List of contemporary artists

• Martine Aballéa (born 1950), installation artist • Marina Abramović (born 1946), performance artist • Vito Acconci (1940–2017), installation and performance artist • Rita Ackermann (born 1968), artist • Bas Jan Ader (1942–1979), conceptual artist • Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959), video artist • Peggy Ahwesh (born 1954), video artist • Chantal Akerman (1950–2015), filmmaker • Vikky Alexander (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 • Lennart Anderson (1928–2015), painter • Carl Andre (1935–2024), 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 (1928–2005), sculptor • John Armleder (born 1948), performance artist, painter, sculptor, critic, and curator • Art & Language, art collective • Richard Artschwager (1923–2013), sculptor and painter • Roy Ascott (born 1934), new media artist • Frank Auerbach (1931–2024), painter • Sofia Areal (born 1960), painter ==B==

• Francis Bacon (1909–1992), painter • Jo Baer (born 1929), painter • John Baldessari (1931–2020), conceptual artist • Balthus (1908–2001), painter • Banksy (born 1974), graffiti artist • Fiona Banner (born 1966), installation artist and sculptor • Matthew Barney (born 1967), filmmaker • Will Barnet (1911–2012), painter • Artur Barrio (born 1945), interactive artist • Bo Bartlett (born 1955), painter • Jennifer Bartlett (born 1945), painter • Georg Baselitz (1938–2026), painter, sculptor • Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), painter • Noah Becker (born 1970), painter • Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969), performance artist • Larry Bell (born 1939), sculptor • Maurice Benayoun (born 1957), media artist • Lynda Benglis (born 1941), sculptor • Ib Benoh (born 1947), painter, sculptor, printmaker, digital media artist, poet and scholar • Danelle Bergstrom (born 1957), painter • José Bernal (1925–2010), painter and sculptor • Joseph Beuys (1921–1986), sculptor, performance artist, installation artist • Ashley Bickerton (1959-2022), mixed-media artist • Janet Biggs (born 1959), video and performance artist • Dara Birnbaum (born 1946), video and installation artist • Ned Bittinger (born 1951), painter • Ronald Bladen, (1918–1988), sculptor • David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter and video artist • Guy Bleus (born 1950), performance artist, mail art • Mark Bloch (artist) (born 1956), performance artist, mail art • Christian Boltanski (1944–2021), sculptor, photographer, painter and film maker • Alighiero Boëtti (1940–1994), conceptual artist • Maurizio Bolognini (born 1952), post-conceptual media artist • Henry Bond (born 1966), writer, photographer and visual artist • Christine Borland (born 1965), sculptor • Michaël Borremans (born 1963), painter • Eberhard Bosslet (born 1953), sculptor, installation artist • Fernando Botero (1932–2023), 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 (born 1972), video artist • Stuart Brisley (born 1933), performance artist • Marcel Broodthaers (1924–1976), poet, filmmaker and artist • Glenn Brown (born 1966) • Tania Bruguera (born 1968), installation and performance artist • Fatma Bucak (born 1984), performance and installation artist • Angela Bulloch (born 1966), installation artist • Deborah Butterfield (born 1949), sculptor • Chris Burden (1946–2015), performance artist, sculptor, and installation artist • Jack Bush (1909–1977), painter • Gerard Byrne (born 1969), installation artist ==C==

• Sophie Calle (born 1953), conceptual artist • Nuno de Campos (born 1969), painter • Janet Cardiff (born 1957), installation artist • Gerard Caris (1925–2025), sculptor • Norman Carlberg (1928–2018), sculptor • Gillian Carnegie (born 1971), painter • Anthony Caro (1924–2013), sculptor • Antonio Caro (1950–2021), painter and conceptual artist • Nicolas Carone (1917–2010), painter, sculptor • James Casebere (born 1953), photographer • Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960), sculptor • Nick Cave (born 1959), performance artist and sculptor • John Cederquist (born 1946), sculptor • Vija Celmins (born 1938), painter • Saint Clair Cemin (born 1951), sculptor • John Chamberlain (1927–2011), sculptor • Suki Chan (born 1977), video and installation artist • Hsia-Fei Chang (born 1973), performance and installation artist • Gordon Cheung, (born 1975), contemporary artist • Jake and Dinos Chapman, sculptors • Judy Chicago (born 1939), feminist artist • Dale Chihuly (born 1941), glass artist • Nina Childress (born 1961), painter • Luke Ching (born 1972), conceptual artist • Dan Christensen (1942–2007), abstract painter • Abraham David Christian (born 1952), sculptor • Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy (1952–2012), painter and printmaker • Christo and Jeanne-Claude, site-specific artists • Paolo Cirio (born 1979), Internet artist • Lygia Clark (1920–1988), painter and installation artist • Brian Clarke (1953–2025), multidisciplinary artist, painter and stained glass designer • Francesco Clemente (born 1952), painter • Chuck Close (1940–2021), painter • Claude Closky (born 1963), new media artist • Arnaud Cohen (born 1968), sculptor • Delphine Coindet (born 1969), sculptor and installation artist • Robert Colescott (1925–2009), painter • Mat Collishaw (born 1966), photographer and video artist • George Condo (born 1957), painter • Cortis & Sonderegger, installation artists • Anne-Lise Coste (born 1973), painter • Tony Cragg (born 1945), sculptor • Michael Craig-Martin (born 1941), painter, printmaker, digital artist and sculptor • Martin Creed (born 1968), installation artist • Patricia Cronin (born 1963), multidisciplinary artist • Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983), painter • José Luis Cuevas (1934–2017), painter, printmaker and sculptor ==D==

• Dado (1933–2010), painter • Hanne Darboven (1941–2009), conceptual artist • Ann Darbyshire (1926–2007), print-maker • Ian Davenport (born 1966), painter and printmaker • Ronald Davis (1937–2025), abstract painter • Richard Deacon (born 1949), sculptor • Tacita Dean (born 1965), conceptual artist and filmmaker • Wim Delvoye (born 1965), neo-conceptual artist • Walter De Maria (1940–2013), installation artist, conceptual artist • Abigail DeVille (born 1981), installation and sculpture artist • Guy Denning (born 1965), painter • Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993), painter • Rineke Dijkstra (born 1959), photographer • Sam Dillemans (born 1965), painter • DOT DOT DOT, conceptual artist • Braco Dimitrijevic (born 1948), conceptual artist • Jim Dine (born 1935), sculptor • Mark di Suvero (born 1933), sculptor • Harry Dodge (born 1966), visual artist • Peter Doig (born 1959), painter • Marlene Dumas (born 1953), painter • John Duncan (born 1953), performance and installation artist ==E==

• Martin Eder (born 1968), painter • Ólafur Elíasson (born 1967), installation artist • Tracey Emin (born 1963), multimedia artist • Ben Enwonwu (1917–1994), painter and sculptor • Bracha Ettinger (born 1948), painter • Valie Export (born 1940), video and performance artist • Mary Beth Edelson (1933–2021), feminist artist ==F==

• Jan Fabre (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 and installation artist • Kenneth Feingold (born 1952), conceptual artist • Brendan Fernandes (born 1979), performance artist • Teresita Fernández (born 1968), multidisciplinary artist • Esther Ferrer (born 1937), conceptual and performance artist • Carole Feuerman (born 1945), sculptor • Stephen Finer (born 1949), painter • Eric Fischl painter (born 1948), painter, sculptor and printmaker • Peter Fischli & David Weiss, video artists • Dan Flavin (1933–1996), minimalist • Bruno Fonseca (1958–1994), painter and 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 • Chiara Fumai (1979–2017) performance artist ==G==

• Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), multidisciplinary artist • • Anya Gallaccio (born 1963), installation artist • Enrico Garff (born 1939), painter • Kendell Geers (born 1968), conceptual artist • Isa Genzken (born 1948), sculptor • Gilbert and George, sculptors and performance artists • Adrian Ghenie (born 1977), painter • Sam Gilliam (1933-2022), painter • Liam Gillick (born 1964), conceptual artist • Karin Giusti (born 1955), sculptor and 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 and photographer • Peter Golfinopoulos (born 1928), painter • Leon Golub (1922–2004), painter • Felix Gonzales-Torres (1957–1996), sculptor and installation artist • Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (born 1965), artist and filmmaker • Robert Goodnough (1917–2010), painter • Douglas Gordon (born 1966), video artist and photographer • Antony Gormley (born 1950), sculptor • Dan Graham (1942–2022), multidisciplinary artist • Robert Graham (1938–2008), sculptor • Rodney Graham (1949–2022), photographer and installation artist • Cleve Gray (1918–2004), painter • Kaloust Guedel (born 1956), painter, and sculptor • Genco Gulan (born 1969), sculptor and performance artist • Don Gummer (born 1946), sculptor • Andreas Gursky (born 1955), photographer ==H==

• Hans Haacke (born 1936), conceptual artist • Jacques Halbert (born 1955), neo-dada artist • Petrit Halilaj (born 1986), installation artist • David Hall (1937–2014), video artist • Richard Hamilton (1922–2011), painter and collagist • Keith Haring (1958–1990), painter and graffiti artist • Mona Hatoum (born 1952), performance artist • Susan Hauptman (1947–2015), work on paper • Carl Michael von Hausswolff (born 1956), sound artist • Tim Hawkinson (born 1960), sculpture artist • Al Held (1928–2005), painter • Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948), multimedia artist, installation artist, painter, photographer and performance artist • Diango Hernandez (born 1970), conceptual artist and painter • Jeremy Henderson (1952–2009), painter • Eva Hesse (1936–1970), sculptor • Andreas Heusser (born 1976), conceptual artist • Hugo Heyrman (born 1942), painter and 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 and painter • Frank Holliday (born 1957), painter • Saskia Holmkvist (born 1971), conceptual artist • Christian Holstad (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, video artists • Gary Hume (born 1962), painter • Philipp Humm (born 1959), painter and multidisciplinary artist • Pierre Huyghe (born 1962), media artist ==I==

• Jörg Immendorff (1945–2007), painter • INO, visual artist ==J==

• 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 and printmaker • Ray Johnson (1927–1995), pop artist and mail art • Jennie C. Jones (born 1968), multidisciplinary artist • Josignacio (born 1963), painter • Ana Jotta (born 1946), multidisciplinary artist • Donald Judd (1928–1994), sculptor • Isaac Julien (born 1960), filmmaker ==K==

• Ilya Kabakov (born 1933), installation artist • Eduardo Kac (born 1962), performance artist and BioArtist • Stanya Kahn (born 1968), performance and video artist • Wolf Kahn (1927–2020), painter • Anish Kapoor (born 1954), sculptor • Allan Kaprow (1927–2006), painter and performance artist • Deborah Kass (born 1952), mixed media artist • On Kawara (1932–2014), conceptual artist • Mary Kelly (born 1941), conceptual artist • Mike Kelley (1954–2012), sculptor, installation artist and performance artist • Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), painter • William Kentridge (born 1955), draughtsman, filmmaker and sculptor • Anselm Kiefer (born 1945), painter • Manfred Kielnhofer (born 1967), sculptor, designer and photographer • Edward Kienholz (1927–1994), installation artist • Karen Kilimnik (born 1962), painter • Bodys Isek Kingelez (1948–2015), sculpture • Martin Kippenberger (1953–1997), conceptual artist and installation artist • Komar and Melamid, conceptual artists • Jeff Koons (born 1955), conceptual artist • Mark Kostabi (born 1960), painter • Barbara Kruger (born 1945), photographer • Peter Kuckei (born 1938), painter • Yayoi Kusama (born 1929), installation artist, performance artist and painter • Miriam Syowia Kyambi (born 1979), interdisciplinary multimedia installation and performance artist ==L==

• David LaChapelle (born 1963), photographer • Suzanne Lacy (born 1945), performance artist • Suzanne Lafont (born 1949), photographer • Ronnie Landfield (born 1947), painter • Michael Landy (born 1963), conceptual artist • Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt (born 1948), installation and collage artist • Maria Lassnig (1919–2014), painter • Matthieu Laurette (born 1970), multimedia, conceptual, installation and video artist • Robert Lazzarini (born 1965), sculptor and installation artist • Lee Bul (born 1964), sculpture, installation and conceptual artist • Lee Hun Chung (이헌정) (born 1967), ceramics and concrete • Marc Lee (born 1969), installation, new media and conceptual artist • Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer and visual artist • Mark Lewis (born 1958), installation and film artist • Peter Wayne Lewis (born 1953), painter • Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), installation and conceptual artist • Richard Long (born 1945), sculptor, photographer and painter • Robert Longo (born 1953), painter and sculptor • Lee Lozano (1930–1999), painter • Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967), installation artist • Sarah Lucas (born 1962), photographer, sculptor and conceptual artist ==M==

• Tala Madani (born 1981), painter and video artist • Robert Mangold (born 1937), painter • Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), photographer • Christian Marclay (born 1955), composer and conceptual artist • Bruce McLean (born 1944), conceptual, performance, sculptor and painter • Brice Marden (born 1938), painter • Kerry James Marshall (born 1955), painter • Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957), painter and performance artist • Agnes Martin (1912–2004), painter • Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005), painter • Enrique Martinez Celaya (1964), painter and sculptor • Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), conceptual artist • Amanda Matthews (born 1968), sculptor, painter, public art • Paul McCarthy (born 1945), performance and installation artist • Allan McCollum (born 1944), sculptor and installation artist • Ryan McGinley (born 1977), photographer • Steve McQueen (born 1969), filmmaker and video artist • Cildo Meireles (born 1948), sculptor and installation artist • Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), sculptor, performance and video artist • Yucef Merhi (born 1977), installation and new media artist • Thom Merrick (born 1963), sculptor, painter • Boris Mikhailov (born 1938), photographer • Ann Mikolowski (1940–1999), painter, printmaker and book artist • Haroon Mirza (born 1977), sculptor and installation artist • Eva Moll (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 (born 1969), conceptual artist • François Morellet (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 (born 1942), installation and new media artist • Vik Muniz (born 1961), photographer • Bruce Munro (born 1959), installation artist • Takashi Murakami (born 1962), sculptor and painter • Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007), painter • Zoran Mušič (1909–2005), painter • Wangechi Mutu (born 1972), painter ==N==

• Bruce Nauman (born 1941), multidisciplinary artist • Ernesto Neto (born 1964), installation artist • John Nieto (1936–2018), painter • Odd Nerdrum (born 1944), painter • Shirin Neshat (born 1957), visual artist • NEVERCREW, installation artists • Alexander Ney (born 1939), sculptor and painter • Graham Nicholls (born 1975), installation artist • Olaf Nicolai (born 1962), conceptual artist • Kenneth Noland (1924–2010), painter • Thomas Nozkowski (1944–2019), painter • Jim Nutt (born 1938), painter • Marina Núñez (born 1966), multimedia artist ==O==

• Albert Oehlen (born 1954), painter • Markus Oehlen (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 • Camila Oliveira Fairclough (born 1979), painter • Yoko Ono (born 1933), musician and conceptual artist • Bruce Onobrakpeya (born 1932), printmaker, painter and sculptor • Orlan (born 1947), performance and body artist • Roman Opałka (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 ==P==

• 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, video artists • Grayson Perry (born 1960), ceramicist • Maja Petric (born 1981), new media artist • Raymond Pettibon (born 1957), drawing, video and installation artist • Elizabeth Peyton (born 1965), painter • Adrian Piper (born 1948), conceptual artist • Steven Pippin (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 and photographer • Larry Poons (born 1937), painter • William Powhida (born 1976), painter • Kenneth Price (1935–2012), ceramicist, sculptor • Richard Prince (born 1949), painter and photographer • Laure Prouvost (born 1978), installation artist • Martin Puryear (born 1941), sculptor ==Q==

• Marc Quinn (born 1964), sculptor ==R==

• Alessandro Raho (born 1971), painter and photographer • Arnulf Rainer (1929–2025), painter • Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), performance artist • Rallé (born 1949), painter • Ramin, Rokni, Hesam, artist collective • Paul Henry Ramirez (born 1963), painter • Neo Rauch (born 1960), painter • Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), painter, collagist, printmaker and neo-dadaist • Mouna Rebeiz (born 1957) painter • Peter Reginato (born 1945), sculptor • Paula Rego (1935–2022), painter • Seund Ja Rhee (1918–2009), painter, printmaker and ceramicist • Jason Rhoades (1965–2006), installation artist and sculptor • Jesse Richards (born 1975), artist • Renee Richetts (born 1955), artist • Gerhard Richter (born 1932), painter • Pipilotti Rist (born 1962), video artist • Larry Rivers (1923–2002), painter and multimedia artist • James Rosenquist (1933–2017), painter • Martha Rosler (born 1943), video artist, installation artist and performance artist • Dieter Roth (1930–1998), artist's books, sculptor and installation artist • Thomas Ruff (born 1958), photographer • Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944), conceptual artist, mixed media and installation artist • Edward Ruscha (born 1937), painter, printmaker and filmmaker ==S==

• Anri Sala (born 1974), video artist • Chéri Samba (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 (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 (1939–2019), performance artist • Thomas Schütte (born 1954), sculptor • Richard Serra (1938–2024), sculptor • Joel Shapiro (1941-2025), sculptor • Sonia Landy Sheridan (1925–2021), computer and software artist • Cindy Sherman (born 1954), photographer and performance artist • Yinka Shonibare (born 1962) • Amy Sillman (born 1966), painter • David Simpson, (born 1928), painter • Lorna Simpson (born 1960), interdisciplinary artist • Theodora Skipitares, interdisciplinary artist • Bob and Roberta Smith (born 1958), conceptual artist • Jack Smith (1932–1989), filmmaker • Kiki Smith (born 1954), feminist artist • Robert Smithson (1938–1973), land artist, sculptor and photographer • Michael Snow (1929–2023), filmmaker, musician and painter • Joan Snyder (born 1940), painter • Keith Sonnier (1941–2020), sculptor • Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), painter • Nancy Spero (1926–2009), painter • Joe Stefanelli (1921–2017), painter • Pat Steir (born 1938), painter • Frank Stella (1936–2024), painter and printmaker • Thomas Struth (born 1954), photographer • Hiroshi Sugimoto (born 1948), photographer • Sarah Sze (born 1969), sculptor ==T==

• William Tillyer (born 1938), painter and printmaker • Tomoko Takahashi (born 1966), installation artist • Ruben Talberg (born 1964), Neo-Fluxus sculptor • Mark Tansey (born 1949), painter • CJ Tañedo (born 1979), painter • Sam Taylor-Wood (born 1967), filmmaker and photographer • Diana Thater (born 1962), video artist • Paul Thek (1933–1988), painter, sculptor and installation artist • Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021), painter and printmaker • Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976), conceptual artist • K. P. Thomas (artist) (born 1951), painter • Arthur Thrall (1926–2015), printmaker and painter • Agnes Thurnauer (born 1962), painter • Wolfgang Tillmans (born 1968), photographer • Rirkrit Tiravanija (born 1961), conceptual and installation artist • Mark Titchner (born 1973), painter • Slaven Tolj (born 1964), performance and installation artist • Seb Toussaint (born 1988), painter and street 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 and installation artist ==U==