Performance Artists
795 performance artists
Performance art uses the body—and often its limits, duration, and risk—as a primary medium. These artists create work that exists in time and cannot be fully documented, only witnessed.

Wilmer Wilson IV
Photography, Installation, Performance
New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA, USA

Wolfgang Betke
Mixed Media, Painting, Performance
Berlin, Germany

Wura-Natasha Ogunji
Textile, Video, Performance
Lagos, Nigeria

Wu Tsang
Video, Installation, Performance
United States

Yang Zhichao 杨志超
Drawing, Performance
Beijing, China

Yasumasa Morimura 森村 泰昌
Photography, Video, Performance
Osaka, Japan

Yeni & Nan
Video, Performance, Photography
Venezuela

Yonetani Ken + Julia
Sculpture, Installation, Performance

Yorgos Sapountzis
Sculpture, Installation, Performance
Berlin, Germany

Yoshua Okón
Video, Performance
Mexico City, Mexico

Young Joo Lee
Video, Drawing, Performance
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Yuan Gong 原弓
Performance, Sculpture
China

Yuichiro Tamura
Video, Installation, Performance
Atami, Japan

Yves Klein
Painting, Performance, Sculpture
Paris, France

Yvette Mattern
Video, Installation, Performance

Yvonne Rainer
Video, Performance, Installation
New York, NY, USA

Zackary Drucker
Photography, Video, Performance
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Zackary Drucker and Amos Mac
Video, Performance, Photography
United States

Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst
Photography, Video, Performance
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Zadie Xa
Sculpture, Textile, Performance
London, UK

Zhang Ding
Video, Installation, Performance
Shanghai, China

Zhao Jinhe
Painting, Performance
China

Zheng Lianjie
Painting, Video, Performance
Beijing, China

Zhuang Hui
Photography, Painting, Performance
Beijing, China