The following is a list of Canadian artists working in visual or plastic media (including 20th-century artists working in video art, performance art, or other types of new media). See other articles for information on Canadian literature, music, cinema and culture. For more specific information on the arts in Canada, see Canadian art.
The Artists in Canada Reference Library provides an in-depth list of Canadian artists and the museums who feature them. The following is a brief list of some important Canadian artists and groups of artists:
Kirsten Abrahamson (born 1960), ceramist
Marc Adornato (born 1977), painting, sculpting, performance and new media
Manasie Akpaliapik (born 1955), sculptor
M.J. Alexander (born 1961), artist
Vikky Alexander (born 1959), artist
Kay Angliss (1923–2004), printmaker, watercolour and fibre art
Robert Archambeau (born 1933), ceramist
Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961), painter
Kenojuak Ashevak (born 1927), artist and printmaker
Myfanwy Ashmore (born 1970), new media artist
Barbara Astman (born 1950), photography and new media
Frédéric Back (born 1924), painter, animator
Joan Balzar (1928–2016), painter
Marian Bantjes (born 1963), graphic designer, artist, illustrator, typographer, writer
Bruce Barber (born 1950), multimedia installation artist
Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Robert Bateman (born 1930), painter, naturalist
Jay Battle (born 1966), Canadian-born sculptor now working in Salisbury, England
Carl Beam, RCA (1943-2005), painter
Jackson Beardy (1944-1984), painter
Charles Beil, sculptor
Sylvie Bélanger (born 1951), installation artist
Rebecca Belmore (born 1960), performance artist, installation artist
Leonid Berdichevsky (born 1945), painter
Aggie Beynon, metalsmith
David Bierk (1944-2002), painter
David Blackwood (born 1941), printmaker
David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter, video artist
Molly Lamb Bobak (born 1922), painter, printmaker
Theodosia Bond (1915–2009), photography
Jordi Bonet (1932–1979), sculptor, muralist
Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960), painter
John Boxtel (born 1930), sculpture, woodcarving
Shary Boyle (born 1972), sculpture, painting, drawing, performance
Roland Brener (1942–2006), sculptor
Mark A. Brennan (born 1968), landscape painter
AA Bronson (born 1946), mixed-media artist
William Brymner (1855-1925), painter
Ralph Wallace Burton (1905-1983), painter
Edward Burtynsky (born 1955), photographer
Jack Bush (1909–1977), painter
Janet Cardiff (born 1957), installation artist
James Carl (born 1960), sculptor
Emily Carr (1871–1945), painter
Ian Carr-Harris (born 1941), installation artist
Gino Cavicchioli (born 1957), sculptor, artist
Cynthia Chalk (born 1913), nature photography
Jack Chambers (1931-1978), artist and filmmaker
Robert Chaplin (born 1968), artist, publisher
Benjamin Chee Chee (1944-1977), artist
Keith Cole, performance artist
Nicole Collins, painter
Alex Colville (born 1920), painter
Christian Corbet (born 1966), painter, sculptor
Bruno Cote (1940-2010), painter
Douglas Coupland (born 1961), sculptural installation
Josephine Crease (1864-1947), painter
Susan Reynolds Crease (1855-1947), painter and women's rights activist
Donigan Cumming (born 1947), multimedia artist
Greg Curnoe (1936–1992), painter, musician
George Cuthbertson (1898–1969), marine artist, researcher, author
Karen Dahl (1955) ceramist
Greta Dale (1929–1978), sculptor
Frederick Dally (1838-1914), photographer
Ken Danby (born 1940), painter
Charles Daudelin (1920–2001), sculptor, painter
Raven Davis (born 1975), multimedia and mixed media artist
Dennis Day (born 1960), video artist
Forshaw Day (1837-1901), landscape artist, printmaker
Eric Deis (born 1979), photographer
Roseline Delisle (1952–2003), ceramist
Berthe des Clayes (1877–1968), painter
Claire Desjardins (born 1965), painter
Bonnie Devine, Ojibway installation artist, performance artist, and sculptor
Walter Dexter (born 1931), ceramist
Yuri Dojc (born 1946), photographer
Stan Douglas (born 1960), installation artist
Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986), sound artist, composer, painter
Marcel Dzama (born 1974), artist
Arthur Elliot (19th century), watercolourist
Emily Louise Orr Elliott (1867–1952), oil painter and fashion designer
Arthur John Ensor (1905–1995), painter
Paterson Ewen (1925–2002), painter
Ivan Eyre (born 1935), painter
Barker Fairley (1887–1986), painter, writer
André Fauteux (born 1946), sculptor
Marcelle Ferron (1924–2001), painter, glazier
George Fertig (1915–1983), painter
Peter Flinsch (born 1920), painter, sculptor, television set designer
Yechel Gagnon (born 1973), mixed media artist
Marianna Gartner (born 1963), painter
Will Gill (born 1968), sculptor, painter, photographer and video artist
Joseph Giunta (1911–2001), painter, collage/assemblage artist
Gerald Gladstone (1929–2005), sculptor, painter
Eric Goldberg (1890–1969), painter
Dina Goldstein (born 1969), visual artist
Noam Gonick (born 1973), filmmaker
Betty Goodwin (born 1923), printmaker, sculptor, painter
Rodney Graham (born 1949), photographer, installation artist
Pierre Granche (1948–1997), sculptor
George Grie (born 1962), digital 2D, 3D, neosurrealism artist
Suzanne Guité (1927–1981), sculptor, painter
Lawren Harris (1885–1970), painter
Paul Hartal (born 1936), painter, poet
Douglas Haynes (1936–2016)
Fred Herzog (born 1930), photographer
William G. Hobbs (born 1927), painter, historian
Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (born 1913), sculptor
Edwin Holgate (1892–1977), painter
Margaret Lindsay Holton (born 1955), painter, pinhole photographer, writer
Robin Hopper (born 1939), ceramist
Robert Houle (born 1947), First Nations artist
Barbara Howard, RCA (1926—2002), painter, wood engraver
Osuitok Ipeelee (1922-2005), sculptor
Gershon Iskowitz (1921-1988), painter
A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974), painter
Sybil Henley Jacobson (1881–1953), British-born Canadian painter
Mendelson Joe (born 1944), painter, musician
G.B. Jones illustrator, visual artist, experimental filmmaker
Leonel Jules (born 1953), painter
Brian Jungen (born 1970), sculptor, installation artist
Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), photographer
Aart Kemink (1914–2006), painter
Augustus Kenderdine (1870-1947), landscape and portrait artist
Christopher Kier (born 1959), painter
Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1926–1994), painting, performance, multi-media, photography
Dorothy Knowles, (born 1927), painter
John Koerner, (1913–2014), painter
Germaine Koh (born 1967), conceptual artist
Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872), painter
Nobuo Kubota (born 1932), multimedia
Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter
William Kurelek (1927–1977), painter
Stephen Lack (born 1946), actor, painter
Jules Lasalle (born 1957), sculptor
Ozias Leduc (1864–1955), painter
Joseph Légaré (1795-1855), painter
Enid Legros-Wise, ceramist
Jean Paul Lemieux (1904-1990), painter
Michel Lemieux (born 1959), multimedia artist (film, video, performance)
Serge Lemoyne (1941–1998), painter
Laura L. Letinsky photographer
Mark Lewis (born 1958), installation and film artist
Maud Lewis (1903–1970), painter
Robert Henry Lindsay (1868-1938), painter
Oleg Lipchenko (born 1957)
Arthur Lismer (1885–1969), painter
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967), installation artist
Attila Richard Lukacs (born 1962), painter
James Lumbers (born 1929), painter
Almuth Lütkenhaus (1930-1996)
Landon Mackenzie (born 1954), painter
Arnaud Maggs (born 1926), photographer
Liz Magor (born 1948), visual artist
Lorraine Malach (1933-2003), ceramist
Arthur N. Martin (1889-1961), painter
Thomas Mower Martin (1838-1934), landscape painter
Hannah Maynard (1834-1918), photographer
Richard Maynard (1832-1907), photographer
Doris McCarthy (born 1910), painter, printmaker
Ryan McCourt (born 1975), sculptor, designer
Elizabeth McIntosh (born 1967), painter
Rita McKeough (born 1951), installation and performance artist
Helen McNicoll (1879-1915), painter
Ray Mead (1921-1998), painter, member of Painters Eleven
Ivar Mendez, photographer and sculptor
Kenneth G. Mills (1923-2004), painter
David Milne (1882–1953), painter
Leo Mol (born 1915)
Guido Molinari (1933–2004), painter
Norval Morrisseau (1932-2007), painter
Jean-Paul Mousseau (1927–1991), painter, ceramist, muralist
Kathleen Munn (1887-1974), painter
Will Munro (1975–2010), artist
Mathew Murray, filmmaker, creator of the web series teenagers
Paula Murray, ceramist
Robert Murray (born 1936), sculptor
Jack Nichols (born 1921), painter
Grace Nickel (born 1956), ceramist
Arnold Nogy, painter
Naveed Nour, Iranian-Canadian/American photographer
John O'Brien (1831-1891), marine painter
Lucius Richard O'Brien (1832–1899), painter, illustrator, first President of the Royal Canadian Academy
Will Ogilvie (1901–1989), painter, war artist, Order of Canada
Kim Ondaatje (born 1928), painter, filmmaker
Charles Pachter (born 1942), artist, filmmaker, social commentator
Aaron Paquette, painter and writer
Mimi Parent (1924–2005), painter
Paul Peel (1860–1892), painter
William Perehudoff (born 1919), painter
Jim Pescott, painter
Narcisse Poirier (1883-1984), painter
Christopher Pratt (born 1935), painter
Mary Pratt (born 1935), painter
Ned Pratt (born 1964), photographer
George Raab (born 1948), printmaker
Nina Raginsky (born 1941), photographer
Don Reichert (born 1932), painter, multimedia artist
Bill Reid (1920–1998), sculptor
Kelly Richardson (born 1972), video artist, photographer
Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002), painter
David Rokeby (born 1960), new media artist
William Ronald (1926–1998), painter
Endel Ruberg (1917–1989), artist, educator
Carl Schaefer (1903–1995), painter, war artist
Tony Scherman (born 1950), painter
Jacques Schyrgens (born 1923), painter, illustrator
Jack Shadbolt (1909–1998), painter
Tiffany Shaw-Collinge (born 1982), installation artist
Henrietta Shore (1880-1963), painter
Coral Short (born 1973), performance artist
Joe Shuster (1914-1992), cartoonist, co-creator of Superman
Dave Sim (born 1956), comic book artist
James Simpkins (1910–2004), cartoonist, illustrator, film strips
Damien Smith (born 1969), visual artist
Freda Pemberton Smith (1902-1991), painter
Gord Smith (born 1937), sculptor
Gordon A. Smith (born 1919), painter, printmaker, sculptor
Michael Snow (born 1929), painter, filmmaker, musician
David G. Sorensen (1937-2011), painter, sculptor
Gerald Squires (1937-2015), painter, printmaker, sculptor
Arlene Stamp, two-dimensional artist and designer
Owen Staples (1866–1949), painter, etcher, political cartoonist
Godfrey Stephens (born 1939), painter, sculptor, boat builder
Reva Stone, digital artist
Rudolf Stussi, painter
Jack Sures (born 1934), ceramist
Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1869–1937), painter, sculptor
Ginny Stikeman (born 1941), filmmaker
Ewa Tarsia, painter, printmaker
Ningeokuluk Teevee, illustrator
Genevieve Thauvette, photographer
Tom Thomson (1877–1917), painter
Julie Tremble, animator and experimental videographer, director of Vidéographe in Montréal.
Armand Vaillancourt (born 1929), performance art, sculptor, painter
Frederick Varley (1881–1969), painter
Bill Vazan (born 1933), land art, sculptor, photographer, painter
Claude Vermette (1930–2006), painter, ceramist
Frederick Arthur Verner (1836–1928), painter
Arthur Villeneuve (1910–1990), painter
Horatio Walker (1858–1938), painter
Jeff Wall (born 1946), photographer
Darrell Wasyk (born 1958), painter and multimedia artist
Margaret Watkins (1884–1969), photographer
Homer Watson (1855–1936), painter
Phil R. White (born 1963), sculptor
Robert Wiens (born 1953), painter and sculptor
Peter Wilkins (born 1968), multimedia artist
Jeff Willmore (born 1954), painter and performance artist
Robert Willms (born 1969)
Hilda Woolnough (1934-2007), etching and graphics
Kamila Wozniakowska (born 1956), painter
Andrew Wright (born 1971), multimedia artist
Dana Wyse (born 1965), installation artist
Gu Xiong (born 1953), multidisciplinary artist
Jarko Zavi (born 1987), ceramist
Robert Zend (1929-1985), typewriter, collage, multimedia, and digital artist; concrete poet
Edward "Ted" Fenwick Zuber (born 1937), painter, photographer
Les Automatistes
Canadian Group of Painters
Eastern Group of Painters
General Idea
Group of Seven
Painters Eleven
Professional Native Indian Artists Association (informally known as "Indian Group of Seven")
Regina Five
The Royal Art Lodge
Max Stern (1904-1987), art dealer
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