Katherine Toukhy
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Breathing Through the Cracks of the Impossible Machine

“Through collages with painted canvas, fabric, and paper, Toukhy creates layered pieces combining images of herself, female family members who sew, and women workers in the cotton industries. Women’s work in textile production and on cotton plantations, historically unrecognized and exploited both in the U.S. and in Egypt, provides a connecting legacy in which Toukhy also places herself, considering the high unemployment rate and gender pay gap present in the arts economy today.”

-from press release for solo show at Trestle Gallery (2021)

We Spun Roses for Bread, and Still They Starved, 2021

We Spun Roses for Bread and Still They Starved, 2021, canvas, acrylic, oil pastel, photographic prints, crochet, ink, 59 in x 49 in

We Spun Roses for Bread and Still They Starved, 2021, canvas, acrylic, oil pastel, photographic prints, crochet, ink, 59 in x 49 in

Detail: collage of underage female textile worker and woman picking cotton

Detail: collage of underage female textile worker and woman picking cotton

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We Spun Roses for Bread and Still They Starved, detail. Interlocking photos of women in Egypt and the U.S. picking cotton with my hands.

We Spun Roses for Bread and Still They Starved, detail.
Interlocking photos of women in Egypt and the U.S. picking cotton with my hands.

Inheritance , 2021, canvas, acrylic, crochet, photographic prints, 53 in x 42 in

Inheritance, 2021, canvas, acrylic, crochet, photographic prints, 53 in x 42 in

To Escape, Draw Yourself a Tender Red Line , 2021, acrylic, crochet, paper, walnut ink, watercolor, photographic print, embroidery thread, 12.5 in x 12 in

To Escape, Draw Yourself a Tender Red Line, 2021, acrylic, crochet, paper, walnut ink, watercolor, photographic print, embroidery thread, 12.5 in x 12 in

The Entertainer , 2021, photographic prints, acrylic, canvas, paper, ink, 19.5 in x 12.5 in

The Entertainer, 2021, photographic prints, acrylic, canvas, paper, ink, 19.5 in x 12.5 in

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We Made This White Gold, 2021, canvas, acrylic, photographic prints, ink, paper, 19.5 in x 12.5 in

We Made This White Gold, 2021, canvas, acrylic, photographic prints, ink, paper, 19.5 in x 12.5 in

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Earth Eruption, 2021, acrylic, thread, photographic print, paper, crochet, 9 in x 12 in

Earth Eruption, 2021, acrylic, thread, photographic print, paper, crochet, 9 in x 12 in

Chop, 2021, watercolor, ink, photographic print, paper, pencil, 9 in x 8 in

Chop, 2021, watercolor, ink, photographic print, paper, pencil, 9 in x 8 in

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We Spun Roses for Bread and Still They Starved, 2021, canvas, acrylic, oil pastel, photographic prints, crochet, ink, 59 in x 49 in
Detail: collage of underage female textile worker and woman picking cotton
IMG_9654+copy.jpg
We Spun Roses for Bread and Still They Starved, detail. Interlocking photos of women in Egypt and the U.S. picking cotton with my hands.
Inheritance , 2021, canvas, acrylic, crochet, photographic prints, 53 in x 42 in
To Escape, Draw Yourself a Tender Red Line , 2021, acrylic, crochet, paper, walnut ink, watercolor, photographic print, embroidery thread, 12.5 in x 12 in
The Entertainer , 2021, photographic prints, acrylic, canvas, paper, ink, 19.5 in x 12.5 in
entertainerdeet.jpg
We Made This White Gold, 2021, canvas, acrylic, photographic prints, ink, paper, 19.5 in x 12.5 in
workerdeet.jpg
Earth Eruption, 2021, acrylic, thread, photographic print, paper, crochet, 9 in x 12 in
Chop, 2021, watercolor, ink, photographic print, paper, pencil, 9 in x 8 in