Toba Khedoori
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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, painting, and art installation. Some of Khedoori's best-known paintings feature architectural renderings surrounded by a vast expanse of white or blank space. In recent years, Khedoori has incorporated natural imagery and landscape into her work.
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 Rachel Khedoori
, and the sister-in-law of the late artist Jason Rhoades
.
Toba Khedoori is represented by Regen Projects, Los Angeles and David Zwirner
, New York.
exhibition.http://www.businessweek.com/1996/53/b350878.htm Khedoori has since had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
, in the St. Louis Art Museum, the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London, the Walker Art Center
in Minneapolis, and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C., among others. Khedoori's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art
and the Whitney Museum of Art in New York, as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
. 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, 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, painting, and art installation. Some of Khedoori's best-known paintings feature architectural renderings surrounded by a vast expanse of white or blank space. In recent years, Khedoori has incorporated natural imagery and landscape into her work.
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 Rachel Khedoori
Rachel Khedoori
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...
, and the sister-in-law of the late 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...
.
Toba Khedoori is represented by Regen Projects, Los Angeles and David Zwirner
David Zwirner
David Zwirner is a gallerist and art dealer and owner of the David Zwirner Gallery in New York City. In 2010 Zwirner was listed at number four in the ArtReview annual "Power 100" list.-Early Life:...
, New York.
Exhibitions
Khedoori began exhibiting in 1993, and was shown early in her career at the 1995 Whitney BiennialWhitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial is a biennale exhibition of contemporary American art, typically by young and lesser known artists, on display at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, USA. The event began as an annual exhibition in 1932, the first biennial was in 1973...
exhibition.http://www.businessweek.com/1996/53/b350878.htm Khedoori has since had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum with three locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near Walt Disney Concert Hall...
, in the St. Louis Art Museum, the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London, the Walker Art Center
Walker Art Center
The Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is considered one of the nation's "big five" museums for modern art along with the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Hirshhorn...
in Minneapolis, and the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C., among others. Khedoori's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
and the Whitney Museum of Art in New York, as well as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum with three locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near Walt Disney Concert Hall...
and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum in Los Angeles, California. It is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles, adjacent to the George C. Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits....
. 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
- Selected press by year David Zwirner
- "Immense Miniatures" by Jerry Saltz The Village Voice
External links
- Toba Khedoori - David Zwirner
- Toba Khedoori - Regen Projects
- Works in the permanent collection LACMA, Los Angeles
- Toba Khedoori solo exhibition 1997 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis