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Fields
Architecture
16
Decorative arts & design
5
Visual arts
1475
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Appropriationism
5
Conceptual art
90
Context art
12
Body art
11
Postconceptual art
6
Constructivism
19
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Hyperrealism
5
Land art
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Subjects
Abstraction
380
Allegory
138
Animals
189
Architecture
142
Archives
4
Autobiography
139
Self-portrait
202
Body positivity
16
Political issues
411
Social classes
117
Women's status
345
Human body
486
Cosmos
59
Colour
232
Dance
84
Discriminations
165
Documentary
142
Ecology
100
Writing
186
Childhood
122
Eroticism
86
Public space
108
Fantasy & dreams
90
Feminism
333
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geography
18
Geometry
162
War & conflicts
159
History
298
Art history & museum
80
Homophobia
14
Identity
228
Industry
34
Intimacy
121
Irony
67
Games & toys
20
Language
93
Light
90
Machine & technology
39
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
44
Maternity
126
Mathematics
10
Media
65
Memory
222
Human migration
106
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
77
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
104
Nation
56
Nature
291
Still life
167
Food
24
Nude
173
Landscape
330
Urban landscape
176
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
460
Postcolonialism
113
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
52
Queer
29
Racism
76
Romantic relationships
51
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
118
Science
57
Sexuality
138
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
31
Traditions
250
Work
86
Domestic work
89
Drag
28
Vegetal
186
Everyday life
312
Aging
35
Violence
152
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
82
Mediums
Objects
228
Ceramic
88
Furniture
22
Fashion
13
Graphic arts
854
Poster
40
Watercolour
199
Collage
214
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
561
Engraving & etching
239
Illustration
110
Artist book
93
Pastel & wax
112
Journal
26
Screen printing
79
Performing arts
38
Costume
39
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
12
Audiovisual
373
Film
136
Digital
60
Sound
84
Video
262
Concepts
38
Critical writing
15
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
19
Space & installation
544
Accumulation
105
Architecture
18
Assemblage
256
Environment
151
Light installation
49
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
142
Ephemeral
31
Site-specific
123
Monumental
136
Painting
880
Acrylic
175
Mural
44
Gouache
100
Oil
517
Performance
250
Photography
439
Analogue photography
251
Digital photography
104
Photomontage
73
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
478
Wood
122
Bronze
103
Wax
18
Metal
143
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
49
Plastic
48
Plaster
85
Resin
34
Clay
101
Glass
26
Textile
220
Embroidery
80
Sewing
40
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
69
Countries
Africa
103
South Africa
13
Egypt
14
Nigeria
18
Tunisia
9
Central America and the Caribbean
43
Guatemala
4
North America
395
Canada
27
United States
344
Mexico
33
South America
115
Argentina
35
Brazil
31
Venezuela
6
Asia
222
China
27
Indonesia
12
Japan
70
Malaysia
6
Uzbekistan
2
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Europe
831
Germany
117
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bulgaria
9
Croatia
10
Denmark
24
Spain
41
Estonia
16
France
397
Greece
5
Hungary
42
Iceland
4
Italy
65
Lithuania
7
Muxembourg
5
Norway
13
Netherlands
35
Poland
32
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
14
Romania
9
United Kingdom
107
Switzerland
38
Middle East
112
Iran
6
Israel
51
Turkey
19
Oceania
50
Australia
40
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
10
18th century
26
19th century
104
20th century
1334
1920s
234
1930s
299
1940s
324
1950s
407
1960s
552
1970s
659
1980s
771
1990s
920
21st century
874
2000s
873
2010s
775
2020s
574
Programmes
— + 1
29
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
28
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
34
— 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
10
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
15
— Les architectes
12
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
14
— 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
188
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1950 | United States
Martine Aballéa
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1965 — 2024 | Turkey
Gülçin Aksoy
1965 — 2024 | Turkey
Gülçin Aksoy
1935 — 2022 | Brazil
Sonia Andrade
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1975 | Denmark
Nina Beier
1975 | Denmark
Nina Beier
1941 | United States
Lynda Benglis
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1946 — 2025 | United States
Dara Birnbaum
1946 — 2025 | United States
Dara Birnbaum
1946 — 2025 | United States
Dara Birnbaum
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1961 — 1995 | France
Sylvia Bossu
1961 — 1995 | France
Sylvia Bossu
1973 | Bulgaria
Rada Boukova
1973 | Bulgaria
Rada Boukova
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1949 | Philippines
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya
1949 | Philippines
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya
1936 | Belgium
Martine Canneel
1936 | Belgium
Martine Canneel
1947 — 2013 | United States
Sarah Charlesworth
1947 — 2013 | United States
Sarah Charlesworth
1962 | Russia
Olga Chernysheva
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1951 | United Kingdom
Sue Coe
1951 | United Kingdom
Sue Coe
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1936 — France | 2017 — United States
France Cristini
1959 | United States
Vaginal Davis
1957 | Argentina
Claudia del Río
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1960 | United Kingdom
Ndidi Dike
1960 | United Kingdom
Ndidi Dike
1969 | United States
Tara Donovan
1969 | United States
Tara Donovan
1969 | United States
Tara Donovan
1926 | United States
Rosalyn Drexler
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1941 — 2016 | Malaysia
Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam
1964 | Hungary
Ágnes Eperjesi
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1955 — Iran | 1996 — France
Chohreh Feyzdjou
1955 — Iran | 1996 — France
Chohreh Feyzdjou
1965 | United States
Andrea Fraser
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1940 | United States
Nancy Grossman
1940 | United States
Nancy Grossman
1958 | Former Yougoslavia
Marina Gržinić
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1949 | Croatia
Sanja Iveković
1970 | Netherlands
Deborah Jack
1970 | Netherlands
Deborah Jack
1970 | Netherlands
Deborah Jack
1967 | Uzbekistan
Dilyara Kaipova
1959 | Estonia
Kai Kaljo
1969 | United States
Sonya Kelliher-Combs
1969 | United States
Sonya Kelliher-Combs
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1941 | Turkey
Nur Koçak
1935 — 1997 | Austria
Kiki Kogelnik
1935 — 1997 | Austria
Kiki Kogelnik
1935 — 1997 | Austria
Kiki Kogelnik
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1957 | South Africa
Vivienne Koorland
1945 | United States
Barbara Kruger
1938 — 1976 | Italy
Ketty La Rocca
1938 — 1976 | Italy
Ketty La Rocca
1973 | France
Emmanuelle Lainé
1947 | United States
Louise Lawler
1961 | Brazil
Jac Leirner
1937 — 2022 | Poland
Natalia LL
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1933 | Italy
Lucia Marcucci
1930 — France | 2016 — United States
Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)
1930 — France | 2016 — United States
Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)
1959 | Australia
Linda Marrinon
1952 | Australia
Mandy Martin
1943 | Argentina
Marta Minujín
1943 | Argentina
Marta Minujín
1967 | Japan
Miwa Yanagi
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1967 | United Kingdom
Sarah Morris
1956 | United States
Cady Noland
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1969 | Hong Kong
MAN Phoebe Ching Ying
1969 | Hong Kong
MAN Phoebe Ching Ying
1969 | Hong Kong
MAN Phoebe Ching Ying
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1967 | Lithuania
Eglė Rakauskaitė (Egle Rake)
1930 — 2024 | United States
Faith Ringgold
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1951 | Iceland
Rúrí
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1931 | Zambia
Denise Scott Brown
1931 | Zambia
Denise Scott Brown
1931 | Zambia
Denise Scott Brown
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1951 | États-Unis
Cindy Sherman
1940 — 2025 | United States
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
1971 | United States
Shinique Smith
1969 | United States
Sarah Sze
1961 | China
Lin Tianmiao
1961 | China
Lin Tianmiao
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1927 — Italy | 1995 — Venezuela
Tecla Tofano
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1971 | France
Joana Vasconcelos
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1905 — 1986 | United States
May Wilson
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1970 — 2014 | Singapour
Juliana Yasin
1970 — 2014 | Singapour
Juliana Yasin
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
1941 | Czech Republic
Jana Želibská
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