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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1335
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
12
Conceptual art
79
Body art
11
Expressionism
36
Fluxus
8
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Surrealism
52
[Artist collectives]
118
Subjects
Abstraction
348
Allegory
108
Animals
166
Architecture
126
Autobiography
127
Self-portrait
179
Body positivity
11
Political issues
362
Social classes
86
Women's status
306
Consumerism
87
Human body
424
Cosmos
45
Colour
214
Dance
80
Discriminations
154
Documentary
123
Ecology
78
Writing
165
Childhood
111
Eroticism
76
Public space
85
Fantasy & dreams
85
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
Machine & technology
33
Disease
44
Mannequins & dolls
41
Maternity
113
Mathematics
10
Media
64
Memory
203
Human migration
98
Fashion & clothing
66
Modernity
34
Death
72
Music
64
Myths, tales & legends
95
Nation
54
Nature
245
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
188
Domestic scene
110
Science
50
Sexuality
129
Entertainment
57
Sport
15
Time
29
Traditions
231
Work
81
Domestic work
80
Drag
28
Vegetal
161
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Furniture
19
Mosaic
17
Stained glass
16
Graphic arts
782
Poster
36
Watercolour
185
Collage
204
Drawing (ink, pencil…)
513
Engraving & etching
226
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
Light installation
45
[Modes]
125
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
128
Painting
786
Acrylic
162
Mural
35
Gouache
96
Oil
452
Tempera
30
Performance
230
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Digital photography
96
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
438
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Sewing
46
Weaving
60
Countries
Africa
91
South Africa
12
Algeria
12
Benin
1
Nigeria
15
Senegal
4
Central America and the Caribbean
39
Cuba
10
Jamaica
4
North America
369
Canada
25
United States
322
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Colombia
7
Peru
7
Asia
179
China
27
South Korea
8
India
15
Indonesia
8
Japan
54
Pakistan
3
Philippines
10
Singapore
5
Taiwan
3
Thailand
4
Europe
750
Germany
113
Belgium
20
Croatia
10
Spain
40
France
368
Greece
5
Hungary
39
Ireland
5
Iceland
3
Italy
51
Lithuania
7
North Macedonia
4
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
100
Slovakia
3
Slovenia
1
Sweden
9
Switzerland
35
Middle East
102
Saudi Arabia
1
Israel
51
Palestine
12
Turkey
19
Oceania
46
Australia
36
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
19th century
83
20th century
1216
1920s
217
1930s
277
1940s
301
1950s
376
1960s
498
1970s
598
1980s
698
1990s
835
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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1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1930 — 2017 | Poland
Magdalena Abakanowicz
1950 | United States
Martine Aballéa
1924 — 2014 | Italy
Carla Accardi
1924 — 2014 | Italy
Carla Accardi
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1944 | France
Thérèse Ampe-Jonas
1946 | United States
Alice Aycock
1957 | France
Élisabeth Ballet
1952 | Philippines
Genara Fernandez Banzon
1952 | Philippines
Genara Fernandez Banzon
1952 | Philippines
Genara Fernandez Banzon
1953 | Brazil
Lenora de Barros
1958 | France
Cécile Bart
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1949 | Algeria
Samta Benyahia
1934 | Belgium
Marianne Berenhaut
1957 | Canada
Dominique Blain
1961 — 1995 | France
Sylvia Bossu
1961 — 1995 | France
Sylvia Bossu
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1911 — France | 2010 — United States
Louise Bourgeois
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1974 | Belgium
Aline Bouvy
1962 | United-Kingdom
Sonia Boyce
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1930 | Croatia (before Yugoslavia)
Jagoda Buić
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1933 — Colombia | 1982 — France
Feliza Bursztyn
1933 — Colombia | 1982 — France
Feliza Bursztyn
1933 — Colombia | 1982 — France
Feliza Bursztyn
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1939 — 2015 | United States
Rosemarie Castoro
1939 | United States
Judy Chicago
1939 | United States
Judy Chicago
1972 | Japan
Chiharu Shiota
1972 | Japan
Chiharu Shiota
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
0000 |
Céline Condorelli
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | Argentina
Nicola Costantino
1964 | France
Dominique De Beir
1964 | France
Dominique De Beir
1943 | France
Anne Deguelle
1943 | France
Anne Deguelle
1931 | Hungary
Ágnes Dénes
1960 | United Kingdom
Ndidi Dike
1960 | United Kingdom
Ndidi Dike
1958 | India
Anita Dube
1958 | India
Anita Dube
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1949 | Turkey
Ayşe Erkmen
1955 | Turkey
İnci Eviner
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1967 | Spain
Alicia Framis
1943 | France
Monique Frydman
1965 | Spain
Dora García
1965 | Spain
Dora García
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1933 | Brazil
Anna Bella Geiger
1973 | France
Agnès Geoffray
1973 | France
Agnès Geoffray
1973 | France
Agnès Geoffray
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1965 | France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
1965 | France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1965 | Australia
Julie Gough
1957 | India
Sheela Gowda
1957 | India
Sheela Gowda
1959 | United States
Renée Green
1960 | France
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
1960 | France
Marie-Ange Guilleminot
1971 | North Macedonia
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva
1956 | United States
Ann Hamilton
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1951 | Singapore
Amanda Heng
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom
Susan Hiller
1938 — 2014 | United States
Nancy Holt
1938 — 2014 | United States
Nancy Holt
1938 — 2014 | United States
Nancy Holt
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1956 | Spain
Cristina Iglesias
1969 | Hungary
Mariann Imre
1966 | Ireland
Jaki Irvine
1956 | Royaume-Uni
Ann Veronica Janssens
1956 | Royaume-Uni
Ann Veronica Janssens
1964 | France
Véronique Joumard
1936 | United States
Barbara Kasten
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States
Aleksandra Kasuba
1955 | United States
Karen Kilimnik
1942 | United States
Joyce Kozloff
1942 | United States
Joyce Kozloff
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1945 | United States
Suzanne Lacy
1973 | France
Emmanuelle Lainé
1967 | United States
Simone Leigh
1973 | Germany
Nadia Lichtig
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1952 | Sweden
Eva Löfdahl
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1940 | Romania
Ana Lupaș
1963 | Mexico
Teresa Margolles
1966 | Italia
Eva Marisaldi
1943 — 2014 | United-States of America
Rosemary Mayer
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1943 | Argentina
Marta Minujín
1943 | Argentina
Marta Minujín
1933 — 2000 | Japan
Miyori Hayashi
1960 | United Kingdom
Cathy de Monchaux
1949 — 2015 | India
Mrinalini Mukherjee
1926 — 2011 | Spain
Aurèlia Muñoz
1932 | Japan
Fujiko Nakaya
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1947 | Mandatory Palestine
Efrat Natan
1957 | France
Marylène Negro
1963 | Slovakia
Ilona Németh
1899 — Ukraine | 1988 — United States
Louise Nevelson
1899 — Ukraine | 1988 — United States
Louise Nevelson
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1938 | Turkey
Füsun Onur
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1932 — 2020 | Argentina
Margarita Paksa
1927 — 2004 | Brazil
Lygia Pape
1956 | United Kingdom
Cornelia Parker
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1946 | United Kingdom
Judy Pfaff
1971 | Italy
Paola Pivi
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1957 | Thaïlande
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
1957 | Thaïlande
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook
1961 | Japan
Rei Naito
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1972 — Switzerland | 1963 — Germany
Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz
1951 | Iceland
Rúrí
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1930 — France | 2002 — United States
Niki de Saint Phalle
1958 | Colombia
Doris Salcedo
1961 | Thailand
Pinaree Sanpitak
1961 | Thailand
Pinaree Sanpitak
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1965 | Israel
Miri Segal
1948 | Lithuania
Esther Shalev-Gerz
1948 | Lithuania
Esther Shalev-Gerz
1948 | Lithuania
Esther Shalev-Gerz
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1944 | Mandatory Palestine
Miriam Sharon
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1939 | Brazil
Regina Silveira
1939 | Brazil
Regina Silveira
1926 — 2014 | Czech Republic
Adriena Šimotová
1946 | United States
Sandy Skoglund
1946 | United States
Sandy Skoglund
1946 | Spain
Susana Solano
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1972 | Poland
Monika Sosnowska
1967 | Switzerland
Gerda Steiner
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1953 | Czech Republic
Jana Sterbak
1930 | United States
Sturtevant
1969 | United States
Sarah Sze
1932 — 2005 | Japan
Atsuko Tanaka
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1946 | Japan
Tsuneko Taniuchi
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1910 — 2012 | United States
Dorothea Tanning
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1973 | Netherland
Jennifer Tee
1961 | China
Lin Tianmiao
1961 | China
Lin Tianmiao
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1968 | Italy
Tatiana Trouvé
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1974 | Germany
Ulla von Brandenburg
1974 | Germany
Ulla von Brandenburg
1969 | United States
Kara Walker
1961 | Australia
Lynette Wallworth
1930 — 2005 | Belgium
Marthe Wéry
1941 | United Kingdom
Sue Williamson
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1967 — 2018 | China
CUI Xiuwen
1949 | Hong Kong
CHOI Yan-chi
1949 | Hong Kong
CHOI Yan-chi
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1971 | South Korea
Haegue Yang
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1965 | United States
Andrea Zittel
1964 | Palestine
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