Barbara Touati-Evans is interested in exploring connections and disconnections in human relationships through wool installations and sculptures.
She is developing a visual and textural language that explores the rich metaphorical associations of thread and yarn in human emotions, imagination and language.
Using the traditional craft of crochet and wool thread; she engages and collides diverse disciplines such as mathematics, meditation, feminism and neuroscience.
Born in 1971 in Nogent sur Marne France, she is based in Hampshire UK.
1998-1997, University of Warwick, MA European Cultural Policy and Administration
1994-1997, University of Ulster, BSc Communication Studies
1989-1993, Université de La Sorbonne Nouvelle, Licence Lettres et Civilisation Étrangères d'Anglais
The Bra Project, West End Centre Aldershot, In collaboration with Ginny Farquhart and Sarah Waters
Open Studios, Karuna Coffee Shop, Aldershot
Make A Mandala, Aldershot, Hampshire Cultural Trust, with Gemma MacLennan– A collaborative project with the whole community of Rushmoor and a large scale public installation at the Bandstand.
Detangling The Knots, Southampton Science Festival (SOTSEF), A Sound and Visual Performance with Susan Merrick and Akira Sileas
Detangling The Knots, Red House Museum Christchurch, with Susan Merrick and Melanie Ray - An exhibition exploring dementia in collaboration with neuroscientists from the University of Southampton
Touch Cells, Remember Forget, Digital performance developped and filmed over Zoom during COVID lockdown, with Susan Merrick
Colourburst, Aldershot and Farnborough Town Centres, In Collaboration with Gemma MacLennan
Red Line, Aldershot Military Museum, in collaboration with Imagination Museum for their project Mayflower400
Touch Cells, John Hansard Gallery Southampton, In collaboration with Susan Merrick
Women In Academia, John Hansard Gallery Southampton
Growths, University of Southampton, Engineering Department
Hooked World, National Needleworks Archives Newbury
Stitches In Time, Farnborough Town Centre
Mindshapes, West End Centre Aldershot - A project exploring neuroplasticity
Yarning the Land, White Horse Gallery Marlborough
BrainWomb, All In The Mind Festival, Eastrop Park, Basingstoke
Two Women, One Seated, One Standing, Leyden Gallery London, Desperate Artwives InsideOut, With Susan Merrick
Statements In Semaphore, Princes Hall Aldershot, supporting Susan Merrrick with her project
BodySpace, FILIA Conference London- Interactive performance with meditation and body awareness
Webwomb, Leyden Gallery London
Bristish Art Show 8, Southampton City Art Gallery
Under The Same Blanket, West End Centre Aldershot
How Do Reindeer Fly?, Proteus Creation Station, soft scultures for stage set
Unravel Wool festival, Farnham Maltings
Art In Mind, Lightbox Art Gallery, Woking
Award for Creative Activity, Touch Cells / Detangling The Knots, Human Worlds Festival
Arts Council England, Project Grant
University of Southampton
Hampshire Cultural Trust
Rushmoor Borough Council Community Grant
Rushmoor Borough Council Community Grant