|- |Brett a'Court | 1968 | | painter | |- |Zena Abbott | 1922 | 1993 | weaver | |- |Laurence Aberhart | 1949 | | photographer | |- |Mark Adams | 1949 | | photographer | |- |Chrystabel Aitken | 1904 | 2005 | sculptor and jeweller | |- |Gretchen Albrecht | 1943 | | painter | |- |Peter Alger | 1952 | | ceramicist | |- |Gladys Anderson | 1952 | | painter |19th century |- |Thomas Andrew | 1855 | 1939 | photographer | |- |Rita Angus | 1908 | 1970 | |20th-century painter |- |Billy Apple | 1935 | 2021 | |20th and 21st-century pop and conceptual artist |- |Tanya Ashken | 1939 | | sculptor and jeweller | |- |Raewyn Atkinson | 1955 | | ceramicist | |- |John Badcock | 1952 | | contemporary artist | |- |Chris Bailey | 1965 | | sculptor and carver | |- |Murray Ball | 1939 | 2017 | cartoonist | |- |George Baloghy | 1950 | | painter | |- |William Bambridge | 1820 | 1879 | |19th-century |- |Ria Bancroft | 1907 | 1993 | sculptor | |- |Barry Barclay | 1944 | 2008 | filmmaker | |- |Nola Barron | 1931 | | potter | |- |Paul Beadle | 1917 | 1992 | sculptor and medallist | |- |William Beetham | 1809 | 1888 | |19th-century portrait painter |- |Pauline Bern | 1952 | | jeweller | |- |Phyllis Drummond Bethune | 1899 | 1982 | painter | |- |Don Binney | 1940 | 2012 | painter | |- |Vivien Bishop | 1945 | | painter | |- |Lisa Black | 1982 | | mixed media sculptor | |- |Margery Blackman | 1930 | | weaver | |- |Eden Bleazard | 1855 | 1946 | painter | |- |Charles Blomfield | 1848 | 1926 | |19th-century painter |- |Constance Bolton | 1884 | 1949 | painter | |- |Levi Borgstrom | 1919 | 2001 | woodturner | |- |Kobi Bosshard | 1939 | | jeweller | |- |Christine Boswijk | 1939 | | ceramicist | |- |Brian Brake | 1927 | 1988 | photographer | |- |William Brassington | 1801 | 1905 | stonemason and sculptor | |- |Freda Brierley | 1942 | | weaver | |- |David Brokenshire | 1925 | 2014 | ceramicist | |- |Jude Broughan | 1976 | | mixed media artist | |- |Helen Brown | 1917 | 1986 | painter | |- |Nigel Brown | 1949 | | painter | |- |Kathleen Browne | 1905 | 2007 | painter | |- |Mary-Louise Browne | 1957 | | artist | |- |Annie Buckhurst | 1894 | 1959 | metalwork artist | |- |Grace Butler | 1886 | 1962 | painter | |- |Margaret Butler | 1883 | 1947 | sculptor | |- |Jenny Campbell | 1895 | 1970 | painter | |- |Rosemary Campbell | 1941 | | , painter | |- |Emma Camden | 1966 | | glasswork | |- |Len Castle | 1924 | 2011 | potter | |- |Ruth Castle | 1931 | | weaver | |- |Chris Charteris | 1966 | | jeweller | |- |Garth Chester | 1916 | 1968 | furniture designer | |- |Madeleine Child | 1959 | | ceramicist | |- |Raymond Ching | 1939 | | painter | |- |Bessie Christie | 1904 | 1983 | painter | |- |Philip Clairmont | 1949 | 1984 | painter | |- |Fiona Clark | 1954 | | photographer | |- |Alice Beville Collins | 1884 | 1973 | silversmith | |- |Octavia Cook | 1978 | | jeweller | |- |Jim Cooper | 1956 | | ceramicist | |- |Stella Corkery | 1960 | | painter | |- |Paerau Corneal | 1961 | | ceramicist | |- |Bronwynne Cornish | 1945 | | | |- |Shane Cotton | 1964 | | painter | |- |Roy Cowan | 1918 | 2006 | ceramicist and printmaker | |- |John Crichton | 1917 | 1993 | furniture and interior designer | |- |Ann Culy | 1952 | | jeweller | |- |Vera Cummings | 1891 | 1949 | painter | |- |Betty Curnow | 1911 | 2005 | painter and printmaker | |- |Philip Dadson | 1946 | | media artist | |- |Andrea Daly | 1965 | | jeweller | |- |Judy Darragh | 1957 | | sculpture/installation | |- |May Davis | 1914 | 1995 | ceramicist | |- |Neil Dawson | 1948 | | sculptor | |- |Melvin Day | 1923 | 2016 | painter and scholar | |- |Fran Dibble | 1962 | | painter and sculptor | |- |Paul Dibble | 1943 | | sculptor |
- Rita Jean Dibert (born Flint Michigan 1946) – photographer, painter and installations
|- |John Drawbridge | 1930 | 2005 | muralist | |- |Alison Duff | 1914 | 2000 | sculptor | |- |Audrey Eagle | 1925 | | painter, botanical illustrator | |- |Claudia Pond Eyley | 1946 | | painter, filmmaker | |- |Jacqueline Fahey | 1929 | | painter and writer | |- |Richard Fairgray | 1985 | | author and illustrator | |- |David Farquhar | 1928 | 2007 | composer | |- |Charles Fell | 1844 | 1918 | painter | |- |Fatu Feu'u | 1946 | | painter | |- |Di Ffrench | 1946 | 1999 | photographic and performance artist | |- |Ivy Fife | 1905 | 1976 | painter | |- |Fane Flaws | 1951 | 2021 | painter, musician and multimedia artist | |- |Tony Fomison | 1939 | 1990 | painter | |- |Selina Foote | 1985 | | painter | |- |Jacqueline Fraser | 1956 | | sculptor and installation artist | |- |Warwick Freeman | 1953 | | jeweller | |- |Marti Friedlander | 1928 | 2016 | photographer | |- |Karl Fritsch | 1963 | | jeweller | |- |Dick Frizzell | 1943 | | |20th-century printmaker, painter |- |Steve Fullmer | 1946 | | ceramicist | |- |Briar Gardner | 1879 | 1968 | ceramicist | |- |Rosalie Gascoigne | 1917 | 1999 | | |- |Suzanne Goldberg | 1940 | 1999 | painter |
- Charles Goldie (1870–1947) – 19th-century painter
|- |Star Gossage | 1973 | | painter | |- |Kohai Grace | 1966 | | weaver | |- |Lyonel Grant | 1957 | | carver and sculptor | |- |Aston Greathead | 1921 | 2012 | |20th-century artist |- |James Greig | 1936 | 1986 | potter | |- |John Gully | 1819 | 1888 | |19th-century painter |- |Caley Hall | 1975 | | painter | |- |Bill Hammond | 1947 | 2021 | painter | |- |Pat Hanly | 1932 | 2004 | painter | |- |Claire Harris | | | photographer and mixed media artist | |- |Emily Cumming Harris | 1836 | 1925 | painter | |- |Jeffrey Harris | 1949 | | painter | |- |Malcolm Harrison | 1941 | 2007 | textile artist | |- |Niki Hastings-McFall | 1959 | | artist and jeweller | |- |Rhona Haszard | 1901 | 1931 | painter | |- |Charles Heaphy | 1820 | 1881 | |19th-century painter |- |Christine Hellyar | 1947 | | sculptor and installation artist | |- |Louise Henderson | 1902 | 1994 | |20th-century painter |- |Veranoa Hetet | 1966 | | weaver | |- |Avis Higgs | 1918 | 2016 | textile designer | |- |Ivan Frederick Everett Hill | 1933 | | painter | |- |Mabel Hill | 1872 | 1956 | painter | |- |Gavin Hitchings | 1937 | | jeweller | |- |Frances Hodgkins | 1869 | 1947 | painter |
- Ola and Marie Höglund (born 1956, born 1955) – glass artist
|- |Julian Hooper | 1966 | | painter | |- |Esther Studholme Hope | 1885 | 1975 | painter | |- |Jean Horsley | 1913 | 1997 | painter | |- |Ralph Hotere | 1931 | 2013 | painter, educator | |- |Nicola Jackson | 1960 | | painter | |- |Ellen Jeffreys | 1827 | 1904 | painter | |- |Dorothy Jenkin | 1892 | 1995 | painter | |- |Jess Johnson | 1979 | | |– drawer, animator |- |Robyn Kahukiwa | 1938 | | | |- |Emily Karaka | 1952 | | | |- |Felix Kelly | 1914 | 1994 | painter, muralist, cartoonist | |- |Robyn E. Kenealy | 1983 | 1994 | comic creator |
- Bob Kerr (born 1951) – painter
|- |Richard Killeen | 1946 | | painter | |- |Martha King | 1803 | 1897 | painter | |- |Rangi Kipa | 1966 | | sculptor and carver | |- |Tony Kuepfer | 1947 | | glass artist | |- |Lily Laita | 1969 | | painter | |- |Maureen Lander | 1942 | | weaver and installation artist | |- |Peter Lange | 1802 | 1884 | ceramicist | |- |Saskia Leek | 1970 | | painter | |- |Andy Leleisi'uao | 1969 | | painter | |- |Karl Leonard | 1964 | | carver and weaver | |- |Gottfried Lindauer | 1839 | 1926 | |19th-century painter |- |Ida Mary Lough | 1903 | 1985 | weaver | |- |Phillip Luxton | 1959 | | ceramicist | |- |Len Lye | 1901 | 1980 | |20th-century sculptor, experimental film maker |- |Julia Lynch | 1896 | 1975 | , portrait artist | |- |Vivian Lynn | 1931 | 2018 | sculptor, paper and installation artist | |- |Douglas MacDiarmid | 1922 | 2020 | painter | |- |Molly Macalister | 1920 | 1979 | sculptor | |- |Allen Maddox | 1948 | 2000 | painter | |- |Marian Maguire | 1962 | | lithographer | |- |Sam Mahon | 1950 | | sculptor | |- |Toi Te Rito Maihi | 1937 | | weaver | |- |Dorothy Manning (Waters née Manning) | 1919 | 2012 | painter | |- |Edgar Mansfield | 1907 | 1996 | bookbinder | |- |Owen Mapp | 1945 | | carver and sculptor | |- |Josiah Martin | 1843 | 1916 | |19th-century photographer |- |Colin McCahon | 1919 | 1987 | painter, museum curator, teacher | |- |Elizabeth McClure | 1957 | | glass artist | |- |Shona McFarlane | 1929 | 2001 | |20th-century painter |- |Royce McGlashen | 1949 | | ceramicist | |- |Peter McIntyre | 1910 | 1995 | |20th-century painter
- Raymond McIntyre (1879–1933) – 20th-century artist and art critic
|- |Matthew McIntyre-Wilson | 1973 | | jeweller | |- |Lois McIvor | 1930 | 2017 | painter | |- |Tui McLauchlan | 1915 | 2004 | painter | |- |Judy Millar | 1957 | | painter |
- Marjory Mills (1896–1987) – watercolour painter, embroidery designer
|- |Margaret Milne | 1917 | 2005 | ceramicist | |- |Sofia Minson | 1984 | | painter | |- |Merata Mita | 1942 | 2010 | filmmaker | |- |Shona Moller | | | painter | |- |Tim Molloy | | | cartoonist | |- |Geoff Moon | 1915 | 2009 | photographer | |- |Robin Morrison | 1944 | 1993 | photographer | |- |Elise Mourant | 1921 | 1990 | painter | |- |Milan Mrkusich | 1925 | 2018 | painter | |- |Mary McIntyre | 1928 | | painter | |- |James Nairn | 1859 | 1904 | painter | |- |Manos Nathan | 1948 | 2015 | ceramicist | |- |Chester Nealie | 1942 | | ceramicist | |- |G. P. Nerli | 1860 | 1926 | painter | |- |Indira Neville | 1973 | | comics artist | |- |Guy Ngan | 1926 | 2017 | painter and sculptor | |- |Peter Nicholls | 1936 | | sculptor | |- |Alfred Henry O'Keeffe | 1858 | 1941 | artist | |- |Ani O'Neill | 1971 | | artist | |- |Richard Orjis | 1979 | | artist | |- |Pacific Sisters | | | artists | |- |Alvin Pankhurst | 1949 | | painter | |- |Fiona Pardington | 1961 | | photographer | |- |Michael Parekowhai | 1968 | | sculptor | |- |John Parker | 1947 | | ceramicist |
- J. S. Parker (1944–2017) – painter
|- |Richard Parker | 1946 | | ceramicist | |- |Tania Patterson | 1969 | | jeweller | |- |Edward William Payton | 1859 | 1944 | photographer and painter | |- |Johnny Penisula | 1955 | | artist | |- |Graham Percy | 1938 | 2008 | artist, illustrator | |- |Juliet Peter | 1915 | 2010 | ceramicist, illustrator, printmaker, painter | |- |Séraphine Pick | 1964 | | | |- |Kim Pieters | 1959 | | | |- |Philip Robert Presants | 1867 | 1942 | chromolithographer | |- |Alan Preston | 1941 | | jeweller | |- |Phil Price | 1965 | | sculptor | |- |John Pule | 1962 | | artist, writer | |- |Lisa Reihana | 1964 | | photographer | |- |Saffronn Te Ratana | 1975 | | painter | |- |Pauline Rhodes | 1937 | | sculptor, photographer and installation artist | |- |Gwyneth Richardson | 1896 | 1980 | , watercolour artist | |- |Baye Riddell | 1950 | | ceramicist | |- |Dorothy Robertson | | 1979 | | – painter |- |Horatio Gordon Robley | 1840 | 1930 | |19th-century sketch artist and watercolourist |- |Helen Rockel | 1949 | | painter | |- |Rick Rudd | 1949 | | ceramicist | |- |Frances Rutherford | 1912 | 2006 | painter | |- |Kathleen Salmond | 1895 | 1946 | painter | |- |E. Rosa Sawtell | 1865 | 1940 | painter |
- Theo Schoon (1915–1985) – painter, carver, photographer
|- |Emily Schuster | 1927 | 1997 | weaver | |- |Ian Scott | 1945 | 2013 | painter | |- |Alfred Sharpe | 1836 | 1908 | |19th-century painter |- |Joe Sheehan | 1976 | | jeweller | |- |Carole Shepheard | 1945 | | printmaker | |- |Jeena Shin | 1973 | | painter | |- |Emily Siddell | 1971 | | mixed |-media artist |- |Peter Siddell | 1935 | 2011 | |20th-century painter |- |Sylvia Siddell | 1941 | 2011 | painter | |- |Freda Simmonds | 1912 | 1983 | painter | |- |Susan Skerman | 1928 | | painter | |- |Michael Smither | 1939 | | painter and sculptor | |- |Katherine Smyth | | | ceramicist | |- |Ella Spicer | 1876 | 1958 | painter | |- |Peggy Spicer | 1908 | 1984 | painter | |- |Vida Steinert | 1906 | 1999 | painter | |- |Helen Stewart | 1900 | 1983 | painter | |- |Peter Stichbury | 1969 | | |20th-century painter |- |Justin Summerton | 1968 | | painter | |- |Grahame Sydney | 1948 | | |20th-century painter |- |Wi Taepa | 1946 | | ceramicist | |- |Suzanne Tamaki | | | artist | |- |Alfred John Tattersall | 1861 | 1951 | photographer | |- |Mary Taylor | 1948 | | painter and etcher | |- |Ernest Heber Thompson | 1891 | 1971 | painter | |- |Pauline Thompson | 1942 | 2012 | painter | |- |Yvonne Todd | 1973 | | photographer | |- |Mollie Tripe | 1870 | 1939 | painter | |- |Philip Trusttum | 1940 | | painter | |- |Michel Tuffery | 1966 | | artist | |- |Marion Tylee | 1900 | 1981 | painter | |- |Colleen Waata Urlich | 1939 | 2015 | ceramicist | |- |Petrus Van der Velden | 1837 | 1913 | |20th-century painter |- |Bianca van Rangelrooy | 1959 | | painter, sculptor | |- |Juliet Valpy | 1835 | 1911 | painter | |- |Lisa Walker | 1967 | | jeweller | |- |Edith Wall | 1904 | 2012 | painter | |- |Elizabeth Wallwork | 1883 | 1969 | painter | |- |Gordon Walters | 1919 | 1995 | artist and graphic designer | |- |Chris Weaver | 1956 | | ceramicist | |- |Ben Webb | 1976 | 2014 | painter | |- |Marilynn Webb | 1937 | 2021 | printmaker, painter | |- |Tao Wells | | | |community conceptualist |- |Ans Westra | 1936 | | photographer | |- |Robin White | 1946 | | |— painter, printmaker |- |Areta Wilkinson | 1969 | | jeweller |
- Howard Williams (born 1935)
|- |Judy McIntosh Wilson | 1937 | | sculptor and installation artist | |- |Mary Wirepa | 1904 | 1971 | painter | |- |Christina Wirihana | 1949 | | weaver | |- |Merilyn Wiseman | 1941 | 2019 | ceramicist | |- |Brent Wong | 1945 | | surrealist painter | |- |Sina Woolcott | 1907 | 2003 | potter | |- |Toss Woollaston | 1910 | 1998 | painter | |- |Douglas Wright | 1956 | 2018 | dancer, choreographer | |- |Robert Henry Wynyard | 1802 | 1864 | |19th-century artist |- |Wayne Youle | 1974 | | contemporary multi |-media artist |- |Adele Younghusband | 1878 | 1969 | artist and photographer | |- |Beth Zanders | 1913 | 2009 | painter |