Making Their Mark brings together more than seventy artworks from the Shah Garg Collection, which is committed to amplifying the voices and visions of women artists. BAMPFA’s exhibition is the first museum presentation of this important collection, which premiered in New York in 2023. Making Their Mark juxtaposes contemporary practices with pathbreaking historical works to illuminate transgenerational affinities, influences, and methodologies among artists from the postwar era to the present. Featuring a wide spectrum of artworks spanning almost eight decades, the exhibition emphasizes dialogues between artists who circumvent and break through conventions in art making, embracing craft techniques, uncommon supports, and alternative materials. Accompanied by a major publication produced in advance of the exhibition, Making Their Mark assembles significant examples by artists whose works go beyond prescribed definitions of art making established within a historically patriarchal field.
Exhibition Schedule 2023-2027
Shah Garg Foundation, NY: November 2, 2023 - March 23, 2024
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, CA: October 27, 2024 - April 20, 2025
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO: September 12, 2025 - January 5, 2026
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC: February 27, 2026 - July 26, 2026
Newfields, Indianapolis, IN: February 19, 2027 - August 15, 2027