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Fields
Architecture
9
Decorative arts & design
3
Visual arts
1442
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
45
Lyrical abstraction
22
Conceptual art
85
Context art
12
Body art
11
Naïve art
12
Digital art
18
Bauhaus
13
Artist collective
11
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Cubo-futurism
9
Abstract expressionism
44
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Land art
12
Mail art
12
Member of a collective
112
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
New Objectivity
14
Neues Sehen
11
Op art
5
Straight photography
12
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Primitivism
6
Suprematism
6
Surrealism
55
Subjects
Abstraction
372
Adolescence
11
Allegory
132
Animals
181
Architecture
140
Archives
4
Autobiography
135
Self-portrait
199
Body positivity
14
Political issues
398
Social classes
108
Women's status
334
Consumerism
93
Human body
469
Cosmos
56
Colour
232
Dance
81
Discriminations
162
Documentary
138
Ecology
88
Writing
178
Childhood
119
Eroticism
83
Public space
101
Fantasy & dreams
87
Feminism
318
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
Games & toys
18
Language
90
Light
88
Machine & technology
36
Magic & esotericism
9
Disease
45
Mannequins & dolls
42
Maternity
120
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
217
Human migration
104
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
Advertisement
51
Queer
28
Racism
75
Romantic relationships
47
Religion & spirituality
205
Domestic scene
117
Science
55
Sexuality
135
Entertainment
58
Surveillance
5
Time
30
Traditions
244
Work
86
Domestic work
86
Drag
28
Vegetal
180
Everyday life
303
Aging
35
Violence
148
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
17
Travel
80
Mediums
Objects
224
Jewellery
15
Ceramic
86
Furniture
21
Fashion
13
Graphic arts
833
Poster
38
Watercolour
195
Collage
211
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
547
Engraving & etching
234
Illustration
106
Pastel & wax
111
Journal
26
Screen printing
76
Performing arts
36
Costume
39
Set design
61
Dolls & puppets
11
Audiovisual
363
Film
132
Digital
58
Sound
81
Video
254
Concepts
28
Curating
11
Conceptual practices (instructions…)
10
Space & installation
523
Accumulation
98
Assemblage
248
Environment
146
Light installation
48
Mosaic
20
Stained glass
18
[Modes]
136
Ephemeral
30
Site-specific
119
Monumental
133
Painting
862
Acrylic
170
Gouache
100
Oil
502
Tempera
34
Performance
246
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
Marble
29
Metal
140
Paper & cardboard
26
Plastic
48
Plaster
84
Resin
33
Clay
99
Glass
26
Textile
212
Embroidery
75
Sewing
39
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
66
Countries
Africa
102
Egypt
14
Ghana
5
Uganda
3
Central America and the Caribbean
42
Costa Rica
2
Panama
1
North America
387
Canada
26
United States
339
Mexico
32
South America
108
Argentina
31
Brazil
30
Guyana
2
Asia
212
South Korea
8
India
17
Japan
69
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Singapore
8
Europe
811
Albania
1
Germany
116
Austria
20
Belgium
21
Denmark
23
Spain
40
Estonia
16
France
389
Hungary
41
Italy
61
Lithuania
7
Poland
31
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
13
Romania
9
United Kingdom
106
Switzerland
37
Ukraine
13
Middle East
110
Israel
51
Syria
4
Oceania
49
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
4
17th century
8
18th century
25
1720s
4
1730s
6
1740s
8
19th century
103
20th century
1302
1910s
160
1920s
232
1930s
293
1940s
317
1950s
396
1960s
538
1970s
640
1980s
746
1990s
894
21st century
851
2000s
850
2010s
756
2020s
556
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.
1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France
Eva Aeppli
1933 — 2001 | Argentina
Alicia d’ Amico
1944 | France
Thérèse Ampe-Jonas
1929 — 2023 | United States
Ida Applebroog
1959 | Japan
Asako Narahashi
1940 — 2015 | Spain
Elena Asins
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1957 | Israel
Judith Bartolani
1936 | France
Sophie Bassouls
1879 — 1961 | United Kingdom
Vanessa Bell
1899 — Germany | 1998 — United States
Ilse Bing
1699 — Scotland | 1758 — Great Britain
Elizabeth Blackwell
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1946 | Egypt
Anna Boghiguian
1969 | Austria
Barbara Breitenfellner
1894 — France | 1954 — Jersey
Claude Cahun
1953 | France
Sophie Calle
1942 | France
Béatrice Casadesus
1930 — 2022 | Portugal
Lourdes Castro
1951 — South Korea | 1982 — United States
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1973 | France
Anne-Lise Coste (Uruk)
1964 | France
Dominique De Beir
1931 | Hungary
Ágnes Dénes
1940 — 2012 | Argentina
Mirtha Dermisache
1974 | France
documentation céline duval (doc-cd)
1933 — 2021 | United States
Mary Beth Edelson
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1963 | United Kingdom
Tracey Emin
1893 — Russia | 1937 — Kazakhstan
Vera Ermolaeva
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1960 | Russia
Olga Florenskaïa
1924 — Czech Republic | 2006 — France
Ruth Francken
1959 | Argentina
Mónica Giron
1909 — 1976 | France
Roberta González
1946 | Spain
Eulàlia Grau
1954 | Israel
Michal Heiman
1938 — 2014 | United States
Nancy Holt
1887 — 1968 | France
Valentine Hugo
1933 — United States | 2022 — Germany
Dorothy Iannone
1941 | Spain
Concha Jerez
1964 | Bulgaria
Liz Johnson Artur
1933 | United States
Alison Knowles
1944 | Morocco
Joëlle de La Casinière
1956 | Mexico
Magali (Margarita Rosa) Lara (Zavala)
1961 | United States
Zoe Leonard
1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom
Kim Lim
1964 | Israel
Hila Lulu Lin Farah Kufer Birim
1957 | Philippines
Lani Maestro
1934 — 1999 | Uganda
Estelle Betty Manyolo Sangowawa
1933 | Italy
Lucia Marcucci
1928 | Hungary
Anna Mark
1943 — 2014 | United States
Rosemary Mayer
1900 — Latvia | 1975 — Estonia
Natalie Mei
1895 — Latvia | 1969 — Estonia
Kristine Mei
1943 | France
Annette Messager
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1960 | Brazil
Beatriz Milhazes
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1956 | Syria
Laila Muraywid
1957 | France
Marylène Negro
1910 — 2005 | France
Aurélie Nemours
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1927 — 2004 | Brazil
Lygia Pape
1967 | Brésil
Rosana Paulino
1964 | France
Françoise Pétrovitch
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1961 | France
Françoise Quardon
2014 | France
Rester. Étranger
1918 — South Korea | 2009 — France
Seund Ja Rhee
1972 | Japan
Rinko Kawauchi
1962 | Switzerland
Pipilotti Rist
1949 | France
Sophie Ristelhueber
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1913 — Nowadays Ukraine | 2004 — Poland
Erna Rosenstein
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany
Takako Saito
1917 — Germany | 1943 — Poland
Charlotte Salomon
1945 | India
Nilima Sheikh
1959 | Japan
Yoshiko Shimada
1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania
Veronika Šleivytė
1894 — Lithuania | 1958 — Russia
Varvara Stepanova
1973 | United Kingdom
Clare Strand
1940 | Japan
Tokuko Ushioda
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1968 | Albania
Ornela Vorpsi
1958 — 1981 | United States
Francesca Woodman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1897 — Poland | 1949 — United States
Teresa Żarnowerówna (Teresa Żarnower)
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