Conceptual Art artists

Conceptual Art artists on Arts Calendar: 31 of them, with their dates, where they were born and died, and where their work is showing. Every artist, A to Z

A

© Manfred Werner / Tsui CC BY-SA 3.0 Marina Abramović Performance artist; The Artist Is Present

B

© Ronald Feldman Fine Arts CC BY-SA 3.0 Joseph Beuys 1921 to 1986 Sculptor and performance artist; 7000 Oaks
© Theo Deproost CC BY-SA 4.0 Sutapa Biswas Conceptual artist; Housewives with Steak-Knives
© Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero CC BY-SA 4.0 Christian Boltanski 1944 to 2021 Installation artist; memory and loss
Chris Burden 1946 to 2015 Performance artist and sculptor; Urban Light
© Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC CC BY-SA 3.0 Daniel Buren Stripe installations; Les Deux Plateaux

C

© Pascal Ferro CC BY-SA 3.0 Sophie Calle Conceptual artist; Take Care of Yourself
© Rowead CC BY-SA 4.0 Michael Craig-Martin Conceptual artist; An Oak Tree
© Jimmycr16 CC BY-SA 4.0 Martin Creed Conceptual artist; Work No. 227: The lights going on and off

D

© Stretch New Media CC BY 3.0 Jeremy Deller Conceptual artist; The Battle of Orgreave
Marcel Duchamp 1887 to 1968 Dada artist; Fountain and the readymade

F

© Stephencdickson CC BY-SA 4.0 Ian Hamilton Finlay 1925 to 2006 Concrete poet and artist; Little Sparta
© Luigi Tiriticco CC BY 2.0 Hamish Fulton Walking artist

G

© Edwardx CC BY-SA 4.0 Gilbert & George Living sculptures; The Singing Sculpture
Félix González-Torres 1957 to 1996 Conceptual artist; Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)

H

Jenny Holzer Text artist; Truisms

K

© Dictioneer CC BY-SA 4.0 Allan Kaprow 1927 to 2006 Inventor of the Happening
© SonnensturmNr7 CC BY-SA 4.0 Joseph Kosuth Conceptual artist; One and Three Chairs
Barbara Kruger Conceptual artist; Untitled (Your body is a battleground)

L

Sol LeWitt 1928 to 2007 Conceptual artist; wall drawings
© studio international CC BY 3.0 Glenn Ligon Conceptual artist; text paintings and neon works on race and language
© Ivorypress CC BY 3.0 Richard Long Land artist; A Line Made by Walking

N

© Wladyslaw CC BY-SA 3.0 Bruce Nauman Neon, video and sculpture; Raw Materials

O

© Secretaría de Cultura de la Ciudad de México CC BY-SA 2.0 Yoko Ono Conceptual artist; Cut Piece
© TSolange CC BY-SA 4.0 Gabriel Orozco Conceptual sculptor; La DS

P

© en:Nam June Paik Public Domain Mark Nam June Paik 1932 to 2006 Founder of video art; TV Buddha

R

© KhanAcademyTurkce CC BY 3.0 Ed Ruscha Pop artist; Standard Station

S

Cindy Sherman Photographer; Untitled Film Stills
© LornaSimpsonApr09.jpg: Porter Hovey atderivative work: Knulclunk (talk)CC BY-SA 3.0 Lorna Simpson Photographer and multimedia artist; photo-text works on race and gender

W

© Username20251942 CC BY-SA 4.0 Lawrence Weiner 1942 to 2021 Conceptual artist; language as sculpture
© Jindřich Nosek (NoJin)CC BY-SA 4.0 Ai Weiwei Artist and activist; Sunflower Seeds