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Fields
Architecture
1
Visual arts
1335
Design
3
Artistic Movements
Geometric abstraction
44
Lyrical abstraction
21
Viennese Actionism
2
Appropriationism
5
Kinetic art
12
Conceptual art
79
Body art
11
Arte povera
2
Fluxus
8
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Pictorialism
9
Pop art
46
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Surrealism
52
[Artist collectives]
118
Subjects
Abstraction
348
Adolescence
11
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
Homophobia
14
Identity
206
Industry
31
Intimacy
103
Irony
60
Language
90
Light
83
Machine & technology
33
Magic & esotericism
8
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
Sex positivity
15
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
Lesbian visibility
27
Trans visibility
16
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Jewellery & silverware
20
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
Mosaic
17
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
Digital
54
Sound
77
Video
241
Installation
484
Accumulation
87
Assemblage
226
Environment
136
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
Photojournalism
37
Photomontage
72
Historical techniques
28
Sculpture
438
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
Stone
45
Plastic
47
Plaster
79
Resin
32
Clay
96
Glass
27
Textile
210
Embroidery
74
Sewing
46
Crochet & knitting
9
Weaving
60
Countries
Africa
91
Algeria
12
Morocco
4
Tunisia
7
Central America and the Caribbean
39
Costa Rica
2
Cuba
10
Panama
1
North America
369
Canada
25
United States
322
Mexico
31
South America
102
Argentina
31
Brazil
29
Chile
8
Colombia
7
Guyana
2
Peru
7
Suriname
6
Uruguay
5
Asia
179
China
27
South Korea
8
India
15
Japan
54
Uzbekistan
2
Pakistan
3
Philippines
10
Russia
33
Taiwan
3
Vietnam
5
Europe
750
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
Bulgaria
8
Croatia
10
Denmark
12
Spain
40
Finland
5
France
368
Greece
5
Hungary
39
Ireland
5
Iceland
3
Italy
51
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
100
Serbia
4
Switzerland
35
Middle East
102
Iran
6
Israel
51
Lebanon
19
Palestine
12
Turkey
19
Oceania
46
Australia
36
New Zealand
11
Periods of
activity
XVIe siècle
1
17th century
3
18th century
20
19th century
83
20th century
1216
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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1946 | Serbia
Marina Abramović
1946 | Serbia
Marina Abramović
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1944 | Denmark
Lene Adler Petersen
1972 | Israel
Raida Adon
1972 | Israel
Raida Adon
1972 | Israel
Raida Adon
1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1959 | Finland
Eija-Liisa Ahtila
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France
Chantal Akerman
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1969 | Russia
Louisa Babari
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1943 | Spain
Eugènia Balcells
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1971 | France
Yto Barrada
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1937 | Algeria
Martine Barrat
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1970 | France
Virginie Barré
1957 | Israel
Judith Bartolani
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1967 | Israel
Aya Ben Ron
1943 | Austria
Renate Bertlmann
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1962 | India
Sutapa Biswas
1961 — 1995 | France
Sylvia Bossu
1961 — 1995 | France
Sylvia Bossu
1926 — 2018 | Romania
Geta Brătescu
1926 — 2018 | Romania
Geta Brătescu
1933 — Colombia | 1982 — France
Feliza Bursztyn
1933 — Colombia | 1982 — France
Feliza Bursztyn
1933 — Colombia | 1982 — France
Feliza Bursztyn
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1969 | United States
Nao Bustamante
1955 | Canada
Geneviève Cadieux
1955 | Canada
Geneviève Cadieux
1949 | Switzerland
Miriam Cahn
1970 | Turkey
CANAN (Şenol)
1951 — South Korea | 1982 — United States
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1951 — South Korea | 1982 — United States
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1951 — South Korea | 1982 — United States
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1957 | Tunisia
Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
0000 |
Céline Condorelli
1974 | France
Isabelle Cornaro
1974 | France
Isabelle Cornaro
1962 | Bosnia-Herzegovina
Danica Dakić
1962 | Bosnia-Herzegovina
Danica Dakić
1962 | Bosnia-Herzegovina
Danica Dakić
1941 | Belgium
Lili Dujourie
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1942 | Panama
Sandra Eleta
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1961 | China
PAU Ellen
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1932 | Italy
Giosetta Fioroni
1973 | France
Maïder Fortuné
1973 | France
Maïder Fortuné
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1960 | United States
Coco Fusco
1933 | Brazil
Anna Bella Geiger
1965 | France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
1965 | France
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1939 — 1995 | United States
Nancy Graves
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1959 | Mexico
Silvia Gruner
1929 — 2018 | United States
Marcia Hafif
1929 — 2018 | United States
Marcia Hafif
1929 — 2018 | United States
Marcia Hafif
1939 — 2019 | United States
Barbara Hammer
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
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany
Nan Hoover
1966 | Ireland
Jaki Irvine
1971 | Uzbekistan
Anna Ivanova
1949 | Croatia
Sanja Iveković
1973 | Lebanon
Lina Jabbour
1973 | Lebanon
Lina Jabbour
1973 | Lebanon
Lina Jabbour
1970 | Netherlands
Deborah Jack
1970 | Netherlands
Deborah Jack
1970 | Netherlands
Deborah Jack
1936 | United States
Joan Jonas
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1972 | Lebanon
Lamia Joreige
1966 | Netherlands
Patricia Kaersenhout
1966 | Netherlands
Patricia Kaersenhout
1973 | France
Katia Kameli
1973 | France
Katia Kameli
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1941 | United States
Mary Kelly
1947 — Egypt - Greece | 2014 — France
Klonaris/Thomadaki
1947 — Egypt - Greece | 2014 — France
Klonaris/Thomadaki
1947 | Poland
Zofia Kulik
1944 | Morocco
Joëlle de La Casinière
1973 | France
Emmanuelle Lainé
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1955 | Argentina
Adriana Lestido
1913 — 2009 | United States
Helen Levitt
1937 — 2022 | Poland
Natalia LL
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1964 | United States
Sharon Lockhart
1941 | Pérou
Rose Lowder
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1962 — 2023 | Taiwan
HOU Lulu Shur-tzy
1957 | Philippines
Lani Maestro
1957 | Philippines
Lani Maestro
1957 | Philippines
Lani Maestro
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1926 — 2009 | United States
Vivian Maier
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1940 | Japan
Mako Idemitsu
1937 | Hungary
Dóra Maurer
1909 — 1970 | United States
Marie Menken
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1946 | Romania
Wanda Mihuleac
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1953 | South Korea
Yong Soon Min
1960 | Australia
Tracey Moffatt
1941 | France
Sarah Moon
1967 | United Kingdom
Sarah Morris
1957 | Iran
Shirin Neshat
1957 | Iran
Shirin Neshat
1973 | Vietnam
Trinh Thi Nguyen
1973 | Vietnam
Trinh Thi Nguyen
1948 | Republic of Korea
Okhi Han
1948 | Republic of Korea
Okhi Han
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1933 | Japan
Yoko Ono
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1965 | Spain
Mabel Palacín
1965 — 1991 | Mexico
Elvira Palafox Herrán
1945 | Greece
Leda Papaconstantinou
1945 | Greece
Leda Papaconstantinou
1927 — 2004 | Brazil
Lygia Pape
1945 | Poland
Ewa Partum
1945 | Poland
Ewa Partum
1965 | Sierra Leone
Patricia Piccinini
1965 | Sierra Leone
Patricia Piccinini
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1953 | Guyana
Ingrid Pollard
1934 | United-states
Yvonne Rainer
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1968 | Poland
Joanna Rajkowska
1964 | New Zealand
Lisa Reihana
1932 | Canada
Dorothea Rockburne
1932 | Canada
Dorothea Rockburne
1932 | Canada
Dorothea Rockburne
1938 — 2015 | Uruguay
Nelbia Romero
1938 — 2015 | Uruguay
Nelbia Romero
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1974 | Denmark
Pia Rönicke
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1941 | United States
Sheree Rose
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom
Monica Ross
1972 | Bulgaria
Boryana Rossa
1965 | Austria
Constanze Ruhm
1965 | Austria
Constanze Ruhm
1951 | Iceland
Rúrí
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
1922 — 2014 | Peru
Victoria Santa Cruz
1922 — 2014 | Peru
Victoria Santa Cruz
1941 | Germany
Deidi von Schaewen
1939 — 2019 | United States
Carolee Schneemann
1962 | France
Anne-Marie Schneider
1962 | France
Anne-Marie Schneider
1927 — 2019 | United States
Lillian Schwartz
1938 | Japan
Mieko Shiomi
1938 | Japan
Mieko Shiomi
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1969 | Pakistan
Shahzia Sikander
1939 | Brazil
Regina Silveira
1939 | Brazil
Regina Silveira
1960 | United States
Lorna Simpson
1954 | United States
Annie Sprinkle (aka Ellen F. Steinberg)
1930 | United States
Sturtevant
1968 | United States
Catherine Sullivan
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic
Eva Švankmajerová
1966 | Indonesia
Fiona Tan
1966 | Indonesia
Fiona Tan
1966 | Indonesia
Fiona Tan
1962 | France
Agnès Thurnauer
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1973 | Brazil
Clarissa Tossin
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1952 | Vietnam
Trinh T. Minh-ha
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1952 | Germany
Rosemarie Trockel
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1940 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1940 | Austria
VALIE EXPORT
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France
Agnès Varda
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1974 | France
Marie Voignier
1961 | Australia
Lynette Wallworth
1930 — 1998 | Canada
Joyce Wieland
1963 | Israel
Lee Yanor
1963 | Israel
Lee Yanor
1963 | Israel
Lee Yanor
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
1972 | Israel
Rona Yefman
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