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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
Postconceptual art
6
Constructivism
18
Cubism
30
Expressionism
36
Abstract expressionism
43
Fluxus
8
Futurism
9
Hyperrealism
5
Land art
10
Mail art
12
Minimalism
37
Neo-expressionism
6
Nouveau Réalisme
6
Op art
3
Pop art
46
Postimpressionism
14
Postminimalism
7
Postmodernism
8
Realism
36
Harlem Renaissance
4
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
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
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
Time
29
Traditions
231
Work
81
Domestic work
80
Drag
28
Vegetal
161
Everyday life
278
Old age
30
Violence
142
Lesbian visibility
27
Travel
77
Mediums
Applied arts
209
Ceramic
77
Costumes
37
Decor
59
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
Environment
136
Light installation
45
[Modes]
125
Ephemeral
26
Site-specific
110
Monumental
128
Painting
786
Mural
35
Gouache
96
Oil
452
Tempera
30
Performance
230
Photography
418
Analogue photography
239
Digital photography
96
Photomontage
72
Sculpture
438
Concrete & cement
32
Wood
111
Bronze
95
Wax
18
Marble
28
Metal
132
Paper & cardboard
25
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
Congo
1
Egypt
13
Morocco
4
Nigeria
15
Senegal
4
Tanzania
2
Tunisia
7
Zambia
1
Central America and the Caribbean
39
France (Antilles)
7
Cuba
10
Guatemala
4
Haiti
5
North America
369
Canada
25
United States
322
Greenland
2
South America
102
Argentina
31
Bolivia
2
Brazil
29
Chile
8
France (French Guiana)
2
Peru
7
Suriname
6
Uruguay
5
Venezuela
5
Asia
179
China
27
South Korea
8
India
15
Indonesia
8
Japan
54
Uzbekistan
2
Pakistan
3
Philippines
10
Thailand
4
Europe
750
Germany
113
Austria
18
Belgium
20
Denmark
12
Spain
40
France
368
Greece
5
Hungary
39
Italy
51
Norway
13
Netherlands
34
Poland
29
Portugal
8
Czech Republic
12
Romania
9
United Kingdom
100
Switzerland
35
Middle East
102
Saudi Arabia
1
Armenia
1
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
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 — 2004 | Italy
Dadamaino (Eduarda Emilia Maino, dite)
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1968 | Hungary
Rita Ackermann
1935 | Italy
Camilla Adami
1935 | Italy
Camilla Adami
1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1899 — Argentina | 1991 — United Kingdom
Eileen Agar
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1956 | Saudi Arabia
Hend Al-Mansour
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1963 | Egypt
Ghada Amer
1930 — 2018 | United Kingdom
Gillian Ayres
1931 — 1998 | Guatemala
Margarita Azurdia
1931 — 1998 | Guatemala
Margarita Azurdia
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1956 | Switzerland
Silvia Bächli
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1927 — 1977 | Bolivia
María Esther Ballivián
1963 | India
Rina Banerjee
1963 | India
Rina Banerjee
1963 | India
Rina Banerjee
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1929 | Romania
Marion Baruch
1966 | Canada
Christi Belcourt
1964 | France
Carole Benzaken
1964 | France
Carole Benzaken
1949 | Israel
Deganit Berest
1949 | Israel
Deganit Berest
1949 | Israel
Deganit Berest
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1909 — Sweden | 1987 — France
Anna-Eva Bergman
1974 | France
Karina Bisch
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy
Irma Blank
1925 — 2006 | United Kingdom
Sandra Blow
1930 — 2020 | Poland
Urszula Broll
1930 — 2020 | Poland
Urszula Broll
1927 | France
Colette Brunschwig
1927 | France
Colette Brunschwig
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1935 — 2021 | Peru
Teresa Burga
1966 | Zambia
Agnes Buya Yombwe
1949 | Philippines
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya
1949 | Philippines
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1940 | Argentina
Delia Cancela
1942 | France
Béatrice Casadesus
1939 — 2015 | United States
Rosemarie Castoro
1947 | France
Champion Métadier
1947 | France
Champion Métadier
1955 — Tunisia | 2018 — Switzerland
Fatma Charfi
1955 — Tunisia | 2018 — Switzerland
Fatma Charfi
1939 | United States
Judy Chicago
1939 | United States
Judy Chicago
1940 — 1985 | Korea
Wook-kyung Choi
1940 — 1985 | Korea
Wook-kyung Choi
1953 | Guadeloupe, France
Michèle Chomereau-Lamotte
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1942 | Spain
Mari Chordà
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1933 — 2013 | Greece
Chryssa
1935 — 2018 | France
Geneviève Claisse
1920 — 1988 | Brazil
Lygia Clark
1920 — 1988 | Brazil
Lygia Clark
1946 | New Zealand
Liz Coats
1946 | New Zealand
Liz Coats
1946 | New Zealand
Liz Coats
1936 — France | 2017 — United States
France Cristini
1939 — 2024 | Netherlands
Jacqueline de Jong
1939 — 2024 | Netherlands
Jacqueline de Jong
1965 | Spain
Ángela de la Cruz
1965 | Spain
Ángela de la Cruz
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1940 — 2018 | Germany
Christa Dichgans
1960 | United Kingdom
Ndidi Dike
1960 | United Kingdom
Ndidi Dike
1942 | Argentina
Diana Dowek
1926 | United States
Rosalyn Drexler
1955 | Turkey
İnci Eviner
1940 — 2024 | Philippines
Brenda Fajardo
1953 — Kenya | 2023 — France
Sylvie Fanchon
1953 — Kenya | 2023 — France
Sylvie Fanchon
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1961 | Indonesia
Arahmaiani Feisal
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1955 | Cuba
Ana Flores
1924 — 1990 | Spain
Juana Francés
1924 — 1990 | Spain
Juana Francés
1928 — 2011 | United States
Helen Frankenthaler
1917 — 2015 | Uruguay
María Freire
1955 | Switzerland
Pia Fries
1955 | Switzerland
Pia Fries
1943 | France
Monique Frydman
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1960 — 2006 | Spain
Patricia Gadea
1958 | Argentina
Ana Gallardo
1944 | Spain
Ángela García Codoñer
1944 | Spain
Ángela García Codoñer
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1965 | Senegal
Pélagie Gbaguidi
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1953 | Israel
Tamar Getter
1953 | United States
Joanne Greenbaum
1961 | Germany
Katharina Grosse
1961 | Germany
Katharina Grosse
1959 | Lebanon
Fadia Haddad
1959 | Lebanon
Fadia Haddad
1936 | Mandatory Palestine
Samia Halaby
1936 | Mandatory Palestine
Samia Halaby
1936 | Mandatory Palestine
Samia Halaby
1944 | United States
Harmony Hammond
1942 | Pakistani
Salima Hashmi
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1942 | United States
Jann Haworth
1940 | United-States
Mary Heilmann
1940 | United-States
Mary Heilmann
1915 — Cuba | 2022 — United States
Carmen Herrera
1915 — Cuba | 2022 — United States
Carmen Herrera
1915 — Cuba | 2022 — United States
Carmen Herrera
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1954 | Tanzania
Lubaina Himid
1966 | People’s Republic of China
Yu Hong
1933 — United States | 2022 — Germany
Dorothy Iannone
1971 | Uzbekistan
Anna Ivanova
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1937 | Austria
Tess Jaray
1945 | United States
Valerie Jaudon
1945 | United States
Valerie Jaudon
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1905 — 1998 | United States
Lois Mailou Jones
1946 | Turkey
Gülsün Karamustafa
1946 | Turkey
Gülsün Karamustafa
1970 | Netherlands
Iris Kensmil
1970 | Netherlands
Iris Kensmil
1970 | Netherlands
Iris Kensmil
1955 | United States
Karen Kilimnik
1959 | Greenland
Jessie Kleemann
1959 | Greenland
Jessie Kleemann
1959 | Greenland
Jessie Kleemann
1935 — 1997 | Austria
Kiki Kogelnik
1935 — 1997 | Austria
Kiki Kogelnik
1935 — 1997 | Austria
Kiki Kogelnik
1965 | Republic of the Congo
Bill Kouélany
1942 | United States
Joyce Kozloff
1942 | United States
Joyce Kozloff
1908 — 1984 | United States
Lee Krasner
1970 | Austria
Elke Silvia Krystufek
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1946 | Poland
Ewa Kuryluk
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1929 | Japan
Yayoi Kusama
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1900 — 1981 | Italy
Bice Lazzari
1928 — 2021 | Canada
Rita Letendre
1928 — 2021 | Canada
Rita Letendre
1928 — 2021 | Canada
Rita Letendre
1954 | France
Catherine Lopès-Curval
1942 | United States
Mary Lovelace O’Neal
1942 | United States
Mary Lovelace O’Neal
1942 | United States
Mary Lovelace O’Neal
1960 | France
Frédérique Lucien
1948 | Egypt
Huda Lutfi
1935 | South Africa
Esther Mahlangu
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1942 | Italy
Anna Maria Maiolino
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1945 | Lebanon
Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)
1933 | Italy
Lucia Marcucci
1912 — Canada | 2004 — United States
Agnes Martin
1912 — Canada | 2004 — United States
Agnes Martin
1937 | Hungary
Dóra Maurer
1943 — 2014 | United-States of America
Rosemary Mayer
1948 — Cuba | 1985 — United States
Ana Mendieta
1948 — Cuba | 1985 — United States
Ana Mendieta
1943 | France
Annette Messager
1960 | Brazil
Beatriz Milhazes
1960 | Argentina
Mónica Millán
1960 | Argentina
Mónica Millán
1960 | Argentina
Mónica Millán
1924 — Hungary | 2023 — France
Vera Molnár
1924 — Hungary | 2023 — France
Vera Molnár
1953 | Algeria
Akila Mouhoubi
1953 | Algeria
Akila Mouhoubi
1918 — Ukraine | 2005 — Israel
Lea Nikel
1918 — Ukraine | 2005 — Israel
Lea Nikel
1946 | Spain
Isabel Oliver Cuevas
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1942 | Germany
Ulrike Ottinger
1900 — 1982 | United States
Betty Parsons
1900 — 1982 | United States
Betty Parsons
1953 | Bolivia
Carmen Perrin
1953 | Bolivia
Carmen Perrin
1943 | United States
Howardena Pindell
1943 | United States
Howardena Pindell
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1941 | France
Anne Poirier
1948 | Argentina
Liliana Porter
1948 | Argentina
Liliana Porter
1948 | Argentina
Liliana Porter
1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain
Paula Rego
1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain
Paula Rego
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1943 | Mexico
Edda Renouf
1931 | United Kingdom
Bridget Riley
1930 — 2024 | United States
Faith Ringgold
1944 | Martinique, France
Roseman Robinot
1944 | Martinique, France
Roseman Robinot
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1973 | France
Mathilde Rosier
1945 — 2020 | United States
Susan Rothenberg
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic
Zorka Ságlová
1924 — 2005 | Haïti
Louisiane Saint-Fleurant
1926 | Cuba
Zilia Sánchez
1926 | Cuba
Zilia Sánchez
1926 | Cuba
Zilia Sánchez
1961 | Thailand
Pinaree Sanpitak
1961 | Thailand
Pinaree Sanpitak
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1969 | Israel
Yehudit Sasportas
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1939 — 1988 | Japan
Sayako Kishimoto
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom
Laila Shawa
1970 | Israel
Khen Shish
1970 | Israel
Khen Shish
1970 | Israel
Khen Shish
1926 — 2014 | Czech Republic
Adriena Šimotová
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1929 — 2015 | Norway
Inger Sitter
1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States
Sylvia Sleigh
1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States
Sylvia Sleigh
1940 | United States
Antonieta Sosa
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1924 — 2019 | United States
May Stevens
1933 — 2013 | Austria
Ceija Stojka
1958 | United States
Renee Stout
1958 | United States
Renee Stout
1931 — 2014 | United States
Marjorie Strider
1930 | United States
Sturtevant
1923 | Canada
Françoise Sullivan
1929 — 2004 | Morocco
Chaïbia Talal
1929 — 2004 | Morocco
Chaïbia Talal
1960 | France
Nathalie Talec
1932 — 2005 | Japan
Atsuko Tanaka
1950 | New Zealand
Kura Te Waru Rewiri
1971 | United States
Mickalene Thomas
1962 | France
Agnès Thurnauer
1895 — Samoa | 1984 — New Zealand
Teuane Tibbo
1895 — Samoa | 1984 — New Zealand
Teuane Tibbo
1950 — 2004 | Japon
Toeko Tatsuno
1945 | United States
Betty Tompkins
1921 — 2004 | United States
Anne Truitt
1921 — 2004 | United States
Anne Truitt
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1953 — Poland | 2020 — France
Teresa Tyszkiewicz
1935 — France | 2014 — United States
Ultra Violet
1935 — France | 2014 — United States
Ultra Violet
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1943 | Brazil
Cybèle Varela
1935 | United States
Kay WalkingStick
1935 | United States
Kay WalkingStick
1935 | United States
Kay WalkingStick
1959 | Australia
Judy Watson
1959 | Australia
Judy Watson
1959 | Australia
Judy Watson
1930 — 2005 | Belgium
Marthe Wéry
1954 | United States
Sue Williams
1954 | United States
Sue Williams
1948 | Australia
Regina Pilawuk Wilson
1936 | United Kingdom
Gillian Wise
1891 — 1978 | United States
Alma Woodsey Thomas
1925 — 2019 | Japan
Tsuruko Yamazaki
1925 — 2019 | Japan
Tsuruko Yamazaki
1925 — 2019 | Japan
Tsuruko Yamazaki
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1946 | United States
Nina Yankowitz
1934 | China
Yang Yanping
1934 | China
Yang Yanping
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