A list of living contemporary artists

A
Marina Abramovic | 1946 | performance artist
Eija-Liisa Ahtila | 1959 | video artist
Peggy Ahwesh | 1954 | video artist
Rita Ackermann | 1968 | artist
Vikky Alexander | 1959 | installation artist
Francis Alÿs | 1959 | conceptual artist
El Anatsui | 1944 | sculptor
Laurie Anderson | 1947 | performance artist
Carl Andre | 1935 | sculptor
Janine Antoni | 1964 | sculptor
Ida Applebroog | 1929 | painter
Nobuyoshi Araki | 1940 | photographer
Siah Armajani | 1939 | sculptor
John Armleder | 1948 | performance artist
Art & Language | unk. | conceptual artist
Roy Ascott | 1934 | new media artist
Frank Auerbach | 1931 | painter
Sofia Areal | 1960 | painter

B
Jo Baer | 1929 | painter
John Baldessari | 1931 | conceptual artist
Banksy | 1974 | graffiti artist
Fiona Banner | 1966 | conceptual artist
Matthew Barney | 1967 | filmmaker
Artur Barrio | 1945 | interactive artist
Jennifer Bartlett | 1945 | painter
Georg Baselitz | 1938 | painter
Noah Becker | 1970 | painter
Vanessa Beecroft | 1969 | performance artist
Larry Bell | 1939 | sculptor
Maurice Benayoun | 1957 | media artist
Lynda Benglis | 1941 | sculptor
Ashley Bickerton | 1959 | mixed-media artist
Janet Biggs | 1959 | video artist
Dara Birnbaum | 1946 | video artist
David Blatherwick | 1960 | painter
Guy Bleus | 1950 | performance artist
Christian Boltanski | 1944 | sculptor
Henry Bond | 1966 | writer
Christine Borland | 1965 | sculptor
Michaël Borremans | 1963 | painter
Eberhard Bosslet | 1953 | sculptor
Fernando Botero | 1932 | painter
Mark Bradford | 1961 | painter
Candice Breitz | 1972 | video artist
Stuart Brisley | 1933 | performance artist
Glenn Brown | 1966 | painter
Tania Bruguera | 1968 | installation artist
Angela Bulloch | 1966 | installation artist
Deborah Butterfield | 1949 | sculptor
Chris Burden | 1946 | performance artist
Gerard Byrne | 1969 | installation artist

C
Sophie Calle | 1953 | conceptual artist
Nuno de Campos | 1969 | painter
Janet Cardiff | 1957 | sculptor
Gerard Caris | 1925 | installation artist
Norman Carlberg | 1928 | sculptor
Gillian Carnegie | 1971 | painter
Antonio Caro | 1950 | painter
James Casebere | 1953 | photographer
Maurizio Cattelan | 1960 | performance artist
Nick Cave | 1959 | sculptor
John Cederquist | 1946 | painter
Vija Celmins | 1938 | sculptor
Saint Clair Cemin | 1951 | sculptor
Dinos Chapman | 1962 | visual artist
Jake Chapman | 1966 | visual artist
Judy Chicago | 1939 | feminist artist
Dale Chihuly | 1941 | glass artist
Abraham David Christian | 1952 | sculptor
Christo and Jeanne-Claude | 1935/2009+ | installation artist
Paolo Cirio | 1979 | Internet artist
Francesco Clemente | 1952 | painter
Chuck Close | 1940 | painter
Claude Closky | 1963 | painter
Arnaud Cohen | 1968 | sculptor
Robert Colescott | 1925 | painter
Mat Collishaw | 1966 | photographer
George Condo | 1957 | painter
Tony Cragg | 1945 | sculptor
Michael Craig-Martin | 1941 | painter
Martin Creed | 1968 | installation artist
Patricia Cronin | 1963 | cross-disciplinary artist
José Luis Cuevas | 1934 | painter

D
Ian Davenport | 1966 | painter
Ronald Davis | 1937 | abstract painter
Richard Deacon | 1949 | sculptor
Tacita Dean | 1965 | conceptual artist
Wim Delvoye | 1965 | neo-conceptual artist
Abigail DeVille | 1981 | installation artist
Guy Denning | 1965 | painter
Rineke Dijkstra | 1959 | photographer
Sam Dillemans | 1965 | painter
DOT DOT DOT | unk. | visual artist
Braco Dimitrijevic | 1948 | conceptual artist
Jim Dine | 1935 | sculptor
Mark di Suvero | 1933 | sculptor
Peter Doig | 1959 | painter
Marlene Dumas | 1953 | painter
John Duncan | 1953 | performance artist

E
Martin Eder | 1968 | painter
Ólafur Elíasson | 1967 | sculptor
Tracey Emin | 1963 | multimedia artist
Bracha Ettinger | 1948 | painter
Valie Export | 1940 | multimedia artist

F
Jan Fabre | 1958 | multidisciplinary artist
Hans-Peter Feldmann | 1941 | photographer
Kenneth Feingold | 1952 | conceptual artist
Teresita Fernández | 1968 | multidisciplinary artist
Carole Feuerman | 1945 | sculptor
Stephen Finer | 1949 | painter
Eric Fischl | 1948 | painter
Peter Fischli | 1952 | sculptor
Caio Fonseca | 1959 | painter
Andrea Fraser | 1965 | performance artist
Tom Friedman | 1965 | conceptual sculptor

G
Ellen Gallagher | 1965 | multidisciplinary artist
Anya Gallaccio | 1963 | installation artist
Isa Genzken | 1948 | sculptor
Gilbert and George | 1942 | sculptor
Adrian Ghenie | 1977 | painter
Sam Gilliam | 1933 | painter
Liam Gillick | 1964 | conceptual artist
Karin Giusti | 1955 | sculptor
Robert Gober | 1954 | sculptor
Nan Goldin | 1953 | photographer
Andy Goldsworthy | 1956 | sculptor
Peter Golfinopoulos | 1928 | painter
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster | 1965 | artist/filmmaker
Douglas Gordon | 1966 | video artist
Antony Gormley | 1950 | sculptor
Dan Graham | 1942 | multidisciplinary artist
Rodney Graham | 1949 | photographer
Kaloust Guedel | 1956 | painter
Genco Gulan | 1969 | sculptor
Don Gummer | 1946 | sculptor
Andreas Gursky | 1955 | photographer

H
Hans Haacke | 1936 | conceptual artist
David Hall | 1937 | video artist
Mona Hatoum | 1952 | performance artist
Carl Michael von Hausswolff | 1956 | sound artist
Tim Hawkinson | 1960 | sculpture artist
Gottfried Helnwein | 1948 | multimedia artist
Diango Hernandez | 1970 | conceptual artist
Jeremy Henderson | 1952 | painter
Andreas Heusser | 1976 | conceptual artist
Hugo Heyrman | 1942 | painter
Gary Hill | 1951 | video artist
Susan Hiller | 1940 | installation artist
Charles Hinman | 1932 | painter
Thomas Hirschhorn | 1957 | installation artist
Damien Hirst | 1965 | installation artist
David Hockney | 1937 | painter
Jim Hodges | 1957 | installation artist
Howard Hodgkin | 1932 | painter
Candida Höfer | 1944 | photographer
Tom Holland | 1936 | mixed media artist
Saskia Holmkvist | 1971 | conceptual artist
Christian Holstad | 1972 | conceptual artist
Jenny Holzer | 1950 | interdisciplinary artist
Roni Horn | 1955 | sculptor
Peter Howson | 1958 | painter
Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler | 1962 | video artists
Gary Hume | 1962 | painter
Pierre Huyghe | 1962 | media artist

I
INO | unk. | painter

J
Alfredo Jaar | 1956 | conceptual artist
Richard Jackson | 1939 | painter
Chantal Joffe | 1969 | painter
Jasper Johns | 1930 | painter
Jennie C. Jones | 1960 | multidisciplinary
Isaac Julien | 1960 | filmmaker

K
Ilya Kabakov | 1933 | installation artist
Eduardo Kac | 1962 | transgenic artist
Stanya Kahn | 1968 | performance artist
Wolf Kahn | 1927 | painter
Anish Kapoor | 1954 | sculptor
Deborah Kass | 1952 | mixed media artist
On Kawara | 1949 | conceptual artist
Mary Kelly | 1941 | conceptual artist
William Kentridge | 1955 | draughtsman
Anselm Kiefer | 1945 | painter
Manfred Kielnhofer | 1967 | sculptor
Karen Kilimnik | 1962 | painter
Joseph Klibansky | 1984 | new media
Komar and Melamid | 1943/1945 | conceptual artist
Jeff Koons | 1949 | conceptual artist
Mark Kostabi | 1960 | painter
Barbara Kruger | 1949 | conceptual artist
Alfred Freddy Krupa | 1971 | painterbook artist
Yayoi Kusama | 1929 | installation artist

L
David LaChapelle | 1963 | photographer
Suzanne Lacy | 1945 | performance
Ronnie Landfield | 1947 | painter
Michael Landy | 1963 | conceptual artist
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt | 1948 | installation
Matthieu Laurette | 1970 | multimedia artist
Robert Lazzarini | 1965 | sculptor
Lee Bul | 1964 | sculptor
Marc Lee | 1969 | installation
Zoe Leonard | 1961 | photographer
Mark Lewis | 1958 | installation artist
Richard Long | 1945 | sculptor
Robert Longo | 1953 | painter
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer | 1967 | installation artist
Sarah Lucas | 1962 | photographer

M
Robert Mangold | 1937 | painter
Christian Marclay | 1955 | composer
Brice Marden | 1938 | painter
Kerry James Marshall | 1955 | painter
Milovan Destil Marković | 1957 | painter
Enrique Martinez Celaya | 1964 | painter
Amanda Matthews | 1968 | sculptor
Paul McCarthy | 1945 | performance
Allan McCollum | 1944 | sculptor
Ryan McGinley | 1977 | photographer
Steve McQueen | 1969 | filmmaker
Cildo Meireles | 1948 | sculptor
Thom Merrick | 1963 | sculptor
Boris Mikhailov | 1938 | photographer
Haroon Mirza | 1977 | sculptor
Eva Moll | 1961 | painter
Franco Mondini-Ruiz | 1961 | painter
Jonathan Monk | 1969 | conceptual artist
Sebastian Diaz Morales | 1975 | video artist
Yasumasa Morimura | 1951 | photographer
Antoni Muntadas | 1942 | installation artist
Vik Muniz | 1961 | photographer
Bruce Munro | 1959 | installation artist
Takashi Murakami | 1962 | sculptor
Wangechi Mutu | 1972 | painter

N
Bruce Nauman | 1941 | multimedia artist
Ernesto Neto | 1964 | installation artist
Odd Nerdrum | 1944 | painter
Shirin Neshat | 1957 | visual artist
Alexander Ney | 1939 | sculptor
Graham Nicholls | 1975 | installation artist
Olaf Nicolai | 1962 | conceptual artist
Jim Nutt | 1938 | painter

O
Albert Oehlen | 1954 | painter
Markus Oehlen | 1956 | painter
Chris Ofili | 1968 | painter
Claes Oldenburg | 1929 | sculptor
Yoko Ono | 1933 | musician
Bruce Onobrakpeya | 1932 | printmaker
Orlan | 1947 | performance
Julian Opie | 1958 | digital artist
Gabriel Orozco | 1962 | conceptual artist
Tony Oursler | 1957 | multimedia artist

P
Roxy Paine | 1966 | sculptor
Cornelia Parker | 1956 | sculptor
Simon Patterson | 1967 | conceptual artist
Oliver Payne and Nick Relph | 1977/1979 | video artists
Grayson Perry | 1960 | ceramicist
Raymond Pettibon | 1957 | drawing
Elizabeth Peyton | 1965 | painter
Adrian Piper | 1948 | conceptual artist
Steven Pippin | 1960 | sculptor
Michelangelo Pistoletto | 1933 | painter
Paola Pivi | 1971 | multimedia artist
Larry Poons | 1937 | painter
William Powhida | 1976 | drawing
Richard Prince | 1949 | painter
Laure Prouvost | 1978 | installation artist
Martin Puryear | 1941 | sculptor

Q
Marc Quinn | 1964 | sculptor

R
Alessandro Raho | 1971 | painter
Arnulf Rainer | 1929 | painter
Yvonne Rainer | 1934 | performance artist
Rallé | 1949 | painter
Paul Henry Ramirez | 1963 | painter
Neo Rauch | 1960 | painter
Peter Reginato | 1945 | sculptor
Paula Rego | 1935 | painter
Rotem Reshef | 1964 | painter
Jesse Richards | 1975 | painter
Gerhard Richter | 1932 | painter
Pipilotti Rist | 1962 | video artist
Martha Rosler | 1943 | video artist
Thomas Ruff | 1958 | photographer
Allen Ruppersberg | 1944 | conceptualist
Edward Ruscha | 1937 | painter

S
Anri Sala | 1974 | video artist
Chéri Samba | 1956 | painter
Jean-Michel Sanejouand | 1934 | painter
David Salle | 1952 | painter
Bojan Sarcevic | 1974 | sculptor
Wilhelm Sasnal | 1972 | painter
Jenny Saville | 1970 | painter
Raymond Saunders | 1934 | painter
Markus Schinwald | 1973 | painter
Julian Schnabel | 1951 | painter
Carolee Schneemann | 1939 | visual artist
Thomas Schütte | 1954 | sculptor
Richard Serra | 1939 | sculptor
Joel Shapiro | 1941 | sculptor
Cindy Sherman | 1954 | photographer
Yinka Shonibare | 1962 | multimedia artist
Amy Sillman | 1966 | painter
David Simpson | 1928 | painter
Lorna Simpson | 1960 | photographere
Maggie Siner | unk. | painter
Bob and Roberta Smith | 1963 | painter
Kiki Smith | 1954 | feminist artist
Michael Snow | 1929 | filmmaker
Joan Snyder | 1940 | painter
Keith Sonnier | 1941 | sculptor
Pierre Soulages | 1919 | painter
Pat Steir | 1940 | painter
Frank Stella | 1936 | painter
Thomas Struth | 1954 | photographer
Hiroshi Sugimoto | 1948 | photographer
Sarah Sze | 1969 | sculptor

T
Tomoko Takahashi | 1966 | installation artist
Mark Tansey | 1949 | painter
Sam Taylor-Johnson | 1967 | filmmaker
Diana Thater | 1962 | video artist
Wayne Thiebaud | 1920 | painter
Hank Willis Thomas | 1976 | conceptual artist
Arthur Thrall | 1926 | printmaker
Agnes Thurnauer | 1962 | painter
Wolfgang Tillmans | 1968 | photographer
Rirkrit Tiravanija | 1961 | conceptual
Mark Titchner | 1973 | painter
Slaven Tolj | 1964 | performance artist
Scott Treleaven | 1975 | filmmaker
Rosemarie Trockel | 1952 | installation artist
Gavin Turk | 1967 | sculptor
James Turrell | 1943 | installation artist
Richard Tuttle | 1941 | post minimalist
Luc Tuymans | 1958 | painter
Keith Tyson | 1969 | drawing

U
Francis Upritchard | 1976 | installation artist

V
Koen Vanmechelen | 1965 | multimedia artist
Lydia Venieri | 1964 | painter
Bill Viola | 1951 | video artist

Kara Walker | 1969 | installation artist
Jeff Wall | 1946 | photographer
Magnus Wallin | 1965 | video artist
Mark Wallinger | 1959 | conceptual artist
Suling Wang | 1968 | painter
Gillian Wearing | 1963 | conceptual artist
Carrie Mae Weems | 1953 | photographer
Lawrence Weiner | 1942 | conceptual artist
Monika Weiss | 1964 | installation artist
Ai Weiwei | 1957 | conceptual artist
Tom Wesselmann | 1931 | painter
Rachel Whiteread | 1963 | sculptor
Alison Wilding | 1948 | sculptor
Thornton Willis | 1936 | painter
Jane and Louise Wilson | 1967 | installation artists
Richard Wilson | 1953 | installation artist
Joel-Peter Witkin | 1939 | photographer
Erwin Wurm | 1954 | sculptor

X
Xing Xin | 1981 | performance artist

Y
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye | 1977 | painter
Peter Young | 1940 | painter

Z
Andrea Zittel | 1965 | installation artist

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