Overview
Born in London and raised primarily in Paris, Hoda Tawakol is a Franco-Egyptian artist who currently lives and works in Hamburg, Germany. Tawakol’s broad practice encompasses hand-dyed and sewn textile pieces, mixed media sculptures, fabric collages and installations in addition to works on paper. Her approach to contemporary textile art is deeply rooted in the feminist movement of the 1970s. Her work attempts to deconstruct symbols and archetypes that obstruct female agency.
Works
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Goddess, 2025 -
Mummy N°29, 2025
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Mummy N°32, 2025
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Jungle N°10, 2025
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Fragments of Return N°12, 2025
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Fragments of Return N°11, 2025
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Fragments of Return N°10, 2025
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Fragments of Return N°8, 2025
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Fragments of Return N°4, 2025
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Fragments of Return N°2, 2025
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Fragments of Return N°6, 2025
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Fragments of Return N°7, 2025
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Fragments of Return N°3, 2025
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Fragments of Return N°1, 2024
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Fragments of Return Nº5, 2025
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Palm Tree N°125, 2019
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Palm Tree N°124, 2019
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Palm Tree N°131, 2019
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Palm Tree N°129, 2019
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Palm Tree N°130, 2019
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Palm Tree N°128, 2019
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Palm Tree N°126, 2019
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Palm Tree N°127, 2019
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Palm Tree N°143, 2019
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Palm Tree N°140, 2019
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Under the Shade of a Palm Tree N°4, 2018
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What if We Build Our Own Country, Drinking the Donkey’s Milk, Rather than the Wolf’s?, 2020
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Immaculate N°14 and Immaculate N°12, 2019
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Nude N°45, 2025
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Nude N°44, 2025
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Shebbak N°2, 2014
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Lure N°30, 2024
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Shebbak N°10, 2014
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Shebbak N°1, 2014
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Shebbak N°11, 2014
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Warrior N°1, 2010
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Hair N°7, 2014
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Jungle N°5, 2021
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Pyramid N°3, 2020
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Sarcophagus N°2, 2020
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Hair N°4, 2011
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Mummy N°5, 2020
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On the Shore of the Nile N°1, 2019
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Nude N°25, 2019
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When the Dates Turn Red N°10, 2019
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Jungle N°1, 2018
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When the Dates Turn Red N°1, 2015
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Lure N°20, 2020
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Falconry Hood N°31, 2014
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Hole N°6, 2014
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Web N°1, 2011
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Mashrabiya N°5, 2017
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Nude N°38, 2020
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My Mothers, 2025
Exhibitions
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My Mothers: The Siren, the Vessel, the Womb
Hoda Tawakol 4 February - 28 March 2025We are thrilled to present My Mothers: The Siren, the Vessel, the Womb , Hoda Tawakol’s third solo exhibition at the gallery, exploring the lives and lasting influence of three...Read more -
Between Bodies
Hoda Tawakol 21 November 2020 - 14 March 2021Death has never been more alive. Rising tolls seep into our daily newsfeeds; images of the deceased pile up in worldwide media; and mortality rates are on (nearly) every global...Read more -
When the Dates Turn Red
Hoda Tawakol 12 November 2018 - 3 January 2019For her first exhibition at Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde entitled When the Dates Turn Red , Franco-Egyptian artist Hoda Tawakol researched traditional ritual practices and imagery associated with those...Read more
External
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CORPS (IN)VISIBLES - (IN)VISIBLE BODIES
INSTITUT FRANÇAIS, BERLIN'S ART SPACE LES VITRINES 23 January - 28 March 2021The curator Liberty Adrien is pleased to present the exhibition “Corps (in)visibles” by the Franco-Egyptian artist Hoda Tawakol at the new contemporary art space LES...Read more -
Either He's Dead Or My Watch Has Stopped. Groucho Marx (While Getting the Patient's Pulse)
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 3 September - 13 December 2020The expansive installations by Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian take you into a world of their own. The Iranian artists create surprising encounters...Read more -
HI VENTILATION - 20 YEARS
Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Germany 22 September - 10 November 2019Hi Ventilation, show me your winding winds and breathe some air into the corners! Let’s pretend we’re trains, let’s roll together, let‘s train surf and...Read more
News
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Art Abu Dhabi
Hassan Sharif, Hoda Tawakol, Mohammed Kazem, Lubna Chowdhary, Nargess Hashemi, & Vikram Divecha 22 November 202322 - 26 November, 2023 Gallery Isabelle is delighted to return to Art Abu Dhabi with works by Hassan Sharif, Hoda Tawakol, Lubna Chowdhary, Vikram...Read more -
Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund
Silent voices in a Palm Grove Hoda Tawakol - curated by Rebekka Seubert 22 March 2023Silent voices in a Palm Grove is the first solo institutional exhibition of Hoda Tawakol in Germany at Dortmunder Kunstverein , curated by Rebekka Seubert...Read more -
Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia
Seeing Through Space 14 March 2023The works of Hoda Tawakol are on view at the Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia as part of the group show Seeing Through Space...Read more -
Goethe-Institut Residency, Marseille
Hoda Tawakol's Exhibition "Le Lait du palmier et le souffle des yeux" 31 August 2022Hoda Tawakol at the Goethe-Institut Residency, Marseille, France. The artist culminated her time at the residency with the exhibition 'Le Lait du palmier et le...Read more -
ARTISSIMA
HODA TAWAKOL AND RAED YASSIN 1 November 2021OVAL Lingotto Fiere, Turin Preview: 4 November | 5 - 7 November, 2021 As part of our participation in the DIALOGUE section of Artissima 2021,...Read more -
Villa Romana, Florence
Cities Under Quarantine, The Mailbox Project 4 September 2021Curated by Abed Al Kadiri 4 September - 18 December 2021 In March 2020, as the world came to a standstill, Dongola Publishing decided to...Read more -
ART DUBAI
LATIF AL ANI, ABDELKADER BENCHAMMA, VIKRAM DIVECHA, MOHAMMED KAZEM, HASSAN SHARIF, HODA TAWAKOL, and by the collective RAMIN HAERIZADEH, ROKNI HAERIZADEH and HESAM RAHMANIAN 1 March 2021Booth: B8 Gate Avenue, DIFC, Dubai 29 March - 3 April 2021 Preview: 19 November 2019 We are pleased to participate in this year’s edition...Read more -
MOM Art Space, Hamburg
SEXED POWER 1 March 2021Curated by Dagmar Rauwald Until 4 April 2021 Coinciding with the week surrounding International Women's Day and the annual feminist strike on March 8, 2021,...Read more -
DIGITAL CATALOGUE
ARTISSIMA UNPLUGGED: FRENETIC STANDSTILL 11 November 2020Frenetic Standstill 5 November - 9 December, 2020 Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde is pleased to announce participation in the digital initiatives of Artissima Unplugged...Read more -
Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg
HI VENTILATION - 20 YEARS 9 September 201922 September – 10 November 2019 On the occasion of Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof's 20th anniversary, the museum is presenting an ambitious exhibition of 20 artists...Read more -
Galerie im Marstall, Ahrensburg, Germany
IMMACULATE 4 March 201931 March - 12 May 2019 Hamburg-based Franco-Egyptian artist Hoda Tawakol's solo exhibition at Galerie im Marstal, a public art space will stage an ambitious...Read more
Press
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‘ROOTS’ BY HODA TAWAKOL AT THE GEORG KOLBE MUSEUM
Selections Magazine, 28 May 2024 -
Hoda Tawakol “Silent Voices in a Palm Grove” at Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund
Mousse Magazine, 19 May 2023 -
LET'S GET PHYSICAL: The Body in Art | Hoda Tawakol Profile
Ayla Jean Yackley, Canvas, 20 September 2022 -
Mummy: About Absence and Eternity
Selections Arts, Selections, 31 January 2020 -
Artist interweaves feminist ideals with textiles
Hala Tashkandi, Arab News, 1 January 2019 -
IF THESE PALMS COULD SPEAK
Katrina Kufer, Alserkal Avenue Folio, 9 December 2018 -
Colour and Material
Valerie Reinhold, Selections, 1 September 2015 -
Love and (Art) Lust ar Frieze
Laura van Straaten, Whitewall, 15 May 2014 -
Art14 Highlights
Digby Warde-Aldam, Apollo , 2 March 2014 -
Derrière la fenêtre » de Hoda Tawakol... « Le Moyen-Orient des années 50 et 60 » de F.C. Gundlach
Zéna zalzal, L'Orient-Le Jour, 4 May 2011 -
Where fashion, fabrics and geometry meet
Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, The Daily Star, 1 May 2011
Publications
