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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1334
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Lyrical abstraction
21
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
12
Conceptual art
79
Body art
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fluxus
8
Land art
10
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
52
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
347
Allegory
108
Animals
166
Architecture
126
Autobiography
127
Self-portrait
179
Body positivity
11
Political issues
362
Social classes
86
Women's status
306
Consumerism
87
Human body
423
Cosmos
45
Colour
214
Dance
80
Discriminations
154
Documentary
123
Ecology
78
Writing
165
Childhood
111
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
85
Feminism
301
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
151
War & conflicts
147
History
271
Art history & museum
67
Homophobia
14
Identity
206
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
90
Light
83
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
203
Human migration
98
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
64
Myths, tales & legends
95
Nation
54
Nature
245
Still life
151
Food
20
Nude
155
Landscape
294
Urban landscape
152
Spatial perception
24
Visual perception
44
Portrait
415
Postcolonialism
102
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
71
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
187
Domestic scene
110
Science
50
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
29
Traditions
231
Work
81
Domestic work
80
Drag
28
Vegetal
161
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Furniture
19
Mosaic
17
Stained glass
16
Graphic arts
781
Poster
35
Watercolour
184
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
512
Engraving & etching
226
Illustration
98
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
348
Film
126
Digital
54
Sound
77
Video
241
Installation
484
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
226
Environment
136
Light installation
45
[Modes]
125
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
128
Painting
785
Acrylic
161
Mural
35
Gouache
96
Oil
451
Tempera
29
Performance
230
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Digital photography
96
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
438
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Metal
132
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Clay
96
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
60
Countries
Africa
91
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
7
Zimbabwe
2
Central America and the Caribbean
39
France (Antilles)
7
Costa Rica
2
Cuba
10
Panama
1
North America
369
Canada
25
United States
322
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Bolivia
2
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Peru
7
Asia
179
Bangladesh
2
Burma
1
China
27
South Korea
8
Indonesia
8
Japan
54
Malaysia
4
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
5
Taiwan
3
Thailand
4
Europe
749
Germany
113
Austria
18
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Estonia
13
France
368
Greece
5
Hungary
39
Italy
51
Netherlands
34
Poland
28
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
100
Serbia
4
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
102
Israel
51
Oceania
46
Australia
36
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
19th century
83
1840s
14
1850s
13
1860s
22
1870s
33
1880s
35
1890s
61
20th century
1215
1900s
90
1910s
145
1920s
217
1930s
277
1940s
301
1950s
375
1960s
497
1970s
597
1980s
697
1990s
834
21st century
792
2000s
792
2010s
706
2020s
514
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
20
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
27
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
8
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
9
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
46
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
166
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
1947 — Egypt - Greece | 2014 — France
Klonaris/Thomadaki
1947 — Egypt - Greece | 2014 — France
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
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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