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Fields
Architecture
9
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1441
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Kinetic art
14
Conceptual art
85
Context art
12
Body art
11
Digital art
18
Artist collective
11
Institutional critique
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Land art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Straight photography
12
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Realism
37
Socialist Realism
8
Harlem Renaissance
4
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Adolescence
11
Allegory
132
Animals
181
Architecture
140
Archives
4
Autobiography
135
Self-portrait
198
Body positivity
14
Political issues
397
Social classes
107
Women's status
333
Consumerism
93
Human body
468
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
80
Discriminations
162
Documentary
137
Ecology
88
Writing
178
Childhood
119
Eroticism
83
Public space
101
Fantasy & dreams
87
Feminism
317
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geography
17
Geometry
158
War & conflicts
158
History
293
Art history & museum
76
Homophobia
14
Identity
225
Industry
32
Intimacy
118
Irony
65
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
36
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
120
Media
64
Memory
217
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
74
Music
66
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
281
Still life
160
Food
22
Nude
167
Landscape
320
Urban landscape
167
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
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
244
Work
86
Domestic work
85
Drag
28
Vegetal
180
Everyday life
303
Aging
34
Violence
148
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
224
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
86
Graphic arts
833
Poster
38
Watercolour
195
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
547
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
Artist book
90
Pastel & wax
111
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
35
Costume
39
Set design
60
Dolls & puppets
11
Audiovisual
362
Film
132
Digital
58
Sound
81
Video
253
Concepts
28
Curating
11
Critical writing
12
Space & installation
522
Accumulation
98
Architecture
11
Assemblage
247
Environment
145
Light installation
48
[Modes]
136
Ephemeral
30
Site-specific
119
Monumental
133
Painting
862
Acrylic
170
Mural
42
Gouache
100
Oil
502
Tempera
34
Performance
245
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
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Stone
48
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Clay
99
Glass
26
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Sewing
39
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
102
South Africa
13
Algeria
12
Benin
1
Egypt
14
Gabon
1
Ghana
5
Morocco
4
Nigeria
18
Senegal
4
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
9
Zimbabwe
3
Central America and the Caribbean
42
France (Antilles)
7
Cuba
11
Haiti
6
Trinidad and Tobago
1
North America
387
Canada
26
United States
339
Mexico
32
South America
108
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Guyana
2
Peru
7
Asia
212
Burma
2
China
27
South Korea
8
India
17
Japan
69
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Taiwan
4
Vietnam
8
Europe
810
Albania
1
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Denmark
23
France
388
Ireland
5
Italy
60
Lithuania
7
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
Czech Republic
13
Romania
9
United Kingdom
106
Switzerland
37
Middle East
110
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
Irak
5
Iran
6
Israel
51
Kuwait
1
Lebanon
22
Palestine
15
Syria
4
Turkey
19
Oceania
49
Australia
39
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
19th century
103
1880s
45
1890s
73
20th century
1301
1900s
102
1920s
232
1930s
293
1940s
317
1950s
396
1960s
538
1970s
640
1980s
745
1990s
893
21st century
850
2000s
849
2010s
755
2020s
555
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.
1946 — Philippines | 2004 — Singapore
Pacita Abad
1972 | Israel
Raida Adon
1935 — Mandatory Palestine | 2016 — United Kingdom
Maliheh Afnan
1959 — 2018 | United States
Laura Aguilar
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Syria
Hala Alabdalla
1973 | Iraq
Sama Alshaibi
1967 | Bosnia-Herzegovina
Maja Bajević
1963 | India
Rina Banerjee
1952 | Philippines
Genara Fernandez Banzon
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1959 | Zimbabwe
Berry Bickle
1955 | Switzerland
Ursula Biemann
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1969 | Netherlands
Sara Blokland
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1952 | United States
Elenora “Rukiya” Brown
1949 | Philippines
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya
1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico
Elizabeth Catlett
1951 — South Korea | 1982 — United States
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1955 — Tunisia | 2018 — Switzerland
Fatma Charfi
1924 — China | 2011 — Australia
Irene Chou
1969 | Vietnam
Tiffany Chung
1957 | Australia
Destiny Deacon
1960 | United Kingdom
Ndidi Dike
1958 | Nigeria
Sokari Douglas Camp
1942 | Argentina
Diana Dowek
1958 | India
Anita Dube
1973 | Denmark
Jeannette Ehlers
1969 | Myanmar
Chaw Ei Thein
1934 — 2010 | Mexico
Helen Escobedo
1956 | Morocco
Lalla Essaydi
1963 | Nigeria
Mary Evans
1942 | Syria
Simone Fattal
1955 — Iran | 1996 — France
Chohreh Feyzdjou
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1958 | Argentina
Ana Gallardo
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1908 — Germany | 1994 — Israel
Liselotte Grschebina
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1937 — India | 2020 — United Kingdom
Zarina Hashmi (dite Zarina)
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
? | Japan
Hiroko Inoue
1973 | Lebanon
Lina Jabbour
1964 | Martinique, France
Valérie John
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1946 | Turkey
Gülsün Karamustafa
1974 — 2012 | Egypt
Amal Kenawy
1957 | South Korea
Kimsooja
1945 | United States
Suzanne Lacy
1895 — 1965 | United States
Dorothea Lange
1951 | Philippines
Ileana Lee
1949 — United States | 2004 — Israel
Pamela Levy
1948 — China | 2021 — United States
Hung Liu
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1975 | Vietnam
Ly Hoàng Ly
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1952 | Australia
Mandy Martin
1964 | Lebanon
Rania Matar
1964 | Gabon
Myriam Mihindou
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1962 | Turkey
Şükran Moral
1973 | United Kingdom
Rosalind Nashashibi
1957 | Iran
Shirin Neshat
1966 | United Kingdom
Lucy Orta
1967 | Brésil
Rosana Paulino
1954 | Vietnam
Hanh Thi Pham
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1834 — 1910 | United States
Harriet Powers
1958 | Ireland
Kathy Prendergast
1965 | Haiti
Barbara Prézeau Stephenson
1961 | South Africa
Jo Ractliffe
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1967 | Lithuania
Eglė Rakauskaitė (Egle Rake)
2014 | France
Rester. Étranger
1972 | Bulgaria
Boryana Rossa
1948 — Lebanon | 2019 — France
Jocelyne Saab
1926 | United States
Betye Saar
1963 | France
Zineb Sedira
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1959 | China
Shen Yuan
1933 — 2013 | Austria
Ceija Stojka
1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom
Maud Sulter
1966 | Indonesia
Fiona Tan
1956 | United States
Nomi Tannhauser
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1961 | China
Lin Tianmiao
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1882 — 1934 | United States
Doris Ulmann
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1968 | Albania
Ornela Vorpsi
1963 | China
Yin Xiuzhen
1938 | Egypt
Nil Yalter
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1941 | Czech Republic
Jana Želibská
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