20th-century American women artists

American rock musician and actress (born 1964)

Patricia Lee Smith is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author, and photographer. Her 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City–based punk rock movement. Smith has fused rock and poetry in her work. In 1978, her most widely known song, "Because the Night," co-written with Bruce Springsteen, reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number five on the UK Singles Chart.

American artist and musician (born 1947)

American writer (1900–1948)

American Modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982)

Ukranian-born American avant-garde filmmaker (1917–1961)

American artist (1911-1978)

American musician and artist, most known as co-founding member of Sonic Youth (born 1953)

Lebanese-American writer and artist (1925-2021)

American writer, artist and academic (born 1963)

American sculptor and architect (born 1959)

American painter and installation artist (born 1969)

feminist art activism group based in the United States

American painter (1912–2004)

American conceptual artist (born 1950)

American sculptor and printmaker (born 1954)

Cuban-American artist (1948–1985)

German-American textile artist, weaver and graphic designer, student and teacher at the Bauhaus (1899–1994)

American artist (born 1934)

American visual experimental artist (1939–2019)

American circus performer and tattoo artist

American actress (1918-1999)

Hungarian artist, industrial designer (1906–2011)

American costume designer

American illustrator (1863-1935)

Indian artist (1937–2020)

Italian socialite (1927–2019)

American artist and children's writer (1893-1946)

American costume designer (1904-1985)

American composer and installation artist (1938–2009)

African American sculptor (born 1926)

American artist, art dealer and collector (1900-1982)

Native American potter 1887-1980

American actress (1905–1959)

American cellist and performance artist (1933–1991)

American artist (1947–2022)

American artist (b. 1948)

Comic book writer, artist

Pop artist (1918-1986)

American artist (born 1933)

American painter (1845–1927)

American interior designer (1827–1923)

American sculptor and installation artist (born 1946)

American designer, illustrator, and author (1867-1944)

American sculptor and filmmaker (1907–1999)

American multimedia ecofeminist artist (1931-2020)

Argentine artist (born 1941)

African American artist (born 1967)

artist (1949-2012)

American actress, painter (1945-2018)

American quilter (1837–1910)

American folk artist (1889-1988)

American costume designer (1914-1995)

American artist (1874–1912)

American fiber artist (1943–2005)

Canadian artist (1859-1912)

American video and installation artist (1946-2025)

American animator (1929-2020)

American performance artist (born 1965)

American/British conceptual artist