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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1372
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
81
Body art
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fluxus
8
Land art
11
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Primitivism
6
Realism
36
Socialist Realism
9
Surrealism
54
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
361
Allegory
115
Animals
168
Architecture
128
Autobiography
130
Self-portrait
185
Body positivity
13
Political issues
376
Social classes
91
Women's status
317
Consumerism
89
Human body
440
Cosmos
49
Colour
221
Dance
80
Discriminations
158
Documentary
128
Ecology
80
Writing
174
Childhood
114
Eroticism
80
Public space
87
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
308
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
154
War & conflicts
152
History
279
Art history & museum
67
Homophobia
14
Identity
214
Industry
31
Intimacy
107
Irony
60
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
85
Machine & technology
33
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
117
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
208
Human migration
101
Fashion & clothing
67
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
65
Myths, tales & legends
98
Nation
55
Nature
255
Still life
153
Food
20
Nude
161
Landscape
301
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
28
Visual perception
50
Portrait
426
Postcolonialism
107
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
74
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
195
Domestic scene
112
Science
53
Sexuality
132
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
29
Traditions
235
Work
83
Domestic work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
166
Everyday life
286
Old age
31
Violence
145
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
78
Mediums
Applied arts
215
Jewellery & silverware
21
Ceramic
79
Costumes
37
Decor
61
Furniture
19
Mosaic
18
Stained glass
17
Graphic arts
802
Poster
37
Watercolour
187
Collage
209
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
528
Engraving & etching
229
Illustration
102
Artist book
86
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
74
Audiovisual
352
Film
128
Digital
57
Sound
78
Video
244
Installation
497
Accumulation
92
Assemblage
234
Environment
139
Light installation
46
[Modes]
129
Ephemeral
28
Site-specific
115
Monumental
129
Painting
816
Acrylic
163
Mural
37
Gouache
98
Oil
465
Tempera
31
Performance
238
Photography
421
Analogue photography
240
Digital photography
97
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
447
Wood
114
Bronze
95
Metal
134
Stone
46
Plastic
47
Plaster
81
Clay
97
Textile
215
Embroidery
75
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
64
Countries
Africa
95
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
8
Zimbabwe
2
Central America and the Caribbean
42
France (Antilles)
7
Costa Rica
2
Cuba
11
Panama
1
North America
374
Canada
25
United States
327
Mexico
31
South America
105
Argentina
31
Bolivia
2
Brazil
29
Chile
10
Peru
7
Asia
193
Bangladesh
2
Burma
1
China
27
South Korea
8
Indonesia
8
Japan
62
Malaysia
5
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
7
Taiwan
4
Thailand
4
Europe
765
Germany
113
Austria
18
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
France
378
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Italy
53
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
102
Serbia
4
Switzerland
36
Ukraine
12
Middle East
108
Israel
51
Oceania
47
Australia
37
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
3
17th century
6
18th century
21
19th century
86
1840s
15
1850s
14
1860s
24
1870s
35
1880s
36
1890s
63
20th century
1247
1900s
93
1910s
147
1920s
220
1930s
281
1940s
307
1950s
384
1960s
514
1970s
614
1980s
717
1990s
857
21st century
812
2000s
812
2010s
725
2020s
529
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
17
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
24
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
30
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Luxembourg
1
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
11
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
169
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1930 — 2004 | Italy
Dadamaino (Eduarda Emilia Maino, dite)
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1924 — 2014 | Italy
Carla Accardi
1924 — 2014 | Italy
Carla Accardi
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1886 — 1973 | Brazil
Tarsila do Amaral
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1901 — 1980 | Estonia
Aino Bach
1959 | Brasil
Brígida Baltar
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1943 | Austria
Renate Bertlmann
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1910 — Hungary | 2003 — Netherlands
Eva Besnyő
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1820 — Italy | 1904 — France
Mathilde Létizia Wilhelmine Bonaparte
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1904 — Indonesia | 1971 — France
Christine Boumeester
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1992 | Spain
Cabello/Carceller
1992 | Spain
Cabello/Carceller
1992 | Spain
Cabello/Carceller
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1916 — 1985 | Argentina
Aída Zulema Carballo
1881 — 1967 | France
Germaine Casse
1881 — 1967 | France
Germaine Casse
1881 — 1967 | France
Germaine Casse
1954 | Taiwan
Shu Lea Cheang
1954 | Taiwan
Shu Lea Cheang
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
0000 |
Céline Condorelli
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1936 | France
Parvine Curie
1959 | United States
Vaginal Davis
1939 — 2024 | Netherlands
Jacqueline de Jong
1939 — 2024 | Netherlands
Jacqueline de Jong
1860 — 1957 | France
Gabrielle Debillemont-Chardon
1956 | Croatia
Vlasta Delimar
1877 — 1915 | Hungary
Valéria Dénes
1942 | Argentina
Diana Dowek
1869 — 1937 | France
Clémentine-Hélène Dufau
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1929 — Cuba | 1995 — United States
Antonia Eiriz
1929 — Cuba | 1995 — United States
Antonia Eiriz
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1905 — 1985 | Bulgaria
Vaska Emanuilova
1937 | Spain
Esther Ferrer
1937 | Spain
Esther Ferrer
1960 | Russia
Olga Florenskaïa
1973 | France
Maïder Fortuné
1973 | France
Maïder Fortuné
1924 — 1990 | Spain
Juana Francés
1924 — 1990 | Spain
Juana Francés
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1908 — 2001 | Japan
Fuku Akino
1908 — 2001 | Japan
Fuku Akino
1929 | Argentina
Ilse Fuskova (Felka)
1958 | Argentina
Ana Gallardo
1946 | Mexico
Guadalupe García-Vásquez
1946 | Mexico
Guadalupe García-Vásquez
1946 | Mexico
Guadalupe García-Vásquez
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal
Lourdes Grobet
1958 | Former Yougoslavia
Marina Gržinić
1985 | United States
Guerrilla Girls
1929 — 2018 | United States
Marcia Hafif
1929 — 2018 | United States
Marcia Hafif
1929 — 2018 | United States
Marcia Hafif
1944 | United States
Harmony Hammond
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1966 | People’s Republic of China
Yu Hong
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1908 — 1966 | Netherlands
Frieda Hunziker
1908 — 1966 | Netherlands
Frieda Hunziker
1971 | Malaysia
Yee I-Lann
1971 | Malaysia
Yee I-Lann
2019 | Indonesia
Inkubator Inisiatif
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1933 | Hungary
Ilona Keserű
1967 | Greece
Klonaris/Thomadaki
1967 | Greece
Klonaris/Thomadaki
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1947 | Poland
Zofia Kulik
1938 — 1976 | Italy
Ketty La Rocca
1938 — 1976 | Italy
Ketty La Rocca
1942 | New Zealand
Maureen Lander
1956 | Mexico
Magali (Margarita Rosa) Lara (Zavala)
1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe
Helen Lieros
1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe
Helen Lieros
1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe
Helen Lieros
1969 | Bangladesh
Tayeba Begum Lipi
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1937 — 2022 | Poland
Natalia LL
1946 | Philippines
Julie Lluch Dalena
1912 — 1986 | Switzerland
Verena Loewensberg
1964 | China
Qing Lu
1964 | China
Qing Lu
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1951 — 1994 | Argentina
Liliana Maresca
1927 — Russia | 2008 — France
Lidia Masterkova
1927 — Russia | 2008 — France
Lidia Masterkova
1943 — 2014 | United-States of America
Rosemary Mayer
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1933 — 2000 | Japan
Miyori Hayashi
1960 | Myanmar
Phyu Mon
1960 | Myanmar
Phyu Mon
1960 | Myanmar
Phyu Mon
1971 | New Zealand
Ani O’Neill
1971 | New Zealand
Ani O’Neill
1948 | Republic of Korea
Okhi Han
1948 | Republic of Korea
Okhi Han
1932 — 2016 | United States
Pauline Oliveros
1919 — Bolivia | 1982 — United States
María Luisa Pacheco
1919 — Bolivia | 1982 — United States
María Luisa Pacheco
1919 — Bolivia | 1982 — United States
María Luisa Pacheco
1943 | United States
Howardena Pindell
1943 | United States
Howardena Pindell
1983 — 1993 | Mexico
Polvo de Gallina Negra
1948 | Argentina
Liliana Porter
1948 | Argentina
Liliana Porter
1948 | Argentina
Liliana Porter
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
2014 | France
Rester. Étranger
1943 — 2020 | Chile
Lotty Rosenfeld
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1922 — 2014 | Peru
Victoria Santa Cruz
1922 — 2014 | Peru
Victoria Santa Cruz
1885 — 1963 | United Kingdom
Helen Saunders
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1969 | Canada
Skawennati
1969 | Canada
Skawennati
1910 — Palestina | 1999 — Israel
Sima Slonim
1910 — Palestina | 1999 — Israel
Sima Slonim
1910 — Palestina | 1999 — Israel
Sima Slonim
1954 | United States
Annie Sprinkle (aka Ellen F. Steinberg)
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1889 — 1943 | Switzerland
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
1889 — 1943 | Switzerland
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
1889 — 1943 | Switzerland
Sophie Taeuber-Arp
1900 — Palestina | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1900 — Palestina | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1900 — Palestina | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1905 — 2008 | Japan
Tamako Kataoka
1905 — 2008 | Japan
Tamako Kataoka
1905 — 2008 | Japan
Tamako Kataoka
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1900 — 1981 | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mileva Todorović
1960 | Serbia
Milica Tomić
1951 | United Kingdom
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby, dite)
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1967 | Chile
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
1967 | Chile
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
1967 | Chile
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra
1991 | Australia
VNS Matrix
1905 — 1986 | United States
May Wilson
1936 | United Kingdom
Gillian Wise
1995 | thailand
Womanifesto Collective
1995 | thailand
Womanifesto Collective
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1925 — 2019 | Japan
Tsuruko Yamazaki
1925 — 2019 | Japan
Tsuruko Yamazaki
1925 — 2019 | Japan
Tsuruko Yamazaki
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
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