Who Am I?

Who Am I?

I am an American Contemporary artist. I am a painter, silhouettist, print-maker, installation artist, and film-maker. I am best known for my room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes.

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Kara Walker

Julie Mehretu

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Kara Walker

Who Am I?

I work in painting, sculpture, performance art, and installations in a variety of styles, including Pop art and Minimalism. I use obsessive repetition in my work.

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Celia Paul

Yayoi Kusama

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Yayoi Kusama

I am an American artist, author, feminist, and educator. I am known for my large collaborative art installation pieces about birth and creation images, which examine the role of women in history and culture. I founded the first feminist art program in the United States at California State University Fresno.

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Judy Chicago

Gabriele Munter

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Judy Chicago

I am an American abstract expressionist painter who influenced the Color Field school of painting in the 1950s. I use my own painting technique called “soak stain,” where I pour thinned paint directly onto my canvases.

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Helen Frankenthaler

Paula Rego

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Helen Frankenthaler

I was born in Ethiopia but grew up in Michigan. My paintings incorporate elements from technical drawings such as urban buildings, city grids and weather charts. I am the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship often referred to as the “genius grant”.

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Celia Paul

Julie Mehretu

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Julie Mehretu

Who Am I?

I am an American artist living in Baltimore MD. I am best known for painting the official first lady portrait of Michelle Obama. I want to tell African-American stories within their own tradition in my art. I am well known for using gray scale to portray skin tones.

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Jenny Saville

Amy Sherald

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Amy Sherald

Who Am I?

I was born in India but grew up and reside in London, England. I had a tumultuous relationship with fellow artist Lucian Freud. My work consists of my depictions of people and places I know well and I often paint my sisters and mother.

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Celia Paul

Leonora Carrington

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Celia Paul

Who Am I?

I am an Italian Baroque artist now considered one of the most accomplished 17th century artists. My father was also an artist and instrumental in my art education at a time when women were not allowed to paint under their own name. I was the first woman accepted into the Academy of the Arts of Drawing.

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Artemisia Gentileschi

Jenny Saville

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Artemisia Gentileschi

I am an American painter, writer, mixed media sculptor and performance artist. I am best known for my narrative quilts. I took inspiration from African art, Impressionism, and Cubism. I have been an activist since the 1970s, participating in several feminist and anti-racist organizations.

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Natalia Goncharova

Faith Ringgold

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Faith Ringgold

I am an American Abstract Expressionist and Figurative Expressionist. I wrote extensively on the topic of art and was an editorial associate for Art News magazine. I specialized in portraiture and had a successful career but I often put my husband’s art career before my own.

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Elaine de Kooning

Frida Kahlo

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Elaine de Kooning

Who Am I?

I am a Russian artist credited with developing a new form of abstract painting called Rayonism. I frequently added Russian folk art motifs into my abstract works. I was a teacher, illustrator, and costume and set designer as well as a painter.

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Natalia Goncharova

Joan Mitchell

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Natalia Goncharova

Who Am I?

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I am a Portuguese painter and printmaker. I frequently created scenes from storybooks with an added feminist twist. I was shortlisted for the Turner Prize, whose winners have only been 29% female.

Mirka Mora

Paula Rego

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Paula Rego

Who Am I?

I am a Mexican artist whose work was inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. I often painted self-portraits. I have been described as surrealist or magical surrealist. At 18 I was in an accident. I survived but spent the rest of my life with medical issues.

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Frida Kahlo

Tracey Emin

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Frida Kahlo