A
W A
R
E
About
Index
Read
Watch and Listen
Villa Vassilieff
Events
AWARE-USA
AWARE
-日本
FR
EN
Missions
Programmes
Team
Sponsors
Support us
FAQ
Focus
Articles
Publications
Resources
Support us
Podcasts
Animated series
Video archive
A Place for Artists
Support us
Location
Research Centre
Residencies
Support us
Prix AWARE
At the Villa Vassilieff
Off-site
Support us
AWAREについて
プログラム
作家
記事
ご支援
AWARE
AWARE
FR
EN
About
Missions
Programmes
Team
Sponsors
Support us
FAQ
Index
Read
Focus
Articles
Publications
Resources
Watch and Listen
Podcasts
Animated series
Video archive
A Place for Artists
Villa Vassilieff
Location
Research Centre
Residencies
Events
Prix AWARE
At the Villa Vassilieff
Off-site
AWARE-USA
AWARE
-日本
AWARE
について
プログラム
作家
記事
ご支援
Support us
Newsletter
Social media
United Kingdom
Reset
Fields
Architecture
7
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1422
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
13
Conceptual art
85
Body art
11
Digital art
18
Bauhaus
13
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Impressionism
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Op art
5
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Realism
37
Surrealism
55
Symbolism
13
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Allegory
129
Animals
178
Architecture
134
Autobiography
134
Self-portrait
195
Body positivity
13
Political issues
388
Social classes
99
Women's status
327
Consumerism
91
Human body
463
Cosmos
55
Colour
230
Dance
80
Discriminations
161
Documentary
133
Ecology
82
Writing
178
Childhood
117
Eroticism
81
Public space
95
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
314
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geography
16
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
156
History
291
Art history & museum
75
Identity
225
Industry
31
Intimacy
116
Irony
64
Games & toys
17
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
34
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
120
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
214
Human migration
102
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
73
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
273
Still life
159
Food
21
Nude
165
Landscape
315
Urban landscape
163
Spatial perception
29
Visual perception
52
Portrait
448
Postcolonialism
108
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
50
Queer
28
Racism
75
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
54
Sexuality
134
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
243
Work
84
Domestic work
84
Drag
28
Vegetal
176
Everyday life
299
Aging
33
Violence
147
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
223
Ceramic
84
Furniture
21
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
827
Poster
38
Watercolour
193
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
541
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
Artist book
90
Pastel & wax
111
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
34
Costume
38
Set design
60
Audiovisual
356
Film
129
Digital
57
Sound
81
Video
249
Concepts
27
Curating
11
Critical writing
11
Space & installation
514
Accumulation
95
Architecture
7
Assemblage
245
Environment
141
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
17
[Modes]
133
Ephemeral
28
Site-specific
118
Monumental
131
Painting
851
Acrylic
169
Mural
41
Gouache
99
Oil
494
Miniature
7
Tempera
34
Performance
240
Photography
431
Analogue photography
248
Digital photography
100
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
29
Sculpture
461
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
117
Bronze
98
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
47
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
98
Glass
25
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Sewing
39
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
98
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Egypt
14
Ghana
5
Nigeria
18
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
8
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Curaçao
3
North America
382
United States
335
Mexico
31
South America
107
Argentina
31
Chile
10
Colombia
9
Guyana
2
Asia
207
Bangladesh
2
India
17
Pakistan
4
Russia
33
Singapore
7
Thailand
6
Europe
803
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Cyprus
1
Spain
40
Estonia
16
France
386
Greece
5
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
60
Lithuania
7
North Macedonia
4
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
Portugal
8
Switzerland
37
Middle East
110
Irak
5
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Kuwait
1
Lebanon
22
Palestine
15
Turkey
19
Oceania
49
Australia
39
New Zealand
11
Papua New Guinea
1
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
24
1720s
4
1730s
6
1740s
8
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
13
19th century
100
1800s
11
1810s
13
1820s
14
1830s
14
1840s
17
1850s
16
1860s
27
1870s
40
1880s
43
1890s
71
20th century
1289
1900s
100
1910s
159
1920s
231
1930s
292
1940s
316
1950s
396
1960s
531
1970s
633
1980s
739
1990s
885
21st century
837
2000s
836
2010s
742
2020s
544
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
18
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
29
— 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
4
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
13
— Les architectes
6
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
10
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Photographers from Japan
5
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
48
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
176
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
List
|
Map
1895 — 1978 | United Kingdom
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, dite)
1895 — 1978 | United Kingdom
Gluck (Hannah Gluckstein, dite)
1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1939 — Bangladesh | 2015 — France
Novera Ahmed
1972 | United Kingdom
Alice Anderson
1775 — Great Britain | 1860 — United Kingdom
Catherine Andras
1775 — Great Britain | 1860 — United Kingdom
Catherine Andras
1799 — 1871 | United Kingdom
Anna Atkins
1930 — 2018 | United Kingdom
Gillian Ayres
1709 — 1794 | England
Hester Bateman
1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia
Georgina Beier
1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia
Georgina Beier
1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia
Georgina Beier
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1784 — Great Britain | 1850 — United Kingdom
Sarah Biffin
1784 — Great Britain | 1850 — United Kingdom
Sarah Biffin
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1699 — Scotland | 1758 — Great Britain
Elizabeth Blackwell
1925 — 2006 | United Kingdom
Sandra Blow
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1959 | Australia
Polly Borland
1938 — 1966 | United Kingdom
Pauline Boty
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1906 — 1999 | United Kingdom
Emmy Bridgwater
1906 — 1999 | United Kingdom
Emmy Bridgwater
1874 — Italy | 1970 — France
Romaine Brooks
1874 — Italy | 1970 — France
Romaine Brooks
1874 — Italy | 1970 — France
Romaine Brooks
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1969 | United Kingdom
Cecily Brown
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1815 — India | 1879 — Sri Lanka
Julia Margaret Cameron
1917 — United Kingdom | 2011 — Mexico
Leonora Carrington
1917 — United Kingdom | 2011 — Mexico
Leonora Carrington
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1844 — 1924 | France
Marie Cazin
1953 — 1996 | United Kingdom
Helen Chadwick
1951 | United Kingdom
Sue Coe
1951 | United Kingdom
Sue Coe
0000 |
Céline Condorelli
1965 | Spain
Ángela de la Cruz
1965 | Spain
Ángela de la Cruz
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1958 | Nigeria
Sokari Douglas Camp
1958 | Nigeria
Sokari Douglas Camp
1963 | United Kingdom
Tracey Emin
1944 | Chile
Paz Errázuriz
1934 — 2010 | Mexico
Helen Escobedo
1963 | Nigeria
Mary Evans
1963 | Nigeria
Mary Evans
1968 | Pakistan
Ceal Floyer
1968 | Pakistan
Ceal Floyer
1872 — 1945 | United Kingdom
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1881 — United Kingdom | 1962 — Switzerland
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1950 — Iraq | 2016 — USA
Zaha Hadid
1950 — Iraq | 2016 — USA
Zaha Hadid
1971 | North Macedonia
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
1945 | United Kingdom
Maggi Hambling
1945 | United Kingdom
Maggi Hambling
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1887 — 1956 | United Kingdom
Nina Hamnett
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1903 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Barbara Hepworth
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1814 — Spain | 1884 — United Kingdom
Georgiana Houghton
1955 | Iran
Shirazeh Houshiary
1955 | Iran
Shirazeh Houshiary
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1966 | Ireland
Jaki Irvine
1956 | Royaume-Uni
Ann Veronica Janssens
1956 | Royaume-Uni
Ann Veronica Janssens
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1969 | United States
Chantal Joffe
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1876 — United Kingdom | 1939 — France
Gwen John
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1969 | Royaume-Uni
Bharti Kher
1969 | Royaume-Uni
Bharti Kher
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1755 — Great Britain | 1845 — United Kingdom
Mary Linwood
1962 | United Kingdom
Sarah Lucas
1892 — Russia | 1984 — United Kingdom
Marevna
1892 — Russia | 1984 — United Kingdom
Marevna
1892 — Russia | 1984 — United Kingdom
Marevna
1907 — 1969 | United Kingdom
Mary Martin
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1901 — Germany | 1987 — United Kingdom
Else Meidner
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland
Lucia Moholy
1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland
Lucia Moholy
1917 — United Kingdom | 1994 — Pakistan
Anna Molka Ahmed
1917 — United Kingdom | 1994 — Pakistan
Anna Molka Ahmed
1960 | United Kingdom
Cathy de Monchaux
1967 | United Kingdom
Sarah Morris
1890 — 1958 | United Kingdom
Marlow Moss
1890 — 1958 | United Kingdom
Marlow Moss
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1909 — 1994 | Cyprus
Loukia Nicolaidou
1909 — 1994 | Cyprus
Loukia Nicolaidou
1909 — 1994 | Cyprus
Loukia Nicolaidou
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1898 — Egypt | 1974 — France
Amy Nimr
1942 | Nigeria
Colette Omogbai
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1945 | Greece
Leda Papaconstantinou
1945 | Greece
Leda Papaconstantinou
1956 | United Kingdom
Cornelia Parker
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1895 — Lithuania | 1975 — Italy
Antonietta Raphaël Mafai
1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain
Paula Rego
1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain
Paula Rego
1931 | United Kingdom
Bridget Riley
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1885 — 1963 | United Kingdom
Helen Saunders
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1970 | United Kingdom
Jenny Saville
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1925 — 2021 | Egypt
Gazbia Sirry
1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States
Sylvia Sleigh
1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States
Sylvia Sleigh
1904 — Germany | 1999 — Argentina
Grete Stern
1904 — Germany | 1999 — Argentina
Grete Stern
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1855 — Austria | 1927 — United-Kingdom
Marianne Stokes (née Maria Léopoldine Preindlsberger)
1762 — Great Britain | 1844 — United Kingdom
Sarah Stone
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
1844 — 1933 | United-Kingdom
Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1844 — 1933 | United-Kingdom
Annie Louisa Swynnerton
1967 | Estonia
Mare Tralla
1967 | Estonia
Mare Tralla
1958 | United Kingdom
Suzanne Treister
1958 | United Kingdom
Suzanne Treister
1951 | United Kingdom
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby, dite)
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1948 | Chile
Cecilia Vicuña
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1965 | United Kingdom
Alison Watt
1963 | United Kingdom
Gillian Wearing
1963 | United Kingdom
Rachel Whiteread
1936 | United Kingdom
Gillian Wise
1893 — 1975 | United Kingdom
Madame Yevonde
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
Archives
of Women Artists
Research
& Exhibitions
Villa Vassilieff - 21, avenue du Maine 75015 Paris (France) —
[email protected]
— +33 (0)1 55 26 90 29
Legal notice
© 2025 Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions.
Tous droits réservés dans tous pays/All rights reserved for all countries.
