List of feminist avant-garde artists of the 1970s explained

This is a list of feminist avant-garde artists of the 1970s. The initial choice of artists for the list was based on their inclusion in Vienna's Sammlung Verbund, and its internationally-shown exhibition tour The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s: Works from the Sammlung Verbund.^{[1] [2]}

• Helena Almeida (1934–2018, Portugal)
• Eleanor Antin (born 1935, USA)
• (born 1939, NL)
• Lynda Benglis (born 1941, USA)
• Judith Bernstein (born 1942, USA)
• Renate Bertlmann (born 1943, Austria)
• Teresa Burga (born 1935, Peru)
• Marcella Campagnano (born 1941, IT)
• Judy Chicago (born 1939, USA)
• (born 1939, Austria)
• Lili Dujourie (born 1941, Belgium)
• Mary Beth Edelson (born 1933, USA)
• (born 1949, Germany)
• Valie Export (born 1940, Austria)
• Esther Ferrer (born 1937, Estland)
• Lynn Hershman Leeson (born 1941, USA)
• Alexis Hunter (1948–2014, USA)
• Sanja Iveković (born 1949, Croatia)
• Birgit Jürgenssen (1949–2003, Austria)
• Kirsten Justesen (born 1943, Denmark)
• Ketty La Rocca (1938–1976, Italy)
• Leslie Labowitz (born 1946, USA)
• Katalin Ladik (born 1942, Serbia)
• (born 1953, Austria)
• Suzanne Lacy (born 1945, USA)
• Suzy Lake (born 1947, USA)
• Karin Mack (born 1940, Austria)
• Ana Mendieta (1948–1985, Cuba/USA)
• Annette Messager (born 1943, France)
• Rita Myers (born 1947, USA)
• Lorraine O'Grady (born 1934, USA)
• ORLAN (born 1947, France)
• Gina Pane (1939–1990, France)
• Letícia Parente (1930–1991, Brazil)
• Ewa Partum (born 1945, Poland)
• (born 1945, Austria)
• Margot Pilz (born 1936, The Netherlands)
• Ulrike Rosenbach (born 1943, Germany)
• Martha Rosler (born 1943, USA)
• (born 1946, USA)
• Carolee Schneemann (1939–2019, USA)
• Lydia Schouten (born 1948, The Netherlands)
• Cindy Sherman (born 1957, USA)
• Penny Slinger (born 1947, UK)
• Annegret Soltau (born 1946, Germany)
• Hannah Wilke (1940–1993, USA)
• Martha Wilson (born 1947, USA)
• Nancy Wilson-Pajic (born 1941, USA)
• Francesca Woodman (1958–1981, USA)
• Nil Yalter (born 1938, Turkey)

Notes and References

1. Book: Schor. Gabriele. The Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s: Works from the Sammlung Verbund, Vienna. December 22, 2016. Prestel. Vienna. 978-3791354460.
2. News: Moroz. Sarah. The Groundbreaking Artists Who Battled to Make the Art World Less Sexist. 22 March 2017. The Cut. New York Media. October 31, 2016.