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'''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.
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==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 (artist)|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 (band)|Cabaret Voltaire]]
*[[Meryn Cadell]]
*[[Sophie Calle]]
*[[Lisa Crystal Carver]] (Lisa Suckdog)
*[[Giuseppe Chiari (artist-composer-philosopher)|Giuseppe Chiari]]
*[[Katherine Chronis]]
*[[Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi]]
*[[Marko Ciciliani]]
*[[Keith Cole (artist)|Keith Cole]]
*[[Papo Colo]]
*[[Janani Cooray]]
*[[Jean-Louis Costes|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 (artist)|John Duncan]]

==E==
*[[Rafa Esparza]]
*[[Exit (Performance art group)|EXIT]] (members [[Penny Rimbaud]] and [[Gee Vaucher]] later formed [[Crass]])
*[[Valie Export]]

==F==
*[[Zachary Fabri]]
*[[Deej Fabyc]]
*[[John Fare]]
*[[Brian Feldman (artist)|Brian Feldman]]
*[[Esther Ferrer]]
*[[Karen Finley]]
*[[Bob Flanagan (performance artist)|Bob Flanagan]]
*[[Terry Fox (artist)|Terry Fox]]
*[[Andrea Fraser]]
*[[Coco Fusco]]
*[[Chiara Fumai]]

==G==
*[[Diamanda Galás]]
*[[Regina José Galindo]]
*[[Richard Gallo (performance artist)|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 (artist)|Sharon Hayes]]
*[[Andreas Heusser]]
*[[Amy Hill]]
*[[EJ Hill]]
*[[Tehching Hsieh]]
*[[Dick Higgins]]
*[[Zhang Huan]]
*[[Holly Hughes (performance artist)|Holly Hughes]]
*[[Dan Hurlin]]

==I==
*[[Industry of the Ordinary]]

==J==
*[[Joan Jonas]]
*[[Jelili Atiku]]
*[[Kim Jones (artist)|Kim Jones]]
*[[Juliacks]]
*[[Miranda July]]
*[[Colette Justine]]
*[[Zuzanna Janin]]

==K==
*[[Alex Kahn]]
*[[Istvan Kantor]]
*[[Allan Kaprow]]
*[[Andy Kaufman]]
*[[Jonathon Keats]]
*[[Mike Kelley (artist)|Mike Kelley]]
*[[The Kipper Kids]]
*[[Kimsooja]]
*[[Ragnar Kjartansson (performance artist)|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 (performance artist)|Jorge de León]]
*[[Shaun Leonardo|Shaun El C. Leonardo]]
*[[David Leslie (performance artist)|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 (performance artist)|Mark McGowan]]
*[[Rita McKeough]]
*[[Dave McKenzie (artist)|Dave McKenzie]]
*[[Elle Mehrmand]]
*[[Ana Mendieta]]
*[[Gabrielle Miller (Australian actress)|Gabrielle Miller]]
*[[Tom Miller (performance artist)|Tom Miller]]
*[[Eric Millikin]]
*[[Marta Minujín]]
*[[Orlando Mohorovic]]
*[[Linda Montano]]
*[[Frank Moore (performance artist)|Frank Moore]]
*[[Charlotte Moorman]]
*[[Mr. Pacman]]
*[[Otto Muehl]]
*[[Tom Murrin]]

==N==
*[[Mem Nahadr]]
*[[Bruce Nauman]]
*[[Senga Nengudi]]
*[[Josef Ng]]
*[[Lane Nishikawa]]
*[[Hermann Nitsch]]
*[[Tameka Norris]]
*[[Nsumi]]

==O==
*[[Martin O'Brien (artist)|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 (film director)|Jack Smith]]
*[[Michael Smith (performance artist)|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]]
*[[Konger|Artur Tajber]]

== U ==

* [[Ulay]]

==V==
*[[Armand Vaillancourt]]
*[[David Van Tieghem]]
*[[Natacha Voliakovsky]]
*[[Wolf Vostell]]
*[[w:VestAndPage|VestAndPage]]
*[[Victor Dada]]

==W==
*[[Monika Weiss]]
*[[Lee Wen]]
*[[Hannah Wilke]]
*[[David Wojnarowicz]]
*[[The World Famous Bushman]]
*[[John M. White]]

==X==
*[[Márcia X]]

==Y==
*[[Nil Yalter]]
*[[Yamantaka // Sonic Titan]]
*[[Yang Zhichao]]
*[[Yes Men]]
*[[Hennessy Youngman]] (aka [[Jayson Musson]])

==Z==
*[[Vahram Zaryan]]
*[[Zhu Yu (artist)|Zhu Yu]]
*[[Zheng Lianjie]]

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