Iconic Performance Artists
Iconic Performance Artists is a structured people dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Artist, Born, Country. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Apr 9, 2026
Included fields: Artist, Born, Country, Famous Work, Era, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Born range
- 1,921 to 1,974
- Across 15 preview rows
- Country groups
- 11 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Artist, Born, and Country across people entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Artist↕ | Born↕ | Country↕ | Famous Work↕ | Era↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marina Abramovic | 1,946 | Serbia | The Artist Is Present | 1970s-present | Sat silent at MoMA for 736 hours, Rhythm 0 (public did anything to her), endurance queen |
Joseph Beuys | 1,921 | Germany | I Like America and America Likes Me | 1960s-1980s | Lived with coyote for 3 days, felt suits, social sculpture, 7000 Oaks |
Chris Burden | 1,946 | United States | Shoot | 1970s-1990s | Had friend shoot him in the arm, crucified to Volkswagen, extreme physical risk |
Hannah Wilke | 1,940 | United States | S.O.S. Starification Object Series | 1970s-1993 | Chewing gum vulvas on her body, Intra-Venus chronicling cancer, feminist performance |
Vito Acconci | 1,940 | United States | Seedbed | 1960s-2000s | Masturbated under gallery ramp, Following Piece, poetry origins, architecture later |
Carolee Schneemann | 1,939 | United States | Interior Scroll | 1960s-2019 | Pulled scroll from vagina and read it, Meat Joy, feminist body art pioneer |
Gilbert and George | 1,943 | United Kingdom | The Singing Sculpture | 1969-present | Living sculptures, always in matching suits, large-scale photomontages, lifelong duo |
Yves Klein | 1,928 | France | Anthropometries | 1950s-1962 | Naked women as living brushes in IKB blue, Leap into the Void photo, died at 34 |
Yoko Ono | 1,933 | Japan | Cut Piece | 1960s-present | Audience cut clothes off her in Cut Piece, Bed-In with Lennon, Fluxus roots |
Ana Mendieta | 1,948 | Cuba/USA | Silueta series | 1970s-1985 | Body silhouettes in earth, blood works, earth-body art, death at 36 remains controversial |
Laurie Anderson | 1,947 | United States | United States | 1970s-present | O Superman hit, multimedia performances, violinist, NASA artist in residence |
Tehching Hsieh | 1,950 | Taiwan/USA | One Year Performance | 1978-1986 | Five one-year performances including living in cage, punching time clock hourly for a year |
Tania Bruguera | 1,968 | Cuba | Tatlin's Whisper #6 | 1990s-present | Political performance, open mic for free speech in Havana, arrested multiple times |
Stelarc | 1,946 | Cyprus/Australia | Ear on Arm | 1970s-present | Third ear grown on forearm, body suspensions on hooks, robotic third arm |
Regina Jose Galindo | 1,974 | Guatemala | Who Can Erase the Traces? | 1999-present | Walked through Guatemala City in bloody footprints, political body art, Golden Lion 2005 |
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