{"id":2694,"date":"2023-10-01T18:50:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T22:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/?page_id=2694"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:46:18","slug":"biographical-database-artists-practitioners-teachers-scholars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/biographical-database-artists-practitioners-teachers-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"Biographical Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-883\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/womenandmasks\/files\/2021\/09\/Prototype2-Dho-Yee-Chung-636x336.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"317\" class=\"wp-image-883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/files\/2021\/09\/Prototype2-Dho-Yee-Chung-636x336.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/files\/2021\/09\/Prototype2-Dho-Yee-Chung-1024x542.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/files\/2021\/09\/Prototype2-Dho-Yee-Chung-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/files\/2021\/09\/Prototype2-Dho-Yee-Chung-1536x812.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/files\/2021\/09\/Prototype2-Dho-Yee-Chung.jpg 2042w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Protoytpe 2 by Dho Yee Chung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This alphabetical list is comprised of global practitioners and scholars, both historical and contemporary. It started with conference presenters and has expanded somewhat incidentally and idiosyncratically.\u00a0 It is in a constant state of development and is by no means comprehensive. The goal is to support the visibility of those who work in this area. Some entires have a Women &amp; Masks page and some link to external websites. Others are still in need of information. If you would like to contribute or have updates, please contact us at <strong>wmmasks@bu.edu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>A - D<\/strong><\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/profile\/felice-amato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Felice Amato<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Isabella Andreini<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/ivana-antonica\/\">Ivana Antonica<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/melody-anderson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melody Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yngvild Aspeli<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Susan Barrett Merrill\">Susan Barrett Merrill <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/silvia-battaglio\/\">Silvia Battaglio<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/laura-anderson-barbata\/\">Laura Anderson Barbata<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/deborah-bell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deborah Bell<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.belova-iacobelli.com\/home\/\">Belova~Iacobelli Theatre Company<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.belova-iacobelli.com\/home\/\">Natacha Belova<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/katrien-van-beurden\/\"><span>Katrien van Beurden<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bigheadbrigade\/\">Big Head Brigade<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/polina-borisova\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polina Borisova<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/laine-burton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laini Burton<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/manduhai-buyandelger\/\"><span>Manduhai Buyandelger<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kimberlycallas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kimberly Callas<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Claude Cahun<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/dho-yee-chung\/\">Dho Yee Chung<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/kathleen-carlo-kendall\/\">Kathleen Carlo Kendall<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/ana-and-debora-correa\/\">Ana Correa of Yuyachkani<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/ana-and-debora-correa\/\">D\u00e9bora Correa of Yuyachkani<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/jacqueline-cundall\/\"><span>Jacqueline Cundall<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Parker Day<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/rita-dollis\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/rita-dollis\/\">Laurita Dollis<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/alison-duddle\/\">Alison Duddle<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/chiara-durazzini\/\">Chiara Durazzini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>E - K<\/strong><\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/alessandra-faienza\/\">Alessandra Faienza<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Leonor Fini<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/kathy-foley\/\">Kathy Foley<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/3183-2\/\"><span>Floriana Frassetto<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/eleanora-nora-fuser\/\">Eleanora (Nora) Fuser<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.galembo.com\/\">Phyllis Galembo<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaurigill.com\/works.html\">Gauri Gill<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/maria-gimenez-cavallo\/\"><span>Maria Gim\u00e9nez Cavallo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=F7zAnYZqonU\">Cristina Grazioli<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/awarewomenartists.com\/en\/magazine\/lucha-libre-lourdes-grobet-et-la-refonte-radicale-du-mexique-du-xxe-siecle\/\">Lourdes Grobet<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alicehualice.com\/en\">Alisa Gorshenina<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/lotte-goslar\/\">Lotte Goslar<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/alice-gottschalk\/\"><span class=\"\">Alice Gottschalk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Katie Green<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alicehualice.com\/en\">Alice Hualice (Alisa Gorshenina)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/claireheggen.theatredumouvement.fr\/en\/claire-heggen-movement-theatre\/\">Claire Heggen<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jocelynherbert.org\/time-line\/\">Jocelyn Herbert<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.didi-hopkins.com\/theatre.html\">Didi Hopkins<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/deborah-hunt\/\">Deborah Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.belova-iacobelli.com\/home\/\">Tita Iacobelli<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moma.org\/calendar\/exhibitions\/5367\">Joan Jonas<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"imgCaption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/culture\/2024\/03\/07\/stage\/women-actress-japan-noh-theater\/#:~:text=Unlike%20kabuki%2C%20another%20type%20of,vocation%20on%20to%20their%20sons.\">Mayuko Kashiwazaki<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Magnhild Kennedy (Damselfrau)<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>L - R<\/strong><\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Le Prat<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/orit-leibovitz-novitch-%d7%90%d7%95%d7%a8%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%91%d7%95%d7%91%d7%99%d7%a5-%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%91%d7%99%d7%a5\/\">Orit Leibovitz Novitch<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/paula-mans\/\">Paula Mans<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/alicia-martinez-alvarez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alicia Mart\u00ednez \u00c1lvarez<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/megan-marlatt\/\">Megan Marlatt<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sylvie Marsolais<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theatre.wvu.edu\/faculty-staff\/mary-mcclung\">Mary McClung<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wendy J. Meaden<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/melissa-meier-2\/\">Melissa Meier<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/jean-minuchin\/\">Jean Minuchin<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Tanya Moiseiwitsch<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/3183-2\/\">MUMMENSCHANZ <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Frida Nayeli Espinosa M\u00fcller<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/alice-nelson\/\">Alice Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/sofie-neu\/\"><span>Sofie Neu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/chinyere-okafor\/\">Chinyere Okafor<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/claudia-orenstein\/\">Claudia Orenstein<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/celine-pagniez\/\">C\u00e9line Pagniez<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/galia-petkova\/\">Galia Petkova<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/paola-piizi-sartori\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paola Piizzi Sartori<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/emilie-racine\/\">Emilie Racine<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/bari-rolfe\/\">Bari Rolfe<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yael-rasooly.com\/\">Yael Rasooly<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/mammu-rauhala\/\"><span>Mammu Rauhala<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/skeena-reece\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skeena Reece<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithringgold.com\/project-type\/masks\/\">Faith Ringgold<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/sugeily-rodriguez-lebron\/\">Sugeily Rodr\u00edguez Lebr\u00f3n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/kamidopof\/\">L\u00e9a Ros (la Femme Invisible)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>S - X<\/strong><\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/zina-saro-wiwa\/\">Zina Saro-Wiwa<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/sarah-sartori\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sarah Sartori<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/clelia-scala\/\">Clelia Scala<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/joan-schirle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joan Schirle<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Liz Sexton<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cindy Sherman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/jennifer-sheshko-wood\/\">Jennifer Sheshko Wood<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/anna-shishkina\/\">Anna Shishkina<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/carina-shostary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carina Shoshtary<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/alexandra-simpson\/\">Alexandra Simpson<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Theodora Skipitares<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/sandy-spieler\/\">Sandy Spieler<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/nastassja-swift\/\">Nastassja Swift<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/jenifer-tantia\/\">Jennifer Tantia<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Teatteri Metamorfoosi<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/annette-thornton\/\"><span>Annette Thornton<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/estelle-thoury\/\">Estelle Thoury<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Elizabeth Tonkin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/threadstories\/\">threadstories\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/miya-turnbull\/\">Miya Turnbull<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Efrat Tse\u00eblon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/amber-west\/\">Amber West<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/jenny-west\/\">Jenny West<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mary Wigman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/womenandmasks\/linda-wingerter\/\">Linda Wingerter<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">This database is updated frequently and is, by no means, meant to be comprehensive.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This alphabetical list is comprised of global practitioners and scholars, both historical and contemporary. 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