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Fields
Architecture
9
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1442
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Kinetic art
14
Conceptual art
85
Body art
11
Digital art
18
Postconceptual art
6
Copy Art
1
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
12
Land art
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
14
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Realism
37
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Adolescence
11
Allegory
132
Animals
181
Architecture
140
Autobiography
135
Self-portrait
199
Body positivity
14
Political issues
398
Social classes
108
Women's status
334
Consumerism
93
Human body
469
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
162
Documentary
138
Ecology
88
Writing
178
Childhood
119
Eroticism
83
Public space
101
Fantasy & dreams
87
Feminism
318
Gender fluidity
20
Geography
17
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
158
History
293
Art history & museum
76
Identity
225
Industry
32
Intimacy
118
Irony
65
Games & toys
18
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
36
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
120
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
217
Human migration
104
Fashion & clothing
68
Death
74
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
281
Still life
160
Food
22
Nude
167
Landscape
320
Urban landscape
167
Spatial perception
30
Visual perception
52
Portrait
453
Postcolonialism
110
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
51
Queer
28
Racism
75
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
55
Sexuality
135
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
244
Work
86
Domestic work
86
Drag
28
Vegetal
180
Everyday life
303
Aging
35
Violence
148
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
224
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
86
Furniture
21
Fashion
13
Graphic arts
833
Poster
38
Watercolour
195
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
547
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
Artist book
90
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
36
Dance
8
Set design
61
Audiovisual
363
Film
132
Digital
58
Sound
81
Video
254
Concepts
28
Critical writing
12
Space & installation
523
Accumulation
98
Architecture
11
Assemblage
248
Environment
146
Light installation
48
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
136
Ephemeral
30
Site-specific
119
Monumental
133
Painting
862
Acrylic
170
Mural
42
Gouache
100
Oil
502
Tempera
34
Performance
246
Photography
434
Analogue photography
250
Digital photography
101
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
30
Sculpture
466
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
119
Bronze
99
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
48
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
99
Glass
26
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Sewing
39
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
102
Egypt
14
Central America and the Caribbean
42
North America
387
Canada
26
United States
339
Mexico
32
South America
108
Asia
212
Japan
69
Europe
811
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
France
389
Italy
61
Czech Republic
13
Romania
9
United Kingdom
106
Sweden
12
Switzerland
37
Middle East
110
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Irak
5
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Kuwait
1
Lebanon
22
Palestine
15
Syria
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
49
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
19th century
103
20th century
1302
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
293
1940s
317
1950s
396
1960s
538
1970s
640
1980s
746
1990s
894
21st century
851
2000s
850
2010s
756
2020s
556
Programmes
— + 1
24
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
21
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
33
— 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
— Common Ground
4
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
7
— 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
177
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
1893 — Ottoman Empire (Palestine) | 1940 — Mandatory Palestine
Karimeh Abbud
1931 — Mandatory Palestine | 2020 — France
Amal Abdenour
1960 | Israel
Etti Abergel
1961 | Palestine
Buthina Abu Milhem
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1928 — Brazil | 2024 — Lebanon
Yvette Achkar
1925 — Lebanon | 2021 — France
Etel Adnan
1972 | Israel
Raida Adon
1935 — Mandatory Palestine | 2016 — United Kingdom
Maliheh Afnan
1965 — 2024 | Turkey
Gülçin Aksoy
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Syria
Hala Alabdalla
1973 | Iraq
Sama Alshaibi
1938 — 1994 | Israel
Dalia Amotz
1905 — Turkey | 1938 — France
Hale Asaf
1971 | Iran
Nairy Baghramian
1951 | Israel
Adina Bar-On
1970 | Israël
Yael Bartana
1957 | Israel
Judith Bartolani
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1934 | Belgium
Marianne Berenhaut
1949 | Israel
Deganit Berest
1903 — 1974 | Turkey
Aliye Berger
1956 — 1999 | Turkey
Deniz Bilgin
1931 — 2019 | Lebanon
Huguette Caland
1970 | Turkey
CANAN (Şenol)
1916 — 2017 | Lebanon
Saloua Raouda Choucair
1952 | Israel
Nurit David
1923 — 2014 | Turkey
Tiraje Dikmen
1950 | Israel
Drora Dominey
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1955 | Turkey
İnci Eviner
1922 — 2019 | Iran
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1955 — Iran | 1996 — France
Chohreh Feyzdjou
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1931 — 2023 | Lebanon
Laure Ghorayeb
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Nechama Golan
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1902 — Germany | 1998 — Israel
Hedwig Grossman Lehmann
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft
1959 | Lebanon
Fadia Haddad
1950 — Iraq | 2016 — USA
Zaha Hadid
1936 | Mandatory Palestine
Samia Halaby
1964 | Palestine
Rula Halawani
1954 | Israel
Michal Heiman
1926 — 2012 | Iran
Mansoureh Hosseini
1955 | Iran
Shirazeh Houshiary
1973 | Lebanon
Lina Jabbour
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1946 | Turkey
Gülsün Karamustafa
1923 — United States | 2009 — Lebanon
Helen Khal
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1910 — 1997 | Turkey
Füreya Koral
1949 — United States | 2004 — Israel
Pamela Levy
1900 — Ukraine | 1992 — Israel
Batia Lishansky
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1962 | Turkey
Şükran Moral
1956 | Syria
Laila Muraywid
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1951 | Israel
Michal Na’aman
1957 | Iran
Shirin Neshat
1918 — Ukraine | 2005 — Israel
Lea Nikel
1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel
Gedula Ogen
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1944 — 2025 | Lebanon
Samia Osseiran Junblat
1969 | Israel
Nira Pereg
1885 — Turkey | 1954 — United Sates
Mihri Rasim
1906 — Iraq | 1986 — Lebanon
Mouazzaz Rawda
1948 — Lebanon | 2019 — France
Jocelyne Saab
1936 | Lebanon
Nadia Saikali
1908 — 2000 | Turkey
Hripsimeh Sarkissian
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1945 — Jordan | 2022 — Lebanon
Mona Saudi
1955 | Israel
Iris Sara Schiller
1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel
Ruth Schloss
1965 | Israel
Miri Segal
1934 — Palestine | 2005 — Lebanon
Juliana Seraphim
1948 | Lithuania
Esther Shalev-Gerz
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1962 — 1996 | Israel
Meira Shemesh
1939 — Mandatory Palestine | 2018 — Israel
Siona Shimshi
1970 | Israel
Khen Shish
1944 | Jerusalem
Suha Shoman
1910 — Palestina | 1999 — Israel
Sima Slonim
1900 — Palestine | 1988 — Israel
Sionah Tagger
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1960 | Turkey
Hale Tenger
1894 — Moravia (now Czech Republic) | 1980 — Israel
Anna Ticho
1923 — Yugoslavia | 2015 — Croatia
Cici Tommaseo Sursock
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1922 — Mandatory Palestine | 1989 — Israel
Aviva Uri
1947 | Poland
Yocheved Weinfeld
1938 | Egypt
Nil Yalter
1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel
Claire Yaniv
1963 | Israel
Lee Yanor
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel
Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss
1901 — Turkey | 1991 — Jordan
Fahrelnissa Zeid
1964 | Palestine
Manar Zuabi
1948 | Lebanon
Afaf Zurayk
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