This is a list of women artists who were born in Wales or whose artworks, or careers, are closely associated with Wales.

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Sadie Allen Sarah Margaret Allen (1930–7 January 2017) was a Welsh people, Welsh artist known for her textile and embroidery work which included a number of public commissions. Biography Sadie Allen was born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Barry in the Vale ...

(1930–2017), painter, textile artist * Edith Lovell Andrews (1886–1980), painter * Manon Awst (born 1983), sculptor, performance artist

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Irene Bache Irene Mary Bache (23 March 1901 – 24 May 1999) was a British artist. Although born in London, and widely travelled, Bache lived and established her career in Wales, in and around Swansea. Biography Bache was born in Brockley in south London ...

(1901–1999) London-born artist who lived in Swansea from 1942 * Joan Baker (1922–2017), painter

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* Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971), Welsh artist, poet and novelist, working in Wales and Greece * Felicity Charlton (1913–2009), Bristol-born artist who lived in Wales from 1939 *

Melanie Counsell Melanie Counsell (born in 1964) is a British artist. She works with a multitude of media such as, sculpture, installation, 16 mm film, drawing, printed matter. Counsell has been resident at a range of art institutions, has undertaken roles in tea ...

(born 1964), installation artist and sculptor. *

Glenys Cour Glenys Irene Cour ( Carthew, born 6 January 1924) is a Welsh artist. Biography Cour was born in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales on 6 January 1924. From 1945 until 1948, she studied at Cardiff College of Art under Ceri Richards and married ...

(born 1924), painter and stained glass artist

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Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn (1834 – 21 February 1926) was a Welsh astronomer and pioneer in scientific photography. Biography The eldest of six children, Llewelyn was born to photographer and botanist John Dillwyn Llewelyn and Emma Thomasina T ...

(1834–1926), photographer *

Edith Downing Edith Elizabeth Downing (January 1857 – 3 October 1931) was a British artist, sculptor and suffragette. Life Edith Elizabeth Downing was born in Cardiff, Wales in January 1857. She was one of four children of the coal merchant and shipping ...

(1857–1931), sculptor

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Mildred Eldridge Mildred Elsie Eldridge known as Elsi Eldridge, (1 August 1909 – 10 March 1991) was a British artist, mural painter and book illustrator. Biography Eldridge was born in Wimbledon in London where her father was pawnbroker who later became a j ...

(1909–1991), artist born in London who lived in Wales from 1939

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Laura Ford Laura Ford (born 6 February 1961) in Cardiff, Wales, is a British sculptor. She is currently president of the Royal Society of Sculptors. Early life Growing up in a travelling fairground family, Ford was educated at Stonar School in Wiltshir ...

(born 1961), sculptor born in

Cardiff Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca ...

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Valerie Ganz Valerie Ganz (1936–2015) was a Welsh artist, known for her paintings of South Wales coal miners. Life and work Ganz grew up in Mumbles of Swansea. She studied art in Swansea then worked as a teacher and lecturer. In 1973 she left teaching to co ...

(1936–2015), painter * Esther Grainger (1912–1990), painter * Lillian Griffith (1877–1972), sculptor *

Gwenny Griffiths Rosa Gwenny Griffiths (25 June 1867 – 22 December 1953) was a Welsh artist known for her portrait and flower paintings. Biography Griffiths was born in the Druslyn area of Swansea in south Wales and attended Swansea Art School before studyin ...

(1867–1953), portrait painter

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Nina Hamnett Nina Hamnett (14 February 1890 – 16 December 1956) was a Welsh artist and writer, and an expert on sailors' Sea shanty, shanties, who became known as the Queen of Bohemia. Early life Hamnett was born in the small coastal town of Tenb ...

(1890–1956),

Tenby Tenby () is a seaside town and community (Wales), community in the county of Pembrokeshire, Wales. It lies within Carmarthen Bay. Notable features include of sandy beaches and the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, the 13th-century Tenby Town Walls, me ...

-born artist and artists' model, who exhibited at the Royal Academy * Cicely Hey (1896–1980), English artist who lived in

Llysfaen Llysfaen is a village and community in Conwy County Borough overlooking the north coast of Wales, and situated on the hill Mynydd Marian. For local government purposes, it is also a ward. The community includes the Peulwys estate of Old Co ...

Nichola and Sarah Hope Nichola Hope and Sarah Hope (born 1975) are Welsh artists. They have produced visual artwork documenting the Welsh National Opera and occasionally paint and draw live. Nichola was shortlisted for Wildlife Artist of the Year 2020, her watercolou ...

, artists known for their visual artwork *

Ray Howard-Jones Rosemary "Ray" Howard-Jones (30 May 1903 – 25 June 1996) was a prolific Welsh painter best known for her impressionistic seascapes and paintings of the coastline of Wales, particularly of the areas around Skomer and Marloes. Early life and ...

(1903–1996),

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; abbreviated ), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London ...

-born artist who lived in

Penarth Penarth ( , ) is a town and Community (Wales), community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately south of Cardiff city centre on the west shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay. Penarth is a Seaside resort#Brit ...

from an early age *

Joan Hutt Joan Villette Hutt (1913–1985) was a British artist who spent most of her career in North Wales. Early life Joan Villette Hutt was born on 16 September 1913 in Aspenden, Hertfordshire, England"Obituary:Mrs J.V. Hutt". ''Caernarfon and Denbig ...

(1913–1985),

Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the ...

-born painter who moved to live in

North Wales North Wales ( ) is a Regions of Wales, region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas. It borders mid Wales to the south, England to the east, and the Irish Sea to the north and west. The area is highly mountainous and rural, with Snowdon ...

in 1949 *

Bethan Huws Bethan Huws (born 1961) is a Welsh multi-media artist whose work explores place, identity, and translation, often using architecture and text. Her work has been described as "delicate, unobtrusive interventions into architectural spaces". Life a ...

(born 1961)

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Eveline Annie Jenkins Eveline Annie Jenkins (July 1893 – 1976) was a British botanical artist and illustrator. Biography Jenkins was born in Monmouthshire, one of the three children of the civil servant William Herbert Jenkins and Eveline Jenkins. She was educated ...

(1893–1976), botanical artist and illustrator *

Kathryn Jenkins Kathryn Jenkins (9 June 1961 – 3 May 2009) was a scholar of Welsh language and culture, especially local hymnology. She was also a hymn writer in Welsh. Life Kathryn Jenkins was born in Tonypandy, Wales, the only child of Clement Jenkins, en ...

(1961–2009), was a scholar and writer of Welsh hymns *

Gwen John Gwendolen ''Gwen'' Mary John (22 June 1876 – 18 September 1939) was a Welsh people, Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely relat ...

(1876–1939), painter * Christine Jones (born 1955), ceramicist *

Joy Farrall Jones Joy Farrall Jones ( Joyce Margaret Mellor; born 1933) is a British painter and illustrator. Biography Jones was born in Bangalore in India and studied art at the Regional College of Art in Manchester from 1954 to 1957 and then at St Martin's Sc ...

(born 1933), painter and illustrator *

Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an American actress and singer. In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as ''Oklahoma! (film), Oklahoma!'' (1955), ''Carousel (fi ...

(born 1934), printmaker, writer, poet, producer of

Artists' Books Artists' books (or book arts or book objects) are works of art that engage with and transform the form of a book. Some are mass-produced with multiple editions, some are published in small editions, while others are produced as one-of-a-kind o ...

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* Christine Kinsey (born 1942), painter

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Kate Lambert Kate Lambert, known professionally as "Kato", is a British model, fashion designer, singer and entrepreneur. A native of Wales, Kato emigrated to the United States in 2007. She became a US citizen in 2019. One of the most recognisable face ...

(born 1983), fashion designer *

Ruby Levick Ruby Winifred Levick (11 September 1871 – 31 March 1940) was a Welsh sculptor and medallist who had many of her works exhibited at the Royal Academy. Biography Levick was born in Llandaff, Glamorgan, the daughter of George Levick, a civil eng ...

(c.1872–1940), sculptor * Thyrza Anne Leyshon (1892–1996), miniature painter *

Doris Lindner Doris Lexley Margaret Lindner (8 July 1896 – 1979) was a British sculptor who specialised in creating figures of animals and birds. Biography Lindner was born at Llanyre in mid-Wales, and spent her childhood in Winchester. Her mother was Wels ...

(1896–1979), sculptor *

Eirian Llwyd Eirian Llwyd (1951 – 29 January 2014) was a Welsh artist and wife of former Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones. Biography Llwyd was born at Prion near Denbigh, Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is par ...

(1951–2014), printmaker * Mary Lloyd (1819–1896), sculptor *

Mary Lloyd Jones Mary Lloyd Jones FLSW (born 1934) is a Welsh painter and printmaker based in Aberystwyth. Her works are multilayered and use devices that reflect an interest in the beginnings of language, including early man-made marks and the ogham and bardic ...

(born 1934), painter * Sarah J. Lloyd (born 1896), landscape painter

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Helen Mackay Helen Marion Macpherson Mackay (23 May 1891 – 15 July 1965) was a British paediatrician. She made important contributions to the understanding of childhood nutrition and preventive healthcare. Mackay was the first woman fellow of the Royal Co ...

(1897–1973), sculptor *

Edwina McGrail Edwina McGrail (born 1950) is a Welsh artist and poet. In both her paintings and poetry, McGrail references Celtic mythology, images and traditional patterns. Biography McGrail was born in Wrexham in north Wales and attended the Cheltenham Col ...

(born 1950), artist and poet *

Valerie Miles Valerie Miles (New York, 1963) is a publisher, writer, translator and the co–founder of ''Granta en español''. She is known for promoting Spanish and Latin American literature and their translation in the English speaking world, at the same ti ...

(1914–1999), painter and illustrator *

Eleri Mills Eleri Mills (born 1955) is a Welsh painter. Life Mills was born in Llangadfan in Powys, and gained a B.A. in Art and Design from Manchester Polytechnic. She was elected to the Royal Cambrian Academy in 2000 and in 2012 was an artist-in-residen ...

(born 1955), painter *

Tracey Moberly Tracey Moberly (born Tracey Karen Wood, Tredegar, South Wales, 1964; formerly married as Sanders-Wood) is an interdisciplinary artist, author and radio show host, and was also a co-owner of the Foundry in London. She exhibits prolifically and ...

(born 1964), multidisciplinary artist * Mali Morris (born 1945)

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* Liz Neal (born 1973), artist based in London * Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960)

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Rachel Owen Rachel Mary Owen (30 November 1968 – 18 December 2016) was a Welsh photographer, printmaker and lecturer on medieval Italian literature. She was married to the Radiohead singer Thom Yorke; they announced their separation in 2015. Life and ...

(1968–2016) * Joan Oxland (1920–2009), painter

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* Kusha Petts (1921–2003) * Cherry Pickles (born 1950)

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Mary Quant Dame Barbara Mary Quant (11 February 1930 – 13 April 2023) was a British fashion designer and icon. She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements, and played a prominent role in London's Swingi ...

(1934–2023)

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Shani Rhys James Shani Rhys James MBE (born 1953)BBC Wales ArtShani Rhys James last updated 28 September 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2011. is a Welsh painter based in Llangadfan, Powys. She has been described as "arguably one of the most exciting and successful p ...

(born 1953),

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-born painter, moved to Wales after graduation *

Julie Roberts Julie Roberts (born February 1, 1979) is an American country music singer. Signed to Mercury Nashville in 2003, Roberts made her debut with the single "Break Down Here" in February 2004, a Top 20 hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & T ...

(born 1963), painter

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Helen Sear Helen Sear (born 1955) is a British visual artist specialising in photography and moving image. Early life Helen Sear was born in Banbury, England, in 1955 and grew up in the West Midlands. Her mother was a teacher and her father a maxillo- ...

(born 1955), photographic artist * Jane Simpson (born 1965), sculptor *

Annie Morgan Suganami Annie Morgan Suganami (born 1952) is an artist and musician who trained at the Royal Academy of Music and Cardiff School of Art & Design and now lives and works in Machynlleth, Wales. Work Suganami's paintings "of vivacity and originality," ha ...

(born 1952) *

Alia Syed Alia Syed (born 1964) is an experimental filmmaker and artist of Welsh-Indian descent. Biography Born in Swansea, Wales, Syed earned her Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of East London in 1987 and a Postgraduate degree in Mixed Media f ...

(born 1964),

Swansea Swansea ( ; ) is a coastal City status in the United Kingdom, city and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, second-largest city of Wales. It forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area, officially known as the City and County of ...

-born artist and filmmaker, now living and working in London

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* Mary White (1926–2013), ceramic artist *

Lucy Gwendolen Williams Lucy Gwendolen Williams, also known as Gwen Williams (27 December 1870 – 11 February 1955) was a British sculptor and painter and a descendant of the Williams family of Highfield Hall in Flintshire. Life Lucy Gwendolen Williams was born in L ...

(1870–1955) * Claudia Williams (born 1933), painter *

Margaret Lindsay Williams Margaret Lindsay Williams, (18 June 1888 – 4 June 1960) was a Welsh artist who was commissioned to paint portraits of the British royal family, European royalty and American presidents. She was best known as a portrait painter and painted por ...

(1888–1960), portrait painter * Annie Williams (born 1942), still life watercolour painter who grew up in Wales * Sue Williams (born 1956), visual artist * Caroline Catherine Wilkinson (1822–1881) * Frances Elizabeth Wynne (1835–1907) * Nancy Wynne-Jones (1922–2006), painter {{DEFAULTSORT:Women artists associated with Wales Welsh artists

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