MONICA TOLIA
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Textile & costuming practice 
homage to heritage
gesturing toward untold histories, dreams & speculative fictions...
​Any of these works may appear in a performance, or exist on their own.
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To the matrilineal beings who passed this knowledge down to me:
​Kwan Lai Kuen & Fong Shao Ying
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(2022) Mandarin-collared tunic with pankou knot closures: LED fabric, cotton lining details & concealed electronics (switched on, strobe setting). Image credit: Julian Konuk
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(2022) Mandarin-collared tunic with pankou knot closures: LED fabric, cotton lining details & concealed electronics (switched off). Image credit: Julian Konuk
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(2022) Left: Puffa coat in 3M reflective fabric with Qing coin embroidery details. Right: Vest in 3M reflective fabric with "PERIL" embroidered across chest. Neutral lighting view. Video still courtesy of The Place.
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(2022) Puffa coat in 3M reflective fabric. Light perspective view. Video still courtesy of The Place.
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(2021) LEFT - Cheongsam vest: free-motion embroidered fabric, 3M lining detail & hand-embroidered snakes in 3M thread. (2022) RIGHT- Peril vest: 3M fabric with embroidered image 'the Yellow River breaches Canary Wharf' on back
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(2022) Puffa coat in 3M fabric. Reflective view.
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(2022) Puffa coat in 3M reflective fabric. Eye-line detail.
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(2022) Puffa coat in 3M fabric. Reflective view.
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(2021) SNAKE MASK: free-motion embroidered mask & retractable 150cm snake tongue in 3M fabric
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(2021) SNAKE MASK: free-motion embroidered mask & retractable 150cm snake tongue in 3M fabric. Cheongsam vest: free-motion embroidered fabric, 3M lining detail & hand-embroidered snakes in 3M thread
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(2020) Bomber jackets & face masks: neon construction netting & black elastic details
​Image credits: Phoenix Tanner


​​©  2022  Monica Tolia

  • ABOUT
    • Bio & Contact
    • CV
    • NEWS
  • PERFORMANCE
    • Kyoko Returns
    • a snake in the house means the family will never want >
      • The Place (June 2022)
      • Deptford X Festival (July 2021)
    • Flora / Fauna / Machina >
      • Chalton Gallery for Art Night (June 2019)
      • Gossamer Fog (January 2019)
    • Technologies of Lived Abstraction: FUTURE PRESENT >
      • FUTURE PRESENT 2
      • FUTURE PRESENT 1
    • BioSonics
  • VISUAL
  • MEDIA
    • SOUNDS
    • VIDEO: Low Murmur
    • VIDEO + COLLABORATION: 2m
  • COLLECTIVE
    • NIAN is here! 年到了
    • Lunar New Year Festival 2022
    • Deptford X Festival 2021: Have you eaten yet?
    • ABOUT 你吃了吗