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Fields
Architecture
10
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1444
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Outsider art
4
Kinetic art
14
Conceptual art
85
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Art nouveau
6
Digital art
18
Arte povera
2
Bauhaus
13
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Dada
6
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
44
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Impressionism
12
Land art
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
New Objectivity
14
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Rayonism
3
Realism
37
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Adolescence
11
Allegory
132
Animals
182
Architecture
140
Archives
4
Autobiography
135
Self-portrait
200
Political issues
399
Social classes
108
Women's status
334
Consumerism
94
Human body
470
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
162
Documentary
138
Ecology
89
Writing
178
Childhood
119
Eroticism
83
Public space
102
Fantasy & dreams
87
Feminism
318
Party & nightlife
37
Geography
18
Geometry
159
War & conflicts
158
History
293
Art history & museum
76
Homophobia
14
Identity
225
Industry
32
Intimacy
118
Irony
65
Games & toys
18
Language
90
Light
89
Machine & technology
36
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
120
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
217
Human migration
104
Fashion & clothing
68
Modernity
34
Death
74
Myths, tales & legends
102
Nation
56
Nature
283
Still life
161
Nude
167
Landscape
321
Urban landscape
168
Spatial perception
31
Visual perception
52
Portrait
454
Postcolonialism
110
Sex positivity
15
Advertisement
51
Queer
28
Racism
75
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
56
Sexuality
135
Entertainment
58
Sport
15
Time
30
Traditions
244
Work
86
Domestic work
86
Drag
28
Vegetal
181
Everyday life
303
Violence
148
Trans visibility
17
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
224
Ceramic
86
Fashion
13
Silverware
5
Graphic arts
835
Watercolour
195
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
549
Engraving & etching
235
Illustration
106
Artist book
91
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
36
Costume
39
Dance
8
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
11
Audiovisual
363
Film
132
Digital
58
Sound
81
Video
254
Concepts
29
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
10
Space & installation
524
Accumulation
98
Assemblage
248
Environment
147
Light installation
48
[Modes]
137
Ephemeral
30
Site-specific
119
Monumental
134
Painting
864
Acrylic
170
Mural
43
Gouache
100
Oil
503
Tempera
34
Performance
246
Photography
434
Analogue photography
250
Digital photography
101
Photojournalism
38
Photomontage
73
Sculpture
467
Cement & concrete
35
Wood
119
Bronze
99
Wax
18
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
100
Glass
26
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
102
Algeria
12
Egypt
14
Ghana
5
Nigeria
18
Tanzania
2
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Cuba
11
Curaçao
3
Jamaica
5
North America
388
Canada
26
United States
340
South America
108
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
214
China
27
India
17
Japan
70
Pakistan
4
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Europe
811
Germany
116
Spain
40
France
389
Hungary
41
Ireland
5
Italy
61
Luxembourg
5
Netherlands
34
Poland
31
Czech Republic
13
United Kingdom
106
Serbia
4
Switzerland
37
Middle East
110
Irak
5
Israel
51
Jordan
4
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
1860s
28
1870s
42
1880s
45
1890s
73
20th century
1305
1900s
102
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
293
1940s
317
1950s
398
1960s
540
1970s
642
1980s
749
1990s
897
21st century
853
2000s
852
2010s
757
2020s
557
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
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
5
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
14
— Les architectes
8
— 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.
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1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom
Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay
Rosa Acle
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1922 — 1997 | Pakistan
Zubeida Agha
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1935 | Mandatory Palestine
Tamam Al-Akhal
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1872 — 1938 | Switzerland
Alice Bailly
1872 — 1938 | Switzerland
Alice Bailly
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1931 — 1998 | Algeria
Baya
1844 — 1923 | France
Sarah Bernhardt
1928 — 2017 | France
Pierrette Bloch
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1942 — 2008 | Argentina
Mildred Burton
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1844 — United States | 1926 — France
Mary Cassatt
1899 — 1982 | France
Yvonne Chevalier
1941 — 2009 | Germany
Hanne Darboven
1941 — 2009 | Germany
Hanne Darboven
1959 | United States
Vaginal Davis
1955 | Turkey
İnci Eviner
1937 | Spain
Esther Ferrer
1937 | Spain
Esther Ferrer
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1895 — Poland | 1975 — France
Alice Halicka
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1966 | Ireland
Jaki Irvine
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1908 — Ukraine | 1958 — Poland
Maria Jarema
1922 — 2014 | Serbia
Olga Jevrić
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1898 — China | 1986 — Switzerland
Fang Junbi (Fan Tchun-pi)
1973 | France
Katia Kameli
1973 | France
Katia Kameli
1933 | United States
Alison Knowles
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States
Shigeko Kubota
1973 | Germany
Nadia Lichtig
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1912 — 1986 | Switzerland
Verena Loewensberg
1912 — Canada | 2004 — United States
Agnes Martin
1912 — Canada | 2004 — United States
Agnes Martin
1927 — Russia | 2008 — France
Lidia Masterkova
1927 — Russia | 2008 — France
Lidia Masterkova
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1926 — 2019 | Italy
Marisa Merz
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India
Nasreen Mohamedi
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1907 — 1975 | Germany
Hanna Nagel
1932 — 2016 | United States
Pauline Oliveros
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1886 — 1961 | Russia
Nadejda Oudaltsova
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1886 — 1952 | Russia
Véra Pestel
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany
Takako Saito
1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany
Takako Saito
1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany
Takako Saito
1917 — Germany | 1943 — Poland
Charlotte Salomon
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1933 — 1988 | Japan
Seiko Kanno
1938 | Japan
Mieko Shiomi
1938 | Japan
Mieko Shiomi
1901 — 1971 | Cuba
Loló Soldevilla
1901 — 1971 | Cuba
Loló Soldevilla
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1897 — Germany | 1983 — Switzerland
Gunta Stölzl
1960 | France
Nathalie Talec
1961 | Jamaica
Jasmine Thomas-Girvan
1968 | Italy
Tatiana Trouvé
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1973 | Luxembourg
Su-Mei Tse
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1967 | Nigeria
Fatimah Tuggar
1951 | United Kingdom
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby, dite)
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan
Madiha Umar
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1965 | Peru
Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe
1964 | Palestine
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