This is a list of women artists who were born in

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or whose artwork is closely associated with that country.

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* Baya (1931–1998), painter, ceramist * Souhila Belbahar (born 1934). painter *

Myriam Ben Myriam Ben (10 October 1928 – 2001) was an Algerian activist, novelist, poet, and painter. Early life Marylise Ben Haïm was born in Algiers on October 10, 1928. Her father Moses Ben Haïm was of Judaized Berber descent and was a communist ...

(1928–2001), writer, painter *

Zaida Ben-Yusuf Zaida Ben-Yusuf (21 November 1869 – 27 September 1933) was an English-born, New York–based portrait photographer noted for her artistic portraits of wealthy, fashionable, and famous Americans during the turn of the 19th–20th century. In 1 ...

(1869–1933), photographer * Nadia Benbouta (born 1970), artist, combines unrelated elements *

Zohra Bensemra Zohra Bensemra (born October 1968) is an Algerian photographer who works in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. She is currently based in Africa. Biography Zohra Bensemra was born in Algiers, Algeria, in October 1968. She grew up seeing her older b ...

(born 1968), photographer *

Samta Benyahia Samta Benyahia ( ar, صامته بن يحيى) born in Constantine, Algeria, in 1950, is an Algerian French artist, known for her Arab Berber Andalusian geometrical patterns and rosaceae, called ''fatima''. Benyahia studied at the École Nat ...

(born 1950), plastic artist *

Zoulikha Bouabdellah Zoulikha Bouabdellah (born June 20, 1977) is a Russian-born contemporary artist of Algerian descent. She lives and works in Casablanca and Paris. Biography The daughter of , a film director and author, and Malika Dorbani, former head of the N ...

(born 1977), plastic artist, videographer * Feriel Boushaki (born 1986), plastic artist

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* Mimi Hafida (active since 2010), poet, visual artist *

Bettina Heinen-Ayech Bettina Heinen-Ayech (3 September 1937 – 7 June 2020) was a German painter. She became known for her colorful landscape views of Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = ...

(1937–2020), painterMusée Public National Cirta: Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Le cinquantenaire de la peinture algerienne, Constantine, 2014

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Houria Niati Houria Niati (born 1948) is an Algerian contemporary artist living in London. Niati specializes in mixed media installations that criticize Western representations and objectification of north African and Middle Eastern women. Her installations ...

(born 1948), installation artist

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* Lydia Ourahmane (born 1992), visual and sound artist

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Zineb Sedira Zineb Sedira (born April 1st, 1963) is a London-based Franco-Algerian feminist photographer and video artist, best known for work exploring the human relationship to geography. Sedira was shortlisted for the 2021 Deutsche Börse Photography Fou ...

(born 1963), photographer and video artist

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Fatma Zohra Zamoum Fatma Zohra Zamoum (born 19 January 1967) is a Franco-Algerian writer, filmmaker and educator. Biography Zamoun was born in Bordj Menaïel in the north of Algeria, within a well-known family whose ancestors are Omar ben Zamoum and Mohamed ben ...

(born 1967), writer, filmmaker and educator *

Amina Zoubir Amina Zoubir (born 1983) is a contemporary artist, filmmaker and performer from Algiers, Algeria. She is known as a feminist performer through video-actions entitled ''Take your place'', which she directed in 2012 during the 50th anniversary of Al ...

(born 1983), contemporary artist, filmmaker

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