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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1336
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Academic art
10
Conceptual art
79
Naïve art
12
Bauhaus
11
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fauvism
5
Hyperrealism
5
Impressionism
11
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
New Objectivity
13
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Realism
36
Surrealism
53
[Artist collectives]
118
Subjects
Abstraction
349
Adolescence
11
Allegory
108
Animals
167
Architecture
126
Autobiography
127
Self-portrait
179
Body positivity
11
Political issues
362
Social classes
86
Women's status
306
Consumerism
87
Human body
425
Cosmos
45
Colour
215
Dance
80
Discriminations
154
Documentary
123
Ecology
78
Writing
165
Childhood
111
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
86
Feminism
301
Party & nightlife
37
Gender fluidity
20
Geometry
151
War & conflicts
147
History
271
Art history & museum
67
Identity
206
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Games & toys
15
Language
90
Light
83
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Media
64
Memory
203
Human migration
98
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
64
Myths, tales & legends
95
Nation
54
Nature
246
Still life
152
Food
20
Nude
155
Landscape
294
Urban landscape
153
Spatial perception
24
Visual perception
44
Portrait
416
Postcolonialism
102
Advertisement
49
Queer
27
Racism
71
Romantic relationships
45
Religion & spirituality
189
Domestic scene
110
Science
50
Sexuality
130
Entertainment
57
Time
29
Traditions
231
Work
81
Drag
28
Vegetal
161
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Decor
59
Stained glass
16
Graphic arts
783
Poster
36
Watercolour
185
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
514
Engraving & etching
227
Illustration
98
Artist book
84
Pastel & wax
108
Journal
26
Screen printing
71
Audiovisual
348
Film
126
Digital
54
Sound
77
Video
241
Installation
484
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
226
Environment
136
Light installation
45
[Modes]
125
Site-specific
110
Monumental
128
Painting
787
Acrylic
162
Mural
35
Gouache
96
Oil
453
Tempera
30
Performance
230
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Digital photography
96
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
438
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
45
Plaster
79
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
60
Countries
Africa
91
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Egypt
13
Kenya
3
Mozambique
2
Nigeria
15
Uganda
3
Central America and the Caribbean
39
Curaçao
3
Guatemala
4
Haiti
5
North America
369
Canada
25
United States
322
Mexico
31
South America
102
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Colombia
7
Guyana
2
Peru
7
Uruguay
5
Asia
179
China
27
India
15
Japan
54
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
5
Vietnam
5
Europe
750
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Finland
5
France
368
Hungary
39
Italy
51
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
United Kingdom
100
Slovakia
3
Sweden
9
Switzerland
35
Ukraine
12
Middle East
103
Israel
51
Oceania
46
Australia
36
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
1760s
13
1770s
14
1780s
11
1790s
11
19th century
83
1880s
35
1890s
61
20th century
1217
1900s
90
1910s
145
1920s
217
1930s
277
1940s
301
1950s
376
1960s
499
1970s
599
1980s
699
1990s
836
21st century
793
2000s
793
2010s
707
2020s
514
Programmes
— + 1
23
— Amazons of Pop, 1961–73
13
— Women Artists of the 1960s in Africa
17
— 18th-Century Women Artists
25
— Southeast Asian Women Artists
20
— Women Artists in Japan, 19th–21st c.
27
— Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–85
13
— AWARE & MACBA
7
— AWARE x Canada
9
— AWARE x Musée d’Orsay
36
— Women in Abstraction
31
— Le Louvre & AWARE
8
— New Media, 1960s-1990s
9
— Netherlands–Caribbean, 19th–21st c.
12
— Rewriting Art History in the Americas
46
— Season Africa2020
23
— TEAM: Teaching, E-learning, Agency, Mentoring
167
The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
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1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1972 | Israel
Hannan Abu-Hussein
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1937 — 2020 | United States
Emma Amos
1944 | France
Thérèse Ampe-Jonas
1939 | France
Raymonde Arcier
1969 | Hungary
Emese Benczúr
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1904 — 1991 | Slovakia
Irén Blüh (Irena Blühova)
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1927 — 2014 | Spain
Esther Boix
1874 — 1948 | United States
Fra Broadwell Dinwiddie Dana
1874 — 1948 | United States
Fra Broadwell Dinwiddie Dana
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1965 | Colombia
Johanna Calle
1965 | Colombia
Johanna Calle
1749 — 1808 | Netherlands
Christina Chalon
1939 | United States
Judy Chicago
1939 | United States
Judy Chicago
1958 — 2005 | Guatemala
Rosa Elena Curruchich
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1861 — Finland | 1919 — Italy
Elin Danielson-Gambogi
1956 | Croatia
Vlasta Delimar
1859 — 1935 | France
Virginie Demont-Breton
1888 — 1973 | Sweden
Siri Derkert
1888 — 1973 | Sweden
Siri Derkert
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel
Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1939 — 2020 | Algeria
Leila Ferhat
1948 | Brazil
Sonia Gomes
1948 | Brazil
Sonia Gomes
1948 | Brazil
Sonia Gomes
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1948 | Israel
Haya Graetz-Ran
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1944 | Germany
Janina Green
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1945 — 2025 | Norway
Elisabeth Astrup Haarr
1944 | United States
Harmony Hammond
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1956 — 2008 | Colombia
María Teresa Hincapié
1956 — 2008 | Colombia
María Teresa Hincapié
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1869 — New Zealand | 1947 — United Kingdom
Frances Hodgkins
1966 | People’s Republic of China
Yu Hong
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England
Alexis Hunter
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1936 — 1997 | Nigeria
Josephine Ifueko Omigie
1949 — 2003 | Austria
Birgit Jürgenssen
1928 — Kenya | 2021 — Ireland
Rosemary Namuli Karuga
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1856 — 1942 | United States
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1856 — 1942 | United States
Anna Elizabeth Klumpke
1944 | United States
Kay Kurt
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1925 — 1984 | Nigeria
Ladi Kwali
1886 — 1973 | South Africa
Maggie Laubser
1914 — 2012 | Philippines
Anita Magsaysay-Ho
1935 | South Africa
Esther Mahlangu
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1974 | Guatemala
Sandra Monterroso
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1908 — Ottoman Empire (today North Macedonia) | 1996 — Bulgaria
Vera Todorova Nedkova
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1921 — 2007 | France
Janine Niépce
1966 | South Africa
Ntombephi « Induna » Ntobela
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1950 | Kenya
Magdalene Odundo
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1970 | United States
Wura-Natasha Ogunji
1946 | Spain
Isabel Oliver Cuevas
1906 — 1985 | Canada
Jessie Oonark
1964 | France
Florence Paradeis
1967 | Brésil
Rosana Paulino
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom
Suzanne Perlman
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic
Naděžda Plíšková
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1983 — 1993 | Mexico
Polvo de Gallina Negra
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1901 — Chili | 1972 — Chile
Laura Rodig Pizarro
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1943 | United States
Martha Rosler
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1894 — Sweden | 1970 — Norway
Hannah Ryggen
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1945 | Mozambique
Reinata Sadimba
1951 | États-Unis
Cindy Sherman
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1961 | India
Dayanita Singh
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France
Luce Turnier
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1963 | Spain
Eulàlia Valldosera
1971 | France
Joana Vasconcelos
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1954 | United Kingdom
Prue Venables
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1876 — 1918 | Spain
Lluïsa Vidal i Puig
1895 — 1960 | Uruguay
Petrona Viera
1967 | United States
Marie Watt
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1860 — Russia | 1938 — Switzerland
Marianne von Werefkin
1954 | United States
Sue Williams
1954 | United States
Sue Williams
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
1949 | East Germany
Doris Ziegler
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