Overview
In any case, the mask, the tattoo, the makeup, are operations by which the body is torn away from its proper space and projected into another space

Born in London (1968) and raised primarily in Paris, Hoda Tawakol is a Franco-Egyptian artist who currently lives and works in Hamburg, Germany. Tawakol’s practice is built on the twin pillars of wit and criticality. Her colourful, engaging works, encompassing hand-dyed and sewn textile pieces, mixed media sculptures, fabric collages, paper works and and installation, ripple with vitality while tackling compelling issues of gender and bodily control. Her approach to contemporary textile art is deeply rooted in the feminist movement of the 1970s and attempts to deconstruct symbols and archetypes that obstruct female agency. Captivating and disarming, the works spring from a range of media, yet focus largely on the female body: its distortions and transformations across a woman’s life. In a universe of transformation, the body forever hovers between physical and ethereal, reality and abstraction, presence and absence.

Works
  • Hoda Tawakol, Goddess, 2025
    Goddess, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Jungle N°10, 2025
    Jungle N°10, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Mummy N°30, 2025
    Mummy N°30, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Mummy N°25, 2025
    Mummy N°25, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Mummy N°32, 2025
    Mummy N°32, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Mummy N°29, 2025
    Mummy N°29, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, My Mothers, 2025
    My Mothers, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Fragments of Return N°14, 2025
    Fragments of Return N°14, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Fragments of Return N°16, 2025
    Fragments of Return N°16, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Fragments of Return N°15, 2025
    Fragments of Return N°15, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Cosmic Womb, 2025
    Cosmic Womb, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Fragments of Return N°12, 2025
    Fragments of Return N°12, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Fragments of Return N°11, 2025
    Fragments of Return N°11, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Fragments of Return N°10, 2025
    Fragments of Return N°10, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Fragments of Return N°8, 2025
    Fragments of Return N°8, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, What if We Build Our Own Country, Drinking the Donkey’s Milk, Rather than the Wolf’s?, 2020
    What if We Build Our Own Country, Drinking the Donkey’s Milk, Rather than the Wolf’s?, 2020
  • Hoda Tawakol, Immaculate N°14 and Immaculate N°12, 2019
    Immaculate N°14 and Immaculate N°12, 2019
  • Hoda Tawakol, Nude N°45, 2025
    Nude N°45, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Nude N°44, 2025
    Nude N°44, 2025
  • Hoda Tawakol, Lure N°30, 2024
    Lure N°30, 2024
  • Hoda Tawakol, Warrior N°1, 2010
    Warrior N°1, 2010
  • Hoda Tawakol, Hair N°7, 2014
    Hair N°7, 2014
  • Hoda Tawakol, Jungle N°5, 2021
    Jungle N°5, 2021
  • Hoda Tawakol, Sarcophagus N°2, 2020
    Sarcophagus N°2, 2020
  • Hoda Tawakol, Nude N°38, 2020
    Nude N°38, 2020
  • Hoda Tawakol, On the Shore of the Nile N°1, 2019
    On the Shore of the Nile N°1, 2019
  • Hoda Tawakol, Nude N°25, 2019
    Nude N°25, 2019
  • Hoda Tawakol, When the Dates Turn Red N°10, 2019
    When the Dates Turn Red N°10, 2019
  • Hoda Tawakol, Jungle N°1, 2018
    Jungle N°1, 2018
  • Hoda Tawakol, Web N°1, 2011
    Web N°1, 2011
  • Hoda Tawakol, Mashrabiya N°5, 2017
    Mashrabiya N°5, 2017
  • Hoda Tawakol, Under the Shade of a Palm Tree N°4, 2018
    Under the Shade of a Palm Tree N°4, 2018
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