Juanita McNeely (March 13, 1936 – October 18, 2023) was an American feminist artist known for her bold works that illustrate the female experience in her nude figurative paintings, prints, paper cut-outs, and ceramic pieces.

Oct 26, 2023 · Juanita McNeely, a groundbreaking feminist artist who bravely depicted her illegal abortion in a 1969 painting, has died at age 87.

Nov 2, 2023 · Juanita McNeely, an uncompromising painter who used the language of Expressionism to immortalize the sweetest and most brutal moments of her own female experience, died on Oct. 18 at her home...

James Fuentes is pleased to present Juanita McNeely’s historic nine-panel painting, Moving Through (1975), stretching the length of the gallery’s New York exhibition space. Achieving an ambitious scale by combining multiple panels, paintings like this one occupied an important place throughout McNeely’s oeuvre.

Juanita McNeely (March 13, 1936 – October 18, 2023) was an American feminist artist known for her bold works that illustrate the female experience in her nude figurative paintings, prints, paper cut-outs, and ceramic pieces.

Oct 26, 2023 · Juanita McNeely, the feminist painter whose massive, visceral canvases were largely inspired by her personal hardships, has died. She was 87 years old, and her death was confirmed by James...

Oct 26, 2023 · American artist Juanita McNeely passed away at 87. Across her six-decade career, the artist created work that tackled autonomy and resilience, fueled by her personal experiences and feminist activism.

Sep 8, 2023 · “Juanita McNeely: Moving Through,” at James Fuentes’s new gallery space on Melrose Avenue, features large-scale, multi-panel paintings that combine McNeely’s striking depiction of naked ...

Oct 26, 2023 · Artist Juanita McNeely died last Wednesday, October 18 at the age of 87. Over the course of her 60-year career, McNeely became known for her vibrant, contorting depictions of women’s bodies,...

Juanita McNeely (b. 1936) moved to New York City in 1967. Amid the rise of second-wave feminism and women’s liberation movements across the country, she conveyed the extreme physicality and movement of the human figure,further informed by her personal experiences of sexism, abortion, and infirmity.