List of feminist avant-garde artists of the 1970s

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.


 * Helena Almeida (1934–2018, Portugal)
 * Eleanor Antin (born 1935, USA)
 * Anneke Barger (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)
 * Renate Eisenegger (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)
 * Suzanne Santoro (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)