Installation view

All My Books Have Faded Spines, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi
580mm x 1070mm

Eyeteeth
, 2022
Cotton embroidery on khadi
830mm x 430mm

Installation view

Dolly (study of a Achaemenid Persepolitan), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]


Thrity (study of an Achaemenid Queen), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]


Yasmin (study of a Persepolitan Courtier), 2021
Watercolour and natural pigment on cotton paper
[framed]

Alcohol (a dance of birds as our vines ripen), 2021
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
510mm x 500mm [unframed] | 670mm x 670mm [framed]

Musk (or the residual tenderness of a pillow), 2021
Cotton embroidery on khadi handkerchief
510mm x 500mm [unframed] | 670mm x 670mm [framed]

Dio Dispersion, 2018
Cotton embroidery and antique mul (19th century) on Bombay Dyeing tea towel (c. 1940)
530mm x 510mm [framed]

Fruit Cubab, 2022 [1 – 3]
Inkjet billboard print
2400mm H x 3000mm W (each)

Installation view

Taste of Malido, 2018
Embroidery on khadi handkerchief
410mm H x 500mm W [unframed]

Sound of Dhansak, 2018
Embroidery on khadi handkerchief
410mm H x 500mm W [unframed]

Money Pouches [I-II], 2019
Embroidery on canvas money pouches c. 1930
[Dimensions variable]

Embers (16 thoughts form simultaneously), 2019
Embroidery on khadi handkerchief
450mm H x 450mm W

Hands on Lap, 2019
Embroidery on ikat handkerchief
470mm H x 470mm W

Seeds (written and spoken-word), 2020
Graphite text on wall

Dwelling, 2017
Cotton thread hand embroidery on upholstered silk textile.

Essayer (are we there yet?), 2021
Embroidery on khadi cloth
405mm H x 870mm W

Selection 'It's Never too Late to Learn' (series of 32)

Lesson 8, 2020
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

Lesson 16, 2020
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

Lesson 25, 2020
Embroidery on gifted vintage muslin handkerchief
420mm H x 420mm W [frame]

A squall unto Yasmin's Friday shrine, 2020
Embroidery on printed Bombay Dyeing dust cloth c. 1980
755mm H x 830mm W [frame]

Flight with a landscape in the belly, 2021
Embroidery on khadi cloth
900mm H x 355mm W

Install view

Drapery, 2019
Cotton and silk thread embroidery on 80% linen/20% cellulose textile.

Ionic, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

Threshold, 2021
Pearlised polychrome Czech glass beads
[spatial intervention with concrete flooring.]

Telemachus, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

Trojan, 2021
Cotton thread hand embroidery on muslin handkerchief.

Install view

Lot. 5, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 1, 2018 – 2021 [framed]
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 3, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Lot. 10, 2020
Beaded tapestry fragments with Czech glass beads and mercerised cotton thread.

Sympathetic Qualities, 2020
Cotton embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth.
300mm H x 300mm W

Helpful Thoughts, 2020
Cotton embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth.
300mm H x 300mm W

Grasping (three anachronisms), 2020
Cotton embroidery on handwoven ikat cloth.
810mm H x 360mm W

Installation view

He Asked About the Quality, 2019
Cotton and silk thread hand embroidery on repurposed linen handkerchief. 160mm H x 170mm W

Original Recipe with Tubular Saucepan Handle, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over windowpane check handwoven khadi. 385mm H x 385mm W

For Thirty Thousand Years
(Panels I – II), 2019
Cotton thread hand embroidery over 60% silk x 40% cotton hand-loomed khadi.
900mm H x 950mm W

Eleven Thoughts Form
(conflation of mischief and pleasure), 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over handwoven khadi cloth. 420mm H x 840mm W

Four Bars (transcending asceticism), 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over crème handwoven silk fragment. 385mm H x 385mm W

21 Bars, 2018
Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed khatka textile. 450mm H x 350mm W

9 Bars, 2018
Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed khatka textile. 450mm H x 350mm W

Ishtar Gate Residue, 2019
Cotton hand embroidery over taupe khadi handkerchief. 450mm H x 450mm W

Simpleton No. 1, 2019
Cotton hand embroidery over taupe khadi handkerchief. 450mm H x 450mm W

Ax – Ex, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery on pyjama striped handwoven khadi. 385mm H x 385mm W

i. A squall unto Yasmin’s Friday shrine, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over repurposed green windowpane check printed Bombay Dyeing cotton dust cloth c. 1980. 600 x 450mm

ii. He will not be attending the conference, 2020
Cotton thread hand embroidery over repurposed striped hand-loomed Turkish cotton tea towel c. 1940. 970 x 545mm

i. Body, Remember, 2019.
Watercolour & graphite on hot pressed archival cotton paper.

i. August (Novelli's poetry reading tour), 2019
Cotton thread hand embroidery over found khadi handkerchief.

Photography by Ardit Hoxha

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Czech glass beads tapestry-woven with mercerised cotton thread.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over repurposed hand-loomed tea towel.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed Bombay Dyeing tote bag with ‘1990’ calendar print on textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over flat-woven indigo dyed cotton runner rug.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over repurposed Bombay Dyeing tea towels (c. 1940) with applied 19th Century hand loomed cotton Mul fragments.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed 60% Silk x 40% Cotton Khadi (Moss). Framed on pinewood structure designed in collaboration with Bombay Atelier.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed Khadi cotton handkerchiefs.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed Bombay Dyeing floral printed coaster (c. 1950)

Sudreh Series: Article i
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed West Bengali cotton Mul.

Sudreh Series: Article ii
Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed West Bengali cotton Mul.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed cotton canvas ‘Duke’ money pouches (c. 1930).

Czech glass beads tapestry-woven with mercerised cotton thread.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed green paisley woodblock printed cotton tablecloth.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on hand-loomed 60% Silk x 40% Cotton Khadi (Dove Grey). Framed on pinewood structure designed in collaboration with Bombay Atelier.

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-woven green windowpane check cotton tea towel.

Cotton thread hand embroidery on repurposed green gingham dust cloth (c. 1990).

Cotton thread hand embroidery applied over hand-loomed cotton Khatka textile.

Marabar Caves was an exhibition that took its title from the caves featured in E.M. Forster’s 1924 novel 'Passage to India.' This is the first exhibition in a series of three entitled ‘Resources of the Social Imagination’ by Victoria Wynne-Jones, which will look at the relationships between narrative pleasure and contemporary art. Narratives that are cosmological, geological and mythical combine to describe a space that is highly sculptural, one that becomes psychosexual with the aid of a colonial gaze.