1980s

The indexed biographies correspond to artists born between 1664 and 1974.
1930 — 2004 | Italy

Dadamaino (Eduarda Emilia Maino, dite)

1936 — Jamaica | 2017 — France

Hessie (Hessie Djuric, née Johnston, dite)

1946 — Philippines | 2004 — Singapore

Pacita Abad

1930 — 2017 | Poland

Magdalena Abakanowicz

1950 | United States

Martine Aballéa

1935 — 2024 | Ghana

Felicia Abban

1939 — Tanzania | 1994 — United Kingdom

Fatma Shaaban Abdalla Abubakar

1931 — Mandatory Palestine | 2020 — France

Amal Abdenour

1946 | Serbia

Marina Abramović

1972 | Israel

Hannan Abu-Hussein

1924 — 2014 | Italy

Carla Accardi

1928 — Brazil | 2024 — Lebanon

Yvette Achkar

1968 | Hungary

Rita Ackermann

1916 — Brazil | 1990 — Uruguay

Rosa Acle

1935 | Italy

Camilla Adami

1944 | Denmark

Lene Adler Petersen

1925 — Lebanon | 2021 — France

Etel Adnan

1925 — Switzerland | 2015 — France

Eva Aeppli

1934 | Indonesia

Kartika Affandi

1930 — 2009 | Nigeria

Constance Afiong « Afi » Ekong

1935 — Mandatory Palestine | 2016 — United Kingdom

Maliheh Afnan

1922 — 1997 | Pakistan

Zubeida Agha

1959 — 2018 | United States

Laura Aguilar

1929 — 2014 | Japan

Aiko Miyawaki

1950 — Belgium | 2015 — France

Chantal Akerman

1965 — 2024 | Turkey

Gülçin Aksoy

1935 | Mandatory Palestine

Tamam Al-Akhal

1899 — Germany | 1994 — United States

Anni Albers

1946 | USA

Lita Albuquerque

1934 — 2018 | Portugal

Helena Almeida

1970 | Mexico

Natividad Amador

1932 | Colombia

Olga de Amaral

1933 — 2001 | Argentina

Alicia d’ Amico

1937 — 2020 | United States 


Emma Amos

1938 — 1994 | Israel

Dalia Amotz

1944 | France

Thérèse Ampe-Jonas

1935 — 2022 | Brazil

Sonia Andrade

1908 — 2000 | Norway

Synnøve Anker Aurdal

1935 | UNITED STATES

Eleanor Antin

1929 — 2023 | United States

Ida Applebroog

1949 | Philippines

Agnes Arellano

1958 — Greenland | 2007 — Denmark

Pia Arke

1920 — 2005 | France

Huguette Arthur Bertrand

1959 | Japan

Asako Narahashi

1926 — 2013 | United States

Ruth Asawa

1927 — 2013 | Canada

Kenojuak Ashevak

1940 — 2015 | Spain

Elena Asins

1923 — 2021 | France

Geneviève Asse

1946 | United States

Alice Aycock

1943 | Spain

Pilar Aymerich

1967 — 1999 | Cuba

Belkis Ayón

1930 — 2018 | United Kingdom

Gillian Ayres

1918 — 1991 | Brazil

Judith Bacci

1956 | Switzerland

Silvia Bächli

1929 | United States

Jo Baer

1943 | Spain

Eugènia Balcells

1908 — Spain | 1994 — Germany

Manuela Ballester Vilaseca

1957 | France

Élisabeth Ballet

1959 | Brasil

Brígida Baltar

1952 | Philippines

Genara Fernandez Banzon

1951 | Israel

Adina Bar-On

1937 | Algeria

Martine Barrat

1953 | Brazil

Lenora de Barros

1954 | United States

Judith Barry

1958 | France

Cécile Bart

1941 | United States

Jennifer Bartlett

1957 | Israel

Judith Bartolani

1908 — 2004 | Spain

Francis Bartolozzi (Pitti)

1936 — Czech Republic | 1996 — Slovakia

Mária Bartuszová

1929 | Romania

Marion Baruch

1936 | France

Sophie Bassouls

1934 — 2023 | Germany

Mary Bauermeister

1931 — 1998 | Algeria

Baya

1934 — 2015 | Germany

Hilla Becher

1931 — 1986 | Nicaragua

June Beer

1938 — United Kingdom | 2021 — Australia

Georgina Beier

1934 — 2023 | Algeria

Souhila Bel Bahar

1941 | United States

Lynda Benglis

1933 — 2023 | Algeria

Djamila Bent Mohamed

1949 | Algeria

Samta Benyahia

1934 | Belgium

Marianne Berenhaut

1949 | Israel

Deganit Berest

1941 — 2010 | Germany

Sibylle Bergemann

1943 | Austria

Renate Bertlmann

1956 — 1999 | Turkey

Deniz Bilgin

1936 — 1998 | United States

Bernice Bing

1931 | Italy

Tomaso Binga

1946 — 2025 | United States

Dara Birnbaum

1962 | India

Sutapa Biswas

1957 | Canada

Dominique Blain

1934 — Germany | 2023 — Italy

Irma Blank

1921 | Paraguay

Olga Blinder

1928 — 2017 | France

Pierrette Bloch

1953 | France

Sylvie Blocher

1925 — 2006 | United Kingdom

Sandra Blow

1904 — 1991 | Slovakia

Irén Blüh (Irena Blühova)

1937 | Germany

Anna Blume

1914 — Italy | 1992 — Brazil

Lina Bo Bardi

1946 | Egypt

Anna Boghiguian

1927 — 2014 | Spain

Esther Boix

1957 | United States

Cheryl Ann Bolden

1931 | United States

Lee Bontecou

1939 — 2017 | Singapore

Lee Boon Ngan

1959 | Australia

Polly Borland

1961 — 1995 | France

Sylvia Bossu

1959 — Chili | 1994 — Germany

Lorenza Böttner

1939 | France

Bernadette Bour

1911 — France | 2010 — United States

Louise Bourgeois

1962 | United-Kingdom

Sonia Boyce

1926 — 2018 | Romania

Geta Brătescu

1930 — 2020 | Poland

Urszula Broll

1952 | United States

Elenora “Rukiya” Brown

1968 | Cuba

Tania Bruguera

1927 | France

Colette Brunschwig

1930 — Croatia (before Yugoslavia) | 2022 — Italy

Jagoda Buić

1935 — 2021 | Peru

Teresa Burga

1900 — 1995 | United States

Selma Hortense Burke

1927 — Sierra Leone | 1996 — United Kingdom

« Olayinka » Miranda Burney-Nicol

1942 — 2008 | Argentina

Mildred Burton

1920 — 2011 | Indonesia

Mia Bustam (Sasmiyati Sri Mojoretno)

1950 | United-States

Victoria Cabezas

1949 | Switzerland

Miriam Cahn

1949 | Philippines

Imelda Cajipe-Endaya

1931 — 2019 | Lebanon

Huguette Caland

1953 | France

Sophie Calle

1945 — 2026 | Senegal

Seni Awa Camara

1959 | Cuba

María Magdalena Campos-Pons

1962 | Peru

Lastenia Canayo García (Pecón Quena)

1940 | Argentina

Delia Cancela

1936 | Belgium

Martine Canneel

1916 — 1985 | Argentina

Aída Zulema Carballo

1942 | France

Béatrice Casadesus

1939 — 2015 | United States

Rosemarie Castoro

1930 — 2022 | Portugal

Lourdes Castro

1915 — United States | 2012 — Mexico

Elizabeth Catlett

1938 | Latvia

Vija Celmins

1913 — 1995 | Italy

Giannina Censi

1926 — 2016 | Italy

Carla Cerati

1951 — South Korea | 1982 — United States

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

1953 — 1996 | United Kingdom

Helen Chadwick

1919 — 2003 | Perú

Julia Chambi López

1947 | France

Champion Métadier

1955 — Tunisia | 2018 — Switzerland

Fatma Charfi

1947 — 2013 | United States

Sarah Charlesworth

1910 — 2004 | Martinique, France

Paule Charpentier

1939 | United States

Barbara Chase-Riboud

1954 | Taiwan

Shu Lea Cheang

1962 | Russia

Olga Chernysheva

1955 | Morocco

Florence Chevallier

1958 | Ethiopia

Sheba Chhachhi

1957 | Tunisia

Marie-Antoinette Chiarenza

1939 | United States

Judy Chicago

1947 — 2023 | Malaysia

Fatimah Chik

1940 — 1985 | Korea

Wook-kyung Choi

1953 | Guadeloupe, France

Michèle Chomereau-Lamotte

1942 | Spain

Mari Chordà

1924 — China | 2011 — Australia

Irene Chou

1916 — 2017 | Lebanon

Saloua Raouda Choucair

1933 — 2013 | Greece

Chryssa

1935 — 2018 | France

Geneviève Claisse

1920 — 1988 | Brazil

Lygia Clark

1959 | Canada

Dana Claxton

1946 | New Zealand

Liz Coats

1951 | United Kingdom

Sue Coe

1944 — United States | 2014 — Canada

Lynne Cohen

1944 | United States

Linda Connor

1968 | Haiti

Myrlande Constant

1936 — France | 2017 — United States

France Cristini

1956 | Ireland

Dorothy Cross

1959 | Hungary

Marianne Csaky

1934 — 2023 | France

Marinette Cueco

1936 | France

Parvine Curie

1958 — 2005 | Guatemala

Rosa Elena Curruchich

1930 — Bélarus | 2021 — Pologne

Wanda Czełkowska

1928 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 2014 — Croatia

Vera Dajht-Kralj

1941 — 2009 | Germany

Hanne Darboven

1952 | Israel

Nurit David

1959 | United States

Vaginal Davis

1932 — 1996 | Greece

Bia Davou

1954 | Australia

Paula Dawson

1939 — 2024 | Netherlands

Jacqueline de Jong

1918 — 1989 | United States

Elaine de Kooning

1965 | Spain

Ángela de la Cruz

1957 | Australia

Destiny Deacon

1943 | France

Anne Deguelle

1957 | Argentina

Claudia del Río

1956 | Croatia

Vlasta Delimar

1931 | Hungary

Ágnes Dénes

1940 — 2012 | Argentina

Mirtha Dermisache

1933 — Haiti | 1988 — Canada

Rose-Marie Desruisseau

1940 — 2018 | Germany

Christa Dichgans

1959 | Pays-Bas

Rineke Dijkstra

1923 — 2014 | Turkey

Tiraje Dikmen

1945 | Vietnam

Huong Dodinh

1950 | Israel

Drora Dominey

1914 — 2002 | Peru

Apolonia Dorregaray Veli

1958 | Nigeria

Sokari Douglas Camp

1942 | Argentina

Diana Dowek

1926 | United States

Rosalyn Drexler

1946 | Hungary

Orshi Drozdik

1958 | India

Anita Dube

1941 | Belgium

Lili Dujourie

1953 | South Africa

Marlene Dumas

1941 — 2016 | Malaysia

Nirmala Dutt Shanmughalingam

1933 — 2021 | United States

Mary Beth Edelson

1924 — 1989 | Egypt

Inji Efflatoun

1899 — 1995 | Japan

Eiko Yamazawa

1942 | Panama

Sandra Eleta

1961 | China

PAU Ellen

1964 | Hungary

Ágnes Eperjesi

1944 | Chile

Paz Errázuriz

1934 — 2010 | Mexico

Helen Escobedo

1932 — Bulgaria | 2020 — Israel

Bianca Eshel-Gershuni

1928 — Nigeria | 2003 — Cameroon

Clara Etso Ugbodaga-Ngu

1989 | Italy

EVA & ADELE

1932 | Argentina

Sara Facio

1939 | Egypt

Wissam Fahmy

1940 — 2024 | Philippines

Brenda Fajardo

1924 — 2004 | Tunisia

Safia Farhat

1922 — 2019 | Iran

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

1942 | Syria

Simone Fattal

1961 | Indonesia

Arahmaiani Feisal

1939 — 2020 | Algeria

Leila Ferhat

1937 | Spain

Esther Ferrer

1955 — Iran | 1996 — France

Chohreh Feyzdjou

1932 | Italy

Giosetta Fioroni

1939 — United States | 2021 — États-Unis

Louise Fishman

1960 | Russia

Olga Florenskaïa

1955 | Cuba

Ana Flores

1924 — Czech Republic | 2006 — France

Ruth Francken

1928 — 2011 | United States

Helen Frankenthaler

1917 — 2015 | Uruguay

María Freire

1950 | Germany

Gloria Friedmann

1955 | Switzerland

Pia Fries

1956 | Germany

Katharina Fritsch

1943 | France

Monique Frydman

1908 — 2001 | Japan

Fuku Akino

1929 | Argentina

Ilse Fuskova (Felka)

1960 — 2006 | Spain

Patricia Gadea

1929 — Algeria | 2023 — France

Renée Gailhoustet

1944 | Spain

Ángela García Codoñer

1946 | Mexico

Guadalupe García-Vásquez

1957 | Mexico

Flor Garduño

1912 — Germany | 1994 — Venezuela

Gego

1933 | Brazil

Anna Bella Geiger

1948 | Germany

Isa Genzken

1953 | Israel

Tamar Getter

1931 — 2023 | Lebanon

Laure Ghorayeb

1959 | Argentina

Mónica Giron

1940 — 2021 | Malaysia

Sylvia Lee Goh

1953 | United States

Nan Goldin

1946 | China

Wang Gongyi

1938 | Colombia

Beatriz González

1923 — 2008 | Canada

Betty Goodwin

1953 | United States

April Gornik

1951 | United States

Donna Gottschalk

1957 | India

Sheela Gowda

1935 — Russia | 2003 — France

Ève Gramatzki

1946 | Spain

Eulàlia Grau

1939 — 1995 | United States

Nancy Graves

1944 | Germany

Janina Green

1940 — Mexico | 2022 — Portugal

Lourdes Grobet

1961 | Germany

Katharina Grosse

1940 | United States

Nancy Grossman

1959 | Mexico

Silvia Gruner

1958 | Former Yougoslavia

Marina Gržinić

1985 | United States

Guerrilla Girls

1960 | France

Marie-Ange Guilleminot

1945 — 2022 | Argentina

Graciela Gutiérrez Marx

1945 — 2025 | Norway

Elisabeth Astrup Haarr

1947 | Mandatory Palestine

Juhaina Habibi Kandalaft

1959 | Lebanon

Fadia Haddad

1937 — 2005 | Algeria

Aïcha Haddad

1950 — Iraq | 2016 — USA

Zaha Hadid

1929 — 2018 | United States

Marcia Hafif

1952 | Ethiopia

Desta Hagos

1936 | Mandatory Palestine

Samia Halaby

1945 | United Kingdom

Maggi Hambling

1939 — 2019 | United States

Barbara Hammer

1944 | United States

Harmony Hammond

1942 | Pakistan

Salima Hashmi

1937 — India | 2020 — United Kingdom

Zarina Hashmi (dite Zarina)

1899 — Netherlands | 1984 — Surinam

Nola Hatterman

1940 | United-States

Mary Heilmann

1954 | Israel

Michal Heiman

1951 | Singapore

Amanda Heng

1926 — Jamaica | 2018 — United States

Dorothy Henriques-Wells

1915 — 1999 | Curaçao

May Henriquez

1915 — Cuba | 2022 — United States

Carmen Herrera

1941 | United States

Lynn Hershman Leeson

1934 | United States

Sheila Hicks

1945 | United States

Candace Hill-Montgomery

1940 — United States | 2019 — United Kingdom

Susan Hiller

1954 | Tanzania

Lubaina Himid

1956 — 2008 | Colombia

María Teresa Hincapié

1896 — 1988 | Japan

Hisako Kajiwara

1944 | Germany

Candida Höfer

1930 — 2024 | Luxembourg

Germaine Hoffmann

1934 — 2014 | Colombia

Marlene Hoffmann

1938 — 2014 | United States

Nancy Holt

1950 | United States

Jenny Holzer

1966 | People’s Republic of China

Yu Hong

1931 — United States | 2008 — Germany

Nan Hoover

1926 — 2012 | Iran

Mansoureh Hosseini

1955 | Iran

Shirazeh Houshiary

1948 — New Zealand | 2014 — England

Alexis Hunter

1920 — Venezuela | 2020 — United States

Luchita Hurtado

1933 — United States | 2022 — Germany

Dorothy Iannone

1936 — 1997 | Nigeria

Josephine Ifueko Omigie

1956 | Spain

Cristina Iglesias

1939 | Sudan

Kamala Ibrahim Ishaq

1951 — 2021 | Japan

Tāri Itō

1941 | Japan

Itsuko Hasegawa

1942 | Mexico

Graciela Iturbide

1949 | Croatia

Sanja Iveković

1923 — United States | 2016 — France

Shirley Jaffe

1929 — 2017 | France

Françoise Janicot

1956 | Royaume-Uni

Ann Veronica Janssens

1937 | Austria

Tess Jaray

1945 | United States

Valerie Jaudon

1941 | Spain

Concha Jerez

1922 — 2014 | Serbia

Olga Jevrić

1965 | China

Cai Jin

1969 | United States

Chantal Joffe

1940 — 2024 | USA

Patricia Johanson

1936 | United States

Joan Jonas

1905 — 1998 | United States

Lois Mailou Jones

1964 | France

Véronique Joumard

1958 | France

Anne Marie Jugnet

1931 | Australia

Mabel Juli Wirringgoon

1949 — 2003 | Austria

Birgit Jürgenssen

1950 — 2006 | Lithuania

Elvyra Kairiūkštytė

1946 | Turkey

Gülsün Karamustafa

1928 — Kenya | 2021 — Ireland

Rosemary Namuli Karuga

1936 | United States

Barbara Kasten

1923 — Lithuania | 2019 — United States

Aleksandra Kasuba

1913 — 1991 | Japan

Yukiko (Yuki) Katsura

1938 — 2016 | Croatia

Nives Kavurić-Kurtović

1958 | Japan

Keiko Kimoto

1931 | Hungary

Éva Keleti

1941 | United States

Mary Kelly

1918 — 1986 | United States

Corita Kent

1904 — 1998 | Denmark

Rita Kernn-Larsen

1933 | Hungary

Ilona Keserű

1923 — United States | 2009 — Lebanon

Helen Khal

1903 — 1993 | Norvège

Else Christie Kielland

1955 | United States

Karen Kilimnik

1967 | Greece

Klonaris/Thomadaki

1954 | Germany

Karen Knorr

1933 | United States

Alison Knowles

1941 | Turkey

Nur Koçak

1935 — 1997 | Austria

Kiki Kogelnik

1923 — 2010 | Czech Republic

Bĕla Kolářová

1957 | South Africa

Vivienne Koorland

1965 | Republic of the Congo

Bill Kouélany

1942 | United States

Joyce Kozloff

1945 | United States

Barbara Kruger

1937 — Japan | 2015 — United States

Shigeko Kubota

1935 | Czech Republic

Alena Kučerová

1947 | Poland

Zofia Kulik

1942 | Japan

Kunié Sugiura

1944 | United States

Kay Kurt

1946 | Poland

Ewa Kuryluk

1929 | Japan

Yayoi Kusama

1925 — 1984 | Nigeria

Ladi Kwali

1923 — 2006 | Ghana

Grace Salome Kwami

1944 | Morocco

Joëlle de La Casinière

1945 | United States

Suzanne Lacy

1939 | USA

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

1942 | Yugoslavia (Serbia)

Katalin Ladik

1949 | France

Suzanne Lafont

1945 | United States

Jean LaMarr

1943 | France

Laura Lamiel

1951 | Spain

Teresa Lanceta

1942 | New Zealand

Maureen Lander

1956 | Mexico

Magali (Margarita Rosa) Lara (Zavala)

1960 | United States

Liz Larner

1919 — 2014 | Austria

Maria Lassnig

1947 | United States

Louise Lawler

1951 | Philippines

Ileana Lee

0000 | Japan

Leiko Ikemura

1961 | Brazil

Jac Leirner

1950 | United States

Erica Lennard

1961 | United States

Zoe Leonard

1944 | Tunisia

Fela Kefi Leroux

1955 | Argentina

Adriana Lestido

1928 — 2021 | Canada

Rita Letendre

1947 | United States

Sherrie Levine

1913 — 2009 | United States

Helen Levitt

1949 — United States | 2004 — Israel

Pamela Levy

1940 — 2021 | Zimbabwe

Helen Lieros

1941 — 2023 | Estonia

Silvi Liiva

1936 — Singapore | 1997 — United Kingdom

Kim Lim

1970 | Brazil

Lídia Lisboa

1948 — China | 2021 — United States

Hung Liu

1937 — 2022 | Poland

Natalia LL

1946 | Philippines

Julie Lluch Dalena

1952 | Sweden

Eva Löfdahl

1924 — Mozambique | 2012 — Italy

Bertina Lopes

1954 | France

Catherine Lopès-Curval

1935 | Mexico

Julia López

1942 | United States

Mary Lovelace O’Neal

1941 | Pérou

Rose Lowder

1962 | China

Xiao Lu

1964 | China

Qing Lu

1929 — Poland | 1999 — France

Lea Lublin

1934 | Nigeria

Theresa Luck-Akinwale

1940 | Romania

Ana Lupaș

1948 | Egypt

Huda Lutfi

1935 | Luxembourg

Berthe Lutgen

1911 — Việt Nam | 1988 — France

Lê Thị Lựu

1907 — 1997 | France

Dora Maar

1957 | Philippines

Lani Maestro

1946 — 2012 | Brazil

Maria Lídia Magliani

1934 — Italy | 2010 — France

Milvia Maglione

1935 | South Africa

Esther Mahlangu

1949 | Germany

Ute Mahler

1926 — 2009 | United States

Vivian Maier

1942 | Italy

Anna Maria Maiolino

1940 | Japan

Mako Idemitsu

1946 | British India

Nalini Malani

1945 | Lebanon

Seta Manoukian (Ani Pema Drolma)

1934 — 1999 | Uganda

Estelle Betty Manyolo Sangowawa

1933 | Italy

Lucia Marcucci

1951 — 1994 | Argentina

Liliana Maresca

1930 — France | 2016 — United States

Marisol Escobar (dite Marisol)

1928 | Hungary

Anna Mark

1959 | Australia

Linda Marrinon

1912 — Canada | 2004 — United States

Agnes Martin

1952 | Australia

Mandy Martin

1912 — 2000 | Japon

Toshi Maruki

1927 — Russia | 2008 — France

Lidia Masterkova

1937 | Hungary

Dóra Maurer

1943 — 2014 | United States

Rosemary Mayer

1915 — 1998 | Australia

Queenie McKenzie

1961 | China

LEUNG Mee-ping

1948 | France

Natalie Mei

1927 — Singapore | 2020 —

Chen Cheng Mei

1948 — Cuba | 1985 — United States

Ana Mendieta

1926 — 2019 | Italy

Marisa Merz

1943 | France

Annette Messager

1956 | Brazil

Simone Michelin

1955 | Japan

Michiko Kon

1946 | Romania

Wanda Mihuleac

1960 | Brazil

Beatriz Milhazes

1960 | Argentina

Mónica Millán

1953 | South Korea

Yong Soon Min

1956 — 2018 | Taiwan

YAN Ming-Huy

1943 | Argentina

Marta Minujín

1950 | Spain

Fina Miralles

1925 — United States | 1992 — France

Joan Mitchell

1947 | Japan

Miyako Ishiuchi

1933 — 2000 | Japan

Miyori Hayashi

1960 | Australia

Tracey Moffatt

1937 — Pakistan | 1990 — India

Nasreen Mohamedi

1894 — Czech republic | 1989 — Switzerland

Lucia Moholy

1917 — United Kingdom | 1994 — Pakistan

Anna Molka Ahmed

1924 — Hungary | 2023 — France

Vera Molnár

1933 | Belgium

Edit Molnár

1960 | Myanmar

Phyu Mon

1921 — 2009 | Argentina

Ana María Moncalvo

1936 | France

Claudine Monchaussé

1960 | United Kingdom

Cathy de Monchaux

1941 | France

Sarah Moon

1954 | France

Marie Morel

1953 | Algeria

Akila Mouhoubi

1942 | France

Tania Mouraud

1951 | United-States of America

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

1969 | France

Valérie Mréjen

1923 — 1998 | India

Meera Mukherjee

1949 — 2015 | India

Mrinalini Mukherjee

1926 — 2011 | Spain

Aurèlia Muñoz

1956 | Syria

Laila Muraywid

1946 | United States

Catherine Murphy

1940 — 2007 | United States

Elizabeth Murray

1944 | Uganda

Theresa Musoke

1932 | Japan

Fujiko Nakaya

1947 | Mandatory Palestine

Efrat Natan

1951 | Israel

Michal Na’aman

1910 — 2005 | France

Aurélie Nemours

1899 — Ukraine | 1988 — United States

Louise Nevelson

1932 — Morocco | 2018 — United States

Nicola L.

1921 — 2007 | France

Janine Niépce

1918 — Ukraine | 2005 — Israel

Lea Nikel

1932 | Kenya

Rebeka Njau

1956 | United States

Cady Noland

1966 | South Africa

Ntombephi « Induna » Ntobela

1934 — 2024 | United States 


Lorraine O’Grady

1887 — 1986 | United States

Georgia O’Keeffe

1950 | Kenya

Magdalene Odundo

1929 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — Israel

Gedula Ogen

1948 | Republic of Korea

Okhi Han

1922 — 2015 | Ghana

Theodosia Salome Okoh

1959 — 2006 | Australia

Bronwyn Oliver

1946 | Spain

Isabel Oliver Cuevas

1932 — 2016 | United States

Pauline Oliveros

1938 | Nigeria

Elizabeth Olowu

1933 | Japan

Yoko Ono

1938 | Turkey

Füsun Onur

1906 — 1985 | Canada

Jessie Oonark

1913 — Germany | 1985 — Switzerland

Meret Oppenheim

1936 | Argentina

Marie Orensanz

1947 | France

ORLAN

1952 | Australia

Jill Orr

1944 — 2025 | Lebanon

Samia Osseiran Junblat

1930 — Sweden | 1995 — France

Barbro Östlihn

1966 | Nigeria

Veronica Otigbo-Ekpei

1942 | Germany

Ulrike Ottinger

1957 | Spain

Ouka Leele

1943 | Brazil

Ana Maria Pacheco

1907 — Georgia | 1988 — France

Vera Pagava

1932 — 2020 | Argentina

Margarita Paksa

1965 — 1991 | Mexico

Elvira Palafox Herrán

1923 — Hungary | 2008 — France

Marta Pan

1945 | Greece

Leda Papaconstantinou

1927 — 2004 | Brazil

Lygia Pape

1964 | France

Florence Paradeis

1923 — Italie | 2016 — Italy

Clemen Parrocchetti

1945 | Poland

Ewa Partum

1910 — 2012 | France

Lucile Passavant

1963 | Macedonia

Suzanna Pejoska

1922 — United States | 2020 — Italy

Beverly Pepper

1959 | Cuba

Marta María Pérez

1961 | Romania

Lia Perjovschi

1922 — Hungary | 2020 — United Kingdom

Suzanne Perlman

1969 | Guyana

Moira Pernambuco

1953 | Bolivia

Carmen Perrin

1951 | Morocco

Chantal Petit (dite chantalpetit)

1964 | France

Françoise Pétrovitch

1965 | United States

Elizabeth Peyton

1946 | United Kingdom

Judy Pfaff

1954 | Vietnam

Hanh Thi Pham

1904 — 1992 | United States

Delilah W. Pierce

1943 | United States

Howardena Pindell

1931 — 1999 | Poland

Maria Pinińska-Bereś

1948 | United States

Adrian Piper

1934 — Czechoslovakia | 1999 — Czech Republic

Naděžda Plíšková

1947 — 2013 | Estonia

Anu Põder

1941 | France

Anne Poirier

1953 | Guyana

Ingrid Pollard

1983 — 1993 | Mexico

Polvo de Gallina Negra

1948 | Argentina

Liliana Porter

1960 | Uruguay

Mary Porto Casas

1958 | Ireland

Kathy Prendergast

1965 | Haiti

Barbara Prézeau Stephenson

1956 | India

Pushpamala N.

1934 | United-states

Yvonne Rainer

1918 — 2015 | Italy

Carol Rama

1957 | Thaïlande

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

1906 — Iraq | 1986 — Lebanon

Mouazzaz Rawda

1908 — 1989 | France

Marie Raymond

1956 — 2020 | Madagascar

“Madame Zo” Zoarinivo Razakaratrimo

1967 | Spain

Tere Recarens

1928 — 2013 | Australia

Norma Redpath

1935 — Portugal | 2022 — Great Britain

Paula Rego

1923 — Hungary | 2020 — France

Judit Reigl

1911 — 1991 | Hungary

Marian Reismann

1943 | Mexico

Edda Renouf

1908 — 1985 | Mexico

Aurora Reyes Flores

1918 — South Korea | 2009 — France

Seund Ja Rhee

1904 — China | 1991 — France

Colette Richarme

1931 | United Kingdom

Bridget Riley

1930 — 2024 | United States

Faith Ringgold

1962 | Switzerland

Pipilotti Rist

1949 | France

Sophie Ristelhueber

1944 | Martinique, France

Roseman Robinot

1957 | France

Anne Rochette

1932 | Canada

Dorothea Rockburne

1938 — 2015 | Uruguay

Nelbia Romero

1941 | United States

Sheree Rose

1943 | Germany

Ulrike Rosenbach

1943 — 2020 | Chile

Lotty Rosenfeld

1913 — Nowadays Ukraine | 2004 — Poland

Erna Rosenstein

1943 | United States

Martha Rosler

1950 — 2013 | United Kingdom 

Monica Ross

1923 — Poland | 2008 — Italy

Maria Papa Rostkowska

1945 — 2020 | United States

Susan Rothenberg

1933 — 2007 | Lithuania

Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė

1930 — 2023 | Indonesia

Siti Ruliyati

1950 | Estonia

Sirje Runge

1951 | Iceland

Rúrí

1948 — Lebanon | 2019 — France

Jocelyne Saab

1926 | United States

Betye Saar

1945 | Mozambique

Reinata Sadimba

1939 — Algeria | 2018 — Tunisia

Shasha Safir Guiga

1942 — Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | 2003 — Czech Republic

Zorka Ságlová

1914 — Philippines | 1994 — France

Nena Saguil

1943 | Singapore

Han Sai Por

1936 | Lebanon

Nadia Saikali

1930 — France | 2002 — United States

Niki de Saint Phalle

1924 — 2005 | Haïti

Louisiane Saint-Fleurant

1929 — Japan | 2025 — Germany

Takako Saito

1958 | Colombia

Doris Salcedo

1939 — Indonesia | 2024 — Netherlands

Laura Samsom Rous

1926 — Cuba | 2024 — Puerto Rico

Zilia Sánchez

1922 — 2014 | Peru

Victoria Santa Cruz

1908 — 2000 | Turkey

Hripsimeh Sarkissian

1945 — Jordan | 2022 — Lebanon

Mona Saudi

1927 — 2005 | United States

Naomi Savage

1939 — 1988 | Japan

Sayako Kishimoto

1941 | Germany

Deidi von Schaewen

1919 — Switzerland | 1988 — Brazil

Mira Schendel

1955 | Israel

Iris Sara Schiller

1922 — Germany | 2013 — Israel

Ruth Schloss

1939 — 2019 | United States

Carolee Schneemann

1927 — 2019 | United States

Lillian Schwartz

1948 | United States

Joyce J. Scott

1931 | Zambia

Denise Scott Brown

1933 — 1988 | Japan

Seiko Kanno

1961 — 2015 | Japan

Seiko Mikami

1946 | France

Dorothée Selz

1932 | United States

Joan Semmel

1934 — Palestine | 2005 — Lebanon

Juliana Seraphim

1905 — 1999 | Japan

Setsuko Migishi

1940 | Senegal

Younousse Seye

1948 | Lithuania

Esther Shalev-Gerz

1944 | Mandatory Palestine

Miriam Sharon

1940 — Mandatory Palestine | 2022 — United Kingdom

Laila Shawa

1945 | India

Nilima Sheikh

1962 — 1996 | Israel

Meira Shemesh

1959 | China

Shen Yuan

1951 | États-Unis

Cindy Sherman

1959 | Japan

Yoshiko Shimada

1939 — Mandatory Palestine | 2018 — Israel

Siona Shimshi

1938 | Japan

Mieko Shiomi

1944 | Jerusalem

Suha Shoman

1944 | Czech Republic

Katharina Sieverding

1934 — Germany | 2021 — France

Irmgard Sigg

1939 | Brazil

Regina Silveira

1926 — 2014 | Czech Republic

Adriena Šimotová

1960 | United States

Lorna Simpson

1937 | India

Arpita Singh

1925 — 2021 | Egypt

Gazbia Sirry

1929 — 2015 | Norway

Inger Sitter

1946 | United States

Sandy Skoglund

1916 — United Kingdom | 2010 — United States

Sylvia Sleigh

1906 — Russian Empire (now Lithuania) | 1998 — Lithuania

Veronika Šleivytė

1954 | Germany

Kiki Smith

1940 — 2025 | United States

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

1955 | United States

Seton Smith

1950 | United States

Ming Smith

1945 — 2003 | Indonesia

Hildawati Soemantri

1946 | Spain

Susana Solano

1960 | Japan

Kim Song-Ran

1926 — 2015 | France

Claude de Soria

1940 | United States

Antonieta Sosa

1945 | France

Christine Spengler

1926 — 2009 | United States

Nancy Spero

1954 | United States

Annie Sprinkle (aka Ellen F. Steinberg)

1938 — 2019 | Australia

Madonna Staunton

1940 | United States

Pat Steir

1953 | Czech Republic

Jana Sterbak

1940 | Spain

Isabel Steva Hernández (dite Colita)

1924 — 2019 | United States

May Stevens

1959 | United States

Jessica Stockholder

1933 — 2013 | Austria

Ceija Stojka

1958 | United States

Renee Stout

1931 — 2014 | United States

Marjorie Strider

1933 | United States

Michelle Stuart

1930 | United States

Sturtevant

1923 | Canada

Françoise Sullivan

1960 — 2008 | United Kingdom

Maud Sulter

1949 | Argentina

Vivian Suter

1959 | Thailand

Phaptawan Suwannakudt

1940 — Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) | 2005 — Czech Republic

Eva Švankmajerová

1919 — Kingdom of Hungary (Czech Republic) | 1994 — France

Vera Székely

1933 — Taiwan | 2024 — Japan

Mitsuko Tabe

1929 — 2004 | Morocco

Chaïbia Talal

1960 | France

Nathalie Talec

1905 — 2008 | Japan

Tamako Kataoka

1910 — Japan | 2001 — United States

Fumie Taniguchi

1946 | Japan

Tsuneko Taniuchi

1956 | United States

Nomi Tannhauser

1910 — 2012 | United States

Dorothea Tanning

1907 — 2007 | United States

Lenore Tawney

1915 — 2010 | United States

Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs

1950 | New Zealand

Kura Te Waru Rewiri

1920 — 2011 | Colombia

Lucy Tejada

1916 — Russia | 2011 — Estonia

Olga Terri

1925 — 2019 | Norway

Aase Texmon Rygh

1961 | Jamaica

Jasmine Thomas-Girvan

1895 — Samoa | 1984 — New Zealand

Teuane Tibbo

1950 | Nepal

Shashikala Tiwari

1950 — 2004 | Japon

Toeko Tatsuno

1940 | Japan

Tokuko Ushioda

1913 — Japan | 2015 — Brazil

Tomie Ohtake

1921 — 2021 | Japan

Taeko Tomiyama

1923 — Yugoslavia | 2015 — Croatia

Cici Tommaseo Sursock

1945 | United States

Betty Tompkins

1902 — Czech Republic | 1982 — France

Toyen (Marie Čerminová dite)

1928 — 2019 | Japan

Toyoko Tokiwa

1958 | United Kingdom

Suzanne Treister

1945 — 2023 | United States

Gail Tremblay

1952 | Vietnam

Trinh T. Minh-ha

1952 | Germany

Rosemarie Trockel

1921 — 2004 | United States

Anne Truitt

1954 | United States

Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie

1932 — 2022 | Japan

Asuka Tsuboi

1967 | Nigeria

Fatimah Tuggar

1924 — Haiti | 1994 — France

Luce Turnier

1951 | United Kingdom

Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby, dite)

1953 — Poland | 2020 — France

Teresa Tyszkiewicz

1935 — France | 2014 — United States

Ultra Violet

1908 — Syria | 2005 — Jordan

Madiha Umar

1922 — Mandatory Palestine | 1989 — Israel

Aviva Uri

1943 | France

Annie Vacher Cohen

1940 | Austria

VALIE EXPORT

1928 — Belgium | 2019 — France

Agnès Varda

1943 | Brazil

Cybèle Varela

1954 | United Kingdom

Prue Venables

1948 | Chile

Cecilia Vicuña

1951 — 1997 | Switzerland

Hannah Villiger

1953 | France

Catherine Viollet

1909 — 2003 | United States

Ruth G. Waddy

1911 — Switzerland | 1990 — France

Isabelle Waldberg

1935 | United States

Kay WalkingStick

1967 | United States

Marie Watt

1937 | New Zealand

Marilynn Webb

1947 | Poland

Yocheved Weinfeld

1909 — 2001 | United States

Eudora Welty

1915 — Austria | 2009 — Nigeria

Susanne Wenger

1930 — 2005 | Belgium

Marthe Wéry

1957 | United States

Emmi Whitehorse

1930 — 1998 | Canada

Joyce Wieland

1940 — 1993 | United States

Hannah Wilke

1941 | United Kingdom

Sue Williamson

1951 | United States of America

Philemona Williamson

1948 | United States

Deborah Willis

1905 — 1986 | United States

May Wilson

1948 | Australia

Regina Pilawuk Wilson

1936 | United Kingdom

Gillian Wise

1938 | Egypt

Nil Yalter

1925 — 2019 | Japan

Tsuruko Yamazaki

1949 | Hong Kong

CHOI Yan-chi

1921 — Iraq | 2015 — Israel

Claire Yaniv

1946 | United States

Nina Yankowitz

1934 | China

Yang Yanping

1895 — 2000 | Japan

Yuki Ogura

1965 | Peru

Gaudencia Aquilina Yupari Quispe

1928 — Mandatory Palestine | 2010 — Israel

Ruth Zarfati Sterenshuss

1941 | Czech Republic

Jana Želibská

1949 | East Germany

Doris Ziegler

1933 — 1999 | Lithuania

Kazimiera Zimblytė

1948 | Lebanon

Afaf Zurayk

1920 — 2002 | Vietnam

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