List of Algerian women artists

This is a list of women artists who were born in Algeria or whose artwork is closely associated with that country.

B

  • Baya (1931–1998), painter, ceramist
  • Souhila Belbahar (born 1934), painter
  • Myriam Ben (1928–2001), writer, painter
  • Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869–1933), photographer
  • Nadia Benbouta (born 1970), artist, combines unrelated elements
  • Zohra Bensemra (born 1968), photographer
  • Samta Benyahia (born 1950), plastic artist
  • Zoulikha Bouabdellah (born 1977), plastic artist, videographer

H

  • Mimi Hafida (active since 2010), poet, visual artist
  • Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937–2020), painter[1][2][3][4]

N

  • Houria Niati (born 1948), installation artist

O

  • Lydia Ourahmane (born 1992), visual and sound artist

S

  • Zineb Sedira (born 1963), photographer and video artist

Z

  • Fatma Zohra Zamoum (born 1967), writer, filmmaker and educator
  • Amina Zoubir (born 1983), contemporary artist, filmmaker

References

  1. ^ Hans Karl Pesch und Ali Elhadj Tahar: Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Reportage aus der Mitte eines Künstlerlebens, U-Form Verlag, Solingen, 1982
  2. ^ Taieb Larak: Die Begnung einer Malerin mit einer Landschaft. Bettina Heinen-Ayech und Algerien, En-Nakhla, Algier 2017, ISBN 978-9947-0-5382-9
  3. ^ Ali Elhadj-Tahar and Haroun Ayech: Bettina, Dar el Kenz, Alger, 2016
  4. ^ Musée Public National Cirta: Bettina Heinen-Ayech, Le cinquantenaire de la peinture algerienne, Constantine, 2014