Rachel Khedoori
Encyclopedia
Rachel Khedoori is an Australian-born contemporary artist of Iraqi
heritage.
Khedoori was born in Sydney and raised in Australia
, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California
. She received her MFA from UCLA in 1994. She is the identical twin sister of artist Toba Khedoori
, and the widow of artist Jason Rhoades
.
Rachel Khedoori is represented by Hauser & Wirth
.
, Austria, and Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. Her work will be included in the 53rd International Venice Biennale
, Venice 2009.
Iraqi people
The Iraqi people or Mesopotamian people are natives or inhabitants of the country of Iraq, known since antiquity as Mesopotamia , with a large diaspora throughout the Arab World, Europe, the Americas, and...
heritage.
Khedoori was born in Sydney and raised in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. She received her MFA from UCLA in 1994. She is the identical twin sister of artist Toba Khedoori
Toba Khedoori
Toba Khedoori is an Australian-born artist of Iraqi heritage, known primarily for highly-detailed mixed-media paintings executed on large sheets of wax-coated paper. Khedoori's works often fill the spectator's entire field of vision; a 'typical' Khedoori painting combines elements of drawing,...
, and the widow of artist Jason Rhoades
Jason Rhoades
Jason Rhoades was an installation artist who enjoyed critical acclaim, if not widespread public recognition, at the time of his death, and who was eulogized by some critics as one of the most significant artists of his generation...
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Rachel Khedoori is represented by Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth is one of the world's leading contemporary art galleries. In addition to representing over 40 established and emerging artists, the gallery represents the estates of Eva Hesse, Allan Kaprow, Lee Lozano, Jason Rhoades, Dieter Roth and André Thomkins, as well as the Henry Moore Family...
.
Work
Rachel Khedoori has been working in Los Angeles since 1990. Her work is an examination of her environment and the spaces, both interiors and exteriors, she inhabits physically and mentally. Rachel Khedoori uses architecture, sculpture and film to create highly complex interpretations of time and space. Khedoori’s works juxtapose real, actual spaces with remembered or imagined ones. Rachel Khedoori gained international recognition with her first comprehensive solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel and Kunstverein Braunschweig, 2001, which also established her with an international audience.Exhibitions
Khedoori has had solo exhibitions at Kunsthalle Basel and the Kunstverein Braunschweig in 2001, and at Villa Arson in Nice, France in 2004. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Kunsthaus GrazKunsthaus Graz
The Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunsthaus, or Graz Art Museum was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria...
, Austria, and Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. Her work will be included in the 53rd International Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
, Venice 2009.
Articles
- Rachel Khedoori at David Zwirner by Roberta Smith New York Times, March 5, 1999