American visual experimental artist, known for ground-breaking and often controversial multi-media work on the body, narrative, sexuality and gender. She is considered a “first-generation feminist artist”, a group that also includes Mary Beth Edelson, Rachel Rosenthal, and Judy Chicago.
She received a B.A. from Bard College and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois. Her work is primarily characterized by research into visual traditions, taboos, and the body of the individual in relationship to social bodies. Her works were shown at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the New York Museum of Modern Art, and the London National Film Theatre.
Schneemann taught at several universities, including the California Institute of the Arts, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Hunter College, and Rutgers University, where she was the first female art professor hired. Additionally, she published widely, producing works such as Cézanne, She Was a Great Painter (1976) and More than Meat Joy: Performance Works and Selected Writings (1997).
Schneemann’s works have been associated with a variety of art classifications including Fluxus, Neo-Dada, the Beat Generation, and happenings.
Carolee Schneemann died on 6 March 2019, aged 79, in New Paltz, New York.
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