Ida Applebroog (November 11, 1929 – October 21, 2023) was an American multi-media artist who was best-known for her paintings and sculptures that explore the themes of gender, sexual identity, violence, and politics.

While studying at NY State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, she began to work at an advertising agency where she was the only woman.

"[8] After resigning from the advertising agency, Applebroog went on to work as a freelance illustrator for children's books and greeting cards.

While living in San Diego, California, Applebroog began sketching close-ups of her own naked body, specifically her crotch, while in the bathtub, a series of more than 150 works she would not exhibit until 2010.

At the age of forty-four she participated in one of her earliest group exhibitions, entitled Invisible/Visible in 1972 at Long Beach Museum of Art.

[16] In 2020, Ida Applebroog's work was included in a major group show at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida.

Louise Bourgeois, Carolee Schneemann, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Ana Mendieta, Wanguechi Mutu, Mickalene Thomas, and Francesca Woodman, were also among them.