela So (1947–2010), multimedia artist, photographer
• Helen Stevenson (fl. 1920–1935), printmaker
• Grace Campbell Stewart (died 1863), miniature painter
• Maud Sulter (1960–2008), photographer, writer
• Jean Sutherland (1907–2006), photographer, songwriter, poet

T

• Helen Monro Turner (1901–1977), woodcut and stained glass artist

W

• Ethel Walker (1861–1951), painter
• Ottilie Maclaren Wallace (1875–1947), sculptor
• Cecile Walton (1891–1956), painter, illustrator, sculptor
• Alison Watt (born 1965), painter
• Margaret Bruce Wells (1909–1998), printmaker
• Mary Georgina Wade Wilson (1856–1939), painter
• Sylvia Wishart (1936–2008), landscape artist

Y

• Jane Younger (1863–1955), painter

Z

• Anna Zinkeisen (1901–1976), painter
• Doris Zinkeisen (1898–1991), painter