At the heart of Hoda Tawakols work is a profound confrontation with identity, femininity and power. Inspired by the memories of her three mothersher mother, her grandmother, and her nannythe Egyptian-French artist (b. 1968) spins a narrative web of life and art with loss and recollection intersecting, while the complex interplay of individual and collective identity takes centre stage. The body as an experiential focus is key for Tawakol; and her textile sculptures and installations refer to it both as a protective shield and as a surface for projection; they decipher the balance of power between the extremes of exposure and concealment. Some Ties Linger On is Hoda Tawakols first monograph; with numerous images and two accompanying essays, it offers a comprehensive overview of her artistic oeuvre to date.
Text in English and German.
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Utopian, Imaginary, and Resistant Bodies
Rebekka Seubert
Utopische, imaginäre und widerständige Körper
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Would it be okay if we told a story?
Hoda Tawakol and Me
Dr. Omar Kholeif
Wäre es in Ordnung, wenn wir eine Geschichte erzählen?
Hoda Tawakol und ich
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Born 1968 in London, Hoda Tawakol is Egyptian and French. She is a visual and fibre artist who is now based in Hamburg. Tawakol studied at the Hochschule für bildende Künste (HfbK) in Hamburg from 2006-2011. In 2022, she was artist in residence at the Goethe Institut and La Friche Belle de Mai in Marseille. Her recent solo exhibitions include Roots at the Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin (2024), and Silent Voices in a Palm Grove at the Dortmunder Kunstverein (2023). Her group exhibitions feature Purple Path in Chemnitz, European Capital of Culture (2025) and Orangery of Care at nGbK, Berlin (2024). Additional works were shown at the Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia (2023), at the Mathaf Museum, Doha (2023) and the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2020).
