Ghada Amer is a contemporary artist, much of her work deals with issues of gender and sexuality. Her most notable body of work involves highly layered embroidered paintings of women's bodies referencing pornographic imagery. Wikipedia
Born: 1963 (age 60 years), Cairo, Egypt
Artworks: La Jaune, Black Absence, and Red Drips - Coulures rouges
Periods: Feminist art and Hurufiyya movement
Known for: Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Installation, Performance