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Fields
Artistic Movements
Lyrical abstraction
21
Surrealism
52
Subjects
Abstraction
339
Allegory
106
Animals
162
Architecture
126
Autobiography
123
Self-portrait
173
Political issues
349
Social classes
80
Women's status
300
Consumerism
85
Human body
415
Colour
212
Dance
78
Discriminations
150
Documentary
119
Ecology
73
Writing
162
Childhood
108
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
84
Feminism
297
Geometry
150
War & conflicts
143
History
267
Art history & museum
65
Identity
201
Intimacy
103
Language
89
Light
81
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
111
Media
64
Memory
196
Human migration
96
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
71
Myths, tales & legends
94
Nature
235
Still life
151
Nude
152
Landscape
287
Urban landscape
148
Portrait
406
Postcolonialism
99
Racism
67
Religion & spirituality
180
Domestic scene
110
Sexuality
129
Traditions
227
Work
78
Domestic work
78
Vegetal
159
Everyday life
276
Violence
141
Mediums
Applied arts
208
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Furniture
19
Mosaic
15
Graphic arts
776
Watercolour
183
Collage
202
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
509
Engraving & etching
224
Pastel & wax
107
Audiovisual
339
Video
238
Installation
480
Accumulation
86
Assemblage
224
[Modes]
124
Site-specific
110
Monumental
127
Painting
773
Acrylic
157
Mural
35
Gouache
95
Oil
444
Performance
227
Photography
412
Analogue photography
236
Digital photography
93
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
434
Concrete & cement
31
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Metal
131
Paper & cardboard
25
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
26
Textile
204
Embroidery
72
Sewing
45
Countries
Africa
89
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Congo
1
Egypt
12
Ghana
5
Kenya
3
Morocco
4
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
15
Senegal
4
Tunisia
7
Zambia
1
Central America and the Caribbean
38
North America
363
United States
317
South America
99
Asia
170
Europe
738
Austria
17
France
366
Italy
49
Portugal
8
United Kingdom
100
Middle East
98
Oceania
45
Periods of
activity
17th century
2
18th century
20
19th century
82
20th century
1194
1930s
274
1940s
296
1950s
368
1960s
486
1970s
585
1980s
684
1990s
818
21st century
778
2000s
778
2010s
696
2020s
506
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
18
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
23
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
7
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
7
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
11
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
44
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
163
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1935 — 2024 | Ghana
Felicia Abban
1935 — 2024 | Ghana
Felicia Abban
1934 — 2023 | Algeria
Souhila Bel Bahar
1966 | Zambia
Agnes Buya Yombwe
1967 | Senegal
Fatou Kiné Diakhaté
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1965 | Republic of the Congo
Bill Kouélany
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1970 | Nigeria
Marcia Kure
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1924 — Mozambique | 2012 — Italy
Bertina Lopes
1924 — Mozambique | 2012 — Italy
Bertina Lopes
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1953 | Algeria
Akila Mouhoubi
1953 | Algeria
Akila Mouhoubi
1965 | Tunisia
Asma M’Naouar
1965 | Tunisia
Asma M’Naouar
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1938 | Nigeria
Elizabeth Olowu
1942 | Nigeria
Colette Omogbai
1966 | Nigeria
Veronica Otigbo-Ekpei
1939 — Algeria | 2018 — Tunisia
Shasha Safir Guiga
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1914 — United Kingdom | 2000 — United States
Constance Stuart Larrabee
1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom
Maud Sulter
1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom
Maud Sulter
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
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