Across all the varied mediums in which she works her art interrogates the systems of contemporary power that impact and restrict the lives of people ‘othered’ by the society they live in, whether because of their race or ethnicity, nationality, class position, gender, or the intersections between them.
Débora Arango was one of Colombia’s most original and fearless 20th century artists.
For decades, Colombian artist Doris Salcedo has been at the forefront of artmaking that seeks to provide space for mourning, grieving, and memory.
Groundbreaking Chicana scholar, feminist theorist, writer, and cultural activist.
Neris Uriana was appointed the first female chief of the Wayuu tribe in La Guajira, Colombia, in 2005.
Queen consort of the Mayan city of Copán, in present-day Honduras
Yohl Ik’nal – meaning Lady Heart Wind Place – was the first recorded Mayan queen, ruling from late 583 until late 604.
Chuqui Huipa was a sixteenth-century princess and later coya (queen or empress consort) of the Incan Empire
15th century Incan queen
A young noblewoman and cacica from the town of Nariguala, who in 1610 successfully litigated for recognition as a cacica in Peru.