Pandora’s BoxX Project:

•A photographic portrait series documenting and celebrating the changing face and profound cultural influence of womxn artists and art practitioners (inclusive of trans; non-binary; gender-queer, and female individuals) over the past six decades.

•A quietly radical cultural intervention

Everybody in Pandora

(Names are links: click on name to go to portrait page)

Adams, Alice: visual artist, sculptor

Adams, Lauren Frances: visual artist, painter


Adams, Marina: visual artist, painter

Agopian, Aileen: collector, art consultant


Ahmady, Leeza: independent curator


Alba, Elia: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Alemani, Cecilia: chief curator, High Line Art; artistic director of the 59th Venice Biennale 2022

Alexander, Clytie: visual artist, painter


Ando, Miya: visual artist, sculptor


Antin, Eleanor: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary

Antoni, Janine: visual and performance art, multidisciplinary

Arimoto Mercer, Kary: landscape architect

Attie, Dotty: visual artist, painter

Ault, Julie: social-practice artist, curator, writer; co-founder of Group Material


Awai, Nicole: visual artist, painter


Aylon, Helene: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Azara, Nancy: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


B, Beth: visual artist, filmmaker


Bagwell, Vinnie: visual artist, sculptor


Barrio, Itziar: visual artist, interdisciplinary 


Barth, Frances: visual artist, interdisciplinary

Bates, Jo-Anne: visual artist, painter

Baxter, Mary Enoch: visual artist, interdisciplinary 


Bedolla, Myrtis: art dealer, owner Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore MD


Bee, Susan: visual artist, painter; writer

Behbahani, Bahar: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Bell, Aisha: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary

Beltran, JD: visual artist, multidisciplinary


Ben Sadoun, Florence: writer, collector


Benglis, Lynda: visual artist, sculptor 


Berenhaut, Marianne: visual artist, sculptor

Bergman, Meredith: visual artist, sculptor


Berkowitz, Terry: visual artist, filmmaker


Bernstein, Judith: visual artist, painter


Bielski, Annie: visual and performance artist, multidisciplinary

Biggs, Janet: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Boesky, Marianne: art dealer, owner Marianne Boesky Gallery, NY NY


Bogat, Regina: visual artist, painter


Borisova, Daria: independent curator


Boyle, Christiana Ine-Kimba: independent curator; art dealer, Canada Gallery, NY NY

Bradford, Katherine: visual artist, painter


Breslav, Sonel: Printed Matter’s Director of Fairs and Editions; founder of Blonde Art Books


Brooks, Kara: independent curator


Buia, Vanessa: art dealer, art consultant

Bullock, Barbara: visual artist, painter


Caulley, Cat: visual artist, painter


Cercone, Katie: performance artist, independent curator


Cetera, Lea: visual artist, sculptor

Charlton, Zoe: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Chase-Riboud, Barbara: visual artist, sculptor; author

Cheng, Cindy: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Cheon, Mina: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Clark, Sonya: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Conner, Leigh: art dealer, co-founding owner ConnerSmith Gallery, Washington DC


Cooper, Ashley Norwood: visual artist, painter


Cox, Renee: visual artist, photographer


Cox, V.L.: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Coyne, Petah: visual artist, sculptor


Cronin, Patricia: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Cros, Lolita: independent curator


Cruz, Ada: visual artist, sculptor


Cruz, Lizania: participatory visual and performance artist


Daou, Annabel: visual and performance artist, multidisciplinary


Davis, Lisa Corinne: visual artist, painter


Day, E.V.: visual artist, sculptor

Day-Clark, Linda: visual artist, photographer

Dehbozorgi, Maryam: visual artist, transdisciplinary

Della Lucia, Catherine: visual artist, sculptor


DiMattio, Francesca: visual artist, sculptor


DeMonte, Claudia: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Denize, Mathilde: visual artist, painter

Dennis, Donna: visual artist, sculptor

Devane, Oletha: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Dickson, Lois: art collector; visual artist, painter


Dinkins, Stephanie: visual artist, transdisciplinary

Dodd, Lois: visual artist, painter


Dodge, Kristen: art dealer, owner September Gallery, Hudson NY


Dolle, Coco: performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Donegan, Cheryl: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Durrett, Nekisha: visual artist, multidisciplinary


Evans, Ayana: performance artist, interdisciplinary

Edelheit, Martha: visual artist, painter

Fall, Yacine: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Faustine, Nona: visual artist, photographer


Feldman, Kaywin: museum director, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC


Fisher, Cora: art writer; visual art curator, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY

Flaherty, Fran: independent curator; visual artist, multidisciplinary

Frank, Mary: visual artist, painter


Frank, Natalie: visual artist, painter


Friedman, Alissa: art dealer, independent curator

Fukuyama, Moko: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary

Gangitano, Lia: founder/director of non-profit Participant Inc. art space

Gannis, Carla: visual artist, transdisciplinary

Gant, Kimberli: curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Garrett, Ashley: visual artist, painter


Glenn, Allison: independent curator

Ginsburg, Linda: art collector


Gonzalez, Maria Elena: visual artist, sculptor


Goodman, Brenda: visual artist, painter


Goulatia, Sarika: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Gregory, Stamatina: curatorial director Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, NY

Grossman, Nancy: visual artist, sculptor

Grove, Kathy: visual artist, photographer

Guerilla Girl, Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun: member of activist collective the Guerrilla Girls


Ha, Clara: art dealer, owner Chart Gallery, NY NY

Hamilton, Allison Janae: visual artist, interdisciplinary

Hammond, Harmony: visual artist, painter


Handelman, Michelle: visual artist, filmmaker


Harkness, Hilary: visual artist, painter

Harris, Jane Ursula: writer, independent curator


Hart, Claudia: New media artist

Hart, Heather: visual artist, sculptor


Harvey, Ellen: visual artist, painter


Hasan, Meena: visual artist, painter


Hassinger, Maren: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Haynes, Clarity: visual artist, painter 


Heartney, Eleanor: art writer

Henry, Janet Olivia: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Hershman Leeson, Lynn: visual artist, filmmaker; new media, interdisciplinary

Hoban, Phoebe: art writer

Hoey, Dana: visual artist, photographer


Hoke, Lisa: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Hollowell, Loie: visual artist, painter


Holten, Katie: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Howng, Phaan: visual artist, multidisciplinary


Hughes-Freeland, Tessa: visual artist, filmmaker


Ibrahim, Mariane: art dealer, owner Mariane Ibrahim Gallery

Inglett, Susan: art dealer, owner Susan Inglett Gallery, NY NY


James, Dana: visual artist, painter


Jarvis, Martha Jackson: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Jarvis, Njena Surae: visual artist and performance artist, multidisciplinary

Jemison, Steffani: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Jimenez, Sara: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Joelson, Suzanne: visual art, painter


Johnson, Betsy: assistant curator Hirschhorn Museum, Washington, DC


Johnson, Jayne: art dealer, owner JDJ Gallery, New York, NY

Jones, Ivy N: art dealer, owner Welancora gallery, Brooklyn NY


Jovanovic, Marta: performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Kass, Deborah: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Kawata, Tamiko: visual artist, sculptor

Kay, Sara: art dealer; founder POWarts (Professional Organization of Women in the Arts)


Khan, Baseera: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Kim, Christine Y: Curator-at-Large for the Tate Modern, London, England

King, Anki: visual artist, painter


King-Hammond, Leslie: visual artist; founder Center for Race and Culture at Maryland Institute College for Art, Baltimore MD


Klitgaard, Staver: visual artist, painter


Kozloff, Joyce: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Kunin, Julia: visual artist, sculptor


Landy, Kathy: founder The Feminist Institute

Langsam, Janet: CEO Arts Westechester (retired); journalist; visual artist, painter

Lawrence, Nora: curator; artistic director Storm King Art Center, NY

Le Meleder, Alix: visual artist, painter

Levin, Kim: arts writer


Levy, Lisa: Performance artist

Lewis, Tara: visual artist, painter 


Lippard, Lucy: writer, independent curator

Liu, Xin: visual artist, interdisciplinary


Lomahaftewa, Linda: visual artist, painter


Louden, Sharon: arts writer; visual artist, painter


Lucien, Abigail: visual artist; sculptor

Luckett, Kilolo: arts writer; independent curator; founder ALMA/LEWIS Pittsburgh, PA


MacAdam, Barbara: art writer

Maghazehe, Pooneh: visual artist, sculptor


Makonnen, Tsedaye: performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Marques, Amanda: performance artist; writer


Marston, Karen: visual artist, painter

Marten, Ruth: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Martinez, Amanda: visual artist, sculptor

Mattera, Joanne: visual artist, painter


Maxey, Leeanne: visual artist, painter


McAndrew, Shona: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


McCannon, Dindga: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


McClodden, Tiona Nekkia: visual artist, multidisciplinary

McManemin, Jillian: arts writer; visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Meisler, Meryl: visual artist, photographer

Merriweather, Murjoni: visual artist, sculptor

Meyer, Melissa: visual artist, painter

Milad, Jackie: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Miller, Brittany: visual artist, painter

Minner, Ashley: visual artist, multidisciplinary; curator, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C.


Miss, Mary: visual artist, sculptor


Mitty, Lizbeth: visual artist, painter


Miyamoto, Kazuko: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Moeller, Karline: founder Art Frankly


Moore, Sabra: arts writer; visual artist, multidisciplinary

Morris, Catherine: senior curator, Brooklyn Museum Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn NY


Musasama, Sana: visual artist, sculptor


Mwandiyambira, Miriro: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Mylonas, Eleni: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Myre, Alexis: visual artist, sculptor


Naeem, Asma: senior curator, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore MD

Nanajian, Jo: visual artist, painter


Narcissister: performance artist

Neff, Esther: performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Nessim, Barbara: visual artist, painter; illustrator


Neidhardt, Sharilyn: visual artist, painter


Nielsen, Liz: visual artist, photographer


Nys-Dambrot, Shana: art critic

Ober, Cara: arts writer; founding editor/publisher BmoreArt, art and culture magazine.


Olivas, Nana: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Oliver, Valerie Cassel: curator of modern and contemporary art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA

Olsoff, Wendy: art dealer, co-founding owner PPOW Gallery, NY


Oxoa, Paula: visual artist, painter; founder Mother Gallery, Beacon/NY NY

Patelli, Valincy-Jean: visual artist, painter


Pfaff, Judy: visual artist, sculptor

Piene, Chloe: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Pilkington, Penny: art dealer, co-founding owner PPOW Gallery, NY


Pindell, Howardena: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Pinyol, Ysabel: curatorial director, Mana Contemporary/Mounira Foundation, multiple locations


Plynton, Oza: visual artist, sculptor


Pollack, Barbara: independent curator; arts writer; co-founder Art At A Time Like This

Posner, Helaine: art writer; independent curator

Posner, Martha: visual artist, multidisciplinary


Princenthal, Nancy: arts writer

Quick-to-See Smith, Jaune: visual artist, multidisciplinary; independent curator


Raehse, Amy: art dealer; partner-director, Goya Contemporary, Baltimore, MD

Rahmani, Aviva: social practice eco-artist


Raicovich, Laura: arts writer, independent curator


Rajgariah, Preetika: visual artist, painter


Ramsaran, Helen: visual artist, sculptor

Rangel, Gabriela: arts writer, independent curator


Ray, Sharmistha: arts writer; visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Reichek, Elaine: visual artist, multidisciplinary 

Reilly, Maura: arts writer, independent curator


Reingold, Babs: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Rockburne, Dorothea: visual artist, multidisciplinary 


Rodriguez-Izumi, Aya: visual and performance artist; interdisciplinary

Rooney, Kara: arts writer; visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Rosario Perkins, Grace: visual artist, painter

Rose, Nicole: collector


Ross-Sutton, Destinee: independent curator; art dealer, art consultant


Rountree, Schwanda: collector, art consultant


Rubinstein, Alexandra: visual artist, painter

Sabbatino, Mary: art dealer, vice president Galerie Lelong & Co., NY NY


Sajet, Kim: museum director, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC


Salpeter, Ellen: art collector; CEO Westbeth Artists Housing

Samuels, Diane: visual artist, multimedia; co-founder City of Asylum, Pittsburgh, PA

Schahbaz, Hiba: visual artist, painter


Schor, Mira: visual artist, painter; arts writer


Schwartz, Joyce Pomeroy: art collector, art consultant

Scott, Joyce J.: visual artist, sculptor


Scott, Sue: art writer; independent curator

Semmel, Joan: visual artist, painter


Segal, Barbara: visual artist, sculptor

Shortt, Yvonne: visual artist, interdisciplinary

Sims, Lowery: independent curator; arts writer; art consultant

Sisto, Elena: visual artist, painter


Smith, Emily Mae: visual artist, painter


Smith, Jamie: art dealer, co-founding owner ConnerSmith Gallery, Washington DC


Smith, Ming: visual artist, photographer


Smith, Rebecca: visual artist, sculptor


Snyder, Joan: visual artist, painter


Staver, Kyle: visual artist, painter


Steir, Pat: visual artist, painter


Stoffel, Sue: collector, art consultant


Stone, Lawre: visual artist, painter


Stout, Renee: visual artist, painter


Straub, Odessa: visual artist, painter


Stuart, Michelle: visual artist, sculptor


Takahashi, Ginger: social practice artist, interdisciplinary


Takenaga, Barbara: visual artist, painter

Taschler, Lori: visual artist, painter


Thomas, Gwenn: visual artist, painter


Thursz, Michele: independent curator; art advisor

Tompkins, Betty: visual artist, painter


Torres, Julie: visual artist, painter; co-director/curator with Ellen Letcher of artist run gallery LABspace, Hillsdale NY

Trompeteler, Helen: curator; Deputy director of the Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA

Tucker, Ara: art writer

Umlauf, Lynn: visual artist, sculptor 


Unterberg, Susan: visual artist, photographer; philanthropist, founder of Anonymous Was A Woman grant

Utamura, Hanae: performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Vanneschi, Myriam: art collector, art advisor, independent curator


Verhallen, Anne: independent curator; co-founder Art At A Time Like This

Villareal, Yvonne Force: collector; philanthropist; co-founder Art Production Fund and Culture Corp

von Lintel, Tarrah: art dealer, owner Von Lintel Gallery, CA


Wagner, Merrill: visual artist, painter

Walkingstick, Kay: visual artist, painter


Washburn, Joan: art dealer, owner Washburn Gallery, NY NY


Wayne, Leslie: visual artist, painter


Webb Evans, Tiana: art writer; founder of ESP Group and Jamaica Arts Society

Wei, Lilly: arts writer, independent curator


Weil, Susan: visual artist, painter

Weston, Heather: visual artist, painter 


White, Aisha: organizer for socially engaged artists


Whitehorse, Emmi: visual artist, painter


Wilde, Ryan: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Wilkin, Karen: independent curator; art critic

Williams, Crystal: President of the Rhode Island School of Design

Williams, Cydney: visual artist, multidisciplinary

Willis, Deb: visual artist, photographer; independent curator; arts writer

Wilson, Martha: visual and performance artist, interdisciplinary; founder Franklin Furnace Archives


Wittels, Lauren: art dealer, partner Luhring Augustine Gallery, NY NY


Wong, Şerife: visual artist, transdisciplinary

Wright, Natasha: visual artist, painter


X, Jaguar Mary: performance artist, interdisciplinary 


Yablonsky, Linda: arts writer


Yim, Mie: visual artist, painter

Yoshimoto, Midori: independent curator; director of New Jersey City University Gallery

Zeus: visual artist, painter

Zimet, Alice Sachs: photography collector


Zlamany, Brenda: visual artist, painter

Zucker, Barbara: visual artist, sculptor


Zürcher, Gwenolee: art dealer, owner Zurcher Gallery, NY NY