This is a Question that I get asked a lot, in various forms. I myself have experienced the frustration of sitting in front of the computer, trying to find female artists that link with the ‘Topic’ or ‘History’ theme for that term. So, in a fairly non organised but quick way, here is a list of SOME female artists with suggestions for links…This is not an exhaustive or particularly refined list but hopefully is is helpful nonetheless! This list is a work in progress and I will endeavour to add to it and refine ASAP.

Frida Kahlo – Self portraits / family tree / Mexico / Painting feelings / nature / Colour mixing / still life

Elizabeth Catlett – Portraits / Family / People who help us / Printing / Lines / Tone

Niki de Saint Phalle – Colour / 3D / Animals / Myths / Fantasy

Lubaina Himid – Activist art / migration / black women / paint /

Marianne North – Botanical art / explorer / painting / observational / plans / nature

Amrita Sher-Gil – Indian women in art / painting / portraits / everyday activities

Rachel Whiteread – 3D / negative spaces / everyday objects / concrete / House

Sarah Eisenlohr – Collage / graphic design / landscapes / surreal / magazines

Brianna McCarthy – Collage / mixed media / colour / textiles / masks / portraits / colour /texture

Dorothea Tanning – Surrealism / painting / dreams

Guerrilla Girls – feminist / word art / activist art

Maggi Hambling – drawing / line / portraits / paint / expressionist / abstract

Chila Kumari Burman – Printing / mixed media / 3D / vibrant / Bollywood / Asian culture / found materials / fusion of culture

Michelle Reader – Recycled models / 3D / found materials / Eco art / Junk modelling

Hannah Starkey – photography / women doing everyday things / narrative

Zineb Sedira – Video art / family / portraits / cultures / Arab women / Languages

Lee Krasner – colour / abstract / expressionist / large work / lines /texture

Francoise Gilot – paint / colour / abstract / cubism