This is a list of women artists who were born in Italy or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. 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[edit] * 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[edit] * 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 * Eleonora Bargili (18th century), pastellist * Letizia Battaglia (born 1935), 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 * Eufrasia Burlamacchi (1482–1548), manuscript illuminator * Angiola Guglielma Butteri (17th century), nun, painter ## C[edit] * 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 (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 * 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), San Marinian 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 (born 1934), sculptor and painter * Emma Ciardi (1879–1933), painter * Vittoria Cocito (1891–1971), painter and illustrator * Marina Cicogna (born 1934), film producer and photographer * Barbara Ciardo (born 1983), comic book colorist * 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[edit] * 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 * 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 Duprè (born 1934), sculptor, painter ## F[edit] * 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 female painter * Giovanna Fratellini (1666–1731), Baroque painter * Virginia von Fürstenberg (born 1974), fashion designer ## G[edit] * 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 * Rosina Mantovani Gutti (1851–1943), painter, especially of children ## H[edit] * 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[edit] * Iaia (116–27 BC), Roman painter, engraver ## K[edit] * 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[edit] * Giulia Lama (born 1681), 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[edit] * 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 (born 1863), 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 (born 1863), 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 * Otonella 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[edit] * 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[edit] * 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[edit] * 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[edit] * Rabarama (born 1969), contemporary artist * Baroness Annetta Radovska (19th century), painter * Suor Barbara Ragnoni (15th century), 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 (born 1850), landscape painter * Juana Romani (1869–1924), painter * Lalla Romano (1906–2001), novelist, poet, painter and journalist * Paola Romano (born 1951), painter and sculptor * Diana de Rosa (1602–1643), painter * Vicenza Giovanna Rovisi (1750–1824), late Baroque and Neoclassical painter ## S[edit] * 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 (born 1535), 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[edit] * 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 (born 1707), painter * Grazia Toderi (born 1963), video artist and photographer * Lucia Casalini Torelli (1677–1762), painter * Tatiana Trouvé (born 1968), contemporary artist ## V[edit] * 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[edit] * Bettina Werner (born 1965), artist working with salt ## Z[edit] * 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 * v * t * e Lists of women artists by nationality * Afghan * Algerian * American * Argentine * Armenian * Australian * Austrian * Azerbaijani * Bahamian * Belgian * Bosnian and Herzegovinian * Brazilian * Canadian * Chilean * Chinese * Colombian * Croatian * Cuban * Czech * Danish * Dutch * Egyptian * Emirati * English * Estonian * Filipino * Finnish * French * German * Greek * Hungarian * Icelandic * Indian * Iranian * Iraqi * Irish * Israeli * Italian * Jamaican * Japanese * Latvian * Lebanese * Lithuanian * Macedonia * Mexican * Moroccan * New Zealand * Nigerian * Norwegian * Pakistani * Palestinian * Polish * Portuguese * Romanian * Russian * Scottish * Serbian * Slovak * Slovenian * South African * South Korean * Spanish * Swedish * Swiss * Trinidad and Tobago * Turkish * Ukrainian * Uruguayan * Venezuelan * Vietnamese * Welsh *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template