Artists

The following contemporary artists have, and many are continuing to build, a large body of work based on biblical figures and subjects. My favorites are indicated by boldface type and an asterisk.

I’m in the process of compiling nationalities and years of birth and so will be adding that information periodically.

A
Brett a’Court (New Zealand, 1968–)
Oleksandr Antonyuk (Олександр Антонюк) (Ukrainian, 1971–)
Arcabas (French, 1926–2018)*

B
Arsen Bereza (Арсен Береза) (Ukrainian, 1989–)
Steven Barnhoorn (Dutch, 1964–)
Maximino Cerezo Barredo (Spanish, 1932–)
Jack Baumgartner (American, 1976–)
Zak Benjamin (South African, 1951–)
Marleen B. Berg (Dutch, 1957–)
Kirsten Malcolm Berry (American, 1955–)
Françoise Bissara-Fréreau (French, 1943–)
Pippa Blackall (British)
Vladimir Vlatko Blažanović (also here) (Croatian, 1953–)
Joan Bohlig (American, 1936–)
Grace Carol Bomer (Canadian American, 1948–)
Daniel Bonnell (American, 1955–)
Ross Boone (aka Raw Spoon) (American, 1979–)
Alfonse Borysewicz (American, 1957–)
Sandra Bowden (American, 1943–)
Anita Breitenberg (American)
Tanja Butler (American, 1955–)
Libby Byrne (Australian)

C
Mark Cazalet (British, 1964–)
Sharon Charmley (American)
Sawai Chinnawong (Thai, 1959–)
Macha Chmakoff (French, 1952–)
John Collier (American, 1948–)
Michael Cook (British, 1966–)
Philip Cooper (Australian)

D
Nyoman Darsane (Indonesian, 1939–)
Ivanka Demchuk (Іванка Демчук) (Ukrainian, 1990–)*
Josip Botteri Dini (Croatian, 1943–)
Bhanu Dudhat (Indian, 1949–)

E
Scott Erickson (American, 1977–)
Robert P. Eustace (American, 1957–)

F
Anthony Falbo (American, 1953–)
Isaac Fanous (Egyptian, 1919–2007)
Malaika Favorite (American, 1949–)
Barbara Februar (German Canadian, 1958–)
Fikos (Greek, 1987–)
Wayne Forte (American, b. Philippines, 1950–)
Makoto Fujimura (American, 1960–)

G
Michael Galovic (Serbian, 1949–)
Lalo Garcia (American)
Fr. John Giuliani (American, 1932–2021)
Chris Gollon (British, 1953–2017)

H
Aidan Hart (British, 1957–)
Arne Haugen Sørensen (Danish, 1932–)
He Qi (Chinese, 1950–)*
Linda Witte Henke (American)
Bruce Herman (American, 1953–)
Paul Hobbs (British, 1964–)
Jackie Howard (Dutch, 1957–)
Peter Howson (Scottish, 1958–)
Francis Hoyland (British, 1930–)

J
James B. Janknegt (also here) (American, 1953–)*
Nalini Jayasuriya (Sri Lankan, 1927–2014)

K
Anneke Kaai (Dutch, 1951–)
Gocha Kakabadze (Georgian, 1966–)
Roberta Karstetter (American, 1953–)
Henna Kim (Korean, 1974–)
Jae-Im Kim (Korean, 1937–)
Kim Young Gil (Korean, 1940–2008)
Jennie Kimbrough (American)
Edward Knippers (American, 1946–)
Sieger Köder (German, 1925–2015)
Peter Koenig (British)
Olya Kravchenko (Оля Кравченко) (Ukrainian, 1985–)
Kelly Kruse (American)
Khrystyna Kvyk (Христина Квик) (Ukrainian, 1994–)

L
Glen LaMar
Jean Lamb
Lu Lan (Chinese, 1972–)
Robert Lentz (American, 1946–)
Greta Leśko (Polish, 1979–)
Tihomir Lončar (Croatian, 1953–)
Ostap Łoziński (остап лозинський) (Ukrainian, 1983–2022)

M
Shin Maeng
Anna Makać (Polish, 1966–)
George Makary
Marge Malwitz
Nicholas Markell
Paul Martin (British, 1948–)
Maggy Masselter (French, 1962–)
Linda McCray (American, 1959–)
Janet McKenzie (American)
William Hart McNichols (American, 1949–)
Paulo Medina (Mexican, 1964–)
Vladimir Meglić (Croatian, 1955–)
Gwen Meharg
Cody F. Miller (American, 1972–)
Apollinaria Mishina (Russian, 1987–)
Barry Motes (American)
Danylo Movchan (Данило Мовчан) (Ukrainian, 1979–)
Marc Mulders
Elena Murariu (Romanian, 1963–)
Nicholas Mynheer (British, 1958–)*

N
Anthony Novak
Jerzy Nowosielski (Polish, 1923–2011)

O
Sr. Mary Ann Osborne

P
Margaret Adams Parker (American, 1948–)
Stewart Paxton
Valerio Perino (aka Tempio Industriale) (Italian, 1982–)
Hrvoje Marko Peruzović (Croatian, 1971–)
Ian Pollock
Ioan Popa (Romanian, 1976–)
David Popiashvili (Georgian, 1969–)
Ted Prescott (American, 1944–)
Steve Prince (American, 1968–)

Q
Julie Quinn

R
Sergii Radkevych (aka Teck) (Сергія Радкевича) (Ukrainian, 1987–)
P. Solomon Raj (Indian, 1921–2019)
Alek Rapoport (Russian, 1933–1997)
Damon Lamar Reed (American, 1978–)
John Reilly (British, 1928–2010)
J. Kirk Richards (American, 1976–)
Jan Richardson (American)
Filippo Rossi (Italian, 1970–)
Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik (Slovenian, 1954–)
Natalya Rusetska (Наталя Русецька) (Ukrainian, 1984–)
John R. P. Russell

S
Jyoti Sahi (Indian, 1944–)*
Christina Saj
Nikola Sarić (Serbian, 1985–)
Wisnu Sasongko (Indonesian, 1975–)
Jacques Richard Sassandra (French, 1932–)
Natalia Satsyk (Наталія Сацик) (Ukrainian, 1984–)
Ernst Schwidder (American, 1931–1998)
Chris Shreve
Nathan Simpson
Myhailo Skop
Alexander Smirnov (Александр Смирнов) (Russian, 1947–)
Julia Stankova (Bulgarian, 1954–)*
Johannes Steuck
Tim Steward (British, 1975–)
Ejti Štih (Slovenian, 1957–)
Caleb Stoltzfus (American, 1992–)

T
Sr. Mary Grace Thul
Judith Tutin (Irish)

V
Paul van Dongen (Dutch)
Bonnie Van Voorst (American)
Hanna Varghese (Malaysian, 1938–2009)
Michalis Vasilakis (Μιχάλη Βασιλάκη) (Greek, 1948–2019)
Sviatoslav Vladyka (Святослав Владика) (Ukrainian, 1975–)
Corinne Vonaesch
Andrij Vynnychok (Андрій Винничок) (Ukrainian, 1967–)

W
Roger Wagner (British, 1957–)
Rose Walton
Ni Ketut Ayu Sri Wardani (Indonesian, 1966–)
Soichi Watanabe (Japanese, 1949–)
Stephen Watson (American)
Egino G. Weinert (German, 1920–2012)
Stephen Wilson
Chris Wurst