List of San Pedro artists

• Elmer Albert Batters : fashion and glamour photographer
• Ray Carofano : photographer and curator; his work has been exhibited in over 60 galleries and museums, and in photography books and journals in the US and abroad; has lectured and taught workshops at various colleges and universities
• Misty Copeland : one of the first African-American female soloists with the American Ballet Theatre; has been described as the muse of popular musician Prince
• Eugene L. Daub : contemporary figure sculptor; sculptor of the statue of Rosa Parks installed in the US Capitol building in 2013; attended and taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and taught there; instructor at the Scottsdale Artists' School; designer of the first Philadelphia Liberty Medal, awarded every year to a champion of world peace
• Eric Johnson : sculptor. His composite resin and wood sculptures have been described as "sleek and smart"; they "curve and blossom, pulse and torque, mimicking the geometries underlying space, time and forms of life."
• Ron Linden : abstract painter, independent curator, and college art instructor; lives and works in San Pedro
• Jay McCafferty : creates art through a process of solar burning; has a massive body of work with exhibitions in museums and galleries across the U.S.
• Jay Meuser : painter who lived in San Pedro from 1944; a bronze plaque in his honor is mounted on a building in the heart of the art gallery district at 343 West Seventh Street
• Mister Cartoon : Mexican-American artist of designs, sneakers, tattoos, Joker Brand clothing, album covers, video game atmospheres, and public works
• Scott Stantis : editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune and USA Today; created the comic strips The Buckets and Prickly City; resided in San Pedro 1977-1986
• Michael Jelenic : American animator, Co-creator of Teen Titans Go!
• Allan Sekula : photographer, writer, filmmaker, theorist and critic.