The following is a list of artists from South Africa.
A
Bill Ainslie (1934–1989) Jane Alexander (born 1959) Siemon Allen (born 1971) Nils Andersen (1897–1972) Tyrone Appollis (born 1957) Dieter Aschenborn (1915–2002) Hans Aschenborn (1888–1931) Uli Aschenborn (born 1947) Leigh Ashton (born 1956)
B
Beezy Bailey (born 1962) Kenneth Baker (1921–1996) Walter Battiss (1906–1982) Janko de Beer (born 1980) Charles Davidson Bell (1813–1882), Scottish-born painter, artist and stamp designer Deborah Bell (born 1957), sculptor, painter and mixed media artist Willie Bester (born 1956) Harry Bolus (1834–1911), botanist, botanical artist, businessman and philanthropist D. C. Boonzaier (1865–1950) Gregoire Boonzaier (1909–2005) Dineo Seshee Bopape (born 1981) Steven Bosch (born 1978) Cristina Boshoff (born 1980), singer Willem Boshoff (born 1951) Wim Botha (born 1974) Candice Breitz (born 1972) Lisa Brice (born 1968) Lesley-Ann Brandt (born 1981) Rhona Brown (1922–2014), botanical artist Winifred Brunton (1880–1959), painter, especially of Egyptian pharaohs
C
Sarah Calburn (born 1964) Norman Catherine (born 1949) Bettie Cilliers-Barnard (1914–2010) Frans Claerhout (1919–2006) Julia Rosa Clark (born 1975) Peter Clarke (1929–2014) Christo Coetzee (1929–2000) Ernest Cole (1940–1990) Gillian Condy (born 1952), botanical artist Ben Jay Crossman (born 1979) Tom Cullberg (born 1972)
D
Nerine Desmond (1908–1993) Mbali Dhlamini (born 1990), photographer Adriaan Diedericks (born 1990), sculptor Ethel May Dixie (1876–1973), botanical artist Marlene Dumas (born 1953)
E
Peter Eastman (born 1976) Fanie Eloff (1885-1947), sculptor Paul Emsley (born 1947), portrait painter and lecturer Garth Erasmus (born 1956)
F
Dumile Feni (1939–1991), sculptor and printmaker
Cyril Fradan (1928–1997), artist and designer, especially of acrylic paints incorporating various glazing techniques Abrie Fourie (born 1969), artist specialising in photography and digital media
G
Kendell Geers (born 1968) Allerley Glossop (1870–1955) David Goldblatt (1930–2018) Arthur Goldreich (1929–1982) Frances Goodman (born 1975)
H
Caesar Carl Hans Henkel (1839–1913), German-born South African forester, cartographer, painter, soldier and botanist Matthew Hindley (born 1974) Nicholas Hlobo (born 1975), sculptor Robert Hodgins (1920–2010), English-born South African painter and printmaker Rosa Hope (1902–1972), English-born South African painter Pieter Hugo (born 1976), photographer
J
Gavin Jantjes (born 1948), painter
Barbara Jeppe (1921–1999), botanical artist
Gabriel de Jongh (1913–2004) Tinus de Jongh (1885–1942), painter
K
Anton Kannemeyer (born 1967) William Kentridge (born 1955) Wolf Kibel (1903–1938) David Koloane (1938–2019) Ansel Krut (born 1959), painter based in London, UK David Kuijers (born 1962), painter, designer and illustrator
L
Amos Archibald Langdown (1930-2006) Maggie Laubser (1886–1973) Ralph Lazar (born 1967) Cythna Letty (1895–1985), botanical artist Carla Liesching (born 1985) Kai Lossgott (born 1980)
M
Noria Mabasa (born 1938) Fikile Magadlela (1952–2003) Esther Mahlangu (born 1935) Billy Mandindi (1967–2005) Anja Marais (born 1974) Amitabh Mitra (born 1955) painter, physician Louis Maqhubela (born 1939) Gerhard Marx (born 1976) Judith Mason (1938–2016), painter, sculptor and installation artist Kagiso Patrick Mautloa (born 1952) Johannes Petrus Meintjes (1923–1980), artist, author and historian John Meyer (born 1942), painter Ina Millman, artist and art teacher Anthony Morton (1923–2006) Nandipha Mntambo (born 1982) Santu Mofokeng (1956–2020) Zwelethu Mthethwa (born 1960), painter and photographer Zanele Muholi (born 1972) Brett Murray (born 1961) Credo Mutwa (1921–2020)
N
Hermann Niebuhr (born 1972), painter of primarily urban and rural landscapes
Zelda Nolte (1929–2003), sculptor and woodblock printmaker
Neo Ntsoma (born 1972) Thenjiwe Nkosi (born 1980)
O
Johan Oldert (1912–1984), painter and sculptor
Ken Oosterbroek (1963–1994), photographer
P
Karabo Poppy (born 1992) Georgia Papageorge (born 1941) Charles Ernest Peers (1875–1944) George Pemba (1912–2001) Peet Pienaar (born 1971) Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef (1886–1957) Barbara Pike (born 1933), botanical artist Stanley Pinker (1924–2012) Deborah Poynton (born 1970) Alexis Preller (1911–1975)