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Chronological Listing

Contemporary Women Artists
Sandra Blow1925-2006British Painter
Beryl Cook1926-2008British Painter
Ellen LanyonBorn 1926American
Joan Mitchell1926-1992American Painter
Betye SaarBorn 1926African-American Assemblage Artist
Nancy SperoBorn 1926American Painter
Beth Van HoesenBorn 1926American
Kenojuak AshevakBorn 1927Canadian Inuit Printmaker
Gracia BarriosBorn 1927 
Sarah GarnerBorn 1927American
Dorothy Elsie KnowlesBorn 1927Canadian Painter
Kathleen KnowlingBorn 1927Canadian
Lin EmeryBorn 1928American Sculptor
Gathie FalkBorn 1928Canadian
Helen FrankenthalerBorn 1928American Painter
Rita LetendreBorn 1928Native Canadian Painter
Ida ApplebroogBorn 1929American Painter
Jo BaerBorn 1929American Painter
Jay DeFeo1929-1989American Assemblage Artist
Yayoi KusamaBorn 1929Japanese Conceptual Artist
Lygia Pape1929-2004Brazilian
Magdalena AbakanowiczBorn 1930Polish Sculptor
Gillian AyresBorn 1930British Painter
Carol Hoorn Fraser1930-1991American/Canadian Painter
Dame Elisabeth Frink1930-1993British Sculptor
Margot LovejoyBorn 1930Canadian/American Digital Artist
MarisolBorn 1930Venezuelan Sculptor
Faith RinggoldBorn 1930African-American
Niki de Saint-Phalle1930-2002French Painter/Sculptor
Elizabeth BlackadderBorn 1931British Painter
Lee BontecouBorn 1931American Sculptor
Agnes DenesBorn 1931American Environmental Artist
Audrey FlackBorn 1931American Painter/Sculptor
Marcia Gygli KingBorn 1931American Painter
Marisa MerzBorn 1931Italian Sculptor
Bridget RileyBorn 1931British Painter
Joyce Wieland1931-1998Canadian Painter
Anne Meredith BarryBorn 1932Canadian Painter
Lila Katzen1932-1998American Sculptor
Dorothea RockburneBorn 1932Canadian Painter
Idelle WeberBorn 1932American Painter
Judith BurtonBorn 1933American
ChryssaBorn 1933Greek
Mary FrankBorn 1933American Sculptor
Viola Frey1933-2004American Ceramicist
Anna Bella GeigerBorn 1933Brazilian
Yoko OnoBorn 1933Japanese/American Conceptual Artist
Hilla BecherBorn 1934German Photographer
Sheila HicksBorn 1934American Textile Artist
Yvonne JacquetteBorn 1934American Painter
Koo MeiBorn 1934Chinese
Ann NewdigateBorn 1934South African/Canadian Painter
Janet DawsonBorn 1935Australian Painter
Jeanne-ClaudeBorn 1935French Environmental Artist
Marilyn Levine1935-2005Canadian Ceramicist
Mary PrattBorn 1935Canadian Painter
Paula RegoBorn 1935Portuguese Painter
Graciela Rodo-BoulangerBorn 1935Bolivian Painter
Sondra FreckeltonBorn 1936American
Eva Hesse1936-1970German Painter/Sculptor
Joan JonasBorn 1936American
Fay JonesBorn 1936American Painter
Louise Scott1936-2007American Painter
Carolyn BradyBorn 1937American Painter
Martha Mayer ErlebacherBorn 1937American Painter
Tamami ShimaBorn 1937Japanese Printmaker
Emma AmosBorn 1938African-American Painter
Dotty AttieBorn 1938American Painter
Joan Brown1938-1990American Painter
Janet FishBorn 1938American Painter
Nancy HoltBorn 1938American Environmental Artist
Sylvia Plimack MangoldBorn 1938American Painter
Lynn M. RandolphBorn 1938American
Michelle StuartBorn 1938American Sculptor
Judy ChicagoBorn 1939American Installation Artist
Rita DonaghBorn 1939British Painter
Glenna GoodacreBorn 1939American Sculptor
Judy OnofrioBorn 1939American
Carolee SchneemannBorn 1939American
Mierle Laderman UkelesBorn 1939American
Virginia WattlesBorn 1939American
Nancy Graves1940-1995American Sculptor
Valie ExportBorn 1940Austrian
Mary HeilmannBorn 1940American
Marion HeldBorn 1940American Sculptor
Susan HillerBorn 1940American Installation Artist
Mary Ellen MarkBorn 1940American Photographer
Elizabeth Murray1940-2007American Painter
Gladys NilssonBorn 1940American
Jaune Quick-To-See SmithBorn 1940Native American Painter
Joan SnyderBorn 1940American Painter
Pat SteirBorn 1940American Painter
Hannah Wilke1940-1993American Photographer
Jennifer BartlettBorn 1941American Painter
Lynda BenglisBorn 1941American Sculptor
Susan Seddon Boulet1941-1997Brazilian/American
Hanne DarbovenBorn 1941German
Linda McCartney1941-1998American Photographer
Jackie WinsorBorn 1941American Sculptor
Sylvia BendzsaBorn 1942Canadian Printmaker
Lia CookBorn 1942American Textile Artist
Graciela IturbideBorn 1942Mexican Photographer
Joyce KozloffBorn 1942American Painter
Yolanda LopezBorn 1942American Painter
Susan PuelzBorn 1942American Painter
Ursula von RydingsvardBorn 1942German/American Sculptor
Coosje van BruggenBorn 1942Dutch/American Sculptor
Nancy Reddin KienholzBorn 1943American Installation Artist
Annette MessagerBorn 1943French Installation Artist
Maria NordmanBorn 1943German
Ellen PhelanBorn 1943American Painter
Howardena PindellBorn 1943African-American Painter
Edda RenoufBorn 1943American
Martha RoslerBorn 1943American
Dana BoussardBorn 1944 
Ester HernandezBorn 1944American Painter
Candida HoferBorn 1944German Photographer
Rebecca HornBorn 1944German Installation Artist
Catharine LilesBorn 1944American
Mary LucierBorn 1944American Installation Artist
Rowena MorrillBorn 1944American Illustrator
Katharina SieverdingBorn 1944Czech Photographer
Meg WebsterBorn 1944American
Tina BarneyBorn 1945American Photographer
Maggi HamblingBorn 1945British Painter/Sculptor
Mags HarriesBorn 1945British/American Sculptor
Valerie JaudonBorn 1945American
Barbara KrugerBorn 1945American Conceptual Artist
Susan RothenbergBorn 1945American Painter
Carol SuttonBorn 1945American/Canadian Painter
Jan WoodsBorn 1945American Sculptor
Marina AbramovicBorn 1946Yugoslavian Performance Artist
Alice AycockBorn 1946American Sculptor
Judith BacaBorn 1946American Painter
Leigh BehnkeBorn 1946American Painter
Dara BirnbaumBorn 1946American Video Artist
Clarice DreyerBorn 1946American Sculptor
Catherine MurphyBorn 1946American Painter
Judy PfaffBorn 1946American Installation Artist
Sandy SkoglundBorn 1946American Photographer/Installation Artist
Jeanette Pasin SloanBorn 1946American
Susana SolanoBorn 1946Spanish Sculptor
Annette WeintraubBorn 1946American Digital Artist
Laurie AndersonBorn 1947American Performance Artist
Sarah CharlesworthBorn 1947American Photographer
Eileen CowinBorn 1947American Photographer
Bev DoolittleBorn 1947American Painter/Printmaker
Nancy GlazierBorn 1947American Painter
Cheryl LaemmleBorn 1947American Painter
Louise LawlerBorn 1947American Photographer
Sherrie LevineBorn 1947American
Nancy MitchnickBorn 1947American
Nancy BursonBorn 1948American Digital Artist
Olivia DeBerardinisBorn 1948American Illustrator
Sally S. FineBorn 1948American Sculptor
Carmen Lomas GarzaBorn 1948American Printmaker
Suzanne GauthierBorn 1948Canadian Mixed Media Artist
Isa GenzkenBorn 1948German
Hung LiuBorn 1948Chinese Installation Artist
Ana Mendieta1948-1985Cuban/American Performance Artist
Adrian PiperBorn 1948American
Joyce J. ScottBorn 1948African-American Sculptor
Mary ScottBorn 1948Canadian
Judith SheaBorn 1948American Sculptor
Hollis Sigler1948-2001American Painter
Carroll Taylor-LindoeBorn 1948Canadian
Alison WildingBorn 1948British Sculptor
Yuriko YamaguchiBorn 1948Japanese/American Sculptor
Deborah ButterfieldBorn 1949American Sculptor
Cima KatzBorn 1949American Photographer
Karen KuncBorn 1949American
Annie LeibovitzBorn 1949American Photographer
Laurie SimmonsBorn 1949American Photographer/Conceptual Artist
Alexis SmithBorn 1949American Sculptor
Ann StautbergBorn 1949American Photographer
Oviloo TunnillieBorn 1949Canadian Inuit Sculptor
Leslie WilcoxBorn 1949American Sculptor
Leila DawBorn 1950American Sculptor
Lesley DillBorn 1950American
Zaha HadidBorn 1950British Architect
Jane HammondBorn 1950American
Jenny HolzerBorn 1950American Conceptual Artist
Deborah MurphyBorn 1950American
JoAnn VerburgBorn 1950American Photographer
Barbara BloomBorn 1951American Sculptor
Louisa ChaseBorn 1951American Painter
Sue CoeBorn 1951British/American
Kim DingleBorn 1951American Painter
Pam HallBorn 1951Canadian Painter
Rocio MaldonadoBorn 1951Painter
Sally MannBorn 1951American Photographer
Jane Golding MarieBorn 1951American
Melissa MillerBorn 1951American
Toots ZynskyBorn 1951American Glassmaker
Barbara AndrusBorn 1952American Sculptor
Yreina CervantezBorn 1952American Painter
Jane DicksonBorn 1952American Painter
Suzanne DuranceauBorn 1952Canadian Illustrator
Mona HatoumBorn 1952Palestinian
Deborah KassBorn 1952American
Bettina RheimsBorn 1952French Photographer
Beverly SemmesBorn 1952American
Rosemarie TrockelBorn 1952German Conceptual Artist
Chakaia BookerBorn 1953African-American Sculptor
Sophie CalleBorn 1953French Photographer
Helen Chadwick1953-1996British Installation Artist
Petah CoyneBorn 1953American
Lynn Donoghue1953-2003Canadian Painter
Marlene DumasBorn 1953South African Painter
Nan GoldinBorn 1953American Photographer
April GornikBorn 1953American Painter
Faye HeavyShieldBorn 1953Native Canadian Installation Artist
Therese OultonBorn 1953British Painter
Jane Ash PoitrasBorn 1953Native Canadian Artist
Marjetica PotrcBorn 1953Slovenian
Lezley SaarBorn 1953African-American Assemblage Artist
Carrie Mae WeemsBorn 1953African-American Photographer
Frances WhiteheadBorn 1953American
Kendall BusterBorn 1954American Sculptor
Nancy DwyerBorn 1954American
Lubaina HimidBorn 1954British Painter
Cindy ShermanBorn 1954American Photographer
Kiki SmithBorn 1954German/American
Gilda SnowdenBorn 1954African-American
Margaret SwanBorn 1954American Sculptor
Janice UdellBorn 1954Canadian
Sue WilliamsBorn 1954American Painter
Manasie AkpaliapikBorn 1955Canadian Inuit Sculptor
Roni HornBorn 1955American
Shirazeh HoushiaryBorn 1955British Sculptor
Jana SterbakBorn 1955Czech Conceptual Artist
Dorothy CrossBorn 1956Irish
Jeanne DuvalBorn 1956American Painter
Katharina FritschBorn 1956German
Anne GeddesBorn 1956Australian Photographer
Ann HamiltonBorn 1956American
Cristina IglesiasBorn 1956Spanish
Ann Veronica JanssensBorn 1956British
Alice MaherBorn 1956Irish Painter
Cady NolandBorn 1956American
Alison SaarBorn 1956African-American Sculptor
Dozier BellBorn 1957American Painter
Janet CardiffBorn 1957Canadian Installation Artist
Annette LemieuxBorn 1957American
Mary MeadBorn 1957American Sculptor
Shirin NeshatBorn 1957Iranian/American
Michal RovnerBorn 1957Israeli Photographer
Kitty WalesBorn 1957American Sculptor
Uta BarthBorn 1958German Photographer
Julie BellBorn 1958American Illustrator
Doris SalcedoBorn 1958Colombian Sculptor
Renee StoutBorn 1958African-American Sculptor
Eija-Liisa AhtilaBorn 1959Finnish Video Artist
Rineke DijkstraBorn 1959Dutch Photographer
Renee GreenBorn 1959African-American Installation Artist
Tish HollandBorn 1959Canadian Painter
Maya LinBorn 1959American Sculptor/Architect
Pia StadtbaumerBorn 1959German
Jessica StockholderBorn 1959American Installation Artist
Marijke van WarmerdamBorn 1959Dutch
Cathy de MonchauxBorn 1960British Sculptor
Suchan KinoshitaBorn 1960Japanese/Dutch
Rita McBrideBorn 1960American
Tracey MoffattBorn 1960Australian Photographer
Lorna SimpsonBorn 1960African-American
Frida BaranekBorn 1961Brazilian Sculptor
Sylvie FleuryBorn 1961Swiss Artist
Katharina GrosseBorn 1961German
Zoe LeonardBorn 1961American Photographer/Installation Artist
Liliana MoroBorn 1961Italian
Catherine OpieBorn 1961American Photographer
Judith SchaechterBorn 1961American Stained Glass Artist
Sarah LucasBorn 1962British Sculptor
Pipilotti RistBorn 1962Swiss Video Artist
Ann-Sofi SidenBorn 1962Swedish
Roxanne SwentzellBorn 1962Native American
Diana ThaterBorn 1962American Video Artist
Lisa YuskavageBorn 1962American Painter
Ghada AmerBorn 1963Egyptian Painter
Maria Fernanda CardosoBorn 1963Colombian Installation Artist
Tracey EminBorn 1963British
Fiona RaeBorn 1963British Painter
Grazia ToderiBorn 1963Italian Video Artist
Barbara Pratt WangerskyBorn 1963Canadian Painter
Gillian WearingBorn 1963British
Rachel WhitereadBorn 1963British Installation Artist
Janine AntoniBorn 1964American
Berlinde De BruyckereBorn 1964Belgian Installation Artist
Sabine HornigBorn 1964German
Lee BulBorn 1964Korean Sculptor
Sharon LockhartBorn 1964American Photographer
Monica BonviciniBorn 1965Italian Installation Artist
Tacita DeanBorn 1965British
Andrea FraserBorn 1965American
Ellen GallagherBorn 1965African-American Painter
Dominique Gonzalez-FoersterBorn 1965French
Teresa HubbardBorn 1965American Photographer
Elizabeth PeytonBorn 1965American Painter
Rebecca WarrenBorn 1965British Sculptor
Alison WattBorn 1965British Painter
Bettina WernerBorn 1965Italian Salt Artist
Andrea ZittelBorn 1965American Installation Artist
Fiona BannerBorn 1966British
Enrica BorghiBorn 1966Italian
Angela BullochBorn 1966Canadian Installation Artist
Eva MarisaldiBorn 1966Italian
Louise McKissickBorn 1966Canadian/American Sculptor
Fiona TanBorn 1966Dutch Video Artist
Tomma AbtsBorn 1967German Painter
Alicia FramisBorn 1967Spanish
Lisa JevbrattBorn 1967Swedish/American Digital Artist
Yael KanarekBorn 1967American Digital Artist
Abigail LaneBorn 1967British Installation Artist
Aleksandra MirBorn 1967Polish
Sarah MorrisBorn 1967British Painter
Rivane NeuenschwanderBorn 1967Brazilian
Sam Taylor-WoodBorn 1967British Video Artist
Jane WilsonBorn 1967British Installation Artist
Louise WilsonBorn 1967British Installation Artist
Ceal FloyerBorn 1968British
Vanessa BeecroftBorn 1969Italian Performance Artist
Cecily BrownBorn 1969British Painter
Tara DonovanBorn 1969American Installation Artist
Mary FlanaganBorn 1969American Digital Artist
Anna GaskellBorn 1969American Photographer
Loretta LuxBorn 1969German Photographer
Shahzia SikanderBorn 1969Pakistani/American
Sarah SzeBorn 1969American Sculptor
Kara WalkerBorn 1969African-American
Yael BartanaBorn 1970Israeli Video Artist
Elke KrystufekBorn 1970Austrian
Julie MehretuBorn 1970American Painter/Printmaker
Laura OwensBorn 1970American Painter
Jenny SavilleBorn 1970British Painter
Beth StrykerBorn 1970American Digital Artist
Hannah StarkeyBorn 1971British Photographer
Candice BreitzBorn 1972South African Photographer
Jennifer AlloraBorn 1974American
Stephanie Pui-Mun LawBorn 1976American Illustrator
Kinuko Y. Craft20th CenturyAmerican Illustrator
Michele Oka Doner20th CenturyAmerican Sculptor
Adrianne Wortzel20th CenturyAmerican Digital Artist
Eva Fuka20th CenturyCzech Photographer
Bunny Harvey20th CenturyAmerican Painter
Marsha Pels20th CenturyAmerican Sculptor

 
 
 
 
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