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Fields
Architecture
22
Decorative arts & design
12
Visual arts
1517
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
46
Lyrical abstraction
22
Academic art
10
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
15
Conceptual art
96
Context art
12
Body art
11
Art Deco
3
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
19
Postconceptual art
6
Arte povera
2
Bauhaus
14
Artist collective
17
Constructivism
19
Copy Art
1
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
37
Abstract expressionism
45
Fauvism
5
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
14
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Neues Sehen
11
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Primitivism
6
Purisme
2
Rayonism
3
Realism
38
Socialist Realism
9
Harlem Renaissance
4
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
56
Symbolism
14
Subjects
Abstraction
393
Adolescence
14
Allegory
150
Animals
200
Architecture
144
Archives
12
Autobiography
145
Self-portrait
210
Body positivity
16
Political issues
425
Social classes
125
Women's status
356
Consumerism
98
Human body
507
Cosmos
69
Colour
239
Dance
87
Discriminations
172
Documentary
149
Writing
189
Childhood
126
Eroticism
87
Public space
110
Fantasy & dreams
94
Feminism
341
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
21
Geography
22
Geometry
166
War & conflicts
166
History
312
Art history & museum
84
Homophobia
14
Identity
245
Industry
38
Intimacy
124
Irony
69
Games & toys
25
Language
94
Light
94
Machine & technology
41
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
48
Mannequins & dolls
46
Maternity
128
Mathematics
10
Media
66
Memory
234
Human migration
109
Fashion & clothing
71
Modernity
35
Death
80
Music
67
Myths, tales & legends
111
Nation
58
Nature
314
Still life
174
Food
26
Nude
180
Landscape
343
Urban landscape
181
Spatial perception
36
Visual perception
54
Portrait
476
Postcolonialism
119
Sex positivity
16
Advertisement
53
Queer
29
Racism
79
Romantic relationships
51
Religion & spirituality
212
Domestic scene
124
Science
59
Sexuality
139
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Surveillance
5
Time
33
Traditions
267
Work
90
Domestic work
94
Drag
28
Vegetal
197
Everyday life
322
Aging
37
Violence
155
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
83
Mediums
Objects
241
Jewellery
16
Ceramic
93
Medal
6
Furniture
29
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Glassware
3
Graphic arts
878
Poster
40
Watercolour
205
Collage
216
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
584
Engraving & etching
247
Illustration
112
Artist book
96
Pastel & wax
113
Journal
26
Screen printing
83
Performing arts
40
Costume
40
Dance
10
Set design
62
Dolls & puppets
13
Theater
2
Audiovisual
381
Film
138
Digital
62
Sound
85
Video
267
Concepts
43
Curating
12
Critical writing
19
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
20
Space & installation
570
Accumulation
110
Architecture
25
Interior design
10
Assemblage
269
Environment
155
Light installation
50
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
153
Ephemeral
33
Site-specific
130
Monumental
145
Painting
908
Acrylic
185
Mural
44
Gouache
101
Oil
534
Miniature
9
Tempera
35
Performance
255
Photography
446
Analogue photography
252
Digital photography
105
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
74
Historical techniques
31
Sculpture
491
Cement & concrete
37
Wood
127
Bronze
107
Wax
18
Marble
30
Metal
150
Paper & cardboard
27
Stone
50
Plastic
50
Plaster
86
Resin
35
Clay
104
Glass
30
Textile
227
Batik
1
Embroidery
82
Sewing
43
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
71
Countries
Africa
105
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Benin
1
Cameroon
1
Congo
1
Egypt
14
Ethiopia
3
Gabon
1
Ghana
5
Guinea-Bissau
1
Kenya
3
Madagascar
2
Morocco
5
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
19
Uganda
3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
France (Reunion)
3
Senegal
4
Sierra Leone
2
Soudan
1
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
9
Zambia
1
Zimbabwe
3
Central America and the Caribbean
43
France (Antilles)
7
Costa Rica
2
Cuba
11
Curaçao
3
Guatemala
4
Haiti
7
Jamaica
5
Nicaragua
1
Panama
1
Puerto Rico
2
Trinidad and Tobago
1
North America
407
Canada
28
United States
352
Greenland
2
Mexico
37
South America
117
Argentina
36
Bolivia
2
Brazil
31
Chile
10
Colombia
11
Ecuador
2
Guyana
2
France (French Guiana)
3
Paraguay
1
Peru
7
Suriname
6
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
6
Asia
231
Bangladesh
2
Burma
2
Cambodia
1
China
30
South Korea
9
India
18
Indonesia
14
Japan
71
Kazakhstan
5
Malaysia
7
Nepal
1
Uzbekistan
2
Pakistan
6
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Sri Lanka
1
Taiwan
6
Thailand
6
Vietnam
8
Europe
860
Albania
1
Germany
118
Austria
20
Belarus
3
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
10
Cyprus
1
Croatia
11
Denmark
25
Spain
43
Estonia
16
Finland
8
France
409
Georgia
1
Greece
5
Hungary
42
Ireland
6
Iceland
4
Italy
68
Latvia
3
Lithuania
7
Muxembourg
5
North Macedonia
4
Moldova
2
Norway
17
Netherlands
35
Poland
33
Portugal
9
Czech Republic
14
Romania
9
United Kingdom
110
Serbia
5
Slovakia
3
Slovenia
1
Sweden
15
Switzerland
38
Ukraine
15
Middle East
114
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Irak
5
Iran
6
Israel
51
Jordan
4
Kuwait
1
Lebanon
23
Palestine
17
Syria
4
Turkey
21
Oceania
52
Australia
41
New Zealand
12
Papua New Guinea
1
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
1540s
1
1550s
2
1560s
2
1570s
3
1580s
3
1590s
2
17th century
13
1600s
2
1610s
2
1620s
1
1630s
1
1640s
3
1650s
4
1660s
3
1670s
4
1680s
5
1690s
4
18th century
27
1710s
3
1720s
4
1730s
6
1740s
8
1750s
9
1760s
14
1770s
17
1780s
14
1790s
14
19th century
107
1800s
12
1810s
13
1820s
14
1830s
14
1840s
17
1850s
17
1860s
29
1870s
45
1880s
48
1890s
77
20th century
1373
1900s
108
1910s
166
1920s
240
1930s
310
1940s
336
1950s
422
1960s
568
1970s
680
1980s
792
1990s
948
21st century
900
2000s
900
2010s
800
2020s
597
Programmes
— + 1
31
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
22
— 18th-Century Women Artists
29
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
36
— 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
12
— Designers
6
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
17
— Les architectes
14
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
15
— 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
208
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1500 and 1976.
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1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1972 | Nigeria
Lucy Azubuike
1961 | Canada
Mary Anne Barkhouse
1961 | Canada
Mary Anne Barkhouse
1975 | Denmark
Nina Beier
1975 | Denmark
Nina Beier
1966 | Canada
Christi Belcourt
1941 | United States
Lynda Benglis
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1941 — 2010 | Germany
Sibylle Bergemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1945 | United States
Diane Burko
1966 | Zambia
Agnes Buya Yombwe
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1974 | Mexico
Tania Candiani
1936 | Belgium
Martine Canneel
1936 | Belgium
Martine Canneel
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1958 | Ethiopia
Sheba Chhachhi
1969 | Vietnam
Tiffany Chung
1969 | Vietnam
Tiffany Chung
1972 | France
Lucie ‘Ti’iwan’ Couchili
1965 | France
matali crasset (Nathalie Crasset, dite)
1965 | France
matali crasset (Nathalie Crasset, dite)
1956 | Ireland
Dorothy Cross
1956 | Ireland
Dorothy Cross
1931 | Hungary
Ágnes Dénes
1888 — 1973 | Sweden
Siri Derkert
1888 — 1973 | Sweden
Siri Derkert
1967 | Senegal
Fatou Kiné Diakhaté
1974 | France
documentation céline duval (doc-cd)
1974 | France
documentation céline duval (doc-cd)
1958 | Nigeria
Sokari Douglas Camp
1958 | Nigeria
Sokari Douglas Camp
1964 | Hungary
Ágnes Eperjesi
1934 — 2010 | Mexico
Helen Escobedo
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1971 | La Réunion, France
Florans Féliks-Waro
1971 | La Réunion, France
Florans Féliks-Waro
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1950 | Germany
Gloria Friedmann
1950 | Germany
Gloria Friedmann
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1971 | North Macedonia
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
1945 | United Kingdom
Maggi Hambling
1945 | United Kingdom
Maggi Hambling
1942 | Pakistan
Salima Hashmi
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States
Luchita Hurtado
1963 | New Zealand/Aotearoa
Lonnie Hutchinson
1963 | New Zealand/Aotearoa
Lonnie Hutchinson
1970 | Netherlands
Deborah Jack
1970 | Netherlands
Deborah Jack
1970 | Netherlands
Deborah Jack
1896 — Poland | 1990 — United States
Lotte Jacobi
1896 — Poland | 1990 — United States
Lotte Jacobi
1969 | Royaume-Uni
Bharti Kher
1969 | Royaume-Uni
Bharti Kher
1959 | Greenland
Jessie Kleemann
1959 | Greenland
Jessie Kleemann
1959 | Greenland
Jessie Kleemann
0000 — 0000 |
Susanna & Anna Lister
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1941 | Pérou
Rose Lowder
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1935 | Luxembourg
Berthe Lutgen
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
1957 | Taiwan
Wu Mali
1957 | Taiwan
Wu Mali
1971 | France
Gabrielle Manglou
1933 | Italy
Lucia Marcucci
1952 | Australia
Mandy Martin
1912 — 2000 | Japon
Toshi Maruki
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1960 | Argentina
Mónica Millán
1960 | Argentina
Mónica Millán
1960 | Argentina
Mónica Millán
1933 — 2000 | Japan
Miyori Hayashi
1960 | Myanmar
Phyu Mon
1960 | Myanmar
Phyu Mon
1960 | Myanmar
Phyu Mon
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1952 | Australia
Jill Orr
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
1965 | Sierra Leone
Patricia Piccinini
1965 | Sierra Leone
Patricia Piccinini
1953 | Argentina
Cristina Piffer
1965 | Sweden
Katarina Pirak Sikku
1965 | Sweden
Katarina Pirak Sikku
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1956 — 2020 | Madagascar
“Madame Zo” Zoarinivo Razakaratrimo
1949 | France
Sophie Ristelhueber
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1957 | France
Anne Rochette
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1933 — 2007 | Lithuania
Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė
1933 — 2007 | Lithuania
Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė
1951 | Iceland
Rúrí
1873 — 1966 | USA
Olive Rebecca Rush
1873 — 1966 | USA
Olive Rebecca Rush
1873 — 1966 | USA
Olive Rebecca Rush
1943 | Singapore
Han Sai Por
1943 | Singapore
Han Sai Por
1973 | Australia
Yhonnie Scarce
1973 | Australia
Yhonnie Scarce
1973 | Australia
Yhonnie Scarce
1947 — Yugoslavia | 2001 — Croatia
Edita Schubert
1947 — Yugoslavia | 2001 — Croatia
Edita Schubert
1947 — Yugoslavia | 2001 — Croatia
Edita Schubert
1961 — 2015 | Japan
Seiko Mikami
1961 — 2015 | Japan
Seiko Mikami
1969 | Estonia
Ene-Liis Semper
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1971 | Canada
Heather Shillinglaw
1940 — 2025 | United States
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
1954 | United States
Annie Sprinkle (aka Ellen F. Steinberg)
1967 | Switzerland
Gerda Steiner
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan
Mitsuko Tabe
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1961 | Australia
Lynette Wallworth
1937 | New Zealand
Marilynn Webb
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria
Susanne Wenger
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1957 | United States
Emmi Whitehorse
1930 — 1998 | Canada
Joyce Wieland
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1967 | People’s Republic of China
Danwen Xing
1963 | China
Yin Xiuzhen
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1941 | Czech Republic
Jana Želibská
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
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