List of South African artists

A

• Bill Ainslie
• Jane Alexander
• Siemon Allen
• Nils Andersen
• Tyrone Appollis
• Dieter Aschenborn
• Hans Aschenborn
• Uli Aschenborn
• Leigh Ashton

  B

• Beezy Bailey
• Kenneth Baker
• Walter Battiss
• Charles Davidson Bell, Scottish-born painter, artist and stamp designer
• Deborah Bell, sculptor, painter and mixed media artist
• Willie Bester
• Harry Bolus, botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist
• D. C. Boonzaier
• Gregoire Boonzaier
• Dineo Seshee Bopape
• Steven Bosch
• Cristina Boshoff, singer
• Willem Boshoff
• Wim Botha
• Candice Breitz
• Lisa Brice
• Lesley-Ann Brandt
• Rhona Brown, botanical artist
• Winifred Brunton, painter, especially of Egyptian pharaohs

  C

• Sarah Calburn
• Norman Catherine
• Bettie Cilliers-Barnard
• Frans Claerhout
• Julia Rosa Clark
• Peter Clarke
• Christo Coetzee
• Ernest Cole
• Ruann Coleman
• Gillian Condy, botanical artist
• Tom Cullberg

  D

• Nerine Desmond
• Adriaan Diedericks, sculptor
• Ethel May Dixie, botanical artist
• Marlene Dumas
• Dj Siya

  E

• Peter Eastman
• Paul Emsley, portrait painter and lecturer
• Garth Erasmus

  F

• Dumile Feni, sculptor and printmaker
• Cyril Fradan, artist and designer, especially of acrylic paints incorporating various glazing techniques
• Abrie Fourie, artist specialising in photography and digital media

  G

• Kendell Geers
• Allerley Glossop
• David Goldblatt
• Arthur Goldreich
• Frances Goodman

  H

• Caesar Carl Hans Henkel, German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist
• Matthew Hindley
• Nicholas Hlobo, sculptor
• Robert Hodgins, English-born South African painter and printmaker
• Rosa Hope, English-born South African painter
• Pieter Hugo, photographer

  J

• Gavin Jantjes, painter
• Barbara Jeppe, botanical artist
• Gabriel de Jongh
• Tinus de Jongh, painter

  K

• Anton Kannemeyer
• William Kentridge
• Wolf Kibel
• David Koloane
• Ansel Krut, painter based in London, UK
• David Kuijers, painter, designer and illustrator

  L

• Maggie Laubser
• Ralph Lazar
• Cythna Letty, botanical artist
• Carla Liesching
• Kai Lossgott

  M

• Noria Mabasa
• Fikile Magadlela
• Esther Mahlangu
• Billy Mandindi
• Anja Marais
• Louis Maqhubela
• Gerhard Marx
• Judith Mason, painter, sculptor and installation artist
• Kagiso Patrick Mautloa
• Johannes Petrus Meintjes, artist, author and historian
• John Meyer, painter
• Anthony Morton
• Nandipha Mntambo
• Santu Mofokeng
• Zwelethu Mthethwa, painter and photographer
• Zanele Muholi
• Brett Murray
• Credo Mutwa

  N

• Hermann Niebuhr, painter of primarily urban and rural landscapes
• Zelda Nolte, sculptor and woodblock printmaker
• Neo Ntsoma
• Thenjiwe Nkosi

  O

• Johan Oldert, painter and sculptor
• Ken Oosterbroek, photographer

  P

• Georgia Papageorge
• Charles Ernest Peers
• George Pemba
• Peet Pienaar
• Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef
• Barbara Pike, botanical artist
• Stanley Pinker
• Deborah Poynton
• Alexis Preller

  R

• Gavin Rain
• Jo Ratcliffe
• Richard Rennie
• Robin Rhode
• Dolf Rieser, South African-born British painter, printmaker, and teacher
• Tracey Rose
• David Rosen
• Athi-Patra Ruga

  S

• Ruth Sacks
• Claudette Schreuders
• Peter Schutz
• Richard Scott
• Berni Searle
• Gerard Sekoto
• Mary Sibande
• Penny Siopis
• Lucas Sithole
• Cecil Skotnes
• Sean Slemon
• Kathryn Smith
• Frank Sydney Spears
• Irma Stern
• Paul Stopforth
• Jack Stone
• Simon Stone
• Richardt Strydom
• Mikhael Subotzky
• Lisa Swerling
• Helen Sebidi

  T

• Guy Tillim, photographer
• Vladimir Tretchikoff
• Lawrence Holme Twentyman, silversmith

  U

• Jeannette Unite, Earth artist who paints and draws with minerals and mining detritus from the "Industrial Sublime"

  V

• Strijdom van der Merwe, land artist
• Maurice van Essche, Belgian-born South African painter, oil, gouache, acrylic and water-color; inspired by time in Belgian Congo, inter alia
• Nontsikelelo Veleko
• Jan Vermeiren, paintings mainly in oil on canvas, etchings and lithography
• Diane Victor
• Jan Ernst Abraham Volschenk, landscape painter

  W

• Jeremy Wafer 0
• Donovan Ward
• Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst, botanical artist
• James Webb
• Jean Welz
• Sue Williamson