SoiL Thornton, scanned material: kitchen towel used from around the initial move into my apartment in 2016 to the termination of eviction 2026, 2026. Courtesy of the artist.
SoiL Thornton (b. 1990, US) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Their practice crosses boundaries of media, ranging from sculpture, painting, and photography to installation and video. SoiL Thornton grapples with identity politics, diversity, productivity, systems of order, and regulative apparatuses. Recent solo exhibitions include: 8 Hours of Rest, The Wattis Institute, San Francisco (2026); candidate screening methods, Progetto, Lecce (2024); Choosing Suitor, Secession, Vienna (2023); and Decomposition Evaluation, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld (2022) .