21st-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 actress and artist

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

American cartoonist, author

American painter (1912–2004)

American artist and model

American conceptual artist (born 1950)

American sculptor and printmaker (born 1954)

American animator

Hungarian artist, industrial designer (1906–2011)

American costume designer

American internet personality, YouTuber, make-up artist and model

Palestinian artist and filmmaker (born 1970)

Indian artist (1937–2020)

Italian socialite (1927–2019)

American comedian and actress

American costume and fashion designer (born 1941)

American skepticism activist

African American sculptor (born 1926)

American artist (1947–2022)

American bioartist

American artist (born 1933)

American artist (b. 1948)

American author

German photographer (1906–2004)

Afghan-American video and performance artist (born 1973)

American artist (born 1936)

American sculptor and installation artist (born 1946)

artist (1949-2012)

African American artist (born 1967)

American cartoonist

Argentine artist (born 1941)

American fiber artist (1943–2005)

American performance artist (born 1965)

Indian film director

American comic book writer and illustrator

American comic book and comic strip artist (1926–2024)

American animator (1929-2020)

American artist (born 1931)

Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali (; December 31, 1933 – December 23, 2013) was a Greek American artist who worked in a wide variety of media. An American art pioneer in light art and luminist sculpture, known for her neon, steel, aluminum and acrylic glass installations, she always used the mononym Chryssa professionally. She worked from the mid-1950s in New York City studios and worked since 1992 in the studio she established in Neos Kosmos, Athens, Greece.

American/British conceptual artist

American fashion model and filmmaker

American video and installation artist (1946-2025)

American landscape designer (1932–2016)

American filmmaker (born 1954)

NYC fashion designer, entrepreneur and community art advocate

American YouTuber and animator

American YouTube personality and transgender rights activist

painter

American artist (born 1978)

American conceptual artist (born 1941)

American film director

artist (born 1971)

American artist (born 1984)

British-American artist (born 1961)

Turkish economist and painter (born 1978)

American artist and filmmaker (born 1941)

American artist (born 1960)