List of performance artists
Performance art is a performance presented to an audience within a fine art context, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation.
This article lists notable performance artists.
A
- Marina Abramović
- Vito Acconci
- Derrick Adams
- Theo Adams
- Bas Jan Ader
- Terry Adkins
- Laurie Anderson
- Eleanor Antin
- Marcel·lí Antúnez Roca
- Marilyn Arsem
- Ron Athey
- Abel Azcona
B
- Franko B
- Magali Babin
- Gretchen Baer
- Blažej Baláž
- Matthew Barney
- Vanessa Beecroft
- Katherine Behar
- Rebecca Belmore
- Joseph Beuys
- Black Market International (BMI)
- Nicole Blackman
- Guy Bleus
- Mark Bloch
- Blue Man Group
- Kate Bornstein
- Leigh Bowery
- George Brecht
- Alexander Brener
- Stuart Brisley
- Robert Delford Brown
- Günter Brus
- Nancy Buchanan
- Chris Burden
- Nia Burks
- Józef Bury
- James Lee Byars
C
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Meryn Cadell
- Sophie Calle
- Lisa Crystal Carver (Lisa Suckdog)
- Giuseppe Chiari
- Katherine Chronis
- Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi
- Marko Ciciliani
- Keith Cole
- Papo Colo
- Janani Cooray
- Costes
- COUM Transmissions (later Throbbing Gristle)
D
- D Underbelly
- Bill Dan
- Dancenoise
- Vaginal Davis
- Robin Deacon
- Danny Devos
- Jess Dobkin
- Marco Donnarumma
- Doorika
- Die Tödliche Doris
- John Duncan
E
- Rafa Esparza
- EXIT (members Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher later formed Crass)
- Valie Export
F
- Zachary Fabri
- Deej Fabyc
- John Fare
- Brian Feldman
- Esther Ferrer
- Karen Finley
- Bob Flanagan
- Terry Fox
- Andrea Fraser
- Coco Fusco
- Chiara Fumai
G
- Diamanda Galás
- Regina José Galindo
- Richard Gallo
- Harry Gamboa, Jr.
- Cheri Gaulke
- Jochen Gerz
- Gilbert and George
- Gob Squad
- Jack Goldstein
- Guillermo Gomez-Peña
- Hedwig Gorski
- Annabel Guérédrat and Henri Tauliaut
- Nadia Granados
- Johannes Grenzfurthner
- Peter Grzybowski
H
- Lyn Hagan
- David Hammons
- Trenton Doyle Hancock
- Lyle Ashton Harris
- Maren Hassinger
- Vladimír Havlík
- Sharon Hayes
- Andreas Heusser
- Amy Hill
- EJ Hill
- Tehching Hsieh
- Dick Higgins
- Zhang Huan
- Holly Hughes
- Dan Hurlin
I
J
K
- Alex Kahn
- Istvan Kantor
- Allan Kaprow
- Andy Kaufman
- Jonathon Keats
- Mike Kelley
- The Kipper Kids
- Kimsooja
- Ragnar Kjartansson
- Norbert Klassen
- Yves Klein
- Alison Knowles
- Mitchell Kriegman
- Yayoi Kusama
- Dan Kwong
- Siglinde Kallnbach
L
- Tony Labat
- LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner
- Suzanne Lacy
- Maria Lalou
- LasTesis
- Lennie Lee
- Jorge de León
- Shaun El C. Leonardo
- David Leslie
- André Éric Létourneau
- Roberta Lima
- Kalup Linzy
- Artyom Loskutov
- James Luna
- Lydia Lunch
M
- Alastair MacLennan
- Ann Magnuson
- Miki Malör
- Diane Mantzaris
- Deb Margolin
- María Evelia Marmolejo
- Gordon Matta-Clark
- Paul McCarthy
- Martha McDonald
- Mark McGowan
- Rita McKeough
- Dave McKenzie
- Elle Mehrmand
- Ana Mendieta
- Gabrielle Miller
- Tom Miller
- Eric Millikin
- Marta Minujín
- Orlando Mohorovic
- Linda Montano
- Frank Moore
- Charlotte Moorman
- Mr. Pacman
- Otto Muehl
- Tom Murrin
N
O
- Martin O'Brien
- Lorraine O’Grady
- Pat Oleszko
- Marisa Olson
- Roman Ondák
- Yoko Ono
- Dennis Oppenheim
- Jill Orr
- Orlan
- Tanja Ostojic
- Clifford Owens
P
- Nam June Paik
- Gina Pane
- Rebecca Patek
- Petr Pavlensky
- Sarah Jane Pell
- Adam Pendleton
- PINK de Thierry
- Adrian Piper
- William Pope.L
- Genesis P-Orridge
- Michael Portnoy
R
- Walid Raad
- Rammellzee
- Nelda Ramos
- Charles Recher
- Eric-Paul Riege
- Rachel Rosenthal
- Kira O' Reilly
- Jesusa Rodríguez
- Martha Rosler
- Monica Ross
S
- Bryan Lewis Saunders
- Carolee Schneemann
- HA Schult
- Rudolf Schwarzkogler
- Erica Scourti
- Arleen Schloss
- Dread Scott
- Tino Sehgal
- David Sherry (artist)
- Shu Yang
- Willoughby Sharp
- Shozo Shimamoto
- Aliza Shvarts
- Lián Amaris Sifuentes
- Xaviera Simmons
- Vasan Sitthiket
- Joey Skaggs
- Barbara T. Smith
- Jack Smith
- Michael Smith
- Annegret Soltau
- Antonieta Sosa
- Annie Sprinkle
- Stevie Starr
- Stelarc
- Andre Stitt
- Angela Su
- Survival Research Laboratories
- Melati Suryodarmo
T
- Reverend Billy and the Church of Life After Shopping
- Elena Tejada-Herrera
- Slaven Tolj
- Julie Tolentino
- Alessandra Torres
- Carmelita Tropicana
- Natasha Tsakos
- Wu Tsang
- Artur Tajber
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
- Vahram Zaryan
- Zhu Yu
- Zheng Lianjie
- v
- t
- e
- 7000 Oaks (1982)
- Amen or The Pederasty (2015)
- Bed-in (1969)
- Breathing in/breathing out (1977)
- Body Pressure (1974)
- Buried (2015)
- Ceci N'est Pas Un Viol (2015)
- Couple in The Cage: Two Undiscovered Amerindians Visit the West (1992–93)
- Cut Piece (1964)
- Eating (2012)
- Empathy and Prostitution (2013)
- Food for the Spirit (1971)
- How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare (1965)
- I'm too sad to tell you (1970–71)
- Luminosity (1997)
- Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) (2014–2015)
- One & Other (2009)
- Rest Energy (1980)
- Rhythm 10 (1973)
- Rhythm 5 (1974)
- Rhythm 2 (1974)
- Rhythm 0 (1974)
- Seedbed (1972)
- Seven Easy Pieces (2005)
- Shot Marilyns (1964)
- The Artist Is Present (2010)
- The Death of The Artist (2018)
- The Fathers (2016)
- The Shadow (2014)
- The Shame (2018)
- Three Weeks in May (1977)
- Untitled (Rape Scene) (1973)
- Untitled [Senior Thesis], 2008 (2008)
- Marina Abramović
- Vito Acconci
- Bas Jan Ader
- Laurie Anderson
- Ron Athey
- Abel Azcona
- Franko B
- Matthew Barney
- Rebecca Belmore
- Joseph Beuys
- David Blaine
- Mark Bloch
- Stuart Brisley
- Günter Brus
- Nancy Buchanan
- Chris Burden
- James Lee Byars
- Sophie Calle
- Papo Colo
- Valie Export
- Bob Flanagan
- Terry Fox
- Coco Fusco
- Guillermo Gómez-Peña
- Cai Guo-Qiang
- Ann Hamilton
- David Hammons
- Jo Hanson
- Newton Harrison
- Sharon Hayes
- Lynn Hershman
- Rebecca Horn
- Tehching Hsieh
- Zhang Huan
- Natalie Jeremijenko
- Joan Jonas
- Allan Kaprow
- Andy Kaufman
- Ragnar Kjartansson
- Yves Klein
- Terence Koh
- Paul Kos
- Yayoi Kusama
- Suzanne Lacy
- Phoebe Legere
- James Luna
- Miki Malör
- Eric Millikin
- Marta Minujín
- Kent Monkman
- Linda Montano
- Frank Moore
- Charlotte Moorman
- Bruce Nauman
- Shirin Neshat
- Pat Oleszko
- Pauline Oliveros
- Mihai Olos
- Yoko Ono
- Eiko Otaki
- Nam June Paik
- Gina Pane
- Mark Pauline
- Petr Pavlensky
- Dorothy Podber
- Jim Pomeroy
- Duke Riley
- Rachel Rosenthal
- Martha Rosler
- Carolee Schneemann
- Tino Sehgal
- Aliza Shvarts
- Barbara T. Smith
- Michael Smith
- Stelarc
- Melati Suryodarmo
- Mierle Laderman Ukeles
- Ulay
- Wolf Vostell
- Robert Whitman
- Hannah Wilke
- Mondo New York (1988 film)
- Kusama: Infinity (2018 film)