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This is a list of artists who create contemporary art, i.e., those whose peak of activity can be situated somewhere between the 1970s (the advent of
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) and the present day. Artists on this list meet the following criteria: *The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by his/her peers or successors. *The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique. *The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews. *The person's work either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums, or had works in many significant libraries.


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* Marina Abramović (born 1946), performance artist * Vito Acconci (1940–2017), installation and performance artist *
Rita Ackermann Rita Ackermann (born April 19, 1968 in Hungary) is a Hungary, Hungarian-United States, American artist. She is currently living and working in New York City. Early life and education Rita Ackermann was born in Budapest (Hungary) in 1968. Ackerma ...
(born 1968), artist *
Bas Jan Ader Bastiaan Johan Christiaan "Bas Jan" Ader (19 April 1942 – disappeared 1975) was a Dutch conceptual and performance artist, and photographer. His work was in many instances presented as photographs and film of his performances. He made perf ...
(1942–1979), conceptual artist * Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959), video artist * Peggy Ahwesh (born 1954), video artist *
Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman (; 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and Film studies, film professor at the City College of New York. She is best known for films such as ''Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 108 ...
(1950–2015), filmmaker *
Vikky Alexander Vikky Alexander (born in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1959) is a Canadian contemporary artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has exhibited internationally since 1981 as a practitioner in the field of photo-conceptualism, and as an ...
(born 1959), installation artist * Edward Allington (1951–2017) sculptor * Francis Alÿs (born 1959), conceptual artist * El Anatsui (born 1944), sculptor and installation artist * Laurie Anderson (born 1947), performance artist * Carl Andre (born 1935), sculptor * Janine Antoni (born 1964), sculptor and installation artist * Ida Applebroog (born 1929), painter * Nobuyoshi Araki (born 1940), photographer * Diane Arbus (1923–1971), photographer * Siah Armajani (1939–2020), sculptor *
Arman Arman (November 17, 1928 – October 22, 2005) was a French-born American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave (''cachets'', ''allures d'objet'') to ...
(1928–2005), sculptor * John Armleder (born 1948), performance artist, painter, sculptor, critic, and curator *
Art & Language Art & Language is a conceptual artists' collaboration that has undergone many changes since it was created in the late 1960s. The group was founded by artists who shared a common desire to combine intellectual ideas and concerns with the creati ...
, conceptual artist * Richard Artschwager (1923–2013), sculptor and painter * Roy Ascott (born 1934), new media artist * Frank Auerbach (born 1931), painter *
Sofia Areal Sofia Areal (born in Lisbon, 4 June 1960) is a Portuguese abstract painter, whose works adhere mostly to organic non-geometrical forms and a strong chromatic focus. Besides painting and drawing, Areal's work involves collage, textile design, and s ...
(born 1960), painter


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* Francis Bacon (1909–1992), painter * Jo Baer (born 1929), painter * John Baldessari (1931–2020), conceptual artist *
Balthus Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of pubescent girls, but also for the refined, dreamlike quality of his image ...
(1908–2001), painter * Banksy (born 1974), graffiti artist * Fiona Banner (born 1966) * Matthew Barney (born 1967), filmmaker * Will Barnet (1911–2012), painter * Artur Barrio (born 1945), interactive artist * Jennifer Bartlett (born 1945), painter *
Georg Baselitz Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German painter, sculptor and graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his subjects upside down in an effort to overcome the ...
(born 1938), painter *
Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat (; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside Al ...
(1960–1988), painter * Noah Becker (born 1970), painter * Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969) * Larry Bell (born 1939), sculptor * Maurice Benayoun (born 1957), media artist * Lynda Benglis (born 1941), sculptor * Danelle Bergstrom (born 1957), painter * José Bernal (1925–2010), painter/sculptor * Joseph Beuys (1921–1986), sculptor, performance artist, installation artist * Ashley Bickerton (born 1959), mixed-media artist * Janet Biggs (born 1959), video and performance artist * Dara Birnbaum (born 1946), video and installation artist *
Ronald Bladen Ronald Bladen (July 13, 1918 – February 3, 1988) was a Canadian-born American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructivism, American Hard-Edge ...
, (1918–1988), sculptor * David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter and video artist *
Guy Bleus Guy Bleus (born October 23, 1950) is a Belgian artist, archivist and writer. He is associated with olfactory art, visual poetry, performance art and the mail art movement. His work covers different areas, including administration (which he cal ...
(born 1950), performance artist, mail art * Christian Boltanski (1944–2021), sculptor, photographer, painter and film maker * Alighiero Boëtti (1940–1994), conceptual artist *
Maurizio Bolognini Maurizio Bolognini (born July 27, 1952) is a post-conceptual media artist. His installations are mainly concerned with the aesthetics of machines, and are based on the minimal and abstract activation of technological processes that are beyond th ...
(born 1952), post-conceptual media artist * Henry Bond (born 1966), writer, photographer and visual artist *
Christine Borland Christine Borland (born 1965) is a Scottish artist. Born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland, Borland is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997 (won by Gillian Wearing) for her work ''From Life'' at Tra ...
(born 1965) *
Michaël Borremans Michaël Borremans (born 1963) is a Belgian painter and filmmaker who lives and works in Ghent. His painting technique draws on 18th-century art as well as the works of Édouard Manet and Degas. The artist also cites the Spanish court painter Di ...
(born 1963), painter * Eberhard Bosslet (born 1953), sculptor, installation artist *
Fernando Botero Fernando Botero Angulo (born 19 April 1932) is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, born in Medellín. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent political ...
(born 1932), painter * Jack Boul (born 1927), painter, printmaker and sculptor * Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), sculptor and installation artist * Mark Bradford (born 1961), painter * Robert J Brawley (1937–2006), painter *
Candice Breitz Candice Breitz (born 1972) is a South African white artist who works primarily in video and photography.Stuart Brisley Stuart Brisley (born 1933) is a British artist. Education Brisley studied at Guildford School of Art from 1949 to 1954 and at the Royal College of Art from 1956 to 1959. In 1959–60 he attended the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, Ger ...
(born 1933), performance artist * Marcel Broodthaers (1924–1976), poet, filmmaker and artist * Glenn Brown (born 1966) * Tania Bruguera (born 1968), installation and performance artist * Angela Bulloch (born 1966), installation artist * Deborah Butterfield (born 1949), sculptor * Chris Burden (1946–2015), performance artist, sculptor, installation artist * Jack Bush (1909–1977), painter * Gerard Byrne (born 1969), installation artist


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* Sophie Calle (born 1953), conceptual artist from France * Nuno de Campos (born 1969), painter * Janet Cardiff (born 1957), installation artist *
Gerard Caris Gerard Caris (born 20 March 1925) is a Dutch sculptor and artist who has pursued a single motif throughout the course of his artistic career, the pentagon. Early life and education He was born in Maastricht, the Netherlands. After attending ...
(born 1925), sculptor * Norman Carlberg (1928–2018), sculptor *
Gillian Carnegie Gillian Carnegie (born 1971 in Suffolkbr> is an England, English artist. Carnegie is a graduate of the Camberwell School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Carnegie works within traditional categories of painting – still life, landscape, ...
(born 1971), painter * Anthony Caro (1924–2013), sculptor * Antonio Caro (1950–2021), painter, conceptualization * Nicolas Carone (1917–2010), painter, sculptor * James Casebere (born 1953), photographer * Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960) *
Nick Cave Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor. Known for his baritone voice and for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Ca ...
(born 1959), performance artist, sculptor *
John Cederquist John Carl Cederquist (born August 7, 1946) is an American sculptor in wood and builder of studio furniture who was born in Altadena, California. He graduated from Long Beach State College with a BA in 1969 and an MA in 1971. Cederquist is best ...
(born 1946), American sculptor * Vija Celmins (born 1938), painter *
Saint Clair Cemin Saint Clair Cemin (born Cruz Alta, Brazil in 1951) is a postmodern sculptor. Life and work Saint Clair Cemin lives and works in New York City and Beijing. His work encompasses multiple styles, approaches, and materials, from neo-surrealism to fu ...
(born 1951) Brazilian sculptor * John Chamberlain (1927–2011), sculptor *
Suki Chan Suki Chan (born 1977 in Hong Kong) is an artist and filmmaker whose work uses light, moving image and sound to explore our perception of reality. She is drawn to light as a physical phenomenon, and the role it plays in our constantl ...
(born 1977), video and installation artist *
Gordon Cheung Gordon Cheung (born 1975) is a contemporary artist who currently lives and works in London. Early life Gordon Cheung was born and raised in London, UK to parents from Hong Kong. Cheung received his Bachelor of Arts (Hons) at Central Saint ...
, (born 1975), contemporary artist * Jake and Dinos Chapman (born 1966 and 1962) * Judy Chicago (born 1939), feminist artist *
Dale Chihuly Dale Chihuly () (born September 20, 1941) is an American glass artist and entrepreneur. He is best known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture". Early life Dale Patrick Chihuly was born on September 20 ...
(born 1941), glass artist * Luke Ching (born 1972) conceptual artist *
Dan Christensen Dan Christensen, (October 6, 1942 – January 20, 2007) was an American abstract painter He is best known for paintings that relate to Lyrical Abstraction, Color field painting, and Abstract expressionism. Christensen was born in Cozad ...
(1942–2007), abstract painter * Abraham David Christian (born 1952) *
Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy MBE (2 May 1952 − 17 December 2012) was a visual artist who was born in Awka (Oka), Anambra state, Nigeria, but spent much of her young life in Ikom on the Cameroon border, before moving back to the family home at ...
(1952–2012), portrait painter and printmaker * Christo and Jeanne-Claude (1935–2009) *
Paolo Cirio Paolo Cirio is a conceptual artist, hacktivist and cultural critic. Cirio's work embodies hacker ethics, such as open access, privacy policies, and the critique of economic, legal, and political models. He received a number of legal threats f ...
(born 1979), Internet artist * Lygia Clark (1920–1988), painter, installation artist * Brian Clarke (born 1953), multidisciplinary architectural artist, painter, stained glass designer * Francesco Clemente (born 1952), painter * Chuck Close (1940–2021), painter * Claude Closky (born 1963) * Arnaud Cohen (born 1968) * Robert Colescott (1925–2009), painter * Mat Collishaw (born 1966), photographer, video artist * George Condo (born 1957), painter *
Cortis & Sonderegger Cortis & Sonderegger is a collaborative team of two Swiss artists, Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger. They are best known for their photographs of their physical recreations of famous photographs. Life Cortis was born in 1978 in Aachen, Switze ...
(born 1978 and 1980), installation * Tony Cragg (born 1945), sculptor * Michael Craig-Martin (born 1941), painter, printmaker, digital artist, sculpture * Martin Creed (born 1968), installation artist * Patricia Cronin (born 1963), cross-disciplinary artist * José Luis Cuevas (1934–2017), painter, printmaker, sculptor


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* Dado (1933–2010), painter * Hanne Darboven (1941–2009), conceptual artist * Ian Davenport (born 1966), painter and printmaker * Ronald Davis (born 1937), abstract painter * Richard Deacon (born 1949), sculptor * Tacita Dean (born 1965), conceptual artist, filmmaker * Wim Delvoye (born 1965), neo-conceptual artist * Walter De Maria (1940–2013), installation artist, conceptual artist *
Abigail DeVille Abigail DeVille (born 1981) is an artist who creates large sculptures and installations, often incorporating found materials from the neighborhoods around the exhibition venues. DeVille's sculptures and installations often focus on themes of th ...
(born 1981), installation and sculpture artist *
Guy Denning Guy Denning (born 1965) is a self-taught English contemporary artist and painter based in France. He is the founder of the Neomodern group and part of the urban art scene in Bristol.Metcalfe, Anna"Off the streets" ''Financial Times'', 26 May 2 ...
(born 1965), painter * Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993), painter * Rineke Dijkstra (born 1959), photographer * Sam Dillemans (born 1965), painter *
DOT DOT DOT (artist) DOT DOT DOT (also styled "..." or dotdotdot) is the pseudonym for an anonymous Norwegian visual, public and conceptual artist. His work has been displayed in galleries around the world, and in cities such as Oslo, Copenhagen, Berlin, Paris, Mál ...
visual, public, conceptual artist *
Braco Dimitrijevic Braco may refer to: Places * Braco, Perth and Kinross, a village in Scotland * Braco Airfield, an airstrip in Jamaica People * Braco (faith healer) (born 1967), self-styled healer from Croatia * Baron Braco, a title in the Peerage of Ireland ...
(born 1948) * Jim Dine (born 1935), sculptor * Mark di Suvero (born 1933), sculptor *
Harry Dodge Harry Dodge (born 1966) is an American sculptor, performer, video artist, professor, and writer. His solo exhibitions have included works in New York, Los Angeles and Connecticut, while his group exhibitions have taken place at The New Museum, t ...
(born 1966), visual artist * Peter Doig (born 1959), painter * Marlene Dumas (born 1953), painter * John Duncan (born 1953), performance, installation artist


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* Martin Eder (born 1968), painter * Ólafur Elíasson (born 1967) * Tracey Emin (born 1963) * Ben Enwonwu (1917–1994), painter and sculptor *
Bracha Ettinger Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger (born March 23, 1948) is an Israeli people, Israeli artist, painter and writer, visual analyst, psychoanalyst and philosopher, living and working in Paris and Tel Aviv. She is regarded as a major French people, French ...
(born 1948) * Valie Export (born 1940) * Mary Beth Edelson (1933–2021) feminist artist


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Jan Fabre Jan Fabre (born 14 December 1958) is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist, playwright, stage director, choreographer and designer. Conviction for sexual assault and harassment In September 2018, twenty former members of Fabre's performing ar ...
(born 1958), multidisciplinary artist * Öjvind Fahlström (1928–1976), multimedia artist * Harun Farocki (1944–2014), filmmaker * Angus Fairhurst (1966–2008), installation artist * Hans-Peter Feldmann (born 1941), photographer, installation artist *
Kenneth Feingold Kenneth Feingold (born 1952 in USA) is a contemporary American artist based in New York City. He has been exhibiting his work in video, drawing, film, sculpture, photography, and installations since 1974. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship ...
(born 1952), conceptual artist * Brendan Fernandes (born 1979), performance artist *
Teresita Fernández Teresita Fernández (born 1968) is a New York-based visual artist best known for her public sculptures and unconventional use of materials. Her work is characterized by an interest in perception and the psychology of looking. Her experiential, ...
(born 1968), multidisciplinary artist * Esther Ferrer (born 1937), conceptual and performance artist * Carole Feuerman (born 1945), sculptor *
Stephen Finer Stephen Finer is a London-based artist, active since the 1980s. Work Finer participated in "British Art from the Arts Council Collection 1940–80" at the Hayward Gallery, 'Collazione Inglese ll' at the Venice Biennale and was in the touring exh ...
(born 1949), painter * Eric Fischl painter (born 1948), painter, sculptor and printmaker *
Peter Fischli & David Weiss Peter Fischli (born 8 June 1952) and David Weiss (21 June 1946 – 27 April 2012), often shortened to Fischli/Weiss, were a Swiss artist duo that collaborated beginning in 1979. Their best-known work is the film '' Der Lauf der Dinge'' (''T ...
(born 1952, 1946–2012) * Dan Flavin (1933–1996) * Bruno Fonseca (1958–1994), painter, sculptor * Caio Fonseca (born 1959), painter * Peter Forakis (1927–2009), sculptor * Günther Förg (1952–2013), painter, graphic designer, sculptor and photographer * Sam Francis (1923–1994), painter * Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), painter * Andrea Fraser (born 1965), performance artist * Lucian Freud (1922–2011), painter * Tom Friedman (born 1965), conceptual sculptor


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* Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), multidisciplinary artist * * Anya Gallaccio (born 1963), installation artist *
Enrico Garff Enrico Garff (26 November 1939) is an Italian portrait painter and colourist. Garff has worked as an artist in Positano, Sorrento, Rome, Sicily and in Sweden and Finland. Garff's works include oils, watercolours, acrylics, gouaches and painti ...
(born 1939), painter * Kendell Geers (born May 1968) conceptual artist * Isa Genzken (born 1948), sculptor * Gilbert and George, (born 1943 and 1942), sculptors, performance artists *
Adrian Ghenie Adrian Ghenie (; born 13 August 1977 in Baia Mare) is a contemporary Romanian painter, who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Early life and education The son of a dentist, he studied fine arts at the Arts and Crafts School in Baia Mare betwee ...
(born 1977), painter * Sam Gilliam (born 1933), painter * Liam Gillick (born 1964), conceptual artist *
Karin Giusti Karin Giusti is an Italian American sculptor and installation artist. She splits her time between the United States and Italy. Her parents were Italian from Tuscany, she fell in love with Italy and she has established her Italian studio in Abruzz ...
(born 1955), sculptor, installation artist * Robert Gober (born 1954), sculptor * Michael Goldberg (1924–2007), painter * Nan Goldin (born 1953), photographer * Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), painter * Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), sculptor, photographer *
Peter Golfinopoulos Peter Golfinopoulos is an American artist. His paintings are marked by a variety of highly individualistic modes. Life and education Served for three years in the U.S. Air Force. Art Students League of New York, 1950–1951. Studied with Ed ...
(born 1928), painter *
Leon Golub Leon Golub (January 23, 1922 – August 8, 2004) was an American painter. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he also studied, receiving his Bachelor of Arts, BA at the University of Chicago in 1942, and his Bachelor of Fine Arts, BFA and Ma ...
(1922–2004), painter *
Felix Gonzales-Torres Felix may refer to: * Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name Places * Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen * Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, S ...
(1957–1996), sculptor, installation artist * Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (born 1965), artist and filmmaker * Robert Goodnough (1917–2010), painter * Douglas Gordon (born 1966), video art, photography *
Antony Gormley Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His works include the ''Angel of the North'', a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; ''Another Pla ...
(born 1950), sculptor * Dan Graham (1942-2022), multidisciplinary artist * Robert Graham (1938–2008), sculptor * Rodney Graham (born 1949), photographer, installation artist *
Cleve Gray Cleve Gray (September 22, 1918 – December 8, 2004) was an American Abstract expressionist painter, who was also associated with Color Field painting and Lyrical Abstraction. Early life and education Gray was born Cleve Ginsberg: the family ...
(1918–2004), painter * Kaloust Guedel (born 1956), painter, sculptor * Genco Gulan (born 1969), sculptor, performance artist * Don Gummer (born 1946), sculptor * Andreas Gursky (born 1955), photographer


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* Hans Haacke (born 1936), conceptual artist * Jacques Halbert (born 1955), neo-dada artist *
Petrit Halilaj Petrit Halilaj (born 1986) is a Kosovar visual artist living and working between Germany, Kosovo and Italy. His work is based on documents, stories, and memories related to the history of Kosovo. With his husband Alvaro Urbano, Halilaj is a jo ...
(born 1986) * David Hall (1937–2014), video artist * Richard Hamilton (1922–2011), painter, collagist * Keith Haring (1958–1990), painter, graffiti artist * Mona Hatoum (born 1952), performance artist *
Susan Hauptman Susan Hauptman (1947–2015) was an American artist who worked exclusively on paper with charcoal, pastel and, later, other elements, such as gold leaf, wire mesh and thread. She is best known for her stark, enigmatic, often expressionless self-p ...
(1947–2015), graphic fine artist * Carl Michael von Hausswolff (born 1956), sound artist *
Tim Hawkinson Tim Hawkinson (born 1960) is an American artist who mostly works as a sculptor. Education Hawkinson was born in San Francisco, California in 1960. He received a BFA from San Jose State University in 1984, and a MFA from the University of Cali ...
(born 1960), sculpture artist * Al Held (1928–2005), painter * Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948), multimedia artist, installation artist, painter, photographer, performance artist * Diango Hernandez (born 1970), conceptual artist, painter *
Jeremy Henderson Jeremy Henderson was an Anglo-Irish artist and painter. Henderson was Artist in Residence at Kingston University, with art exhibited at the Royal Academy and National Art Collections. Life Jeremy Henderson was born at Lisbellaw, County Ferma ...
(1952–2009), artist and painter * Eva Hesse (1936–1970), sculptor *
Andreas Heusser Andreas Heusser (born 1976) is a Swiss conceptual artist and curator based in Zurich and Johannesburg. Education After completing an intermediate diploma in psychology in 2001, Andreas Heusser studied philosophy and German literature at the U ...
(born 1976), conceptual artist *
Hugo Heyrman Hugo Heyrman (born 20 December 1942), known by his artist name Dr. Hugo Heyrman, is a leading Belgian painter, filmmaker, internet pioneer, synesthesia and new media researcher. Early life and education Dr. Hugo Heyrman was born in Zwijndrecht ...
(born 1942), painter, multimedia artist * Gary Hill (born 1951), video artist * Susan Hiller (1940–2019), installation artist * Charles Hinman (born 1932), painter * Thomas Hirschhorn (born 1957), installation artist * Damien Hirst (born 1965), installation artist * David Hockney (born 1937), painter * Jim Hodges (born 1957), installation artist * Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017), painter * Candida Höfer (born 1944), photographer * Tom Holland (born 1936), mixed media artist, painter * Frank Holliday (born 1957) * Saskia Holmkvist (born 1971), conceptual artist *
Christian Holstad Christian Holstad (born 1972) is an American contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York City. He received his BFA at the Kansas City Art Institute in 1994. Work Holstad has shown work internationally in exhibitions including ''Greater New Y ...
(born 1972), conceptual artist * Jenny Holzer (born 1950), interdisciplinary artist * Roni Horn (born 1955), sculptor, installation artist and writer * Peter Howson (born 1958), painter * Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler (born 1965/1962), video artists * Gary Hume (born 1962), painter *
Philipp Humm Philipp Rudolf Humm is an artist, film director and a former European business executive. Early life Humm was born in 1959 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He is German and British; his mother is Belgian. Humm did his Baccalauréat at the Lycée Franco ...
(born 1959), painter, multi-disciplinary artist * Pierre Huyghe (born 1962), media artist


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* Jörg Immendorff (1945–2007), painter *
INO Ino or INO may refer to: Arts and music *I-No, a character in the ''Guilty Gear'' series of video games *Ino (Greek mythology), a queen of Thebes in Greek mythology *INO Records, an American Christian music label *Ino Yamanaka, a character in th ...
, visual artist


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* Alfredo Jaar (born 1956), conceptual artist * Richard Jackson (born 1939), painter, installation * Renata Jaworska (born 1979), painter * Chantal Joffe (born 1969), painter * Jasper Johns (born 1930), painter, printmaker * Ray Johnson (1927–1995), pop artist, mail art *
Jennie C. Jones Jennie C. Jones (born 1968 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an African-American artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has been described, by Ken Johnson, as evoking minimalism, and paying tribute to the cross-pollination of different ...
(born 1968), multidisciplinary *
Josignacio Josignacio (b. José Ignacio Sánchez-Rius, in Havana, Cuba, on October 24, 1963) is a Cuban Contemporary artist and author. He is among the most significant living contemporary Cuban and Latin American artists due to his career auction records, ...
(born 1963), painter * Donald Judd (1928–1994), sculptor * Isaac Julien (born 1960), filmmaker


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* Ilya Kabakov (born 1933), installation artist *
Eduardo Kac Eduardo Kac �dwardoʊ kæts; ĕd·wâr′·dō kăts(1962) is a contemporary artist of dual nationality (American and Brazilian) whose artworks span a wide range of practices, including performance art, poetry, holography, interactive art, digital ...
(born 1962), transgenic artist * Stanya Kahn (born 1968), performance, video artist * Wolf Kahn (1927–2020), landscapes, oil paints/pastels * Anish Kapoor (born 1954), sculptor * Allan Kaprow (1927–2006), painter, performance artist *
Deborah Kass Deborah Kass (born 1952) is an American artist whose work explores the intersection of pop culture, art history, and the construction of self. Deborah Kass works in mixed media, and is most recognized for her paintings, prints, photography, sculp ...
(born 1952), mixed media artist * On Kawara (1932–2014), conceptual artist * Mary Kelly (born 1941), conceptual artist * Mike Kelley (1954–2012), sculptor, installation artist, performance artist * Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), painter * William Kentridge (born 1955), draughtsman, film maker and sculptor *
Anselm Kiefer Anselm Kiefer (born 8 March 1945) is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Peter Dreher and Horst Antes at the end of the 1960s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. The poems of Paul Celan hav ...
(born 1945), painter * Manfred Kielnhofer (born 1967), sculptor, designer, photographer * Edward Kienholz (1927–1994), installation artist * Karen Kilimnik (born 1962), painter *
Bodys Isek Kingelez Bodys Isek Kingelez or Jean Baptiste (1948 – 14 March 2015) was a Congolese sculptor and artist known for his models of fantastic cities, made of cardboard, paper, tape and other commonplace materials. His work has been presented in numerous e ...
(1948–2015), sculpture * Martin Kippenberger (1953–1997), conceptual artist, installation artist * Komar and Melamid (born 1943 and 1945), conceptual artist * Jeff Koons (born 1955), conceptual artist * Mark Kostabi (born 1960), painter * Barbara Kruger (born 1945), artist and photographer *
Alfred Freddy Krupa Alfred Freddy Krupa (14 June 1971, Karlovac, Yugoslavia) is a Croatian contemporary painter, master draughtsman, book artist, art photographer, and art teacher. He published New Ink Art Manifesto in 1996. His name was introduced to the general ...
(born 1971), painter, book artist * Peter Kuckei (born 1938), painter * Yayoi Kusama (born 1929), installation artist, performance artist, painter


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* David LaChapelle (born 1963), photographer *
Suzanne Lacy Suzanne Lacy (born 1945) is an American artist, educator, writer, and professor at the USC Roski School of Art and Design. She has worked in a variety of media, including installation, video, performance, public art, photography, and art books, i ...
(born 1945), performance/public artist * Ronnie Landfield (born 1947), painter * Michael Landy (born 1963), conceptual artist * Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt (born 1948), installation, collage * Maria Lassnig (1919–2014), painter * Matthieu Laurette (born 1970), multimedia, conceptual, installation, video artist *
Robert Lazzarini Robert Lazzarini (born September 22, 1965 in Denville, New Jersey) is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. He has been exhibited nationally and internationally since 1995 and is included in major collections such as the Hirshho ...
(born 1965), sculptor, installation artist *
Lee Bul Lee Bul ( ko, 이불, born in Yeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea in 1964) is a contemporary sculpture and installation artist who appeared on the art scene in the late 1980s. Her work questions patriarchal authority and the marginalization of ...
(born 1964), sculpture, installation, conceptual artist *
Marc Lee Marc Lee (born March 17, 1969) is a Swiss new media artist working in the fields of interactive installation art, internet art, performance art and video art. Biography Lee was born in 1969 in Knutwil, Lucerne, in Switzerland. He ...
(born 1969), installation, new media and conceptual artist * Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer and visual artist * Mark Lewis (born 1958), installation and film artist * Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), installation and conceptual artist * Richard Long (born 1945), sculptor, photographer, painter * Robert Longo (born 1953), painter and sculptor *
Lee Lozano Lee Lozano (November 5, 1930 – October 2, 1999) was an American painter, and visual and conceptual artist. Biography Early years Born Lenore Knaster in Newark, New Jersey, she started to use the name "Lee" at the age of fourteen, often prefer ...
(1930–1999), painter *
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967 in Mexico City) is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist who works with ideas from architecture, technological theater and performance. Lozano-Hemmer lives and works in Montreal and Madrid. Biography Rafael Lozan ...
(born 1967), installation artist * Sarah Lucas (born 1962), photographer, sculptor, conceptual artist


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* Robert Mangold (born 1937), painter *
Robert Mapplethorpe Robert Michael Mapplethorpe (; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-p ...
(1946–1989), photographer * Christian Marclay (born 1955), composer, conceptual artist *
Bruce McLean Bruce McLean (born 1944) is a Scottish sculptor, performance artist and painter. McLean was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1961 to 1963, and at Saint Martin's School of Art, London, from 1963 to 1966. At Saint Martin ...
(born 1944) conceptual, performance, sculptor, painter * Brice Marden (born 1938), painter * Kerry James Marshall (born 1955), painter * Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957), painter, performance artist * Agnes Martin (1912–2004), painter *
Eugene J. Martin Eugene James Martin (July 24, 1938 – January 1, 2005) was an African-American visual artist. Art Eugene J. Martin's art is best known for his imaginative, complex mixed media collages on paper, his often gently humorous pencil and pen and ...
(1938–2005), painter * Enrique Martinez Celaya (1964), painter, sculptor * Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), conceptual artist * Amanda Matthews (born 1968), sculptor, painter, public art designer * Paul McCarthy (born 1945), performance and installation artist * Allan McCollum (born 1944), sculptor, installation artist * Ryan McGinley (born 1977), photographer *
Steve McQueen Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1 ...
(born 1969), filmmaker * Cildo Meireles (born 1948), sculptor and installation artist * Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), sculptor, performance and video artist *
Yucef Merhi Yucef Merhi (born February 8, 1977) is a Venezuelan artist, poet and computer programmer based in New York.Carlo Zanni''INTERVIEW WITH YUCEF MERHI'', Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal's online magazine, No.18, 2004. Early lif ...
(born 1977), installation and new media artist *
Thom Merrick Thom Merrick (born 1963) is an American contemporary artist. Early life and education Merrick was born in Sacramento, California in 1963. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute. Career Merrick is known for creating with industrial ma ...
(born 1963), sculptor, painter *
Boris Mikhailov Boris Mikhailov may refer to: * Boris Mikhailov (Comintern), representative of the Communist International to the US in 1929-30 * Boris Mikhailov (photographer) (born 1938), fine art photographer * Boris Mikhailov (ice hockey) (born 1944), former ...
(born 1938), photographer * Ann Mikolowski (1940–1999), portrait miniaturist, waterscape painter, printmaker, book artist * Haroon Mirza (born 1977), sculptor, installation artist *
Eva Moll Eva Moll (born June 15, 1975, in Karlsruhe) is a German contemporary artist. Moll works in the media fine art printmaking, drawing and painting and its expansion in the areas of performance art and conceptual art. Beside works on canvas and paper; H ...
(born 1961), painter, performance and installation artist * Dianna Molzan (born 1972), painter, sculptor * Franco Mondini-Ruiz (born 1961), painter, sculptor, performance and installation artist *
Jonathan Monk Jonathan Monk (born 1969, in Leicester, UK) is an artist living and working in Berlin. Life and career Art practice Monk questions the meaning of art using conceptualism in a way that Ken Johnson in ''The New York Times'' called "sweet, wry ...
(born 1969), conceptual artist *
Sebastian Diaz Morales Sebastian may refer to: People * Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name Arts, entertainment, and media Films and television * ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film * ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film ...
(born 1975), video artist *
François Morellet François Morellet (30 April 1926 – 10 May 2016) was a French contemporary abstract painter, sculptor, and light artist. His early work prefigured minimal art and conceptual art and he played a prominent role in the development of geometrical a ...
(1926–2016), painter, engraver, sculptor and light artist * Yasumasa Morimura (born 1951), photographer * Robert Morris (1931–2018), sculptor, writer and conceptual artist * Ed Moses (1926–2018), painter *
Antoni Muntadas Antoni Muntadas (Barcelona, 1942) is a postconceptual multimedia artist, who resides in New York since 1971. His work often addresses social, political and communications issues through different media: such as photography, video, text and image ...
(born 1942), installation and new media artist * Vik Muniz (born 1961), photographer * Bruce Munro, installation artist * Takashi Murakami (born 1962), sculptor and painter * Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007), painter * Zoran Mušič (1909–2005), painter * Wangechi Mutu (born 1972), painter


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* Bruce Nauman (born 1941) * Ernesto Neto (born 1964), installation artist *
John Nieto John Nieto (1936–2018) was an American contemporary artist who concentrated on Native American themes including Native American tribal representatives as well as indigenous wildlife. He was a longtime resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Biogr ...
(1936–2018), painter * Odd Nerdrum (born 1944), painter * Shirin Neshat (born 1957), visual artist *
NEVERCREW NEVERCREW is a Swiss street art group composed of Christian Rebecchi (born 1980) and Pablo Togni (born 1979). NEVERCREW create large format murals, installations and urban interventions that emerge from their analysis of the relationship between ...
(born 1980 and 1979), urban artists, installation artists * Alexander Ney (born 1939), sculptor and painter *
Graham Nicholls Graham Nicholls (born 30 July 1975) is a British author, installation artist and specialist on out of body experiences. He speaks widely on parapsychology, ethics and art at institutions ranging from the London Science Museum, The Society for Ps ...
(born 1975), installation artist * Olaf Nicolai (born 1962), conceptual artist * Kenneth Noland (1924–2010), painter *
Thomas Nozkowski Thomas Nozkowski (March 23, 1944 – May 9, 2019) was an American Contemporary art, contemporary painter. He achieved a place of prominence through his small scale paintings and drawings that push the limits of visual language. Early life and ed ...
(1944–2019), painter *
Jim Nutt James T. Nutt (born November 28, 1938) is an American artist who was a founding member of the Chicago surrealist art movement known as the Chicago Imagists, or the Hairy Who. Though his work is inspired by the same pop culture that inspired P ...
(born 1938), painter * Marina Núñez (born 1966), multimedia artist


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Albert Oehlen Albert Oehlen (born 17 September 1954) is a German artist. He lives and works in Bühler, Switzerland and Segovia, Spain.
(born 1954), painter *
Markus Oehlen Markus Oehlen (born 1956) is a German visual artist working in painting, sculpture, and music. In the 1970s and 80s he was a founding member of the influential neo-expressionist art movement Neue Wilde in Düsseldorf alongside Martin Kippenberg ...
(born 1956), painter * Chris Ofili (born 1968), painter * Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), painter * Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022), sculptor * Jules Olitski (1922–2007), painter * Nathan Oliveira (1928–2010), painter * Yoko Ono (born 1933), musician, artist * Bruce Onobrakpeya (born 1932), printmaker, painter and sculptor * Orlan (born 1947), performance and body artist *
Roman Opałka Roman Opałka (27 August 1931 – 6 August 2011) was a French-born Polish painter, whose works are mostly associated with conceptual art. Opałka was born on 27 August 1931 in Abbeville-Saint-Lucien, France, to Polish parents. The family retu ...
(1931–2011), painter * Catherine Opie (born 1961), photographer * Julian Opie (born 1958), digital artist * Dennis Oppenheim (1938–2011), conceptual and installation artist * Gabriel Orozco (born 1962), conceptual and installation artist * Tony Oursler (born 1957), multimedia and installation artist


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* Nam June Paik (1932–2006), video artist * Roxy Paine (born 1966), sculptor * Eduardo Paolozzi (1924–2005), sculptor * Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), sculptor * Cornelia Parker (born 1956), sculptor and installation artist * Ray Parker (1922–1990), painter * Ed Paschke (1939–2004), painter * Simon Patterson (born 1967), conceptual artist * Oliver Payne and Nick Relph (born 1977 and 1979), video artists *
Grayson Perry Grayson Perry (born 1960) is an English contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries, and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "pre ...
(born 1960), ceramicist * Raymond Pettibon (born 1957), drawing, video and installation artist *
Elizabeth Peyton Elizabeth Joy Peyton (born 1965) is an American contemporary artist working primarily in painting, drawing, and printmaking. Best known for figures from her own life and those beyond it, including close friends, historical personae, and icons of ...
(born 1965), painter * Adrian Piper (born 1948), conceptual artist *
Steven Pippin Steven Pippin (born 1960 at Redhill, Surrey) is an English photographer and installation artist. Pippin works with converted or improvised photographic equipment and kinetic sculptures which are often based on physical models and are metaphors f ...
(born 1960), sculptor * Michelangelo Pistoletto (born 1933), painter, action and object artist * Lari Pittman (born 1952), painter * Paola Pivi (born 1971), multimedia artist * Sigmar Polke (1941–2010), painter, photographer * Larry Poons (born 1937), painter * William Powhida (born 1976), drawing, painter, writer * Kenneth Price (1935–2012), ceramicist, sculptor * Richard Prince (born 1949), painter and photographer * Laure Prouvost (born 1978), installation artist, 2013 Turner Prize winner *
Martin Puryear Martin L. Puryear (born May 23, 1941) is an American artist known for his devotion to traditional craft. Working in wood and bronze, among other media, his reductive technique and meditative approach challenge the physical and poetic boundaries ...
(born 1941), sculptor


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* Marc Quinn (born 1964), sculptor


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Alessandro Raho Alessandro Raho (born 1971, Nassau, Bahamas) is a British artist. His work has been shown at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Career Born in Nassau, Bahamas, Raho moved to London and attended Croydon College (1989–90) and then Golds ...
(born 1971), painter and photographer * Arnulf Rainer (born 1929), painter * Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), performance artist * Rallé (born 1949), painter * Paul Henry Ramirez (born 1963), painter * Neo Rauch (born 1960), painter *
Robert Rauschenberg Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combines (1954–1964), a group of artwor ...
(1925–2008), painter, collagist, printmaker, neo-dadaist *
Peter Reginato Peter Reginato (born August 19, 1945), is an American abstract sculptor and painter. Reginato was born in Dallas, Texas, but grew up in the hills outside Oakland, California, attending the San Francisco Art Institute from 1963 to 1966. In 1970 ...
(born 1945), sculptor * Paula Rego (born 1935), painter *
Seund Ja Rhee Seund Ja Rhee (also transcribed as Seongja Lee; June 3, 1918 – March 8, 2009) was a South Korean painter, engraver, draughtswoman, and illustrator. She also designed tapestries and mosaics. She was a prolific artist with more than 1,000 painti ...
(1918–2009), painter, printmaker, and ceramicist *
Jason Rhoades Jason Fayette Rhoades (July 9, 1965 – August 1, 2006) was an American installation artist. Better known in Europe, where he exhibited regularly for the last twelve years of his life, Rhoades was celebrated for his combination dinner party/ ...
(1965–2006), installation artist and sculptor * Jesse Richards (born 1975), artist * Gerhard Richter (born 1932), painter * Pipilotti Rist (born 1962), video artist * Larry Rivers (1923–2002), painter, multi-media * James Rosenquist (1933–2017), painter * Martha Rosler (born 1943), video artist, installation artist and performance artist * Dieter Roth (1930–1998), artist's books, sculptor, installation artist * Thomas Ruff (born 1958), photographer * Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944), conceptualist, mixed media, installation artist * Edward Ruscha (born 1937), painter, printmaker and filmmaker


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* Anri Sala (born 1974), video artist *
Chéri Samba Chéri Samba or Samba wa Mbimba N’zingo Nuni Masi Ndo Mbasi (born 30 December 1956) is a Congolese painter from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is one of the best known contemporary African artists, with his works being included in the col ...
(born 1956), painter * Jean-Michel Sanejouand (1934–2021), painter and sculptor * David Salle (born 1952), painter * Bojan Sarcevic (born 1974), sculptor * Wilhelm Sasnal (born 1972), painter *
Jenny Saville Jennifer Anne Saville (born 7 May 1970) is a contemporary British painter and an original member of the Young British Artists.Royal Academy of ArtsJenny Saville RA , Artist , Royal Academy of Arts accessdate: 29 August 2014 Saville works and ...
(born 1970), painter * Raymond Saunders (born 1934), painter * Markus Schinwald (born 1973), painter, sculptor and filmmaker * Julian Schnabel (born 1951), painter, sculptor and filmmaker *
Carolee Schneemann Carolee Schneemann (October 12, 1939 – March 6, 2019) was an American visual experimental artist, known for her multi-media works on the body, narrative, sexuality and gender. She received a B.A. in poetry and philosophy from Bard College and ...
(1939-2019), performance artist *
Thomas Schütte Thomas Schütte (born 16 November 1954) is a German contemporary artist. He sculpts, creates architectural designs, and draws. He lives and works in Düsseldorf. Education From 1973 to 1981 Schütte studied art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf al ...
(born 1954), sculptor * Richard Serra (born 1939), sculptor * Joel Shapiro (born 1941), sculptor * Sonia Landy Sheridan (1925–2021), art researcher * Cindy Sherman (born 1954), photographer, performance artist * Yinka Shonibare (born 1962) * Amy Sillman (born 1966), painter * David Simpson, (born 1928), painter *
Lorna Simpson Lorna Simpson (born August 13, 1960) is an American photographer and multimedia artist. She came to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s with artworks such as ''Guarded Conditions'' and ''Square Deal''. Simpson is most well-known for her work in c ...
(born 1960), interdisciplinary artist *
Bob and Roberta Smith Patrick Brill (born 1963), better known by his pseudonym Bob and Roberta Smith, is a British contemporary artist, writer, author, musician, art education advocate, and keynote speaker. He is known for his "slogan" art, is an associate professor ...
(born 1958) * Jack Smith (1932–1989), film director * Kiki Smith (born 1954), feminist artist * Robert Smithson (1938–1973), land artist, sculptor and photographer * Michael Snow (born 1929), filmmaker, musician, painter *
Joan Snyder Joan Snyder (born April 16, 1940) is an American Painting, painter from New York City, New York. She is a MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellow, and a National Endowment for the Arts, National End ...
(born 1940), painter * Keith Sonnier (1941–2020), sculptor * Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), painter * Nancy Spero (1926–2009), painter *
Joe Stefanelli Joseph Leonard Stefanelli (born September 11, 1960, in San Francisco) is an American musician and actor, of Italian descent, who is best known for performing the voice of John Lennon in the 1994 film ''Forrest Gump''. Stefanelli arrived into t ...
(1921–2017), painter *
Pat Steir Pat Steir (born 1940) is an American painter and printmaker. Her early work was loosely associated with conceptual art and minimalism, however, she is best known for her abstract dripped, splashed and poured "Waterfall" paintings, which she s ...
(born 1940), painter * Frank Stella (born 1936), painter, printmaker *
Thomas Struth Thomas Struth (born 11 October 1954) is a German photographer who is best known for his ''Museum Photographs'' series, family portraits and black and white photographs of the streets of Düsseldorf and New York taken in the 1970s. Struth lives ...
(born 1954), photographer * Hiroshi Sugimoto (born 1948), photographer * Sarah Sze (born 1969), sculptor


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* William Tillyer (born 1938), painter, printmaker, watercolorist * Tomoko Takahashi (born 1966), installation artist * Mark Tansey (born 1949), painter * Sam Taylor-Wood (born 1967), filmmaker, photographer * Diana Thater (born 1962), video artist * Paul Thek (1933–1988), painter, sculptor, installation artist * Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021), painter, printmaker * Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976), conceptual artist *
Arthur Thrall Arthur Thrall (March 18, 1926 – March 11, 2015) was an American painter and printmaker. His works have been shown in more than 500 exhibits in the United States and abroad including England, Finland, Germany, and U.S. embassies. ''Milwaukee Jour ...
(1926–2015), printmaker, painter * Agnes Thurnauer (born 1962) * Wolfgang Tillmans (born 1968), photographer * Rirkrit Tiravanija (born 1961), conceptual and installation artist *
Mark Titchner Mark Titchner (born 1973) is an English artist, and 2006 nominee for the Turner Prize. He lives and works in London. Focusing on an exploration of words and language, in recent years much of his production has been based in the public realm bot ...
(born 1973), painter * Slaven Tolj (born 1964), performance, installation artist * Scott Treleaven (born 1975), filmmaker * Rosemarie Trockel (born 1952), installation artist * Gavin Turk (born 1967), sculptor * James Turrell (born 1943), installation artist * Richard Tuttle (born 1941), postminimalist * Luc Tuymans (born 1958), painter * Cy Twombly (1928–2011), painter * Keith Tyson (born 1969), drawing, painter, installation artist


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* Francis Upritchard (born 1976), installation artist * Tomasz Urbanowicz (born 1959), architectural glass artist


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* Koen Vanmechelen (born 1965), multimedia artist, social art *
Lydia Venieri Lydia Venieri (born 1964) is a Greek artist. Personal life Background Venieri was born in Athens, Greece. She studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. She has lived in Paris and is currently living in New York. Her web si ...
(born 1964), painter, sculptor, photographer * Bill Viola (born 1951), video artist * Wolf Vostell (1932–1998), multimedia artist * Peter Voulkos (1924–2002), ceramicist, sculptor *
Marc Vaux Marc Vaux (born 29 November 1932, Swindon) is a British artist who rose to prominence in the 1960s. His work was included in the seminal Situation exhibition of 1960 alongside Robyn Denny, William Turnbull and Bernard Cohen among others. This ...
(born 1932), conceptual, painter, sculptor


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* Kara Walker (born 1969), installation artist *
Jeff Wall Jeffrey Wall, Order of Canada, OC, Royal Society of Canada, RSA (born September 29, 1946) is a Canadian artist best known for his large-scale back-lit Cibachrome photographs and art history writing. Early in his career, he helped define the Van ...
(born 1946), photographer *
Magnus Wallin Magnus Wallin (born 1965 in Kåseberga, Löderup) is a Swedish video artist, working with 3D animation Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or pain ...
(born 1965), video artist * Mark Wallinger (born 1959), conceptual artist *
Suling Wang Suling Wang () is an internationally recognized painter and contemporary artist, known predominantly for her large scale abstract works. She currently lives and works in London, UK and Taichung, Taiwan. Wang's art is inspired by Taiwanese oral tr ...
(born 1968), painter * Andy Warhol (1928–1987), pop artist * Gillian Wearing (born 1963), conceptual artist * Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), photographer * Lawrence Weiner (1942–2021), conceptual artist * Monika Weiss (born 1964), installation, video and performance artist * Ai Weiwei (born 1957), Chinese, conceptual artist * Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004), painter * Franz West (1947–2012), drawing, painter, sculptor * Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptor *
Jack Whitten Jack Whitten (December 5, 1939 – January 20, 2018) was an American painter and sculptor. In 2016, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts. Life Whitten was born in 1939 in Bessemer, Alabama. Planning a career as an army doctor, Whitten ent ...
(1939–2018), painter * Alison Wilding (born 1948), sculptor * Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), sculptor *
Thornton Willis Thornton Willis (born May 25, 1936) is an American abstract painter. He has contributed to the New York School of painting since the late 1960s. Viewed as a member of the Third Generation of American Abstract Expressionists, his work is associ ...
(born 1936), painter *
Jane and Louise Wilson Jane Wilson and Louise Wilson (born 1967 in Newcastle upon Tyne) are British artists who work together as a sibling duo. Jane and Louise Wilson's art work is based in video, film and photography. They are Young British Artists, YBA artists who w ...
(born 1967), installation artists * Richard Wilson (born 1953), installation artist * Joel-Peter Witkin (born 1939), photographer * Francesca Woodman (1958–1981), photographer *
Wu Guanzhong Wu Guanzhong (; 29 August 1919 – 25 June 2010) was a contemporary Chinese painter widely recognized as a founder of modern Chinese painting. He is considered to be one of the greatest contemporary Chinese painters. Wu's artworks display both ...
(1919–2010), painter * Erwin Wurm (born 1954), sculptor, photographer * Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), painter


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* Xing Xin (born 1981), performance artist


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* Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (born 1977), painter *
Peter Young Peter or Pete Young may refer to: Sports * Peter Dalton Young (1927–2002), English rugby union player * Peter Young (cricketer, born 1961), Australian cricketer * Pete Young (born 1968), American baseball player * Peter Young (rugby league) (fl. ...
(born 1940), painter * Jack Youngerman (1926–2020), painter


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Andrea Zittel Andrea Zittel (born 1965) is an American artist based in Joshua Tree, CA whose practice encompasses spaces, objects and modes of living in an ongoing investigation that explores the questions "How to live?" and "What gives life meaning?" Early li ...
(born 1965), installation artist * Larry Zox (1936–2006), painter * Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta (born 1962), interdisciplinary artist


See also

* Art * Lists of painters * List of modern artists * List of sculptors


Notes


References

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