The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled ‘The Milk of Dreams’, will open to the public from Saturday April 23 to Sunday November 27, 2022, at the Giardini and the Arsenale; it will be curated by Cecilia Alemani and organised by La Biennale di Venezia chaired by Roberto Cicutto. The Pre-opening will take place on April 20, 21 and 22; the Awards Ceremony and Inauguration will be held on 23 April 2022.
The Milk of Dreams takes its title from a book by Leonora Carrington (1917–2011)
The latest details about the key participants of the 59th International Art Exhibition. The Venice Biennale, the oldest art biennial, is back after being delayed a year due to the pandemic—and it is seemingly as jam-packed with artists as ever. To help you get your head around who is showing where, we have brought together all the national pavilions and artists that have been announced so far.
The Milk of Dreams takes its title from a book by Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) in which the Surrealist artist describes a magical world where life is constantly re-envisioned through the prism of the imagination. It is a world where everyone can change, be transformed, become something or someone else; a world set free, brimming with possibilities. But it is also the allegory of a century that imposed intolerable pressure on the very definition of the self, forcing Carrington into a life of exile: locked up in mental hospitals, an eternal object of fascination and desire, yet also a figure of startling power and mystery, always fleeing the strictures of a fixed, coherent identity. When asked about her birth, Carrington would say she was the product of her mother’s encounter with a machine, suggesting the same bizarre union of human, animal, and mechanical that marks much of her work.
The exhibition The Milk of Dreams takes Leonora Carrington’s otherworldly creatures, along with other figures of transformation, as companions on an imaginary journey through the metamorphoses of bodies and definitions of the human.
This exhibition is grounded in many conversations with artists held in the last few years. The questions that kept emerging from these dialogues seem to capture this moment in history when the very survival of the species is threatened, but also to sum up many other inquiries that pervade the sciences, arts, and myths of our time. How is the definition of the human changing? What constitutes life, and what differentiates plant and animal, human and non-human? What are our responsibilities towards the planet, other people, and other life forms? And what would life look like without us?
These are some of the guiding questions for this edition of the Biennale Arte, which focuses on three thematic areas in particular: the representation of bodies and their metamorphoses; the relationship between individuals and technologies; the connection between bodies and the Earth.
Many contemporary artists are imagining a posthuman condition that challenges the modern Western vision of the human being − and especially the presumed universal ideal of the white, male “Man of Reason” − as fixed centre of the universe and measure of all things. In its place, artists propose new alliances between species, and worlds inhabited by porous, hybrid, manifold beings that are not unlike Carrington’s extraordinary creatures. Under the increasingly invasive pressure of technology, the boundaries between bodies and objects have been utterly transformed, bringing about profound mutations that remap subjectivities, hierarchies, and anatomies.
Today, the world seems dramatically split between technological optimism − which promises that the human body can be endlessly perfected through science − and the dread of a complete takeover by machines via automation and artificial intelligence. This rift has widened during the Covid-19 pandemic, which has forced us even further apart and caged much of human interaction behind the screens of electronic devices.
The pressure of technology, the heightening of social tensions, the outbreak of the pandemic, and the looming threat of environmental disaster remind us every day that as mortal bodies, we are neither invincible nor self-sufficient, but rather part of a symbiotic web of interdependencies that bind us to each other, to other species, and to the planet as a whole.
In this climate, many artists envision the end of anthropocentrism, celebrating a new communion with the non-human, with the animal world, and with the Earth; they cultivate a sense of kinship between species and between the organic and inorganic, the animate and inanimate. Others react to the dissolution of supposedly universal systems, rediscovering localised forms of knowledge and new politics of identity. Still others practice what feminist theorist and activist Silvia Federici calls the “re-enchantment of the world”, mingling indigenous traditions with personal mythologies in much the same way as Leonora Carrington. – Statement by CECILIA ALEMANI – Curator of the 59th International Art Exhibition
Venice Biennale: 59th International Art Exhibition, Giardini, Arsenale and various venues around Venice, 23 April-27 November 2022
Albania
Artist: Lumturi Blloshmi
Organisers: Adela Demetja
Where: Arsenale
Argentina
Artist: Mónica Heller
Organisers: Alejo Ponce de León
Where: Arsenale
The curator Alexie Glass-Kantor and artist Marco FusinatoPhoto: Zan Wimberley
Australia
Artist: Marco Fusinato
Organisers: Alexie Glass-Kantor; Australia Council
Where: Giardini
Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl with the curator Karola Kraus
Photo: Christian Benesch
Austria
Artists: Jakob Lena Knebl and Ashley Hans Scheirl
Organisers: Karola Kraus; Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport
Where: Giardini
Francis AlÿsCourtesy of the artist
Belgium
Artists: Francis Alÿs
Organisers: Hilde Teerlinck
Where: Giardini
Jonathas de Andrade’s O Levante (the uprising) (2014)Photo: Josimar Rodrigues and Ricardo Moura;Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna. Courtesy of the artist
Brazil
Artist: Jonathas de Andrade
Organisers: Jacopo Crivelli Visconti; José Olympio da Veiga Pereira, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
Where: Giardini
Stan DouglasPhoto: © Evaan Kheraj. Courtesy of the artist, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner
Canada
Artist: Stan Douglas
Organisers: Reid Shier; National Gallery of Canada
Where: Giardini
Catalonia
Artist: Lara Fluxà
Organisers: Oriol Fondevila
Denmark
Artist: Uffe Isolotto
Organisers: Jacob Lillemose
Where: Giardini
Bita Razavi, Corina Apostol andKristina Norman.Photo: Dénes Farkas/CCA Estonia
Estonia
Artists: Kristina Norman and Bita Razavi
Organisers: Corina L. Apostol; Maria Arusoo, Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art
Where: Giardini (Dutch pavilion)
Christina Li and Pilvi TakalaPhoto: Ida Enegren
Finland
Artist: Pilvi Takala
Organisers: Christina Li; Frame: Contemporary Art Finland
Where:Giardini
Zineb SediraPhoto: Musthafa Aboobacker. Courtesy of Third Line gallery
France
Artist: Zineb Sedira
Organisers: Yasmina Reggae and artReoriented (Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath); Institut Français, French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and the French Ministry of Culture
Where: Giardini
Maria EichhornPhoto: Jens Ziehe
Germany
Artist: Maria Eichhorn
Organisers: Yilmaz Dziewior
Where: Giardini
Great Britain
Artist: Sonia Boyce
Organisers: British Council
Where: Giardini
Hong Kong
Artist: Angela Su
Organisers: Freya Chou; M+ Museum and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Where: Campo della Tana, Castello
Hungary
Artist: Zsófia Keresztes
Organisers: Mónika Zsikla
Where: Giardini
Sigurður GuðjónssonPhoto: Saga Sig
Iceland
Artist: Sigurður Guðjónsson
Organisers: Mónica Bello; Icelandic Art Center
Where: Arsenale
The artist Niamh O’Malley (centre) with curators Clíodhna Shaffrey and Michael HillCourtesy of Temple Bar Gallery+Studios
Ireland
Artist: Niamh O’Malley
Organisers: Clíodhna Shaffrey and Michael Hill, Temple Bar Gallery+Studios; Culture Ireland and the Arts Council Ireland
Where: Arsenale
Dumb Type’s Trace/React Ⅱ(2020) in Actions+Reflections at the Museum of Contemporary Art TokyoPhoto: Kazuo Fukunaga
Japan
Artist: Dumb Type
Organisers: Japan Foundation
Where: Giardini
Luxembourg
Artist: Tina Gillen
Organisers: Christophe Gallois; Mudam Luxembourg
Where: Arsenale
Malta
Artist: Brian Schembri, Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci and Arcangelo Sassolino
Organisers: Keith Sciberras and Jeffrey Uslip; Arts Council Malta
Where:Arsenale
Netherlands
Artist: Melanie Bonajo
Organisers: Orlando Maaike Gouwenberg, Geir Haraldseth and Soraya Pol
Where: Chiesetta della Misericordia
Two Faʻafafine (After Gauguin) (2020] from the Paradise Camp series by Yuki KiharaImage courtesy of Yuki Kihara and Milford Galleries, Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand
Artist: Yuki Kihara
Organisers: Caren Rangi and Natalie King; Creative New Zealand
Where: Arsenale
Hassan Meer, one of the five artists representing OmanImage courtesy of the National Pavilion of the Sultanate of Oman
Oman
Artists: Anwar Sonya, Hassan Meer, Budoor Al Riyami, Radhika Khimji and Raiya Al Rawahi
Organisers: Sayyid Saeed Al Busaidi and Aisha Stoby
Where: Arsenale
Philippines
Artist: Gerardo Tan, Felicidad A. Prudente and Sammy Buhle
Organisers: Yael Buencamino Borromeo and Arvin Jason Flores
Where: Arsenale
Poland
Artist: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
Organisers: Wojciech Szymański and Joanna Warsza; National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Where: Giardini
The Russian pavilion in the Giardini, Venice
Russia
Artists: Kirill Savchenkov and Alexandra Sukhareva
Organisers: Raimundas Malašauskas
Where: Giardini
Máret Ánne Sara, Anders Sunna and Pauliina FeodoroffPhoto: Marta Buso, OCA
Sápmi (formerly Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, and Finland)
Artists
: Pauliina Feodoroff, Máret Ánne Sara and Anders Sunna
Organisers: Katya García-Antón, Liisa-Rávná Finbog and Beaska Niillas; Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Where: Giardini
Scotland
Artist: Alberta Whittle
Organisers: Glasgow International; Scotland+Venice
Where: Arsenale Docks Cantieri Cucchini
Vladimir Nikolic and Biljana Ciric
Serbia
Artist: Vladimir Nikolic
Organisers: Biljana Ciric
Where: Giardini
Singapore
Artist: Shubigi Rao
Organisers: Ute Meta Bauer; Rosa Daniel, National Arts Council Singapore
Where: Arsenale
Spain
Artist: Ignasi Aballí
Organisers: Beatriz Espejo
Where: Giardini
Latifa EchakhchPhoto: Pro Helvetia/Keystone/Christian Beutler
Switzerland
Artist: Latifa Echakhch with Alexandre Babel
Organisers: Francesco Stocchi; Pro Helvetia
Where: Giardini
Taiwan
Artist: Sakuliu
Organisers: Patrick Flores; Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Where:Palazzo delle Prigioni
Turkey
Artist: Füsun Onur
Organisers: Beige Örer; Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
Where: Arsenale
United Arab Emirates
Artist: Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim
Organisers: Maya Allison; Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation
Where: Arsenale
Simone Leigh in the studio© Simone Leigh. Courtesy the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo: Shaniqwa Jarvis
United States
Artist: Simone Leigh
Organisers: Jill Medvedow and Eva Respini
Where: Giardini
Zimbabwe
Artists: Wallen Mapondera, Ronald Muchatuta, Kresiah Mukwazhi and Terrence Musekiwa
Organisers: Fadzai Muchemwa; National Gallery of Zimbabwe
Below is the full artist list for the 2022 Venice Biennale.
1. Noor Abuarafeh b. 1986, Jerusalem. Lives in Jerusalem and Maastricht, the Netherlands
2. Carla Accardi b. 1924, Trapani, Italy – 2014, Rome, Italy
3. Igshaan Adams b. 1982, Cape Town. Lives in Cape Town, South Africa
4. Eileen Agar b. 1899, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 1991, London, UK
5. Monira Al Qadiri b. 1983, Dakar, Senegal. Lives in Berlin, Germany
6. Sophia Al-Maria b. 1983, Tacoma, USA. Lives in London, UK Pavilion of Applied Arts
7. Ozlem Altın b. 1977, Goch, Germany. Lives in Berlin, Germany
8. Marina Apollonio b. 1940, Trieste, Italy. Lives in Padua, Italy
9. Gertrud Arndt b. 1903, Ratibor (Racibórz), German Empire (present-day Poland) – 2000, Darmstadt, Germany
10. Ruth Asawa b. 1926, Norwalk, USA – 2013, San Francisco, USA
11. Shuvinai Ashoona b. 1961, Kinngait. Lives in Kinngait, Nunavut
12. Belkis Ayón b. 1967 – 1999, Havana, Cuba
13. Firelei Báez b. 1981, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Lives in New York City, USA
14. Felipe Baeza b. 1987, Guanajuato, Mexico. Lives in New York City, USA
15. Josephine Baker b. 1906, Saint Louis, USA – 1975, Paris, France
16. Djuna Barnes b. 1892 – 1982, New York City, USA
17. Mária Bartuszová b. 1936, Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic) – 1996, Košice, Slovakia
18. Benedetta b. 1897, Rome, Italy – 1977, Venice, Italy
19. Mirella Bentivoglio b. 1922, Klagenfurt, Austria – 2017, Rome, Italy (In collaboration with Annalisa) Alloatti 1926 – 2000, Turin, Italy
20. Merikokeb Berhanu b. 1977, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Lives in Silver Spring, USA
21. Tomaso Binga b. 1931, Salerno, Italy. Lives in Rome, Italy
22. Cosima von Bonin b. 1962, Mombasa, Kenya. Lives in Cologne, Germany
23. Louise Bonnet b. 1970, Geneva, Switzerland. Lives in Los Angeles, USA
24. Marianne Brandt b. 1893, Chemnitz, Germany – 1983, Kirchberg, Germany
25. Kerstin Brätsch b. 1979, Hamburg, Germany. Lives in New York City, USA and Berlin, Germany
26. Dora Budor b. 1984, Zagreb, Croatia. Lives in New York City, USA
27. Eglė Budvytytė b. 1981, Kaunas, Lithuania. Lives in Vilnius, Lithuania and Amsterdam, the Netherlands
In collaboration with Marija Olšauskaitè and Julija Steponaitytė b. 1989, Vilnius. Lives in Vilnius, Lithuania and New York City, USA b. 1992, Vilnius. Lives in Vilnius, Lithuania and Amsterdam, the Netherlands
28. Liv Bugge b. 1974, Oslo. Lives in Oslo, Norway
29. Simnikiwe Buhlungu b. 1995, Johannesburg. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa and Amsterdam, the Netherlands Biennale College Arte
30. Miriam Cahn b. 1949, Basel, Switzerland. Lives in Stampa, Switzerland
31. Claude Cahun b. 1894, Nantes, France – 1954, Saint Helier, Jersey, UK
32. Elaine Cameron-Weir b. 1985, Red Deer, Canada. Lives in New York City, USA
33. Milly Canavero 1920 – 2010, Genoa, Italy
34. Leonora Carrington b. 1917, Clayton-le-Woods, UK – 2011, Mexico City, Mexico
35. Regina Cassolo Bracchi 1894, Mede, Italy – 1974, Milan, Italy b. 1981, Kaunas, Lithuania. Lives in Vilnius, Lithuania and Amsterdam, the Netherlands
36. Ambra Castagnetti b. 1993, Genoa, Italy. Lives in Milan, Italy Biennale College Arte
37. Giulia Cenci b. 1988, Cortona. Lives in Cortona, Italy and Amsterdam, the Netherlands
38. Giannina Censi b. 1913, Milan, Italy – 1995, Voghera, Italy
39. Gabriel Chaile b. 1985, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. Lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Lisbon, Portugal
40. Ali Cherri b. 1976, Beirut, Lebanon. Lives in Paris, France
41. Anna Coleman Ladd b. 1878, Bryn Mawr, USA – 1939, Santa Barbara, USA
42. Ithell Colquhoun b. 1906, Shillong, India – 1988, Lamorna, UK
43. Myrlande Constant b. 1968, Port-au-Prince. Lives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
44. June Crespo b. 1982, Pamplona, Spain. Lives in Bilbao, Spain
45. Dadamaino 1930 – 2004, Milan, Italy
46. Noah Davis b. 1983, Seattle, USA – 2015, Ojai, USA
47. Lenora de Barros b. 1953, São Paulo. Lives in São Paulo, Brazil
48. Valentine de Saint-Point b. 1875, Lyon, France – 1953, Cairo, Egypt
49. Lise Deharme b. 1898, Paris, France – 1980, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
50. Sonia Delaunay b. 1885, Odessa, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) – 1979, Paris, France
51. Agnes Denes b. 1931, Budapest, Hungary. Lives in New York City, USA
52. Maya Deren b. 1917, Kyiv, Ukraine – 1961, New York City, USA
53. Lucia Di Luciano b. 1933, Syracuse, Italy. Lives in Formello, Italy
54. Ibrahim El-Salahi b. 1930, Omdurman, Sudan. Lives in Oxford, UK
55. Sara Enrico b. 1979, Biella, Italy. Lives in Turin, Italy
56. Chiara Enzo b. 1989, Venice. Lives in Venice, Italy
57. Andro Eradze b. 1993, Tbilisi. Lives in Tbilisi, Georgia Biennale College Arte
58. Jaider Esbell b. 1979, Normandia, Brazil – 2021, São Sebastião, Brazil
59. Jana Euler b. 1982, Friedberg, Germany. Lives in Frankfurt, Germany and Brussels, Belgium
60. Minnie Evans b. 1892, Long Creek, USA – 1987, Wilmington, USA
61. Alexandra Exter b. 1882, Białystok, Russian Empire (present-day Poland) – 1949, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
62. Jadé Fadojutimi b. 1993, London. Lives in London, UK
63. Jes Fan b. 1990, Scarborough, Canada. Lives in New York City, USA and Hong Kong
64. Safia Farhat b. 1924 – 2004, Radès, Tunisia
65. Simone Fattal b. 1942, Damascus, Syria. Lives in Paris and Erquy, France
66. Célestin Faustin b. 1948, Lafond, Haiti – 1981, Pétion-Ville, Haiti
67. Leonor Fini b. 1907, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 1996, Paris, France
68. Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven b. 1874, Swinemünde (Świnoujście), German Empire (present-day Poland) – 1927, Paris, France
69. Katharina Fritsch b. 1956, Essen, Germany. Lives in Wuppertal and Düsseldorf, Germany
70. Ilse Garnier b. 1927, Kaiserslautern, Germany – 2020, Saisseval, France
71. Aage Gaup b. 1943, Børselv, Sápmi/Northern Norway – 2021, Karasjok, Sápmi/Northern Norway
72. Linda Gazzera b. 1890, Rome, Italy – 1942, São Paulo, Brazil
73. Fire Ghebreyesus b. 1962, Asmara, Eritrea – 2012, New Haven, USA
74. Elisa Giardina Papa
1979, Medicina, Italy. Lives in New York City, USA and Palermo, Italy
75. Roberto Gil de Montes b. 1950, Guadalajara, Mexico. Lives in La Peñita de Jaltemba, Mexico
76. Nan Goldin b. 1953, Washington, D.C., USA. Lives in New York City, USA
77. Jane Graverol b. 1905, Ixelles, Belgium – 1984, Fontainebleau, France
78. Laura Grisi b. 1939, Rhodes, Greece – 2017, Rome, Italy
79. Karla Grosch b. 1904, Weimar, Germany – 1933, Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine (present-day Israel)
80. Robert Grosvenor b. 1937, New York City, USA. Lives in East Patchogue, USA
81. Aneta Grzeszykowska b. 1974, Warsaw. Lives in Warsaw, Poland
82. Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe b. 1971, Sheroana, Venezuela. Lives in Mahekototeri and Caracas, Venezuela
83. Florence Henri b. 1893, New York City, USA – 1982, Compiègne, France
84. Lynn Hershman Leeson b. 1941, Cleveland, USA. Lives in San Francisco, USA
85. Charline von Heyl b. 1960, Mainz, Germany. Lives in New York City and Marfa, USA
86. Hannah Höch b. 1889, Gotha, Germany – 1978, Berlin, Germany
87. Jessie Homer French b. 1940, New York City, USA. Lives in Mountain Center, USA
88. Rebecca Horn b. 1944, Michelstadt, Germany. Lives in Odenwald, Germany
89. Georgiana Houghton b. 1814, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain – 1884, London, UK
90. Sheree Hovsepian b. 1974, Isfahan, Iran. Lives in New York City, USA
91. Tishan Hsu b. 1951, Boston, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
92. Marguerite Humeau b. 1986, Cholet, France. Lives in London, UK
93. Jacqueline Humphries b. 1960, New Orleans, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
94. Kudzanai-Violet Hwami b. 1993, Gutu, Zimbabwe. Lives in London, UK Biennale College Arte
95. Tatsuo Ikeda b. 1928, Saga, Japan – 2020, Tokyo, Japan
96. Saodat Ismailova b. 1981, Tashkent. Lives in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and Paris, France
97. Aletta Jacobs b. 1854, Sappemeer, the Netherlands – 1929, Baarn, the Netherlands
98. Geumhyung Jeong b. 1980, Seoul. Lives in Seoul, South Korea
99. Charlotte Johannesson b. 1943, Malmö, Sweden. Lives in Skanör, Sweden
100. Loïs Mailou Jones b. 1905, Boston, USA – 1998, Washington, D.C., USA
101. Jamian Juliano-Villani b. 1987, Newark, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
102. Birgit Jürgenssen 1949 – 2003, Vienna, Austria
103. Ida Kar b. 1908, Tambov, Russia – 1974, London, UK
104. Allison Katz b. 1980, Montreal, Canada. Lives in London, UK
105. Bronwyn Katz b. 1993, Kimberley, South Africa. Lives in Johannesburg, South Africa
106. Kapwani Kiwanga b. 1978, Hamilton, Canada. Lives in Paris, France
107. Kiki Kogelnik b. 1935, Graz, Austria – 1997, Vienna, Austria
108. Barbara Kruger b. 1945, Newark, USA. Lives in Los Angeles, USA
109. Tetsumi Kudo b. 1935, Osaka, Japan – 1990, Tokyo, Japan
110. Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill b. 1979, Comox, Canada. Lives on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil- Waututh peoples
111. Louise Lawler b. 1947, Bronxville, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
112. Carolyn Lazard b. 1987, Upland, USA. Lives in New York City and Philadelphia, USA
113. Mire Lee b. 1988, Seoul, South Korea. Lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
114. Simone Leigh b. 1967, Chicago, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
115. Hannah Levy b. 1991, New York City. Lives in New York City, USA
116. Tau Lewis b. 1993, Toronto, Canada. Lives in New York City, USA
117. Shuang Li b. 1990, Wuyi Mountains, China. Lives in Berlin, Germany and Geneva, Switzerland
118. Liliane Lijn b. 1939, New York City, USA. Lives in London, UK
119. Candice Lin b. 1979, Concord, USA. Lives in Los Angeles, USA
120. Mina Loy b. 1882, London, UK – 1966, Aspen, USA
121. Antoinette Lubaki b. 1895, Bukama, Congo Free State (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) – ?
122. Luang b. 1984, Shanghai. Lives in Shanghai, China
123. Zhenya Machneva b. 1988, Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg), Russia. Lives in Saint Petersburg, Russia – Cancelled
124. Baya Mahieddine b. 1931, Fort de l’Eau (present-day Bordj El Kiffan), Algeria – 1998, Blida, Algeria
125. Maruja Mallo b. 1902, Viveiro, Spain – 1995, Madrid, Spain
126. Joyce Mansour b.1928, Bowden, UK – 1986, Paris, France
127. Britta Marakatt-Labba b. 1951, Idivuoma, Sápmi/Northern Sweden. Lives in Övre Soppero, Sápmi/Northern Sweden
128. Diego Marcon b. 1985, Busto Arsizio, Italy. Lives in Milan, Italy
129. Sidsel Meineche Hansen b. 1981, Ry, Denmark. Lives in London, UK
130. Maria Sibylla Merian b. 1647, Frankfurt am Main, Free Imperial City of the Holy Roman Empire (present-day Germany) – 1717, Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (present-day the Netherlands)
131. Vera Molnár b. 1924, Budapest, Hungary. Lives in Paris, France
132. Delcy Morelos b. 1967, Tierralta, Colombia. Lives in Bogotá, Colombia
133. Sister Gertrude Morgan b. 1900, LaFayette, USA – 1980, New Orleans, USA
134. Sandra Mujinga b. 1989, Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lives in Oslo, Norway, and Berlin, Germany.
135. Mrinalini Mukherjee b. 1949, Bombay (present-day Mumbai), India – 2015, New Delhi, India.
136. Nadja b. 1902, Saint-André-lez-Lille, France – 1941, Bailleul, France
137. Louise Nevelson b. 1899, Pereiaslav, Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) – 1988, New York City, USA
138. Amy Nimr b. 1898, Cairo, Egypt – 1974, Paris, France
139. Magdalene Odundo b. 1950, Nairobi, Kenya. Lives in Farnham, UK
140. Precious Okoyomon b. 1993, London, UK. Lives in New York City, USA
141. Meret Oppenheim b. 1913, Berlin, Germany – 1985, Basel, Switzerland
142. Ovartaci b. 1894, Ebeltoft, Denmark – 1985, Risskov, Denmark
143. Virginia Overton b. 1971, Nashville, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
144. Akosua Adoma Owusu b. 1984, Alexandria, USA. Lives in New York City and Cambridge, USA
145. Prabhakar Pachpute b. 1986, Sasti, India. Lives in Pune, India
146. Eusapia Palladino b. 1854, Minervino Murge, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (present-day Italy) – 1918, Naples, Italy
147. Violeta Parra b. 1917, San Fabián de Alico, Chile – 1967, Santiago, Chile
148. Rosana Paulino b. 1967, São Paulo. Lives in São Paulo, Brazil
149. Valentine Penrose b. 1898, Mont-de-Marsan, France – 1978, Chiddingly, UK
150. Elle Pérez b. 1989, New York City. Lives in New York City, USA
151. Sondra Perry b. 1986, Perth Amboy, USA. Lives in Newark, USA
152. Solange Pessoa b. 1961, Ferros, Brazil. Lives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
153. Thao Nguyen Phan b. 1987, Ho Chi Minh City. Lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
154. Julia Phillips b. 1985, Hamburg, Germany. Lives in Chicago, USA and Berlin, Germany
155. Joanna Piotrowska b. 1985, Warsaw. Lives in Warsaw, Poland and London, UK
156. Alexandra Pirici b. 1982, Bucharest. Lives in Bucharest, Romania
157. Anu Põder b. 1947, Kanepi, Estonia – 2013, Tallinn, Estonia
158. Gisèle Prassinos b. 1920, Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) – 2015, Paris, France
159. Christina Quarles b. 1985, Chicago, USA. Lives in Los Angeles, USA
160. Rachilde b. 1860, Cros, France – 1953, Paris, France
161. Janis Rafa b. 1984, Athens. Lives in Athens, Greece and Amsterdam, the Netherlands
162. Alice Rahon b. 1904, Chenecey-Buillon, France – 1987, Mexico City, Mexico
163. Carol Rama 1918 – 2015, Turin, Italy
164. Paula Rego b. 1935, Lisbon, Portugal. Lives in London, UK
165. Edith Rimmington b. 1902, Leicester, UK – 1986, Bexhill-on-Sea, UK
166. Enif Robert b. 1886, Prato, Italy – 1974, Bologna, Italy
167. Luiz Roque b. 1979, Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil. Lives in São Paulo, Brazil
168. Rosa Rosà b. 1884, Vienna, Austria – 1978, Rome, Italy
169. Niki de Saint Phalle b. 1930, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 2002, La Jolla, USA
170. Giovanna Sandri 1923 – 2002, Rome, Italy
171. Pinaree Sanpitak b. 1961, Bangkok. Lives in Bangkok, Thailand
172. Aki Sasamoto b. 1980, Kanagawa, Japan. Lives in New York City, USA
173. Augusta Savage b. 1892, Green Cove Springs, USA – 1962, New York City, USA
174. Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt b. 1896, Lübben (Spreewald), Germany – 1924, Hamburg, Germany 1899 – 1924, Hamburg, Germany
175. Lillian Schwartz b. 1927, Cincinnati, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
176. Amy Sillman b. 1955, Detroit, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
177. Elias Sime b. 1968, Addis Ababa. Lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
178. Marianna Simnett b. 1986, London, UK. Lives in Berlin, Germany
179. Hélène Smith b. 1861, Martigny, Switzerland – 1929, Geneva, Switzerland
180. Sable Elyse Smith b. 1986, Los Angeles, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
181. Teresa Solar b. 1985, Madrid. Lives in Madrid, Spain
182. Mary Ellen Solt b. 1920, Gilmore City, USA – 2007, Santa Clarita, USA
183. P. Staff b. 1987, Bognor Regis, UK. Lives in London, UK and Los Angeles, USA
184. Sophie Taeuber-Arp b. 1889, Davos, Switzerland – 1943, Zürich, Switzerland
185. Toshiko Takaezu b. 1922, Pepeekeo, USA – 2011, Honolulu, USA
186. Emma Talbot b. 1969, Stourbridge, UK. Lives in London, UK
187. Dorothea Tanning b. 1910, Galesburg, USA – 2012, New York City, USA
188. Bridget Tichenor b. 1917, Paris, France – 1990, Mexico City, Mexico
189. Tecla Tofano b. 1927, Naples, Italy – 1995, Caracas, Venezuela
190. Josefa Tolrà b. 1880 – 1959, Cabrils, Spain
191. Tourmaline b. 1983, Boston, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
192. Toyen b. 1902, Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Czech Republic) – 1980, Paris, France
193. Rosemarie Trockel b. 1952, Schwerte, Germany. Lives in Berlin, Germany
194. Wu Tsang b. 1982, Worcester, USA. Lives in Zürich, Switzerland
195. Kaari Upson b. 1970, San Bernardino, USA – 2021, New York City, USA
196. Andra Ursuta b. 1979, Salonta, Romania. Lives in New York City, USA
197. Grazia Varisco b. 1937, Milan. Lives in Milan, Italy
198. Remedios Varo b. 1908, Anglès, Spain – 1963, Mexico City, Mexico
199. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra b. 1967, Viña del Mar, Chile. Lives in Berlin, Germany
200. Marie Vassilieff b. 1884, Smolensk, Russia – 1957, Nogent-sur-Marne, France
201. Cecilia Vicuña b. 1948, Santiago, Chile. Lives in New York City, USA
202. Nanda Vigo 1936 – 2020, Milan, Italy
203. Marianne Vitale b. 1973, East Rockaway, USA. Lives in New York City, USA
204. Raphaela Vogel b. 1988, Nuremberg, Germany. Lives in Berlin, Germany
205. Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller b. 1877, Philadelphia, USA – 1968, Framingham, USA
206. Laura Wheeler Waring b. 1887, Hartford, USA – 1948, Philadelphia, USA
207. Ulla Wiggen b. 1942, Stockholm. Lives in Stockholm, Sweden
208. Mary Wigman b. 1886, Hanover, Germany – 1973, Berlin, Germany
209. Müge Yilmaz b. 1985, Istanbul, Turkey. Lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
210. Frantz Zéphirin b. 1968, Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Lives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
211. Zheng Bo b. 1974, Beijing, China. Lives on Lantau Island, Hong Kong
212. Unica Zürn b. 1916, Berlin, Germany – 1970, Paris, France
213. Portia Zvavahera b. 1985, Harare. Lives in Harare, Zimbabwe