ART BY WOMEN - WOMEN IN ARTS

Collections of Lyon and Belgrade's contemporary art museums - Exhibition

Curators: Isabelle Bertolotti, Director of macLYON; Maja Kolarić, Director of MoCAB; Miroslav Karić, Curator at MoCAB ; Matthieu Lelièvre, Head of Collections at macLYON.

Audiences in Lyon will had the opportunity to see works by artists from the MSUB collection: Marina Abramović, Jasmina Cibic, Vlasta Delimar, Biljana Đurđević, Sanja Iveković, Ivana Ivković, Sanja Latinović, Goranka Matić, Vesna Pavlović, Milica Ružičić, Milica Tomić, Anica Vučetić, and Katarina Zdjelar.

Petronėlė Gerlikienė, née Kromelyte (June 19, 1905, Chicago, United States – March 14, 1979, Vilnius, Lithuania), was a Lithuanian painter and textile folk artist. She lived and worked in a farm in Samogitia; after retiring, she moved to Vilnius to live with her son's family. Gerlikiene began creating large-scale tapestries in 1972, paintings in 1976 and began participating in exhibitions in 1974. Petronele Gerlikiene's art has won recognition and numerous prizes in Lithuania and abroad. via W

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania Lietuvos Respublika (Lithuanian) is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden…

The group “Four”, active in Kaunas from 1991 to 2001, united four artists – Aušra Andziulytė, Elena Balsiukaitė-Brazdžiūnienė, Aušra Barzdukaitė-Vaitkūnienė, and Judita Budriūnaitė. https://ciurlionis.lt/activity/branches/kaunas-picture-gallery/exhibitions/kartu-skirtingais-keliais-grupe-keturios-en/

The curator of the exhibition Agnė Taliūtė says: The story of the group “Four” is presented from different perspectives and through the narratives of the artists themselves. I have deliberately excluded the role of an impersonal, universal performer. In this way, the exhibition serves as a means for representation and a space for self-reflection.

Cecilia Vicuña, Frente Cultural, 1973 oil on canvas 79cm x 63cm https://www.xavierhufkens.com/artists/cecilia-vicuna?modal=artist-related-artworks#artwork-15

Magdalena Margareta Stenbock (19 June 1744 – 18 July 1822), was a Swedish artist. She was an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1795). She served as lady-in-waiting to the queen of Sweden, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp describe her in her famous journal as energetic and firm. via W

Connecticut House, ca. 1800. Watercolor and ink on wove paper, 13 x 16 in., Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg

Rebecca Couch (June 19, 1788 – September 4, 1863) was an American painter. Couch was born in Redding, Connecticut, the eldest daughter of Thomas Nash Couch and Abigail Stebbins Couch. She could have received training in watercolor technique, the medium for which she is most well known, in school. She had seven children. Two of Couch's paintings, executed in watercolor and ink, are in the collection of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia. One of these works had been acquired from the collection of J. Stuart Halladay and Herrel George Thomas. According to the museum's catalog, a needlework picture on silk that she completed at age fifteen is the only other work by her that had been documented by 1988. via W

Mary Edwell-Burke (1894–1988), was an Australian painter and carver. | Born; Mary Edwards 19 June 1894 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died: 19 January 1988 (aged 93) Fiji

gallery: https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=edwell-burke-mary

Catherine O'Brien | Catherine Amelia "Kitty" O'Brien (19 June 1881 – 18 July 1963) was an Irish stained glass artist, and a member and director of An Túr Gloine. via W

Petronėlė Gerlikienė, née Kromelyte (June 19, 1905, Chicago, United States – March 14, 1979, Vilnius, Lithuania), was a Lithuanian painter and textile folk artist. She lived and worked in a farm in Samogitia; after retiring, she moved to Vilnius to live with her son's family. Gerlikiene began creating large-scale tapestries in 1972, paintings in 1976 and began participating in exhibitions in 1974. Petronele Gerlikiene's art has won recognition and numerous prizes in Lithuania and abroad. via W art gallery : https://www.silalesbiblioteka.lt/petronele-gerlikiene/

Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn | Arcadia Ivanivna Olenska-Petryshyn | Аркадія Оленська-Петришин, (née Olenska; June 19, 1934 – May 6, 1996) was an American artist, art critic and editor. She was born in Roznoshyntsi, Second Polish Republic (now Ukraine). She left Poland with her family in 1944, moving to Augsburg in Germany. Five years later, they moved to the United States, settling in New York City. She was educated at Washington Irving High School and went on to earn a MA at Hunter College, where she studied with Robert Motherwell and William Baziotes. Later, she pursued post-graduate work at the University of Chicago. via W

Jagoda Kaloper (19 June 1947 – 1 October 2016) was a Croatian visual artist, filmmaker, and actress known for various roles in films in the Yugoslav cinema. via W Jagoda Kaloper was a Croatian painter and actress famous for groundbreaking roles in classic films in the former Yugoslav cinema. A native of Zagreb and a graduate of the Zagreb Art Academy, Kaloper made her screen debut in the 1965 film Ključ, lacking any previous acting experience. She made a good impression and continued to appear in films, including the 1969 drama Handcuffs. https://www.themoviedb.org/person/234293-jagoda-kaloper

Adriana Melo (June 19, 1976) is a Brazilian comic book artist, colorist, and penciller. She has worked on various Star Wars, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics titles. Notably, she worked on the Star Wars: Empire series. She has also worked on DC Comics' Rose & Thorn and Birds of Prey as well as Top Cow's Witchblade and Marvel Comics's Ms. Marvel. In 2018 she collaborated with writer Gail Simone on a six-issue DC miniseries featuring Plastic Man. via W

Gena Rowlands

Carmen Tórtola Valencia (1882-1955) https://herstorypalianshow.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/carmen-tortola-valencia/ Carmen Tórtola Valencia (June 18, 1882 – February 13, 1955) was a Spanish early modern dancer, choreographer, costume designer, and painter, who generally performed barefoot. Tórtola Valencia is said to have been the inspiration for Rubén Darío’s poem, La bailarina de los pies desnudos (“The Barefoot Dancer”). Via W

Noémi Ferenczy (1890-1957) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/noemi-ferenczy/ Noémi Ferenczy (18 June 1890 – 20 Dec 1957) was a Hungarian artist, best known for her tapestry designs. She wove her own tapestries, and was influenced by the Nagybánya art movement. Daughter of Olga Fialka. The Ferenczy Museum in Szentendre was founded in order to hold artworks by the family as well as other artists. Noémi became a socialist, and this is reflected in the political themes of some of her work. Via W

Maria Chrząszczowa (1913-1979) https://polishwomenartists.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/maria-chrzaszczowa/ Polish photographer. via W

Sylvia Stone (1928-2011) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/sylvia-stone/ Sylvia Stone (June, 18 1928 – September 5, 2011) was a Canadian sculptor. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She was a tenured professor at Brooklyn College and a notable Abstract artist at the New York School. She is best known for her large-scale sculptures made from Plexiglass. via W

Maria Bethânia (b.1946) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/maria-bethania/ Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show “Opinião” (“Opinion”), she is “The Queen of Brazilian Music”. Due to its popularity, with performances all over the country, and the popularity of her 1965 single “Carcará”, the artist became a star in Brazil. She is the most awarded artist in the history of the Brazilian Music Awards.via W

Jitka Hanzlová (b.1958) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2023/06/07/jitka-hanzlova/ Jitka Hanzlová (b.18 June 1958) is a Czech photographer, mostly known for her portraiture. She studied photography and communication technology at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. She lives and works in Germany. She claimed asylum in Germany in 1982 and settled in Essen. via W

Coco Fusco (b.1960) https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2025/06/18/coco-fusco/ Coco Fusco (born Juliana Emilia Fusco Miyares; June 18, 1960 in NYC) is a Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator whose work has been widely exhibited and published internationally. Fusco’s work explores gender, identity, race, and power through performance, video, interactive installations, and critical writing. via W

Music HerStory: Maria Bethânia Viana Teles Veloso (born 18 June 1946) is a Brazilian singer and songwriter. Born in Santo Amaro, Bahia, she started her career in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 with the show “Opinião” (“Opinion”), she is “The Queen of Brazilian Music”. Due to its popularity, with performances all over the country, and the popularity of her 1965 single “Carcará”, the artist became a star in Brazil. She is the most awarded artist in the history of the Brazilian Music Awards.via W #PalianSHOW

Noémi Ferenczy (18 June 1890 – 20 Dec 1957) was a Hungarian artist, best known for her tapestry designs. She wove her own tapestries, and was influenced by the Nagybánya art movement. Daughter of Olga Fialka. The Ferenczy Museum in Szentendre was founded in order to hold artworks by the family as well as other artists. Noémi became a socialist, and this is reflected in the political themes of some of her work. Via W https://palianshow.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/noemi-ferenczy/