Toby Topek Art
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Toby Topek grew up in Houston. She has studied archaeology, art, architecture, the environment, culture and history in Mexico, the Mediterranean, North Africa, Near East, Adriatic, Brazil and Canada. Topek lived and worked in Greece and Turkey part-time, 1984–88. Her work has been exhibited at the Whitney Bank Museum Branch-Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Art Museum of South Texas at Corpus Christi, Galveston Arts Center, the International Sculpture Conference at Houston, College of the Mainland, Lawndale Art Center, Diverseworks, Women & Their Work at Austin, Transco Gallery and Project Row Houses. In 2000, Topek completed eleven ten-foot marble mosaic medallion paving inlays for a Public Art Commission from the City of Houston on a six-block area of Texas Avenue in Downtown Houston. Public art commissions: Metro Solutions, Art in Transit, Scott Street Station, University Corridor. Topek is currently Vice President of the Artist Rescue Mission, and in the past was involved in the Houston Women’s Caucus for Art, the Cultural Arts Council of Houston/ Harris County, and the Holocaust Education Center. In 1990, Topek was an Iris Siff Women of Achievement Honoree for the Houston Oral History Project.
1990s Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Wood, Casein, Gesso
1950s Naturalistic Toby Topek Art
Ink
1910s Naturalistic Toby Topek Art
Oak, Paper, Ink
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Gesso, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
1910s Naturalistic Toby Topek Art
India Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Gustav MelcherGustav Melcher ( German, 1898 -?) Boats off Venice Italy Ink Water Color c. 1918, 1918
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Gesso, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
2010s Naturalistic Toby Topek Art
Photographic Film, Photogram, Emulsion, Ink, Watercolor, C Print, Color,...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Gesso, Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Tissue Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Gesso, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Mid-20th Century Naturalistic Toby Topek Art
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Gesso, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Canvas, Gesso, Mixed Media, Oil, Plastic
1930s Naturalistic Toby Topek Art
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Toby Topek Art
Paper, Charcoal
Early 2000s Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Ink, Archival Paper
1990s Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Gesso, Wood, Casein
1990s Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Digital
1990s Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Gesso, Wood, Casein
1990s Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Gesso, Wood, Casein
1950s Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Oil
1980s Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Pastel, Acrylic
2010s Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Paper, Newsprint, Color Pencil
1970s Contemporary Toby Topek Art
Oil Pastel, Watercolor